As about half of the enlisted personnel I know would say, "Don't call me sir, I work for a living."

Translation: "I am not an officer, and therefore am not to be called sir. You can tell I am not an officer because I get my hands dirty and actually do things instead of order other people to do them for me"

It's mostly meant as a joke, but I could see how one might consider mistaking an enlistee for an officer to be an insult. coughnavycough

Yeah, #4 is just missing the words "Non Commissioned". The only NCO rank higher than CSM is "Sergeant Major of the Army" and the equivalents in the other services.

Militarily, a Second Lieutenant outranks a Command Sergeant Major, and all other enlisted personnel. But the 2LT who tries to "fuck around" with that fact will quickly "find out" how little his rank actually matters.

Removing the military rank structure, and comparing education and professional accomplishments as civilians, a Sergeant Major (E9) is roughly the equivalent of a Colonel (O6), and a CSM is comparable to a Brigadier General (O7).

He made CSM, but it was contingently awarded and he didn't meet the conditions to actually retire as a CSM. Years after his premature military separation, that violated the conditions of his promotion to CSM, that he took for a successful congressional run, his rank was reduced to his prior rank of Master Sergeant. He did not need to leave service prematurely(before his contract was up) because of his congressional run, because you can serve your contract and serve congress congruently as LTC Gabbord has done.

So he is not a CSM, he technically was the rank of CSM when he unnecessarily exited his contract prematurely, his rank in retirement is as MSG. That does not take away from his years of service.

It’s an NCO, no?

Yeah, Joe Biden served in congress and he's commander in chief of the armed forces. That's a way higher rank.

"Highest rank" in this picture is referring to "highest rank obtained by that person" and not the highest possible.

It uses the same wording for Vance, who was a corporal.

Edit: unless someone was an officer and served in Congress, which has probably happened and I don't care enough to look it up

They missed a few words.

For the first time in the group’s nearly 20-year history, VoteVets is making an endorsement in the presidential general election, backing the Harris-Walz ticket in 2024.

Source: votevets.org: VoteVets Makes Historic First-Ever Endorsement for President

It has little relevance but it is relevant if a candidate is claiming another has stolen valor.

The pre politics career of a candidate absolutely matters. Whether it's military or otherwise.

It's just weird for the right to chose this fight as they are hopelessly outclassed.

There are many military members and their families in the US voting. Their career is as relevant as anyone else's. People on a position of power within the government though means you may make very direct life and death decisions for military members though. So its a comfort to many of them if they see you served time yourself and aren't a tragic hypocrite.

Tldr: It's relevant to the people it's relevant to, which is many.

Command Sargent Major is a Noncommissioned Officer.

You're not wrong. NCOs don't have commissions, so they're lower ranked than commissioned officers. Him being the "highest ranked officer" is incorrect, and anyone who has been in the military would immediately latch on to that.

Cmd Sgt Maj is an honorable rank that takes a career to earn - no need to overinflate it with garbage to make the point. It's impressive on its own.

Edit: for clarification, John McCain was a Navy Captain (O3) which is higher ranked than Cmd Sgt Maj (E9). Therefore Tim Walz isn't the highest ranked officer to serve. I love Tim, but it's incorrect to state than an E9 outranks an O3.

His DI did not give him permission or orders to be born, therefore he is violating the chain of command taking action outside of issued orders and must face appropriate disciplinary action.

For a presidential ticket https://votevets.org/press-releases/votevets-makes-historic-first-ever-endorsement-for-president

WASHINGTON, DC—For the first time in the group’s nearly 20-year history, VoteVets is making an endorsement in the presidential general election, backing the Harris-Walz ticket in 2024. Tim Walz is a National Guard Veteran, and the group only endorses Veterans, national security professionals, and military family members.

The group will immediately begin fundraising for the ticket, mobilizing its over 1.5 million supporter list.

“The Harris-Walz ticket will defend America and our Veterans,” the group said in a statement. “Vice President Harris already was the best choice for America in this election, but the addition of Governor Walz will supercharge this ticket, and we’re proud to back it.”

We're just trying to win this election so that freedom and democracy survives and queer people don't get genocided. If courting veteran voters is how we get there, then that's what we're going to do.