According to those who served with him the unit was well aware the deployment was coming before it was official.
#7 | Posted by BellRinger
And how would they have known that? They were notified of deployment in July 2005. Walz retired and was given an honorable discharge in May 2005, which means he would have had to put in his papers for retirement in January or February 2005 at the latest.
Tim Walz's unit was officially notified of their deployment to Iraq on July 14, 2005, when they received an alert order. This was two months after Walz had retired from the National Guard in May 2005. Prior to his retirement, there were indications of a possible deployment. In March 2005, the National Guard Public Affairs Office announced a possible partial mobilization of troops, which included Walz's unit.
Joseph Eustice, a retired command sergeant major who served with Walz, mentioned that there were only rumors of deployment at the time of Walz's retirement and that he had every right to leave.
Rumors of deployment aligned with Walz's very outspoken intent to run for Congress before those rumors underscore Walz's clear intent: to retire and run for congress, not abandon his unit before deployment.
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#16 | Posted by organ_bank
Wow, that's a fascinatingly dumb comment.
Swallow it.