Cadet Field Training Combatives

Published on July 15, 2022

During Cadet Field Training, the Class of 2025 battled in close quarters at the combative pit in a best-of-platoon competition. The mission of combatives training is to instill the Warrior Ethos and to prepare cadets to defeat the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. The West Point Department of Physical Education (DPE) oversaw the competition.

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