By Sgt. Andrew H. Owen
Virginia Guard Public Affairs

RICHMOND, Va. When Staff Sgt. Matt Stemmler, an instructor at the 1st Battalion, 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute, wrestled in eighth grade, he had no idea he would get the opportunity to compete in the 2010 Army National Guard Combatives Championship at Fort Benning, Ga., more than a decade later. Having just completed the U.S. Armys Modern Army Combative School, Level Three at Fort Benning, Stemmler is training to do just that.