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Military.com reports:
More than a month after a news report revealed that the Combat Infantryman Badge Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, wears on his lapel was revoked since he was never eligible for the award to begin with, the congressman refuses to take the pin off. Nehls’ stubbornness has garnered growing criticism from veterans and others in the community of stolen valor researchers, who say the issue is simple: The rules for the CIB are clear, and Nehls did not qualify.
Guardians of Valor first revealed in May that the Army revoked Nehls’ CIB in March 2023 because at the time he was awarded it in 2008 he served as a civil affairs officer, not an infantryman or Special Forces soldier. To qualify for the CIB, a soldier must be an infantryman or Green Beret, be serving in those roles at the time of the award, and engage an enemy in direct ground combat.
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Nehls, a Freedom Caucus member who wore a t-shirt bearing Trump’s mugshot to Biden’s state of the union address, is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly using campaign funds to rent an office for his private business. Nehls recently appeared here when he said he hopes gas goes to $8 a gallon so Americans “feel pain about asshat Biden.”
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— Military.com (@Militarydotcom) June 21, 2024