In a video posted to social media, Hegseth declared the Defense Department this year will roll out the Joint Warfighter Evaluation, a new battlefield-style assessment for eligible colonels and Navy captains. The evaluation is intended to screen the officers aimed for one-star general or admiral on “their ability to fight, adapt, and win,” according to Hegseth. [...] The service will provide weekly updates on its pilot program development and implementation of the JWT Operational Planning Team (OPT) that will be coordinated with Scheller, Anthony Tata, the Pentagon’s Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, said in an Aug. 12 internal memo reviewed by The Hill. [...] The Army will use a written assessment then a digital wargame; the Air Force and Space Force will require a two-hour online analysis test followed by a one-hour interactive simulation; the Navy will have officers travel to the Naval War College for a three-hour written assessment then a two-to-three-hour wargame; and the Marine Corps requires an eight-hour remote evaluation on an AI-enabled platform combining written assessments and situational judgment tests, according to an internal memo.