{"id":2320742,"date":"2024-08-07T18:11:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/damning-report-tim-walz-army-rank-was-reduced-after-he-quit-never-did-retire\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:17:07","slug":"damning-report-tim-walz-army-rank-was-reduced-after-he-quit-never-did-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/damning-report-tim-walz-army-rank-was-reduced-after-he-quit-never-did-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Damning Report: Tim Walz Army Rank Was Reduced After He Quit, Never Did &#8216;Retire&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdamning-report-tim-walz-army-rank-was-reduced-after-he-quit-never-did-retire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2320742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minnesota Governor Tim \u2063Walz, \u2064who is \u200cVice President Kamala Harris\u2019s choice for running mate, faces allegations of &#8220;stolen valor&#8221; from fellow soldiers in \u2062the\u200b National Guard. While he has portrayed himself as a retired \u2064command \u200bsergeant major, military records indicate he was demoted to master sergeant for failing to fulfill the requirements to\u200d retain the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walzs-former-squadmate-if-hed-gone-to-iraq-hed-have-been-hiding-under-a-desk-video\/\" title=\"Tim Walz&#039;s Former Squadmate: If He&#039;d Gone to Iraq, He&#039;d Have Been &#039;Hiding Under a Desk&#039; - Video\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-ignored-warnings-about-withdrawing-troops-from-afghanistan-military-leaders-say\/\" title=\"Military leaders say the Biden administration disregarded Afghanistan troop withdrawal warnings.\">command sergeant major<\/a> rank<\/a>. Retired soldiers from his unit claim\u2064 that Walz abandoned his \u200dcomrades when they \u2064were set \u2064to deploy to Iraq, accusing him of\u200c avoiding \u200bservice just as combat operations were about\u2064 to commence. The controversy has\u200b reignited scrutiny of \u200bWalz&#8217;s military service narrative, as other veterans \u200dhave \u2062pointed out discrepancies in his statements about his time in the National Guard and his claims of retirement. Walz has responded to these allegations by emphasizing his service and asserting he did not misrepresent his military history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; pick as a running mate, is being accused of stolen valor, by fellow soldiers who served with him in the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Harris placed Walz&rsquo;s military service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iRsE3LvSZUI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">front and center<\/a> at their first rally together in Philadelphia on Tuesday, saying, &ldquo;To his fellows veterans, he is Sgt. Maj. Walz.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The governor has reportedly frequently described himself as a retired command sergeant major from the Army, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-vp-pick-leaks-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-chosen-as-running-mate\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris\u2019 VP Pick Leaks: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Chosen as Running Mate\">highest enlisted rank<\/a> one can achieve.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-veterans-learned-the-dccc-had-leaked-their-data-the-vas-tech-chief-was-meeting-with-his-wife-she-runs-the-dccc\/\" title=\"As Veterans Learned the DCCC Had Leaked Their Data, the VA\u2019s Tech Chief Was Meeting With His Wife. She Runs the DCCC.\">military records obtained<\/a> by Alpha News in 2022, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walzs-former-squadmate-gone-iraq-hiding-desk-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> was running for re-election, showed that while he did obtain the rank of command sergeant major, known as an E9, he was demoted to master sergeant, E8, because he failed to complete the requirements to keep the higher rank before leaving the Army.<\/p>\n<p>Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Behrends told Alpha News that Walz in fact left the Army after receiving a warning order that his unit, 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion, was to be deployed to Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He abandoned us. &hellip; As soon as the shots were fired in Iraq, he turned and ran the other way, hung his hat up and quit,&rdquo; Behrends said.<\/p>\n<p>The former Minnesota National Guard soldier explained that he was next in line in the unit to take the command sergeant major&rsquo;s slot and stepped up and deployed to Iraq for nearly two years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Walz] can say that he served as a command sergeant major, but he can&rsquo;t say he&rsquo;s a retired one because he&rsquo;s not,&rdquo; Behrends said.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha News reported that it reached out to the Minnesota National Guard and a spokesman confirmed that Walz did not retire as a command sergeant major because he failed to complete the coursework and other requirements before leaving the military.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he would have went to Iraq, he&rsquo;s still be hiding under his desk over there, because that&rsquo;s just the cowardice that I seen portrayed with him,&rdquo; Behrends concluded.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uVURKDLzrF4?si=erjoGfsyyM49ibC8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-walz-ex-squadmate-says-abandoned-us-soon-shots-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Behrends<\/a> and fellow retired Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Herr published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctrib.com\/community\/letters\/the-truth-about-tim-walz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint letter<\/a> in the West Central Tribune in 2018 when Walz first ran for governor titled, &ldquo;The Truth About Tim Walz.