Across the Military, Basic Training Is Changing with a Focus on Mentorship, Not Yelling During the pandemic, the armed forces is rethinking how a select group of non-commissioned officers should bring tens of...
Here's How the Army Is Keeping Basic Trainees from Getting Injured as Often A lot of recruits suffer injuries in basic training, some of which can be attributed to the sudden ratcheting up of physical...
Why Winston Churchill Once Visited Fort Jackson To prove that the U.S. Army would be ready, General Marshall took Churchill to the only place that made sense: Fort Jackson.
Why Boot Camp Is No Place to Show Up Out of Shape for Military Service As our adult population grows in waist size and decreases in fitness level, so has American children's weight and fitness.
Why Weights Are Not Necessary to Prepare for Military Boot Camp Nothing prepares you for push-up and pull-up military fitness tests quite like doing push-ups and pull-ups to failure during...
10 Commandments as You Prepare for Military Fitness Training Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith lists his 10 must-dos for those considering entering military service and...
What to Do If Your Fitness Is Lacking As Army Basic Training Approaches Military.com's tactical fitness expert, Stew Smith, offers advice to a potential Army recruit whose fitness is subpar as...
Tactical Fitness: What Type of Rucksack Should You Get for Training? A future service member asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, about the best rucksacks with which to train...
Ask Stew: How to Train Properly for Tactical Professions Where some special-ops candidates fail is that they don't drop the heavy weights and switch to higher-rep calisthenics to...
The Harder Line in Training For some time, the U.S. Air Force has been preparing to begin tougher training, with a goal of instilling warrior core values...
Army Drops Requirement for High School Diploma Amid Recruiting Crisis The service announced that individuals may enlist without previously required education certifications if they ship to basic...
VA Employee Filmed Beating Patient Suspended Without Pay A patient advocate at the VA outpatient clinic at Fort McPherson, Georgia, was arrested in April for assaulting an elderly...
Mom ‘Horrified’ After Autopsy Shows Son’s Treatment During Navy SEAL ‘Hell Week’ Training Kyle Mullen died Feb. 4 after completing the grueling first phase of U.S. Navy SEAL training called “Hell Week.
Army Officer Overseeing Safety Gets Prison Sentence After Private's Death on Firing Range An Army officer was found negligent and sentenced to four months in prison for failing to follow safety procedures at a Fort...
He Liked the Pro-America, Pro-Constitution Vibe. But He Liked the Rage, Too. Since the attack on the U.S. Capitol, where some 15% of the rioters had a military background, the military and veteran...
