of The Wall Street Journal In 2006, the paper accurately reported that then-Congressional candidate Tim Walz had retired from the Army National Guard as a sergeant major (E-8), but Walz continued to claim that he had retired as a first sergeant (E-9).
As Breitbart News points out, Waltz served as a master sergeant for a short time, but was discharged as a master sergeant because he did not meet the requirements for that rank.
of journal March 30, 2006 article As “Master Sergeant.” Waltz has already Referenced A month earlier, in a speech to veterans running for Congress, he incorrectly referred to himself as a “retired Army Sergeant Major.”
Waltz said, journalReports: Mankato Free Press He defended his military record. Written“Records show that I served in the Army National Guard for 24 years, retiring as a Master Sergeant in May 2005. I served on three NATO training missions to the Arctic, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and served in Italy from 2003-2004.”
Many media outlets and advocates continued to report that Waltz was a retired Army sergeant major. Oddly enough, the Veterans Common Sense Association Referenced Waltz was listed as “Command Sergeant (Ret.) Waltz.” journal The article directly quoted Waltz in a quote block that explicitly referred to him as a “retired sergeant major.”
of The New York Times It seemed like we split down the middle, call Waltz is a “retired sergeant.”
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