Vice President JD Vance joins troops at Marine Corps Base Quantico for lunch. Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in ...

Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who flew 89 combat missions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban during her 20 years of service in the Marine Corps, had a similar reaction to Vance's comments ...

Vance, 40, served in the Marines after high school and deployed to Iraq. “I was in the Marine Corps. I said, ‘Semper Fi, Col. Vance.’ He saw my Marine Corps shirt. He asked when I served.