Veterans slam J.D. Vance for disregarding a mess hall rule 'Marines learn on day 1'

[turbinetree]

By Jennifer Bowers Bahney
Published March 28, 2025 12:49 PM ET

Some fellow veterans criticized Vice President JD Vance's visit to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, VA, this week, particularly when Vance made his way to the mess hall to have lunch.

The Vice President sported a green military jacket and a bright red hat with the words, "Once a Marine, Always a Marine" emblazoned on it.

On X, formerly Twitter, journalist and former Marine @RonFilipkowski wrote, "Marines learn on Day 1 to never wear their cover inside and damn sure never to eat with it on. Maybe Corporal Correspondent went to a different boot camp than I did."

https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-marine/

This "guy' has been a disgrace ever since he said yes to a 34 count convicted fraudster............what a fucking idiot..........even when I was growing up in the Air Force and when we at at the base cafeteria after a ball game we always removed our caps........... .....

[Skittles]

1. LOL

Vance's main role now is TRUMP WHORE.

[Norrrm]

3. "TRUMP WHORE"... Trump::::: JD is kissing my ass

JD Vance once called Trump 'America's Hitler' ........ Trump::::: JD is kissing my ass

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/jd-vance-trump-hitler-rcna24981
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Trump::::: JD is kissing my ass

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Then JD was praised for graciously accepting that humiliation for kissing ass so well.

Link to tweet

[Norrrm]

4. GOP Senate candidate J.D. Vance says Trump views suck-ups as 'weak'

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/gop-senate-candidate-j-d-vance-says-trump-views-suck-n1273303?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

“My intuition with Trump, it's interesting, I think that he gets a certain kick out of people kissing his a--,” Vance told NBC News in a telephone interview Wednesday. “But I also think he thinks that people who kiss his a-- all the time are pretty weak.”

[BidenRocks]

5. Chump needs to meet everyday Americans

You can kiss his ass, or punch him in his ugly, bloated, orange, very old looking, the oldest, in the face
Show him all the appreciation he deserves.

[DENVERPOPS]

20. Trump is just laying for a confrontation

Imagined or other wise, to use the Insurection Act, and ignore the Posse Comatatus Act, so he can "Militarize" the Military to establish Martial Law across the nation........

The question is, just how deep have the Trumphumpers infiltrated the U.S. ranks of Soldiers and Sailors?????????

Some are saying that he will do it on April 20th, which has many different significances to do it on that date.
It also is immediately after everyone will have paid their taxes on April 15th....conveniently.......

[2naSalit]

40. I'd rather...

Hit him with a water balloon full of piss and battery acid.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

10. This is why he only admires Putin. Putin gives him the finger.

[Srkdqltr]

28. I was going to say..., about the finger, but i won't.

[Skittles]

23. seems like they should be more upset Vance is pimping for Cadet Bonespurs

a guy who thinks a major security breach is no big deal

[marble falls]

34. Like Louis said when questioned about his loyalties ...

... "I bend with the wind, and right now the the wind blows in from Vichy."

[marble falls]

2. Inside a bldg, except for a watch, we all removed our covers. USN.

[Gimpyknee]

12. That's absolutely correct. HM2 USN

[Ilsa]

22. Visited a Navy O Club on base late on a Friday afternoon.

This was years ago. Some poor Ltjg, I guess, forgot and we heard the bell. It was so crowded that I wonder if he managed to back out before anyone recognized him.
Good times.

[rickford66]

24. That would have cost a fortune if caught.

[marble falls]

25. We'd pop our tops just to avoid saluting some of those JGs and Ensigns. One morning though ...

... a good friend of mine and I were walking Main Side at Great Lakes on our way to chow at Snipe's Castle, when Bannon (not that one) said, "Watch this!"

There was an Ensign riding a bicycle toward us on the road, one-handed with a briefcase in the other hand.

Bannon stepped off the curb and gave one smart salute and held it, the Ensign returned it and crashed the bike.

Good times. We loved Admiral Zumwalt.


Later that summer they stopped processing minor pot possession because if they pushed chargers on them all, it would have ended up delaying sending swabbies to WestPac for the war by months.

[Ilsa]

37. Great stories! Days to remember. nt

[marble falls]

39. The Navy was one of my better decisions. VA saved my life from cancer.

[Ms. Toad]

27. Are long-john tops (with nothing over them) acceptable?

That's what he appears to be wearing along with his MAGA-style hat.

