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JAMES JONES '''(Businessman and Politician) ''' James Alvin Jones (born August 28, 1955) is an American politician, businessman and a retired U.S. Navy Vietnam Disabled Veteran. He ran as a republican candidate for the PA 08 Congressional District in 2010, with a passion for solving local problems and serving the local community. Jones, out of great love for God, family, and country, is currently running for PA-02 Congressional District. The district includes portions of North Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, and West Philadelphia along with Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County.

Military Career (1973–1990)

Jones was born in Luxora, Arkansas, 4 of 7 children, to a son of a sharecropper, and joined the United States Navy in March of 1972, under the delayed enlistment plan in the Navy’s Brother Duty Program. He was deployed onboard the USS Prairie AD-15, a destroyer tender in Subic Bay Philippines, when he was temporary assigned duty with the USS Denver, LPD-9 during a national crises in Vietnam. In April 1975, Denver participated in Operation Frequent Wind, in the evacuation South Vietnamese officials and civilians who scrambled to leave Saigon, Vietnam.

Chaos, unrest, and panic broke out as hysterical Martial law was declared. American helicopters began evacuating South Vietnamese, U.S., and foreign nationals from various parts of the city and from the U.S. embassy compound. Operation Frequent Wind had been delayed until the last possible moment, because of U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin's belief that Saigon could be held and that a political settlement could be reached. On the morning of 29 April 1975, the evacuation from Saigon by helicopter of the last U.S. diplomatic, military, and civilian personnel occurred. Frequent Wind was arguably the largest helicopter evacuation in history. In an atmosphere of desperation, as hysterical crowds of Vietnamese vied for limited space, Martin pleaded with Washington to dispatch $700 million in emergency aid to bolster the regime and help it mobilize fresh military reserves. But American public opinion had soured on this conflict. Denver participated and carried more than 8,000 refugees into safe harbors in the Philippines.

1988

Jones was deployed onboard the guided missile destroyer USS Goldsborough DDG-20 during earlier wars also known under other names such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War. During the Iran–Iraq War, the United States took active measures in the Persian Gulf to protect shipping, mainly oil tankers that were being threatened by both countries. On 14 April 1988, the guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts hit a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. Six days later, USS Vincennes was re-deployed from Fleet Exercise 88-1, sent back to San Diego, California and told to prepare for a six-month deployment. The reason for the haste: Navy leaders decided that they needed an Aegis ship to protect the exit of the damaged Samuel B. Roberts through the Strait of Hormuz. While Vincennes was firing on the Iranian gunboats, confusion reigned aboard the ship as the tracking of aircraft in the area had become muddled, between Vincennes and other US ships, and on Vincennes itself. Crucially, Vincennes misidentified an Iran Air Airbus A300 civilian airliner, Iran Air Flight 655, as an attacking F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft. The Iran Air Flight 655 was climbing at the time and its IFF transponder was on the Mode III civilian code rather than on the purely military Mode II, as recorded by Vincennes's own shipboard Aegis Combat System. Vincennes fired two radar-guided missiles and shot down the Iranian civilian airliner over Iranian airspace in the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 passengers and crew on board. Goldsborough relieved Vincennes to continue escorting and protecting shipping, mainly oil tankers that were still being threatened.

Military Decorations

Jones awards and decorations include the following: •	National Defense Service Medal •	Armed Forces Expedition Medal •	Southeast Asia Vietnam Campaign Service Medal •	Cambodia Evaluation •	Persian Gulf Operations •	Overseas Service Ribbon •	Unit Meritorious Service Medal •	Equal Opportunity Program Specialist Award •	Two US Navy League Awards •	Two Navy Achievement Medals

1990

After leaving the military, he and his family moved to Indiana, where he worked in private industry for a construction contractor and later moved to Atlanta, GA to attend John Marshall Law School. He led the first John Marshall Law School Debate Team, which placed 3rd in Miami, FL. The issue being debated was African American Reparations. 1997

Subsequently, a divorce embattled and Jones became a single parent during his 3rd year law school. He had 2 children, forced to drop out of law school and never finished. He later moved to Arkansas where he took on a more active role in politics. 1998

Jones created his company, QSI Corporation, which provides services include Human Resources Management, Organizational Development and Assessments, Process Assessment and Improvement Implementation. His company helped clients implement improvements on both a small scale in specific functional areas, and on a large-scale enterprise-wide basis. Jones, with its fiercely innovative World Health Card technology, is poised to offer the highest level of patient-provider service to end users and capture dominant market share.

