crazyjoe380,
I have a friend who just retired from the Rangers, and he told me that in the Army, only Specops (including Rangers, Airborne, Delta, and Green Berets) get intense h2h training. For others it is more of an option, and most get all they'll get in basic training. It is more mental than physical in basic, where they train a killer instinct through h2h, I'm told.
This makes sense, since specops are the only ones likely to need to dust off some dude without a weapon, and only rarely then. H2H doesn't make much sense on an open battlefield, unless you are reduced to sticks and stones.
Ice Phoenix,
Unfortunately, this wasn't made clear from my source. I imagine they concentrated mostly only reversals and submission, though. That's just a feeling. I saw them rolling, and it was more slow and methodical. Not a lot of escaping and fleeing tactics or anything. They were using it as a tool to teach tactical thought under pressure.
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