The land navigation training and evaluation consists of written and practical exercises. A passing score in land navigation is a camp completion requirement. It teaches individual battlefield skills, combat movement techniques, and procedures necessary for subsequent tactical training at the squad and platoon level. Cadets learn to identify major types of grenades. They learn the grenades' characteristics and uses.
Cadets also throw live grenades.
Cadets learn charcteristics, maintainence and employment of NBC equipment. They also develop confidence in defensive equipment during mask confidence exercises. The first two days, the squad training phase, are designed to train squad battle drills and collective tasks. The last three days, the squad STX lane phasae, are designed to evaluate leadership using tactical scenarios. Each cadet receives two formal evaluations of his or her performance as a squad leader during this phase.