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Sgt. Benjamin Standley (top), an infantryman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry grapples with Spc. Tyler Brown, an infantryman with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry during the combatives portion of the 2011 Oregon Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Ore., March 13. Both Standley and Brown went on to win the overall titles of Oregon’s Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year, respectively. The three-day event pitted Oregon Citizen-Soldiers against one another as they competed for the title of Oregon’s Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. Other portions of the competition tested the candidates in Army aptitude, urban warfare simulations, board interviews, physical fitness tests, written exams, and Warrior tasks and battle drills relevant to today’s operating environment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Eric A. Rutherford, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Oregon Army National Guard).
Spc. Ryan Jones, U.S. Army Garrison Baden-Wuerttemberg (left), and Spc. Cara Bennett, U.S. Army Garrison Livorno, compete in a level one combative exercise, May 2. Both Soldiers are vying to be IMCOM Europe 2011 Soldier of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Molly Hayden)
The 2009 Fort Riley and 1st Infantry Division combatives teams and coaches are pictured after the second day of the all-Army combatives tournament in Fort Benning, Ga.
Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe's 2nd Cavalry Regiment pose with former Major League Baseball players and Fox Sports Girls following a combatives session t the Rose Barracks Memorial Fitness Center in Vilseck, Germany. Several MLB players are vsiting the U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr community this week with Fox Sports as part of a three-day visit to help reinforce a "ready and resilient" Army and inspire, motivate and educate Army in Europe Soldiers, civilian employees and family members about the importance of a healthy lifestyle. During the visit sponsor Fox Sports is a short film that showcases the Army in Europe community and the resiliency and spirit of its members and their contributions to national defense. (Photo by Richard Bumgardner)
The Missouri National Guard 311th Brigade Support Battalion, Co. A out of Nevada, recently went through a combative self-defense class instructed by Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Franklin and Sgt. Ryan Herda. Franklin explained that the class involves a combination of muay thai, kickboxing and wrestling. With the help of Herda, Franklin conducted his planned lessons that involved Soldiers practicing strikes, take downs, and submissions. At the end of the day, the Soldiers tested their new skills by teaming up in groups of two against Franklin. In the test, the Soldiers were required to prevent Franklin from crossing into their territory and were forced to take him down if he persisted. (Photo Spc. Sarah Vasquez)
U.S. Army National Guard Soldier of the Year Spc. Ryan Lindberg, with the North Dakota National Guard's 817th Engineer Company (Sapper), lunges backward while executing a rear takedown on U.S. Army Medical Command Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Staff Sgt. Ilker Irmak during their bout at the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition combatives tournament on Ft. Lee, Va., Oct. 7, 2011. The double-elimination combatives tournament was the final event in the week-long Best Warrior competition.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released)
Sgt. Kevin Kent, left, C Company, 781st Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Meade, Md., competes against Sgt. 1st Class. John Kim, Defense Programs Support Activity, Elkridge, Md., during the Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and Military District of Washington 5th Annual Combatives Tournament’s cruiserweight championship bout at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall fitness center April 18, 2013. Kent went on to win the championship for his weight class. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO Photo by Rachel Larue)
At the combatives pit, eight companies from the Class of 2014 received a four-hour block of instruction from a team of West Point cadets on a series of passes, sweeps and submissions. The training concluded with 90-second sparring session and a final best-of-platoon level competition. The cadre of 25 upperclass cadets trained four weeks to be qualified to train by the Department of Physical Education and was certified by the Master of the Sword. The cadre will also be instructing the Class of 2015 during Cadet Basic Training. Photo by Mike Strasser, West Point Public Affairs
Photo by Pfc. George Rivas
Spc. Jennifer Jones, a Soldier with the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, catches her competition slipping and delivers a match ending arm-bar during the second round of the Bantam weight class during the 2nd Annual JBLM Combatives Tournament. Jones, who took first place overall, now has the opportunity to compete for the All-Army Combatives Team.
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David Mason (top), III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, wins by submission against Viktoriya Varpakhovich, Fort Wadsworth, N.Y., in a preliminary bout July 21 at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
The 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
Several Soldiers donned protective gear to play the enemy and force others to react using level three combatives techniques at Fort Sill's Cerrone Combatives Facility Nov. 3, 2010. (Army photo by Marie Berberea)
Sgt. Simon Pequeno (red), 41st Fires Brigade, and Pfc. Casey Gonzalez (blue), 1st Brigade Combat Team, fight in the tactical enclosure in the championship bout of the bantamweight division during the finals of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Pequeno won the match by submission in the first round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
A few of the winners of the combatives tournament pose for a photo following a tough day of competition.
