CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Vice President JD Vance is set to return to Marine Corps ranks in a historic homecoming as he leads the celebration of the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary at Camp Pendleton on Saturday, Oct. 18.

The event, titled “America’s Marines 250: From Sea to Shore — A Review of Amphibious Strength,” will showcase the Marine Corps' evolution as a global force in readiness and its commitment to amphibious warfare, according to a press release announcing the affair.

Vice President Vance, a former Marine himself, served with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing as a combat correspondent and deployed to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is the first Marine to serve as Vice President of the United States.

More than 15,000 Marines, Navy sailors, veterans, and th

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