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Soldiers need to learn to fight with their hands and use anything they can grab -- whether it is a knife or stick -- as a weapon, he added.
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First day in the "Hand-to-Hand 'Pit'" at Camp Mackall, SFC Martin (that's "Hand-to-Hand" Martin, not "Bear" Martin) told us from the get-go that as far as he was concerned, the title of his class was misleading. He actually said, "There ain't no such thing as hand-to-hand combat. That is exactly the reason God invented sticks and rocks and such."
He did, however, instruct the class in the "spirit of the bayonet" - which is as has been previously stated - "Kill!"
<rant on> To me, this is much like PADI's removal of "buddy breathing" from the Open Water Scuba Diver course in the 90's and making it "optional." It has recently been removed - banned - from the course. Equipment can't fail! No need to learn difficult skills. (It is time for me to become an "emeritus" instructor.) <rant off>