Col. Neil Hersey and Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Vance, the 21st Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat) command team, take on Col. Maria Zumwalt and Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Graham, the 48th Chemical Brigade command team, in a one-minute exhibition bout during the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 23 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
Members of the audience, including Commanding General Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and Military District of Washington Michael S. Linnington, second left, watch Senior Airman Michael McDonnell, 32nd Intelligence Squadron, Fort Meade, Md., compete against Staff Sgt. Megan Lomonof, The United States Army Band, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, during the Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and Military District of Washington 5th Annual Combatives Tournament’s welterweight championship bout at the JBM-HH Fitness Center April 18, 2013. Sands went on to win the championship for his weight class. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO Photo by Rachel Larue)
Staff Sgt. Robert Martin, violinist with The U.S. Army Band, and Master Sgt. Brian Archer, audio engineer for The U.S. Army Band, train Soldiers from 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard” in Army Combatives
U.S. Army National Guard Soldier of the Year Spc. Ryan Lindberg lunges backwards with a hold on the head of U.S. Army National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Sgt. Guy Mellor during their bout at the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition combatives tournament on Ft. Lee, Va., Oct. 7, 2011. The double-elimination combatives tournament was the final event in the week-long Best Warrior competition.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released)
Staff Sgt. Walter Mobley, chokes out Staff Sgt. Dustin Wells, 8th Security Forces, during combatives training Jan. 27. The 8 Security Forces members’ will do 10 hours of combatives training based off the Army’s Modern Army Combatives Program to refresh on their basic ground fighting techniques.
U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen
Spc. Kenneth Dewey (red), 3rd Cavalry Regiment, and Sgt. Brad Wilkerson (blue), 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, grapple on the mats during intermediate rounds in the middleweight division of the 2013 Fort Hood Combatives Tournament Feb. 22 at Abrams Physical Fitness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Dewey won the match and moved on to the next round. (U.S. Army Photo by Daniel Cernero, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)
Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jeremy Carver, Recruiting and Retention Command (center), takes a breather after winning his match during a national combatives tournament in Fort Benning, Ga., Oct. 1. Carver placed in the top ten during the tournament. He was one of seven members on the Oregon Army National Guard team which participated in the tournament. (U.S. Army photo by 1SG Dave Hagen, Oregon Army National Guard).
Spc. Jessica Storch, 9th MSC, grabs Spc. Emmanuel Estremera-Perez, 80th Training Command, hand during the Modern Army Combatives tournament at the 2011 Army Reserve Best Warrior competition at Fort McCoy on Thursday, June 23. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Marisol Hernandez)
Soldiers conduct Combatives Level I training at Camp Frettered Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Md., on Aug. 8th, 2016. The class is physically demanding and pushes the limits of every participant. By the last day everyone knows what it feels like to be choked, kicked, punched in the face, body slammed and how to prevent those things to gain control and finish the fight. The students receive a Combatives Level I certificate after passing a written exam and a test on technique. The course teaches basic self-defense and fighting skills that better prepares soldiers for survival in hostile environments. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Spc. Nyia Patton)
CAMP SMITH, N.Y. -- Soldiers pose after winning first-place trophies in the New York Army National Guard Combatives Tournament, held here on July 27. Over a dozen New York Army National troops competed in seven weight categories, and the winners may have an opportunity to represent New York State in the All Army National Guard Combatives Tournament in 2014. The tournament was organized by the New York Army National Guard's 106th Regional Training Institute. The first-place winners are, back row, from left: Sgt. 1st Class Stephen Palmer, middleweight, 466th Area Support Medical Company; Staff Sgt. Sean Cronin, cruiserweight, 642nd Aviation Support Battalion; Sgt. Joshua Mclean, light-heavyweight, 1427th Transportation Company; Sgt. Adama Ilboudo, heavyweight, 719th Transportation Company; front row, from left: Capt. Linette Palladino, flyweight; 53rd Digital Liaison Detachment; Spc. Arber Ceci, lightweight, 133rd Quartermaster Company; Spc. Andres Diaz, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Patricia Austin, Joint Force Headquarters, New York Army National Guard)