https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-swiftboating-of-walz-is-sick

First Lie: Governor Walz quickly exited the military after learning he
was going to deploy, thereby leaving his men out to dry.

Truth: Gov. Walz actually put in his paperwork for retirement before
any
deployments were alerted. In fact, he served for four years AFTER 9/11
and two years after the Iraq war. He did not leave at the first sign of
combat. He stayed well past when he could have retired at 20 years.

Even if he had learned of a deployment and then retired (he didn’t),
there were countless people during that time who were retirement
eligible
and left when deployments were on the horizon. After 20 years of serving,
it was their right, and who could fault them?

Lie: Gov. Walz left his men without leadership.

Truth: His unit was fully staffed and had adequate leadership without
him. In fact, had the unit not had appropriate staffing, they could have
denied his retirement and ordered a “stop loss,” which happened to
thousands of military members in jobs that needed people. Stop loss was
used regularly and would have been enacted if the situation deemed it.

Lie: Gov. Walz never made Chief Master Sgt.

Truth: He was a CMSGT for a few years, and after retiring, was only
demoted because he had not completed his professional military education
and hadn’t served in that rank long enough to retire in it. To retire
at a rank, you must have held it for three years. I retired as a Lt
Colonel; had I retired before being an LTC for three years, I would have
reverted to the previous
rank of Major. There is no dishonor in this; it happens all the time.
I still would hold the title of LTC.

We have a pandemic in this country of weak men attacking stronger men
to
feel better about themselves and to denigrate military service to make
their own lack of service not appear so self-serving or cowardly.