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 ...

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.

COL. STEVE GANYARD, U.S. MARINE CORPS (RET.), ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: I think just how big and extraordinary it was, 125 aircraft as you noted.