Forging the ‘ethical warrior’ through martial arts
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tyler Gilchrist, Marine Aircraft Group 49 Marine Corps Martial Arts Program trainee and U.S. Marine Corps. Cpl. Vincent Lefurge, MAG 49 MCMAP trainee, perform water-based exercises at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 10, 2025. MCMAP is a combat system that combines existing and new hand-to-hand and close quarters combat techniques with morale, team-building functions and instruction in the warrior ethos. The techniques used by MCMAP vary in degrees of lethality allowing members to qualify and master up to six disciplines through continuation in the program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matt Porter)