Did Walz have the gift of prophecy or a time machine he used to warn of deployment?

[shockedcanadian]

He could not retire till he hit 20 years, thus it at most was only 48 months and not 288.

You are completely wrong, but then again you normally are

What if he just left at 18 years if he knew he was going to be deployed in 2 months?

His status didn't matter, it was his timing.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

What if he just left at 18 years if he knew he was going to be deployed in 2 months?

He could not have done that, as you need 20 at a minimum to retire and end your current contract before its time.

His status didn't matter, it was his timing.

Yes, and his timing was that it was done before the unit got their notice they were going to Iraq.

 

[Hellokitty]

Minnesota National Guard officials weigh in on Walz service

Walz has come under sustained fire over his decision to retire, following 24 years of service in various Guard units, while his battalion was allegedly under orders to deploy.

www.bostonherald.com

Again, "According to information shared by multiple official sources within the MNG, Walz earned that rank (Command Sergeant Major), and would need either the gift of prophecy or a time machine to use the deployment as an excuse to leave the service, as his May 2005 retirement date came months before the 1-125th Battalion of the 1st Brigade Combat Team learned they would mobilize and most of a year before the unit was actually deployed to Iraq for what would become a historically long, 22-month tour."

Okay so I'll play along, did Walz said he regrets leaving early, and if he knew he was going to deploy he would have stayed when he was 1st accused of getting out before deployment?
You do know your spin still does provide cover for Walz using a rank he didn't earn.
My nephew is now a Captain in the NG. He was only deployed once and anytime people asked him about his deployment his 1st response was I'm not in a war zone followed by I have a desk job. I don't know military ranking stuff and would call him colonel and he will always laugh and then correct me.
Walz never correcting people is another problem you're not going to be able to spin.

 

[jotathought]

Yep, and he served as a Command Master sergeant. Fail on your part.

"Go back to mispronouncing Kamala's name." usmb rw

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Nobody is denying he temporarily and contingently served as a CSM. He didn't meet the requirements to remove the provisional status and would have been eligible in October 2005 (serving three years as CSM), as well as adequate time to complete the coursework and other requirements to maintain that rank for retirement. Unfortunately, Walz continued to embellish his retirement status, including the Kamala campaign publishing it within his bio. He is an E-8 after being demoted for failing to meet requirements.

My last name is mispronounced all the time .. get over the silly argument of mispronouncing a name.

Next

 

[surada]

24 years x 12 months = 288 months (thats being generous as it only assumes he left right at 24 years).

Time from his retirement to pursue politics until the date of deployment= 2 months

Therefore, the timing of his retirement was accurate within 0.069% of his entire time in the military.

In other words he left the military just as he was going to deploy, accurate within the 99th percentile of his entire time there. That is an amazing stroke of luck perhaps, especially when he had been there for such long a period of time.

It is probably why they increased his rank as they assumed he would stick around to complete the work needed for this rank while knowing they would be deploying him. A rank perhaps they knew he coveted. He dropped that pursuit of the rank he has promoted so proudly, knowing he was going to be deployed if he stuck around.

Maybe I am completely wrong, but that's how I would presume this situation unfolded.

He put in his retirement papers 6 months before they deployed. Aren't you tired of the idiots?

 

[rightwinger]

What if he just left at 18 years if he knew he was going to be deployed in 2 months?

His status didn't matter, it was his timing.

If he is enlisted and his enlisted term is up, he is free to leave
That is what enlistment means

 

[Dante]

Okay so I'll play along, did Walz said he regrets leaving early, and if he knew he was going to deploy he would have stayed when he was 1st accused of getting out before deployment?
You do know your spin still does provide cover for Walz using a rank he didn't earn.
My nephew is now a Captain in the NG. He was only deployed once and anytime people asked him about his deployment his 1st response was I'm not in a war zone followed by I have a desk job. I don't know military ranking stuff and would call him colonel and he will always laugh and then correct me.
Walz never correcting people is another problem you're not going to be able to spin.

Spin?

Facts.

