US Army Ranger School Adds Bayonet Assault Course

Friday, May 15, 2026

In April, Ranger Class 06-26 became the first class to undergo the school's new bayonet course, a quarter-mile event in which soldiers crawl through tunnels, sprint over open fields, and negotiate barbed wire fence lines. Along the way, soldiers must drive their bayonets into silicone foes toting rubber Kalashnikovs and manning sand-bag machine gun nests. The bayonet course is the last chance for soldiers to demonstrate to their instructors that they are ready "to close the last 100 yards and destroy the enemy."

The other favored US Army hand-to-hand combat weapon is the entrenching tool

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The last US military bayonet charge was led by the late US Army Col. Lewis L. Millett (Ret.). He received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading Company E, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, in a bayonet charge up Hill 180 near Soam-Ni, Korea on 7 Feb 1951: Medal of Honor Winner

The US Army also recently reopened its Jungle Warfare Training Center in Panama. The Defense Department is truly reverting back to the 1947 Dept of War. The trillions of dollars spent on warfare and wasteful contracts guarantees there will be no funds for universal healthcare for Americans, as enjoyed by the residents of Israel, Germany, Canada, Cuba, Iran, Taiwan, Greenland, tiny Albania, and in 2027, Mexico.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-15 05:12 AM | Reply

A WW1 bayonet instructor I knew loved the nickname infantry troops bestowed on him: Bucket of Blood. No bucket, no blood, he'd laugh, just "the act ... the patter." Ironically, he never got to the front.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-15 07:51 AM | Reply

Last century I knew a British WWI veteran who survived the trenches.

He told us for entertainment the soldiers would arrange battles between corpse rats (rodents that grew in size by eating human flesh) and cats.

The rats were huge and I can't recall how the poor kitties fared against them.

Human nature doesn't change.

During the first Gulf War, soldiers pitted desert scorpions against goliath beetles for entertainment.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-15 08:43 AM | Reply

Their Ipads run out of juice?

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-15 10:55 AM | Reply

I was stranded on I-95 between Savannah and Jacksonville one time at night, courtesy of a rented U-Haul with a wonky gas gauge. Started walking down the shoulder with my friend, stepping over carcasses of god knows what in an unlit stretch of highway.

I told my friend, a former Army Ranger, that I was never so happy to be with someone who could kill with his bare hands.

#5 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-05-15 03:22 PM | Reply