Army Spc. Christopher Laughlin, gets ready to receive incoming punches from Sgt. Joe Primeau, assistant instructor, as he passes the clinch drill, during which the students have to hold their opponent in order to stop incoming punches, for a combatives level one class taught on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, March 22, 2017. Both Soldiers are with AFNORTH Battalion, USANATO Brigade the unit that led this class open to military forces stationed in the Benelux. ( Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie)

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