Posted on 12/22/2025 5:57:40 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
New photos obtained by Fox News Digital show Vice President JD Vance training with U.S. Navy SEALs in California — a 90-minute workout the vice president later said left him feeling like he’d been "hit by a freight train."
Images show Vance carrying logs, rowing in the ocean, running on the beach and climbing a rope obstacle course alongside a group of seals.
"Just finished PT with the Navy SEALs for 90 minutes," Vance wrote in an X post Monday. "They took it easy on me and I still feel like I got hit by a freight train."
Vance used the moment to praise the military’s special operations forces, writing that he is "so grateful to all of our warriors who keep us safe and keep the highest standards anywhere in the world."
Vance is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in the Iraq War. He enlisted in 2003 and deployed to Iraq in 2005 with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, where he worked in public affairs.
The vice president previously has said his time in uniform shaped his views on national security, the costs of war and the responsibility leaders bear when sending troops into harm’s way.
Navy SEALs are among the U.S. military’s most elite special operations forces, known for grueling physical standards and missions ranging from counterterrorism to maritime operations.
The post aligns with broader messaging from Trump administration officials emphasizing physical readiness across the armed forces.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth has emphasized U.S. troops need to be "fit, not fat," even up to the general and flag-officer level. He has frequently highlighted physical readiness in public remarks and has taken part in workouts with service members during visits to military units around the world.
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JD is a definite hunk. Many women noticed that when he became VP candidate. My daughter and I did.
Hunkhood should not enfluence elections unless the opponent is a definite Girly Man,
Like a slick backed Gavin Newsom? Yeah, Vance has my vote ALL day long!
Vance is a manly man, for sure.
Carrying logs on the beach. No thank you.
It worked for Warren Harding.
The goal is to Train them,for a j9b after the military too. That part od the training is prep work for becoming a logger
Governor Dweeb ordering common sense out of the room.
Wow, Navy Seals, this is mighty impressive! Go JD!
Pictures seem to lack that traditional “diversity” the media likes so much.
“Pictures seem to lack that traditional “diversity” the media likes so much.”
These pictures must be AI because I know for a fact from watching TV and movies a large number of special forces are black and/or female, and are usually the most competent and indeed highest ranking members.
I’m really starting to think he is probly the only Repub to vote for for the next VP. He’s outdone any VP. Period. He is a real guy. The full facial hair is ok, I guess, as long as he doesnt look like Harvey Weinstein or turn it into a muzzy cut.
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