Personal Markers in Fitness Achievement Here is a list of many standards that hard-charging military, police, firefighters and equally tough civilians use as their...
PT Pyramid Warmup and Advanced Progressions If you are looking for a good workout with a warmup, max-out and cooldown built into it, look no further than the Classic PT...
Ten Signs That Prove You Are Ready to Serve in the Military You should not join the military simply because you have completed high school or junior college or completed your college...
Leg Day Workout: PT, Runs, Sprints, Hills and Mobility Adding a leg day to your workout can be logistically simple or as challenging as this list of lower-body exercises.
The Recovery Workout Explained A "recovery day" is still a workout, but arranged in a way to help you loosen aching joints and muscles with a focus on...
The Two Things Most Skip in Their Workouts There are two segments of a workout that are most often skipped or rushed: the warmup and cooldown.
Tactical Fitness with Stew Smith: Finding Time and Starting Out A college student needs time to work out, a new swimmer needs advice on distance, and a 64 year-old gets back in the game.
The Perfect Workout Pyramids and super-set workouts are a great foundation builder, as well as a proven maintenance method for calisthenics-based...
Ask Stew: Can You Help Improve My Swimming Technique? People often ask about swimming tips. Here is a typical email that truly will require a video to explain the stroke this...
Advanced/Spec Ops Level Workout of the Week This workout of the week from Navy Seal veteran and fitness expert Stew Smith is geared toward the special-ops side of our...
Beards, Body Fat in the Crosshairs as Hegseth Orders Military-Wide Standards Review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a sweeping, military-wide review of physical fitness and grooming standards with...
The Worst War Movies Ever Made, According to Service Members and Veterans These are the worst war movies ever made, according to Military.com readers.
There's a New War Game for 'Nerds with a Drive for Violence.' It's Spreading Across the Marine Corps. In the war game "Down Range," Marine units can check out "kits" with dice, rules sheets and 3D-printed pieces that resemble...
Pentagon to Unveil Cuts Alongside Fiscal 2026 Budget Request The letter, addressed to House Armed Services Chair Mike D. Rogers, R- Ala., and dated March 5, states that Congress will be...
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...