This book was designed to supplement U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel training in the Close Quarter Combat Course (CQCC) developed by Captain Jeffrey Prather, USAR. Elements of this course have been officially adopted by various SOF units, are included in the current U.S. Marine Corps Battle Book, and published in Blackbelt Magazine. Prather has applied traditional Ninpo Battlefield concepts to modern warfare. CLOSE QUARTER COMBAT shows how America's military elite fights hand-to-hand, using: