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Bavorskoami

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1. Walz as CSM

Reply to Prof. P.E. Name (Original post)

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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