Staff Sgt. Jerrell Turner (right), a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, briefs training expec...

Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division plot coordinates and establish routes before participating in a land navigation course at Fort Stewart, Ga., ...

Pfc. Tyler Thwaites (left), a combat engineer and Staff Sgt. Jerrell Turner (right), a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist, both with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade C...

Pfc. Tyler Thwaites, a combat engineer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, participates in a land navigation course at Fort Stewart, Ga., June 2, 2016. T...

Spc. Khalid Leach (left) and Spc. Dantaya Mckee (right), both chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialists with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Divis...

FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conducted night vision driving and land navigation training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 2.

"Today we are focusing on increasing the Soldiers' proficiency at maneuvering on the battlefield during the night and day," said 1st Lt. Clifford Manani, platoon leader and officer in charge of the range with HHC.

The training started at 2:00 a.m. with Soldiers using night vision goggles, or NVGs, while conducting night driving.

"The night driving is an on-going training we conduct quarterly," Manani said. "We want Soldiers to always be aware and comfortable with the capabilities and limitations of the [NVGs] so they will be confident when using them."

"A lot of times when Soldiers first put the [NVGs] on they don't know how to rely on the equipment," said Sgt.1st Class Fredrica Smith, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist and noncommissioned officer in charge of the range with HHC. "It takes some time to get used to the equipment."

During the day Soldiers practice plotting coordinates and established routes before navigating in groups to the points identified.

"[Land navigation] seems like it is a lost art because we don't use it as much as we used to," Smith said. "Sometimes we become too reliant on electronic devices. It is important Soldiers know the basics. You never know when you will need this skill."

Prior to the field training Soldiers participated in classroom training where they refined their compass and map reading skill sets. Soldiers also were given training on how to use NVGs according to Manani.

"Today's training was a success," Smith said. "Soldiers increased their ability to maneuver efficiently through different terrain."