Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that Johnny 'Joey' Jones, the Marine veteran who was wounded in a 2010 IED-related incident in Afghanistan, has re-enlisted.
I was honored to reenlist my friend, Staff Sergeant @Johnny_Joey, into the United States Marine Corps.
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) May 21, 2026
Joey has always been the kind of man who puts his country, his fellow Marines, and something greater than himself first—proud to have him back in uniform. pic.twitter.com/OstlqPqg3q
"We have the pleasure of honoring an incredible American today," Hegseth said. "It's a proud moment for me. I've had a lot of wonderful, proud moments in this job, but to look a friend in the eye, a patriot in the eye, who's given so much and now wants to sign up and give even more, is really cool. So congratulations, God bless you, and let's do this thing."
Jones is also a Fox News contributor and co-host of The Big Weekend Show.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reenlisted former U.S. Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD/bomb technician) Staff Sergeant. Joey Jones!
— JJ🕊️ (@jesseyjay94) May 20, 2026
Joey Jones is known today as a Fox News contributor and co-host of The Big Weekend Show where he provides military analysis and… pic.twitter.com/5fO0vTQQdf
"I get to be the guy on TV who gets pats on the back while men like these three here have given almost everything they could, shy of their life ... to this country," Jones said. "And so it just means the world to me to be here to finish a story that I started writing 21 years ago."
Johnny “Joey” Jones is heading back into the Marine Corps.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 21, 2026
The FOX News host and combat veteran announced he is reenlisting more than a decade after medically retiring following a 2010 IED-related incident in Afghanistan that cost him both legs.
Jones has become one of the most… pic.twitter.com/RCmvIdphBR
Jones, who will turn 40 in July, joked that his goal is to be the oldest Marine Corps staff sergeant in the building.
🚨 AWESOME! SecWar Pete Hegseth just REENLISTED Joey Jones to the Marine Corps
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 20, 2026
JONES: "I'm doing it because I have a debt left to give... It means the world to me to be here to finish the story that I started writing twenty-one years ago."
PATRIOT. 🇺🇸👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/Z05OtUMhou
"It was unfinished business," Jones said of his career after his injuries pushed him to retirement. "And today they see me put a uniform on and raise my right hand, and my job now is going to be to support ... everyone else who wears the Marine Corps uniform and the EOD badge."
"And if my job is to get coffee, or to type up paperwork, or to respond to an email, or to use the gift of gab to help them convince some engineers that we need that money or convince the Navy that we need that capability," Jones continued, "then that's what I'm going to do."
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