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This Monday we’ll focus on some speed work with the sprints rather than a longer duration. It will build up some explosion in your legs and improve your overall running. We’ll hit the exercises heavy this morning and build up some endurance. Focus on correct form and then worry about the speed. Especially with the […]

U.S. Air Force Capt. Victoria Snow, HH-60G Pave Hawk pilot, assigned to the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, sits in the cockpit before a training mission with a Guardian Angel team assigned to the 308th ERQS, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in support of Operations Freedom’s Sentinel and Resolute Support, March 13, 2018.   The Guardian Angel Teams, […]

A little warm-up and a good long Sunday morning rucksack march. Go as fast as you can without running. Go over varied terrain and learn to use the downslope of the hills to make time. As always be sure to stay hydrated during the march. It should be a habit that will carry over to […]

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, use flares to communicate with a CH-47F Chinook flown by members of the U.S. Army Task Force Brawler, during a night time training mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Mar. 7, 2018. The Army crews and Air Force Guardian Angel teams […]

Back in the gym this morning before heading out for a run. We’ll break up the routine next week with some speed interval running, that will help in building up your short area quickness and speed. But for today it is back, shoulders and a run. Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 12 […]

A U.S. Army Green Beret assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, competes against his opponent during round 2 of the 2018 Fort Bragg Combatives Tournament invitational on March 2, 2018 at the 82nd Airborne Division’s Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This years tournament had nearly 300 competitors making it currently the […]

When researching the works of the secretive Studies and Observation Group (SOG) during the war in Vietnam, Richard H. Schultz Jr. digs through their papers in an exhaustive and sprawling piece of work. While critical of much their work, especially in the matter of inserting foreign agents into North Vietnam, Schultz’s admiration for the warriors […]

Continue to prep for the UBRR. Friday is a Leg Day and we’ll work them out good today in the gym. We are going to break up the 3-mile run into one-mile segments. Take only a minute’s rest in between runs and then do the best you can. Make note of your times in the […]

U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) out of Fort Bragg, N.C., and the 5th Squadron, 1st Calvary Regiment out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, participate in a pilot recovery exercise Aug. 4, 2017, during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-3, at the McMahon Range, Alaska. The 3rd SFG is the lead SFG on operations in Central […]

Opinion: The President surely opened up a can of worms when he spoke about withdrawing our military troops from Syria and soon. Just last week, Trump said “We’ll be coming out of Syria like very soon,” before a Pentagon spokesman calmed our allies fears by stating that the United States was committed, at least until […]

Continue to prep for the UBRR and focus on some speed work today with the runs. Speed work will help with your endurance and explosion. Work on using perfect form when doing your exercises. The cadre at Selection are meticulous at grading form. The time to get it right is now. Then the graded test in […]

Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen from Special Boat Team 12, stationed at Naval Base Coronado, Calif., with the help of aviators from 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., conducted a Maritime External Air Transportation System training evolution in Moses Lake, Wash., May 21. MEATS is a way to move […]