The aim of the Army Orienteering Association (AOA) is to promote orienteering to the Army community, as an essential military skill, through participation in military leagues and championship events.
Essential navigation skills
Championships & leagues
Novice to advanced
Promoting orienteering as essential military training
These events are open to all service personnel and civilian orienteers (by DIO licence) offering courses at three levels of technical difficulty: TD3, 4 & 5. Coaching to novices is available at most events. Orienteering, training or competitive, up to and including Army Team and Individual championships is classified as participating in ‘Individual Military Training’ (IMT).
Army orienteers who compete at higher competitive levels, such as Inter Services (Army v Navy v RAF) and UK Armed Forces (UK Armed Forces team v Police/University) matches are classified as participating in Category 2 Sport.
Orienteering complements Core Health and Fitness and supports Core Combat Skills (Navigation) Individual Training requirements (ITRs) for Army personnel. This is a distinct form of navigation training, usually taking place in forest or hillside terrain and in urban areas where it is possible to navigate freely between control points on foot.
Professional orienteering skills development at Longmoor Camp, Surrey
Advanced Level
Intermediate Level
Specialist
Booking: These courses can be booked through the ASPT system by all serving military, or direct with the Courses officer by non-military personnel. The dates of future courses are detailed in the Calendar page, along with links to the booking emails.
Access for serving military personnel
Access relevant documents, forms, and military-specific orienteering resources
Military orienteering leagues across the UK
Get in touch with AOA officials
Access archived Army Orienteering Association competition results
A consolidated archive of past AOA championships, league results, and historical competition data.
