CAMP SMITH, N.Y. - In a display of strength, agility and technical prowess, 21 New York and Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed in the Minutemen Combative Competition Feb. 2-3.

A military officer, a prize-winner of national and European championships in pankration and hand-to-hand combat, Aleksandr Maksimenko combines army routine with the patriotic education of teenagers.

Soldiers will compete Friday in the first Phantom Warrior Invitational combatives tournament in more than a decade at the ...

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.

The Special Operations Forces hand-to-hand combat championship in underway at the 103rd Vitebsk Airborne Brigade. Competing are four teams: 103rd Vitebsk Airborne Brigade, 38th Brest Airborne Assault ...