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 Sgt. Zach Sheely

Kansas National Guard Assists Armenia Prep For NATO Evaluation

Kansas Adjutant General's Department

Aug. 14, 2015 | 2:12

A small group of Kansas National Guard Soldiers traveled to Armenia to assist and advise Soldiers with the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade at the Zar Mountain Training Center, near Yerevan, Armenia, July 27-Aug. 7, 2015, in preparation of a major NATO evaluation in September 2015. The combat readiness evaluation will be a culmination of a years-long process that would certify the interoperability of the Armenian Peacekeeping forces in support of NATO peacekeeping operations. Kansas and Armenia have been partnered in the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 2003.