Harris - Walz, page-522

"resignation / deployment timeline"

Tim's campaign helpfully provides some dates.

'Thursday, March 17 (2005) the National Guard Public Affairs Office announced a possible partial mobilization of roughly 2,000 troops from the Minnesota National Guard."

Walz - "As Command Sergeant Major I have a responsibility not only to ready my battalion for Iraq, but also to serve if called on. I am dedicated to serving my country to the best of my ability, whether that is in Washington DC or in Iraq."

https://web.archive.org/web/20050420004957/http://www.timwalz.org/pr.php?pr=1

Retirement - May 16th, 2005

https://www.wctrib.com/community/letters/the-truth-about-tim-walz

Unit mobilization order - July 14th, 2005

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-walz-military-record/