Spec Ops Profile: Air Force Pararescue Jumpers Air Force pararescue jumpers train hard to evacuate injured or suppressed service members from any environment.
Special Operations: Air Force Combat Controllers The USAF is the largest air force in the world, and when a combat zone is thick with air traffic, someone has to coordinate...
'Tier One' Novels Set to Become the Next Spec Ops Thriller Series Navy vets Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson write the best-selling series about former SEAL John Dempsey.
Ask Stew: How Do I Improve at Swimming Without Access to Water? A young Navy airman asked Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, about working on swimming while not having...
Assessing the Validity of 9 Rumors About Navy SEALS During my training to become a SEAL, I heard many rumors that made SEAL training seem like this impossible mountain to climb.
Revisiting What Navy SEAL Hell Week Is Like After reviewing my article archives -- and, more specifically, my Navy SEAL-related articles, I realized I never wrote about...
Navy SEALs: Background and Brief History Navy SEALs are named after the environment in which they operate and are the foundation of Naval Special Warfare combat...
What I Have Learned in 20 Years of Periodization Training I have been using my periodization style of training now for 20 years. My periodization program is a way to train, not the...
What You Should Know About Navy EOD/Diver Training Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Navy diver are two separate professions within the Navy Special Operations...
An Overview of Special Ops Prep Courses and Pre-Selection Programs Navy SEAL veteran Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives an overview of special-ops preparation courses.
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...
![The U.S. Navy Parachute Demonstration Team performs a demonstration jump over Central Park, New York City.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-02/jumpers.jpg?itok=yadIxOff "The U.S. Navy Parachute Demonstration Team, known as "The Leap Frogs," perform a demonstration jump from the back of an Air Force C-130J Hercules over Central Park, New York City, Aug. 5, 2021. The Leap Frogs are comprised of active-duty Navy SEALS. (Staff Sgt. Christopher Muncy/U.S. Navy photo)")
