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Objects from Theban Tomb MMA 840

Objects from Theban Tomb MMA 840

Public domain photo of Egyptian sculpture, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Laden Donkeys and Ploughing, Tomb of Djar

Laden Donkeys and Ploughing, Tomb of Djar

Public domain photo of Egyptian sculpture, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Facsimile of the paintings on the north wall of the burial crypt in the tomb of Khety

Facsimile of the paintings on the north wall of the burial crypt in th...

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

James McNeill Whistler - The Butcher's Dog

James McNeill Whistler - The Butcher's Dog

James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McNeill Whistler - The Butcher's Dog

James McNeill Whistler - The Butcher's Dog

James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

AS07-04-1610 - Apollo 7 - Apollo 7 Mission, Gulf of Thailand, Tha Mma Rat, Thailand

AS07-04-1610 - Apollo 7 - Apollo 7 Mission, Gulf of Thailand, Tha Mma ...

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo 7,Gulf of Thailand, Tha Mma Rat, Thailand. Near vertical. Clouds cover: 85%; Altitude: 100 miles. Latitude: 8 degrees,29' North,Longitude: 99 degree... More

STS083-312-021 - STS-083 - MMA - MS Thomas at experiment rack

STS083-312-021 - STS-083 - MMA - MS Thomas at experiment rack

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-83 mission specialist Don Thomas is photographed at the controls of the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) located in Rack 3 of the Spacel... More

STS083-305-025 - STS-083 - TEMPUS and MMA

STS083-305-025 - STS-083 - TEMPUS and MMA

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of Rack 3 including the Electromagnetic Containerless Processing Facility (TEMPUS) and the Microgravity Measurement Assembly (MMA) experiments in t... More

STS083-312-022 - STS-083 - MMA - MS Thomas at experiment rack

STS083-312-022 - STS-083 - MMA - MS Thomas at experiment rack

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-83 mission specialist Don Thomas is photographed at the controls of the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) located in Rack 3 of the Spacel... More

STS083-312-023 - STS-083 - MMA - MS Thomas at experiment rack

STS083-312-023 - STS-083 - MMA - MS Thomas at experiment rack

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-83 mission specialist Don Thomas is photographed at the controls of the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) located in Rack 3 of the Spacel... More

Two fighters from Wreck MMA, a Canada-based mixed martial

Two fighters from Wreck MMA, a Canada-based mixed martial

Two fighters from Wreck MMA, a Canada-based mixed martial arts league, exchange blows during a fighting match for Coalition Forces at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, March 9. The event hosted two teams of six f... More

Cpl. Micah C. Terry, guard force Marine with Marine

Cpl. Micah C. Terry, guard force Marine with Marine

Cpl. Micah C. Terry, guard force Marine with Marine Forces Europe, stands victorious after the first official fight of his career, sanctioned by the International Sport Kickboxing Association, at the Mettler Fi... More

Warrant Officer 2 Marvin Crews (top), a maintenance

Warrant Officer 2 Marvin Crews (top), a maintenance

Warrant Officer 2 Marvin Crews (top), a maintenance technician with the 40th Quartermaster Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionar... More

Sailors match the faces of five mixed martial artists

Sailors match the faces of five mixed martial artists

Sailors match the faces of five mixed martial artists with those on a flyer during a mixed martial arts fighter's tour aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. The fighters are on a Pacific tour spons... More

Senior Airman Andrew Lawrence, 66th Training Squadron,

Senior Airman Andrew Lawrence, 66th Training Squadron,

Senior Airman Andrew Lawrence, 66th Training Squadron, water survival instructor, conducts non-ejection water survival class at Fairchild AFB, Wash. The course lasts two days and includes instruction in signali... More

Cpl. Jesse Cruz, a ground radio repairman with Marine

Cpl. Jesse Cruz, a ground radio repairman with Marine

Cpl. Jesse Cruz, a ground radio repairman with Marine Wing Command Squadron 38, lends instructions to Sgt. Fransisco Castro, a warehouse chief with 4th Marine Air Wing Site Support, while teaching arm-bar techn... More

War fighter by day, Ground fighter by night:Reserve Marine is Professional MMA fighter.

