What are the best tools to get ready for WLC?

WLC has classes that will prepare you for the LandNav test. Just pay attention to the Cadre and you should be fine.

WLC IS TOO EASY! Just pay close attention to detail and you will get through it. On the land nav course work on getting the ten digit grid coordinate. Then work on your pace count. You will be walking between 800 and 1000 meters. Know your surroundings before you get started as well as landarts suck as where the tallest tree or mountain is in reference to where your standing. Everything else is reference, hands on and open book. You will learn how to do everything before you actually do it.

Read FM 6-22 (Army Leadership). Then go to the Project Management Institute and pick up a copy of the Project Management Body of Knowledge and read that.

SGT Pratt,
Congrats on continuing your career in the Army! WLC is a great course and you will do fine! I know this because you are: 1. Asking for advice, so you are teachable and 2. You are focusing on your weak points to improve prior to attending.
My advice is to seek help from a knowledgable fellow Soldier and also, get out your FMs and read. Most importantly...DO NOT OVERTHINK IT!

SGT Pratt,

Not to minimize your emotions towards land navigation. Understanding that it's not your strong suite. However, remember this land navigation is 90% confidence in your ability and 10% execution. You were successful in BCT. I can assure nothing has changed you still read a map to the right and up. This is not to insult your intelligence, please do not be offended. Your leadership sees potential in you to succeed in our great Army or else they would not be sending you. If you have additional questions, comments or concerns feel free to message me and I will gladly assist you.

a lot of people worry about LandNav but most LandNav courses are self correcting, if you get lost and find yourself going in circles, stop take a deep breath, relax and replot.
Also remember if passing only requires 3 out of 4 points and making it to the finish line on time........ Forget that 4th point if you don't think you can find your last point and make it to the finish line on time. Nothing is worst then having to redo landNav because you didn't make it to the finish line on time.
The biggest fails that got people kicked out of my class was HT/WT & PT failure.

I found that the way basic training rushes groups of soldiers through, it is easy to leave with a weakness in this area or another. I was very fortunate to have learned much about land nav through my experiences in boy scouting in my youth and that experience put me well ahead of the curve when it came to put these skills to use in the military. Perhaps you can contact a scout troop. They may be able to put you in touch with the orienteering merit badge counselor. The local scout camp may already have a course set up for you to practice on as we are nearing the end of summer. I see no reason why you would not be welcomed with open arms.

Regards,
MAtthew R Waldroup

1. Make sure you are exceeding either weight or tape standards with ease. The fastest way people were booted or got a marginal 1059's was for being overweight.
2. PT, PT, and PT. Quality push-up and sit-ups, so every one is counted. The run or walk based on what you are slated to do. Do not be someone who can barely pass it. You'd be surprised how many people could barely pass the run.
3. Find a senior NCO, and get some land nav training. We did land nav training as easily as setting Milk jugs out, and sending soldiers out to them.
4. Be motivated. You wouldn't believe how many people get nailed for not being motived. When we were in the field people wouldn't fire blanks because they didn't want to clean the weapon.
5. Everything else is easy. They tell you exactly what you need to know, and where to find it.

Get you a map of your area

Find a field to practice your pace count. You can also find a wooded area to place markers to create your own land nav course and practice. Familiarize yourself with military maps as well. I've always excelled at Land Navigation but ran into a challenge while I did the Reserve Component course at Fort Jackson, SC. Toward the beginning of the course, I slammed my knee into a tree stump hidden in a bush. I had to complete the course with a serious injury which threw off my pace count and my time. I was still able to complete it with time to spare. If you practice the basics of Land Nav, you should do fine.