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Message: <blockquote data-quote="murphy j" data-source="post: 1981475" data-attributes="member: 6452"><p>I agree that teaching magnetic declination can be a pain in the ass. US Army uses degrees not mils for almost all applications. To my knowledge, Mils is only used by Artillery and mortar maggots. Using a compass is, IMHO, a simple skill to acquire if the person being taught is shown properly. Is it easy to make a mistake as a beginner? Sure it is, but simple is as simple does. It's only as difficult as you make it and in 14+ yrs of military service I've never failed a land nav course and neither has anyone I've taught. I have a feeling you and I are more on the same page than we suspect, but are looking at it differently. I've also made a cursory comparison between the Silva Ranger and the Silva Trekker. The Trekker model seems to be a basic, but solid version of the Ranger. The guy that turned me on to the Ranger model had used it for years without fail. The reliability, ease of use, robustness and longevity of that particular model sold me on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>