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. Emma Roberts

221st Quartermaster Company Competes in 56th Phillip A. Connelly Evaluation

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March 13, 2024 | 1:15

The 221st Quartermaster Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, competed in the 56th Phillip A. Connelly Evaluation on March 13, 2024, Grafenwoehr, Germany.

The evaluation includes field feeding teams from all military branches and judges the execution of food service excellence of culinary specialists, 92G. The 221st Quartermaster Company previously won the competition in 2023.

The 221st Quartermaster Company is located in Ansbach, Germany, and serves two dining facilities in USAG Ansbach and Tower Barracks. It is the second field feeding company in the European Theater, comprised of two platoons and one headquarters element. The unit also includes six deployable field feeding teams. (U.S. Army video by SGT Emma Roberts)

Lower thirds information:
00:06 - 2LT Hailey Sundblom, Food Service OIC
00:43 - SGM Shain McDougald, Food Service SGM, 82nd Airborne Division; Evaluator, Phillip A. Connelly