British officer awarded the Military Cross for bayonet fighting. Lieutenant James Adamson was awarded the Military Cross after killing two insurgents during close quarter combat in Helmand's notorious "Green Zone". The 24-year-old officer, a member of the 5th battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, revealed that he shouted "have some of this" before shooting dead a gunman who had just emerged from a maize field. Seconds later and out of ammunition, the lieutenant leapt over a river bank and killed a second insurgent machine-gunner with a single thrust of his bayonet in the man's chest. TRADOC is certain that we'll no longer need to prepare our soldiers for situations like this one. Fortunately, we still have the Scots on our side! And of course our Marines, who have doubled-down on the concept, and have a snazzy bayonet to boot. (Hat tip to Eric at Grim's Hall.)
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