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Wearing medals you didn’t earn in combat is considered very offensive. But in Nehl’s case it is worse.

Congressman Troy Nehls out of Fort Bend, while he isn’t kissing Donald trumps ass, is stuck in a controversy about this combat service in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to a story by James LaPorte, a CBS reporter who specializes in national security and military affairs, Nehls continues to wear a Combat Infantryman Badge on his lapel but according to the Department of Defense:

The CBS News investigation also found his Combat Infantryman Badge from Afghanistan was revoked from his service record in March 2023 because Nehls served as a civil affairs officer, not as an infantryman or Special Forces soldier. 

So while soldiers were getting shot at Nehls was sitting behind a computer screen. But it gets worse for Nehls. According to the article Nehls claims he was awarded two Bronze Star Medals. “Service members can be awarded the medal for heroic actions in combat or for meritorious performance under what the Army describes as “combat conditions.”  The Pentagon says he was only awarded one. It gets worse. According to the article:

Military records obtained by CBS News show that Nehls’ Bronze Star medal listed in his files was awarded to him in September 2004 by now-retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste for his service in Iraq. The award citation obtained by CBS News reads in part: “Captain Nehls trained and mentored nine Iraqi staff members and four coalition soldiers assigned to the Kirkuk Business Center, which became known as the best business center in all of Iraq.” 

He received the Bronze Star for training and mentoring. His second Bronze Star Award states “Major Nehls’ personal courage and commitment to mission accomplishment in a combat zone, under the most extreme of circumstances, greatly contributed to the success of Operation Enduring Freedom.”

The Pentagon does not have a record of this award. Troy Nehls. Fort Bend must be proud.

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