(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Please Help: J.D. Vance's Bio Does Not Appear to Line Up With His Haiti Service or DD-214. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-08-09 J.D Vance's DD-214 doesn't line up with his bio. DD-214 here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25030454-resp-docs-1pgred-24-3265 5 months, 24 days cumulative service. https://combatveteransforcongress.org/candidate/senator-james-d-vance In August 2004, PFC Vance deployed to Haiti from Cherry Point as part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission. The contingent of fewer than 100 US Marines landed in Port-au-Prince, to restore order after Jean Bertrand-Aristide resigned as president and left for exile in Africa under pressure from a rebel uprising. The Marines took up defensive positions around the capital's airport to prepare for the arrival of French forces and additional American forces. The Marines mission in Haiti was five-fold: to secure the capital, assisting in the delivery of aid, protect U.S. citizens, repatriate migrants who tried to flee to the United States and prepare the way for a multinational security force of 300 personnel to restore order in Haiti. The US Marines were withdrawn in November 2004, and PFC Vance returned to the US Marine Air Station Cherry Point, NC. In August 2005, PFC Vance departed Cherry Point and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; he arrived at Al Assad Air Base. Because of his Public Affairs assignment, he spent time rotating to various forward bases controlled by US Marine Combat Forces rotating to Al Taqaddum, Al Qaim, and Al Ramadi forward bases. In September 2005, PFC Vance was promoted to Corporal. His assignments included escorting civilian media representatives in theatre, while reporting activities of forward deployed Combat Marine personnel. The contingent of Marines arrived in February as noted in CBS News link. But after that, they left in July to transfer peacekeeping to a U.N. contingent that to the best of my knowledge, did not involve U.S. boots. On 1 June 2004, the peacekeeping mission was passed to MINUSTAH and comprised a 7,000-man force led by Brazil and backed up by Argentina, Chile, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Sri Lanka and Uruguay.[2] 7 months in Iraq, three months in Haiti, is ten months but I only see 5 months, 24 days cumulative total in foreign service. This deployment, BTW, was in late February of 2004. Not August of 2004. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marines-arrive-in-haiti-01-03-2004/ Operation Secure Tomorrow ended in July 2004, one month before Vance is said to have deployed there, and four months after he was said to have left. Lots of mistakes is appears. Like- In January 2004. PVT Vance was transferred to Camp Lejeune, NC for Marine Combat Training; he completed training on February 28, 2004. WTF? This is from Wiki: The contingent, led by Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF)-8 Commander Colonel Mark Gurganus as well as Brigadier General Ronald S. Coleman and Colonel David H. Berger from the 3rd Battalion 8th Marines. General Berger later became Commandant of the Marine Corps. was sent on February 29th. But here is the real discrepancy: In March 2004, PVT Vance was transferred to Fort Meade, MD for Public Affairs training at the Defense Information School and was promoted to Private First Class. In July 2004, PFC Vance was transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC and was assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing to provide Public Affairs support. He couldn’t have 1, either been part of the 100 soldiers sent to Haiti on 2-29-2004, or couldn’t have been transferred to Fort Meade, MD in March of 2004 unless he was deployed to Haiti for a week, recalled, and then sent to MD. Even still the dates don’t line up, the cumulative service time does not line up and his book does not line up. During my four years in the Marines, I had seen, in Haiti, a level of poverty I never knew existed. Am I missing something? Or does this not line up? [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/9/2262039/-Please-Help-J-D-Vance-s-Bio-Does-Not-Appear-to-Line-Up-With-His-Haiti-Service-or-DD-214?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/