Ask Stew: Getting Ready to Move from Infantry to Special Ops A young man in the Marine infantry is considering transferring into Navy SEAL training after his initial four-year contract.
Here's What Being 'Mentally Ready' Means for Special Ops Selection While training, working even when you do not feel like it and pushing toward your goal, you’ll develop a mental readiness...
How the Tactical Population Should Tackle Testing, Keeping Up with Health and Job Performance “Tactical athletes” often are left to maintain their fitness levels on their own unless they’re in a unit with regular...
Ask Stew: Gut Checks Your future in any tactical profession will require you to succeed in challenging selection programs with high attrition...
What Comes Next After You Accomplish Your Primary Goal? Time to Assess Yourself Even when you have accomplished a task you have prepared for a long time, the training continues.
Tactical Fitness: Gut Checks and Building Mental Toughness Your journey to becoming a tactical athlete will require long days and nights of training and getting comfortable with being...
Air Force Special Tactics Officer: Overview Special tactics officers (STO) can become career officers of Group Command level and lead in the challenging Air Force...
8 Legendary US Military Snipers The most notable snipers in U.S. military history aren’t just legends – they include real soldiers, sailors and Marines who...
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Military Veteran Says Having His Security Clearance Revoked Gave Added Incentive for Senate Run Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, has launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from...
Pentagon Plan Pits US Marines Against California Off-Roaders and Civilian Pilots The U.S. Marine Corps tried once to occupy this remote stretch of California desert beloved by off-roaders — but officials...