Close Quarters Combat Quotes

I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.

Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat.

I trained with an ex-Navy Seal. We shot a lot of guns. Real bullets... I underwent commando training.

I've got a height advantage over everyone but when they do get at me I can fight just as well inside.

In the public's mind, Special Forces are often confused with the 'door kickers' of Special Operations Forces - such as SEAL Team 6 and Delta Force - who are the United States' elite counterterrorism operators.

Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts

The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory

I was point man, which meant I was the first through the door, hunting down Taliban commanders, knocking down forts every night.

If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?

Space is tight inside a tank: very close confines, and you're permanently banging. Like in Brad Pitt's new movie 'Fury' - the clanking of metal is all you hear.

There is only one purpose in hand-to-hand combat, and that is to kill. Never face an enemy with the idea of knocking him out. The chances are extremely good that he will kill you.

People want to hear what I do with Special Forces, as a ranger, as a sniper. And I'm like 'What does that have to do with fighting?' Let's talk about fighting. They couldn't be more different; there's nothing similar about them.

Most combat is not a hand-to-hand knife battle that the person who can do the most push-ups is going to end up winning.

The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range.

The bayonet is a weapon with a worker at each end.

It is a natural stronghold for them—they can infest this maze of iron and water like a horde of starving cockroaches, and they’ll be just as hard to anticipate and to kill in such close quarters.” “Wow,” Shane said. “You really know how to drum up team spirit. Did you print up Team Total Fail jerseys, too?” Myrnin gave him an entirely crazy smile. “Would you be surprised if I had?

Weapons training, how to clear a room - all that stuff is imprinted into me.

As combat infantrymen and special operators, we received thousands of hours of firearms training.

Fighting in cities is a totally different endeavor than obviously fighting out in the open.

My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.

My martial arts came a lot from my uncle, who actually taught martial arts through the military. He was a black belt in tae kwon do, but also, he used a lot of military-style fighting where it's not the high kicks or anything like that. It's basically defeat your opponent as fast as possible.

Seal Team Six is a different unit than the rest of the SEAL teams inasmuch as they concentrate primarily on one thing, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue.