Vice President JD Vance served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years, from 2003 to 2007. He enlisted after high school as a combat correspondent, reaching the rank of corporal and completing a six-month deployment in Iraq. [1, 2, 3, 4]

A detailed breakdown of his military tenure is as follows:

• Enlistment: 2003
• Discharge: 2007
• Role: Military journalist and public affairs combat correspondent
• Deployment: Iraq (August 2005 to February 2006)
• Rank: Corporal (promoted in 2005) [1, 2, 3, 4]

Following his military service, Vance attended Ohio State University and Yale Law School. He went on to serve as a U.S. Senator for Ohio before assuming the Vice Presidency on January 20, 2025. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

For more details on his military experience, you can read the NPR Veteran VP Feature or his official U.S. Embassy Biography. [1]