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.

Earlier this year, a chilling viral video out of Ukraine emerged depicting the stark reality of modern warfare. The footage ...

FORT HARRISON - Over the past three years John Renken has interviewed more than 50 U.S. soldiers who not only survived hand-to-combat, but prevailed in their life-or-death struggle with enemy ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. (WTVM) - More than 150 soldiers, including 10 women, from around the world have stepped into the ring this week for the 2025 Lacerda Cup Combatives Competition, part of the Army’s ...

Trung Lap Ranger Unit Training Center, South Vietnam, February, 1962: U.S. Army advisers 1st Lt. Edmond Fricki (standing) and 1st Lt. Major Bell demonstrate hand-to-hand combat before a group of ...