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In Focus – Basic Combatives Course 720p

  • AFN Kaiserslautern
  • June 10, 2025 | 1:00

SFC Aaron Rapoza, Director of Combatives Operations, 18th Airborne Corps, trains Airmen from the 569th USFPS and Soldiers from the 52nd MPs during a week-long Basic Combatives Course, in Kaiserslautern, Germany, from June 9-13, 2024.

The course introduces trainees to fundamental techniques derived from martial arts disciplines like Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Judo and Boxing. (Defense Media Activity video by Staff Sgt. Joseph E. D. Knoch)

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