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 Spc. Travis Williams

General Lengyel visits Nebraska National Guard during flood operations

Joint Force Headquarters - Nebraska National Guard

March 22, 2019 | 2:52

Following his aerial tour of flood-damaged Camp Ashland on Friday, General Joseph L. Lengyel, the 28th chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited with Nebraska Army National Guard helicopter crews and staff at the Nebraska Army National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility No. 1 in Lincoln and learned more about the missions that the Nebraska National Guard aviation crews flew during the early hours of last week’s historic and devastating flooding. General Lengyel also met with – and recognized – Nebraska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen currently working at the Guard’s Joint Operations Center and the State Emergency Operations Center. Lengyel concluded his visit by answering questions during a video interview with Nebraska's Public Affairs Office. (Nebraska National Guard video by Spc. Travis Williams)