How to Increase Your Mental Toughness for Physical Tests Stew Smith has solid advice on how to increase your mental toughness in preparation for rigorous selection programs.
A PT Program for the Naval Academy’s Summer Seminar Every year, I have the honor to fill a guest physical training instructor spot at the Naval Academy Summer Seminar Program.
Try Out These Killer Combo of Pyramids and Five-Minute Sets Finding a workout that pushes the mind and body but allows for rest when needed requires a fine line between pushing your...
Why Military and Law Enforcement Have a Need for Speed More agencies around the United States are adopting the 300-meter run in addition to the 1.5-mile run as part of testing...
How Navy SEALs Grow During Times of Adversity There's a silver lining to adversity that is critical to know. It's the confidence you gain from overcoming it that can't be...
How to Transition from a Football and Powerlifting Background to Become a Navy SEAL People often ask me how I trained for SEAL training before there were movies, books and websites helping people prepare. This...
Delving into the Many Ways to Define Mental Toughness Mental toughness has many definitions and is not limited to athletic performance and pain tolerance.
Mentally Tough? Why the Power of the Mind Is Crucial in Spec Ops Training Preparing for any Special Operations training program can be challenging and often lead to questioning yourself if you are...
Ask Stew: How Did You Recover from BUD/S Training? A reader asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, what he did to handle the soreness from Basic Underwater...
Why Being Smart and Safe Is Key to Cold Water Training When I was attending SEAL training, the water off San Diego was brutal to new recruits.
Trump Wants a Department of War. A House GOP Amendment Would Give Him One. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would formally change the name of the...
F-35 Pilot Was on Phone for Nearly an Hour with Engineers Before Ejection and Fiery Crash The 39-page crash report, released this week, detailed the circumstances of the fiery crash, which completely destroyed the F...
All Services Now Issue Form DD214-1 to Departing Reservists The military's reserve components now issue departing reservists a new record that summarizes their periods of active and...
Veteran Stole $244K in Disability, Then Faked Drowning Death in Maine, Feds Say Gregory P. Heimann Jr. will be returned to Maine, where he will face a charge of making false statements to the government.
US Deportation Flights Hit Record Highs as Carriers Try to Hide the Planes, Advocates Say Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle's King County International Airport to witness deportation...