Watching a group of Navy personnel train for deployment overseas wouldn't seem the ideal place to witness the head coach of the All-Military Taekwondo team in action, but it is.
For the coach, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fennell - also a drill sergeant with Task Force Marshall - preparing others to fight is an everyday occurrence.
"One of things we can do is to get them as close to the real thing as possible," Fennell said of merging Taekwondo and training others for deployment. "If the team only trains on shield and paddles [and not man to man], they will never be ready for an actual fight.
http://www.army.mil/article/152381/Drill_sergeant_does_double_duty_as_Taekwondo_coach/
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