National Guard
Add Inches to Your Broad Jump With Three At-Home Exercises
You don’t need a gym full of equipment to add inches your Vertical and your Broad Jump. Check out these three plyometric exercises, designed by Captain Brandon Godsey of the [...]
How the Military Can Help You Pay for School and Play Sports at the Same Time
Photo via Argonauts.ca Nobody would give Robert McCune a scholarship. In high school, McCune had been a standout two-sport athlete, but he made the common mistake of focusing [...]
Olympic Bobsledder Shauna Rohbock on Loyalty
Guard Core Value: Loyalty What It Means: Faithfulness to a person, cause or duty. A feeling of allegiance. See It In: Shauna Rohbock, assistant coach for the U.S. women’s bobsled [...]
The Unlikely Olympians of the U.S. Men’s Bobsled Team
Photo: AP As kids, the athletes on this year’s U.S. Olympic Bobsled team never dreamed they’d be competing for an Olympic medal in their sport. In fact, most [...]
How Robert McCune Is Hitting Harder Than Ever
At 245 pounds of pure muscle, Robert McCune commands respect from the moment he steps onto a football field. The Canadian Football League linebacker has developed one of the most [...]
Brandon Godsey: From the NFL to the National Guard
Captain Brandon Godsey of the Ohio National Guard has always had something to prove. As a football walk-on at Miami University, he worked harder than any other player to earn [...]
Defending Home
Brian Shubsda Couldn’t finish your homework because the game went into overtime last night? Be glad Brian Shubsda isn’t your teacher. Shubsda, a first lieutenant with the New [...]
Bellator Champ Ben Askren’s Most Effective Stand-Up MMA Moves
Olympic wrestler and Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren recently partnered with the National Guard to show off some of his favorite MMA moves. In this article, he explains his go-to [...]
School of Hard Knocks
Chief Austin Randolph knows the value of getting punched in the face. New Jersey National Guard Chief Randolph led the Guard’s Combatives program from 2008 to 2010 at the Warrior [...]
Leading Longhorn
Before Nate Boyer became the starting long-snapper for the Texas Longhorns, he spent six years in the U.S. Army Special Forces, serving in Iraq. The 31-year-old walk-on is also a [...]