How You Should Prepare Your Body for Special Operations First of all, anyone seeking this type of rigorous activity, especially near 40 years old, should be in excellent condition...
Military Fitness: Memorial Day Murph with an Obstacle Course You might remember the first Blue Falcon Workout, where you and a buddy do combinations of exercises. This is a Blue Falcon...
Training Consistency Is Key for Weight Loss, Military Preparation and Fitness Testing There are no shortcuts, tips, tricks or secrets that will get you to your goal when training for a specific fitness program.
Ask Stew: How Do I Improve at Swimming Without Access to Water? A young Navy airman asked Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, about working on swimming while not having...
A 'Dirty Dozen' of Tactical Fitness Training and Testing Ideas Training large groups with varied fitness levels is one of the most challenging things to accomplish with success.
The Challenges of Passing Military Swimming Tests One of the toughest swims I receive emails for on a weekly basis is the underwater swim , especially from Navy SEAL and Air...
What You Should Know About Military Body Composition Tests All services use the body composition test, which requires all military personnel to weigh in and have their height measured.
How to Adapt Your Hydration and Nutrition When Working Out in Extreme Heat Hydration, adding electrolytes and good nutritional choices are critical to success regardless of the intense activity, but...
How Shorter Periods of Exercise During the Day Can Improve Your Health Finding time to train is often the most challenging part of the fitness puzzle, but it's one worth solving. Regular physical...
Iliotibial Band Syndrome: How to Treat This Common Overuse Training Injury Progressively adding miles of running and rucking each week is tough, but the extra swimming with fins can push your ITB to...
Marine Sergeant Sentenced to Confinement, Dishonorable Discharge and Reduction in Rank for Lejeune Killing Dakota Honstein pleaded not guilty and was acquitted of the most severe charge -- murder, also known as Article 118 in...
Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army The service's aim is to streamline the force while investing in emerging technologies that Army officials say are critical to...
Problems with Privatized Household Goods Shipments Prompt Hegseth to Order Immediate Changes The directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth follows a rash of issues with a contract meant to privatize the Defense...
A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud. The Navy has been in a yearslong struggle to modernize its critically important human resources computer systems that...
Cots, MREs, Per Diem: Army Offers New Details for Soldiers Sent to Massive D.C. Military Parade Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and...