Two of the soldiers whom Florida MAGA Congressman Cory Mills listed as witnesses on his Bronze Star paperwork tell NOTUS that the credibly suspected girlfriend abuser and adulterer lied about his combat experience in Iraq and that he was full of shit about having saved their lives in firefights that occurred during the 2003 invasion. “He didn’t save my life,” Private First Class Joe Heit, cited by name on the recommendation form, told NOTUS. “I don’t recall him being there either.”

“No soldier writes their own DA Form 638. It is a recommendation for award and soldiers cannot recommend themselves. The form must be reviewed and signed by commanding officers,” Mills told NOTUS in a statement when asked why other soldiers would’ve gone on record to dispute it. He then did not answer who actually wrote the form, which says, for example of the several incidents cited, “During combat operations in Baghdad SGT Mills’ unit came to the aid of a friendly US Unit that was pinned down by intense enemy fire emanating from a building; bounding forward under murderous enemy fire SGT Mills team gained and maintained fire superiority on the enemy, entering the building SGT Mills Platoon Sergeant, SFC [Joe] Ferrand was grabbed by an enemy insurgent, jumping into action SGT Mills threw himself at the enemy insurgent and subdued him.”

Ferrand did not speak with NOTUS but wrote in an official complaint to the Pentagon that the description of Mills’ involvement is a “fabrication” and that the incel-ish Floridian “was not involved in any claims that Cory Mills makes about me,” adding that it’s “false…The act never took place.”

Mills touts his Bronze Star in his campaign ads and on his congressional website, which says that being his being an “an Army Combat Veteran and Bronze Star recipient,” shaped his “perspective on the importance of preserving constitutional liberties and defending against all threats.”