Adding Extra Tasks to Tactical Fitness Routines Here's a way to work hard, perform certain skills under physical stress and help yourself in fitness testing and performance.
Tactical Fitness with Stew Smith: Preparing for MARSOC An aspiring Marine asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, about how to train in preparation for MARSOC.
This Fitness Challenge Involves a Pyramid Warmup and Advanced Circuit Training This week's fitness challenge is an advanced-level, high-volume workout.
How to Prepare for Tactical Fitness Testing Most tests to join civilian service forces require fitness beyond the usual push-up and pull-up routine.
Weekly Workout: How You Should Approach the Dirty Dozen Tactical Fitness Test Have you been following your tactical fitness training plan? Put it to the test in this week's workout.
This Cardio Assessment Day Will Get Your Heart Pumping Some days you need to see just how well your lungs are working for you, and challenges are just the way to do it.
The Biggest Mistakes Made with the Combat Swimmer Stroke There are a few areas where people tend to go wrong with the combat swimmer stroke, or swimming in general.
Three Things You Need to Succeed when Training Hard Everyone fails at something, but what can you do to increase your rate of success?
Tactical Fitness: If Your Quads Are Weak, Here's How to Strengthen Them What happens when your PFT training takes a dip? Here are a few ways to get your quads back in top shape.
Here's a Special Workout Designed Just for Saturdays Need a fun workout for the weekend? Check out one of the favorite Saturday routines for Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical...
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...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-10/burpee_army_1200x800.jpg?itok=PL5ezfCp "Pvt. Michelle Strang, a supply specialist with HHC, 1st ABCT, 1st Cav. Div., pushes herself through the 100 m "burpee" broad jump during the Iron Hammer Challenge Dec. 10 at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Dennis, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.) (Photo Credit: Sgt. Christopher Dennis)")
