Pfc. Lucas Greenwalt (blue), 3rd Cavalry Regiment, and Scp. Adekunle Okusaga (red), 62nd Expeditionary Battalion, fight in the tactical enclosure in the championship bout of the welterweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Greenwalt won the match by referee stoppage in the first round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

Sgt. Steve Benjamin, a mechanic with the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, competes against Sgt. Janjan Quinonola, a petroleum supply specialist with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during the All American Week 2016 Combatives Tournament on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 23. All American Week is an opportunity for 82nd Airborne Paratroopers, past and present, and their Families to come together, enjoy camaraderie and celebrate being members of the All American Division. This year’s All American Week theme is “Tomorrow’s Force, Today!” (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam C. Keith, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade public affairs)

Soldiers of the 317th SMC, 391st CSSB receive Combatives Training as part of weekly Warrior Time Training at Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany. (Photo by SFC Craig Knapp 317th SMC, 28JUN2012)

Winners of the Victory Week combatives tournament are pictured. Second Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, won the team combatives trophy. (Photo by Jordan Chapman, 1st Inf. Div. Public Affairs)

U.S. Army Soldiers compete during a combatives event during Marne Week at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Nov 18, 2021. Competition events are a test of grit and toughness, foster readiness and esprit de corps and are fundamental part of the division's Marne Week celebration. (U.S Army Photo by Spc. Josue Mayorga)

FORT CARSON, Colo. – Sgt. Ronald Poland (lower left), infantry squad leader, Company B, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attempts to submit his opponent during the combative tournament of the Banner Week competitions, Dec. 17, 2014. Soldiers fought in three rounds lasting three minutes and winners were decided with a submission or point system results in the single elimination tournament.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William Howard, 1st SBCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.)

Staff Sgt. Matthew McKeon (red), 1st Brigade Combat Team, and Sgt. Tony Martin (blue), 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, fight in the tactical enclosure in the championship bout of the cruiserweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. McKeon won the match by submission in the second round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

Staff Sgt. Danneit Disla, 1st Battalion, 321st Infantry Regiment (Basic Combat Training), 2nd Brigade, 98th Training Division (Initial EntryTraining), demonstrates level one combatives on an opponet during the 2017 108th Training Command (IET) Best Warrior Competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, March 20, 2017.

Sergeant 1st Class Jesse Thorton, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, is taped up before his flyweight title fight July 23 at Fort Hood. Thorton went on the win the bout by defeating the reigning champion Sgt. Francisco Mercado, Fort Bragg, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

a Mobile Training Team from Fort Benning, Georgia teaches troops from US Army, Alaska employment of combatives inside a urban enviroment. The physcialy demanding course was held on Fort Richardson, Alaska MOUT site and the Geronimo gym

Staff Sgt. Tim Kennedy, Sgt. Andrew Chappelle, and Sgt. 1st Class James Stelly, who won the light-heavyweight division for the 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky., are awarded Army Combatives black belts by Matt Larsen, founder of the Modern Army Combatives Program, July 23 at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

1st Lt. Jeff Linzey (red), 1st Brigade Combat Team, and Staff Sgt. Barney Spain (blue), First Army Division West, grapple on the mats during preliminary rounds in the light-heavyweight division of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 21 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Linzey won the match and moved on to the next round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

Spc. Carlos Armendariz (blue), 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, and Spc. Corey Boothe (red), 4th Sustainment Brigade, fight in the tactical enclosure in the third-place bout of the flyweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Armendariz won the match after three rounds by judge’s decision. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

USARAK Arctic Warrior Combatives Academy opens Brig. Gen. Raymond Palumbo, U.S. Army Alaska commanding general, speaks during the opening of USARAK's Arctic Warrior Combatives Academy in Bldg. 802 on Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson. Former Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Sean Sherk were also on hand for the Jan. 12 event. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Gross)

Soldiers of the 317th SMC, 391st CSSB receive Combatives Training as part of weekly Warrior Time Training at Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany. (Photo by SFC Craig Knapp 317th SMC, 28JUN2012)

Soldiers of the 317th SMC, 391st CSSB receive Combatives Training as part of weekly Warrior Time Training at Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany. (Photo by SFC Craig Knapp 317th SMC, 28JUN2012)

1st Lt. Jeff Linzey (red), 1st Brigade Combat Team, and Staff Sgt. Barney Spain (blue), First Army Division West, grapple on the mats during preliminary rounds in the light-heavyweight division of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 21 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Linzey won the match and moved on to the next round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

a Mobile Training Team from Fort Benning, Georgia teaches troops from US Army, Alaska employment of combatives inside a urban enviroment. The physcialy demanding course was held on Fort Richardson, Alaska MOUT site and the Geronimo gym

1SG Eric Helmer of the 317th SMC, 391st CSSB gives Combatives Training as part of weekly Warrior Time Training at Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany. (Photo by SFC Craig Knapp 317th SMC, 28JUN2012)

Sgt. 1st Class Jeremie Oliver (blue), III Corps Noncommissioned Officers Academy, and Sgt. Printice Willis (red), 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, fight in the tactical enclosure in the championship bout of the heavyweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Oliver won the match by referee stoppage in the first round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

