Military documents contradict Rep. Nehls' service claims
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- Military documents reviewed by CBS News appear to contradict Texas Rep. Troy Nehls' claims about his service record. CBS News investigative producer James LaPorta has more.
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A lying Republican? Impossible!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@mikeland7699
Truth.
@mikeland7699 narcissism.
@mikeland7699 It's like a badge of honor for every lying politician.
politicians lie
@@aaarauz1 That’s true. But lately, the republicans have taken it to a whole other level.
He is an (R) FROM TX, who can be surprised by such corruption.
its a requirement for membership
He's been hanging out with "No ones more military than me" Tommy Tuberville...
@@kalipw0210 You sure it wasn't "No one knows more then the Generals in the military than Commander Bone Spurs"?
yep the little gop TX live on alternatives {facts} what you expect.
I just thought the same reply as you did. . Isn't that strange but so true?
We know this only because we have a free press
For the time being, anyway...
Until the GOP does away with it entirely - as is their plan.
@@byecatsstacey7467 💯 👍
@@Alex_Mitchell 💯 👍
This is why Trump calls the press “the enemy of the people”. The press doesn’t always get it right and the media’s thirst for clicks is annoying, but the press gets it right more often than not.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel
Samuel Johnson
also the first refuge
I thought it was religion.
@@aphillyate1 you're not Samuel Johnson
Oh Yes!!
As true now as it was 400 plus years ago.
Stolen valor seems to be a theme in the GOP
💯 👍
ABL. Always Be Lying.
Not just regarding military service but also trying to take credit for the effects of a bill they voted against.....
This is “borrowed valor”, not stolen valor. 😂
It does stink a bit. But he did serve in the military, in Afghanistan, and was involved in combat at least once. That’s a heck of a lot more than I ever did for my country.
This isn’t a lying problem as much as it is exaggerating and bragging problem. It’s also a stupidity problem, if the Congressman thought no one would ever check his record.
Before piling on, I’m going to wait for the soldiers he served with to step forward in his defense or to contradict his story.
There’s one more angle. Was he awarded the bronze star for something routine because of his family military connections? For example, was the bronze star awarded because he was on a FOB that was mortared, and did the other soldiers all receive bronze stars? If they didn’t, that would seem to indicate favoritism. That’s a question we should be asking. But perhaps he did something heroic during a mortar attack, which is why we want other soldiers to testify either on his behalf or against him.
@@MarcosElMalo2 If you earn a 1000 dollars and then steal 1 dollar more, it is still theft.
One can't really borrow "valor", can he?
Stolen valor.
My Dad was a WWII tank gunner and then a recon car commander. But that was all he ever told me about the war outside of a couple of funny stories. I asked him why he never joined the local VFW, and he said, "Who the Hell would want to relive the God damned war?" Dad was also a life-long Democrat. After he died I found an old cigar box in the back of the bottom drawer in his dresser. It was full of ribbons and medals. Among them I found a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star. Yet these Republicans have the nerve to wear awards they never earned, years after they left the service. It makes me want to gag.
your dad was a good man, and a sensible one. I've heard that kind of thing before- the men who were really in the middle of it didnt want to relive it.
We owe so very much to him and to men like him. My deep gratitude for the gift of their service and sacrifice.
Its a tradition going back to the days of Sen. "Tail gunner" Joe McCarthy wrote up his own DFC when serving with the Marine corps in WWII
from Wikipedia
"He later falsely claimed participation in 32 aerial missions in order to qualify for a Distinguished Flying Cross and multiple awards of the Air Medal, which the Marine Corps chain of command decided to approve in 1952 because of his political influence. McCarthy also publicized a letter of commendation which he claimed had been signed by his commanding officer and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, then Chief of Naval Operations. However, his commander revealed that McCarthy had written this letter himself, probably while preparing award citations and commendation letters as an additional duty, and that he had signed his commander's name, after which Nimitz signed it during the process of just signing numerous other such letters.A "war wound"-a badly broken leg-that McCarthy made the subject of varying stories involving airplane crashes or anti-aircraft fire had in fact happened aboard ship during a raucous celebration for sailors crossing the equator for the first time. Because of McCarthy's various lies about his military heroism, his "Tail-Gunner Joe" nickname was sarcastically used as a term of mockery by his critics.
