Tim Walz accused of dodging deployment by Minnesota National Guard vets: 'Feathered his own bed'

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz is facing scrutiny for misleading America about his military record, with one of his fellow guardsmen accusing him of lying about his rank and experience.

Minnesota National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Herr (Ret.), who accused Walz of misleading voters about his military service in 2018, joined "Fox & Friends" Thursday to discuss why veterans have accused the governor of "stolen valor."

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"He continually claims that he's a retired [sergeant] major. He is not, he is a retired master sergeant," Herr told host Steve Doocy.

Herr recalled that Walz told other soldiers that he would be going on deployment to Iraq while "at the same time having backroom conversations with other people, other entities inside the Minnesota National Guard, to ensure that he could retire."

Walz's service concluded when he retired from his unit in the Minnesota National Guard right before they deployed to Iraq in 2005, the New York Post reported. The Minnesota National Guard told Fox News Walz's unit was not given deployment orders to Iraq until July and he had put his retirement papers in five to seven months prior to his retirement in May 2005.

The VP nominee is described as a retired "command sergeant major" in his governor's website biography and has also