War fighter by day, Ground fighter by night:Reserve Marine is Professi...

Cpl. Christopher B. Thorne of Headquarters Platoon, 4th Tank Battalion, Headquarters and Service Company, Detachment 4, out of Miami, stands and displays his “dangerous” left jab for all his future opponents on... More

A soldier from the 58th Engineer Company, 2nd Squadron,

A soldier from the 58th Engineer Company, 2nd Squadron,

A soldier from the 58th Engineer Company, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, attempts a Guillotine Choke against his opponent during the opening round of the Warrior Challenge combatives tournament at... More

Cpl. Andrew Marcum, military working dog handler, 24th

Cpl. Andrew Marcum, military working dog handler, 24th

Cpl. Andrew Marcum, military working dog handler, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, allows his dog to bite him during Marine Day Times Square, May 27. The Enterprise, Ore., native recently returned from a deploym... More

Martial Art Demo during Marine Day Times Square, May 27 - Fleet Week New York 2011

Martial Art Demo during Marine Day Times Square, May 27 - Fleet Week N...

Sgt. Robert Stull, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor trainer, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrates a hip toss as part of a martial arts demonstration during Marine Day Times Square, May 27. T... More

Spectators wave and take photos of the MV-22 Osprey

Spectators wave and take photos of the MV-22 Osprey

Spectators wave and take photos of the MV-22 Osprey leaving after a helicopter raid demonstration at Eisenhower Park during Fleet Week New York 2011, May 28. The demonstration was held by Marines with the 24th ... More

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit led

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit led

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit led a run to Ground Zero, May 31. The majority of Marines with the 24th MEU joined the Marine Corps after the attacks of Sept. 11. More than 3,000 Marines, sailor... More

The 501st Sustainment Brigade surgeon cell conducts

The 501st Sustainment Brigade surgeon cell conducts

The 501st Sustainment Brigade surgeon cell conducts a quick check of a fighter before the start of the Korea Modern Army Combatives Tournament, Aug. 6 at USAG Carroll.

Marine MMA fighters ‘Clash in Okinawa’

Marine MMA fighters ‘Clash in Okinawa’

Service members with the Military Alliance Fight Team watch closely as Gunnery Sgt. Christopher J. Kessler instructs them at Camp Foster’s Gunner’s Gym Aug. 30. Kessler is with G-6, Telephone Sytems Branch, Mar... More

New policy minimizes MMA injuries

New policy minimizes MMA injuries

III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific Policy Letter 1-12 was signed Jan. 19. This letter outlines the steps Marines and sailors must follow in order to participate in off-duty mi... More

Cpl. Jeffery R. Nagy, ordinance technician with Marine

Cpl. Jeffery R. Nagy, ordinance technician with Marine

Cpl. Jeffery R. Nagy, ordinance technician with Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, practices vertical knee strikes during the final event of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course here... More

Former Ultimate Fighter Chris “Lights Out” Lytle (right)

Former Ultimate Fighter Chris “Lights Out” Lytle (right)

Former Ultimate Fighter Chris “Lights Out” Lytle (right) demonstrates the proper way to move in for a body blow on Shawn Cannan, a retired sergeant first class who is going through training with the Individual ... More

Pfc. Marshall O. Hughes, satellite communications operator

Pfc. Marshall O. Hughes, satellite communications operator

Pfc. Marshall O. Hughes, satellite communications operator and maintainer, Signal Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division from Asheboro, N.C., poses for a photo on Contingency O... More

Miramar Grappling Club members stretch out in preparation

Miramar Grappling Club members stretch out in preparation

Miramar Grappling Club members stretch out in preparation for a rigorous training session in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 1. The facility provides several mixed mart... More

Staff Sgt. Fransisco Castro, a warehouse chief with

Staff Sgt. Fransisco Castro, a warehouse chief with

Staff Sgt. Fransisco Castro, a warehouse chief with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing Site Support and a Tucson, Ariz., native, throws punch combinations toward a heavy bag with the Miramar Grappling Club aboard Marine ... More

