Maryland's Democrat Gov. Wes Moore's own Army supervisor in Afghanistan says the governor never led troops in combat, calling his years of claims "disingenuous" and, asked whether he thinks Moore is a liar, he said "I do," according to Spotlight on Maryland.
Retired Lt. Col. James "Jamie" Gottschling, then a major and the 82nd Airborne brigade's fire support coordinator, supervised Moore daily at Forward Operating Base Salerno. "His service in Afghanistan was good. He was a valued member of the brigade staff," he said. "It's disingenuous to say that you led paratroopers in combat or that you did what would be direct action activities in a combat zone."
In a post on X May 8, 2022, Moore wrote of "when I was an Army captain and led soldiers into combat in Afghanistan."
When I was an Army captain and led soldiers into combat in Afghanistan, we lived by a simple principle: Leave no one behind.
— Wes Moore (@iamwesmoore) November 9, 2022
But for too long in Maryland, too many of our families and neighbors have been left behind.
Meanwhile, in a March 2021 podcast interview with David Rubenstein, he said, "I went over and led a group of paratroopers as a special operations officer over there." His 2015 book, "The Work
