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 Master Sgt. George Roach

Pennsylvania guardsmen pack and ship medical supplies to East Stroudsburg, PA

Joint Force Headquarters - Pennsylvania National Guard

April 14, 2020 | 6:51

Task Force Griffen Soldiers from the 103rd Engineer Battalion, a unit which traces its origins to the Associators, constituted in 1747 in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin, spent the day loading trucks, packing boxes and other medical supplies to ship to East Stroudsburg, PA. Under the direction of Pennsylvania Department of Health, they are shipping the extra medical supplies that are currently not being used to Monroe County. Federal, state and local assets are coming together to open an alternate care site there which can house non-COVID 19 patients with less severe conditions if and when regional hospitals in that region become full.