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Mesnard, a 22-year-old corpsman

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Mesnard, a 22-year-old corpsman

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Mesnard, a 22-year-old corpsman with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, from Omaha, Neb., peers through the scratched lenses of an oxygen-restricting tr... More

Sgt. Ryan Galvan, a Marine combat instructor with Infantry

Sgt. Ryan Galvan, a Marine combat instructor with Infantry

Sgt. Ryan Galvan, a Marine combat instructor with Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East ties to move to a full mount in his fight with Cleveland Mclean during Richard Dambakly’s Battle in the Sou... More

National Guard soldiers from across the nation check

National Guard soldiers from across the nation check

National Guard soldiers from across the nation check for their names on the fighter’s division brackets at the 2012, fifth annual National Guard Combatives Tournament hosted by the Warrior Training Center at Fo... More

U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts instructors with Regimental

U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts instructors with Regimental

U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts instructors with Regimental Combat Team 5 and Combat Logistics Battalion 1 pose for a photo after graduating from a martial arts instructor's course here, Feb. 15. The Marines spe... More

Members of the 818th Engineer Company warm up for a

Members of the 818th Engineer Company warm up for a

Members of the 818th Engineer Company warm up for a basic Combatives class at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., March 27, 2012.

Former Marine Chris Brinks, shares a laugh with professional

Former Marine Chris Brinks, shares a laugh with professional

Former Marine Chris Brinks, shares a laugh with professional mixed martial artist Ovince St. Preux, during an America's Heroes Enjoying Recreation Outdoors turkey hunt in Shorter, Ala., March 31, 2012. St. Preu... More

Sergeant Michael Fogg directs fire onto an enemy position

Sergeant Michael Fogg directs fire onto an enemy position

Sergeant Michael Fogg directs fire onto an enemy position in Nad ‘Ali, Afghanistan, April 19. Fogg is a full-time infantryman with the Grenadier Guards of 12th Platoon, Inkerman Company, and has a love for mart... More

Eric Wilson performs a choke on Hector Morales, mixed

Eric Wilson performs a choke on Hector Morales, mixed

Eric Wilson performs a choke on Hector Morales, mixed martial arts fighters during the Epic 12 competition in San Diego Calif., May 4, 2012. Men and women fighters compete to win the Epic 12 champion title.

Marines arrive early for Fleet Week New York

Marines arrive early for Fleet Week New York

Cpl. William Rivera (left), Sgt. Chris Greenhalgh (middle), and Cpl. Israel Giron arrive at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport ahead of Fleet Week New York, May 22. Rivera is an operations clerk and Marine Corps m... More

Hundreds of New Yorkers crowd Pier 92 in Manhattan

Hundreds of New Yorkers crowd Pier 92 in Manhattan

Hundreds of New Yorkers crowd Pier 92 in Manhattan to watch the Parade of Ships through the New York Harbor, May 23, during Fleet Week New York 2012. The Marines of Special Marine Air Ground Task Force New York... More

Marines and sailors aboard the USS Wasp enter the New

Marines and sailors aboard the USS Wasp enter the New

Marines and sailors aboard the USS Wasp enter the New York Harbor during the Parade of Ships on the first day of Fleet Week New York 2012, May 23. During the Parade of Ships, 23 Tall Ships and Warships made the... More

Marines from 1st Battalion 9th Marines march in the

Marines from 1st Battalion 9th Marines march in the

Marines from 1st Battalion 9th Marines march in the Larchmont Memorial Day parade, May 24, as part of Fleet Week New York 2012. Fleet Week has been New York's celebration of the sea services since 1984. It is a... More

Col Cook Park Renamed - Public domain photogrpaph

Col Cook Park Renamed - Public domain photogrpaph

Col. Kenneth M. DeTreux (center), commanding officer, Special Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force - New York, and other civic leaders rededicated the Col. Donald Cook Park in Brooklyn, New York, May 24. Cook j... More

Lance Cpl. Darrick Drew salutes as taps is played at

Lance Cpl. Darrick Drew salutes as taps is played at

Lance Cpl. Darrick Drew salutes as taps is played at Lake Cemetery, Staten Island, May 25. He is an infantryman team leader, and Columbus, Ohio, native. Each year the Marines from Fleet Week New York help the t... More

