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 Vincent White

CUBIST S7E4: Can Blast Exposure Throughout a Military Career Impact TBI Recovery?

Defense Health Agency

Nov. 14, 2023 | 18:58

In this episode of CUBIST, Dr. Don Marion and new host, Dr. Keith Stuessi, discuss a study entitled "Cumulative Blast Exposure During a Military Career Negatively Impacts Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury" by Dr. Jason Bailie and colleagues, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma in September 2023. Dr. Bailie, a neuropsychologist at TBICoE, joins the program to discuss the study investigating the impact of cumulative blast exposure on the recovery from TBI among military personnel.

Article Citation: Bailie, J., Lippa, S., Hungerford, L., French, L. M., Brickell, T. A., & Lange, R. T. (2023). Cumulative Blast Exposure During a Military Career Negatively Impacts Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of neurotrauma, 10.1089/neu.2022.0192. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2022.0192

Article LINK: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37675903/

CUBIST is a podcast for health care providers produced by the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence. We discuss the latest research on traumatic brain injury most relevant to patient care. For more about TBI, including clinical tools, go to www.health.mil/TBICoE or email us at dha.TBICoEinfo@health.mil.

The views, opinions, and/or findings in this podcast are those of the host and subject matter experts. They should not be construed as an official Department of Defense position, policy, or decision unless designated by other official documentation. Our theme song is “Upbeat-Corporate’ by WhiteCat, available and was used according to the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 license.