[marble falls]

30. Uncover was the rule. Never saw anyone in a chowhall with any kind of cover, except for ...

... Marines bringing prisoners to chow when I was in RTC (another company in our barrack bldg had taken their company commander's tales of blanket parties to heart and killed someone for not taking showers).

At sea 'airdales' might have worn them to chow, but I was silent service so I do not know.

[Ms. Toad]

31. The rest of his attire seemed to me to belong more in a bedroom,

or under streetwear, rather than being on full display.

[marble falls]

35. In my mind, a cover is a cover. My experience in service was to take rules to the word ...

... however, I also learned there was a "secret menu" - there were rules for breaking rules. That's why I could see airdales with 'sleeves' on at chow. At the same time, when they launch aircraft, they saluted the pilots when it was time to be sling shot off the deck. That indicates to me that sleeves are a cover, because we did not salute while uncovered, though officers would return a quick salute while they were uncovered and even while sitting.

We were fairly rebellious as enlisted personnel in the early 70s. We would do things to put up a salute: take our cap off and brush our hair back as we approached a saluting distance. Or cut an oblique to get out of range. At least once in "A" school, Bannon and I were cutting across a grinder as two juniors were coming towards us, we cut to port to stay out of range and they cut to starboard to intercept us. We were never successfully intercepted.

[Cha]

6. Vump is too busy with his Gaslit Shit &

Peacocking around to think about basic Marine Protocol.

[marble falls]

32. He was no 4.0 Marine, he was filling his dance card. Bet he never broke open his Bluejacket Manual.

[GopherGal]

7. To be fair to Mr. Vance...

it's probably difficult to remove your hat when your head is so far up DJT's capacious ass.

[Srkdqltr]

29. Saw him at the mess on the tv and he didn't have the hat. Someone must have said something.

He's really low class anyway.

[BidenRocks]

8. No cover indoors unless under arms.

Are they going to tell us that chumps war powers act qualifies?

I recall the covers as anywhere indoors, but the mess hall was, "Get In, Get it and Get out!"
In boot camp anyway.

Someone should have had the balls to tell him he is the only one wearing a fucking hat! Study the room!

[Cne99999]

9. I'm scared

Because even though he is an idiot he very well might be our next president because tRump probably can't make it 4 years, 25th amendment would probably happen or even standard succession.

This isn't funny, it's terrifying.

[Crowman2009]

11. While JD was bangin' his couch, I was at MCAS Yuma doing bomb buildups in the god damn year round summer heat.

That HQ squadron desk jockey was in a concrete bunker writing he fluff pieces at Al-Asad in 2005, while a mile away at the same base I was sweating my ass off doing aviation ordnance work outside in the open during the middle of the night risking rocket attacks. This was the second time I was activated during the reserve portion of my 8-year contract.

Yeah I know I come across as Gary Busey's character in Point Break, but you all get the picture.

[Bread and Circuses]

13. Indeed! Anyone who visited a military base Knew...Remove your Cover when going inside!

[albacore]

14. I am surprised that some Gunny didn't ream his ass. nt

[sheshe2]

15. They sure did not look happy to see him.

[czarjak]

16. Isn't military service for suckers and losers?

Could have sworn…

[TomSlick]

17. Wasn't Dip Shit in the Marines at some point?

Did he learn nothing?

[marble falls]

33. Yep. And nope.

[Norrrm]

36. The Little Corporal

[Klondike Kat]

42. Yeah

And he's a disgrace along the lines of Ollie North.

[EX500rider]

47. Wiki says:

After graduating from Middletown High School in 2003, Vance enlisted in the United States Marine Corps,[12] serving as a military journalist with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.[13] During his four years of service, he was deployed to the Iraq War in 2005 for six months in a non-combat role, writing articles and taking photographs.[12] He attained the rank of corporal, and his decorations included the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.[14]

[UTUSN]

18. K&R for, MAGAs just don't get things

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[Meowmee]

19. I had forgotten traitor jd was ever in the military 😹

you are so disrespectful and you didn’t even say thank you….

[mercuryblues]

21. Not just the Marines.

other branches also. Not only that, but it is also manners 101 to remove your hat at the table, whether military, or not.

