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		sandworm101 on Sept 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our ... The US army is only one of the US armed forces. The US is only one of many countries. Many train soldiers very differently than the US does.

0xffff2 on Sept 8, 2021 [–]

Granted, but the US Army is the only one I have direct experience with. Hand to hand combat seems like such a basic component of combat training that I would be shocked to hear that it is completely absent from any armed forces boot camp.

You didn't answer the question by the way.

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