The Minnesota National Guard told Fox News that Walz's unit was not given deployment orders to Iraq until
July 2005 and he had put his retirement papers in
five to seven months prior to his retirement in May 2005.
Do the math.
That means
October- December 2004 he filed for retirement.
March 2005 he is notified of a two year window for possible deployment.
May 2005 his retirement is finalized
July 2005 his former unit is deployed.
He didn't ditch anything, unless he had some crazy psychic ability to know 7-9 months before deployment
Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio Sen. JD Vance sought to negatively frame the 24-year military career of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, Minnesota’s current governor.
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