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 Deborah Decker

Seamstress

Regional Media Center AFN Europe

May 17, 2017 | 1:13

SYNOPSIS: Seamstress works for Army by repairing used uniform items
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The United States is committed to the security of our NATO allies. The partnership is evident during Operation Atlantic Resolve where U.S. military forces are training together with allies and partner nations in places like Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. That training requires equipment and logistical support. Deb Decker shows us how one woman is working to provide that support.
SCRIPT FOR CC:
Inside this building in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Jutta Gelber does what she’s been doing for the past 30 years for the Army…sewing.
“We are a repair shop.”
Repair as in taking torn items, making them whole again, and reissuing them.
“We do uniforms, sleeping bags…we do gortex…”
She works for Theater Logistics Support Center – Europe, saving the Army money by making unserviceable items serviceable again.
“I love my work. I do everything.”
And she’s sewn everything, including parachutes. She even makes the patches she later puts on shirts. All day. Usually by herself. But she says she doesn’t mind the solitude.
“No, it’s okay for me.”
After all, the money saved doing this, means more money