I'm hoping trump refuses to allow him back into the US.

[BobTheSubgenius]

52. Exactly!

If I would have refused to take off my hat at the dinner table, it would have been knocked off my head. Except I never used to wear hats, but still...

it is FAR from a Marines, or even a general military courtesy. Except for Sikhs. They also get to wear knives on their belts.

[Prairie Gates]

26. And why aren't you allowed to eat donuts, Private Vance?

[calimary]

38. J.D. Pants(load).

[usonian]

41. Private Vance.

Private Vance has dishonored himself and dishonored the platoon! I have tried to help him, but I have failed! I have failed because you have not helped me! You have not given Private Vance the proper motivation! So, from now on, whenever Private Vance fucks up, I will not punish him, I will punish all of you! And the way I see it, ladies, you owe me for repeated violations of security and common fucking sense! Now, get on your faces!

[Hornedfrog2000]

43. Buuuuut

When faced with choosing the lesser of two evils they chose trump. After careful consideration of the facts from fox news, donald himself, etc.

[BoRaGard]

44. Hanging with the G.O.P. Draft-dodger-in-chief makes him

a Sucker and a Loser.

[Jughead]

45. Hat rules

Never wear a hat indoors. We learned that back in the 60’s. Especially not in school, public buldings and especially church. To this day it peeves me to see guys with hats on indoors. Respect.

[travelingthrulife]

46. I hope that's not all they're upset about.

[dalton99a]

48. Kick

[eppur_se_muova]

49. Rules are for little people.

The Masters Of The Universe follow no rules.

[ihaveaquestion]

50. I'm an ARMY vet and in my experience, high ranking individuals visiting the mess ...

always attempted to eat last. They may even work as a server before sitting down to eat.

It was a show of respect for the troops working for them.

[BrianTheEVGuy]

51. Heh

Everything about Vance is a fraud. His fake history in his book (he grew up wealthy in a large home in a high end Columbus suburb), his claims about his mom (she wasn’t a fentanyl addict and was a nurse earning six figures who got fired for stealing prescription drugs from her employer), and even his name (which he has changed multiple times as he reinvents himself with lie after lie after lie).

[Beowulf42]

53. Military Service -

Service in our Armed Forces teaches those who can learn a great deal about personal behavior, from making your bed to how to place your knife on your tray in the mess hall. Most people can absorb those lessons easily, and others can't fathom the purpose of those life-lessons. All of us who took those lessons to heart pity the poor fools (Thank you, Mr. T) who can go through life humping their couches and wearing a hat at dinner time. We are in a sad time now.

[Montauk6]

54. Is it possible La-Z-Boy, like Tulsi Gabbardiev, may have embellished the ol' military record a smidge......?

[Ping Tung]

55. What I learned on Day 1 in boot camp was...."Never, ever, under any circumstances, volunteer for anything."

The DI's were very expert at telling us what not to do (or do) in loud, eloquent and profane terms. If you didn't pay attention they would take you into the Duty Hut and explain physically what was required.

[bluesbassman]

56. I was an active duty soldier in the Army forty five years ago.

There are certain things that got drilled into my head that are auto response to this day. One of those is removing a lid when entering a building, I don’t even have to think about it, my hand just automatically goes up and takes it off. Doesn’t surprise me that Vance doesn’t have that kind of respect for his training. Makes me wonder what else he forgets.

[MineralMan]

57. Same rule in the USAF.

It was a PITA. Covers off indoors. Put 'em back on outdoors. A guy spent a lot of time donning and doffing his hat.

Even more of a pity was that we had three different hats. The dress hat, which you only wore with your dress blues. The garrison or flight cap, which also had another name I can't use here. And the baseball style cap, worn only with the olive drab green utility fatigues. Haven't worn a hat since, really. Too much trouble, they seem to me.

[bpj62]

58. Recent Basic Training Graduate

My son just graduated from Army Basic Training and I talked to him about his "cover" and he said they drill that into you the minute you put the uniform on for the first time. The cover comes off the minute you get ready to cross the threshold of the doorway. It is drilled into you so you never forget it.

Vance is a disrespectful prick who now thinks he is above the law as well as any custom he doesn't care about. What a petty little jerk.

[GoneOffShore]

59. "Corporal Correspondent"? More like "Private Classified Ads"

The Barcalounge Lothario.