| Rivalries aside, most people agree the
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| | The Marines' close combat system would be
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| Marine Corp trains some of Uncle Sam's
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| | further influenced by others during World
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| toughest warriors.
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| | War II, as the Marines fought in a brutal
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| Sadly, the Marines, like so many military
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| | island hopping campaign in the Pacific.
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| organizations, have fallen prey to
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| | Marine John Styers who was a student of
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| political correctness in modern times.
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| | Biddle's took what he learned and wrote
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| In 2001, the Marines switched from their
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| | Cold Steel. Originally, a series of
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| battle proven close combat methods in
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| | articles in Leatherneck magazine Styers
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| favor of a system that is designed to
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| | showed Marines how to fight with a knife
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| "subdue" rather then kill an attacker.
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| | and a rifle with a bayonet. He showed
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| Funny, I never thought the Marines had a
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| | that unarmed combat training could help
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| problem with killing people before...And
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| | Marines perform even better with their
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| the scumbag terrorists sure don't seem to
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| | weapons.
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| have a problem killing us.
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| | The Marines also learned from another
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| Since the Marines were first founded in
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| | student of Fairbairn, Army Colonel Rex
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| 1775 at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, PA,
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| | Applegate. Though a crack shot, Applegate
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| Close Quarter Combat (CQC) training was
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| | made it clear that hand-to-hand combat
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| heavily emphasized in their training.
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| | training was necessary part of CQC.
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| Although many people know about their
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| | While the Marine Corp close combat system
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| skilled sharpshooters who fired from the
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| | went through a number of other changes
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| rigging of ships, it is important to
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| | and names, each reincarnation of the
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| remember that the Marines also pioneered
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| | system held on tightly to the lessons and
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| close combat techniques as they boarded
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| | methods of Biddle, Sykes, Fairbairn, &
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| enemy ships using rifles and swords.
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| | Applegate as the concept of battlefield
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| For over a century Marines fought in
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| | survival was always kept in mind.
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| every major conflict battling pirates,
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| | In the 1980's the system began to fall.
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| guerillas, and other enemies of the
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| | With the rise in popularity of various
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| United States. The Marines were tough
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| | martial arts, many Marines began
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| fighters, but when the United States
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| | abandoning the authentic, documented, and
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| entered World War I, some new training
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| | proven "simplistic" methods of combat in
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| would make them lethal.
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| | exchange for the mysteries of modern
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| The First World War brought a number of
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| | martial arts and psuedo science (aka
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| changes to the Marines. The Corp grew
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| | completely unproven crap).
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| rapidly in size and the Germans would
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| | In 1996, the Marines began evaluating
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| give the Marines the nickname "Devil
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| | their close combat training and
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| Dogs." To meet the challenges of trench
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| | determined that a new system would be
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| warfare, the Marines also improved their
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| | developed to deal with Missions Other
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| close combat training.
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| | Than War (MOTW).
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| The man largely responsible for the new
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| | Previously all training (even the junk in
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| training was Anthony J. Drexel Biddle who
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| | the 80's) was designed with the concept
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| joined the Marines as a captain at age
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| | of "kill or be killed". The new system is
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| 41. Though he was new to the military,
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| | more concerned with peacekeeping
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| the wealthy socialite was an experienced
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| | operations and non-lethal
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| boxer and began to share what he knew
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| | force...EXTREMELY stupid for men trained
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| with the Marines. He taught bayonet and
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| | to be our frontline.
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| close combat techniques based upon
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| | The new Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
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| fencing, boxing and wrestling.
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| | (MCMAP) is like a piss poor combined
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| During the inter-war years, other men
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| | version of Tae Kwon Do and Brazilian
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| joined Biddle to improve the training.
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| | Jiu-jitsu.
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| Captains W.M. Greene and Samuel B.
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| | Not only is it nothing like the battle
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| Griffith who had been stationed in
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| | tested techniques the Marines have used
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| Shanghai trained with British police
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| | successfully for over 200 years, but by
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| officer William Fairbairn.
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| | mish-moshing together two martial sports
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| Fairbairn had been in over six-hundred
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| | (neither of which have battlefield proven
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| street fights and authored several books
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| | documentation) someone is going to get
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| on close combat. He eagerly shared what
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| | killed.
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| he knew with the American Marines. They
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| | Listen, in Iraq and Afghanistan its all
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| also learned shooting techniques from
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| | about close combat and engaging the enemy
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| Fairbairn's best friend and firearms
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| | in tight quarters. The Marines need a
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| expert Eric Sykes.
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| | solid CQC system not a politically
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| The Marines learned well, and soon
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| | correct way to play patty-cake with the
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| Fairbairn's techniques became part of the
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| | enemy.
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| Marines' CQC training.
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