My Dad fought from the the sands of North Africa to the occupation of Germany. He never spoke much about it to my mother but I always had an interest in history. When I was about 15 we were watching the movie The Longest Day. There's a scene when they come through the hedgerow to an open field where there was all these dead Germans on the side of the road. Suddenly he said"That's kinda the way it looked. We had control of the air and as they were trying to move columns to the front our planes mowed them down. What you can't get from a movie was the smell. It was hot and they were starting to rot." After that he opened up about his experiences to me and I'm glad he did.
@@user-qn4zh2pw6m, I do recall Dad saying one time, "You never forget the smell of a battlefield." I didn't say anything.
I'm shocked. SHOCKED I tell ya! Right winger lied?!
So you think it’s ok that CBS obtained this man’s military records? It’s against the law for them to obtain them unless he gave them consent. So it’s ok if he’s a Republican? You might want the laws in this country to protect everyone, not just Liberals?
Me too! They 'said' they were honest.
@@fred3671
Moral majority.
Not like great old Joe! The truck driving, train riding, civil rights activist, who grew up in the Korean, African American synagogue. Four more years (pause)
@@kiefmanning7394
That's Genocide Joe. He loves wars.
Lying about service record. Such disrespect for the dead and injured service people.
And it's so foolish. It's something very easily fact checked.
@@kenofken9458 Absolutely. these deplorables are always acting like we are still in the "nu uh, you can't prove it" 50's.
Mar-a-lardo calls them 'suckers' and 'losers.'
Voting 💙💙💙
It's worse. I'm gonna be blunt...most, not all, with rank E6 and above faked their bronze star awards during GWOT. They wrote their own award recommendations or wrote them for each other, when they did nothing meritorious at all. So this congressman is just following suit. The entire military hasmade earning a bronze star a joke. It's basically an officer participation award.
Oh good grief...Stop over-exaggerating...he's merely bigging himself up in a case of stolen valor, not disrespecting fallen soldiers & military folks...🙄
Texas Rep. Nehls SHOULD definitely resign and NOW he lost all his credibility but Mr. lier!
But Texas lovs their lying repubs.... look Abbott, Cruz and their Corrupt AG Paxton
yeah are you calling for swallwell D from commiefornia to resign because he slept with a chinese spy?
Lack of credibility and lying is the GOP's brand...
He sounds like a perfect VP candidate for Trump.
@@mako9673 I was going to say... he sounds like he belongs on the GQP
Always funny to think how the GOP would be acting if there was a (D) next to this guys name.
I’ve been saying 💯.
In Pennsylvania, it is a felony to claim military honors that never happened. Texas needs to follow our lead.
I thought it is nation wide?
Texas will probably honor him.
@@budm2528 They will!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@janejones8672the federal law was repealed on first amendment grounds (you have the freedom to lie about being a vet!) 😅
Texan Exceptionalism, and besides the courts there would be inundated with cases including fake veterans of the Alamo...............
The Congressman served with honor and merit... SO WHY LIE?
It irks me when someone takes credit for awards they NEVER received.
I aways like to give people the benefit of the doubt... but this guy is NOT deserving.
For a second I wondered how this clown earned a Bronze Star as a civil affairs officer. Then I remembered my squadron commander got one for his generator operator, who never left the FOB. I was in a combat aviation squadron. My chain of command told me and my fellow platoon sergeants to write down the reasons why we thought we deserved a Bronze Star. I refused. The other three accepted theirs, despite having done nothing to actually deserve them.
Can he distinguish 1 and 2?
Stolen valor…?
@@tomogden2432 I imagine he was present on a FOB when a few mortar rounds were lobbed at it. If this was the case, did he run towards the attack to help the injured (if any) or did he stay in his container?
