6 Tips to Avoid Becoming a Heat Casualty Hot summer days are brutal for many working outside in arid or humid environments.
How This Sandbag Workout Will Prepare Your Legs for Military Fitness Tests Many groups within the military use logs to build small-unit cohesion and teamwork.
How to Assess Your Workout with Every Change of Season This fall (or any change of season), it's time to sharpen your focus on any weaknesses and pinpoint where you stand in your...
The Combat Sidestroke for the Navy Physical Screening Test: Do You Need to Learn Both Sides? It’s like being right- or left-handed: one side will feel more comfortable when you learn this military swim test stroke.
5 Helpful Strategies to Fall Asleep Faster Without sleep, stress becomes chronic, and we develop high blood pressure, an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes...
How to Maintain Your Running Goal Pace Following Calisthenics Many who perform calisthenics and run separately often notice during military fitness test days that their running...
The Importance of Improved Flexibility and Mobility for Military Fitness Training As we transition into retirement or after a demanding career in tactical professions or a long athletic history, it's smart...
Compound Lifts vs. Core Exercises: Tailoring Your Workouts to Meet Your Goals The path to core strength is as varied as the number of exercises that build your core system.
The Best Swim Workouts with Fins for Military Training If you are considering a military special program involving rescue swimming or diving, you will eventually be tasked with...
PT Pyramid Workout: How to Lessen the Amount of Rest Required When doing the "perfect workout," how well you do and how much rest you need depends on your conditioning and muscle stamina.
Veteran Committee Chairman Requests Federal Investigation of Former VA Secretary, Other Biden Officials Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., seeks a legal review of the VA's request for supplemental funding last year after determining it...
Jail Staff Laughed at Dying Veteran Left Strapped to Chair in Texas, Suit Says The family of Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., a 33-year-old U.S. Army veteran who needed immediate medical attention but was...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
JROTC Expansion at US High Schools Eyed as Part of Bill to Boost Recruiting High school students whose campuses do not have a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program would be able to join units...
After Recent Years of Reform, Vets Fear Trump Cuts to VA Will Undo Lifeline Health Care, Research Amid a downsizing campaign that’s poised to overhaul, streamline and — in some cases — eradicate bedrock federal agencies...