{"id":82098,"date":"2026-05-22T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/22\/veteran-who-lost-both-of-his-legs-in-combat-reenlists-in-the-marine-corps\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:28:31","slug":"veteran-who-lost-both-of-his-legs-in-combat-reenlists-in-the-marine-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2026\/05\/22\/veteran-who-lost-both-of-his-legs-in-combat-reenlists-in-the-marine-corps\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran who lost both of his legs in combat reenlists in the Marine Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who lost both of his legs in combat reenlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Sgt. Johnny \u201cJoey\u201d Jones, a Fox News contributor, reenlisted in the Corps on Wednesday in a ceremony held by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sutfZ6QQslc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Department of Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of work went into saying, \u2018Hey, this is the kind of American we want back in uniform,\u2019\u201d Hegseth said in the ceremony. \u201cNot just because of what he did and what he\u2019s done in uniform but because of how he represents the fighting men and women of our country.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jones enlisted in 2005 as a radio technician before deploying to Iraq in 2007 as a machine gunner, per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4497776\/retired-combat-vet-rejoins-marine-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Pentagon release<\/a>. He then requested to change his MOS to Explosive Ordnance Disposal and later deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sentinelsoffreedom.org\/johnny-joey-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Sentinels of Freedom<\/a>, a veterans scholarship and support program that Jones joined in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his time in Afghanistan, Jones disabled over 85 improvised explosive devices. In August 2010, however, Jones stepped on an IED, resulting in the loss of both legs above the knee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting in 2019, Jones became a <a href=\"https:\/\/press.foxnews.com\/2019\/07\/fox-news-channel-signs-johnny-joey-jones-to-contributor-role\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Fox contributor<\/a> \u201cwingman\u201d for Hegseth and spoke on military analysis and veterans\u2019 services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow Joey talks about [service] on television [is] so that the American people understand it and connect to it in a visceral way,\u201d Hegseth said at the ceremony. \u201cYou could talk about it academically, you could talk about it from a detached perspective or you can talk about having lived it the way he has.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his remarks at the ceremony, Hegseth highlighted last year\u2019s Marine Corps record recruiting numbers, saying he hopes Jones\u2019 reenlistment motivates younger Americans to join the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jones said during the ceremony that he had more to give after medically retiring 14 years ago. He called it a \u201cdebt,\u201d highlighting that he was able to be on TV while other service members continued to give to the country, \u201cshy of their life and maybe a couple legs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe last job I had in uniform, my job was to get better. It was to heal. It\u2019s a very selfish thing,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThe Marine Corps paid me to get better, and then I retired, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. But it was unfinished business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jones said he strives to change the perspective that society has of the men and women who got injured in combat and saw the worst of war. He said there\u2019s more to give \u2014 if not through reenlisting, then by serving the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He remembers former Commandant of the Marine Corps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmcu.edu\/Research\/Marine-Corps-History-Division\/People\/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History\/Abrell-Cushman\/General-James-F-Amos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.usmcu.edu\/Research\/Marine-Corps-History-Division\/People\/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History\/Abrell-Cushman\/General-James-F-Amos\/\">Gen. James Amos<\/a> telling him, \u201cOnce a Marine, always a Marine,\u201d not knowing that he would \u201ccash that check\u201d almost 20 years later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf there\u2019s an opportunity for me to serve, there\u2019s no reason why a no-legged 40-year-old staff sergeant [should not] be able to put the uniform on, other than these men believed it,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThe goal here is to open that door for anyone else that has something left to give.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Sgt. 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