Posted on 08/12/2024 6:58:12 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
It’s unlikey that Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee to the vice presidency, knew that his unit would receive mobilization orders not long after he retired in 2005, sources with the Minnesota National Guard told the Herald.
Since the announcement he would join Vice President Kamala Harris atop the party ticket, Walz has come under sustained fire over his decision to retire following 24 years of service in various Guard units while his battalion was allegedly under orders to deploy or set to soon receive orders, and over his use of the Command Sergeant Major rank in campaign messaging.
However, according to information shared by multiple official sources within the MNG, Walz earned that rank and would need either the gift of prophecy or a time machine to use the deployment as an excuse to leave the service, as his May 2005 retirement date came months before the 1-125th Battalion of the 1st Brigade Combat Team learned they would mobilize and most of a year before the unit was actually deployed to Iraq for what would become a historically long, 22-month tour.
According to Lt. Col. Kristen Augé, the MNG’s State Public Affairs Officer, Walz “served from April 8, 1981, to May 16, 2005″ during which time he “held multiple positions within field artillery such as firing battery chief, operations sergeant, first sergeant, and culminated his career serving as the command sergeant major for the battalion.”
“Governor Walz served in the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery after transferring from the Nebraska National Guard in 1996. While serving in Minnesota, his military occupational specialties were 13B – a cannon crewmember who operates and maintains cannons and 13Z – field artillery senior sergeant.
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Bull.His commanding officer said they knew 5 months before that they were going to be deployed and he told him so. It is just that the official orders didn't come down until after he retired
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Lies to cover for their Boy
Total BS I believe his commanding officer and others stated that he knew.
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
He cuts and runs when things get a little tough.
He won’t accept responsibility for his actions and throws people under the bus to cover his cowardice.
Correct—multiple threads on this topic.
Just more Democrats lying...
E9 s have their own comms channels and he would have known that the deployment was planned before his CO knew it.
So all those other NCOs are lying? I’m sure they’ll be happy to hear that. So they pry knew they were mobilizing months before but never told Walz? What’s the reasoning for that?
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He’s a Folksy Coward.
Yeah. They come up with a half-baked cover story, knowing that their media allies will go with it and not poke holes in it.
The reason I say that is because that's what happens at the refueling squadron I worked for. Those folks know at least a year in advance what unit is deploying and how many are going. So I say Walz is flat out lying, and is anyone else who says otherwise.
This is more BS propaganda from the leftist media. I’m not reading it but would say that unless the Herald named the sources, it means nothing. That is a favorite trick of the leftist media. People actually involved at the time have come out on record, by name, to say Walz knew.
Thought the Herald was an actual newspaper. They fail to mention months in advance of formal orders announcement that they know deployment is going to take place. The orders are the very last thing given this is such fraudulent spin luckily his commander directly disputed this and he was actually there.
And I’m sure that is typical of all such deployments.
The Left sure has a robust cover their ass mob.
Sounds like the “19 year old cooks” of the MNG are riding to the aide of their scumbag governor. More misinformation.
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