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tim Walz has embellished and selectively omitted facts and circumstances of his military career for years,&rdquo; the letter began.<\/p>\n<p>They noted that Walz re-enlisted following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/08\/06\/tim-walz-military-career-national-guard\/74685414007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">never see combat<\/a> during his time in the military.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In early 2003 he was selected to attend the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. The non-resident course consists of two years of correspondence coursework, followed by a two-week resident phase at Fort Bliss, Texas,&rdquo; Behrends and Herr recounted.<\/p>\n<p>One of the stipulations that is part of enrolling in the academy is a requirement to serve two years following graduation or promotion to command sergeant major.<\/p>\n<p>If soldiers fails to complete the school, they can be separated from the Army and will be reduced in rank to master sergeant, E8, unless the promotion board steps in.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These stipulations are put in place because the academy is a college level school, the military invests a lot of taxpayer money in the student. The military needs to ensure they will get the return on investment that the taxpayers deserve,&rdquo; Behrends and Herr explained.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2004, Walz was conditionally promoted to the position of command sergeant major of 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion.<\/p>\n<p>Then in early 2005, a warning order was issued to the unit saying prepare to deploy to Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On May 16th, 2005 he quit, leaving the 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion and its Soldiers hanging; without its senior Non-Commissioned Officer, as the battalion prepared for war. His excuse to other leaders was that he needed to retire in order to run for congress,&rdquo; Behrends and Herr wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The veterans highlighted that this was false, because all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosi-didnt-want-tim-walz-radically-progressive-position-get-tone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> needed to do was seek permission from the secretary of defense to become a candidate, as many reservists have done.<\/p>\n<p>Further, &ldquo;If he had retired normally and respectfully, you would think he would have ensured his retirement documents were correctly filled out and signed, and that he would have ensured he was reduced to Master Sergeant for dropping out of the academy. Instead he waited for the paperwork to catch up to him. His official retirement document states, SOLDIER NOT AVAILABLE FOR SIGNATURE,&rdquo; Behrends and Herr wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On September 10th, 2005 conditionally promoted Command Sergeant Major Walz was reduced to Master Sergeant. It took a while for the system to catch up to him as it was uncharted territory, literally no one quits in the position he was in, or drops out of the academy. Except him,&rdquo; they added.<\/p>\n<p>Behrends and Herr argued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vp-pick-tim-walz-wild-dui-resurfaces-drove-40-mph-speed-limit-told-cop-bizarre-explanation-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> falsely claimed for years to be a retired command sergeant major.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, he served at that rank, but was never qualified at that rank, and will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-security-update-four-projected-changes-to-social-security-before-2025\/\" title=\"Social Security: Four upcoming changes by 2025.\">receive retirement benefits<\/a> at one rank below. You be the judge,&rdquo; they said.<\/p>\n<p>The 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion would serve in Iraq on a 22-month deployment in 2006 -2007, according to the retired command sergeant majors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vp-pick-tim-walz-accused-stolen-valor-former-military-colleagues-abandoned-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> responded to the controversy when if first arose in 2006 when as he was running for Congress, writing in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdailyplanet.net\/tim-walz-lies-about-my-service-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>, &ldquo;After completing 20 years of service in 2001, I re-enlisted to serve our country for an additional four years following Sept. 11 and retired the year before my battalion was deployed to Iraq in order to run for Congress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m proud of the 24 years I served our country in the Army National Guard. There&rsquo;s a code of honor among those who&rsquo;ve served, and normally this type of partisan political attack comes only from one who&rsquo;s never worn a uniform,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>But Behrends and Herr argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-horrified-look-harris-face-walz-makes-dirty-joke-jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> was not even being truthful in that letter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to his official Report of Separation and Record of Service, he re-enlisted for six years on September 