Story by Staff Sgt. Mikaela Smith | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 12.15.2025
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- Blood trickled down a Senior Airman’s leg. Breathing heavily, she grunted in pain as she stood after crawling under barbed wire. Covered in mud, sweat and now blood from a fresh scratch, she pressed up a black diamond ski hill transformed into a Spartan obstacle course. She had one goal: keep moving. The Senior Airman had already run, swam and crawled......
Story by Staff Sgt. Amber Peck | National Guard Bureau | 07.30.2025
SMYRNA, Tenn. – The National Guard’s most senior enlisted member visited the Tennessee National Guard last week to learn more about an innovative program helping Guard members in the Volunteer State improve their fitness levels and individual readiness....
Story by Sgt. Kalina Hyche | 118th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tennessee Army National Guard | 05.04.2025
The Tennessee National Guard's GRIT program, which focuses on holistic health and fitness (physical, mental, sleep, and spiritual readiness), is now utilizing a new, dedicated indoor facility at the Volunteer Training Site in Smyrna. This new Performance Readiness Center allows for consistent, year-round training, regardless of weather. The GRIT program, a part of the Guard's Holistic Health......
Story by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 01.12.2023
To combat the grit problem, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District signed a partnership agreement with the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN), which will construct a grit chamber along Spring Garden Run, a neighborhood located in the northern area of Pittsburgh....
Story by Senior Airman Taryn Butler | 386th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.18.2021
The 386th Expeditionary Mission Support Group are investing in “collective success” by implementing a program designed to strengthen resiliency and encourage communication through deliberate and meaningful personal and professional development from commanders and supervisors. GRIT is a way to connect Airmen to each other, to their Air Force heritage and to the broader Air Force mission by......
Story by Senior Airman Jennifer Zima | 501st Combat Support Wing | 02.19.2021
McGriff was recognized by Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Keene, 501st Combat Support Wing command chief, for his excelling performance in his duties as a postal directory clerk, as well as the additional duties of being the Information Technology Asset Management Custodian and the designated voting representative for RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth Post Offices....
Story by Chief Master Sgt. Gloria Wilson | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 01.22.2021
In late 2018, Operation GRIT was implemented across U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa bases.
Story by Airman 1st Class Ericka Woolever | 31st Fighter Wing | 08.19.2020
A Wingman can have a great impact on protecting Airmen and their loved ones from harm. It’s a promise and a commitment between Airmen. But not all Wingmen are human....
