It is unknown how many bayonets the military owned in 1916 or 1917, but it’s likely that almost all soldiers and Marines were issued bayonets back then, historians say.

"Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets." President Obama's line from Monday night's televised debate with Mitt Romney has ignited a fire on the Internet.

From our own Military.com news page comes word that the Army's Training and Doctrine Command wants to dump bayonet training. New recruits just don't have enough time to learn all they need to ...

Horses, Bayonets And The Modern Military : It's All Politics President Obama said during Monday night's debate that the U.S. Army has fewer horses and bayonets than in the past. That's true ...

FILE-In this Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 file photo, U.S. Army soldiers with their gear board an awaiting bus at Fort Bragg, N.C., as troops from the 82nd Airborne are deployed to the Middle East as ...

Military officials honored the heroic deeds of the Soldiers who fixed bayonets and charged up hill through enemy machine gun fire at what is now Osan Air Base, South Korea, 62 years ago.

The Marines aren’t the only branch of the military to equip its soldiers with bayonets. The Army issues the M9 bayonet knife, which has been in use since the 1980s, but troops have moved away ...

Does our military, as President Obama told Mitt Romney tonight, have fewer bayonets than it did in 1916? Almost certainly. But that doesn't mean the bayonet has gone the way of the cavalry horse ...

This is not about a fact check (yes, the military still uses bayonets, and even does bayonet charges, just not as frequently), rather it's about remembering why the military still uses horses and ...

President Obama said during Monday night's debate that the U.S. Army has fewer horses and bayonets than in the past. That's true, although Army Special Forces were on horseback in Afghanistan when ...

While the use of the bayonet is rare, the use of horses is even rarer. The military still maintains the historic 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas, and the division's horse detachment ...