March 25th, 2010

I have never forgotten nor will I ever violate the oaths I took

CharlieCop002 CharlieCop003 I joined the US Army in 1964 and graduated from The Infantry School as a 2d Lieutenant of Infantry mid year. Served 3/8 Infantry and 3/12 Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. Served in Vietnam as MACV Advisor, II CTZ, 1969-70. Resigned 1978 and went into military intel as a civilian. Retired w/33 years service 1998. Moved to Alabama in 2000 and joined a local police department as a reserve officer in 2002, a position in which I will continue to serve as long as I am physically able to do so.

I swore two oaths: One when I joined the Army and the second when I signed on at the PD. Both were to “…uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.” I have never forgotten nor will I ever violate the oaths I took.

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6 Responses to “I have never forgotten nor will I ever violate the oaths I took”

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William Says:
March 25th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Welcome and glad to have you. It is great to see LE that understand the oath that they have taken.
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Judy Copp Says:
March 26th, 2010 at 4:11 am
Welcome. I am always encouraged to see law enforcement comming forward. God Bless
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Paul D. Reese Says:
March 26th, 2010 at 6:12 am
Thank You for your military service and service now as a police officer. I’m proud to know I’m in an organization with good people like you.
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Butch Daniel Says:
March 26th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Thank you for all that you have given and your committment to serve, obvious by your membership in OathKeepers. I am once again inspired!

Butch Daniel – Alabama
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Norm Clendenen Says:
March 27th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Welcome aboard and may God Bless and keep you safe in your everyday work!
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Curtis Hartwell Says:
March 29th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Welcome! You make us stronger.
I did 30 years before a heart attack moved retirement forward. Now my greatest challenge is making the younger cops (my “Romper Room Patrol”) understand the seriousness of it all – - not an “extreme sport” or video game; but they got a further left education than we did.
Be safe and stay strong. Make sure you check out your local/state group for backup.

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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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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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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.