March 15th, 2010

I am very proud of being a Marine – Once a Marine always a Marine

DSCF0001 I took my Oath of Enlistment on Sept. 2, 1962 I kinda knew then that I was writing a blank check signed with my blood, but hey, I was nineteen and immortal and who thought about the bad things in peacetime anyway, me?–Nah. I ended up being an aircraft electrician and served in the Marine Air Wing after boot camp. I was in the “rear with the gear” at Danang in 1965, except for a couple of nights when things weren’t quite so peaceful.

DSCF0017 I have always regarded the Oath as cast in stone, redeemable only by death, in war or peace.

I am a political junkie. I keep up to date with what is happening in D.C. and voice my opinion frequently. I have also ran for local political office several times. I was too radical; I believed in the Constitution but was never elected. That was how I respected my Oath of Enlistment as a civilian.

MeandtheKidsUSMCDSCF0030 I guess now that I have come full circle, I’m sixty-six nearing sixty-seven, and have the opportunity to serve again, informally, and to do what I can with my Oath Keeper Brothers to keep the flame alive and hold our government to the bindings of our constitution, the Constitution of the United States of America.

I am very proud of being a Marine. I consider all those who have served in any branch as my brothers in arms, but, hey, once a Marine always a Marine. It never goes away, never. I don’t have tattoos on my arms. My only tattoo is on my brain or is it on my heart—USMC. Semper Fi, to all my Brothers.

Ronald L. Burcham

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2 Responses to “I am very proud of being a Marine – Once a Marine always a Marine”

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Richard C Wagener Says:
July 1st, 2010 at 8:24 pm
God Bless you sir and God Bless America. Thank you for your service. You are about my age as I took the oath in 1960. I am also a political junkie and I do more than my fair of keeping the post office in business, by letting our politicians know in no uncertain terms what I think of what they are doing to our country.
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Royce Massie Says:
February 11th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
God Bless you Marine. I am an 18 year old from the heart of America, and am seriously debating whether or not to join the brotherhood. Both of my parents served honorably in the Air Force, and deep down I have always wanted to join. This country has done so many things for us, and although we will always bicker about politics, (no offense meant whatsoever) to our core we are all Americans. In the words of Abraham Lincoln,”All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Please e-mail me with advice, zezdy87@live.com. I would love to hear the stories of an older Marine. Again, thank you so much for your service.

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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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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.