My oath as an officer, when I take it a few years hence, swears me to defend the Constitution against its enemies, both foreign and domestic, and asserts that I will “bear true faith and allegiance to same.”
I feel the true measure of a man or a woman is what is in their heart and how willing are they to act upon that. Taking an oath, or making a even a simple promise are key to the real value of someone. I have worked very hard to impress this upon my own [...]
Enlisted in Marine Corps ‘ 52 selected for WO ( Marine Gunner) Infantry officer ‘ ‘70, retired CWO-4 ‘ ‘93..I have kept the faith ,God, Country ,Corps, Family all these years.. I would be honored to belong to the Oath-Keepers.
We are given life with certain unwritten responsibilities to others, and one responsibility is the just and honorable way of life that defends what our culture was founded on and should stand for.
That Oath was not discharged in 1992 when I was, and no man can make me renege or renounce. I will obey no order, law or edict that is contradictory to the clear intent of those Words I have sworn to defend.
Even though long retired from active duty, I remain bound by the oaths I freely took upon myself. Throughout history, to men and women of character, an oath is a sacred promise, not only to oneself, but to those to whom the oath is given.
Like eagles across the Continental Divide, all of our members on the Oath Keepers national Board of Directors shall fly into Bozeman, Montana for the weekend of July 02-04, 2010. The Board shall celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with several events and a working conference.
I have served honorably in the US Navy as a hospital corpsman in the Viet-Nam war from 1967-1968 and was discharged honorably. With that being said. This is supposed to be a land governed by laws not lawlessness,
I remember like it was yesterday that I took a bus to Syracuse,NY to take my oath to defend this country. That was July 27,1964. I served in the USAF till July 26 1968. I was scared back then on that first bus trip away from home at 17
Department of Homeland Security Officer (another one) sounds off and shows off the first Oath Keeper tattoo. Yes, we do need to be inside the system. You would be surprised how many seem to be waking up.
I am an honorably discharged Staff Sergeant with the U. S. Marine Corps , and the oath I took 37 years ago to defend and protect the United States of America still rings loud and clear with me and even more
I first took the oath in 1956 when I joined the Navy. Then again in 1963 when I enlisted in the Army volunteering for the newly formed Special Forces.Have eight years of active duty and almost 21 in the active reserve (all Special Forces), retiring in ‘96.
I swore an Oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, and have since refined that Oath. My loyalties, my truest kinship, lies with the good men and women of my country who want only to live in liberty and pursue their happiness.
I along with a few of my friends (I will not disclose the exact number) have been watching your site for a while. We are all veterans made up of Former Army Special Forces, Army Rangers, Navy Seals and Marine Force Recon.
I’m old, broken down, and way out of practice, but working to correct that problem. It’s been 13 years since my last drill, 1996, and 18 years since my last active duty deployment, 1991, Desert Storm. Essayons! James Zucker High Point, NC
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I am not what anyone would call a hero but I did serve in the USNR as an Aviation Electronics Technician, E1 to E5 from 1965 to 1970. I recall the oath I took when I enlisted in the Navy.
I printed up a very noticeable sign and posted it on my front door. “I do solemnly swear that I will protect and defend……….” an oath I have proudly taken many times.