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FORT HOOD, Texas - A team of four Soldiers, dressed in full kit, stormed the room with a clear objective -- subdue and cuff two enemy targets, using force if necessary.
Fenny Descuatan, an operating room specialist at LRMC's Sterile Processing Division, who previously had no combatives or martial arts experience but was prepared through MTD's Combatives Courses ...
“In a life or death situation you need to be able to react instantaneously while under pressure,” said Master Sgt. Tim Welcher, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), lead combatives instructor.
The Briant Wells Fieldhouse will maintain its name but instead of providing workout facilities for Fort Benning soldiers and their families it is now the home of the Army Combatives School.
The mission of the Army Combatives School is to train leaders and soldiers in close quarters combatives in order to instill the "warrior ethos" and prepare soldiers to defeat the enemy in hand-to ...
Right after Combatives, and closing out Infantry Week, will be the 40th annual Lt. General David E. Grange Junior Best Ranger Competition. We met two friends who will be competitors April 12-15, ...
Army Capt. Rebecca Jones and 1st Lt. Dondeigo Florencio grapple during a Lacerda Cup All-Army Combatives Championship bout at Fort Benning, Ga., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (Corey Dickstein/Stars ...
The Desert Warrior Week 2024 combatives championship came to a close on May 23 and one of the competitors is blowing up on social media. Staff Sgt. Diane Kancauski ate a hard slap to the face like ...
MONROEVILLE, Pa. — Pittsburgh's Action News 4 recently went behind the scenes at Effective Fitness Combatives, where officers were learning tactics for de-escalation.
In 2011, Staff Sergeant Suzie Lopez became the first woman in the Washington Army National Guard to earn Combatives Level 3 certification. Known for her quiet determination, she impressed peers by ...