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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m so confused why people care he left the military after what, 20 years? He did his time. People DO leave the military . Trump never served time at all and Vance very little himself so this seems like a complete red herring. [/quote]

He did 20 years, left, then signed back up again after 9/11 and did another 4 years (total of 24 years of service).

The accusations of leaving right before deployment are basically lies. He retired a few months before the unit received orders that they would deploy in the next year. And to even retire you need to put in your papers 4-6 months prior to the retirement date. He had already filed to run for Congress about 5 months before the unit received their orders.

Here's the basic timeline:
April 1981: Walz enlists in Nebraska NG at age 17
1996: transfers to Minnesota NG
September 2001: re-enlists in NG and signs another 6-year commitment
2003: deployed to Italy to support logistical operations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 
Late 2004 / Early 2005: Walz submits retirement paperwork. It takes many months to get retirement paperwork submitted and approved. Note - we do not have an exact date when this happened.
February 2005: Walz files paperwork with FEC that he intends to run for Congress
March 2005: NG unit is notified that it may be called upon within the next two years to do a deployment, but no date is provided
May 2005: Walz retires from NG, does not complete full 6-year commitment. NG members may retire at any point after 20 years of service, even if they do not complete full current commitment.
July 2005: NG unit receives official deployment orders for Iraq
August 2005: NG unit receives mobilization order
October 2005: NG unit is mobilized and begins full time training to prepare for deployment
March 2006: NG unit deploys to Iraq for a 22 month rotation[/quote]

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