At its surface, Stolen Valor is a legal term used to describe ... Ohio and a veteran who served four years as a public affairs Marine and deployed to Iraq for six months – has used these ...

The case involved a man running for the Municipal Water District board in a small California town who claimed he was a retired Marine and had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Like a ...

Walz and Vance's military histories will likely come up during the debate. Their similarities, though, don't stop at their ...

In a twist of events, this led to accusations of stolen valor and questions about how ... who served in the Marine Corps. MilToker Russell Ellis (@jolly_good_ginger) was also peeved by the stunt.

Republican JD Vance served four years in the Marine Corps and Democrat Tim Walz served 24 years in the Army National Guard.

JD Vance's (R-Ohio) "stolen valor" claim mostly stems from a claim Walz made of carrying "weapons of war" during his 24-year ...

Instead, Vance served as “a public affairs marine” who often acted as a press escort, or as a documentarian, writing dispatches about or taking photos of fellow service members at work.

Left: Official portrait of JD Vance by US Marine Corps, dated 2003. Right: Fellow marine Cullen Tiernan and JD Vance. (United States Department of Defense / Cullen Tiernan) JD Vance sparked a ...

“The Stolen Valor Act is a narrow law enacted to address an important ... Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), a former Marine and a Vietnam veteran, announced in July that he also would introduce legislation that ...

following year Accusing Walz of “stolen valor,” Vance has alleged he ... I did it,” Vance, a former Marine who was deployed to Iraq, said previously. “When Tim Walz was asked by his ...

JD Vance’s allegation that Tim Walz committed “stolen valor” by his loose reference to the rank he held when departing the National Guard after 24 years of service, and that he tried to ...

At its surface, Stolen Valor is a legal term used to describe people who claim gallant military awards – like the Purple Heart or Medal of Honor – they did not earn in an effort to gain money ...