Nehls is underfire for wearing a combat service badge that the Army revoked and removed from his service record last year.
U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, Richmond, smokes a cigar as he exits the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. after a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson failed a procedural vote, on May 8, 2024.We’re testing using AI-powered tools to provide an audio version of this story. While this audio recording is machine-generated, the story was written by human journalists.
The congressman instead accused his critics of using the military to undermine him for his hardline conservative views. Nehls is a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus. Nehls served in the Army from 1988 to 2008, first with the Wisconsin National Guard and then in the Army Reserve. During his two deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Nehls served in the civil affairs branch, the Armyto the Washington outlet NOTUS. The Combat Infantryman Badge was apparently incorrectly awarded for his tour in Afghanistan in 2008.
In his Tuesday statement, Nehls appeared incredulous over the Army’s move to rescind his badge, even as he acknowledged that it occurred. Nehls previously argued in ato the Army’s human resources command that the division he had been a part of was indeed a combat unit.
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