Fort Bliss Monitor

Bodies hit the floor during
Combatives training
116th BCT taken ‘out of the typical mindset’

Story and photos by
Spc. Michael Garrett
Monitor Staff

The Level 1 Combatives Course ended Friday at Bldg. 60 with a tournament before graduation. The weeklong course gives a Soldier 40 hours of instruction in the basics of combative training. Soldiers can sign up for the class through their individual unit’s point of contact for schools.

Armando Flores, Department of the Army Police, attempts to get out of Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Randall’s front mount. Randall, 145th Support Battalion, was the overall winner of the tournament.

Capt. William Navarro, Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 108th Air Defense Artillery, taps out as a result of Staff Sgt. LaMonte Rigmaden applying a submission hold.

Staff Sgt. Brian Bray, 286th Signal Company, attempts to put 2nd Lt. Mike Hendricks, 3rd Bn., 43rd Air Defense Artillery, in a straight arm bar.

Spc. Thomas Garza, 5th Bn. 52nd Air Defense Artillery, charges his opponent, Pfc. Everette Sargeant, 51st Maintenance Company, at the start of their match.

Sgt. Curtis Lundberg, 145th Support Battalion, tries to achieve an advantage while Spc. Brandon Malott, 51st Maintenance Company, holds him in the guard.

Maj. Eric Howard, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Center, keeps Capt. Keith Thompson, 145th Support Battalion, in his guard while they struggle for dominance.



www.bliss.army.mil	Published for the Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas Community	September 16, 2004

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