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Question
Do Navy SEALs, Special Forces, Force Recon recieve advanced hand to hand combat training compared to conventional troops?
if so are they trained in techniques that kill an enemy with their bare hands?
Hi Charlie,
The answer to your two questions are "yes," and "yes."
All Military Special Ops forces (including SEALS, Army Special Forces, Army Rangers, Marine Corps Force Recon, DELTA, Air Force Pararescue, and Air Force Combat Controllers) go through special "close combat" training, which includes hand-to-hand combat, and close combat training with weapons such as knives.
As for "conventional troops," it depends on the service. All Army recruits receive some close-quarters combat training in basic. The Army Infantry Basic Training teaches a little more than other Army basic training schools.
The Marine Corps probably teaches the most close quarters combat to all Marines in basic, and continues this with training after basic. In fact, the Marine Corps is the only service with their own Martial Arts system, including different level belts.
The Navy, Coast Guard, and Air Force do not have close-order combat training in their basic training programs, but include it, as necessary in some of their job training schools.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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