Sounds more like a Navy guy who's not used to flying and looking at a map, and, I've got to say. If he was straying into towers airspace before talking with them, how thorough was the local checkout. Last time I flew, the FBO guy took me up and pointed out the common landmarks as well as the normal training airspace they used. Didn't just hand me the keys and say knock yourself out.

it's a whole lot easier to get yourself lost huge when you're flying fast, which is why every student I ever taught pulled the throttles back when they started figuring out they might not be exactly where they thought they were