Thanks DragonDoc. I had no idea being I’ve never been in the service. I guess it’s sort of the modern day “war paint”. I am Hispanic mostly, but I have 1/4 Apache blood. From the beginning, I was always taught about the ‘impression’ of, I don’t want to say violence… umm… fortitude may be a more modern term. I’ve always ascribed to the notion that force and speed of action wins the day. I don’t know who coined the pseudo phrase I mentioned, but that was the Apache way. Attack with virulence and fight your way thru the rest. Sometimes I still thank my grandmother for her ways… God rest her soul.
Thanks for the insight into why they’d fix bayonets.
On my Afghanistan deployment, I had an old crusty VietNam vet as a platoon sergeant. Now, bear in mind that I was in a Support Company in an SF Bn, so I saw very little of anything that could be called combat. However, our PS (we called him Flashback Jack) insisted upon issuing us bayonets. We carried M4A2 Carbines, and the M9 Bayonet is darn near as long as the rifle. But we carried them. On one occasion, during one of his “pensive” times, he asked my buddy, “Do you know how to properly insert this into a man?” To this day, that is my motto for enhancing the warrior mindset.
