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 Spc. Stephen Wright

Little Rock Air Force Base Bomb Technicians Dispose of Unexploded WWII Anti-Tank Round

Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office

June 26, 2017 | 1:09

EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) technicians from the 19th Civil Engineering Squadron assigned to the Little Rock Air Force Base detonated 1.25 pounds of C4 on a suspected unexploded anti-tank round at the Robinson Maneuver Training Center in North Little Rock, Ark. on June 26.

The ordnance disposed of was a M6A1 H.E.A.T. (High-Explosive Anti-Tank) Rocket. The munition was fielded to the U.S. Army in July of 1943 in an effort to assist infantry units in combating enemy tanks during WWII.

The Robinson Maneuver Training Center was used to train and house Soldiers, both active duty and National Guard during WWI and WWII.

Nobody was injured during the discovery or disposal of the ordnance and the scene was cleared at approximately 10:00 A.M. CST.