{"id":2322330,"date":"2024-08-10T10:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T14:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-used-incorrect-backdoor-process-to-retire-from-national-guard-his-superior-officer-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T10:52:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T14:52:31","slug":"tim-walz-used-incorrect-backdoor-process-to-retire-from-national-guard-his-superior-officer-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-used-incorrect-backdoor-process-to-retire-from-national-guard-his-superior-officer-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Walz used incorrect \u2018backdoor process\u2019 to retire from National Guard: His superior officer &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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%2Ftim-walz-used-incorrect-backdoor-process-to-retire-from-national-guard-his-superior-officer-washington-examiner%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=2322330&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>A recent report discusses allegations \u2063made \u2064by Tim Walz&#8217;s former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officer-who-mocked-lebron-james-in-viral-video-fired-i-am-the-latest-target-of-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"Officer Who Mocked LeBron James In Viral Video Fired: \u2018I Am The Latest Target Of Cancel Culture\u2019\">superior officer<\/a> regarding Walz&#8217;s retirement from \u2063the Minnesota National Guard. Doug Julin, who\u2064 served as Command Sgt. Maj., claims that Walz was aware\u200b of a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emirates-release-statement-explaining-u-s-flight-cancellations-due-to-5g-chaos\/\" title=\"Emirates Release Statement Explaining U.S. Flight Cancellations Due To 5G Chaos\">planned deployment<\/a> to Iraq in\u200b 2005 before using an \u200cinappropriate &#8220;backdoor process&#8221; to secure his retirement without consulting his direct \u200dleadership. \u2063Julin states that he and other commanders had been alerted of the upcoming deployment months earlier and that\u200b Walz, despite initially agreeing to\u2064 deploy, opted to retire shortly\u200d after filing to\u2064 run \u2064for Congress. The specifics of Walz&#8217;s \u200dtreatment of\u2063 the retirement process suggest a\u2063 potential breach of military\u2064 protocol, as he circumvented established channels. Julin conveyed his disappointment about Walz quitting without proper\u2063 discussions, emphasizing that Walz should\u200d have adhered to the correct procedures given his\u2064 rank.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tim Walz used incorrect &lsquo;backdoor process&rsquo; to retire from National Guard: His superior officer<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1727401\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN), Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s running mate, may have known he was going to deploy before he used a &ldquo;backdoor process&rdquo; to get around his immediate superior in order to get his retirement approved.<\/p>\n<p>His superior, former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Minnesota<\/a> National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Doug Julin, explained to CNN those details. <\/p>\n<p>Julin said his commander and himself, of the First Brigade 34th Infantry Division combat team, received a notification of sourcing in the fall of 2004. &ldquo;We were informed that we would be alerted to go to Iraq within the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-massive-infrastructure-plan-calls-it-once-in-a-generation-investment\/\" title=\"Biden Unveils Massive Infrastructure Plan, Calls It \u2018Once-In-A-Generation Investment\u2019\">upcoming year<\/a>, start preparing your team, getting your team together and let&rsquo;s get the process in play,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BOMBSHELL: Tim Walz&#8217;s superior officer in the National Guard tells CNN that Walz knew he was going to be deployed to Iraq six months before he decided to retire. He also says Walz promised he would deploy and went back on his word and abandoned his men.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Vpw9KQ0Vl\">pic.twitter.com\/6Vpw9KQ0Vl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1822070448965730566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;In approximately February of 2005, my boss, commander, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-continues-after-surfside-condo-building-is-demolished\/\" title=\"Search and rescue continues after Surfside condo building is demolished\">command team<\/a>, we scheduled a meeting at Camp Ripley Minnesota, for a meeting, getting everybody together so all the battalion sergeant majors, battalion commanders, and their staff would get to see each other and start the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-eyes-four-day-workweek-for-large-businesses\/\" title=\"California Eyes Four-Day Workweek for Large Businesses\">team-building<\/a> there &hellip; at that meeting was Gov. Tim Walz.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, Julin said Walz asked to speak with him, and they sat down and spoke one-on-one. Julin said he informed him that Walz would be running for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> but hadn&rsquo;t been nominated yet.<\/p>\n<p>Walz filed to run for Congress on Feb. 10, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>In March or April of 2005, they had another meeting at Camp Ripley, in which Walz was present. At the meeting, they spoke about what their mission would be, how they were going to do it, and how they were going to build the team.<\/p>\n<p>Julin explained that Walz then told him after that meeting that he had not been nominated and that he was &ldquo;going forward with the battalion.&rdquo; Walz would retire in May 2005, not long after.<\/p>\n<p>Now in June 2005, Julin walked into a meeting at the camp again, and was told Walz had &ldquo;quit.