Going Urban
"The man who wins in hand to hand combat is the man whose friend shows up first with the gun."
All logic aside, that's what the man on the Army Combatives video tells us.
And we beat the crap out of each other, first learning chokes, then grappling (with and without a tazer-knife), and finally full on battle royale that is so violent we're padded up like epileptic five-year-olds - with pugil sticks.
Next comes the paintball exercises at a MOUT site. Clearing rooms, setting up cordons, and getting the hell out of dodge while throwing in vehicle inspections and IED drills at our FOB.
And the culmination of this part of training is our Field Training Exercise (FTX), where we train at Zussman, a MOUT site frequented by NAVY SEALs and Green Berets. We set up in the "Embassy" and run missions for three days straight, with an Abrams and a Bradley for support.
But I can't stop wondering what winning in hand to hand combat has to do with who shows up first.
All logic aside, that's what the man on the Army Combatives video tells us.
And we beat the crap out of each other, first learning chokes, then grappling (with and without a tazer-knife), and finally full on battle royale that is so violent we're padded up like epileptic five-year-olds - with pugil sticks.
Next comes the paintball exercises at a MOUT site. Clearing rooms, setting up cordons, and getting the hell out of dodge while throwing in vehicle inspections and IED drills at our FOB.
And the culmination of this part of training is our Field Training Exercise (FTX), where we train at Zussman, a MOUT site frequented by NAVY SEALs and Green Berets. We set up in the "Embassy" and run missions for three days straight, with an Abrams and a Bradley for support.
But I can't stop wondering what winning in hand to hand combat has to do with who shows up first.
posted by Violent Traveler at 8:23 PM
1 Comments:
The gun part seems pretty clear to me. No matter how well or poorly you fight hand-to-hand, you'll win if your friend backs you up with a gun and you'll lose if his buddy shows up first. Here's a shot of Moldovan wine to the first guy you see wearing army desert camo.
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