Tim Walz = Stolen Valor?
https://youtu.be/rsOsmbFHUqc
According to records by the National Guard, the 1st Battalion of the 125th Field Artillery received an alert order on July 14, 2005, – two months after Walz retired. The mobilization order came in August and the unit mobilized in October.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Kristen Augé, the state public affairs officer for Minnesota National Guard, told Just the News on Wednesday that the governor did not retire as "Command Sergeant Major Walz" in 2005, as stated on Minnesota's official website, but as Master Sergeant "because he did not complete additional coursework at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy." A soldier who does not complete the requisite coursework is automatically demoted, according to Army regulations.
Master Sergeant (MSG) is the eighth enlisted grade (E-8), ranking above Sergeant First Class and below Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major, Sergeant Major of the Army, and equal in grade but not authority to a First Sergeant.
So he stole 3 ranks higher and never held a gun in a war (deployed to active combat). I always thought Stolen Valor is using fake military credentials to defraud the government and/or gain veteran services from places. I guess a minor Stolen Valor? I mean he didn't use that rank to gain anything that I read of.
Update: Embellished 3 seniority ranks higher (Sgt Mjr and Cmd Sgt Mjr have same pay grade). He did obtain Cmd Sgt Mjr for only 8 months before retirement.