Cpl. Will Liptak, a Mentor, Ohio, native, poses for

Cpl. Will Liptak, a Mentor, Ohio, native, poses for

Cpl. Will Liptak, a Mentor, Ohio, native, poses for a photo with Anahy Torres, holding his rifle and wearing his helmet. Liptak, a riflemen, was part of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force New York... More

This is my rifle, US Marine Corps Photo

This is my rifle, US Marine Corps Photo

Lance Cpl. Joshua Taylor, from Marietta, Ohio, poses for a photo a New Yorker holding a squad assault rifle during Military Day Times Square, May 26, as part of Fleet Week New York. Fleet Week is an opportunity... More

In honor of the innocent lives lost on 9/11, Marines

In honor of the innocent lives lost on 9/11, Marines

In honor of the innocent lives lost on 9/11, Marines of the Special Marine Air Ground Task Force New York remember during a visit to the 9/11 Memorial, concluding their motivational run through the city, May 29... More

Tech. Sgt. Steven Pina, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Steven Pina, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Steven Pina, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, attempts to gain the advantage on his sparring partner during a practice fight June 7, 2012, Wichita, Kan. Pina was the only airman to place in ... More

Jason Micnuc, Mixed Martial Arts fighter, ramps up

Jason Micnuc, Mixed Martial Arts fighter, ramps up

Jason Micnuc, Mixed Martial Arts fighter, ramps up the crowd after his match at MMA Fight Night 3 at Felix Field, June 22. Micnuc, a service-disabled Army veteran, lost to Shane Kruchten, a Marine disabled vete... More

Marne Week host MAC tournament to name the toughest on the rock

Marne Week host MAC tournament to name the toughest on the rock

“The beast” Spc. Nathaniel Freeman (right) has his hand raised after winning the Heavy Weight MAC championship, during Marne Week, June 28.

The Arifjan Combat Club had 10 members participate

The Arifjan Combat Club had 10 members participate

The Arifjan Combat Club had 10 members participate in the Desert Warrior Open Combatives Tournament at Camp Arifjan June 30, 2012. More than 60 fighters participated in six different weight classes at the Deser... More

(Right) Sgt. David Lafayette with Wrights Extreme Martial

(Right) Sgt. David Lafayette with Wrights Extreme Martial

(Right) Sgt. David Lafayette with Wrights Extreme Martial Arts, steps up to his opponent Adam Miller during the Battle in the South IV hosted at the Coastline Convention Center in Wilmington, N.C. July 14. The ... More

U.S. Marines receive autographs from various mixed

U.S. Marines receive autographs from various mixed

U.S. Marines receive autographs from various mixed martial arts fighters during the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) Military Appreciation Day on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Calif., July ... More

Sgt. Matthew Bray (red), Military District of Washington,

Sgt. Matthew Bray (red), Military District of Washington,

Sgt. Matthew Bray (red), Military District of Washington, and Staff Sgt. Shane Lees (blue), Fort Hood, grapple on the mats in the semi-final rounds in the lightweight division during the 2012 U.S. Army Combativ... More

Spc. Kevin Kent (red), Military District of Washington,

Spc. Kevin Kent (red), Military District of Washington,

Spc. Kevin Kent (red), Military District of Washington, and Capt. Jason Norwood (blue), Fort Hood, grapple on the mats in the semi-final rounds in the middleweight division during the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives ... More

Pfc. David Elias (red), Fort Stewart, and Spc. Antonesia

Pfc. David Elias (red), Fort Stewart, and Spc. Antonesia

Pfc. David Elias (red), Fort Stewart, and Spc. Antonesia Giles-Green (blue), Fort Carson, grapple on the mats in the semi-final rounds in the bantamweight division during the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives Champions... More

