He didn't. He was in Congress when he did that, on January 9, 2008:
WALZ RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS TRIP INVESTIGATING MILITARY HEALTHCARE.
It's all so vivid in his mind on 9/11/2021 right? So vivid he puts Bagram in Iraq.
The period between the words "national guard. I stood" is 2005-2008.
His guard service ended in 2005. The Middle East trip was in January 2008.