re: Ron DeSantis Military Service You Probably Didn't Know About. He was a Navy Lawyer.

You’re hating him for his job in the military yet I’m sure you ignored Trumps draft dodging

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Why would you confuse being a JAG officer with being a pilot? It seems the problem is that you know little about the Navy.

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Top Guv

I have always known about Ron's Naval service. Mostly because he was stationed at GTMO NAS. And the Top Guv video made me cringe.

Karl Rove probably produced it with the GOPe gang. I don't blame Ron for this. I blame the establishment that took over his campaign.

I would like to know if he was planned long term or just last minute, as in: 'hey we need someone in Florida. Send Jeb! to Miami to fund him.'

Here is a mini bio

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Ron DeSantis is a native Floridian
Who better to lead the state than a native of the area. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on September 14, 1978. His parents are Karen (Rogers) and Ronald DeSantis, and they named him Ronald Dion DeSantis. Ron was born in Jacksonville, but the family moved to Orlando for a period of time. When he was age 6, the family relocated to the city of Dunedin, Florida. He was born and raised in Florida and this is where he grew up and attended schools.

Ron was a competitive athlete as a youth
DeSantis has a competitive spirit and he has since he was young. He joined the Dunedin National Little League team. They performed so well as a team that they took it to the next level. After completing the regular baseball season, his team advanced to compete in the Little League World Series that was held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1991.

He has an Ivy League education
Ron DeSantis attended Dunedin High School and graduated in 1997. After graduation he was accepted to the prestigious Yale University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in history, graduating in 2001. He continued athletic competition and became captain of the variety baseball team for the school.

DeSantis is also a Harvard man
Most of us are aware of the competition that has been ongoing between Harvard and Yale alums, but Ron DeSantis is an alumnus of them both. After leaving Yale he went to Darlington School where he served on the department of the Upper School history. Next, he enrolled in the doctoral program at the Harvard Law School where he earned his JD in 2005.

He is a published author
In addition to the other impressive things that Ron DeSantis has done in his life, he is also an accomplished writer. In 2011, his book titled “Dreams From Our Founding Fathers: First Principles in the Age of Obama was published. He has also written other works and they have appeared in a variety of different publications. His work has appeared in American Thinker, “Human Events, The American Spectator, The Washington Times, and National Review.

Ron served in the military
Prior to becoming involved in politics, Ron DeSantis served in the military. In 2004, he received a Reserve Naval officer’s commission with an assignment to the JAG Corps. In 2005, while still a student at Harvard Law School, he completed US Naval Justice School. He was assigned to the Naval Station Mayport, Florida as a prosecutor for JAG.

He worked at Guantanamo Bay
DeSantis was assigned to work for the commander of JTF-GTMO while he was a lieutenant junior grade. He was promoted to lieutenant soon after assuming his new duties. For the year that he was assigned to this job, he worked with the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Joint detention Facility. This happened between 2005 and 2006. DeSantis has a distinguished military career serving on the US Navy SEAL One team in Fallujah. He was awarded the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star Medal.

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Are we really shitting on a guy for being a navy JAG?

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They are, because Trump is a cult of personality.

Its classic cult behavior.

So you just discovered what we in Florida have known for years.

You are like some super sluth. Congrats

I guess it came up already about Ron's overseas duty. Because to the unknowing it sounded like he was a Navy SEAL.

He has a well rounded impressive career.

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Ron DeSantis’s Military Career
Ron DeSantis’s military career includes both active duty and reserve service in the U.S. Navy.

In 2004, Ron DeSantis was commissioned as a Reserve Naval Officer at the U.S. Naval Reserve Center in Dallas, Texas.

He was assigned to the Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) while a student at Harvard Law School and completed U.S. Naval Justice School the next year.

Subsequent to earning his J.D., DeSantis received orders from JAG Trial Service Office Command Southeast at Naval Station Mayport in Florida as a military prosecutor.

In 2006, he was promoted to lieutenant and worked for the Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Commander (JTF-GTMO) with the title of JTF-GTMO scheduler/administrative officer.

He reportedly worked directly with detainees, performing legal and mission support duties, at Guantanamo Bay Joint Detention Facility until 2007 when he reported to Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado, California.

In the spring of 2008, DeSantis was reassigned to the Naval Region Legal Service in Florida.

He was appointed as an assistant attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Florida’s Middle District.

DeSantis served as a trial defense counsel until he was honorably discharged from active duty in early 2010.

He concurrently accepted a reserve commission as a lieutenant in the JAG of the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Service Awards and Decorations
During his military career, DeSantis was awarded a bronze star medal for meritorious service, October 2007 to April 2008.

For his prosecution of court martial cases as well as federal court cases involving procurement fraud and military medals fraud, DeSantis was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.

He also earned an Iraq Campaign Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Ron DeSantis & His Role With The Navy SEALs



The ‘Bone Frog’ tattoo is a style of tattoo SEALs get after successful completion of a full platoon or rotation. It has evolved into a tribute for fallen comrades. Image: MiamiHerald.com

Though Ron DeSantis was not a Navy SEAL, he did play a role in advising a SEAL team in 2007.

In that year, at the Naval Special Warfare Command Group in Coronado, California, DeSantis was assigned to Navy SEAL Team One.

He deployed to Iraq during the U.S. military troop surge at that time.

His position was Legal Advisor to the U.S. Navy SEAL Commander, Special Operations Task Force-West.

DeSantis played an advisory role to the commander in support of the SEAL mission in Fallujah, Ramadi, and the remaining area of Al Anbar province.

As a Navy attorney, DeSantis served as senior legal advisor and close counsel to SEAL team captain Dane Thorleifson.

In this capacity, DeSantis oversaw the treatment of detainees to ensure humane conduct toward them while in Iraq.

It is reported that he worked to protect the rights of approximately 100 detainees during this time.

In addition, he monitored the missions of Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets in his jurisdiction to ensure they followed and adhered to the rule of law.

This monitoring included making sure that interrogations followed the rules of the U.S. military and the Geneva Conventions.

Military records substantiate DeSantis’s duties in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula during 2007 and part of 2008, described as follows:

Special operations
Special reconnaissance
Intelligence operations
Foreign internal defense operations

Therefore, though Ron DeSantis was not a Navy SEAL himself, he did play a role as legal advisor to SEAL Captain Dane Thorleifson, commander of Special Operations Task Force-West in Iraq.

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cajunangelle

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Take a minute to reflect and consider what you’re doing. You are making multiple extremely long posts to dissect a campaign video that, despite what you want to infer, was made for a MUCH simpler reason:

1. Top Gun is the most popular movie made in a long time

2. He’s a governor and they had the opportunity to use Guv as a pun for gun

That’s it, it’s that simple. Get a hold of yourself

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I'm starting to think our boy is a phony.
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Idiot. He did a tour as the JSOC Judge in Falluja.

And he doesnt have bone spurs like the corpulent coward.

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Ron served in the military
Prior to becoming involved in politics, Ron DeSantis served in the military. In 2004, he received a Reserve Naval officer’s commission with an assignment to the JAG Corps. In 2005, while still a student at Harvard Law School, he completed US Naval Justice School. He was assigned to the Naval Station Mayport, Florida as a prosecutor for JAG.

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This right here tells you about his Naval career. You can't really mistake JAG for jet pilot.

Top gun Ron.