10 Frequently Asked Questions About Service Academies Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith goes over the ins and outs about the military service academies.
What You Should Know About Group PFT Training Many of the issues the Navy is having with its physical fitness training mission stretch across the board within all branches...
What It Takes to Become a Helicopter Rescue Swimmer The physical fitness training to become a Navy or Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer is some of the most grueling in the...
How A Strong Mental Game Will Improve Your Military Physical Training The better condition you are in physically, the more likely you can handle stress and push through challenging military...
How Low-Carb Diets Can Affect Your Physical Fitness Performance The body needs carbohydrates for fuel if you are attempting to score competitively on a military physical fitness test.
How to Master the Most Common Fitness Test in the World Most military and law enforcement physical fitness tests (PFT) include push-ups, sit-ups, sit and reach, and a 1.5-mile run.
5 Military Training Exercises to Help You Do More Pull-ups The pull-up is one of the most challenging exercises. If you are 10 to 20 pounds overweight, it can affect your ability to do...
What Tapering Before Your Military Physical Fitness Test Looks Like A piece of advice: Do not try anything you have not done before the week of or the day of the test that you have not done...
How to Train for the Transition During a Physical Fitness Test After you perform max reps with your upper body, running can be difficult, so you must train for the transition in a military...
Determining What Special-Ops Training Program Is Right for You People have been graduating tough military special-ops programs long before there were books, DVDs, websites and pre-spec-ops...
Russian Flotilla Off Florida Coast Sparks Deployment of US Navy Destroyers, Planes The Russian Ministry of Defense said in an online post that the ships conducted exercises in the use of "high-precision...
The Army's Recruiting Problem Is Male A decade of declining recruitment numbers for the Army is almost entirely attributable to a significant drop in male...
Coast Guard Relieves Commander of Biggest Station for Failing to Act on Harassment Claims The service announced Friday that it relieved Cmdr. David Ruhlig on June 3 "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to...
Culture War Political Fights Resurface as House Approves 19.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise and Senate Eyes 5.5% For the second year in a row, the House approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, mostly along...
Pentagon Stands by Secret Anti-Vaccination Disinformation Campaign in Philippines After Reuters Report The U.S. military launched the disinformation campaign following a decision by then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper to loosen...