Author: Braxton Taylor
A bipartisan group representing all U.S. governors is sounding the alarm about a looming move to transition Air National Guard units into the Space Force without approval from the affected states as efforts to reverse the decision continue in Congress.In a new statement published Tuesday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Governors Association, decried Legislative Proposal 480, a plan for Space Force to take control of some state Air National Guard units. Polis and Stitt warned that the service is moving quickly to sidestep state governors by taking control…
Hi, I’m retired Navy SEAL Chris Sajnog author of Navy SEAL Shooting, and one of the top 20 most frequently asked questions I get is, why am I not getting better at shooting? Here are the 5 shooting mistakes why you’re not getting better at shooting. Not Planning Number one on the list of reasons why you might not be getting better at shooting is simply not planning. We have a saying in the SEAL teams that failure to plan is planning to fail. And I do not want you to fail. So just think about what you need to…
The Army has outlined its new fitness test set to debut in June, but key details surrounding the rollout — including scoring criteria and enhanced standards for combat troops — remain unsettled just weeks ahead of implementation.The specifics still being ironed out behind the scenes include the Army’s plans to adjust how events are graded, and it plans to release a new scoring chart in May, multiple service officials with direct knowledge of the plans told Military.com on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk to the press.The service officially rolled out its plans for the new…
Hi, I’m retired Navy SEAL Chris Sajnog, author of Navy SEAL Shooting, and one of the top 20 most frequently asked questions I get is, “My spouse hates guns, what can I do?” Alright, so I was not happy when I saw this one made the top 20 FAQ list, but a lot of people ask this question about guns in households, so I’m going to answer it. Find Out The ‘Why’ Alright, so number one on that list is to find out why don’t they like firearms. Find out: Did something happen that they’re afraid of? Did they read…
Hey guys, I’m retired Navy SEAL sniper instructor, Chris Sajnog, and the founder of the SEAL training system. In this post, I want to teach you meditation and the importance of being present to become the best shooter you can be. Now let’s go ahead and get started. Being Present When I talk about being present, I want to make sure we’re clear that it means that you’re using all your senses to take in the data from everything around you. So when you’re shooting, you’re not thinking about how you shot in the past, and you’re not thinking about…
Hey guys, what’s going on? Chris Sajnog here, author of Navy SEAL Shooting. In this post, I want to tell you about the importance of diet and exercise and why these are vital components of learning any skill. Now, let’s go ahead and get started. A common question that I get is, “Why did I put a chapter about diet and exercise in a book about shooting?” The reason is, it’s because I am not just teaching you how to pull a trigger or how to hold a gun, I am teaching you to become a warrior. M.E.D.S I want…
Hi, I’m retired Navy SEAL Chris Sajnog, author of Navy SEAL Shooting, and one of the top 20 most frequently asked questions I get is, “How can I live like a warrior.” In this post, I want to share these warrior lifestyles to help you to live like a warrior. What does it mean to live like a warrior? Well, what I’m talking about is not actually going into battle and being in a war, it just means living a life like a warrior. M.E.D.S So number one on my list is what I call taking your meds. When I…
Hey guys, Chris Sajnog here. In this post, I want to talk about the importance of having a daily meditation practice and give you a few simple meditation tips to help get you started. What Is Meditation? We tend to associate it purely with Eastern religion. When I teach meditation, it has nothing to do with religion. So if you have a hang-up on the word meditation, just don’t use the word meditation. I have been meditating for about 35 years. When I started doing martial arts as a child, I was required to practice meditation. I’ve continued doing that…
In the wake of its loss in the Next Generation Air Dominance competition, Lockheed Martin plans to take the technology from its bid and funnel it into its F-35 program to pitch a lower-cost alternative to the future F-47.“The knowledge and technology development gained from our investments in the NGAD competition strengthened our conviction to enhance the F-35 to a fifth-generation-plus capability. And I challenged the team to deliver 80% of sixth-gen capability at 50% of the cost,” Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet said Tuesday during the company’s first-quarter earnings call. The company received a classified brief on why the service picked…
Hey everyone, Chris Sajnog here, founder of The New Rules of Marksmanship, a fundamental shift in the way we learn how to shoot like a pro and a system that’s helped 1000s of people just like you learn to shoot in the privacy of their own homes. How To Shoot Like A Navy SEAL Now, I just want to briefly introduce you to the book that kind of started it all. And that’s How to shoot like a Navy SEAL. I wrote this book after retiring from the SEAL teams in 2009. And when it was first published in 2013,…