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This retired infantry officer has three pieces of advice:
1. Figure out a knife and carry you won’t lose during combat drills. Ask one of the NCO’s for advice. My carry when I led rifle and scout platoons was a K-Bar USMC fighter strapped to my right leg. I still have it several decades later.
2. Don’t underestimate the women. There were two in my program that were tougher than most of the men.
3. In the end, no one will care about how cool your knife looks. What they’ll care about is how well you do, especially with respect to PT, tactics, and strategy. Your classmates will be much more impressed by your results on those items. Grades, however, will matter most if you want to go RA. My PMS really only cared about grades.
4. Based on your budget and what you’ll actually use in ROTC, my suggestion is to simply get an SAK. I used mine much more than the K-Bar, which I didn’t pick up until IOBC.
1. Figure out a knife and carry you won’t lose during combat drills. Ask one of the NCO’s for advice. My carry when I led rifle and scout platoons was a K-Bar USMC fighter strapped to my right leg. I still have it several decades later.
2. Don’t underestimate the women. There were two in my program that were tougher than most of the men.
3. In the end, no one will care about how cool your knife looks. What they’ll care about is how well you do, especially with respect to PT, tactics, and strategy. Your classmates will be much more impressed by your results on those items. Grades, however, will matter most if you want to go RA. My PMS really only cared about grades.
4. Based on your budget and what you’ll actually use in ROTC, my suggestion is to simply get an SAK. I used mine much more than the K-Bar, which I didn’t pick up until IOBC.
