Naval Education and Training Command: Warrior Toughness

Every U.S. Navy Sailor, enlisted or officer, could face life-threatening situations from combat or casualty. Each and every one needs to have the ability to persevere and perform under both immediate danger and long-term stress, both on the job and at home.

Warrior Toughness (WT) is a holistic human performance skillset that enhances the toughness of our Sailors with a focus on the pursuit of peak performance. The system emphasizes coequal development of toughness in the mind, body, and soul. WT combines performance psychology skills with character development, and teaches the Warrior Mindset, whose concepts were initially developed by members of the Naval Special Warfare community.

Designed to increase the Navy’s warfighting capabilities, WT is an enabler of the Culture of Excellence as part of the first line of effort – Developing a Lethal Warfighting Force. In place at Recruit Training Command since October 2018, the curriculum is now incorporated across all Navy accessions at Officer Training Command Newport, the United States Naval Academy and the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. WT will improve the performance of Sailors under stress and throughout their everyday lives, building lethal warfighters ready for the next mission.

Video by Cpl. Benjamin Whitten

Marine Minute

Defense Media Activity - Marines

Oct. 9, 2019 | 1:00

I’M CORPORAL BEN WHITTEN WITH YOUR MARINE MINUTE.

COURAGE. ONE OF THE 3 CORE VALUES THAT ALL MARINES HOLD DEAR. BRENDAN BIALY WAS INVOLVED IN DISARMING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER IN HIS HOMETOWN OF CASTLE ROCK COLORADO IN MAY 2019, WHILE HE WAS IN THE DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM. NOW PFC BIALY, HE GRADUATED BOOT CAMP FROM MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO SEPTEMBER 20TH. HE HAD THIS TO SAY.

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"MY THOUGHTS ON BECOMING A MARINE WERE NOTHING BUT REINFORCED AFTER THE SHOOTING. WHAT I SAW THAT DAY WAS COMPLETE AND TOTAL MALEVOLENCE, OVERCOME BY GOOD. I LOST AN AMAZING PERSON. THE WORLD LOST AN AMAZING PERSON, KENDRICK CASTILLO. HOWEVER I SAW THAT BENEVOLENCE WON. LEGITIMATELY AND COMPLETELY WON IN THAT SITUATION. AND THROUGH JOINING THE MARINE CORPS I SAW AGAIN THAT THAT FOUNDATION THAT EVERYBODY HOPES WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THAT SITUATION IS WHAT I DID. I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. AND I ACTED THE WAY I HOPE I ACTED. SO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING OF I HAVE SOME TYPE OF MORAL FOUNDATION I KNEW THAT GOING TO THE MARINES WOULD BUILD THAT FOUNDATION AS IT HAS NOW."
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