We look at Walz, a 60-year-old U.S. Army National Guard veteran, and his military career over the years. More: Tim Walz is Kamala Harris' VP pick: Minnesota governor named running mate: Live ...

Walz served in the National Guard for 24 years, from 1981 to 2005. Vance served in the U.S. Marines from 2003 to 2007 as a military journalist. Neither man saw combat, although Vance did serve in ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's military record has come under renewed scrutiny following Vice President Kamala Harris' announcement of Walz as her running mate on the Democratic ticket. On Wednesday ...

I n the days since Kamala Harris named Tim Walz as her running mate, the Minnesota governor’s military service record has drawn scrutiny. Attention has focused on two topics: the circumstances ...

Tom Behrends, Paul Herr, ... Those embellishments had often been floated while Walz recounted his military service to voters, either as a US House candidate or Minnesota gubernatorial candidate. 7.

Questions about Walz mischaracterizing his personal story have not been limited to military service. He is also facing scrutiny for how he has described his family’s struggle with infertility.

By military standards, Walz’s 24 years of service is substantial. He could have retired almost three years earlier. ... Kolb picked Tom Behrends, who has emerged as Walz's most biting critic, ...

Tim Walz is drawing fresh scrutiny for implying a brief congressional trip to Afghanistan was a military deployment as part of his National Guard service in recently unearthed remarks.

Walz's military record states he served with the Minnesota National Guard from 1981 to 2005 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and New Ulm, Minnesota, obtaining the rank of Command Sergeant Major.

Republicans are scrutinizing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military record by honing in on previous claims he made implying he engaged in battle during his service in the Army National Guard.

In 2018, Tom Hagen, a military reservist who served in Iraq, wrote a letter to The Winona Daily News claiming Walz was not being candid about his service record and wanted people to know that the ...