Vice President Vance Addresses Marine Corps 250 Celebration, Oct. 23, 2025
October 23, 2025 · The White House · 0:02:25
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What happened
Vice President JD Vance addresses Marines at the corps’ 250 celebration, asking, as he puts it, who are Marines, and answering from his own service. He states that his service in the Marine Corps was a huge part of his life, and that he would not be Vice President of the United States, nor the man he is today, were it not for the four years he served.
Vance states that enlisting taught him discipline and the virtue of leadership and gave him a responsibility to something greater than himself — a spirit of service he says has animated the Marine Corps for two and a half centuries. He tells the Marines they have the watch now, invokes the motto Semper Fidelis — always faithful, as he translates it — and closes by urging them, in his words, to keep kicking ass and keep taking names.
Why it matters
The address is the Vice President’s most personal credential — his own enlistment — offered to the corps on its 250th anniversary as the bond between the administration and the service.
Sources: The White House, “Vice President Vance Addresses Marine Corps 250 Celebration, Oct. 23, 2025”, 2025-10-23 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-10-23). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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