 Come on, you're going to be happy about NALFA. Kelly completed two carrier deployments to the Persian Gulf, logged 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm. Now, J.D. Vance spent four years in the Marines, including six months in Iraq, where he served as a combat correspondent. They both proudly served their country. I'm not going to make disparaging comments. That was unnecessary in this article. Kelly's service and nerves of steel resulted in a chest full of medals, and then NASA came calling.