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 Master Sgt. Amber Monio

National Guard Career Spotlight: Flight Nurse

National Guard Bureau

Jan. 6, 2023 | 1:00

The National Guard has more than 445,000 Soldiers and Airmen who operate in a wide range of career fields. When service members are injured in a battlefield environment, aeromedical evacuation units often need to be called in to provide lifesaving aid and transport.

National Guard flight nurses are highly skilled combat medics trained to treat, stabilize, and provide inflight medical care to the critically injured or ill while being transported aboard air ambulances during peacetime and combat operations.

AE flight nurses and medical technicians have the capability to fly patients on several different aircraft. The primary aircraft used include the the C-17 Globemaster, C-130 Hercules, KC-135 Stratotanker, UH/HH-60 Blackhawk, UH-72 Lakota, and some Guard units have recently expanded their fleet with the KC-46 Pegasus.