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 Sgt. Miles Andrade, Sgt. Apolonia Gaspar

Astral Knight 2020 - Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Social Media

Regional Media Center AFN Europe

Sept. 23, 2020 | 0:34

Interviewee: Brigadier General Gregory Brady
10th AAMDC USAREUR Commanding General

Astral Knight 2020 is a joint, multinational exercise involving Airmen and Soldiers from the United States working with service members from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Sweden. The exercise is an integrated air and missile defense exercise focused on conducting defense of key terrain. Training will involve a combination of flight operations and computer-assisted scenarios. The aircrafts in the exercise include U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-15 Eagle, KC-135 Stratotanker, KC-10 Extender, E-3 Sentry and B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, as well as Polish F-16s, SU-22s and Mi-17 aircraft. U.S. Army Europe plans to provide soldiers and equipment to operate the Patriot surface-to-air missile system, this exercise aims to develop and exercise an enduring regional integrated air and missile defense architecture, command and control integrations, coordination and interoperability of air and land capabilities with overlapping operations into the integrated air and missile defense enterprise.