Gov. Tim Walz service records, National Guard timeline revealed

Published 2024-08-08
Following scrutiny from Republican vice president candidate JD Vance, FOX 9 examined the service records of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to learn when we ended his service.

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All Comments (21)
  • The truth is on his DD-214! It does not say CMSGT does it?????????????
  • National guardsmen are not full service members they all have day jobs that explains he coaching, school teacher because they all have day jobs and only gets called to drill week or deployment on occasions.
  • @rodreeves8474
    four out of 500 people. I want to hear from at least a 100 of them
  • His position he would have known of this pending deployment months ahead of the actual deployment.
  • Retired lieutenant general Mark Hertling, a former commander of American ground forces in Europe, posted on X: "It's unbecoming and unprofessional for anyone—especially veterans—to openly disparage anyone who has served in uniform."
  • @Mia13jml
    NGB22 form, he abandoned his post
  • My husband was a senior NCO and served 23 years. He took “The NCO Oath Creed which clearly states he will not use our grade, or position for pleasure, profit, or personal safety”.
  • @My2CentsYall
    I would be very blunt. I would told them I served for 24 years...yeah i retired because I got other things to do with my life. The idea they gonna sit there and judge me. When Vance only did 4 years as a REPORTER yeah he saw no combat. Trump got his doctor to say bone spurs and your gonna complain about me...did you serve for 24 years ok then.
  • @BooBahh-uh5jk
    Don't worry, Walz has our backs, just like he did for his troops!
  • The fact that he wanted to get into Politics is fine , but when he found out his unit was up for Deployment he should have withdrawn his paperwork for Politics and backed his men and served his country . And it has been proven by NG records that he did lie about what his rank was when he left .
  • @lonerblue2821
    Looks like no more Fox 9 News for me, being that Fox 9 News is brown nosing walz for some reason !
  • @nzim6
    Regardless, he’s shown he can run MN into the ground so let’s put him in the White House!
  • @RN_BSN_PHN
    Every Veteran is trained "in a psychological state war". In preparation for actual war.. Whether its during peacetime or during war against another foe. You live in a "state of war" praying it never happens. Walz never stated, he served in a combat zone. Veterans say they "served in combat". Whenever they served in actual war. This is stupid.
  • @tedsexton5406
    Could someone please explain his rank. I heard that the rank he claims to have reached was never official recognized. True--False?
  • Whether Waltz abandoned his troops depends on whom you ask. Waltz was entitled to retirement and he did. He didn't do anything illegal. But the timing of the retirement sure makes Waltz look like a coward who ran from war. More egregious is Waltz's boasting about his military service on the campaign trail, making statements with intent to mislead the uninformed to conclude that he actually went to war. Vance called him out on the statement Waltz made about carrying a weapon to war. Waltz never went to war.