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 Pvt. Steven Day

Texas National Guard Strengthens Border Security Operations in Lower Rio Grande Valley

Joint Task Force Lone Star

March 6, 2024 | 1:49

Warrant Officer Linn Allvord, the watercraft technician officer in charge of airboat training, teaches a class of Texas National Guardsmen how to operate an air boat safely on the Rio Grande River near Brownsville, TX, Feb 21, 2024. Sergeant Jake Jordan, the Surge Response Team 1 Sergeant in charge of reinforcing the border barriers in Task Force South, describes his team's mission to expand the Anti-Climb Barriers further on the banks of the border river near Brownsville, TX, Feb 21, 2024. Texas National Guard border security operations play a crucial role in keeping the soldiers defending the Southern border well trained and proficient in their assigned duties, strengthening the Operation Lone Star mission capabilities to protect Texas from the harmful effects of illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and human trafficking. (Texas National guard video produced by Operation Lone Star Public Affairs)