FORT BENNING, Ga. — The Army's toughest course just got tougher. On April 21, 2026, the first class of U.S. Army Ranger students tackled Fort Benning's new Bayonet Assault Course, a rugged addition to ...
At 19 years old, Army Pfc. Mace Veit completed four of the Army's most challenging training schools in a single year.
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.
Officials at the Army's top infantry training course say bayonet training develops an aggressive mindset for the "last 100 yards" of battle.
In June 2025, the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade refined its entry requirements for the Ranger Course, implementing the ...
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The US Army Rangers are bringing back bayonets
Bayonet training has mostly been replaced in US Army basic training by other hand-to-hand combat, but Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” may have led to its return.
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