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.

LANDSTUHL, Germany -- The deep thumps of the human body, the grunts of discomfort and the exhaustion of combat are all components of the Army's Combatives Program, a hand-to-hand combat program which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite the cancellation of the all-Army Combatives Championship in July due to budget cuts, Fort Hood soldiers have not stopped excelling in the program that participants said is more important than ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: While various kinds of hand-to-hand combat training have been part of West Point cadet training since the early 1900s and before, Larsen was first to introduce the ...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center combat training held each fall in Hawaii is a premier event for the 25th Infantry Division. Last year, U.S. Army Pacific touted ...