FORT LEE, Va. (May 20, 2019) -- For whatever reason, karma or some other cosmic fate seemed dead-set against Sgt. Travis Zenk’s plan to battle for combatives supremacy.
In 2015, the 25-year-old Lyons, Ohio native was set to compete at the renown Fort Bragg Combatives Tournament, but a medical reclassification to his current military occupational specialty thwarted his efforts.
Last year, mandatory attendance to the Advanced Leader Course prevented him from grappling for gold at the Lacerda Cup All Army Combatives Competition.
This year, however, Zenk’s pathway to the winner's podium was unobstructed. The former high school wrestler’s talents and skills propelled him to the bantamweight crown at the Lacerda Cup that took...
Fort Lee senior leaders – including Maj. Gen. Rodney D. Fogg, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command – served Thanksgiving dinner to nearly 10,000 Soldiers and other personnel at its dining facilities Nov. 22, 2018. This was be the first Thanksgiving away from home for many of the new Soldiers here for training.
