Tag: PT

Muscular strength is required not only to enhance performance, but also to facilitate the overall training process and reduce the risk of injury.

Featured photo courtesy of Marine Corps Times MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — “I haven’t met someone yet who I haven’t been able to train to do a pull-up.” Major Misty Posey, the plans officer for Manpower Integration, developed a pull-up training program to help all Marines improve their pull-ups no matter their starting point, and says she […]

Male and female poolees interested in taking combat-related jobs face a tougher initial strength test. Since Jan. 1, poolees who have indicated they want to train to become infantrymen, Recon Marines, combat engineers and the Marine Corps’ other most demanding military occupational specialties have been required to pass MOS-specific standards. The new initial strength test […]

The Marine Corps is taking steps to better prevent heat-related injuries and deaths after a North Carolina-based corporal died during a 6-mile hike last summer. Cpl. Alexis Aaron Alcaraz, a 22-year-old field radio operator assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, fell out of a unit hump just before sunrise Aug. 13 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. […]

Think women can’t do pullups? Think again. The key is not exhausting muscles during training. “I got my first pullup on April 27 of 2014. It’s like giving birth: You don’t forget that,” said Col. Robin Gallant, 55. “I kicked it on my last (physical fitness test), I got 15; and now I’m up to an […]

This Iraqi special operations training school apparently allows the instructors to beat the students with sticks as part of their hazing rituals (“training,” as it is also called).

Although I do get nostalgic about the Marine Corps from time-to-time, I rarely give anything related to boot camp a second thought. However, for anyone who has been through basic training in any branch of the armed services, this video is worth a watch if you want some motivation to start or end your day. […]