What we know about Tim Walz's military record

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Published 2024-08-08
Ohio Sen. JD Vance alleges Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz deliberately "abandoned" his unit by retiring before it was deployed to Iraq nearly 20 years ago. The Harris-Walz campaign has responded in part: "After 24 years of military service, Walz retired in 2005 and ran for Congress." CBS News Confirmed verification producer James LaPorta has more.

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All Comments (21)
  • @roch5937
    Why don't you show the clip of Timmy talking about the weapons of war he carried during combat? Combat he never participated in!
  • @jam_840
    This is pathetic. Any man or woman who served their country for whatever amount of time should be respected for their bravery not even a presidential candidate should question their level of service for political gains.
  • @aaronhelvig9444
    He “served” 24 years and never deployed? I deployed in my 2nd year. Then I went back again. 😮
  • @ronjones9373
    All we need to know about his military record is that he seved his country, hororably, for 24 years.
  • @jjpark1989
    All we need to know is that he passed a law requiring all schools to place tampons in little boy's bathrooms. I thought Kamala was weird, but this guy takes the cake.
  • Lots of men and women don’t actually go to combat. Vance never went into war but was a journalist for the military.
  • @Pilotpaulie
    Holy crap. Wasn’t watching that and thought Little Brian Skelter was back on the media.
  • @min2oly
    It's easy to look up, he retired BEFORE his unit received orders to deploy... if ur going to do news, do ur research!!!
  • He collected a paycheck for 24 years and when duty called, he ran away. Coward! PS, he didn’t deploy to support OIF in Italy. Lie
  • Corporal Vance sounds jealous of Command Sargeant Major Walz. Tim Walz is a stud.
  • @michaelvez9902
    HE NEVER Carried a weapon in combat. PERIOD! end of story
  • Stolen Valore. This guy is slow. Heels up Kamala. Abandon is unit Walz.
  • @kristieshaw4806
    I CANT BELIEVE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MANS 24 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN GRATITUDE. WE ARE NEVER EVER GOING BACK!