Military / National Security / Foreign Policy IBCS: Army Missile Defense Passes Most Complex Test Yet, Breaking Defense Federal appeals court: Male-only draft is constitutional, Navy Times US Air Force may have accidentally revealed interest in hypersonic nuke, Air Force Times ‘Desert One’ documentary chronicles challenges, lessons of Operation Eagle Claw, Marine Corps Times The Pentagon can now buy US-made […]
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Q&A 8.20.20
QUESTION I am Active Duty Air Force and have started the USAF PT test program on your site, however I have more than 6 weeks until my test. I have between 4 and 6 months to prepare. My current 1.5 mile run time is 14 minutes 6 seconds and I am 24 years old. I […]
Q&A 8.13.20
QUESTION I have lighter and heavier kb’s but not the prescribed weights. Covid has made it difficult to find anything. Go heavier and get less reps or go lighter and get more? Last week I just split the rounds and did heavy first. Thanks. ANSWER Go heavier and cut reps as needed. – Rob QUESTION […]
Arete 8.13.20
Military / National Security / Foreign Policy Space Force launches third GPS III satellite, Air Force Times Despite pandemic, Air Force continues long-range Bomber Task Force missions in Europe, Air Force Times Trump approves plan to withdraw 9,500 US troops from Germany, BBC News Congress moves to block Trump’s Germany troop withdrawal plans, Defense News Pentagon to increase control over […]
Cultural Differences and Similarities of Military and Fire Service
By Charlie Bausman The Fire Service is filled with military veterans. To give you a snapshot, my Captain was a USMC Artillery Forward Observer, my fellow firefighter was a Navy Corpsman in a Search and Rescue unit, and I was a USMC Infantry officer. Perhaps it’s a testament to the kind of personality that’s […]
Mini Study: Strength Emphasis and Hybrid Programming Beat Endurance Emphasis to Improve Ruck Performance
By Rob Shaul BLUF This 5-week Mini-Study compared three programming methodologies to increase rucking speed. Lab Rats were be broken into three groups. All groups performed a Strength Assessment, 6-Mile Ruck for Time @ 45 pounds, and 6-Mile Run Assessment during Week 1 of the mini-study, and repeated these assessments on Week 5 of the […]
What the Mountains Taught Me about Combat Flying
By Anonymous I have long disliked the term “peakbagging.” I feel like the implication that a person is capable of “bagging” a mountain’s summit is naïve bordering on irresponsible. If the mountain wanted to throw you off, it would throw you off. If it wanted you dead, it would kill you. It is for this […]
Arete 8.6.20
Military / National Security / Foreign Policy Retired Air Force pilot becomes first civilian to solo in U-2 spy plane, War is Boring Brown takes Air Force reins, becomes first Black military service chief, Stars and Stripes Poland Agrees To Pay Almost All Costs of US Troop Presence, Breaking Defense Sending Special Operations Forces into the Great-Power Competition, […]
Mini Study: Biking Has Little Transfer to Uphill Movement Under Load
By Rob Shaul BLUF This 3.5-week Mini-Study investigated the transfer of biking/cycling/spinning to uphill movement under load. Anecdotally we have heard that biking/spinning improved uphill movement, and designed this mini-study to test this theory. Remote, volunteer athletes were divided into two groups, A and B. At the beginning of the cycle, both groups completed […]
Lab Rats Needed Starting August 17, 2020 to Test the Effect of Time-Based Training Volumes for Strength, Work Capacity and Endurance
By Rob Shaul MTI needs remote lab rats for an upcoming, multi-modal 5 day/week, 4-week, “Mini-Study.” The Mini-Study will test the effect of training volume across three training measurables: Strength, Sprint-Based Work Capacity, and Endurance (3-Mile run Performance). Specifically, we’re interested to see if we can reach the same fitness results by training 3/4 of […]