How to Equalize Pressure to Relieve Head Pain While Swimming Underwater Many people learn to clear their ears (and sinuses) when swimming or diving underwater out of necessity.
The Best Core Training Methods: Focus on Stability, Rotation and Movement Coordination, or Just Lift Weights? Core training has always been part of military PT and fitness testing. From crunches to sit-ups, flutter kicks, leg tucks and...
How Increasing Muscle Stamina Leads to Doing More Push-Ups I recently advised a reader with several options to help improve their push-up regimen. One of those options was to decrease...
Service Members and Recruits Share Their Favorite Military Fitness Workouts As military candidates and active-duty military personnel, engaging in a diverse range of fitness training is crucial.
How to Turn Swimming into a Strength for Special Operations Selection Programs Preparing for any military diving or rescue swimmer course requires a significant time investment, not only to get into...
How to Become a Better Swimmer Before Navy Dive School Many fitness and pool competency skills must be acquired before attending special ops programs.
Tactical Fitness with Stew Smith: How to Develop the Proper Push-up Posture Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, addresses proper push-up posture and how to strengthen upper- and lower...
5 Ways to Spice Up Your Push-Up Workout Routine You can try many options, from where to place your hands and adding a weight vest to the range of motion and choreography of...
5 Ways to Make Lower-Intensity 'Zone 2' Endurance Training More Fun Zone 2 workouts have been the way to build a cardiovascular and endurance base for athletes and exercises since the beginning...
Getting Stronger with the ‘5x5’: A Classic Way to Lift While fitness requirements may vary across different military roles, the need for strength remains constant and grows more...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...