Ask Stew: How to Go from Your Plebe Year at the US Naval Academy to BUD/S Former Navy SEAL Stew Smith answers a question from a newly accepted high school graduate on how to prepare to enter the...
Ask Stew: How Should I Prepare for BUD/S? I received similar emails from two young men who aspire to become SEALs one day. They both are athletic and involved with...
Here's a Breakdown of the Combat Swim Stroke The combat swim stroke is a relaxing and super efficient stroke that is an updated version of the traditional sidestroke.
How a National Football Champion Became 'The Father of Naval Special Warfare' In 1942, Phil Bucklew and nine other naval warfare pioneers trained to perform amphibious assaults before the U.S. had any...
When You Are Sure About Military Service but Don't Know Which Branch A teenager knows he wants to join the military but tells Military.com's tactical fitness expert that he is torn between...
How to Prepare for the Navy SEAL Fitness Test The problem with many Americans is that the current fitness and health conditions they maintain are not good enough for a...
Deadliest Day in Spec Ops History: The Extortion-17 Chinook Crash On Aug. 6, 2011, on the deadliest day in special operations history, 30 Americans, including 17 Navy SEALs, died when a...
These Options Could Make You a Faster Swimmer People often email Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, asking about swimming skills and techniques to get...
Tactical Fitness: How Hard You Should Train Before Military Service Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith explains how to be smart about your pre-military training to achieve special...
Ask Stew: How to Become a SEAL in Seven Steps Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, offers seven tips that could provide a pathway for teens to make it to...
Renewed Military ID Cards Can Be Sent by Mail in New Pilot Program Active-duty troops can now log in to renew their family members' military ID cards in a pilot program allowing the IDs to be...
How the War in Iraq Changed the Military for Women Some 2,200 active-duty women out of roughly 40,000 are serving in infantry, cavalry, armor and field artillery roles.
VA Hospital Employee Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Accepting Thousands of Dollars in Kickbacks A former manager at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center was sentenced to six months in federal prison for...
Guardsman Dies After Fitness Test A junior enlisted National Guard soldier died earlier this month after a physical fitness test during a drill weekend...
The First Casualty of War Is Truth: Iraq 20 Years Later Four months prior to the invasion of Iraq, I found out that the George W. Bush administration was selling the war to the...
