Deadly exercises of Taiwanese divers in the language of images

Fars News Agency – Visual Group: Military photography is one of the fields of activity of photographers that has both its own charms and its own limitations. Taiwan’s An Wang now depicts parts of a rigorous military training course as follows:

“I’m not afraid of death”: A visual report from inside the rough barracks of Taiwan Navy divers:

Amphibious patrol soldiers battle sea waves during training exercises.

Photo: Anne Wang / Reuters
A group of 31 men embarked on an intensive 10-week training program to join the Taiwan Navy’s top reconnaissance and patrol unit. These exercises included sleep deprivation and strenuous physical training, and the forces were soaked all the time. The intensity of the training made it possible for only 15 people to complete the entire course at the end of the course.
Anne Wang / Reuters
Friday 14 January 2022 at 15:00 GMT

At the end of the morning exercise, the soldiers create a “sandstorm”

Soldiers pass contaminated sewage water. For six days and five nights, volunteers have to endure everything from long marches to hours in the water to the next stages, with constant shouts from their trainers.

Soldiers sleep outdoors on a rough concrete surface. Just five minutes! They should rest on the floor under bright green blankets so that they wake up to the sound of screaming whistles.

Soldiers eat spicy garlic with food. They have one hour of rest every six hours. At that time they have to eat. They swallow garlic cloves to strengthen their immune system.

A trainer shouts at a soldier who can not follow training. Are you a “sleeping beauty”? Do you want to be expelled from the course?

An apprentice wearing a camouflage passes through contaminated sewage

O Zhi Xuan, 25, cries in pain as one of the soldiers in the group helps him rebuild his muscles.

Ma Shu Fu, one of the soldiers, is encouraged by his comrade to stay in the course

Soldiers perform strenuous physical exercises while simulating a smoke bomb

Water is sprayed on the soldiers’ heads and bodies to keep them awake

Wu Yuwi, 26, cries as two other fighters leave the course. He says completing the course is a “personal challenge.”

Liu Xie Jian, 25, has his blood pressure measured in an ambulance after falling ill

After successfully completing the course, Shi Bo Joon hugs her father. As we crossed the finish line on Paradise Road, Marine Commander Wang Joi Lin congratulated us. Last week’s stress was too much for some Marines who cried in the arms of family members. Families who were now proud of their children who had successfully completed the course and witnessed their graduation.

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