I want to hear from those he served with about why he received the Bronze Star.
@@tomogden2432 BSM and BSV are different. Senior NCOs and Officers, even ones who never leave the FOB will get BSMs like candy. It's the BSV that isn't just given away.
He already served, came from a military family, received an award. Yet he still felt the need to lie about his military service. It just wasn't enough for him. Stolen valor, yet we're not going to see him held accountable. Though it's just a misdemeanor in Texas, they won't even try.
As a US ARMY COMBAT VETERAN
i am Voting for DEMOCRACY
That’s messed up for a guy who comes from a military family.
Trump classifies him as not being a sucker or loser.
A Texan and a Republicant lying? Oh, my! Say it ain't so!
Your hate for Texas is duly noted.
He needs to be voted out.
So will he be charged with stolen valor?
Not unless they can prove he did it to garner some kind of benefits. The law was amended some yrs ago so just lying bout military service isnt enough anymore. There has to be intent to get some type of benefit from doing so.
Republicans: He only borrowed it. Witch hunt!
@CDavis-wo2hp I was just answering the posters question about stolen valor. I dont think votes count. Benefits usually mean monetary in some fashion
@@NopeUghUghAbsolutelyNot Correct, it has to be a tangible benefit now, under the Obama law. The Bush law was struck down n free speech grounds.
Of coooooourse there is. This is a perfect example of GOP hypocrisy.
Can you imagine if this guy was a Dem? Fox would hold a mock court martial.
Great reporting CBS. Get the truth out!
💙 🇺🇸Vote blue 2024!🇺🇸💙
Life is so much easier when you are who you are, instead of trying to be something that you're not..
Truth
Idk how you get a bronze star for "organizing the best business center in Iraq". That’s all I can find about the legitimate one.
You should see the orders for the one ron desantis got.
Great reporting research 👁CBS.
👍
"Congressman doesn't wear medals he wasn't awarded". That may be, but he does wear one that was revoked.
Revoked 15 years after being awarded.
And we know how efficient the military is on getting things done quickly and correctly.
noway a republican lied 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don’t be blind ! I’m no Republican but lying is a common practice in both parties.
Another lier
"liar", but, yes.
Must have been a student of Biden university 💩
It’s Liar.
Do we even need to ask which party he represents?
Stolen Valor is a Federal Felony Offense. Lying about receiving an award is included. I did admin in an actual Infantry unit where we also had soldiers with MOS's (Jobs) other than infantry and they could not be awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. As far as being awarded the Bronze Star. I worked as a civilian contractor over there after I got out, that just happened to work in the Mayors cells at several bases in theater and many commands used the Bronze Star as a campaign medal (an award that anyone who served in theater regardless of the job they do receives) and awarded it to every member of their command. This ends up making the award meaningless and undermines it's value for the soldiers of previous wars/conflicts and this one, who actually did something worthy to be awarded it. Awards are worth a certain amount of promotion points and these commands wanted reward their soldiers by giving them an advantage over other commands and really all they did is raise the amount of points required to get promoted for everyone.
I don't believe you. Enlisted soldiers don't get bronze stars as a service medal. That is strictly officer BS. Likely REMFs. Likely NG. I want to know when and where it happened for "everyone" in a unit, because if it did I will see that the unearned medals are revoked. I need specific units and dates.
Thank you for going into how some of these are awarded. Disgusts me how some officers treat these awards like participation medals.
1) this case isn't an example of Stolen Valor. 2) lying about receiving an award isn't included. 3) do you research first. 4) he was indeed awarded a CIB, we just don't have information as to why, or what the error was, and why it wasn't a CAB in 2008. 5) yes the Bronze Star is meaningless, that's why we have the Bronze Star with Valor Device, but the distinction has cheapened it to great discredit to the United States and all who have earned a Bronze Star in the past. 6) Thank you for your service.
