 But I don't believe he deployed to a war zone. Now, I've already had blowback from people saying, oh, J.D. didn't hear of a shot fired, that he was a war correspondent for the Marine Corps. He was in Iraq in 2005 when things were going to hell. And you don't have to get shot at to be under dire threat every day that you're in Iraq prior to the success of this urge in 2007 and 2008. J.D. Vance served in the uniform, and he credits the Marine Corps with turning his life around.