How to Adjust Your Weekly Running Mileage Before Navy SEAL Training This is the most common question asked by candidates preparing for the high attrition rate school known as Basic Underwater...
An 'Old Guy' Prepares for BUD/S Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives the lowdown on age limits for applying to...
Special Operations Profile: David Goggins Navy SEAL David Goggins, a triathlete, ultramarathoner and retired Navy SEAL, is often nicknamed "the toughest man alive" or "the world...
Navy SEAL Instructors 'Hunted' Weaker Candidates Amid Poor Medical Care, Drug Use The SEAL training course is rife with overzealous instructors, spotty medical care and students who were so determined to...
SEAL Commander Reprimanded in Connection to Death of Recruit Leaves Post Early The head of the Naval Special Warfare Center -- the command that oversees much of the training for Navy SEALs -- has been...
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...
PEDs and Push-Ups: The Problem with Modern SOF Training The solution to this problem is simple, but it's a bear of a pill to swallow for the special operations community.
Outside Investigation of SEAL Training Underway in the Wake of Death and Reports of Drug Use, Navy Confirms The Navy has confirmed that it has begun an investigation into the training that Navy SEAL recruits undergo in the wake of...
Tactical Fitness: Is Firearms Training a Prerequisite for Military Service? The military is exceptional at teaching individuals how to shoot, regardless of their experience with firearms.
Ask Stew: Sea Cadet Prep for SEAL Training Programming Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert answers a question from a reader about how to...
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...
