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. James Alegria

U.S. Soldiers shadow hospital counterparts at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico

Defense Department Support to FEMA COVID-19

Feb. 4, 2022 | 1:21

SHIPROCK, N.M. - U.S. Army Col. Ann Sims-Columbia, the Shiprock military medical team commander, out of Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, talks about the U.S. Army Nurse Corps anniversary, and her team’s experience assisting local staff with COVID operations at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, Feb. 5, 2022. The U.S. Army Soldiers are deployed in support of continued Department of Defense COVID response operations to help communities in need. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID response. (U.S. Army video by Spc. James Alegria)