&rdquo; &ldquo;The issue that had came out of this was, first of all, how did Tim Walz quit without discussing with me because I was his next level of leadership.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The other issue that came out of this was that the individual that approved this was two levels higher than myself in the enlisted corps and should have had Tim Walz come back to me and discuss why he was going forward or not going forward now after he already told me he was going forward,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Julin said because of Walz&rsquo;s rank, he should&rsquo;ve known protocol for how he was supposed to go about exiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>military<\/a>. &ldquo;Tim Walz knew the process and procedures, he went around me and above and beyond me &hellip; basically went in there to get somebody to back him &hellip; it was just a backdoor process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The unit was then alerted toward its mobilization in July 2005. Walz would later go on to win his primary in Sept. 2006, and win his congressional seat in November of that year.<\/p>\n<p>Julin&rsquo;s comments likely help clear the air around the process in which Walz retired as there has been confusion in the media and in the public as to whether he retired in order to avoid being deployed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Julin&rsquo;s timeline, Walz would have been aware he was deploying to Iraq as he was set to retire. What isn&rsquo;t known is when he filed his retirement papers, which could&rsquo;ve been many months in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Other soldiers who served with Walz say the negative backlash against him is &ldquo;just not right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t agree with a lot of his politics, but Tim Walz is a good man, and he was a good soldier,&rdquo; Master Sgt. Thomas Eustice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/timeline-walzs-national-guard-retirement-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> Fox 9. &ldquo;And for people to vilify him, it&rsquo;s just not right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Either way, Walz could face more backlash in the coming months about how his 24-year military career ended.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1727401\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1727401\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Walz allegedly utilized an improper &#8220;backdoor process&#8221; to secure his retirement from the National Guard, according to his superior officer. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), who is also Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s running mate, may have been aware of an impending deployment before circumventing his direct superior to obtain approval for his retirement. Former Minnesota National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Doug Julin shared these details with CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Julin recounted that he and his commander were notified in the fall of 2004 about preparations for a deployment to Iraq within the following year. He stated, \u201cWe were informed that we would be alerted to go to Iraq within the next upcoming year, start preparing your team, getting your team together and let\u2019s get the process in play.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In a significant revelation, Julin claimed that Walz was aware of this deployment six months prior to his decision to retire and had initially promised he would serve but later reneged on that commitment.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting at Camp Ripley in February 2005 attended by various battalion leaders\u2014including Walz\u2014Julin learned that Walz intended to run for Congress but had not yet received a nomination. Shortly after filing for Congress on February 10, 2005, they met again at Camp Ripley where they discussed their mission and team-building efforts.<\/p>\n<p>However, shortly thereafter, Walz informed Julin he was moving forward with the battalion despite not being nominated yet; he ultimately retired in May 2005. By June of that year, Julin discovered during another meeting at camp that Walz had &#8220;quit.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Julin expressed concern over how this decision was made without consulting him as it violated military protocol since he was supposed to be involved in such discussions due to their hierarchical structure.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized Walz for bypassing proper channels: \u201cTim Walz knew the process and procedures; he went around me&#8230; it was just a backdoor process.\u201d The unit received mobilization orders in July 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Walz later won both his primary election in September 2006 and congressional seat in November of that same year. Julin&#8217;s comments aim to clarify confusion surrounding whether Walz retired specifically to avoid deployment; based on timelines provided by Julin, it appears likely he knew about the impending deployment when retiring.<\/p>\n<p>While some soldiers who served alongside him defend him against negative perceptions\u2014stating he&#8217;s a good man and soldier\u2014Walz may still face scrutiny regarding how his military career concluded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2322331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/YL.GoldenRule.081424jpg.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37751,37479,7620,36113,32076],"class_list":["post-2322330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-backdoor-process","tag-national-guard","tag-retirement","tag-tim-walz","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/YL.GoldenRule.081424jpg.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322330","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=2322330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}