The Truth About Tim Walz and His Military Service

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The Truth About Tim Walz and His Military Service

In an exclusive from the New York Post, retired Command Sergeant Major Thomas Behrends criticizes Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for retiring from the National Guard just before their deployment to Iraq in 2005. Behrends, who replaced Walz, calls him a “coward” and “traitor” for abandoning his unit, arguing that Walz chose political ambitions over military duty. Behrends also accuses him of “stolen valor” for using his former rank in campaigns. Walz contends he retired to run for Congress after extending his service post-9/11.

More from the New York Post:

Walz further dodged the necessary paperwork to ensure a smooth transition out of military service and “instead … slithered out the door,” the pair added, with his retirement filing showing “soldier not available for signature.”

The National Guard members also accused the now-two-term Minnesota governor of having “embellished and selectively omitted facts of his military career for years.”

The letter was first unearthed by the Daily Wire.

CNN is also taking note of the language Walz has used about his military experience, saying, “Walz did make a comment, he’s done it a couple times, where he has used language that suggested that he carried weapons in a fighting situation. There is no evidence that any time that he was in the position of being shot at and some of his language could easily be seen to suggest that he was.”

Just the News also reported on the Minnesota National Guard confirming some details in Walz’s biography are inaccurate:

The Minnesota National Guard confirmed Wednesday that Gov. Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate, was demoted and did not retire as a command sergeant major like he has claimed for years, including on his official gubernatorial biography.

While Walz temporarily held the title of command sergeant major he "retired as a master sergeant in 2005 for benefit purposes because he did not complete additional coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy," Army Lt. Col. Kristen Augé, the Minnesota National Guard’s State Public Affairs Officer, told Just the News.

Americans forgive a lot of politicians’ tall tales and lies. Stolen valor isn’t one of them.

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