Sleep, Nutrition and Exercise: How to Get Enough to Perform Optimally Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, details how to get the best sleep, nutrition and...
Gendered Scoring, No More Leg Tucks: Army Unveils New Fitness Test. Here’s What You Need to Know. Army leaders are ready to start measuring troops with the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, which is finally set in stone...
'This Is an Opportunity to Work My Butt Off': Female Soldiers Want to Excel Under New Fitness Standards Now that the standards have shifted for women, achieving high scores has become possible, according to female soldiers.
Space Force Will Rely on Wearable Fitness Trackers by 2023, Raising Security and Privacy Concerns The newest service branch will scrap the annual physical fitness test and will roll out a new plan that relies on wearable...
How Durability Is Key to Tactical Athletic Growth Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, details how durability is key to your success as...
How to Do a Taper Week Before the SEAL Officer and Selection PST This is a tough process, and you only get one shot to take this test.
Ask Stew: Why to Include Pull-ups in Your Military Fitness Program With nearly 100% of your body weight pulled off the ground, the pull-up is considered the heavy weightlifting exercise of the...
How to Avoid the Most Common Mistake in Military Fitness Testing Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith offers four suggestions for how to prepare with only one month to go before a...
Tactical Fitness: The Role Pilates Can Play in Your Military Fitness Pilates are great for men and women and will help your core strength, flexibility and balance.
What Foods to Include in a Care Package to Send to Army Ranger School The mother of an Army Ranger candidate asks Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith what foods would be best to send...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...