FRIDAY FOTO (August 3, 2012)

Ringing His Bell

Defense Department photo by EJ Hersom

First Lt. Mathew Kyler of Fort Carson, Colorado (right) takes a punch to the nose thrown by Second Lt. Nick Shafer of Fort Hood, Texas during the 2012 U.S. Army Combatives Tournament at Fort Hood. Kyler won the match to become the welterweight champion.

Combatives is not a sport but a training method to test the hand-to-hand combat skills of soldiers. For more photos, click here.

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