[pct-l] USMC Birthday & Veterans Day

[Jerry Goller]

They were still teaching it in 1965. The Marines have actually developed a
new form or close quarter combat (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP))
using rifles, bayonets, knives, clubs, hands, feet, elbows, and anything
else that is handy. It takes the best of all the various martial arts and
combat forms and combines them with available weapons of any type. 

It's knick name is simperfu.......

Jerry


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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim and/or Ginny Owen [mailto:spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 10:29 AM
To: jerrygoller at backpackgeartest.org; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] USMC Birthday & Veterans Day

Jerry Goller wrote:

>232 years of walkin' talkin' hell, death, and destruction
>
>The meanest fighting force the world has ever seen
>
>Mountain tall, guerrilla tough, United States Marine.
>
>I'd go on with the rest of it but I suspect it's a
>bit....ah.....inappropriate for this forum.......   ;o)
>


In 1962 the Marine Corps stopped teaching unarmed combat to new recruits.