2013 USARAK Combatives Tournament [Image 37 of 41]

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES

03.22.2013

Photo by Justin Connaher 

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson   

First Lt. Kenneth Cummings, a native of Evanston, Wyo., top, wrestles with Staff Sgt. Brian Mellon, a native of Yuma, Ariz., during U.S. Army Alaska's 2013 Combatives Tournament. Both soldiers are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 4th Brigade Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Alaska, Alaska Army National Guard's 49th Missile Defense Battalion at Fort Greely and an Air Force fighter from 773rd CES competed in U.S. Army Alaska's (USARAK) 2013 Combatives Tournament, Friday, March 22, 2013, at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Combatives, or hand-to-hand combat, is an engagement between two or more persons in an empty-handed struggle or with hand-held weapons such as knives, sticks or projectile weapons that cannot be fired. Proficiency in hand-to-hand combat is one of the fundamental building blocks for training the modern soldier. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)

• Date Taken: 03.22.2013
• Date Posted: 04.08.2013 13:49
• Photo ID: 902465
• VIRIN: 130322-F-LX370-796
• Resolution: 3154x2172
• Size: 4.46 MB
• Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, US
• Hometown: EVANSTON, WY, US
• Hometown: YUMA, AZ, US