Posted on May 5, 2022
West Point cadets graduate with modern mental, physical skills from new Army program
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West Point cadets graduate with modern mental, physical skills from new Army program
By Todd South
Monday, May 2
U.S. Military Academy at West Point new cadets practice Physical Training and the Army Combat Fitness Test, as part of Cadet Basic Training at West Point, N.Y., July 14, 2020. (Matthew Moeller/Army)
FORT EUSTIS, Virginia – Army cadets at West Point are getting a healthy dose of training on all-around fitness that goes beyond sweating it out in running shorts by using advanced physical and psychological tools to ensure high-level performance.
Each cadet already must compete on an athletic team as part of their curriculum, but in recent years, leaders at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, have also improved basic fitness fundamentals, using the Army’s new Holistic Health and Fitness program. The H2F program looks at mental, spiritual and physical health, with added goals for exercise, nutrition and sleep.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri SGT Steve McFarland SrA John Monette SFC (Join to see) GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
West Point cadets graduate with modern mental, physical skills from new Army program
By Todd South
Monday, May 2
U.S. Military Academy at West Point new cadets practice Physical Training and the Army Combat Fitness Test, as part of Cadet Basic Training at West Point, N.Y., July 14, 2020. (Matthew Moeller/Army)
FORT EUSTIS, Virginia – Army cadets at West Point are getting a healthy dose of training on all-around fitness that goes beyond sweating it out in running shorts by using advanced physical and psychological tools to ensure high-level performance.
Each cadet already must compete on an athletic team as part of their curriculum, but in recent years, leaders at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, have also improved basic fitness fundamentals, using the Army’s new Holistic Health and Fitness program. The H2F program looks at mental, spiritual and physical health, with added goals for exercise, nutrition and sleep.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri SGT Steve McFarland SrA John Monette SFC (Join to see) GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
West Point cadets graduate with modern mental, physical skills from new Army program
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
..."One such example helps teams of cadets focus on the process in a tangible way.
The challenge is called the “helium hoop.” And it puts a team of cadets on a hula hoop, each resting their portion of the single hula hoop on one finger, she said. They’re trying to lower it together. Often the hoop slides all over the place...at least at first.
But, as soon as they start focusing on commands and coordinate their movements together, the hoop starts lowering uniformly, she said.
Those activities and other mental resiliency-building drills help cadets see context and room for lifelong improvement.
“I don’t have to be a finished project right now,” Schumacher said cadets tell her. They see that even at graduation, they’re not done learning. Which is what the Army wants, she said, lifelong learners."
..."One such example helps teams of cadets focus on the process in a tangible way.
The challenge is called the “helium hoop.” And it puts a team of cadets on a hula hoop, each resting their portion of the single hula hoop on one finger, she said. They’re trying to lower it together. Often the hoop slides all over the place...at least at first.
But, as soon as they start focusing on commands and coordinate their movements together, the hoop starts lowering uniformly, she said.
Those activities and other mental resiliency-building drills help cadets see context and room for lifelong improvement.
“I don’t have to be a finished project right now,” Schumacher said cadets tell her. They see that even at graduation, they’re not done learning. Which is what the Army wants, she said, lifelong learners."
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