"The issue would seem to be the definition of "veteran"."
Veterans Affairs, for example, wouldn't count Timmy as one if he had ongoing liver issues from excess Valpolicella consumption.
"If you served in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) any time after October 7, 2001"
https://www.va.gov/health-care/heal...ed-to-service-era/operation-enduring-freedom/Hopefully Tim will address the issue soon enough and we'll see if he continues to refer to himself as "a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom".
If there was a semi-decent media in the USA then one would hope that a journalist asks him directly:
Mr Walz, do you consider yourself a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom despite never having served on the ground in Afghanistan?
