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To: jeremybuff

Hate to burst the bubble, but as someone who has raised his right hand and been sworn into office as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, the verbal oath is simply ceremonial. The real oath occurs with one’s signature on a piece of paper.


112 posted on 01/22/2009 4:48:10 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (You tell me that you've got everything you want, And your bird can sing, But you don't get me)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Actually, he does have to say it. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/20/MNAF15E20I.DTL


115 posted on 01/23/2009 2:15:43 AM PST by jeremybuff
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