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by SSgt Sheila deVera

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Hunt, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, uses an M-1950 lensatic field compass to determine the directions to his objective location point at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 26, 2014. Hunt recently graduated from the Army's Warrior Leadership Course and broke the record for the fastest land navigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera/Released)

Photographer's Narrative

 

Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Hunt was selected to attend the Army's Warrior Leadership Course and broke the record for the fastest land navigation. One of the tools they had to use for land navigation is an M-1950 lensatic field compass, used to determine the direction to an objective's location.