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 Lance Cpl. Logan Mason

AFN Spotlight Sgt. Malik Pugh

AFN Okinawa

Dec. 6, 2023 | 0:30

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Malik Pugh, a digital wideband systems maintainer with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, is presented the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during a ceremony on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 6, 2023. During the ceremony, Pugh was recognized for his superior performance while serving as an engineer section head with Communications Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and for his initiative to create a computer-aided design connector cable that produced a functional replacement for a backordered cable. Pugh, a native of Fairview Heights, Illinois, graduated from Belleville East High School in 2018 and enlisted out of Recruiting Station Fairview Heights in 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Logan Mason and Lance Cpl. Weston Brown)