By Rob Shaul My recreation of choice is hunting or fishing. Below is the list of my “10 Recreation Items Worth Every Penny” in no order of importance. Add your list to the “Comments” below. Be sure to add your favorite mode of recreation – if you have one. 1. Jetboil Flash Stove Jetboil […]
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Lessons Learned Administering the ACFT to Large Groups of Soldiers
By Sarah Ferreira Since 2018 my unit has been executing the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) on a mass scale. We found that we can test a battalion size element (about 1,500 Soldiers) in a 9-hour time frame given the following conditions: 20 fully equipped, 60m lanes. Each 3m wide. Grass/turf field that can […]
Defining the Nebulous “Aerobic Base”
By Jeff Sonderegger Among the most common terms used in fitness programming for endurance sports is “Aerobic Base.” This is always stressed as the most important factor in having a successful competition season, in preparing for a mountaineering project and in a myriad of other endeavors where covering long distances, preferably quickly, is the […]
Reflecting Back On My Failure At Selection
By Anonymous Fifteen years ago, I assessed for a special mission unit in the military. This was in the mid-2000’s, when combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq were on-going and very intense. With so much need and limited resources, I thought that I was a guaranteed lock during the assessment. But, being selected to attend […]
Lab Rats With Kettlebell Experience Needed to Test The Fitness Building Capacity of High Rep Kettlebell Snatches
SORRY – WE’VE RECEIVED ENOUGH LAB RATS FOR THIS MINI STUDY AND ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. By Rob Shaul MTI is calling for remote lab rats with kettlebell snatch experience for an upcoming, narrow and focused, 4 week, 5-day/week Mini-Study testing the overall fitness building capacity of kettlebell snatch High-Intensity Interval Training (HITT) […]
Stuff I Learned At Work – A Retired USAF Colonel
By Gary Alexander 1) Provide honest, critical feedback. When somebody performs a task above standard, we have no problem telling a person they did a good job. However, when somebody fails to perform as expected, or has room to improve, providing feedback becomes more difficult. We let emotion get the best of us, as we […]
Don’t leave the military until “YOU” are the reason – A Retired Air Force Colonel
by James Thompson This is a follow-on to the recent MTI articles “The Military – Should I stay In?”, “Why I’m Getting Out – An Army Major”, and “My Struggles In Retirement – A Former Fire Captain.” The decision to finally get out (separate or retire) from the military usually comes not from one single […]
KILLING FROM AFAR: DEALING WITH DEATH FOR THE COMBAT PILOT
By Anonymous Man has been killing man since the earliest records of human history. Combat, it seems, is an inevitable ingredient to humankind as we know it. The effect that combat and killing have on a combatant is a topic that humans have only recently had the luxury of considering and studying. It is through […]