https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/hand-to-hand-combat/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/hand-to-hand-combat/comment-page-1/#comment-2235176 Space Nookie Sun, 05 Apr 2015 11:39:30 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37708#comment-2235176 I suspect this may be the result of blurring the lines between rifleman and policeman — you have soldiers conducting house searches and arrests.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/hand-to-hand-combat/comment-page-1/#comment-2234661 Alrenous Sat, 04 Apr 2015 23:46:07 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37708#comment-2234661 I wonder how much of the stress is training failure. As soon as the soldier sees combat they learn the value of their training. Then as soon as they see close combat they realize they weren’t properly trained for it. Not a great time for an ‘Oh shit’ moment.

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