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 Sgt. Joshua Tverberg

COB Speicher Holds MASCAL Exercise - Package

United States Division-North

June 13, 2011 | 1:47

Package about how Military Police, Firefighters, Base Reaction Force Personnel, Medics and others react to a mass casualty exercise held on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, 13 June 2011. Soldiers are constantly training and improving their skills. Sgt. Josh Tverberg tells us about one training event that helped prepare Soldiers to save lives. Soundbites include Col. Edward Horvath - Deputy Commander, 256th Combat Support Hospital, Hometown: Bay Village, Ohio and Maj. Russell Morton - Operations Officer - 4th Infantry Division Special Troops Battalion, Hometown: Texarkana, Ark. Produced by Sgt. Josh Tverberg. Also available in High Definition.