Vice President JD Vance said he feels like he “got hit by a freight train” after a 90-minute training session with Navy SEALs. “Just finished PT with the Navy SEALs for 90 minutes (I’ll post some photos when I get them). They took it easy on me and I still feel like I got hit by a freight train,” Vance said. “So grateful to all of our warriors who keep us safe and keep the highest standards anywhere in the world!” he added. Just finished PT with the Navy SEALs for 90 minutes (I'll post some photos when I get them). They took it easy on me and I still feel like I got hit by a freight train. So grateful to all of our warriors who keep us safe and keep the highest standards anywhere in the world! — JD Vance (@JDVance) December 22, 2025 “New photos obtained by FOX News Digital show Vice President JD Vance training with U.S. Navy SEALs in California,” Fox News wrote. EXCLUSIVE: 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." "So grateful to all of our warriors who keep… pic.twitter.com/05qcI9kJ6F — Fox News (@FoxNews) December 23, 2025 Fox News has more: The vice president participated in multiple stages of SEALs training at a facility in Coronado, California, per a source familiar. Many of the SEALs’ faces have been blurred to protect their identities. 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. “I am so proud to be the first vice president of the United States to have been a United States Marine,” Vance previously said. Check it out: VP VANCE at Marine Corps Ball: “I am so proud to be the first vice president of the United States to have been a United States Marine.” pic.twitter.com/tuqFdR83HI — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 9, 2025 The Department of War under Pete Hegseth has emphasized raising military fitness standards to support “operational effectiveness and combat readiness.” “REAL fitness & weight standards are here. We will be FIT, not FAT,” Hegseth said earlier this year. Completely unacceptable. This is what happens when standards are IGNORED — and this is what we are changing. REAL fitness & weight standards are here. We will be FIT, not FAT. pic.twitter.com/KWMlFbS1c8 — Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) April 25, 2025 More from the U.S. Department of War: The Marine Corps is implementing changes to its physical fitness test and body composition standards in accordance with the secretary of war’s military fitness standards memorandum issued Sept. 30. These changes, announced in MARADMIN 613/25, will take effect Jan. 1, 2026. The Marine Corps will institute sex-neutral scoring for the physical fitness test for Marines with a combat arms primary military occupational specialty. The PFT will require those Marines to achieve a minimum score of 210 points, 70% of the total possible points, using the male, age-normed scoring standard outlined in Marine Corps Order 6100.13A. The PFT will continue to be administered annually, from Jan. 1 to June 30. Noncombat arms Marines will continue to follow existing sex- and age-normed standards. The new PFT standards reflect the unique physical demands of combat arms roles, ensuring Marines are prepared for the sustained physical performance required in direct combat. Those who do not meet the 210-point requirement by the end of the reporting period will be assigned to remedial physical training and may be subject to reclassification and/or promotion restriction. “Our combat arms MOSs require rigorous physical readiness for direct ground combat,” said Marine Corps Col. James Derrick, director of the Training Standards Division at the Marine Corps Training and Education Command. “These changes ensure all combat arms Marines meet the same high sex-neutral standards.” The Marine Corps is also revising its body composition evaluation process. The current height and weight standards, along with the tape test, will be replaced by a new waist-to-height ratio method. The Marine Corps will publish service-specific standards upon receipt of additional War Department guidance.