Your Weakness Will Be Your Toughest Event at Spec Ops Selection As you prepare for any special ops program in the tactical professions, you will be faced with grueling events that will test...
Try This if You're Looking for a Good Core Workout Think of the core as the area from your neck to your hips and all the muscles that support the spine from top to bottom and...
Some Space Force Guardians Can Skip Fitness Test Until New Program Is Unveiled Space Force Guardians will not be required to take a fitness assessment in 2023 if they took one in 2022, at least until the...
Should You Take Ice Baths as Part of Training and Recovery? The concept of using cold for healing dates back to ancient Egyptian and Roman civilizations.
Here's a Great Mix to Train for Swim and Calisthenics Tests Here is a tough workout that we regularly use to gauge swimming conditioning and calisthenics muscle stamina.
Ask Stew: How to Apply a Never-Quit Mindset When Joining the Military It can take years to acquire the skills necessary for military service, especially if you're looking to serve in a job that...
The Old Air Force Tape Test Is Officially Dead. Long Live the New Tape Test. Airmen and Guardians will no longer have to go through the dreaded abdominal tape test, but will have their waist and height...
Set Your Fitness Goals to Become a Military Asset The standard fitness tests in the military are basically health and wellness tests.
Practicing Mindfulness the Marine Corps Way Leads to Mental Resilience The Marine Corps piloted a mindfulness program in 2013, intended to address rising suicide rates among Marines and instances...
Try This Military Swim Workout to Prepare for Special Ops, Diver or Rescue Swimmer Training The right preparation can help you make it through the Department of Defense's toughest military swimming and diving courses.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Trump Administration Threatens No Back Pay for Federal Workers in Shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.
Teen Cadet Says He Was Beaten, Concussed at Camp at Aberdeen Proving Ground In early August 2022, 17-year-old Nathanael Royal called his parents and begged them to bring him home before he got attacked...
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...
