Ask Stew: Is Adding Women into the Spec Ops Pipeline a Good Idea? Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, answers an email about incorporating women into Special Operations units.
Ask Stew: What Is a Ruck? Defining "ruck" is difficult to someone who has never moved out with 50+ lbs in a backpack for many, many miles.
Tips for Training in the Heat of the Summer Training in the summer takes some special consideration, especially if you live in a hot and humid environment.
Does CrossFit Have a Place in Special Operations Training? If you like to lift or do CrossFit, do it, but make it your warmup for the many other events you will be tested in at your...
Don’t Get Confused by the SEAL/SWCC Draft The Spec War Draft that is now being used to screen recruits before they get to SEAL or SWCC training is different from the...
Here's an Ailment That We All Need to Know About Rhabdomyolysis is a deadly condition that is very common in many challenging training programs such as military boot camps...
Weekly Workout: How Weight Vests Can Add a Degree of Difficulty to Your Workout If you've mostly been doing calisthenics, here's a new workout that will help you transition to weight training.
Here Are Some Favorite Core Training Exercises Using the TRX Some of the favorite exercises used by Stew Smith's Military Preparation Group-Heroes of Tomorrow are the following upper...
Why Tactical Athletes Require a Good Nutrition Plan As a firefighter understands fire, the warrior must understand war. Maintaining combat effectiveness via proper training and...
Stew’s Favorites: The Navy PST Practice taking the test you have to pass on a regular basis. And if you want to crush it, do it twice.
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
