Finally. Grenades don't work anyway.
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I thought I'd drop a little red meat here:
Army Basic Training to Drop Hand Grenade Competency as Graduation Requirement
I think my son will do grenade throws. I'm assuming 3 sets of 5 will be the recommendation?
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Finally. Grenades don't work anyway.
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Sad.
. . . trainees just aren’t strong enough to throw the grenade far enough away – and simply can’t be taught to properly throw a grenade “if they haven’t thrown growing up” – Maj. Gen. Frost explained
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The removal of land navigation qualification worries me more.Originally Posted by Sunflower
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They did that because it's not fair. Girls aren't good with maps and compassy-things.
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Its not just throwing that they didn't grow up with. If you have a hard time with a measuring tape you're going to get really confused by things like maps.
Millennials need instructional video for operating a tape measure
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Eh, yes and no. Should you know how to read a map in case you need it? Yeah. But how likely are you ever to actually need it? Not very. And of those very few times, how often will you not have a GPS of some sort? Not very. I don't think it should be taken out (and the training isn't, just the graduation requirement), but I don't think it's that critical for the average soldier. If you have an MOS that requires that type of work, you're going to get additional training anyway.
Eh, none of the women in my group had trouble with the map during Combat Survival Training (basically: Go Starve in the Woods for 8 Days with a Map) or any of the other Land Nav training we did. I doubt I just got an excellent group of people.
I liked this line:
But before you storm away from your computer to complain how “millennials are the worst,” consider this: It was the job of their parents to teach them these basic skills.
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My favorite part of the article was this gem:
"Just because we took it off as a graduation requirement does not mean they won’t be conducting hand grenade or land navigation training," Frost said. “They are going to learn all the technical aspects of the hand grenade, and they are going to learn tactical employment and they will throw a live hand grenade."
It's reassuring to know that although the modern army recruit can't throw the 14 oz M67 the "20 to 25 to 30 meters" normally required, that's not going to stop him or her from learning the process.
Lord knows that in actual combat, it doesn't really matter how far the thing goes as long as everyone gets to try.
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It's not that hard to throw a grenade. But, It's really really really REALLYYYYYYYYYYY dangerous.
I threw it once while in the army. It takes a lot of practice to throw really well.
If fail, could die........
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