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Walz, who served in the Army National Guard, and Vance, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, are the first military veterans to be at the top of a major party ticket since John McCain in 2008.
Vance is the third-youngest person to serve as vice president and the first from the Millennial generation. He is also the first Marine Corps veteran to serve as vice president, becoming the highest-ranking Iraq War veteran in the U.S. government. [152] Vance is the second Catholic vice president, after Joe Biden. [153]
[71] [72] [73] Though he was serving as a command sergeant major at the time of his retirement, Walz's final military rank for retirement benefit purposes is master sergeant, as he had not completed the required academic coursework to remain a command sergeant major before his retirement. The National Guard processed the adjustment of his rank ...
Correction: Gov. Tim Walz retired with the rank of master sergeant after achieving the rank of command sergeant major during his service in the National Guard. A previous article contained ...
Both vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz served in the U.S. military. Here's what to know.
By 2005, Tim Walz had logged 24 years with the Army National Guard and earned the rank of command sergeant major -- the highest enlisted rank for his unit and one with considerable responsibility.
Walz's rank, length of service and catalog of awards exceed those Vance has listed in the post. "Tim Walz," reads the post's caption. "Valor earned." The post garnered more than 300 likes in six days.
Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating high school, serving four years as a combat correspondent, a type of military journalist, and deploying to Iraq in that capacity in 2005.