All military service members dread the ominous "knife-hand" when being addressed by a superior as it usually means they are being corrected or some sort of discipline is soon to follow.
Below are the 8 images designed to awaken your greatest fears:
1. Recruits are quickly introduced to knife hands
2. A loud verbal correction often accompanies a knife hand to maximize effect
3. The knife hand extends across all branches of service
4. A knife hand can be used to correct a trainee's salute
5. Knife hands come in handy while testifying before Congress
6. A four-star knife hand is exceptionally attention-getting
7. Even "poolies" can get a taste of the knife hand
8. There are knife hands and then there are Merhle from 'The Walking Dead' knife hands
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![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-10/1time%20restless%20wave%20stavridis%201200.jpg?itok=CoWWVWh0 ""The Restless Wave" by Adm. (ret.) James Stavridis is in bookstores now. (Penguin Random House)")
![A workshop of Ukraine's attack drones battalion "Achilles" in Ukraine](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-10/ApNewsroom_Russia_Ukraine_War_US_Volunteers_03740.jpg?itok=uP5Pq_ci "Amed Khan, a U.S. human rights advocate, political activist and philanthropist, center, stands inside a workshop of Ukraine's attack drones battalion "Achilles" in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)")
