Sky News are calling Walz as 'scum' because he had the chance to go to Iraq but didn't take it. Vance went to Iraq but sat behind a desk. The bar seems to be getting lower for hero requirements. Suppose Walz were to become VPOTUS and visited Australia in an official capacity. Sky would have to declare that a sad day for Australia.

The criticism of Walz isn't that he didn't go to Iraq but that he bailed on his colleges and subordinates at the last minute but then tried to use his unit's deployment to further his career.

In the US its called Stolen Valor whereby a person falsely claims military service. There are laws against it. Its actually a big deal among the deplorables although probably not among the coastal elites.

One military concept I support is punishing going AWOL. I'd apply that to supposedly cheap power prices when the wind and sun are going strong. Then they go missing in action when most needed, night time in the case of solar and heatwaves in the case of wind. Be there when needed or get drummed out.