Peace: the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 that you are referring to was thrown out by the Supreme Court. Here is the actual Stolen Valor act, it's pretty short because of the First Amendment: "Stolen Valor Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to rewrite provisions relating to fraudulent claims about military service to subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both an individual who, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds himself or herself out to be a recipient of:
a Congressional Medal of Honor,
a distinguished-service cross,
a Navy cross,
an Air Force cross,
a silver star,
a Purple Heart,
a Combat Infantryman's Badge,
a Combat Action Badge,
a Combat Medical Badge,
a Combat Action Ribbon,
a Combat Action Medal, or
any replacement or duplicate medal for such medal as authorized by law."
Running for political office should be considered a tangible benefit, but it's not. It's dishonorable to the nth degree but not illegal.
@@grahamfloyd3451 those he was entitled to, again in simple easy to understand terms. If you have a decent CV and you honor it then any decent man has no need to lie. He lied and that used to be a court martial offense under the old rocks and shoals (let’s bring those back). OH and just being in the path of metal doesn’t automatically make you a hero, just means you been there done that.
@@grahamfloyd3451 you are way down in the weeds. Have you ever met a promotable officer, ecspecially a flag, who didn’t know what was in his jacket? The CIB is the “been there done that” I referenced not disputed. If, in order to run for office, this was not corrected what else is he willing to lie about or conceal? You are correct I don’t know or presume to know his full record but when you hear hooves………Fairwinds.
Stolen Valor - where is the FBI?
Bad as it is, this is not an FBI matter.
@@nurabusnaq6367 Incorrect, its a federal crime and the FBI has investigated this crime in the past.
@@BenState Do you have a source for this?
OK, I went and looked up for myself. You are correct. It is a crime at the federal level.
Basically though it is incredibly difficult to access those sorts of records, unless you have permission from that individual or are next of kin. Someone who is maybe in a relationship short of marriage with someone who is committing stolen valor is going to have a tough time verifying whether someone is actually even a veteran.
Never heard James LaPorta speak. He's always been a good journalist.
(Needs to get a few more reps in for TV. He'll get better.)
Agree. He has serious writing and investigative skills it would be cool to see him more often on camera.
But to start with congressman's dad and brothers service record had nothing to do with the story.
Many kudos indeed, well done CBS! First New York now Texas? My my!
How does a civil affairs officer win a bronze star?
How does a general miles behind the front lines get Medal of Honor?
@@pukaseek Agreed.
Sometimes, it’s not what you do. It’s who you know.
Officers were given Bronze Stars just for being in theatre. The Bronze Star that you are likely thinking of is the Valor Award, Bronze Star with V device. Totally different animal.
@@pukaseek which General are you referring to?
Didn’t the puppy killer lie that she met Kim Ju in her book ? 🤦🏾♀️
She’s also not allowed in almost 20% of her state. Four Reservations have banned her and the fifth is coming.
She’s 🗑️
Investigative journalism?? Novel idea, hope it catches on.
Any Bronze Stars medals is something to be proud of, the fact that he needed to lie about having more is really bizarre.
Because all of these clowns are fake. Marcus Luttrell ran from his platoon. Rob O’Niell didn’t shoot Bin Laden, Chris Kyle lied about nearly everything.. every single one of the loudest, and most brash vets have done very little to deserve the praise they think they need.
The quiet ones? Those are the guys that have done it. They know. They don’t need to speak on it.
I want to tell you a reporters thank you thank you for doing your job and also thank you all for investigating you really are good investigators
It's a strange one. You often see the stolen valor types, but this guy already had a highly commendable military record. Why did he lie about his medal count? Insecurity?
I had the very same reaction. His military record already was noteworthy; he likely gained nothing by exaggerating it.
Maybe he just wasn’t very bright and wasn’t aware of his overestimation of his service.
As a Vietnam 'Era' Vet, I Know exactly what I did in the Navy (1973-75). I sat at NAS Miramar in San Diego for three years ! And it would never occur to me to tell someone I did more than I did ! No need to make it Bigger than it is. You'll Always get caught anyway.
