Posted on Apr 15, 2023

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PV2 Larry Sellnow - I saw them live in Milwaukee when I was 16/17 not long before I went to basic under the split-option training program.

Between my junior and senior of high school I went to basic training as a 21B in 2006 at Ft. Leonard-Wood with E Co. 35th ENG. Bn. 1st. ENG Bde. Unless I'm misinformed, it was the last class of the U.S. Army to conduct bayonet training. During my senior of high school I trained with C. Co. 428th ENG. Bn. Hq. Ft. Snelling, MN. Ca. 2006-07.

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SP6 Richard Kellar

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No bayonet training? Your kidding? How can hand to hand be done right without a bayonet?

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There was apparently a very different training plan when PV2 Larry Sellnow was in.

I found an article released by the New York Times in 1981 stating the US Army was resuming bayonet training after more than a decade of not having it. I did some additional research on this and found the US Army officially dropped bayonet training from the BCT schedule in 2010, to focus on better fitness training in general.

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/07/us/army-resumes-bayonet-training.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna35887730

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SP6 Richard Kellar

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How can anyone be a soldier without being ready for hand to hand combat? Many soldiers looking forward to the confrontation. Without a fight likely to the death for the loser, there will never be freedom. Soldiers stand in resistance and defend the freedoms of those who demean them. Thank a soldier for whatever you have, many died to preserve that for us all.

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