11 Aug 2024 9:18 pm
The bottom line in all of this is gut wrenching and sad to explain. When the nation called, he quit. He failed to complete the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. He failed to serve for two years following completion of the academy, which he dropped out of. He failed to serve two years after the conditional promotion to Command Sergeant Major. He failed to fulfill the full six years of the enlistment he signed on September 18th, 2001. He failed his country. He failed his state. He failed the Minnesota Army National Guard, the 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion, and his fellow Soldiers. And he failed to lead by example. Shameful.NEILCAR » 11 Aug 2024, 8:49 pm » wrote: ↑ Walz served 24 years in the military and attain the high rank of command sergeant major for the battalion. Not a lot of people get the rank of command sergeant major for the battalion. Very Few. This is the position where if "the **** hit the fan" ... he is the guy you turn to ... both enlisted and officers. He is your go to guy .... the guy that "no-matter-what" has the answers.
Walz should be commended and recognized for the high rank he achieved.
Everyone in your unit knows about a year ahead of time when you will be deployed to a war zone.
Watz retired when his unit needed him most. He bailed on his unit.