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Free Brazilian jiujitsu class available at D-M

Airman Basic Nathan H.Barbour

355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- A free Brazilian (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Basic Nathan H. Barbour) NEWS
jiujitsu class is available to adults with base access here.
Leo Pavlushkin, 355th Security Forces Squadron lead police officer, grapples with Jariel Rive-
The class is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4:30 p.m. in ra, 355th Maintenance Group squadron lead crew member, during a Brazilian jiujitsu class
the upstairs of the Airman Leadership School, building 4455. at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2015. The class is held Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the upstairs of the Airman Leadership School building 4455.
Garrett Clark, a U.S. Air Force veteran, volunteered to take over
D-M’s all-volunteer military combatives program in 2013 and with and military jiujitsu.”
the assistance of Senior Airman Jeremiah Garber, 355th Mainte- Clark is a level 2 certified combatives instructor and both he and
nance Group analyst, has been running the program ever since.
Garber have their blue belts through Endure Brazilian Jujitsu under
In addition to combatives training Clark teaches classes focusing Professor Bobbie Williams.
on basic self-defense and sexual assault prevention during Compre-
hensive Airmen Fitness Days. For additional details on the BJJ class or for information on chil-
dren’s classes please contact Garber at (520) 975-4647.
“Many students have shown interest in competitive BJJ,” said
Clark, “so we have been able to start a class specifically for BJJ.” The
classes’ skill level ranges from beginner to advanced and all skill lev-
els are welcome.

“Jiujitsu is always just two submissions; joint manipulation and
chokes; there’s no striking and throwing is frowned upon,” said Gar-
ber.

There are opportunities within the group to put the skills they
learn to use by competing in tournaments.

“We usually compete once every couple of months, we actually
have someone who won a North American Grappler’s Association
2015 championship,” Clark said. “We try to represent for the military

Not all trash belongs in dumpsters

Senior Airman Chris Massey

355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR the items and costs the base money. Recycle Center at 520-228-2296. & Marketing Office at 520-228-
FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- A dump- People needing to dispose of re- For proper disposal of gov- 8817 to verify which items can
ster may seem like the perfect be turned in or to learn about
place to dispose of personal and cyclable items or verify recyclability ernment resources, please call proper disposal procedures.
government property that is no of certain items, should call the base the base Defense Reutilization
longer wanted or needed.

This is not the case with the
dumpsters on base according to
the 355th Civil Engineer Squadron.

Common items found in and
around dumpsters, that are pro-
hibited, include couches and
furniture, mattresses, applianc-
es, engine parts and fluids, green
waste, wood products, tread-
mills and other gym equipment.

“We ask that these items be tak-
en to the local landfill and disposed
of on their own time and dollar,”
said Mark McGrath, 355th CES
deputy operations chief. “It’s not
up to the government to dispose of
people’s personal belongings.”

The disposal company will not
take prohibited items so it’s up to the
355th CES to find a way to discard