Soldiers in Georgia hoping to earn the Army's coveted Ranger tab will now start the school by stabbing their way through Fort Benning's new bayonet course.

FORT BENNING, Ga. — The Army's toughest course just got tougher. On April 21, 2026, the first class of U.S. Army Ranger students tackled Fort Benning's new Bayonet Assault Course, a rugged addition to ...

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Alongi, an instructor at the U.S. Army Ranger School, assigned to Company C, 4th Ranger Training Brigade, crosses the rope bridge to take down the Ranger Tab after a ...

The US Army's notoriously tough Ranger School at Fort Benning, GA, is adding a new challenge for students — a bayonet assault course designed to prepare troops for the brutality of close combat and ...

At 19 years old, Army Pfc. Mace Veit completed four of the Army's most challenging training schools in a single year.

Officials at the Army's top infantry training course say bayonet training develops an aggressive mindset for the "last 100 yards" of battle.

A U.S. Army Ranger Course student from Class 06-26 attacks an upright enemy target on the new Bayonet Assault Course during the Ranger Assessment Phase (RAP) April 21, 2026, at Fort Benning, Georgia. ...

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