Crestview, Fla. native, Staff Sgt. Matthew McKeon Sr.

Crestview, Fla. native, Staff Sgt. Matthew McKeon Sr. (left), an infantryman assigned to the 2nd “Lancer” Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, prepares to punch his opponent during the championship bout of the Fort Hood Combatives Tournament, Feb. 23 at Fort Hood, Texas. “McKeon contributed overall leadership with his experience as a noncommissioned officer as well as a fighter,” said Dunedin, Fla. native, Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel O’Brien, senior noncommissioned officer of the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion of the Ironhorse Brigade and Ironhorse combatives coach. “He was able assist in coaching the team with his experience in combatives.”
(Photo by Sgt. Bailey Kramer, 1BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs)