US Army Ranger School soldiers are fixing bayonets as they train for brutal future fights An Army Ranger Course student attacks a target on the new bayonet assault course on April 21, 2026, at Fort Benning, Georgia. Joey Rhodes/US Army Army Ranger School has added a new bayonet assault course to its training. Leaders say the course prepares troops for wars where tech and communications may fail. They say it also adds "grit" and "violence of action" early in their training. 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 teach them to hold their own when high-tech warfighting goes dark. Army officials said the training is meant to rapidly instill "grit" and "violence of action" in Ranger students while also testing their physical endurance and tactical decision-making under stress.…