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 Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jackson

Vigilant Guard / Makani Pahili 2015 Kicks Off in Hawaii

State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, Public Affairs Office

June 1, 2015 | 1:03

With Guardsmen arriving from California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Guam, and the command center stood up at Joint Task Force 5-0. Exercise Vigilant Guard / Makani Pahili 2015 started in ernest today marking the beginning of Hawaii’s hurricane season. VG/MP15 will be held over the next eight days, at multiple locations, on four Hawaiian Islands and will have over twenty two hundred participants. More than 700 of those participants are coming from other states and Guam. Observers from seven Asia-Pacific countries are also attending.

Interview Brig General Bruce Oliveira - Joint Task Force - 50 Commander

(U.S. Air National Guard Video by, TSgt Andrew Lee Jackson, 154th Wing Public Affairs)