Boot-Camp Mentality and Tips for Success A majority of young Americans have treated boot camp as a weight-loss clinic and suffered needlessly for several weeks.
Pull-up Push Workout Getting better at pull-ups concerns many people. As with the Push-up/Pull Workout, this idea makes little sense...
Interval Training for the PFT Run I received an email asking if interval training was a good way to improve speed in your military physical fitness test run.
Workout of the Week: PT, Weight Mix Warm-Up with Run, PT and Swim Using the pyramid as a warm-up, mixing in upper-body exercises is a good way to prepare for higher-volume sections of a...
Marine Corps Initial Strength Test (IST) All Marines are provided time to train for the physical fitness test and are expected to maintain an adequate degree of...
Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test (CFT) The Marines' combat fitness test, taken every six months, is intended to keep Marines ready for the physical rigors of...
Marine Corps Body Composition Program The Marine Corps PCP has two main components - The Physical Fitness Test and the Body Composition Program.
How to Pass the Service Academy CFA The CFA, or candidate fitness assessment, not only evaluates strength and endurance, but also measures potential for...
How to Achieve Washboard Abs Having "washboard abs" is not just accomplished by working out daily. It has to become an all-encompassing lifestyle.
Marathon Running Plan The Marine Corps Marathon is at the end of October. Do you have or can recommend any running programs to help those of us...
Army Dramatically Expands Combat Patch Eligibility The policy shift, issued last week, covers soldiers who served in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...
Plans for Mass VA Firings Scuttled, But Department Still Expects 30,000 Employees to Leave on Their Own The announcement walked back previous plans, first revealed in a leaked memo in March, to fire as many as 83,000 employees as...
Colonel Retaliated Against Major for Talking to Congress About Red Hill Contamination, Report Says The report said that investigators substantiated an allegation that an Air Force colonel had retaliated against Army Maj...
Air Force Academy Cutting 140 Positions; Majors Affected? As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs.
Mystery on Pacific Seafloor Proves to Be Part of Daring WWII Saga, US Navy Says A mysterious object spotted on the South Pacific seafloor has been identified as the bow of a torpedoed World War II ship...
