Fox News Anchor Who Lost Both Legs In Combat Reenlists In The Marine Corps

Staff Sgt. Joey Jones, a popular Fox News moderator who was previously almost mortally wounded in combat, has reenlisted in the Marines.

Jones hosted Fox’s weekend morning show with Pete Hegseth, who is now secretary of defense.

He lost his legs in 2010 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan while on deployment.

Starting in 2019, Jones became a Fox contributor “wingman” for Hegseth and spoke on military analysis and veterans’ services.

“How Joey talks about service on television is so that the American people understand it and connect to it in a visceral way,” Hegseth said at his reenlistment ceremony earlier this week.

“You 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,” Hegseth said as quoted by MilitaryTimes.com.

Jones said during the ceremony that he had more to give after medically retiring 14 years ago.

He called it a “debt,” highlighting that he was able to be on TV while other service members continued to give to the country, “shy of their life and maybe a couple legs.”

Jones said he is driven by setting an example for other people to see the Marines as a possible option for serving the U.S.

“If there’s an opportunity for me to serve, there’s no reason why a no-legged 40-year-old staff sergeant should not be able to put the uniform on,” Jones said.

“The goal here is to open that door for anyone else that has something left to give.”