Tim Walz touts his own military service during DNC speech despite ‘stolen valor’ controversy

Wednesday evening, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrat party’s candidate for vice president, boasted about his time in the military during his speech to the Democratic National Convention despite the ongoing controversy over his military service. He made the remarks as part of his acceptance speech to be the Party's nominee for vice president alongisde Kamala Harris.

Walz said during his address, "Everybody belongs and everybody has a responsibility to contribute. For me, it was serving in the Army National Guard. I joined up two days after my 17th birthday, and I proudly wore our nation's uniform for 24 years."

Walz served in the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, and retired as a master sergeant in 2005. He previously served in the Nebraska National Guard.

However, critics, including veterans who served with Walz, have accused him of retiring when he discovered that his battalion would be deployed to Iraq following the 9/11 attacks. According to the Minnesota National Guard, Walz put in his papers for retirement at least five months before his battalion received deployment orders.

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