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 Maj. Wayne Clyne

3-116 CAV Machine Gun Range at OCTC

Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office

July 27, 2022 | 1:05

3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment (Combined Arms Battalion), Oregon National Guard, headquartered in La Grande, Oregon, conducted a machine gun range for the units M240 and M249 machine-gunners on July 27, 2022, at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho during their annual training. The range's purpose is to increase gunners and gun crews' proficiency making 3-116 CAV a more lethal fighting force. Most 3-116 CAV members are traditional guard members that drill one weekend a month and attend a two-week annual training in the summer training once a year.

The Orchard Combat Training Center is a premier joint combined arms training site located 18 miles south of Boise, Idaho. The 143,000-acre training center is located within the boundaries of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area and has been used by the Idaho National Guard and Army Reserve since 1953. This ideal training location is ideal because of the vast terrain, world-class ranges, and four-season climate.

(U.S. Army National Guard video by Maj. W. Chris Clyne, Oregon National Guard Public Affairs)