2000

Jones relocated to Philadelphia, PA, to take a corporate job and pursue his human resources consulting practice. He worked on political campaigns of PA-08 Jim Greenwood (2004), who resigned to work in the private sector, and PA-08 Michael Fitzpatrick (2006).

2010

Jones made his public announcement on February 13, 2010, Langhorne, PA, to run for PA-08 Congress. He had already participated in his first 2010 Candidates Forum hosted by the Kitchen Table Patriots early in January 2010. He saw the American people frustrated and angered with business as usual in politics in both parties, as demonstrated in Massachusetts with the election of first timer US Senator Scott Brown.

Jones was the first and only African American that had sought this Congressional seat. He is conservative on fiscal issues, strong military defense and somewhat moderate on social issues. The thinking here is that he would garner appeal from like-minded people within the Democratic, Republican and Independent Parties, who would vote for the most qualified candidate.

On January 23, 2010, Fitzpatrick announced he would once again run for his old seat in the House of Representatives. Fitzpatrick won the Republican nomination with 77% of the vote in the May primary. He pledged that if elected, he would only serve for a maximum of three more terms, for a total of four terms he ran for PA-08 Congress in 2010. Jones was defeated during the May 2010 Primary Election, and vowed to support Fitzpatrick. On November 2, 2010, Fitzpatrick defeated Murphy and was elected the Congressman for the 8th district.

2016

Jones, as a Republican Candidate for the PA 2nd Congressional District, in a district of 7 democrats to 1 republican, was the only republican candidate to ever participated in 11 Democrat Primary Debates. He campaigned in local communities very hard and successfully engaged organizations sponsoring those Democrat Primary Election debates. Those organizations felt compelled to include him: Black Voter Matters, Americans for Democratic Action, Center City Residents Association, NAACP, Councilwoman Janie Blackwell’s Southwest Philadelphia Congressional Forum, Temple Beth Hillel, Beth David, Women’s Connection, ST. Raymond Catholic Church Candidate Debate, West Philadelphia High School Candidates Debate, and Muslims Voter Matters.

Community Involvements

Jones served on the Philadelphia Prostate Cancer Foundation Committee, Community Angels Foundations, Philadelphia Housing Authority, Moving to Work, Board Lower Bucks American Red Cross, Past President Rotary Club International, Advisor Weed and Seed Communities, and business consultant nationally and internationally.

National Business

Jones’ human resources client roster includes IBM, Kraft Corporation, Teledyne Corporation, GE, US AID, PRWTS, Ford Motor Corporation, Metro Sports, MCI Corporation, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Oracle, Penn State University, City of Atlanta, Kamehameha Schools, Acuent, Bearing Point, Cherry Hill, Bensalem Township, Bristol Township, Coca Cola Corporation, Samsung Telecommunications, Kmart Corporation, Wilen Manufacturing, Katy Industries, Berean Institute, University of Kentucky, Specialty Systems of Indiana, Twiggs Aerospace, and US Navy. He created nearly 80,000 in various industries nationally. International Business

Jones' South Africa business consulting include meetings with the Minister of the Department of Transport, Roads, and Works, the Minister of Immigrations, the Minister of Labor, SETA Director of Training and major shareholders at Standard Oil and private investment companies. In Kenya, he met and consulted with Cabinet Ministers of Governments, Tourism, Immigrations, Security, and several Members of Parliament (MPs) and Permanent Secretaries (PS). He created nearly 120,000 jobs in various industries internationally. In both countries, Jones advocated security and surveillance programs, transparency, infrastructure development, and knowledge transfer, a major reason to prepare for the 21st century. He promoted workforce planning, human capital investments, and counterterrorism programs, and those discussions have helped to combat corruption and promote good governance in both South Africa and Kenya.

Personal life

Jones, an avid sailor, enjoys blue water sailing since 1975. He learned to sail as a trade off with his kung fu skills while training Navy Seals, Navy Underwater Welders, and Underwater Demolition students. He held titles that included California Middle Weight Champion Amateur Full Contact Karate and ranked in the top 10 Light Heavy Weight Professional Full Contact Karate and Kick Boxing in the world of professional Kick Boxing. He remarried in October 2001, and filed for divorce in October 2013. He has 3 adult children.