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. Joseph Knoch

Baumholder Military Community 80 Year Anniversary Parade 1080p

AFN Kaiserslautern

March 18, 2025 | 1:00

The Baumholder Military Community, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, marched in a parade with the 245th Artillery Regiment, of the Bundeswehr Artillery School and the Idar-Oberstein Artillery school alongside Baumholder district and city Mayors to commemorate the 80th anniversary of a US Armed Forces presence in the city, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
The U.S. Armed Forces first occupied Baumholder on March 18 in 1945, when the 302nd Infantry Regiment, of the 94th Infantry Division, obtained control of the city without any battle actions.
(Defense Media Activity video by Staff Sgt. Joseph E. D. Knoch)