What You Should Know About the New Special Forces/Special Operations Fitness Test There is a new Special Forces/Special Operations fitness test making its way around the team areas and creating a fun and...
Why No Surrender and No Retreat Will Lead to No Regrets Every successful person has faced challenges and experienced setbacks and failures on their journey toward success.
5 Tips to Help You Gain Weight for Ranger School If you have the weight to lose, you will lose it at Ranger School. The bad news, if you are lean, you will lose muscle.
Inside the Secretive Training US Green Berets Give Troops Who May Face Russia or China U.S. special-operations units have been working in scores of countries for decades, teaching local units how to become better...
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.
How to Swim the Combat Swimmer Stroke When people first try the combat swimmer stroke, they often can look silly. Even swimmers have issues with this stroke.
Don't Get Discouraged by Failing at Workouts. Get Motivated. Motivation through times of growth is critical. It is no one’s job but yours to motivate yourself to train and put in the...
US Special Forces Have a Rough, Little-Known Way to Get to Missions Helocasting involves commandos jumping from a helicopter into water and either swimming or using a small boat.
Recall Your Past: Determine Your Future Training Focus If you are considering a tactical profession, being good at all elements of fitness is critical to enduring challenging...
Stew Smith's Fitness Training Pipeline In the military, training pipelines refer to a student's training cycle as they attend school after school to become...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...