18th, 2001. However, in his response he says that he re-enlisted for four years, conveniently retiring a year before his battalion was deployed to Iraq,&rdquo; they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Further, if he had in fact re-enlisted for four years that would have made his retirement date Sept. 18, 2005 rather than when he did &ldquo;retire&rdquo; on May 16, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And he makes it sound like he &lsquo;retired&rsquo; a year before his battalion deployed to Iraq; when in reality he knew when he &lsquo;retired&rsquo; that the battalion would be deployed to Iraq,&rdquo; Behrends and Herr pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>They concluded, &ldquo;The bottom line in all of this is gut wrenching and sad to explain. When the nation called, he quit. He failed to complete the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. He failed to serve for two years following completion of the academy, which he dropped out of.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He failed to serve two years after the conditional promotion to Command Sergeant Major. He failed to fulfill the full six years of the enlistment he signed on September 18th, 2001. He failed his country. He failed his state. He failed the Minnesota Army National Guard, the 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion, and his fellow Soldiers. And he failed to lead by example. 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At their initial rally together in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Harris highlighted Walz&#8217;s military background, stating, &#8220;To his fellow veterans, he is Sgt. Maj. Walz.&#8221; Although Walz has often referred to himself as a retired command sergeant major\u2014 the highest enlisted rank\u2014military records obtained by Alpha News during his re-election campaign in 2022 revealed that while he did achieve this rank (E9), he was demoted to master sergeant (E8) for not fulfilling the necessary requirements before leaving the Army. Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Behrends told Alpha News that Walz left the Army after receiving a deployment warning for his unit, 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion, which was set to go to Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Behrends criticized Walz\u2019s actions: \u201cHe abandoned us&#8230; As soon as shots were fired in Iraq, he turned and ran.\u201d He noted that he stepped up to take on the command sergeant major role and deployed to Iraq for nearly two years instead of Walz. Behrends asserted that while Walz can claim service at the command sergeant major level, he cannot rightfully call himself a retired one because he did not meet retirement criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha News confirmed with a Minnesota National Guard spokesperson that due to failing to complete required coursework and other obligations before leaving military service, Walz did not retire at the command sergeant major level. Behrends further stated that if Walz had gone to Iraq instead of quitting when faced with deployment orders in early 2005, \u201che\u2019d still be hiding under his desk over there,\u201d implying cowardice.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Behrends and another retired Command Sgt. Maj., Paul Herr published an open letter titled &#8220;The Truth About Tim Walz,&#8221; criticizing him for embellishing details about his military career over many years. They pointed out that although he re-enlisted after September 11 attacks in 2001 and attended training at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy starting in early 2003\u2014where completion would require two additional years of service following graduation\u2014he ultimately dropped out without fulfilling these commitments.<\/p>\n<p>They explained how soldiers who do not finish their schooling risk being separated from service or demoted unless intervention occurs from promotion boards due to significant taxpayer investment into their education.<\/p>\n<p>Walz was conditionally promoted but quit on May 16th when ordered for deployment preparation; according to Behrends and Herr\u2019s account of events leading up until then: \u201cHis excuse was needing retirement paperwork completed so he could run for Congress,\u201d which they argued was misleading since others have successfully sought permission from defense officials without retiring first.<\/p>\n<p>They also highlighted discrepancies between what Walz claimed regarding his enlistment duration compared with official records showing it lasted six years rather than four as stated by him previously; thus raising questions about whether or not he&#8217;d intended all along knowing full well about impending deployments upon resignation date chosen by him personally rather than any external factors influencing decision-making process itself overall leading them concluding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBottom line here is gut-wrenching &amp; sad explaination: When nation called upon him \u2013 He quit! Failed complete academy requirements &amp; serve time post-promotion too\u2026 Ultimately failed country\/state\/guard\/unit\/fellow soldiers alike through lack leadership example shown throughout entire ordeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2320743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim-Walz-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37483,37484,37057,37485,36113],"class_list":["post-2320742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-army-rank","tag-military-service","tag-political-report","tag-retirement-controversy","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim-Walz-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}