Testimonials

I took my oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America, I was serious about that oath then, and I am serious about it now.

I swore my oath in June 1983 as a Special Deputy Sheriff, before County Judge Rice, a deputy and the county clerk of courts. To protect and serve the community.

I not only protect the coast and waterways but the people of the United States of America. This means I protect their freedoms as well as their safety.

For 23 years I swore this oath to Defend The Constitution of The United States against all enemies, Foreign and Domestic. I do not take this oath lightly. I have served in a number of combat zones trying to defend the freedoms of my fellow citizens only to return finding that my Country had changed drastically.

I first took the oath when I enlisted in the USAF in 1958, and lived it until I retired in 1979. I still believe in it, and I’ll die believing in it. I believe in our Constitution; ALL of it

Now that I am older and have studied the works of these Fathers of ours I find that they were truly inspired by our Maker to bring forth these self evident “Truths” that have held and solidified our country to make it the best and most free country in the world.

I took the oath in 1968 in front of a podium at the AFEES office in Newark, NJ. This was a time when being gung ho was not cool. My father was a marine in Korea. My grandfather served in the invasion of Europe. They taught me how important serving our country was.

As a 17 year old young man, I left home to join the Army. I was young and very wild in those days, and looking back on the experience, I would do many things differently now than I did them then. The oath I took upon entering the military, did not at the time, hit [...]

I took the oath when I enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1983. Coming from a family with a military background, my only thought at the time was keeping the tradition going.

I come from a long line of soldiers, sailors, and warriors who helped to shape this Nation. I enlisted and served because I believed that I owed a debt to this Nation which has provided me with the freedom to succeed or fail based upon my own effort and the grace of God.

I served 9 years in the U.S. Coast Guard – 6 of them as a Search & Rescue Aircrewman and 2 as a Criminal Investigator assigned to Coast Guard Intelligence (now the Coast Guard Investigative Service). After leaving the Coast Guard I spent 2 1/2 years as a municipal Police Officer before going back onto the federal payroll as a Special Agent with the U.S. Customs Service.

It’s been over 40 years but…… I took the oath for a lifetime, you can depend on me be they foreign or domestic…. the flag stands for our freedom.

In today’s America it gives me confidence to know that there is other members of the military that are dedicated to the Constitution and to the protection of freedom in this Great Nation.

I served honorably in the Army in Korea and in Vietnam during the wars there. My primary duty in the 21 years I spent in the Army was that of a CID agent, i.e., a criminal investigator.

I feel as if I have found a “home”. This Organization will have my support and my loyalty. I look forward to the future feeling that all is NOT lost. I rejoice in again having a Cause.

As a Senior NCO I am very aware of the Oath that I have taken numerous times in my 20+ years of service. Before I was even aware of “Oath Keepers” I had engaged in numerous conversations with superiors and subordinates about the very issues stated in your “Orders we will not obey”.

I came to these shores in October of 1959 as an immigrant with my parents escaping the tyranny of Fidel Castro. When my adopted nation called for its people to fight in Vietnam I was one of the first to volunteer.