{"id":471094,"date":"2025-12-25T16:45:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/471094\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T16:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:45:18","slug":"vp-vance-joins-seal-training-on-coronado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/471094\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Vance joins SEAL training on Coronado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vance-SEAsL.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vance-SEAsL.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Vance with SEALs\" class=\"wp-image-361113\"  \/><\/a>Vice President JD Vance runs along Silver Strand Beach on Coronado. (Photo courtesy of the Vice President\u2019s office)<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance joined Navy SEALs training on Coronado this week, saying afterward that he felt \u201clike I got hit by a freight train.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance, who served in the Marines, took part in an exercise Monday at <a href=\"https:\/\/cnrsw.cnic.navy.mil\/Installations\/NAVBASE-Coronado\/About\/Installations\/Naval-Amphibious-Base-Coronado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naval Amphibious Base Coronado<\/a> that involved running, rope-climbing and log-carrying.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He described the training as \u201cthe highest standards anywhere in the world\u201d but acknowledged the SEALs \u201ctook it easy on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just finished PT with the Navy SEALs for 90 minutes (I&#8217;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. <\/p>\n<p>So grateful to all of our warriors who keep us safe and keep the highest standards anywhere in the world!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/2003163818713833739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Photos distributed by the Vice President\u2019s office showed him running on Silver Strand Beach, climbing netting, carrying a log and greeting Navy personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Vance served four years in the Marine Corps, deploying to Iraq as a military journalist and attaining the rank of corporal.<\/p>\n<p>The photos drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jd-vance-navy-seals_n_694a59a6e4b099a75cbe2644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticism from some on the left<\/a>, saying it was just a stunt that distracted from major issues facing the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vice President JD Vance runs along Silver Strand Beach on Coronado. 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