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 1st Lt. Kevin Stapleton

Vaccinating Camden: U.S. Army concludes vaccination mission in New Jersey

Federal Vaccine Response

April 19, 2021 | 2:28

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 10th Field Hospital, 627th Hospital Center reflect on the impact of their contribution to the whole-of-government vaccination effort on the last day of operations at the state-run, federally-supported Camden Community Vaccination Center in the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, N.J., April 19, 2021. Soldiers with the 10th Field Hospital, 627th Hospital Center from Fort Carson, Colorado are deployed in support of the Department of Defense federal vaccine response operations. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. (U.S. Marine Corps video by 1st Lt. Kevin P. Stapleton / Combat Logistics Battalion 22)