December 1st, 2009

I may have left the military, but I never left my oath

Logo3USAF I took my oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.2-4-1976 at which time I entered the USAF. It was my 1st greatest honor in my life at a young age of 19. It taught me so much about my self and my country, and what it was all about to swear the oath to defend it, and the Constitution. I was discharged 2-4-1981, I may have left the military, but I never left my oath, you take that with you forever, buried deep in your very being.

In 1981 I entered the fire service where I had 23 years of wonderful service in Fl, and retired in 2002. I looked at that profession the same as I did the USAF, DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY. Even as I retired I moved to Georgia, and joined my County Fire Department, where I will have 8 years as a Volunteer in April 2010. So as you see, one never leaves your oath behind. Its is and will always be part of your very being. Its forever a part of who you are. Your life takes many turns, up’s and down’s, but your oath to defend the Constitution remains a constant.

I have met hundreds of Law Enforcement Officer’s, Firefighters over the years. And one thing that the vast majority all have incoming, They all took the oath to defend the Constitution, there first time upon entering military services. Which as you grow older you come to understand that was the greatest moment of your life, which never leaves you.

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5 Responses to “I may have left the military, but I never left my oath”

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Eddie Gilbert Says:
December 1st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Thank you for your continued service to our Country and countrymen.

Thank you for honoring your Oath.

Thank you for being an Oath Keeper !

Eddie Gilbert
USMC SSgt 70-78
Peace Officer 97-present
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Kristen Kipp Says:
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I was 5 years old when you took your oath and I thank you so much for your service to our country. I am very proud to be able to stand alongside our American Heroes like yourself.
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Bruce Hunter Says:
December 6th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Welcome aboard. Thank you for your service and for standing with us here at Oath Keepers.
Semper Fi
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Ronald Says:
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:41 am
Socialism / fascism is now a reality in this Country – I am a military veteran – I am confused – Our media – now even fox news but for Glenn Beck is turning far left. A line is being drawn in the sand I envision our own Country falling into a civil war again. History proves this out – What can the oath keepers say that would convince me otherwise.
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Roger Says:
December 28th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Watada Discharged
Saturday 26 September 2009

by: Gregg K. Kakesako | The Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Lt. Ehren Watada was the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war. (Photo: PD-USGov-Military)
The Army grants the officer’s resignation under “other than honorable conditions.”

First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war, has won his three-year legal battle with the Army.

With little fanfare the Army at Fort Lewis, Wash., accepted the resignation of the 1996 Kalani High School graduate, and he will be discharged the first week in October.

Rather than seek a second court-martial against the artillery officer, the Army will grant Watada a discharge under “other than honorable conditions.”

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I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

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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.