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 Senior Airman Johnathon Wines

Military sustainment in the Arctic

Alaskan NORAD Region/Alaskan Command/11th Air Force

Feb. 24, 2020 | 1:18

U.S. Northern Command's Exercise Arctic Edge 20 provided the opportunity to test the new Arctic Shelter System at the Intermediate Staging Base, Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 24, 2020. The Arctic Shelter Systems are ridged wall 20-foot containers providing heated facilities for laundry, billeting, administration, latrine and showers. Arctic Edge is a biennial homeland defense exercise designed to provide high quality and effective training in the extreme cold-weather conditions found in the arctic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Diana Cossaboom)