We signed out at the admin building on main post at Ft Benning in 1970...6 of us in front of a warrant officer seated at a table...Guy at the head of the line turned around to us and said..."We're still breathin,,Wow".....
I can't tell if you are reciting the words to a song, or maybe telling us a little poem, a little story...?
@@cartoonraccoon2078 More like an epilogue to my personal, up-close, real-time exposure to 3 years of government subsidized lunacy,, on an industrial level..accompanied by being a fascinated member of a structured caste system,, by which attaching insignia or adornment to a uniform made one person better than another...
He would have known that he was NOT eligible to be awarded the CIB. Anyone who has served in the US Army knows that. Someone pulled strings to make that appear and it was caught later and revoked. The minute he put on that CIB he knew he was in the wrong.
Yep. He knew what he was doing even back then.
What shame that he lied about it because otherwise his service in whatever capacity should be celebrated. Some people’s egos just can’t stand the truth, it’s never enough for them.
R with stolen valor? Why am I not shocked.
“I like representatives that don’t lie about their military record.”
I feel bad for his father. How humiliating!
Say it isn't so. A republican liar?
Republicans lying? Of course, it’s their brand
A Bronze Star can be awarded for other service, then combat. A lot of Officers will receive a Bronze Star for participation. The differencr is if it has a V device, for valor.
He could NOT have received a CIB because he was NOT Infantry. Being an officer in the US Army, he would have known that. That is flat out stolen valor. I wonder who pulled the strings to fraudulently award him the CIB?
Yes except he lies about a second bronze star. Not an easy oversight most service members don't come close to a write up . Its not like when Col. David Hackworth had an audit of his own service record and found he had only one dfc not 3 and 10 silver stars not nine and not entitled to wear the ranger tab. I know sounds insane guy had been decorated over 90 times over three wars.
Hackworth before his death
I had served in the 8th Ranger Company; later I served in the 27th Raiders of the 25th Infantry Division. On the Raiders' tenth mission, the regimental commander awarded every trooper the Ranger Tab. When all this fell out after the Boorda story, I immediately had my records audited. And they reflected that I was awarded the Ranger Tab. It was on my official records; it's not something I claimed falsely.
Let me tell you how the regulation reads now. To rate a Ranger Tab, you had to have been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) while a member of the 8th Ranger Company. But I got my CIB with Company G, 27th Infantry Regiment. Thus, the 1951 award of the tab did not meet the 1980s criteria. I take all the blame.
All the guys in the 27th Raiders got the Ranger Tab, but they were not Rangers. When the Boorda story exploded, people were looking for chinks in my armor. So I'm a defrocked Ranger. As it turned out, though, in the Army's vetting of my record, they found I had ten Silver Stars, not nine.
This guy was no David Hackworth
May he can't count to 2?
It is stolen Valor, and he needs to resign. He disgraces his family and his military family.
When does he resign?
I appreciate the subtle USMC jacket that the producer is wearing! Good reporting!
tom cotton said he was an army ranger
A republican misrepresenting the facts? SHOCKING
This is real stolen valor.
Not surprised by the dishonesty nor that he hails from Texas.
Make it a law that if you lie about serving you are forced to do 4 years of service. That would put a quick stop to these clowns. Stand up or shut up.
But the service doesn't need people who have zero integrity 😞
The revised DD-214 reveals the truth!
Draft Dodging Diaper Don's minions are his clones.
How insecure do you have to be to lie about your service record when you could say truthfully you served, got a bronze star and served in combat? That’s just stupid.
If the charges are true, it makes me wonder, why bother stating that you have two bronze medals, when even getting just one would seem sufficient for me.
Ego meets Stolen Valor and ends career in disgrace. The End.
Sen. Blumenthal also crossed the line, somewhat. But, the congressman should simply set the record straight and give a similar apology.
So in other words he was a REMF that lied about his combat experience. Perfect fit for the GQP.
I don't understand why people lie about things that you can verify by just looking at the record.
Wasn't he a sheriff in Texas?
