[no-s]

had complained several years ago that it was difficult for a black man "to make rank" in the military.

There is something truly odd about this. Supposedly he was a double major in engineering (was it UC davis?) Why did he not seek some kind of officer training, even in school? Doesn't the army have some kind of comphrensive skills/aptitude testing on enlistment? I wonder what his results were?

[cinFLA]

There is something truly odd about this. Supposedly he was a double major in engineering (was it UC davis?) Why did he not seek some kind of officer training, even in school?

He was in ROTC at UCD. It was noted earlier that it was odd he graduated as sergeant instead of the usual officer. Also odd that he enlisted instead of seeking a rank. Also odd that he did not seek a good paying engineering job. Odd, Odd, Odd .....

[LADY J]

"Supposedly he was a double major in engineering (was it UC davis?) Why did he not seek some kind of officer training, even in school?"

Probably a PC degree not worth the paper it's printed on.

If he had any brainpower going - he would have been an asset that would not have been overlooked.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Supposedly he was a double major in engineering (was it UC davis?)

Actually, he had a single major, and in nine years, earned only a single degree from the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department at UC Davis

[Dan(9698)]

>>>...Why did he not seek some kind of officer training,...

You also have to have an IQ of 110 or higher. Some can't meet that.