Special operations forces deploy around the world in high-risk missions. And the troops that fall under Special Operations Command experience a high rate of serious and sometimes deadly accidents ...

Surrounded by high fences at Fort Bliss, classic hip hop by the group House of Pain blasts from the speakers inside a shoot house. The structure resembles a human-sized maze where Soldiers, not mice, ...

Special Operations Command should more closely study data on training incidents and spend more time observing high-risk, noncombat operations to better mitigate accidents involving its elite forces, a ...

The 2021-22 training season for the Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) returns Dec. 1 with dozens of Marines to be trained in the course. The CWOC is modeled after the Cold-Weather ...

Located on the outskirts of the capital city of Amman, the sound of gunfire, explosions, helicopters, and tire screeches reverberate around the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre. A ...

The energy and utility industries currently face an unprecedented level of change, requiring a shift in the way organizations approach field operations training. Developing a safe, skilled, and ...

This was certainly one hell of a hotel wake-up call. Around 10 p.m. on April 4, U.S. Army Special Operations Command soldiers, assisted by personnel from the FBI’s Boston office, entered a downtown ...

Dressing in specialized chemical protective clothing (CPC) is a serious business. We are firm believers that this decision shouldn’t be taken lightly. So, through training, we address the issues that ...

Skill levels generally differ between plant operator shifts. Further, these differences often cause divides among the shifts that result in unequal divisions of responsibility. Comprehensive, ...

When the alarm is struck for a fire department response, rarely is consideration given to what time would be best to “schedule” the response. Emergencies happen when they happen, and timing is one of ...

Over the past decade, CrossFit has motivated and turned the fitness community into a daily competition with quick workouts of the day (WODs) in a group or online group atmosphere. There is not a day ...

Simulation technologies have numerous uses, many of which are focused on simulating plant processes to assess optimal operations and test possible plant configurations. Another use of simulation ...