How to Adjust Your Weekly Running Mileage Before Navy SEAL Training This is the most common question asked by candidates preparing for the high attrition rate school known as Basic Underwater...
An 'Old Guy' Prepares for BUD/S Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives the lowdown on age limits for applying to...
Special Operations Profile: David Goggins Navy SEAL David Goggins, a triathlete, ultramarathoner and retired Navy SEAL, is often nicknamed "the toughest man alive" or "the world...
Navy SEAL Instructors 'Hunted' Weaker Candidates Amid Poor Medical Care, Drug Use The SEAL training course is rife with overzealous instructors, spotty medical care and students who were so determined to...
SEAL Commander Reprimanded in Connection to Death of Recruit Leaves Post Early The head of the Naval Special Warfare Center -- the command that oversees much of the training for Navy SEALs -- has been...
Ask Stew: How to Go from Your Plebe Year at the US Naval Academy to BUD/S Former Navy SEAL Stew Smith answers a question from a newly accepted high school graduate on how to prepare to enter the...
Your Weakness Will Be Your Toughest Event at Spec Ops Selection As you prepare for any special ops program in the tactical professions, you will be faced with grueling events that will test...
PEDs and Push-Ups: The Problem with Modern SOF Training The solution to this problem is simple, but it's a bear of a pill to swallow for the special operations community.
Outside Investigation of SEAL Training Underway in the Wake of Death and Reports of Drug Use, Navy Confirms The Navy has confirmed that it has begun an investigation into the training that Navy SEAL recruits undergo in the wake of...
Tactical Fitness: Is Firearms Training a Prerequisite for Military Service? The military is exceptional at teaching individuals how to shoot, regardless of their experience with firearms.
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says Senior Airman Roger Fortson lived in an off-base residence, and his special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field in the...
Florida Airman Was Shot by Deputy Within Seconds of Opening Apartment Door, Body Cam Footage Shows Only as Fortson is lying on the floor of his apartment fatally wounded does the deputy tell him to drop his weapon, a firearm...
'They Took My Gift Away': In Interview, Mother of Florida Airman Killed by Police Describes Shock Meka Fortson told Military.com in an exclusive interview Thursday that her son, Senior Airman Roger Fortson, had always...
Army Pumping Millions into Food Kiosks, But They May Soon Be Obsolete Kiosks are effectively small snack stands providing soldiers with sandwiches, candy, chips and soda -- offerings that hold...
Apache Crash Injures 2 Fort Riley Soldiers as Army Grapples with Nonstop Aviation Incidents The pair of soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade were being treated for injuries after the crash...