Sgt. Dustin Bell (red), Fort Bragg, and Sgt. 1st Class

Sgt. Dustin Bell (red), Fort Bragg, and Sgt. 1st Class

Sgt. Dustin Bell (red), Fort Bragg, and Sgt. 1st Class James Stelly (blue), 5th Special Forces Group, grapple on the mats in the semi-final rounds in the light heavyweight division during the 2012 U.S. Army Com... More

Spc. Larry Jackson (red), Fort Hood, and Sgt. 1st Class

Spc. Larry Jackson (red), Fort Hood, and Sgt. 1st Class

Spc. Larry Jackson (red), Fort Hood, and Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Mejil (blue), Fort Sill, grapple on the mats in the semi-final rounds in the bantamweight division during the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives Champions... More

Spc. Larry Jackson (red), Fort Hood, and Spc. Miles

Spc. Larry Jackson (red), Fort Hood, and Spc. Miles

Spc. Larry Jackson (red), Fort Hood, and Spc. Miles McDonald (blue), Missouri National Guard, grapple on the mats in the semi-final rounds in the bantamweight division during the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives Champ... More

U.S. Staff Sgt. Aaron Riley, stationed at Fort Hood,

U.S. Staff Sgt. Aaron Riley, stationed at Fort Hood,

U.S. Staff Sgt. Aaron Riley, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, delivers a punch to Pfc. Joshua Young, assigned to Fort Stewart, Ga., during the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives Championship held at Fort Hood, Texas, July... More

2012 U.S. Army Combatives Championship

2012 U.S. Army Combatives Championship

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Davis, assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., stalks the ring after being defeated by Army Capt. Jason Norwood, assigned to Fort Hood, for the 3rd place middleweight ... More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Roger Pence, an aviator

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Roger Pence, an aviator

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Roger Pence, an aviator with 306th Aerial Exploitation Battalion, Task Force ODIN-A, practices a front kick during a hand-to-hand combat class on Bagram Airfield, Oct. 15, 2012... More

During the mixed martial arts class, contracted firefighter

During the mixed martial arts class, contracted firefighter

During the mixed martial arts class, contracted firefighter and instructor Artrail Coley, demonstrate proper movement technique to students at Multinational Base Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2012. (U.S. Army... More

Airman 1st Class Markus Williams, right, Spangdahlem

Airman 1st Class Markus Williams, right, Spangdahlem

Airman 1st Class Markus Williams, right, Spangdahlem mixed martial arts team member, faces off against his opponent Nov. 17, 2012, at Kombat Komplett 7 in Baumholder. Williams, a Phoenix native, is a member of ... More

Wesley Barnes (far right) stares down Dan Martinez

Wesley Barnes (far right) stares down Dan Martinez

Wesley Barnes (far right) stares down Dan Martinez as their mixed martial arts bout begins at the Strike Fight event Dec. 8 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Barnes won a unanimous decision over Martinez in one of... More

Staff Sgt. Zachery Rayburn, 460th Space Communications

Staff Sgt. Zachery Rayburn, 460th Space Communications

Staff Sgt. Zachery Rayburn, 460th Space Communications Squadron radio frequency system crew member, sings the national anthem during the Buckley MMA Fight Night, Feb. 9, 2013, at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. R... More

Fort Hood leaders battle it out at combatives tourney finals

Fort Hood leaders battle it out at combatives tourney finals

Col. Matt Elledge, U.S. Army Garrison commander, dominates his opponent, Col. Charles Hensley, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade commander, during the Fort Hood Combatives final tournaments Feb. 23 at Abra... More

Marine proves himself in the cage

Marine proves himself in the cage

Staff Sgt. Brian Telinda made his mixed martial arts debut at the King of Jacksonville fight series in North Carolina, March 16, where he won by decision after nearly scoring a knockout in the first round.

