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Originally Posted by Mike Brewer
Unfortunately, there was a great deal more to it than even that.
Also, this time fortunately, given the mission a lot of our guys are facing (in which bad guys are either shot during battles of apprehended and processed), the hands on restrain and control types of tactics seem to be working. I still get reports from Iraq in which people are having to use MACP training on combative civilians and prisoners from time to time. I'm personally glad to see that they have some options other than a butt stroke or a couple of warning shots fired at center mass to get the locals under control when the situation arises.
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As a MAA I spent the majority of my time hands on, no one ever expected us to try and use any of the BJJ concepts to control people who could have anything from a knife to a bomb concealed under their clothing. "Knives are more common than shoes here" was a gem everyone was reminded of on a regular basis. War is ugly and the truth is people get hurt, we were often expected to round up people for questioning who might be innocent, and since your innocence is determined by things like waterboarding even innocent people tend to resist, thats why the BJJ format was pushed to allow the detention and questioning of civilians, however experience shows everyone fights when they're going to be tortured. Overwhelming force and a few swift kicks are still the only effective to control people in a war zone and even that control is only temporary.