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...
-- 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....
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
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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 ...
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.
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The Wright-Patterson Air Force base was busier than normal last week as officials sponsored the 10th anniversary U.S. Air Force (USAF) 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. ...
-- 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. ...
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...
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...
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
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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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
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...
-- 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....
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. ...
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...
Members of Amphibious Group (CPG) 3 took time out of their busy schedules recently to participate in a health awareness program designed to help sailors maintain healthier lifestyles...
To combat obesity, TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) will sponsor this summer a weight demonstration project for active-duty family members, and retirees and their family members...
USS UNDERWOOD, At Sea -- USS Underwood sailors have adopted a new way to stay healthy and within Navy fitness standards from a popular reality television program. Television’s "The Biggest Loser" has been an inspiration to more than 20 Sailors aboard the ship, and many hope it will become a Navy-wide program....
By: Jennipher Shaver
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON USS George Washington (GW) completed its 2006 spring cycle for the physical readiness test (PRT) March 30, and the results showed...
NORFOLK, VA -- The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) personnel, voluntarily challenged themselves over the past several months to improve their overall physical readiness test (PRT) performance by way of a new fitness program they named The Biggest Winners....
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH -- "Wellness is an attitude!" If Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) leaders have their way, those words will become more than just a slogan for the command's new wellness and safety campaign. They will become a way of life. ...
Rushmore Strives for Peak Physical Readiness 
Navy Trains the Trainers 
