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Close quarters combat: How close is “close”?

An expert-led breakdown of what defines close-quarters combat, why it evolved, and how distance, environment, and ...
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1st Infantry Division Conducts Close-Quarters Combat Training at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria

NOVO SELO TRAINING AREA, Bulgaria – The rapid sound of gunfire from M4A1 Carbine firearms pierced the air as Soldiers enagaged targets within the training walls. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 16th ...
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Pentagon Review of Close Combat Training Standards Is Long Overdue

In doing so, Carter disregarded empirical data indicating that his egalitarian policies would compromise standards and effectiveness in close combat units. From 2012-2015, the Marine Corps conducted a ...
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Shifting the Paradigm: Combat Casualty Care as a Top Training Priority

"I know I’m going to meet death; evacuation is impossible.” These words, spoken by Mykhalio, a soldier in Ukraine’s 80th Air Assault Brigade, relay the horror of casualty response and evacuation in ...
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Australia rolls out new close combat weapons

The Australian Department of Defence has procured F9 pistols for the Australian Army's close combat weapons requirement. (Janes/Amael Kotlarski) The Australian Army has taken delivery of new close ...
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Pentagon Review of Close Combat Training Standards Is Long Overdue

Ten years have passed since the Department of Defense initiated a social experiment with women in the military. Pentagon officials promised that female trainees headed for previously all-male combat ...