Nobody cares about an anecdotal story about some nephew. The Minnesota National Guard has made statements that end up backing up Walz and showing people like you (and your nephew?), for being ingrates and attacking the honor of a man who gave over two decades of his life serving in the US military.

When this nephew of yours reaches 20 years of service, talk to him again -- that is if he is as patriotic as Walz.

 

[Dante]

Nobody is denying he temporarily and contingently served as a CSM. He didn't meet the requirements to remove the provisional status and would have been eligible in October 2005 (serving three years as CSM), as well as adequate time to complete the coursework and other requirements to maintain that rank for retirement. Unfortunately, Walz continued to embellish his retirement status, including the Kamala campaign publishing it within his bio. He is an E-8 after being demoted for failing to meet requirements.

My last name is mispronounced all the time .. get over the silly argument of mispronouncing a name.

Next

Walz did not embellish his retirement status. Keep moving the goal posts in your personal attacks on an honorable man who gave over two decades of his life to his nation. Go ahead.

Did Walz have the gift of prophecy or a time machine he used to warn of deployment? No he did not.

I posted this one before: "almost every unit and member of the U.S. Military is subject to potential deployment at some point in the future and trains constantly toward that inevitability."

Minnesota National Guard officials weigh in on Walz service

"However, according to information shared by multiple official sources within the MNG, Walz earned that rank and would need either the gift of prophecy or a time machine to use the deployment as an excuse to leave the service, as his May 2005 retirement date came months before the 1-125th Battalion of the 1st Brigade Combat Team learned they would mobilize and most of a year before the unit was actually deployed to Iraq for what would become a historically long, 22-month tour."

"According to Lt. Col. Kristen Augé, the MNG’s State Public Affairs Officer, Walz “served from April 8, 1981, to May 16, 2005″ during which time he “held multiple positions within field artillery such as firing battery chief, operations sergeant, first sergeant, and culminated his career serving as the command sergeant major for the battalion.”"

This has all been said before by myself and others here, and especially by others in Walz's previous campaigns.

 

[jotathought]

Walz did not embellish his retirement status. Keep moving the goal posts in your personal attacks on an honorable man who gave over two decades of his life to his nation. Go ahead.

Did Walz have the gift of prophecy or a time machine he used to warn of deployment? No he did not.

I posted this one before: "almost every unit and member of the U.S. Military is subject to potential deployment at some point in the future and trains constantly toward that inevitability."

Why did he keep referring to himself as a retired CSM? Most notably, on his Harris campaign bio? Great for him for serving two decades and spending almost the next two decades embellishing it. So sorry to break it to you, but there is enough video evidence and written documentation (including his Harris bio) that don't agree with you.

Minnesota National Guard officials weigh in on Walz service

"However, according to information shared by multiple official sources within the MNG, Walz earned that rank and would need either the gift of prophecy or a time machine to use the deployment as an excuse to leave the service, as his May 2005 retirement date came months before the 1-125th Battalion of the 1st Brigade Combat Team learned they would mobilize and most of a year before the unit was actually deployed to Iraq for what would become a historically long, 22-month tour."

"According to Lt. Col. Kristen Augé, the MNG’s State Public Affairs Officer, Walz “served from April 8, 1981, to May 16, 2005″ during which time he “held multiple positions within field artillery such as firing battery chief, operations sergeant, first sergeant, and culminated his career serving as the command sergeant major for the battalion.”"

This has all been said before by myself and others here, and especially by others in Walz's previous campaigns.

You keep posting the same information over and over .. Walz was a CSM in the tail end of his career .. as a provisional rank. Translated: he had requirements to meet to maintain that rank, and he didn't finish those requirements before heading out. That's just fact and he is a retired E-8. So sorry to burst that bubble.

 

[Dante]

Why did he keep referring to himself as a retired CSM? Most notably, on his Harris campaign bio? Great for him for serving two decades and spending almost the next two decades embellishing it. So sorry to break it to you, but there is enough video evidence and written documentation (including his Harris bio) that don't agree with you.


