Why You Should Get Comfortable Doing the 'Grinder Reminder' There are places that are not comfortable when doing sit-ups. Certainly, you can think of better places to practice than...
Favorite Swim Workouts for Military Training Programs There are many military training programs that require some level of proficiency in swimming. Here are a few workouts to...
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...
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...
