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A former Ranger exposes the chaos and precision of deployments, relentless training, and life in the Army's elite.
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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.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (March 17, 2026) – In preparation for the 2026 recreation season, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District hosted its annual Park Ranger Workshop March 10–12 at ...
Army Capt. Jake Dexter, a student in the Lightning Academy Small Unit Ranger Tactics course, performs corrective training at Lightning Academy, Wahiawa, Hawaii, Sept. 16, 2025. The three-week course ...
At 19 years old, Army Pfc. Mace Veit completed four of the Army's most challenging training schools in a single year.
The first woman to make it through the Army's tough and rigorous Ranger training include a 26-year-old military police platoon leader from Connecticut. She deployed to Afghanistan two years ago. The ...