Many military diving and rescue swimming training programs include a wide variety of pool skills. One of the most overlooked and frankly ignored by students is treading. Because treading is easy, ...

Over a decade ago, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men in the Gulf of Mexico who had been fishing for grouper when their boat capsized. In order to survive, they had to tread water for 18 hours.

During my years of psychiatric practice, patients would often tell me of their hard work in dealing with psychiatric illnesses or meeting the demands of damaged lives. Handling a mental disorder or ...