APFT Obstacle Course Exercises (Confidence) Source: Department of the Army Field Manual, FM 21-20 Physical Fitness Training CONFIDENCE OBSTACLE COURSES Confidence obstacle courses must be built in accordance with Folio No. 1, "Training Facilities," Corps of Engineers Drawing Number 28-13-95. You can obtain this publication from the Directorate of Facilities Engineering at … [Read more...]
APFT Rifle Drills Exercises
APFT Rifle Drills Exercises Source: Department of the Army Field Manual, FM 21-20 Physical Fitness Training Rifle drills are suitable activities for fitness training while bivouacking or during extended time in the field. In most situations, the time consumed in drawing weapons makes this activity cumbersome for garrison use. However, it is a good conditioning activity, and … [Read more...]
APFT Log Drill Exercises
APFT Log Drill Exercises Source: Department of the Army Field Manual, FM 21-20 Physical Fitness Training START POSITIONS The soldiers fall in facing their log, with toes about four inches away. Figure 8-16 shows the basic starting positions and commands. Right-Hand Start Position, Move On the command "Move," move the left foot 12 inches to the left, and lower the body into … [Read more...]
Military Pin Ups – Nose Art
[ Email Your Nose Art Photos to pinups@militaryspot.com ] During World War II, and again in the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars, colorful images appeared on the nose sections of American military aircraft. Loved and hated, photographed and censored, the paintings known as nose art have been a controversial tradition. Although wildly painted squadron insignia was common in … [Read more...]
Military Pin Ups – History
A pin-up girl is a man's ideal of the "perfect woman." Men want to look at them and women want to look-like them. Pin-Up girls have been around since the 1890s but became most popular in the 1940s. Many "pin ups" were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols. Pin-up girls represented everything an average woman aspired to and reflected a glamorous side of … [Read more...]