Aug 25, 2023 · At the first Republican presidential primary debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted his military experience, saying he “was assigned with U.S. Navy SEALs in Iraq” and “deployed to Iraq...

Dec 6, 2022 · DeSantis did serve in the Navy. On his campaign website, an entire page is dedicated to his Navy career. It includes a video and references to his time “advising Seal Team 1.” The section is a reference to when DeSantis deployed to Iraq as a SEAL team advisor.

Aug 24, 2023 · Ron DeSantis says he was a Navy SEAL. He was NOT. He was a lawyer in the Navy, and at one point he was assigned to provide legal support for a SEAL team commander.

Sep 5, 2023 · Fact check: Video edited to show woman telling Ron DeSantis he'll never be president. DeSantis brought up SEALs twice during the debate but did not claim to be one himself in either...

Was Ron DeSantis a Navy SEAL? Ron DeSantis’ military service began in 2004 when he joined the Navy after graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School.Earning the rank of Lieutenant, DeSantis’ career took a not-so-surprising direction where he would become a legal advisor for SEAL Team One.During his time with the SEALs, DeSantis ...

Aug 17, 2023 · DeSantis helped plan missions for SEALs and Green Berets to round up insurgents. During this period, the task force captured some 100 detainees, Thorleifson said. They were mostly military-aged males, some with suicide vests, and others who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Sep 21, 2018 · DeSantis was responsible for helping ensure that the missions of Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets in that wide swath of the Western Euphrates River Valley were planned according to the rule of...

Aug 24, 2023 · Ron DeSantis has been accused of overselling his Navy SEAL experience at the first Republican debate. During the debate in Wisconsin on Wednesday night the Florida governor was asked if he...

DeSantis briefly opened up, winding up to a compassionate answer by recalling his arrival in Fallujah, Iraq, in the summer of 2007, “assigned to Navy SEAL Team 1 as part of the surge of troops.”