As an affiliate partner, Military.com earns from qualifying purchases. It was Nov. 10, 2004, and Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia was in trouble. A squad leader assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd ...

It was an early lesson for Meegan: hand-to-hand combat is a mental game ... in rifles and pistols and fake but realistic knives. If a trainee was hit by a paint round, the remaining trainees ...

In the mid-1980s, TV audiences were introduced to a new type of hero, MacGyver. While other action icons relied on brute force, over-the-top weaponry, and hand-to-hand combat, MacGyver relied on ...

knives, hammers, and machetes. There are firearms as well, though the emphasis looks to be on the brutally efficient hand-to-hand combat. The environment plays a big role in combat too ...