Combatives training is a valuable tool for U.S. Army commanders because it improves unit cohesion and lethality. I believe hand-to-hand combat will also prove consequential in future armed conflict.

Spc. Christopher Weeks, master combatives trainer, helped facilitate level one instruction for about 90 Soldiers from across the installation, Wednesday, at the U.S. Army Combatives School at Fort ...

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. These Soldiers conducted ...

Pretzel shaped maneuvers, head locks and tapping out are all techniques that make up the Modern Army Combative training. The purpose of this training is to provide Soldiers close quarters and ...

There’s an assumption, fed by movies and a romanticized view of war, that every American military member is an e-lite hand-to-hand ninja, martial artist, and/or dynamo in the Octagon. While there are ...

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 it ...

ALEXANDRIA, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, WELL BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT POLICE TRAINING THAT COULD SAVE LIVES. THIS AFTERNOON, WE’RE SEEING HOW LOCAL OFFICERS ARE LEARNING TACTICS FOR DE-ESCALATION. HERE’S ...

Weapons, firearms and lethal hand-to-hand combat are often blended together in high-risk military combat confrontations, a circumstance which many military and law enforcement entities believe now ...