October 27th, 2009

“Here Is One More Pledge”

sp5 In 1972 I received my greetings to help Uncle Sam out. It was not exactly what I really wanted to do at the time and the attitude in the country at the time about Vietnam and soldiers in general didn’t help things. However, I was chosen. My country requested my help and while I never considered it an honor it was my job to do my part for this country. I made no attempt to “get out of it”, but enlisted for an extra year to get some schooling out of the deal.

Here it is almost 40 years later and I am sick of the path the country is going. (No it is not just the present occupant of the White House that has me feeling that way.) So here I am again, renewing the oath I took back in 1972.

I thought long and hard about joining this organization. Not because I have problems with the oath to defend the constitution, not because I have a problem with the 10 orders to not be obeyed. Mostly I had problems, because it is not my butt on the line now so who am I to say I will not obey an order that I will probably not be given. So… here is one more pledge.

I pledge to do whatever I can do to support any peace officer or military person that refuses any of the 10 orders or any other illegal order and finds himself or herself in a bind for doing so.

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8 Responses to ““Here Is One More Pledge””

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Dave Colf Says:
October 27th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Thank you for your service, regardless of the how or the why. I stand with you and your pledge, since I am no longer in law enforcement and therefore will never have the opportunity to refuse any of the ten orders.
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Bob O Says:
October 27th, 2009 at 8:20 am
You pointed something out that I hadn’t thought about. Now I’m retired too and probably will never be ordered to do one of the ten but I sure can support anyone else who is in that position. Thanks for that! Glad you’re here and thank you for your service!
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Eddie Gilbert Says:
October 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Well…

I AM still an active duty peace officer, and I gotta say that I really DO appreciate your support for us.

I also wanted to thank you for your military service (I’m a former Marine and National Guardsman).

It’s good to know that we don’t stand alone in our promise to keep our Oath.

Welcome to Oath Keepers !
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ANONYMOUS Says:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
IF OBAMA HAS HIS WAY WE MAY HAVE TO BE READY NOT TO CARRY OUT SUCH ORDERS AS LISTED. RICH
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Steve Homan Says:
October 27th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Thank you for your service. I stand with you in supporting our boys and girls in uniform no matter what. I am former marine–67/68
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Bruce Hunter Says:
October 28th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Thank you for your service and standing with us here at Oath Keepers!
Semper Fi
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David Zimmerman Says:
October 29th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I have never served in the military. But I am alarmed at the direction this country is headed in. I will take the oath to defend the constitution and do my best to do so.
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Gary Fox Says:
January 1st, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Thank you all for the kind replies to my Testamony

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Click here to read full length version. 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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OATH KEEPERS: ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY

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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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Founder Stewart Rhodes

He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul’s DC staff.

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.