Soldiers Mobilized To D.C. Protests Were Issued Bayonets: Report

Thank goodness no pepper balls and teargas.

Just in case someone needed to be.Just kidding.One a stronger note though you don't go to a gun fight with a knife,you go with your guns.

SSG Jimmy Cernich but if your gun has a knife your definitely winning lol

1SG (Join to see) That's what I'm thinking. The military's focus isn't normally (at least when I was in) dealing with domestic crowd control. I'm guessing they were kitted up, at least partially, with what normally are planning for: warfighting. I don't see it as any plan or intention to stab civilians.

SPC Kevin Ford I mean that is literally the doctrine. Fix bayonets, stand in a line, you stomp your left foot forward and slash your M4 w bayonet downward from left to right.
They also took machine guns so it's funny to me the Huffington post zeroed in on the bayonet.

1SG (Join to see) - Yup thats how I was trained in the NG way back when before I served in the Active Army. Also, was told that Kent State really meant nothing, if given the order to shoot, you shoot for non-vital areas first then if they keep comming the vital areas.