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Air Force Materiel Command

Black & Blue: forging Airmen warriors

Published March 30, 2026

Airman Leadership School learned ground-and-pound techniques, known as combatives training with Eglin's Survival Evasion Resistance Escape instructors from the 96th Operations Support Squadron. ALS added combatives training into the curriculum in 2025 to add more focus on a warfighter ethos. Imagery by Samuel King Jr.