Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been urged to "release everything" regarding allegations that he misrepresented his military record.

For years, Moore, a Democrat, has faced accusations that he lied on a 2006 White House fellowship application by saying he had received a Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge. Moore served in the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan.

The New York Times reported in August 2024 that when Moore submitted the application in January 2006, he had not been awarded either the Bronze Star or the Combat Action Badge.

He was awarded the badge in May 2006 for an episode the previous December, The Times reported, but there was no record at the time showing he had received a Bronze Star.

Moore received a Bronze Star in December 2024, a few months after The Times story and nearly 18 years after his deployment to Afghanistan.

Retired U.S. Army Col. Dan Sullins has been analyzing the governor's personal records for The Baltimore Sun.

"Release everything," Sullins told The Baltimore Sun in a story published Friday.

Sullins' investigation underscores an intensifying dispute between Moore's administration and those seeking answers about his military record.

Although Moore has repeatedly insisted his public narrative is accurate, he has stonewalled requests for documentation that could clarify discrepancies regarding his Bronze Star, his training timeline, and his accounts of his deployment, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Sullins, who has been working to reconcile Moore's public statements with records obtained through multiple Freedom of Information Act requests with the Army, said the timing of the award remains a primary point of contention.

"We specifically asked him, for example, why it became so important, after 18 years not having the award," Sullins said.

He is also seeking an explanation of the retroactive process that led to the award and whether Moore received an expedited path unavailable to other veterans.

"He was privy to a process that was remarkably fast for a retroactive award," Sullins said. "We asked him about that process and whether any other ordinary veteran would have been able to have that kind of access to have their award problem solved by the Department of the Army that quickly.

"He never responded to that question. He won't even entertain it with us."

Moore's office has largely refused to acknowledge Sullins' communications or recognize him as a journalist, The Baltimore Sun reported.

Sullins earned a journalism degree and worked as a reporter for WBFF-TV before serving in the military for three decades.

Sullins currently works as a general manager for television technology products at Sinclair Broadcasting, the parent company of WBFF.

Moore's press secretary, Ammar Moussa, cast the records requests Wednesday on WCBM-AM as an intrusive fishing expedition for private medical data.

"When we are talking about military records, and when we are talking about what Sinclair is asking for, they're asking for tens of thousands of pages of medical records," Moussa said. "They're incredibly sensitive.

"There is incredibly private information in there. ... What we've seen from Sinclair and The Sun has been an incredibly bad faith effort to try to diminish the governor's service using innuendo and anonymous sources." Sullins said his investigation is not political.

"I stand by my investigation. I stand by our work," he said. "I’ve always been an independent. I've never joined a political party.

"I've never been part of a political movement. I've never engaged in any real political activity."

He said Moore could resolve the situation by releasing his complete military personnel file.

"I would release everything if I were him," Sullins said. "Release it all. Let people make up their own minds."