combat training
Warfare skill development
Combat training is instruction in military or martial skills—fighting techniques, weapons handling, tactical movement, and physical conditioning for armed conflict.
The term applies to formal military programs and civilian self-defense courses alike: Six weeks of combat training.
Extended to any intensive preparation: The job interview felt like combat training.
- boot campInitial military instruction program
- military drillRegimented training exercises
- drillHole-boring device
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- physical conditioningStructured exercise for bodily improvement
discipline · agility drills · close quarters · reconnaissance · ambush tactics · cadet · situational awareness · defensive maneuvers · tactical maneuvers · terrain analysis · infantry · special forces · mission planning · weapon maintenance · combatives · team coordination · bruises · offensive strategies
- military sciencestrategy, tactics, warfare, military theory, military operations
- cavalry traininghorsemanship, troop exercises, cavalry charges, battle formations
- knight trainingjousting, swordsmanship, horsemanship, chivalry, knighthood
- trainingapprenticeships, drilling, mentoring, bootcamp, practice
- warrior traitsswordsmanship, archery, bravery, valor, honor
- mock combatsparring, war games, paintball, laser tag, airsoft
combat trainingactive duty
Current military employment status
war · armed conflict · combat operations · military action · the real thing