I will always honor the oath I took before God
My name Is Hector M. Rivera. I am a Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I volunteered into the United States Army shortly after 9/11 to serve and defend and to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. I was willing and am still ever willing to lay down my life to defend this great nation against all enemies both foreign and “DOMESTIC”.
I love this land the which has given shelter and love and God to not only myself but my four year old boy. He is my guiding light and it is for him and all other children of this fine land that I will always honor the oath I took before God to be a defender of liberty till my last breath.
The army used to have a cadence that we sang while we ran endless roads during our training. “Nothing in this world is free.” The price of freedom is the sacrifice of oneself to stand up to tyranny. No matter the the cost whether it be mockery, verbal and physical attacks and even blood, I will never forsake this land. I will never hurt its people, and I will never stop defending the people from the shadowy evil that lurks in the night and in the broad daylight. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness for all mankind. May the light of the Lamb of God the lord Jesus be with you all and your families.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Hector, Welcome! So glad you could join us. Thank you very much for your service Hector, it truly means the world to patriots like myself.
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Hey Hector,
I wanted to thank you for your service to our Country and countrymen.
Also to thank you for standing up for your beliefs.
Welcome to Oath Keepers.
Eddie Gilbert
USMC SSgt 70-78
Peace Officer 97-present
December 6th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Welcome aboard, Hector. Thank you for your service and joining us here at Oath Keepers.
Semper Fi
December 28th, 2009 at 10:43 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.”