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military-style techniques
Coverage of military-style techniques in the Nexus archive.
- ‘I knew what to do’: Travel nurse uses military training to disarm knife-wielding attacker
A travel nurse named Leceadricke Young used military-style techniques learned in a teen explorer program to disarm a knife-wielding attacker who was chasing a fire captain outside a Vermont nursing home. The incident occurred at Elderwood Nursing Home, where Young intervened after witnessing the assault, leading to the arrest of 29-year-old Wayne Butchino on charges including attempted murder.
- ‘I knew what to do’: Travel nurse uses military training to disarm knife-wielding attacker
A travel nurse used military-style techniques to subdue a knife-wielding man attacking a woman at a Vermont nursing home. The nurse, Leceadricke Young, disarmed Wayne Butchino during the incident at Elderwood Nursing Home before police arrived and arrested him.