How to Improve the Load-Bearing Skills Required by the Military Through Fitness You need a foundation of strength to be durable enough to handle carrying boats, logs, rucksacks, people, water jugs and ammo...
Don't Like Working Out? Here’s How to Make Your Fitness Journey More Enjoyable Setting long-term goals such as losing 50 pounds, making a sports team or preparing for regular military or special...
From Recruitment to Readiness: The 6 Critical Fitness Mistakes Every Future Service Member Must Avoid Whether you're aiming for the conventional military or a career in special operations, there are best practices you should...
The Many Health Benefits of Including Sprints in Your Cardio Fitness Training Working sprints into your training week can help you develop capabilities that are easily lost as we age out of sports and...
6 Tips to Avoid Becoming a Heat Casualty Hot summer days are brutal for many working outside in arid or humid environments.
How This Sandbag Workout Will Prepare Your Legs for Military Fitness Tests Many groups within the military use logs to build small-unit cohesion and teamwork.
How to Assess Your Workout with Every Change of Season This fall (or any change of season), it's time to sharpen your focus on any weaknesses and pinpoint where you stand in your...
The Combat Sidestroke for the Navy Physical Screening Test: Do You Need to Learn Both Sides? It’s like being right- or left-handed: one side will feel more comfortable when you learn this military swim test stroke.
5 Helpful Strategies to Fall Asleep Faster Without sleep, stress becomes chronic, and we develop high blood pressure, an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes...
How to Maintain Your Running Goal Pace Following Calisthenics Many who perform calisthenics and run separately often notice during military fitness test days that their running...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...