Military service certainly has a prominent place in this year's vice-presidential elections. The Republican candidate J.D.Vance joined the Marines immediately after graduation from high school in 2003 and served as a combat correspondent with them until 2007. In the latter part of 2005 he was stationed in Iraq for six months. During that time he embedded himself in various combat groups and explained the day-to-day activities of common soldiers. He also covered any news that arose in his sectors. In his book he describes an event in which he and other soldiers gave school supplies to Iraqi children. He gave ...