How Recruits Can Build Core Fitness Many combat veterans reportedly are adding sprints, agility drills and core exercises to build a better-equipped combat...
Combat Conditioning and Fitness Testing There are two types of training you must be prepared for to become a member of special operations of any branch of service or...
How the Wrestler Prepares for the Military When preparing for the military, some sports and activities lay a solid foundation of fitness and mental toughness. One of...
Tactical Fitness: Combining Personal Workouts with Recruit PT If you are doubling down on workouts prior to basic training, make sure you don't overwork your body. Start by designing your...
Take 2:00 Off Your PFT Mile If you are a beginner, you should ramp up distance, pace and intensity over a six- to eight-week period.
Ask Stew: Questions from a Teen Recruit Preparing for USMC A call to service should be taken seriously and not because you could not find anything else to do, especially if you are...
Treadmills That Train You for Military Fitness Tests Professional treadmills have technology that can prepare you for athletic performance, and anyone training to enter a...
Marine Corps (USMC) Recruit Training If you join the USMC, you will have to pass the initial strength test, or IST -- a shortened version of the physical fitness...
How to Prepare Yourself for Boot Camp Why show up at your boot camp or a service academy unprepared for the physical fitness test?
Boot-Camp Mentality and Tips for Success A majority of young Americans have treated boot camp as a weight-loss clinic and suffered needlessly for several weeks.
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
The Air Force Unveiled an Ambitious Reorganization Plan. Can It Survive a Presidential Election? The Department of the Air Force's ambitious reorganization plan designed to keep the Air Force and Space Force competitive...
VA Employee Charged with Threatening Ordered to Wear GPS Monitor A carpenter at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester, N.H., has been released on conditions he wear...
Keesler Command Chief Sacked After Investigation Ordered by Training Wing Colonel The command chief of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was removed from his leadership role...