02-18-2021, 01:10 PM | #1 |
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How to repair a US military or other lensatic compass in 5 minutes
I was looking for someone to send my old Army compass to in order to have it cleaned, as it has gotten pretty dusty inside over the years.
Then I found this video:
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03-15-2021, 04:06 PM | #2 |
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I followed the instructions in the video and now have a perfectly restored military compass.
You see, it had been a gift to me from the CO at my first duty station at Ft. Carson. He had set up a battalion compass course for the EIB badge testing. Well, I went through the course twice in 30 minutes and did not hit his waypoints. Other people did it and just looked around for the waypoints until they blindly walked into them and did the course that way. There was a 1 hour time limit to do the course. But me, being a naive Private, went to the CO, (who did his Platoon Leader and XO duties in a Ranger Battalion so was a real Ranger, not a Ranger school tab Ranger like so many officers are) and told him his compass course was off. He was a bit put out that I'd have the balls to call him out on it and told me to prove it. So, I did. I was the only one to say anything and backed up what I said. I also finished the course in the 1 hour allotted, even after having gone through it twice, and again with the CO. I carried that compass with me in my kit until I ETS'd. The tritium doesn't work for jack anymore, though. |
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