Offthemat

There’s also better or more full context information available on X than the MSM tends to provide, but it does require critical thinking skills to evaluate.

Brought to us by the same folks who thought it their constitutional duty to remove Trump from the ballot.

Yeah, I was at Camp Greaves and GP Ouellette, and Vance saw a lot more than I did. Vance didn’t get any special favor or cronyism, he had to have scored very highly on the aptitude test to qualify for the MOS.

Seems like something happens after every one of those.

So Walz is calling the National Guard “19 year olds that are cooks.” While the dimocrat ticket is puerile kooks.

No, you’re on target. Any peace-time warrior who denigrates a Marine combat correspondent (they carry rifles) who served in combat deserves doubt. They also make the kind of NCOs that discourage the retention of the good guys. He is correct in that the personnel run the gamut of morality, though in my experience there were only a few bad ones. The Army being so large, they variably offer lower commitment enlistments and higher bonuses. I was told all enlistments are for six years, but can consist of two years active, two years active reserve, and two years inactive reserve, or; three years active and three years inactive reserve, or; four years active and two years inactive reserve.

Yes.

That’s like intentionally cutting out the ‘expert’ middleman. Hmmm.

He was in the Nebraska NG before he moved and transferred to Minnesota, but I haven’t seen which unit he was originally in.

Six years huh? Better check your math.

I haven’t found anything on what Walz’ MOS (military occupational specialty) was. I know the National Guard is different from the Army, but with his rank being Master Sergeant instead of First Sergeant,, it’s very possible that he wasn’t trained combat arms. His main career was as a teacher, so it’s unlikely his MOS was mechanic or computer repair or engineer (heavy equipment operator), so maybe a clerk or supply or something. Funny, he was born at West Point. West Point, Nebraska.

I don’t hear anybody criticizing Walz’ military record, apart from going backchannel to get his retirement in under the wire. It’s his embellishment, his lies, that are of concern.

I’m going for some popcorn.

I misspoke above, Vance was a Marine combat correspondent.

What did you do? It’s obvious you don’t know what a Marine correspondent does.