tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post2399287117258429205..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: A message of thanks from SGT Matthew Vanderboegh and comments upon LTG Hertling and the bayonet.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-36021399032761586462010-02-10T00:50:51.505-06:002010-02-10T00:50:51.505-06:00Let me explaiin to you the photo's of the Mari...Let me explaiin to you the photo's of the Marines. I have it on good authority that in the first picture the Marine is saying, "The Burger King is over there." On the second photo, someone said, "Oh look an Airforce Chick!"<br /><br />Van from the HinterlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-32171821133211222302010-02-01T14:22:02.122-06:002010-02-01T14:22:02.122-06:00I owe LTG Hertling an apology for my previous comm...I owe LTG Hertling an apology for my previous comments that were unkind about him personally. The fact that he is aware of this blog speaks greatly of him. Sir, I hope you are reading this, so that you may be aware of my apology to you.<br /><br />I see you wasted no time in getting out of the G-3 section and headed to 1-1 CAV. Every month, when I went to the G-3 conference my Brigade Commander told me "Don't drink the water, there is something in the water there."<br /><br />IN creating the training plan for our unit, we don't do bayonet training. We distilled basic and AIT into 12 weekends to get a gut to be a capable member of the unit, and we need to emphasize our 3 missions, and we don't have all of the gear the active duty folks have. <br /><br />Having said that, the M9 bayonet is on our standard equipment list. Bayonets have psychological impact - especially in the middle of a crowd. Got them if we need them, but the real use is part of a mindset of being a threat to the enemey - in the words of Robert Heinlein "the enemy considers you a threat even if you are dropped 100 miles in the enemy rear, buck naked in the middle of winter".Periclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-37359078632077813082010-02-01T06:48:19.003-06:002010-02-01T06:48:19.003-06:00If the Bayonet is so useless, why do the gun-grabb...If the Bayonet is so useless, why do the gun-grabbers keep trying to ban them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-58666367729039671422010-01-31T17:27:50.853-06:002010-01-31T17:27:50.853-06:00I asked 'Mad' Mike Williamson a question a...I asked 'Mad' Mike Williamson a question about mounting bayonets on AR15 carbines that have the gas block and flash hider too close together to take a standard bayonet. He said there is an after market rear bayonet lug that (IIRC) bolts onto the magazine well.Michael Gilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-13100632551557312042010-01-31T15:25:58.306-06:002010-01-31T15:25:58.306-06:00From a historical perspective, let me suggest a co...From a historical perspective, let me suggest a couple of alternatives to the bayonet. First is the humble e-tool. It obviously has many uses around a camp and has a history in WW1 of being one of the best trench raiding weapons, often used in preference to a bayonet. The second is the Woodman Pal. It is great for clearing brush, chopping small trees, etc. My son has one of these and it works great! The Army used them and even published a manual about using one for hand to hand combat. Just my two bits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-27139848161815695182010-01-31T13:19:09.629-06:002010-01-31T13:19:09.629-06:00To borrow an aphorism from another time: The swor...To borrow an aphorism from another time: The sword cuts both ways.<br /><br />Bayonets are a tool. They can open an MRE pack, they can pry open a tin can (if there is such a thing any more) they can slice off a piece of 550 cord. They can also stick in the chest of a muj coming through a door suddenly. But they can also make it harder to "slice the pie" at the corner of a building. They're a tool worth keeping. and yes, I led a bayonet charge (of sorts) in of all places Frankfurt West Germany in 1969 during the anti-Vietnam war demonstrations.<br /><br />In reality, the judgments made should be made by those who bear the consequences of those judgments.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754668591691406231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-85646522852623488342010-01-31T12:20:32.865-06:002010-01-31T12:20:32.865-06:00My own thanks again to Matthew for his service and...My own thanks again to Matthew for his service and for sharing the photos of the young warrior with Grandpa and thus, with all of us. <br />And my thoughts - he is right when he says that many / most would prefer their old KaBar ( or these days, maybe TOPS or RATs) for close in stuff and for the morale boost as well. <br />As Lt. Pogo would say, "Howsome ever..." - just in the event that ammo runs dry or can't be accessed in a pinch, then the rifle becomes a club, a spear, and any alternative version of primitive weapon, and if one MUST close with an enemy on such a level, would one be willing to carry the extra 14 ounces of weight in order to gain an extra 20 inches of reach? I probably would. At the very least, I would want to offer the man in the field an option by placing a mounting lug on the rifle. <br /> - j -Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-87724454283441170962010-01-31T09:57:56.005-06:002010-01-31T09:57:56.005-06:00Mike it sounds like you should be pround to have r...Mike it sounds like you should be pround to have raised a son who thinks for himself not afraid to buck the system,even when Dad's the system.And did pretty respectfully at that.I'm not military so can't debate bayonets,sounds like if you can affix one to your weapon do it .If not K-bar time.chinasyndromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04085960000175006256noreply@blogger.com