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 Airman 1st Class Melanie L. Nolen

195th Wing ANG recruiter virtually enlists new service members

California National Guard Primary

April 10, 2020 | 4:08

U.S. Tech. Sgt. Cameron Macias, a recruiter from the California Air National Guard's 195th Wing, received National Guard Bureau approval to conduct enlistments using virtual conferencing technology and has been enlisting recruits virtually since March 26, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, service member enlistments were put on hold to adhere to physical and social distancing requirements put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

(U.S. Air National Guard video by Airman 1st Class Melanie L. Nolen, written and edited by Tech. Sgt. Nieko Carzis)