Story by Sgt. Matthew Rabahy | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 05.25.2022
With 18 events taking place during Ivy Week 2022 at Fort Carson, Colorado, none encapsulated the Ivy Spirit quite like the hand-to-hand combat tournament. If the Utah Beach event was the grand opening, then the hand-to-hand combat finals were the jaw-dropping crescendo....
Story by Lance Cpl. Angel Alvarado | Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command | 12.03.2021
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James A. Hunt poses for a photo at Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia, 5 November, 2021. Hunt is an avionics technician with the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Oceana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Angel Alvarado)...
Courtesy Story | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 08.07.2019
According to Marine Corps Orders 1500.54, the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) is an integrated martial art designed for and executed by all Marines throughout their careers. Since 2001, MCMAP has combined hand-to-hand, close-quarters and unarmed combat, edged weapons, weapons of opportunity, and rifle and bayonet techniques to train the bodies and minds of Marines in the Warrior Ethos....
Story by Sgt. Thomas Crough | U.S. Army Central | 10.06.2017
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Soldiers from various Army Reserve and National Guard units participated in the Modern Army Combatives Program’s Tactical Combatives Course (Level II) at the Combatives and Cross Training Facility, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Sept. 25 – Oct. 6, 2017....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Anna Doo | Joint Force Headquarters - New Mexico National Guard | 03.26.2015
Three highly-skilled noncommissioned officers of the New Mexico Army National Guard shared decades of experience and knowledge in combatives and weapons retention tactics with more than 30 Costa Rican first responders. Police officers, tourist law enforcement officials, narcotics officers and members of the Costa Rica Coast Guard spent a few days in late March gaining hands-on education they......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret | 416th Theater Engineer Command | 06.25.2014
Months ago, Sgt. Juan Jackson sat on a bus full of Soldiers staring out the window. That moment. He remembers it still.
Story by Sgt. Amie McMillan | 10th Press Camp Headquarters | 01.18.2013
Soldiers had the opportunity to showcase their hand-to-hand, close combat skills during the Fort Bragg Combatives Tournament at Ritz-Epps Gym, Jan. 18 – 19....
Story by Lance Cpl. Crystal Druery | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego | 06.05.2012
Recruits yell through their mouth guards as they charge with pugil sticks, ready to give a strike during training June 5 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego....
