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 Capt. Jeffrey Brenchley

Naval Combat Demolition Units - Underwater Demolition Team D-Day 80 Tribute

U.S. Special Operations Command Europe

May 30, 2024 | 1:06

This is a video honoring the service and sacrifice Naval Combat Demolition Units - Underwater Demolition Teams, the predecessors of the U.S. Navy's current SEAL teams, made during the D-Day landings as a part of Operation Overlord in Normandy, France.
U.S. military personnel and equipment will commemorate the 80th anniversary
of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944,
widely known as D-Day. Highlighting the Department of Defense's continued
commitment to honor the historic significance of D-Day and the sacrifices
made connects the strength of alliance and dedicated resolve during WWII to
NATO strength and unity today. Overall, participating service members from
approximately 25 units will take part in more than 100 commemorative events
from May 30 to June 10, in approximately 40 French communities throughout
the Normandy region -- including a bilateral ceremony at Normandy American
Cemetery on June 6, and a commemorative airborne operation on June 9.
This event will also include Allied countries like France, the United Kingdom,
the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and Germany.