How to Prepare for Your Most Important Fitness Test During the Three Days Before Selection The fitness test required to enter a special program or special operations selection course is typically a make-or-break...
'My Son Was Tortured': Mom of SEAL Candidate Who Died Hours After Completing 'Hell Week' Speaks Out According to officials at BUD/S, the Navy is nearing completion of a formal investigation into Kyle Mullen's death.
These Options Could Make You a Faster Swimmer People often email Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, asking about swimming skills and techniques to get...
Try the 8-Count Body Builder Push-up/Pull-up Pyramid This new workout is one we developed with the Naval Academy spec ops team when when we were trying to simulate an obstacle...
Pararescuemen Overview A pararescueman's primary function is as a personnel recovery specialist, with emergency medical capabilities in humanitarian...
Missile Sub Drills Show How Special Operators Would Get to the Front Line in a Fight Against China The main benefit of using submarines for exfiltration and infiltration of special-operations forces is the difficulty of...
Tactical Fitness: How Hard You Should Train Before Military Service Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith explains how to be smart about your pre-military training to achieve special...
US Special Operators Are Picking Up a Softer Skill as They Refocus on Countering China As the US military's focus on competition with China grows, the US special-operations community is investing in a softer...
This Famous Actor's Secret WWII Program Became a Precursor to the Navy SEALs While Douglas Fairbanks Jr. appeared in about 100 movies, his role in creating the Beach Jumpers was likely the most...
'The Terminal List' Trailer Reveals That Chris Pratt Is on a Mission The producers have managed to put together a trailer that hints at the story of the show without giving away dozens of plot...
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...