Unfortunately, yes. And now his brother serves in his place as sheriff 😡
He’s a liar, vote him out of office. If he lies about a record you can look up, just think of the BS he gives his constituents.
It never seems to end. The GOP has dug itself into such a deep hole over the last 7-8 years and they just keep digging. My former party is unsavable at this point, and it will take at least a generation to overcome. Quite possibly two generations.
We saved it from the war mongers that used to run it!
Stolen valor. Shameful by an ex-serviceman.
Liars should be removed from politics
There would be no Republicans left.
There would be nobody left !
So a repukelican stole valor? I'm shocked I say, shocked...😅😅😅
The funny thing is that his service record was MORE that good enough. Just one bronze star is exemplary. Why lie about the CIB? Smh
As a veteran wearing a CIB is an honor , and especially a Bronze star, how did he earn both if he never was in a firefight???
He served and got a bronze star. Why lie? Why not just go with the truth? It's pathological with these people.
He sullies his family's name, dishonorable.
Thank you for CBS and other media outlets who hold these Republicans accountable
He was working in the office and got an infantry medal
Oh shock. Sounds like DeSantis seal team guy.👎
What ? A Republican Lied ?
Who could have Imagined ? 🤣🤣
That's what they do.
This is my shocked face…🙄
Congressman Santos 😂😅
Oh Lort, here we go again. The guy served honorably - why does he feel the need to besmirch himself by inflating his record? I’ll never understand it.
Had a Republican Relative, who ran and was elected to State House, then to US House of Representatives. Claimed he was a Korean War Veteran. Never left the States, mostly carried around a typewriter, to type up stuff for a High Ranking Member of the Military. Called the Reporter every nasty name he could think of, tried to get him fired. Said, it was just a “Typo,” no big deal they’d left out “Area.”
It's cute that anyone thinks this means anything. He's in Texas with an (R) next to his name. He isn't worried about anything.
Lol I called his office a year or two ago asking about the CIB he loves to wear. My friends and I actually earned our CIB's while Troy was living it up on a FOB as a REMF. This is the news I've been waiting for. ETADIK, Troy. ETADIK.
I was looking at ETADIK as an acronym. Uh, Estimated Time of Arrival...uhh...then it hit me. Well played, thanks for your service sir.
@@grubbs517
I didn't come up with it. It was some Special Forces guys. If you look up ETADIK you should be able to find the video of a reporter interviewing SF guys years ago.
This seems to be a pattern in Congress. Sadly, he’s not the only member who has exaggerated their service record.
Rep. Nehls did indeed play Call of Duty World. Twice.
Usually it’s non-vets who claim the special forces nonsense! It’s just sad a vet can’t be satisfied with what he or she did in the service. This vet is embarrassed.
“The Congressman doesn’t wear medals he didn’t earn”. Well, somewhat true - hard to pin on a medal you were never given!
I'm a veteran. I have no medals. I served proudly and gave my all no matter where I served.
I see people with no military service committing stolen valor and find it disgusting.
But I'm confused how a veteran who has served does this. If a person stands up and takes the oath to defend the Constitution and does so there is no need to lie. Especially if one has already received a medal. It diminishes himself and his service.
Thank you for your service. Too bad there isn't a medal for just being a decent person who does a good job and moves forward.
That boy Nehls sure puffs up good. I guess he wanted to be Rambo but was Gomer.
Bro, you were awarded a bronze star. No need to claim two.
So, an exaggerated background. His is one of those. The ones who compare their services like they were on the beaches of Normandy.
What is so hard about telling the truth?
"The congressman doesn't wear medals he didn't earn." At 3:08, he's wearing a CIB right under what looks like his congressional pin. So...
It is ego that will destroy us.
Legitimately earning a Bronze Star is amazing! Why tarnish it by inflating stuff? It's actually pretty sad. Poor judgement at best and certainly not a trait I would want in a leader.
Anyone who's served knows one of these guys. They tell stories they've overheard claiming it happened to them and brag about all the things their compatriots did that they chickened out of.
He should be stripped of all duties until this is cleared up.