Army Basic Training to Drop Hand Grenade Competency as Graduation Requirement

cnsnews ^ | February 13, 2018 | Craig Bannister

[CIB-173RDABN]

As someone that carried and used grenades in combat I find this sad.

[PIF]

What happens when they go into combat?

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cannon fodder ...

[G Larry]

ya know.....they could start with a ROCK to determine throwing proficiency.....

ya know...a baby step BEFORE handing her live ammo......

[Nifster]

Throwing a hand grenade a hundred feet? Is that what has always been required?

[Celtic Conservative]

So now they get hand grenades and LandNav in AIT?

CC

[Nifster]

That one baffled me too. I guess they believe their GPS will always work

[Aevery_Freeman]

What happened to "set back"?

If you failed to achieve the goals every two weeks you were "set back" to try again.

That was a powerful motivator!

I wish that they would implement it in schools.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Yes, but we grew up on baseball, outside, IRL.

[NativeSon]

Give them a try -one at a time- and the competency question is cleared up.

[I got the rope]

I can’t remember the final course but I think yes...to get expert you had to reach the 30 meter target.

[null and void]

I like the way the guy on the left grabs her and throws her in the safety pit.

Yup. Just like he was trained.

Training really does save lives...

[dila813]

That’s a great gif

[PIF]

f it’s taking too long, then they need to look at how they’re teaching it, they need to look at other subjects that could be scaled back to increase the time available, and they should probably look at extending Basic by a couple of days if need be.

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They need training in lactation, diversity training (so when they encounter mussulmen they won’t offend, gay rights, trans-sexual recognition (how to apply for a sex change). And other more important subject than combat (which most of the women will never see due to sudden onslaught of cramps, pregnancy and other female issues).

So you can see the trainees schedule is already full without all that other old school training. It is important they become good citizens and learn to depend on the government for handouts and support. There are also career advancement issues that need to be addressed especially for the females.

We have to have females and other self-declared minorities reach numerical parity with the majority group so that they can be gradually phased out.

[null and void]

What happens when they go into combat?

The weak and stupid die.

Same as always for the last million years or so...

[TheCipher]

"And prime numbers must be banned because they are exclusionary"

They must exclude the whole binary system since there are now over 57 gender types.

[amigatec]

Frankly its hard for anybody to throw one far enough.

[NorthMountain]

To add insult to injury, after we all did our practice throws on the grenade range using the awkward shotput technique, the drill instructors started lobbing out some extra grenades by throwing them like baseballs.

They trained you "by the book", in compliance with their orders. Then they showed you how it's done in the real world.

[PeteyBoy]

They just do not know “how” to throw.
When was the last time you would be driving down a street and some kids would have to get out of the way because they were playing “catch”. We all would use the street to play catch and for pick up football games. You never see any of that anymore.

[The Sons of Liberty]

What happens when they go into combat?
The weak and stupid die.

A VERY good argument for bringing back the draft - and snowflakes go to the head of the line!

[KC Burke]

There was an incident in the early 70s where a reserve qualifier lost a grenade and it had gone into the safety pit. The qualifier realized it and tried to exit and the safety office pulled him back in. 69th Infantry Brigade. I was in the support battalion and one of our companies was the Medical Company that had to respond.