Just last week Brigadier General Kenneth “Ed” Brandt announced his bid for the Republican nomination to fill Delaware’s lone congressional district.
But he finds himself fending off questions about whether he is violating military rules that prohibit active Army National Guard personnel from engaging in partisan political speech if active duty extends beyond 270 days.
They can receive an exemption from the U.S. Secretary of the Army.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that his spokeswoman Tori Park said that the candidate checked all the boxes he need to check before his declaration as a candidate.
Brandt is a senior Army National Guard chaplain and U.S. Army deputy chief of chaplains for the National Guard.
He oversees the pastoral needs of around 350-thousand soldiers along with supervising 700 National Guard Chaplains.
The paper reports that he is on full-time active duty – a designation that is different from the regular reservists who report for monthly weekend drills and annual training sessions.
