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 Cpl. Troy Saunders

Marine Minute

Defense Media Activity - Marines

Dec. 19, 2018 | 1:00

I'm Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute.

Marine Sgt. Gary Wilson, a drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during a ceremony at the recruit depot, December 12th. Sgt. Wilson received the highest medal for noncombat bravery for rescuing two women trapped in a burning vehicle following a car accident in September of this year. Sadly, Sgt. Wilson was killed in an unrelated motorcycle accident on November 16th. His 12-old son accepted the award on his behalf.

Also in the Corps,
U.S. Marines attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command and marines from the Kuwait Marine Battalion recently conducted urbanized terrain training at Kuwait Naval Base. The integrated training helps to strengthen both forces’ warfighting abilities in close, urban environments.

On this day in Marine Corps history in 1972,
The Marine detachment of USS Ticonderoga provided shipboard security for U.S. astronauts after their successful Apollo-17 mission.

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