One of the trainings we had to go through in the Military before being stationed overseas was a ground defense course in one of the many deserts in Texas. The last week was particularly hard for me – day and night land navigation. You are given a map, a compass and the coordinates of the location where they expected you to be in twenty four hours.
The problem was that I am terrible with directions, even under the best circumstances! This was not the best of circumstances; I had never been in a desert, used a compass or worked math like […]
