Vice President JD Vance visited the Marine Corps base in Quantico in the present day. Along with talking with a few of the troops, Vance bought a chance to check out a few of the warfare tools on the website.
Vance fired a machine gun, amongst different weapons.
That is fairly cool.
FOX News has particulars:
Vance celebrates ‘no extra quotas’ within the army as he fires weapons and visits with Marines
Vice President JD Vance boasted of “no extra quotas” within the army as he visited younger Marines at Quantico Wednesday, emphasizing that the earlier administration’s range, fairness and inclusion (DEI) insurance policies are now not in impact.
“No extra quotas, no extra ridiculous mumbo jumbo, no extra range trainings,” he mentioned. “We imagine the true power and the true range in the USA Marine Corps is that you simply all come from each stroll of life, each nook of America, and you have the power and the aim to win the nation’s wars.”
The vp claimed he noticed a “renewed sense of patriotism” and a “renewed dedication to excellence within the nation’s army youth.”
After addressing a crowd of Marines, Vance briefly served lunch within the chow corridor and fired three totally different weapons — an M27, M107 and an M240B — and an inert Howitzer and a drone at a gun vary…
Lieutenants at Quantico informed Fox Information Digital they had been excited to see a former Marine within the White Home. Amid rapid-fire modifications in Washington, they mentioned their day-to-day lives hadn’t modified a lot within the army, apart from new restrictions about what they had been allowed to publish on social media.
Right here’s a brief clip:
Most based mostly vp in historical past. pic.twitter.com/68XRsjH0SP
— Kristina Wong (@kristina_wong) March 26, 2025
Vance shared this tweet:
Turn out to be VP, get to shoot machine weapons with Marines. Not a foul gig! https://t.co/1dK4AfA9Hy
— JD Vance (@JDVance) March 26, 2025
Right here’s an extended video with rather more:
JD Vance was a improbable alternative of VP by President Trump. He reminds us of it on a regular basis, by his phrases and actions.
