Rob Shaul

Military Marines Reject Reports It ‘Surrendered’ to British Commandos, The Way Zone USS Connecticut CO, XO, COB Relieved Over Collision, USNI Navy SEALS to Focus on Strategic Reconnaissance, Seapower China Has World’s Largest Navy With 355 Ships and Counting, USNI Marine Corps Seeks ‘Fundamental Redesign’ , Defense One Air Force colonel claims she was fired for refusing to order subordinates to get […]

Military Air Force: Nuclear Micro-Reactor by 2027, Stars and Stripes Army Expects Fierce, Close Combat In Next War, Military.com Too Many DoD Civilians? Military.com The Pentagon quietly removed more than 130,000 Afghanistan War photos and videos from public view, Task & Purpose A few dozen airmen set up a mini airfield in the Pacific to train for a possible […]

Military / Foreign Relations / National Security There’s a good reason why this Air Force general only wears 3 ribbons on his dress uniform, Task & Purpose Now Is Not the Time for Minimal Nuclear Deterrence, National Int. Canada–Freeloader, Rather Than Vested Defence Partner in NORAD, Real Clear Defense The CIA’s Shadow War in Somalia, NY Times The Two Most […]

  By Rob Shaul MTI is calling for fit lab rats to test a new strength program roughly based on our Big 24 strength progression methodology. The training will begin Friday, October 29, 2021. The deadline to apply is 1700 Mountain Time, this coming Monday, October 25, 2021. Lab rats must be 20-50 years old. […]

By Rob Shaul Last week I wrote an article, “How to Train When You’re Not Training For Anything.” My most common recommendation for athletes in this situation who come to me for training suggestion is to recommend programming they haven’t done in a while, or ever. Something different to sport accommodation and stave off mental […]

Military / Foreign Relations / National Security NATO has a Problem: Belarus is Being Absorbed into Russia, Real Clear Defense 1:3 deployment-to-dwell goal is going to depend on demand from combatant commands, Defense News The Gathering Cyber Storm, Cipher Brief As soon as US welcomes Georgia and Ukraine to NATO, Russia burns the bridges, Pravda Report Japan’s […]

Military / National Security U.S. Army Looks at New Ways to Beat Drones, Aviation Week Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops still unvaccinated ahead of first vaccine deadline: report, The Hill The Scylla and Charybdis of Duty Discharge: Military Dilemma with Undemocratic Leaders, War on the Rocks Pentagon Begins ‘Continuous Vetting’ of All Troops for Insider Threats, Extremism; Social […]

By Rob Shaul I get this question often from tactical athletes stuck in staff positions, or between schools/deployments, or in senior positions – who now have some freedom with their fitness training.  It also comes from retired tactical athletes, or just civilians trying MTI programming. And from mountain athletes between sport seasons or in their […]

Military / Foreign Relations / National Security Entire Air Force hits staffing, recruitment goals for the first time in five years, Air Force Times Taliban: From Afghanistan’s rugged mountains to policing streets, Al Jazerra Another Biden policy IOU on China, AAI Ukraine is set to buy 24 Turkish drones. So why hasn’t Russia pushed back? Defense News M1A2 Abrams: Improve […]