Featured in bayonetsBYLogan NyeDec 20, 2022Share6 of the craziest bayonet charges in military historyBayonet fighting is a lost art to many, but it has served as a tried and true tactic since the first riflemen realized they could use a blade if they found themselves wanting to kill something when their ammunition went empty. Here are … BYLogan NyeDec 20, 2022ShareBYLogan NyeAug 22, 2022Share5 times ‘outdated’ weapons saved the daySoldiers and commanders are usually stuck with whatever equipment the procurement officers and civilian leaders are willing to buy for them, sometimes forcing troops to go into combat with outdated and inferior equipment. But sometimes, t… BYLogan NyeAug 22, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellJul 20, 2021ShareFrench Marines ended a hostage crisis with a bayonet chargeFrench Marines were manning observation posts on either side of the Vrbanja Bridge. They were UN peacekeepers, the first to arrive in the decimated city of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War in May 1995. But their day was to begin in humiliation and en… BYBlake StilwellJul 20, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellJun 2, 2022ShareThese British troops launched a ‘proper angry’ bayonet charge during the Iraq WarIn May 2004, about 20 British troops were on the move 15 miles south of al-Amara, near the major city of Basra in Iraq. They were on the way to assist another unit that was under fire when their convoy was hit by a surprise of its own. BYBlake StilwellJun 2, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareWhy US troops in World War I ditched the bayonet for the shovelWorld War I brought a new kind of fighting to the world. Wars were no longer conducted on an open field of battle with colorful uniforms in an effort to outmaneuver the opposing armies. Wars from henceforth would be mechanized factories of wholesale… BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareBYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareThe Utopian love cult behind iconic bayonets of World War IIIn 1848, the charismatic religious leader of a free-love cult fled to the city of Oneida, New York, and built a large mansion to house the dozens of members already involved and the hundreds who would join or be born into the cult in the following d… BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareBYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020ShareWhy bayonet training is still just as important for today’s troopsToday’s military has many antiquated training plans still written into the calendar. Troops will still practice drill and ceremony despite the fact that the need for marching into combat died out more than a hundred years ago. We still sharpen our … BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020Share
BYLogan NyeDec 20, 2022Share6 of the craziest bayonet charges in military historyBayonet fighting is a lost art to many, but it has served as a tried and true tactic since the first riflemen realized they could use a blade if they found themselves wanting to kill something when their ammunition went empty. Here are … BYLogan NyeDec 20, 2022Share
BYLogan NyeAug 22, 2022Share5 times ‘outdated’ weapons saved the daySoldiers and commanders are usually stuck with whatever equipment the procurement officers and civilian leaders are willing to buy for them, sometimes forcing troops to go into combat with outdated and inferior equipment. But sometimes, t… BYLogan NyeAug 22, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellJul 20, 2021ShareFrench Marines ended a hostage crisis with a bayonet chargeFrench Marines were manning observation posts on either side of the Vrbanja Bridge. They were UN peacekeepers, the first to arrive in the decimated city of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War in May 1995. But their day was to begin in humiliation and en… BYBlake StilwellJul 20, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellJun 2, 2022ShareThese British troops launched a ‘proper angry’ bayonet charge during the Iraq WarIn May 2004, about 20 British troops were on the move 15 miles south of al-Amara, near the major city of Basra in Iraq. They were on the way to assist another unit that was under fire when their convoy was hit by a surprise of its own. BYBlake StilwellJun 2, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareWhy US troops in World War I ditched the bayonet for the shovelWorld War I brought a new kind of fighting to the world. Wars were no longer conducted on an open field of battle with colorful uniforms in an effort to outmaneuver the opposing armies. Wars from henceforth would be mechanized factories of wholesale… BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020Share
BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareThe Utopian love cult behind iconic bayonets of World War IIIn 1848, the charismatic religious leader of a free-love cult fled to the city of Oneida, New York, and built a large mansion to house the dozens of members already involved and the hundreds who would join or be born into the cult in the following d… BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020Share
BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020ShareWhy bayonet training is still just as important for today’s troopsToday’s military has many antiquated training plans still written into the calendar. Troops will still practice drill and ceremony despite the fact that the need for marching into combat died out more than a hundred years ago. We still sharpen our … BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020Share
