The U.S. Army's notoriously difficult Ranger School has added a new tool during its training course. Ranger Class 06-26 ...

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.

At 19 years old, Army Pfc. Mace Veit completed four of the Army's most challenging training schools in a single year.

Officials at the Army's top infantry training course say bayonet training develops an aggressive mindset for the "last 100 yards" of battle.

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.

In June 2025, the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade refined its entry requirements for the Ranger Course, implementing the ...

The US Army's tough Ranger School is teaching soldiers to fight with bayonets to ready them for the violence and brutality of close combat.

The US Army has reintroduced bayonet drills at Ranger School to prepare soldiers for combat scenarios where technology may ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll addressed the 121 newest Ranger-qualified Soldiers during a graduation ceremony Dec. 5, 2025, at Fort Benning's Victory Pond. "You are now ...