How to Adjust Your Weekly Running Mileage Before Navy SEAL Training This is the most common question asked by candidates preparing for the high attrition rate school known as Basic Underwater...
An 'Old Guy' Prepares for BUD/S Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives the lowdown on age limits for applying to...
Special Operations Profile: David Goggins Navy SEAL David Goggins, a triathlete, ultramarathoner and retired Navy SEAL, is often nicknamed "the toughest man alive" or "the world...
Navy SEAL Instructors 'Hunted' Weaker Candidates Amid Poor Medical Care, Drug Use The SEAL training course is rife with overzealous instructors, spotty medical care and students who were so determined to...
SEAL Commander Reprimanded in Connection to Death of Recruit Leaves Post Early The head of the Naval Special Warfare Center -- the command that oversees much of the training for Navy SEALs -- has been...
Your Weakness Will Be Your Toughest Event at Spec Ops Selection As you prepare for any special ops program in the tactical professions, you will be faced with grueling events that will test...
PEDs and Push-Ups: The Problem with Modern SOF Training The solution to this problem is simple, but it's a bear of a pill to swallow for the special operations community.
Outside Investigation of SEAL Training Underway in the Wake of Death and Reports of Drug Use, Navy Confirms The Navy has confirmed that it has begun an investigation into the training that Navy SEAL recruits undergo in the wake of...
Tactical Fitness: Is Firearms Training a Prerequisite for Military Service? The military is exceptional at teaching individuals how to shoot, regardless of their experience with firearms.
Ask Stew: Sea Cadet Prep for SEAL Training Programming Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert answers a question from a reader about how to...
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...
