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Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 1 Day 3 We’re going to do a smoker this morning of pushups, sit-ups, and crunches that you can either do at the gym or on the ground and then head back out on the rucking trails. Let’s pump these out as quickly as possible, understanding that there […]
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS, UNITED STATES STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (March 12, 2015) A member of Special Boat Team 22 stands by his weapon during a Special Operations Craft Riverine demonstration at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School. NAVSCIATTS trains and educates foreign security forces and other international students on small craft […]
Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 1, Day 2 Back to the gym today, with our Wednesday work out and then practice our shuttle run to build up some explosion and lateral quickness. Try to limit the time between sets to 30 seconds or less Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 12 Lat […]
TUCSON, AZ, UNITED STATES U.S. Air Force pararescuemen with the 58th Rescue Squadron prepare for aerial transport during a personnel recovery scenario at Pond Lading Zone during Angel Thunder 17 in Tucson, Ariz., May 11, 2017. Angel Thunder is a two-week, Air Combat Command-sponsored, joint certified and accredited personnel recovery exercise focused on search and […]
Special Operation Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 1, Day 1 How did everyone do on their UBRR Test from yesterday? If you passed but have some weak points, you now know what needs to be worked on. If you failed any portion of it, then you have a lot of work to do. What we’re […]
FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, CA, UNITED STATES U.S. Army Rangers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fire M4 carbines, Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifles (SCAR) and Mk46 machine guns during a close quarter marksmanship range in Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Jan. 25, 2014. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released) Courtesy of DVIDS
Photo courtesy of Tactical Life You may be aware of the King of 2 Miles competition. You may also be aware that Derek Rodgers hit the 2-mile target (see the video below) using a new ballistic computer: The Garmin Foretrex 701 Ballistic Edition. For many years, the Garmin Foretrex 401 has been a preferred piece of kit […]
Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation 11.27.2017 Today we’re going to see where our fitness level is by using a test using the new Special Operations Upper Body Round Robin (UBRR) Fitness Test. It measures functional fitness for the Special Operators much better than the traditional PT test. Pushups: (1min)      40 minimum +2 points for […]
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, VA, UNITED STATES The Military Enhancement Kit provides versatile capabilities to Marine units trained to engage on breaching missions. The kit builds upon the Mossberg M500A2, but gives Marines a shorter, vented breaching barrel and three interchangeable buttstock attachments pictured here. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Alan Matthews) Courtesy of DVIDS
If Michael Weston, James Bond, Jack Bauer and Jason Bourne got together to design a belt I’m pretty sure they’d come up with this belt. Since they are fictional characters they can’t, but SlideBelts can. The SlideBelts Survival Belt is the first belt I’ve been genuinely excited by. I can appreciate a well-made belt, but SlideBelts […]
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