Ask Stew: Preparing Your Body for Military Service Here is an email from a young man who knows he wants to serve his country but is still on the fence regarding which branch of...
Ask Stew: 'I Need a PFT Starter Kit' Preparing for a fitness test to get selected into a training program, as well as training for the selection course, is an...
Ask Stew: Summer Seminar Workouts The Naval Academy Summer Seminar training for high school candidates starts before 6 a.m. and continues for a long day of...
Ask Stew: Treading Water Tips Make every swim workout end with a prolonged tread session of 10-15 minutes, just to get used to the suck factor of treading...
Ask Stew: The State of Generation X (born 1965-1981) The main issue with recruitment of military members is no longer a high school education or criminal record. It's height and...
Ask Stew: Navigating Performance Nutrition/Supplements — Yes or No? The U.S. military is researching many products to help alleviate issues that contribute to high failure rates for many...
Ask Stew: Midlife Exercising Routine Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith is not a fan of repeating the same workouts every week, with no varsity.
Ask Stew: Lose Weight, Prepare for Army PFT and Training The main reason why the current population of recruits cannot join the military is a failure to meet the physical, body-fat...
Ask Stew: Navy PFT Preparation for OCS Candidate You need to begin your preparations far ahead of submitting your application for Officer Candidate School.
Tactical Fitness: Pushing a 7-Minute Mile to a 6-Minute Mile Working up to a seven-minute mile isn't too hard, but pushing to a six-minute mile takes focused training. Learn to work out...
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...