Marines with Recruiting Substation Columbia hold a

Marines with Recruiting Substation Columbia hold a

Marines with Recruiting Substation Columbia hold a pull up challenge during Shogun Fights VIII at First Mariner Arena in Baltimore, April 13. Marine Recruiting Station Baltimore sponsored one of the 11 bouts du... More

Juan Rivera, the information technology officer on

Juan Rivera, the information technology officer on

Juan Rivera, the information technology officer on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, talks to two students enrolled in his mixed martial arts course, May 2. The students just finished sparring and Rivera dec... More

Obinna Njokuani, left, a mixed martial artist who fights

Obinna Njokuani, left, a mixed martial artist who fights

Obinna Njokuani, left, a mixed martial artist who fights in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), takes part in a foot race with Senior Airman Gabriel Gebhart, from the 35th Figh... More

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company,

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company,

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, demonstrates a knee strike during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. K... More

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company,

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company,

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, trains in Mixed Martial Arts during his personal time away from duty in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3,... More

Sidney Silva came to train some of our local mixed

Sidney Silva came to train some of our local mixed

Sidney Silva came to train some of our local mixed martial arts fighters within USAG Wiesbaden. They demonstrated classic and new moves in MMA and other combative fight styles. The USAG Wiesbaden boxing and com... More

Champions named during MAC tournament

Champions named during MAC tournament

Spc. Anthony Quintero (blue), 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, attempts to soften his opponent, 1st Lt. Andrew Fant (red ), 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat... More

Tim Kennedy, middle, a professional mixed martial arts

Tim Kennedy, middle, a professional mixed martial arts

Tim Kennedy, middle, a professional mixed martial arts fighter with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, takes candid pictures with soldiers and their families during a free seminar Dec. 12 at the 82nd Airborne ... More

The official kickoff to the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives

The official kickoff to the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives

The official kickoff to the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives Championship started with the elimination matches at Rittz-Epps Physical Fitness Center Dec. 13. More than 300 competitors were scheduled to compete i... More

Competitors competing in the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives

Competitors competing in the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives

Competitors competing in the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives Championship on Dec. 13 went head-to-head in a semi-final round to see who would advance to the finale held at Sports USA Dec. 14. The semi-final rou... More

With just under 300 competitors who are competing in

With just under 300 competitors who are competing in

With just under 300 competitors who are competing in the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives Championship, essential personnel to include instructors, "red shirts," referees, judges, medics and a supporting crowd, ... More

The finale of the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives

The finale of the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives

The finale of the 2013 Fort Bragg Army Combatives Championship Invitational was held at Sports USA, Dec. 14, and featured 21 matches including 3rd place finals, 1st place finals and exhibitions. Team Bragg won ... More

Sergeant Misha Nassiri, an ammunition technician with

Sergeant Misha Nassiri, an ammunition technician with

Sergeant Misha Nassiri, an ammunition technician with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, wraps her hands before her first mixed martial arts match held at Valley Center, Calif., Jan. 18, 2014. Nassiri... More

New MMA circuit training packs a punch

New MMA circuit training packs a punch

Kristine Davis, a Department of Defense contractor with Public Works, goes through the two minute mixed martial arts fitness stations in the Guantanamo Naval Station Morale Welfare and Recreation's new MMA circ... More

Tom Lawlor (left), a mixed martial artist signed to

Tom Lawlor (left), a mixed martial artist signed to

Tom Lawlor (left), a mixed martial artist signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, explains some of the rules to fighting in the UFC to fans at a meet-and-greet event at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Jan. 23. The ... More

Female Marine enters pro MMA with 20 sec knockout

Female Marine enters pro MMA with 20 sec knockout

Sergeant Misha Nassiri, ammunition technician, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, won her first professional mixed martial arts fight Jan. 18, 2014 at Valley Center, Calif. Nassiri, a native of San Di... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Diego Mesias, the non commissioned officer

U.S. Army Sgt. Diego Mesias, the non commissioned officer

U.S. Army Sgt. Diego Mesias, the non commissioned officer in charge of the 98th Combat Stress Control Detachment from Fort Lewis, Wash., (foreground left,) and U.S. Army Maj. Primitivo Davis, (foreground, righ... More

Spc. Rahman Gholston, of Pullman, Wash., with the 301st

Spc. Rahman Gholston, of Pullman, Wash., with the 301st

Spc. Rahman Gholston, of Pullman, Wash., with the 301st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, grapples with Spc. Jessie Clements, of Lafayette, Ga., with the 390th Engineer Company, at the modern Army combatives tourna... More

