I understand what you are saying but there is the reality of time constraints. Army basic training is 10 weeks and Marines is 13 weeks I think. The main difference is every Marine is trained to be a rifleman/infantry.
You need to train people in first aid, marksmanship, familiarization with other weapon systems, land navigation, radio procedures, small unit tactics.....ect. The time for H2H training is pretty minimal maybe a week in basic if you are lucky. The Marine program MMAP is very similar but I personally don't think it's as good as the premise of the army program. You have to understand that the military training system is designed to train people in a manner and speed that very stupid people can learn to be soldiers/marines/sailors/airmen so there is only so much time.
Now when soldiers get to units they have jobs to do, maintain equipment, do paperwork, clean crap and such. There is very little duty time that can be dedicated to H2H training. In fact it is supposed to be a supplement to the morning physical training which is done normally three times a week.
Finally two last points, one if our soldiers are stuck in hand to hand situations, shit has gone bad really quick. Remember this is going to be used after the options of airstrike/artillery, direct fire weapons like machine guns, personal rifle and grenades, and finally bayonet fixed rifle are either exhausted or not viable. That is a very rare situation.
The second point is despite everything the military really doesn't want a bunch of bad asses running around kicking the crap out of civilians when they go on leave and get drunk.
As far as the guy that taught combatives that sucked, well he was probably the dumb bastard that volunteered, and you know what they say about volunteering in the military. Skill had little or nothing to do with it.
