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I find it interesting that this might have been considered! One wonders if bayonet training is of great value these days apart from the aggressiveness training.
It's unlikely that fighting back against an armed mob was an option, yet defending oneself from taking significant damage from the stick and empty-hand beatings is itself self-defense (even if one can't fight back). Martial arts/CQC training could play a role here! It isn't all fighting from a distance using projectiles.
All had their weapons jam due to sand kicked up as they traveled from Kuwait.
Riley tried manually loading his M-16 automatic rifle but "realized there were too many of them." "We couldn't even make a bayonet charge," he said.
I find it interesting that this might have been considered! One wonders if bayonet training is of great value these days apart from the aggressiveness training.
Miller said: "A couple of people punched me, a couple of people hit me in the back with sticks."
The villagers "beat us a little, one of them with a stick,"
It's unlikely that fighting back against an armed mob was an option, yet defending oneself from taking significant damage from the stick and empty-hand beatings is itself self-defense (even if one can't fight back). Martial arts/CQC training could play a role here! It isn't all fighting from a distance using projectiles.