June 15th, 2009

I AM JOINING THE FIGHT

alphieomega

I AM JOINING THE FIGHT AND HAVE RECENTLY HAD VISITS FROM THE FBI IN REGARDS TO THE TRAINING I DO TO PREPARE CITIZENS WITH MEDICAL,COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER INFO TO BE ASSETS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEMSELVES IN TIMES OF STRIFE. SEEMS I HAVE BECOME A CONCERN FOR DOING THIS AND THAT TELLS ME I MUST BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

I HAVE SERVED MY COUNTRY TWICE AND SWORE MY OATH TWICE TO “DEFEND THIS COUNTRY AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.”

I HAVE JOINED THE FIGHT FOR THE COUNTRY AND ITS RETURN TO THE REPUBLIC IT ONCE WAS.

HERE IS MY WEBSITE AND THE JULY ISSUE OF “SWAT” MAGAZINE HAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT MY TRAINING.

[Note from Oath Keepers: go here to read that excellent article by S.W.AT. columnist Jeff Randall].

I AM PROUD TO BE AMONG THOSE STANDING FOR THIS COUNTRY AND KNOW I AM IN GOOD COMPANY.

JOHN GERRARD. www.alphieomegatraining.com

[Note from Oath Keepers: We asked Mr. Gerrard to tell us a little more about his visit from the FBI, and below is what he sent. ]

A little background to this story.

May 27, 2009: Around 1600 hrs. Bryan County Sheriff detectives in a white Ford Explorer with heavily tinted windows arrived at the ranch while my wife and I were outside tending to our farm. The apparent reason for their visit was that they were looking for our daughters’ boyfriend who worked at the Bryan County Jail as a jailer. They informed us the needed to ask the boyfriend some questions and clear some things up in connection to an escape of an inmate on charges of armed robbery. While waiting for our daughter and her boyfriend to arrive home we chatted with the detectives. Since it was our daughter involved with the individual the deputies wanted to question we felt in the interest of everyone’s safety it best for them to pick him up at our home allowing us to observe and witness what could have been a potentially dangerous situation. During the course of our conversation with the deputies we spoke about the economy and I told them about the Oathkeepers site. They seemed aware of the economic concerns but only voiced an opinion of the fact the economy was “not going well” as told on the mainstream media. Once our daughter and her boyfriend arrived the deputies immediately AND peacefully put him in their vehicle and took him in for questioning.

May 28, 2009: Around 1400 hrs. our dogs again alerted us that we had someone coming up the drive so I went out on the front porch to see who it was this time. Again, it was a white Ford Explorer so I assumed it was the deputies from the day before. They parked their vehicle in the shade and again two casually dressed men, again with side arms, approached me on the porch. I started the conversation with “well, you guys back again today?” I then realized that they were not the same officers and introduced themselves with the FBI and stated their names Agent Jeff Youngblood of the FBI (his business card denotes ”Special Agent Durant Resident Agency”) and Alan N. Carpenter ( his card has a heading U.S. Dept of Justice FBI Special Agent) said they had ‘heard about my training from the local sheriff’s office’ and were here to ask me some questions about ‘the training’. We then played a verbal chess game of questions/answer and I relayed the basic information about my training scenarios i.e.: medical, communications, survival skills, alternative power, antennas, solar, as well as the firearms training. They were interesting in how far my commo gear would communicate, how much of my gear was “off grid on solar” and numerous other questions about the ability I had to communicate “long distances.” At times the questions were specific about the training and other questions appeared to be more probing like “How do you advertise for your training”? This one I avoided answering, it seems they were concerned with the potential radio programs I spoke on and had used to let others know of the training seminars. Hmmm…. I thought to myself….. 1st amendment violations….patriot act…?

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9 Responses to “I AM JOINING THE FIGHT”

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Anonymous Says:
August 2nd, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Glad you joined the fight…
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mcvet03 Says:
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Welcome Alphie..you’re definitely in good company and we are glad to have you. Stay safe and watch your six
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nobody Says:
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 am
Thank you for taking up the cause & fight for our country.. We the people need your efforts & look to men of your calabre for doing your ethical duty for your fellow citizens .. You make the difference ..
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Ray Says:
August 15th, 2009 at 9:05 am
You have every right to train people in how to sustain themselves. And the government as no right to just “check” on you like that. What a horrible thing to have to experience. I get the chills just thinking about it. This is why I joined the Oathkeepers. I want every man to live without the all encompassing eye of a shadow government. Welcome to Oathkeepers!
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Ian MacLeod Says:
August 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Notice who the government feels are threats: veterans, past and present; militias; peace/anti-war protesters (even Quakers!), bloggers who write criticisms of a government that breaks it’s own laws, intellectuals and plain citizens who see through the distraction and realize we’re under attack and being robbed. Funny, how this is the same behavior which, when other countries do it, our government calls it “repression” and “dictatorship” and “totalitarianism”. But not when they do it. It hurts me to see this happening here, and hurts even more that supposedly intelligent citizens keep their heads in the sand.

Ian
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Randall Covey Says:
October 9th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Very interesting. Well, the powers that be must keep tabs.
Still seems odd that those who vow to protect the Constitution are targeted… like it is dangerous to love the Constitution.

Welcome to OK. Check 6.

v/r,
Randall Covey
Oath Keeper
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logan esarey Says:
May 13th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
I suppose our standard response to a visit would be a big welcoming smile and a “what can I do for you.” THEN, ask if this is an “official visit” and if so why? If not, Then offer coffee, tea, cookies whatever and listen very carefully to “unofficial” questions to determine their drift. Who knows, you may be cultivating a potential client. If official refuse to answer ANY questions, relay your disappointment and hurt that you would be considered a threat to the country you swore to defend and sadly ask them to leave. Genuine hurt can penetrate the heart of a fence-sitter. It helps them see themselves in a different light. Always answer a question with a question at first to determine their attitude, perhaps they need valuable info on a real threat e.g. border crossing terrorists, but won’t reveal that to you. I figure if you’re helping them do THEIR
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logan esarey Says:
May 13th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
job, then perhaps YOU should get paid. In your case as a communications consultant, no? I have met some genuine and good federal officers and a couple of thoughtless cogs in the machine. I fear the latter.
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123BEAR Says:
September 29th, 2010 at 9:29 am
STAND UP FOR THE BORDER

We are in trouble at the AZ. border. Two sheriffs have bounty’s on their heads of one million Dollars, Two duties has need killed and the cartel is getting larger. They even have guards in places to watch the trails that they travel on.

We need 500 to 600 men to come so I am emailing every militia that has a email address in every State for help

I am trying to find funding for logic’s and equipment.

So I am asking people to come to the border. We are looking at 35 miles that goes from AZ.to NM.

You can contact me at rodneymorrisbear@yahoo.com
Phone 740-452-2085

Thank you
God Blesses
Rodney Morris

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1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.

2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people

3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal.

4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state.

5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.

6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.

7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.

8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control."

9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.

10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

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Stewart previously wrote the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine

Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper “Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status” won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.