A prominent terrain feature makes it easy to keep your location in check. Psalm 107:4 ESV Some wandering in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in. Everyone that has had to navigate anywhere will reference landmarks. Those obvious features around that you can use to tell your general or exact location: … Continue reading Terrain Association
Category: Fieldcraft
Why Consider Tracking?
A scuff mark on the log, from where a deer brushed again it in the snow. Why consider tracking? It is mostly a dying art, kept alive in a few circles. Military scouts, African anti-poaching teams and hunters, the Border Patrol, search and rescue teams, and die-hard hunters and trappers are keeping the art alive. … Continue reading Why Consider Tracking?
Blending In
One of the basic tenents of fieldcraft is entering an area and remaining there unseen. Not only getting from on location to another efficiently, but also in a manner that doesn't attract undue attention to yourself. We find this skill put to practice in 1 Samuel 26:3-4 "....When he saw that Saul came after him [David] … Continue reading Blending In
Observation
Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon; Make the guard strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes. For the LORD has both devised and done what he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon. Jeremiah 51:12 In preparing for battle with Babylon Jeremiah describes the actions to take place, specifically saying to establish … Continue reading Observation
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