Check out this photo of one of the “exercises” a volunteer must undergo if he wants to qualify for training to become an Air Force pararescuemen. This was just a “screening” session. If an individual passes, he then undergoes 10 weeks of the really tough stuff.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3