Sgt. Michael Pegg, top, Hotel Company, 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) on Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall competes against Spc. Jonathan Grondel, 529th Regimental Support Company, JBM-HH during the Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and Military District of Washington 5th Annual Combatives Tournament’s heavyweight championship bout at the JBM-HH Fitness Center April 18, 2013. Pegg went on to win the championship for his weight class. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO Photo by Rachel Larue)

Soldiers at the 70th Regiment (LDR) Regional Training Institute are instructed in the Maryland Army National Guard Combatives Course by senior instructors who guide them in hand to hand combat moves. This is a rigorous course that demands stamina, strength and attention to detail. Photos by CPT (MDDF) Richard Mulderick

An 82nd Airborne Division combatives referee explains the rules to a competitor during the All American Week 2016 Combatives Tournament on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 23. All American Week is an opportunity for 82nd Airborne Paratroopers, past and present, and their Families to come together, enjoy camaraderie and celebrate being members of the All American Division. This year’s All American Week theme is “Tomorrow’s Force, Today!” (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam C. Keith, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade public affairs)

Spc. Micah Barro (red), 41st Fires Brigade, and Pfc. Jacob Belcher (blue), 2nd Brigade Combat Team, fight in the tactical enclosure in the championship bout of the lightweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Barro won the match by referee stoppage in the second round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

Spc. Carlos Armendariz (blue), 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, and Spc. Corey Boothe (red), 4th Sustainment Brigade, fight in the tactical enclosure in the third-place bout of the flyweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Armendariz won the match after three rounds by judge’s decision. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

Spc. Carlos Armendariz (blue), 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, and Spc. Corey Boothe (red), 4th Sustainment Brigade, fight in the tactical enclosure in the third-place bout of the flyweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Armendariz won the match after three rounds by judge’s decision. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

Staff Sgt. Patrick Miller (red), 2nd Brigade Combat Team, and Capt. Nathan Thobaben (blue), 41st Fires Brigade, fight in the tactical enclosure in the championship bout of the light-heavyweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Miller won the match by referee stoppage in the first round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

Walter Reed Army Medical Center Brigade Soldiers participate in Army Combatives Training Jan. 14 in Wagner Sports Center.

Pfc. Cody Watkins (red), 3rd Cavalry Regiment, and Sgt. Bradley Abbott (blue), First Army, Division West, grapple on the mats during preliminary rounds in the cruiserweight division of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 21 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Watkins won the match and moved on to the next round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

a Mobile Training Team from Fort Benning, Georgia teaches troops from US Army, Alaska employment of combatives inside a urban enviroment. The physcialy demanding course was held on Fort Richardson, Alaska MOUT site and the Geronimo gym

a Mobile Training Team from Fort Benning, Georgia teaches troops from US Army, Alaska employment of combatives inside a urban enviroment. The physcialy demanding course was held on Fort Richardson, Alaska MOUT site and the Geronimo gym

a Mobile Training Team from Fort Benning, Georgia teaches troops from US Army, Alaska employment of combatives inside a urban enviroment. The physcialy demanding course was held on Fort Richardson, Alaska MOUT site and the Geronimo gym

a Mobile Training Team from Fort Benning, Georgia teaches troops from US Army, Alaska employment of combatives inside a urban enviroment. The physcialy demanding course was held on Fort Richardson, Alaska MOUT site and the Geronimo gym

Josh "The Punk" Thomson, Bobby "B-South" Southworth and Mike "Quick" Swick stopped by PT this morning to give Soldiers in the 305th and 309th MI Battalions tips on their combatives skills. They praised Soldiers as being the "ultimate fighters." The MMA fighters are were brought in by Oak Grove Technologies for the AFCEA Conference.

a Mobile Training Team from Fort Benning, Georgia teaches troops from US Army, Alaska employment of combatives inside a urban enviroment. The physcialy demanding course was held on Fort Richardson, Alaska MOUT site and the Geronimo gym

Number 1. Close the distance. John Florez and Alex Hand exchange blows right away Aug. 21, 2010, in the Fort Sill Combatives Tournament inside Rinehart Fitness Center. Florez won the fight and title in the 140-pound weight class. He will move on for the chance to compete in the U.S. Army 2010 Championship Combatives Tournament at Fort Benning, Ga. (Army photo by Marie Berberea)

1st Lt. Jeff Linzey (red), 1st Brigade Combat Team, and Staff Sgt. Barney Spain (blue), First Army Division West, grapple on the mats during preliminary rounds in the light-heavyweight division of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 21 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Linzey won the match and moved on to the next round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

a Mobile Training Team from Fort Benning, Georgia teaches troops from US Army, Alaska employment of combatives inside a urban enviroment. The physcialy demanding course was held on Fort Richardson, Alaska MOUT site and the Geronimo gym

Spc. Andrew Deen, a team leader with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, coaches a teammate during the All American Week 2016 Combatives Tournament on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 23. All American Week is an opportunity for 82nd Airborne Paratroopers, past and present, and their Families to come together, enjoy camaraderie and celebrate being members of the All American Division. This year’s All American Week theme is “Tomorrow’s Force, Today!” (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam C. Keith, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade public affairs)

Pfc. Lucas Greenwalt (blue), 3rd Cavalry Regiment, and Scp. Adekunle Okusaga (red), 62nd Expeditionary Battalion, fight in the tactical enclosure in the championship bout of the welterweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Greenwalt won the match by referee stoppage in the first round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)

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