House Republicans are calling out Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas for continuing to wear a Combat Infantryman Badge pin from Afghanistan after a CBS investigation revealed that it was revoked in March 2023. The badge can only be awarded to infantry or Special Forces personnel who have engaged in combat. Nehls served as a civil affairs officer.
“That’s ridiculous. That’s stolen valor,” Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas, who wears a similar Combat Action Badge, told NOTUS.
Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana, a retired Navy SEAL, added, “It matters what you wear on your uniform. If you didn’t earn it, you shouldn’t wear it.”
Nehls, who continued to wear the pin below his 118th congressional pin, has not responded to these findings, but he has responded to a second claim made by CBS that there is only evidence that he was awarded one Bronze Star—Nehls claims he has two.
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