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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]
Walz retired from the National Guard in 2005 to run for Congress just before his unit received an order to mobilize for the war in Iraq. Then during the campaign, Walz overstated the rank he held ...
Walz served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades. At the age of 17, Walz enlisted in the Nebraska Army National Guard, where he served as an infantry senior sergeant and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Some Republicans criticized Walz for delaying deployment of the National Guard as unrest unfolded in Minneapolis. [261] [262] [263] The riot response timeline became the topic of media analysis and fact checking. Some claims about the response were deemed misleading as Walz activated the guard on May 28 at the formal request of local officials ...
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, who spent 24 years in the Army National Guard in Nebraska and Minnesota, retired to run for Congress before a “stop loss order” was issued to his unit in July 2005, said Behrends.