Viral videos shared on social media show Vice President J.D. Vance firing machine guns alongside U.S. Marines at Quantico in Virginia on Wednesday.
According to Breitbart, Vance, who previously served in the U.S. Marines, fired the M27 5.56 infantry assault rifle, the 5240B machine gun, the 5107 .50 caliber sniper rifle, and the M101 105mm Howitzer. The outlet noted that Vance also tested a drone system during his visit with the Marines on Wednesday.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Vance shared a video of himself shooting machine guns alongside the Marines at Quantico. “Become VP, get to shoot machine guns with Marines,” Vance wrote. “Not a bad gig!”
Vance can also be seen firing at a rifle range in a video shared by media personality Rogan O’Handley. O’Handley said Vance took two shots from “hundreds of yards away.”
“1 was a head shot and the other was center mass,” the media personality tweeted. “They say every Marine is a rifleman and JD just proved it.”
In a third video, the vice president can be seen serving lunch and talking with Marines at Marine Corps Base Quantico.
During his visit with the Marines at Quantico, Vance higlighted the Trump administration’s approach to military leadership and the departure from the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives pushed under the Biden-Harris administration.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we believe in a very simple principle. We don’t care who you are, where you came from,” Vance said. “We don’t care what skin color you are. We care about excellence, and we care about patriotism.”
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The vice president added, “No more quotas, no more ridiculous mumbo-jumbo. No more diversity trainings. We believe the real strength and the real diversity in the United States Marine Corps is that you all come from every walk of life, come from every corner of America, and you have got the strength and the purpose to win the nation’s wars.”
In his speech to the Marines at Quantico, Vance explained that he had to leave in the middle of a meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, who gave a message for the vice president to pass along to the Marines during his visit.
“The president of the United States said that he wanted me to tell you two things,” Vance said. “First of all, that he loves you, and second of all, that he’s proud of you.”
Following his visit with the Marines at Quantico, Vance shared a picture from his speech to the U.S. service members on Wednesday, saying, “Extremely proud of our US Marines, and honored to get to visit with them today in Quantico. Semper Fi!”
