[tomder55]

Dems are trying to deflect openly questioning JD Vance's service; over reports that the compliant press swear are debunked ,that Tim Walz bugged out of the National Guard when he learned his unit was going to be deployed in Iraq.

They know Vance served . They know he was deployed . So the question apparently is if he actually saw combat . He was after all only a war correspondent . He served in Iraq for 6 months as a combat correspondent, in public affairs.

Combat correspondents gather news and feature information for use in command newspapers, magazines, and websites, on AFN radio and television, and for internal and external release; respond to queries from the civilian media; perform media liaison functions during operations/exercises; conduct community relations programs; produce print and photographic materials; and edit/produce command newspapers and/or magazines and assist in the management and production of Marine Corps websites

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MOS 4341, Combat Correspondent - The Military Yearbook Project

That means that while he was in Iraq ;he was on the front lines travelling with combat units ;interviewing them and civilians and taking all the risks associated with that.

Would anyone question that type of risk if their name was Ernie Pyle ,Walter Cronkite , Ed Bardley, or Bob Woodruff ?

'After the Blast' details Bob Woodruff's return to Iraq, 17 years after roadside attack - ABC News (go.com)

[tomder55]

So according to Walz ;his stolen valor comments were just a mistake of using bad grammar.

BASH: And the — the idea that you said that you were in war, did you misspeak, as the campaign has said?
WALZ: Yeah, I said — we were talking about in this case, this was after a school shooting, the ideas of carrying these weapons of war. And my wife the English teacher told me my grammar’s not always correct.

[tomder55]

4 members of Tampon Tim's Guard unit sat with Megyn Kelly and accused him of being a coward. They say he assured them that he would deploy with them when they went to Iraq. Instead he retired .

Four Veterans Who Knew Tim Walz Unload on "Coward," "Deserter," and "Traitor" Over Military Record - YouTube

[jlisenbe]

WALZ: Yeah, I said — we were talking about in this case, this was after a school shooting, the ideas of carrying these weapons of war. And my wife the English teacher told me my grammar’s not always correct.

What a lame excuse. He claimed he carried the weapon in war. That's not a mistake of grammar. It's playing fast and loose with the truth and getting caught.