Sgt. Juan Jackson, Tacoma resident, with the 493rd

Sgt. Juan Jackson, Tacoma resident, with the 493rd

Sgt. Juan Jackson, Tacoma resident, with the 493rd Military Police Company, grapples with Staff Sgt. James Thornton, of Inman, S.C., with the 323rd Engineer Company, at the modern Army combatives tournament dur... More

MCMWTC Marine defends ring title

MCMWTC Marine defends ring title

Sgt. Daniel Ramirez, clerk, Distribution Management Office, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, is announced the winner after defending his welterweight title during an amateur MMA league fight night... More

Mike Dolce, creator of the Dolce Diet, nutritional

Mike Dolce, creator of the Dolce Diet, nutritional

Mike Dolce, creator of the Dolce Diet, nutritional coach for numerous Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters and UFC Fit trainer, speaks to service members during a seminar aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeun... More

First Sgt. Matthew Chambers, 3rd Battalion (Airborne),

First Sgt. Matthew Chambers, 3rd Battalion (Airborne),

First Sgt. Matthew Chambers, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, checks Spc. Rumiro Gonzales' face during the 2014 United States Army Alaska Combatives Tournament June 4. Gonzales is a member of ... More

Master Sgt. Donald W. Johnson, left, a low altitude

Master Sgt. Donald W. Johnson, left, a low altitude

Master Sgt. Donald W. Johnson, left, a low altitude air defense gunner with Marine Air Control Group 28, attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Chris Easter, Combined

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Chris Easter, Combined

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Chris Easter, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa J2 senior enlisted leader, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Derek Smith, master at arms dog handler, left, practice ... More

Col. Peter Buck, the commanding officer of Marine Corps

Col. Peter Buck, the commanding officer of Marine Corps

Col. Peter Buck, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, welcomes former NFL icon and mental health advocate, Herschel Walker, aboard MCAS Beaufort, Aug. 5. Walker, who was diagnosed with D... More

John Zimmer (left), a security specialist at Headquarters

John Zimmer (left), a security specialist at Headquarters

John Zimmer (left), a security specialist at Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, practices a leg lock on his coach, Reilly Bodycomb, before his debut fight at the Caged Warrior Championship V on Oct.... More

From left: Staff Sgt. Cameron Gilliam, Staff Sgt. Colton

From left: Staff Sgt. Cameron Gilliam, Staff Sgt. Colton

From left: Staff Sgt. Cameron Gilliam, Staff Sgt. Colton St. John, and Capt. Bernard Williamson all placed at the Modern Army Combatives Program tournament at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 15, 2015. They train at ... More

Rodrigo Artilheiro, current black belt No-Gi world

Rodrigo Artilheiro, current black belt No-Gi world

Rodrigo Artilheiro, current black belt No-Gi world champion, lifts Gabriel Kitober in demonstrating a take-down at the Marietta Recruiting Company Mega Future Soldiers Event held at X3 Sports in Marietta, Ga., ... More

Senior Airman Zack Throckmorton, an F-22 Raptor weapons

Senior Airman Zack Throckmorton, an F-22 Raptor weapons

Senior Airman Zack Throckmorton, an F-22 Raptor weapons systems loader with the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, practices grappling with a fellow fighter at Martial Arts Alas... More

A fighting arena holds two announcers during the 12th

A fighting arena holds two announcers during the 12th

A fighting arena holds two announcers during the 12th Kwon Respect Fighting Championship in Wuppertal, Germany, April 11, 2015. Thirteen fights took place at the event, featuring mixed martial artists, boxers a... More

The Colorado National Guard allied with Bode Aviation

The Colorado National Guard allied with Bode Aviation

The Colorado National Guard allied with Bode Aviation and the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control to train for a civil-military aerial water bucket training exercise in order to help prepare author... More

What I've Learned: Josue Funes. Marine Corps air ground combat center

What I've Learned: Josue Funes. Marine Corps air ground combat center

Cpl. Josue Funes, Light Armored Vehicle repair technician, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, has practiced martial arts for more than six years and has recently taken up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the Yuc... More

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