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Prof. P.E. Name

(76 posts)
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 10:57 PM Jul 2024

Here's Why Kamala Should Select Gov. Tim Walz for VP

There's only 99 days left to the election. Quick time is everything here. Therefore, we need a person who:

1. Can be vetted quickly. Walz is retired US Army Command Sargent-Major so he must have a security clearance already.
(BTW, Command Sargent-Major is the highest enlisted rank there is. Each Service Branch has one enlisted person in this position, but there is only one such person per branch. That is a BFD in the military. The CSM is the bridge bis between the enlisted ranks and the Command Structure; he knows the difference between kissing arses of the officer corps and kicking asses with the troops so he will be good at following orders and issuing orders. BTW someone called him a Master Sargent (Ret). He was way above that. )

2. Is articulate and thinks quickly on his feet, yet is obviously quite "folksy." We don't need to hem and haw over issues. The other side is anti-everything and morally bankrupt. We need some more bumper sticker material in addition to "weird."

3. Represents the rural interests America having been in Congress for 12 years from rural Minnesota.

4. Is a progressive in conservative's clothing. His Minnesota record is quite good.

Finally, my daughter, son, and son-in-law all lived in MN as adults....although all have left now....and they seem to not have been adversely affected by the experience.

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Here's Why Kamala Should Select Gov. Tim Walz for VP (Original Post) Prof. P.E. Name Jul 2024 OP
Walz as CSM Bavorskoami Jul 2024 #1
I'm wrong about CSM Prof. P.E. Name Jul 2024 #2

Bavorskoami

(167 posts)
1. Walz as CSM
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 11:14 PM
Jul 2024

There is only one "Sergeant Major of the Army", but Tim Walz was not one. He was a Command Sergeant Major (CSM) in the Minnesota National Guard. There are about 6,500 CSMs in the Army. Commands down to battalion level can have a CSM. He did serve in the position of CSM, but retired before completing all of the course work at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. Therefore he retired as a Master Sergeant (on pay grade below Sergeant Major)

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