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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![Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brian Boase, dressed as Santa, waves to Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, before being dropped off by a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/santa.jpg?itok=KFVvxUEU "Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brian Boase, an intelligence chief, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), waves to Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, before being dropped off by a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to deliver Christmas presents, Dec. 25, 2012. (Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton/U.S. Army photo)")
![USS Christmas](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2020-12/usschristmas900.jpeg.jpg?itok=isVMP23B "Uniforms and sparkly trees are a recipe for holiday romance in "USS Christmas." (Hallmark)")
![Officials look at a damage site at a residential complex in Kazan, Russia.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/ApNewsroom_Russia_Ukraine_73681.jpg?itok=l-hCuZQ_ "In this photo released Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, by the official Telegram channel of the Kazan City Hall, local officials look at a damage site at the residential complex called "Lazurnye Nebesa," or Azure Skies, in Kazan, Russia, following Ukrainian drone attacks. (Official Telegram channel of the Kazan City Hall via AP)")
