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. Madelyn Sanchez

TTV Building Clearing

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve

Feb. 16, 2019 | 0:52

Iraqi instructors train Iraqi army soldiers in building clearing tactics at Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 16, 2019. The soldiers are under the supervision of Australian army trainers from Task Group Taji 8, a combined Australian-New Zealand Task Group that provides the Iraqi Security Forces with training to enable areas cleared of Daesh to be stabilized. Coalition training programs include courses in areas as diverse as operational planning, counter-terrorism, logistics and sustainment, equipment maintenance, counter-IED techniques and law enforcement. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Madelyn Sanchez).