Army Drops Hand Grenade and Land Nav. Competency From Basic Training - AllOutdoor.com
“We are finding that there are a large number of trainees that come in that quite frankly just physically don’t have the capacity to throw a hand grenade 20 to 25 to 30 meters.
In 10 weeks, we are on a 48-hour period; you are just not going to be able to teach someone how to throw if they haven’t thrown growing up.”
And the saddest part of the article:
The whole article is a very interesting read. The part about the new recruits lack discipline and have a sense of entitlement should be a concern.
“We are finding that there are a large number of trainees that come in that quite frankly just physically don’t have the capacity to throw a hand grenade 20 to 25 to 30 meters.
In 10 weeks, we are on a 48-hour period; you are just not going to be able to teach someone how to throw if they haven’t thrown growing up.”
And the saddest part of the article:
The whole article is a very interesting read. The part about the new recruits lack discipline and have a sense of entitlement should be a concern.