December 3rd, 2009

I am proud to join Oath Keepers, and will do my best to uphold my oath to protect the U.S. Constitution and what it stands for

firefighter I took an oath quite a few years ago as a sworn police officer, and that oath meant everything to me. I went through the training at the police academy, and did very well. They prepared us for everything, accidents, investigation, firearms, self defense, defensive driving, etc. but they did not prepare me for what I would witness as an officer on patrol duty in a small suburban town.

I was appalled at the treatment “some” law enforcement officers bestowed upon their subjects in the process of “enforcing” the law. I refused to belittle people and treat them like they were something less than human. Don’t get me wrong, not all officers I worked with or was in contact with had this “holier than thou” attitude. It was just enough though for me to realize that my high regard and wanting to be one of those who upheld the law was merely a dream.

I only spent a couple years on that particular force, and have since gone on to other things, one of which was being a wild-land fire fighter, but it was a wonderful experience, being that there were times when we were able to actually AID citizens and the gratitude that they showed us was immeasurable in words. Same holds for being a wild-land firefighter. When we trudged into a community after having cordoned off fire lines to prevent fires from destroying their town, we were welcomed with open arms, given free meals at their tiny restaurants, and treated like royalty. Even though we were soot covered from head to toe, and so tired we could hardly see straight, it certainly rejuvenated our hearts at the wonderful treatment we received from these kind people.

I am proud to join Oath Keepers, and will do my best to uphold my oath to protect the U.S. Constitution and what it stands for.

When a person asked me “will your weapons protect you when the time comes” my reply to that person was…. “What will protect me will be my awareness, LISTENING, WATCHING, and standing VIGILANT as times are changing, THAT is what will protect me from becoming a victim and what will keep me a FREE person.”

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6 Responses to “I am proud to join Oath Keepers, and will do my best to uphold my oath to protect the U.S. Constitution and what it stands for”

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Eddie Gilbert Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Welcome to Oath Keepers!

Thank you for your service.

Thank you for keeping your Oath.

Eddie Gilbert
USMC SSgt 70-78
Peace Officer 97-present
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Curtis Hartwell Says:
December 4th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Welcome!
You are one of the few I know who were ’stupid’ enough to both go into buildings after armed people AND to go into fire areas. Bless you.
I did 30 years doing the former, but only occasionally had uncontrolled fits of doing the latter. I, too, forfeited high stats (and rapid promotions) in favor of positive outcomes – - case by case decisions. That is EXACTLY what OK is all about.
Your presence makes us stronger, and you are already doing what our oath called for.
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Bruce Hunter Says:
December 6th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Welcome aboard. Thank you for your service and standing with us here at Oath Keepers.
Semper Fi
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Kristen Kipp Says:
December 8th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Thank you so much for your service and thank you for standing side by side with us at OK, welcome!
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Roger Says:
December 28th, 2009 at 10:40 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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money 101 Says:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Cheers, My spouse and i liked your current article greatly. It can be wonderful to view a person producing a thing worthy of looking at.

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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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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.