Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
Marine Corps Boot Camp: How to Physically Train for Entrance into the Military The longer running distance and pull-ups alone are the events most people have trouble with when assessing themselves at the...
Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT) The Marine Corps physical fitness test is a semiannual evaluation of three events: pull-ups, abdominal crunches or plank pose...
Find Out How Fit You Really Are in Only Three Minutes If you want to find out how fit you really are, try this challenge. Do as many push-ups as you can in three minutes.
The Top 10 Reasons Why People Fail at Special Ops There are many ways to fail out or quit any of the many special-ops programs, but the biggest reason someone fails is usually...
The Push-up System Over the years, I have developed several methods to increase push-ups and have written articles on ways to implement them...
Push-up Push Workout The program is a 10-day plan that requires push-ups daily, but it still has some sound physiological rules that incorporate...
Tips for Better Pull-ups One thing I have learned is that women and men cannot do pull-ups if they do not practice pull-ups.
Corps Will Stop Punishing Marines Based on Tape Test, Start Using Modern Scanners to Measure Body Fat The Marine Corps has announced that it is changing the way it determines the body composition of its Marines.
How to Lose Weight and Get Fit for Military Duty Those who are overweight typically are not meeting the minimum physical fitness standards for their chosen branch of service.
F-35 Crashes Outside of Albuquerque Airport; Pilot in Serious Condition The jet was en route to Edwards Air Force Base in California from Fort Worth, Texas, when the incident occurred, according to...
New 911 Calls, Police Records Raise More Questions in Senior Airman Roger Fortson Shooting Death Fortson, 23, a senior special operations airman stationed at Hurlburt Field, was shot multiple times within seconds of...
Here Are the 73 Air Force Jobs Offering Big Reenlistment and Retention Bonuses The Air Force is now offering even more money for troops to reenlist and stay in 73 of its toughest and most critical jobs.
Unprotected: Troops Spent Decades Elbow-Deep in Dangerous Chemicals to Keep Nuclear Missiles Working The expectation that maintainers would simply accept being doused in known, deadly chemicals and continue to carry out their...
'The Whole Team Is Pretty Jacked': 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers Recognized Among Top Artillery Crews Earlier this month, the Army held its inaugural "Best Redleg" competition at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, a 200-soldier contest from...