Spc. Marcos Barragan, an infantryman with 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, Georgia Army National Guard, top, demonstrates a combatives technique to instructor Staff Sgt. Jair Cranmore, combatives instructor, Aug. 18, 2012. U.S. soldiers from Multinational Battle Group East participated in the tactical combatives course at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Aug. 6-17, 2012. The advanced course is designed to instill the U.S. Army's Warrior Ethos: "I will always place the mission first, I will never accept defeat, I will never quit, I will never leave a fallen comrade - and prepare soldiers to close with and defeat the enemy in hand-to-hand combat."