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he could count on planning the routes, and when your chief asks you
to do something, you do it.
I spent the whole first week of nav school frowning at a desk in
front of a Toughbook laptop computer, learning the computer’s functions,
how to hook up to a GPS and manipulate the satellite imagery
and maps. I also learned how to take the images and paste them onto
PowerPoint for briefings and the like.
Yes, even SEALs use PowerPoint.
The second week was a little more interesting. We drove around
the city—we were in San Diego—plotting and following different
routes. I’m not pretending it was cool, though—important, yes, but not
very exciting.
As it happened, though, it was my skills as a navigator that got me
to Iraq ahead of everyone else.