Airmen Challenged to Make Better Choices  

Air Force senior leaders would like airmen to help each other make better choices in their leisure activities and personal lives, says Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Lt. Gen. Arthur Lichte...

Navy SEALs Launch Physical Awareness Pilot Program  

The Navy SEALs have one of the military's most successful physical training programs, and they’d like to introduce it nationally to coaches as an athletic standard of excellence...

Indiana Mayor Poses Fitness Challenge  

The mayor of Carmel, IN, is challenging his city’s residents and employees to improve their fitness level and lead a healthier lifestyle. As part of the challenge, Clarian North Medical ...

Sailors Say Command Leaders Support a Culture of Fitness  

Most sailors agree their command leadership supports a culture of fitness, according to the 2006 Quality of Life (QOL) Survey released in November. The survey has tracked sailors' views on their quality of life since 1999...

Reservist Gets 'Fit to Fight'  

An Air Force reservist at Tinker AFB is taking the charge to be "Fit to Fight" seriously. Master Sgt. Matt Thomas, a jet engine mechanic for the 513th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron...

Lieutenant Runs for a Cause  

Lt. Geoff Weber, based at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA, completed the 262-mile Run Across Virginia for the American Lung Association in early November. The idea for his “Patriot Run” began while he was stationed ...

NBK Sailors Get Health Conscious for Health Fair 

Naval Base Kitsap (NBK), Bangor’s Fitness and Aquatic Center and Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) in Silverdale, WA, sponsored a health fair and a fun run in October to promote...

Walk Raises Awareness of Breast Cancer  

-- More than 200 Airmen and family members put their best foot forward to help raise awareness of breast cancer during an Aviano Community Enlisted Spouses Club (ACES)-sponsored walk in late October at the Aviano Air Base in Italy....

Keeping Airmen in Shape Means Providing Healthy Choices  

Pounds of lettuce used every day: 1,600. Pounds of steak cooked on Wednesdays: 1,400. Pounds of eggs cracked open every month: 240,000. Master Sgt. Joe Ennen's role on base: priceless ...

Push-up Plan Meets New Fitness Initiative  

Three hundred and thirty-two thousand. That's a lot. Of anything. How would you like to do that many push-ups? The approximately 100 members deployed at Balad Air Base in Iraq ...

Kitty Hawk Searches for 'Biggest Losers'  

To help sailors aboard USS Kitty Hawk learn more about fitness and nutrition while engaging in friendly competition, the ship’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) hosted a “Biggest Loser” contest. ...

Air Force Marathons Draws More Than 4,700 Runners  

The Wright-Patterson Air Force base was busier than normal last week as officials sponsored the 10th anniversary U.S. Air Force (USAF) Marathon....

Air Force Sponsors Marathon 

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH – The Wright-Patterson Air Force base was busier than normal last week as officials hosted the 10th anniversary U.S. Air Force (USAF) Marathon. More than 4,700 runners from all over the world registered for the race and more than 1,500 local volunteers helping out during the week,” said Molly Louden, USAF Marathon director. The event also featured a Sports & Fitness Expo, gourmet pasta dinner, celebrity runners Bill Rodgers and Alberto Salazar, a Marathon and Half Marathon Pace Team, A-10 flyover and aircraft static displays. ...

Rushmore Strives for Peak Physical Readiness  

-- Upon returning from exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006 in August, USS Rushmore kicked off a new five-day-a-week command physical training (PT) program to ensure sailors are physically ready to meet the challenges of future operations. ...

Navy Training 

By: Jennipher Shaver

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA Helping fitness professionals work better with sailors getting ready for deployment was the focus of a Navy Advanced Fitness Training...

Navy Trains the Trainers  

Helping fitness professionals work better one-on-one with sailors preparing for deployment was the focus of a Navy Advanced Fitness Training held in late August at Dam Neck naval base near Virginia Beach, VA. Eighteen fitness professionals attended the class...

GW Shows Off Fitness Level Through PT Competition 

USS George Washington (GW) held a three-hour “PT till you Stop” physical training (PT) competition in late July. During the competition, more than 400 sailors from all departments were challenged in kick boxing, cardio, body sculpting and military-style workouts ...

Equipment from Home Boosts Troops Abroad  

efi Sports Medicine is one of several manufacturers supporting U.S. troops serving abroad with donations of equipment. Since 2002, the San Diego-based exercise equipment manufacturer has lent its muscle to service men and women by donating more than 150 of its Total Gym machines to ...

DoD, TRICARE Begin Recruitment for Weight-Management Campaign  

TRICARE Management Activity is recruiting for a demonstration project in four states that tests how to best educate active-duty family members and retired beneficiaries about the negative effects of obesity and encourage healthy food choices. ...

Survey Finds Average Group Fitness Visits at 2.9 

More than 90 percent of participants in Les Mills group fitness classes in the United States visit their clubs at least twice a week specifically to take part in the classes, a survey by AC Nielsen found. ...

Group Reviews GW's Programs 

By: Jennipher Shaver

NORFOLK, VA A working group from the Navy's Personal and Family Readiness Program visited USS George Washington (GW) in late June for a briefing on the...

Great Lakes Has New Formula for Fitness  

In line with the Navy’s new culture of fitness, which aims to heighten standards and promote healthier choices, more than 600 students in the Apprentice Technical Training (ATT) course at the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) Learning Site, Great Lakes...

Working Group Looks at GW’s Fitness Programs 

-- A working group from the Navy’s Personal and Family Readiness Program (PFRP) visited USS George Washington (GW) in late June for a briefing on the command’s fitness program and to evaluate the fitness resources on an aircraft carrier....

Army to Soldiers: Drink Up 

More than 1,700 heat injuries occurred Army-wide in 2005 according to Brig. Gen. Michael B. Cates, commander of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM). Of those injuries, 258 people suffered from heat stroke and 1,467 suffered from heat exhaustion. ...

Navy's Health Program Changes Exam Schedule 

By: Jennipher Shaver

SAN DIEGO To increase the likelihood of diagnosing and treating health problems early to maintain a stronger Naval force, the Navy is replacing its five-year...

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