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In an age of drones, Army Rangers will now stab through a new bayonet course

The new quarter-mile course adds realistic enemy torsos and precedes the Malvesti obstacle course to sharpen close-combat training.

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In the age of drones and artificial intelligence, the Army is reinvigorating how it teaches troops to kill at arm’s length.Soldiers in Georgia hoping to earn the Army’s coveted Ranger tab will now start the monthslong school by stabbing their way through Fort Benning’s new bayonet obstacle course, the service announced on Monday.Candidates for the Army’s premier small unit tactics school will now need to slice into silicone torsos while they nav…

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If the Drones Fail: US Soldiers Train Again for Brutal Close Combat with Stabbing Weapon

At the Ranger School in Fort Benning, U.S. soldiers once again train the brutal close combat with a stab weapon. A new obstacle course is to prepare them for the fight man against man.

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In an age of drones, Army Rangers will now stab through a new bayonet course

Soldiers in Georgia hoping to earn the Army’s coveted Ranger tab will now start the school by stabbing their way through Fort Benning’s new bayonet course.

·United States
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Military Times broke the news in Vienna, United States on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
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