As a leader do you feel that Land Navigation should be taken out from the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development System (NCOPDS)?

Hell no. Land nav not only helps with dismounted missions but can give someone that's never read a map some knowledge during a mounted mission.

NO! Land Nav is a perishable skill. Yea, GPSs are on hand that anyone can use. But what would happen if the GPS fails, and one is not trained in the basics?

modern tech is great but when that fails, what then, keep teaching the basic skills, land nav by compass and map, survival skills SERE, basic first aid

I feel this was one the most important skills we had to master at the NCO academy Fort Hood Texas back in 1967,and I used it as a training tool for my instructor duties during my time at Fort Polk La,running patrols in the swamps of Louisiana,GPS wasn't around then.

Heck no. It does need to be taught to Soldiers early in their career. When a Soldier goes to NCOES they should already know land navigation and be shifting their focus to "How do I teach this to my Soldiers?"

nope...right and up should always be a part of any military leadership school

Seriously? Are you DRUNK?

Just remember. The people who make these points are too lazy to hide and walk the points far out from the road.

Maybe with the advent of every person carrying their personal GPS there is no need for compass and map reading skills. If they give you a set of coordinates and tell you to set up an ambush there, maybe you don't need a map and compass to get there any more. But what do you do when your GPS gets dirty or wet or the batteries give out? Make them full-proof and private proof and I would gladly give up map reading. I was never any good at it..

Hell no! This is a basic soldiering skill that is immeasuribly important in the operational world. I'm a huge proponent of map and compass land nav. Garmins are a crutch for the lazy. And I won't even start on the uselessness of testing on a "self correcting" course...