Taking it to the mat: 1st BCT soldiers knock out combatives training [Image 2 of 4]

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES

09.27.2010

Photo by Staff Sgt. Wallace Bonner 

1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

Cpl. Ashley M. Pawlowski, senior combatives instructor assigned to Company B, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shows Spc. Damien T. Jefferson, signal support systems specialist assigned to Company B, how to properly apply a chock hold on a hostile opponent during close combat Feb. 27. Pawloski, a native of Greensboro, N.C., was the senior instructor for 18 soldiers, including Jefferson, a native of Aurora, Ill., assigned to 1st STB, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., who tackled a week long course Feb. 27 – March 2, in order to become level one certified in the U.S. Army’s combatives program.

• Date Taken: 09.27.2010
• Date Posted: 03.08.2012 12:55
• Photo ID: 537743
• VIRIN: 100927-A-no001-866
• Resolution: 1755x2751
• Size: 2.98 MB
• Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US
• Hometown: BRIDGMAN, MI, US
• Hometown: GREENSBORO, NC, US