You keep posting the same information over and over .. Walz was a CSM in the tail end of his career .. as a provisional rank. Translated: he had requirements to meet to maintain that rank, and he didn't finish those requirements before heading out. That's just fact and he is a retired E-8. So sorry to burst that bubble.

Beat a dead horse. Run with it. He was a CSM.

"According to information shared by multiple official sources within the MNG, Walz earned that rank (CSM)."

The same info because you people-of-the-cult keep making the same false claims. We all know about the provisional status, the downgrade for retirement purposes. You people keep trying to make it into -- LOL -- stolen valor. But what is not funny is how you people make stolen valor look silly. You don't care. Not really. It's about being able to make personal attacks.

end of story

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Minnesota National Guard officials weigh in on Walz service

Walz has come under sustained fire over his decision to retire, following 24 years of service in various Guard units, while his battalion was allegedly under orders to deploy.

www.bostonherald.com

Again, "According to information shared by multiple official sources within the MNG, Walz earned that rank (Command Sergeant Major), and would need either the gift of prophecy or a time machine to use the deployment as an excuse to leave the service, as his May 2005 retirement date came months before the 1-125th Battalion of the 1st Brigade Combat Team learned they would mobilize and most of a year before the unit was actually deployed to Iraq for what would become a historically long, 22-month tour."

As command SGTMAJ he would know all the upcoming orders out to months in advance.

 

[Dante]

As command SGTMAJ he would know all the upcoming orders out to months in advance.

The MNG and the DoD say differently

Did Walz have the gift of prophecy or a time machine he used to warn of deployment? No he did not.

I posted this one before: "almost every unit and member of the U.S. Military is subject to potential deployment at some point in the future and trains constantly toward that inevitability."

next

 

[rightwinger]

As command SGTMAJ he would know all the upcoming orders out to months in advance.

Evidently, he had no such knowledge
Because it hadn’t been released yet

What Walz did know is that an election for Congress was coming up and he was going to be in it

 

[jotathought]

Beat a dead horse. Run with it. He was a CSM.

I agree.. he WAS a provisional CSM .. past tense. He no longer is .. he's been demoted, meaning he no longer maintains the rank he could have secured during retirement because he failed to complete the eligibility requirements. Yet .. he sure communicates he's still a CSM. LOL

"According to information shared by multiple official sources within the MNG, Walz earned that rank (CSM)."

The same info because you people-of-the-cult keep making the same false claims. We all know about the provisional status, the downgrade for retirement purposes. You people keep trying to make it into -- LOL -- stolen valor. But what is not funny is how you people make stolen valor look silly. You don't care. Not really. It's about being able to make personal attacks.

end of story

Gee, maybe because he continued to state he was a retired CSM, like on his recent Harris campaign bio that was updated to reflect reality. Embellishment galore.

 

[jotathought]

Evidently, he had no such knowledge
Because it hadn’t been released yet

What Walz did know is that an election for Congress was coming up and he was going to be in it

His boss disagrees with you .. and I'll trust his input over an anonymous debate poster.

 

[rightwinger]

His boss disagrees with you .. and I'll trust his input over an anonymous debate poster.

Yea…..I have seen how partisan ex Military Swiftboat their own

Sad to see them sell out their values for politics

 

[jotathought]

Yea…..I have seen how partisan ex Military Swiftboat their own

Sad to see them sell out their values for politics

Like embellishing your military credentials for political gain? Got it!

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Like embellishing your military credentials for political gain? Got it!

I don't think they could have made a worse choice than Walz, every day something new comes out

 

[jotathought]

I don't think they could have made a worse choice than Walz, every day something new comes out

It was a great choice and continues to add noise to the Harris campaign. It's too bad she's avoiding the media to address these types of questions and concerns. Silence is tacit approval .. especially when her campaign is editing it's information about Walz.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

It was a great choice and continues to add noise to the Harris campaign. It's too bad she's avoiding the media to address these types of questions and concerns.

It's the wrong type of noise. He won't play well in battle ground states