Finally... some good news today
All those wimpifications of the military to allow females to pass the physical training may have atually costs some lives LIKE WE SAID IT WOULD 30 years ago.....
If they get into extremely close quarters fighting perhaps they'll be able to run the enemy through with the edge of their hand.
I can see a bayonet training range from where I am right now.
So, they are being trained more like Marines?
I can see dropping the drills, but keeping the bayonet. Everybody knows a big stealthy knife, be it a bayonet or otherwise, is indispensable.
Dumbing down physical training for coed PC training. The Marines do not train this way. Eliminating 5 mile runs in favor of sprints. Predicated that endurance would never be needed, extraction or support by mechanized units that might not be there in combat. Stupid. Train for worst case.
No more bayonets? Of what should an enemy be afraid in the final close combat. Answer: we now fight by Predator? Marines fortunately do not basic train this way. Assume you have no support- you are a warrior. An Army of One, indeed.
We did the Run, dodge, and Jump, the inverted crawl, and the horizontal ladder , in addition to the push-ups, sit-ups and 2 mile run back in the 70’s. The Army just got lazy, and fat.
Never had bayonet drills in over 20 years though.
Is the Army adopting a Crossfit-style PT program?
You’re average insurgent doesn’t really have the build to take on a soldier.Staying alert,in shape and with your buddies is how you deal with that issue.
Keeping a knife handy helps.
Also close hand to hand fighting is more experience then anything else-you don’t want your first fight to be a fight to the death.
Because the outcome is kind of predictable.