@Slay well combat is about surviving, not about honor. That means using any means necessary to defeat the enemy which is why guns were developed. Bows, swords, knives, and all of that reached their peak effectiveness since it's essentially a flexible stick with some sort of launching mechanism tied to either end. Once you make all of the improvements that can possibly be made it's time to up your game or you will get left behind and die. You don't care that a spider doesn't have a stick or a shoe to defend itself with and neither would you care that the enemy doesn't have a gun to defend itself. It's all about having the advantage in combat. The opposition won't care that you have a bow and arrow while they are using guns. It's just how the world works. Technology improves so people move on to more effective things.
If you get into a sketchy situation in combat you'll be forced to improvise, adapt and overcome the situation or die. If you've ever been in a paintball match you know it takes a good amount of skill to hit someone 100+ yards away while they are sprinting and there are trees in the way of your shot, on top of that it's hot and you're a bit shaky because you're excited and trying not to get shot. Then you have to use tactics and stealth, it all takes great skill. Now as far as honor in combat? There never was any. It's no more or less honorable to kill someone up close, it's just part of the job, particularly if you are infantry.
Also not every career in the military involves combat. My brother never left the states, he was military police in the Marines.
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