Navy SEAL trainees and other sailors hoping to join one of a handful of hard-charging Navy jobs have to pass many brutal fitness tests. But beginning this year, fully qualified SEALs and others in combat roles must now pass a specific, Navy-wide Combat Fitness Test every year to keep those jobs.
Sailors in the Navy’s four combat-focused career fields must now take an annual swim test and then wear a 20-pound weight vest for both a run and a set of traditional strength tests.
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When most people retire from the military, they look forward to spending more time with family, relaxing, and maybe pursuing their hobbies. Neall Ellis isn’t most people.
After a successful career in both the Rhodesian Army and South African Air Force, Ellis became bored with civilian life. Rather than sit back and relax, he decided to pursue the only hobby he knew: kicking ass.
With plenty of strife and a need for fighters throughout the African continent, Ellis decided to become a mercenary. He wasn’t going to be just any mercenary, though.
If one checks the Reddit reviews in Brooklyn, they might highlight the world-famous pizza, the multi-million dollar brownstones, or the hipster baristas who silently judge your coffee order (and your clothes, your voice, don’t get them started on your shoes). They rarely mention the doody-brown brick of Sunset Park’s waterfront. It is here that the world’s least popular power couple has just checked in.
Marine Corps Compass Points
World events provide the answer
Greg Hadley, A&SF
The Air Force inked a $2 billion deal with Boeing to install new engines on two
Gary Anderson, The American Spectator
America prepares for the wrong naval war with China.
Brian Everstine, Aviation Week
The Pentagon’s weapon buyer says there is a commitment to deliver a new fighter for the U.S.
R. Thomas, Naval Tech.
The decision by the U.S. at the end of 2025 to cancel the Constellation-class frigate for a new FF(X) design caught many by surprise.
Hungarian space and defence company 4iG Space and Defence (4iG S&D) has entered into an exclusive agreement with Tatra Trucks to distribute and sell the latter’s military and special-purpose vehicles in Hungary.
The U.S. Marine Corps 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit assigned has conducted advanced maritime interdiction operations training in the Caribbean Sea. The unit was deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, which four days later on January 3 played a central role in an assault against Venezuela which aimed to destroy critical infrastructure and abduct President Nicolas Maduro.