 From Soldiers Radio and Television, this is the Army Now. Modern U.S. Army Pathfinders are an elite force making up less than one percent of the total Army. Pathfinders are specialists in navigating their way through unknown terrain and setting up safe landing zones for airborne and aerosol soldiers as well as Army aircraft. It's me passing on a skill set to my peers. Whether it be an E-4, an E-5, an E-7, a Captain, a Lieutenant, we are passing on a skill set. Pathfinders led the airborne drops during the D-Day invasions in June 1944. Their job was to put up markers and guide aircraft to the drop zones during darkness and inclement weather. We're technically supposed to be able to be dropped in the middle of nowhere and set up an LZ and have positive control of aircraft when they come in as an aircraft controller. With Pathfinder, it allows us to do it as safely as possible. That's the Army Now.