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The National Guard processed the adjustment of his rank in September 2005, but the effective date was made retroactive to the day before his military retirement in May 2005. [48] [62] A public affairs officer for the Minnesota National Guard in 2018 said it was "legitimate for Walz to say he served as a command sergeant major". [74]
John Kolb, a retired Minnesota National Guard colonel, knew Tim Walz by reputation as an “excellent leader” who adroitly guided the enlisted troops in his field artillery battalion. Walz ...
Walz enlisted in the Nebraska National Guard on April 8, 1981, two days after his 17th birthday. In 1996, he transferred to the Minnesota National Guard, where he served in the 1st Battalion ...
The Army reduced his rank in May 2005, when Walz retired, because he never finished the required coursework for the US Army Sergeants Major Academy, according to Minnesota National Guard records.
According to a March 2005 press release issued by Walz’s office, the National Guard Public Affairs Office announced that month “a possible partial mobilization of roughly 2,000 troops from the ...
By 2005, Tim Walz had logged 24 years with the Army National Guard and earned the rank of command sergeant major -- the highest enlisted rank for his unit and one with considerable responsibility.
May 27: Texts and e-mails obtained from Minneapolis by the Minnesota Star Tribune through public records requests in August 2020, show Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on May 27 to request the National Guard to assist the municipality, [120] after peaceful protests evolved into a dangerous situation, resulting in ...
Walz began his military service two days after his seventeenth birthday when he enlisted in the Nebraska Army National Guard in 1981. He transferred to the Minnesota National Guard in 1996 after ...