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Voluntarily getting punched in the face might seem like an unusual approach to improving morale. Since World War II, 101st Airborne Division soldiers have traded parachutes for helicopters, but apparently, some soldiers still prefer a more direct approach to combat — stepping into a cage. At Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the […]

Military service demands sustained physical and mental resilience. Air Force Capt. John Blasingame put that standard to the test in the Bigfoot 200, a 200-mile ultramarathon marked by steep elevation changes, unforgiving terrain and up to 107 hours of sleep deprivation.

An Army physical therapy technician stationed in Germany helped power the U.S. Army Women’s Soft-ball Team to a first-place finish at the 2026 Armed Forces Women’s Softball Championships held recently in Oklahoma City. Sgt. Summer Feathers, a 68F physical therapy technician assigned to the U.S. Army Health Clinic Stuttgart, joined […]

Every mile of a race is a physical negotiation — a stark reminder that while the human body has limits, the mind can be trained to push past them. 

At Fort Rucker, Alabama, Air Force Capt. Hanna Born trains the next generation of rotary-wing aviators in the TH-1H training helicopter. Outside the cockpit, she is leading a personal mission to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by running 2,977 miles — one mile for each […]

U.S. Army Capt. Brandon Mai, a general dentist assigned to the U.S. Army Dental Clinic in Stuttgart, has been selected to attend the All-Army Golf Trial Camp Sept. 7-14 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Mai is one of 12 golfers selected for the competitive camp, […]

For most, stepping onto the diamond representing the 2026 USA Future’s Women’s Softball Team would be the pinnacle of pressure. But for Sgt. Gabriella Nowack, a paralegal specialist with six and a half years of service in the U.S. Army, high-stakes environments are standard issue. Assigned to the Headquarters and […]