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To: DTogo

The oath military officers take is to “obey LAWFUL orders” No officer is obligated to obey an order that is not lawfully given. If you make that decision though, you better be right!!


43 posted on 02/25/2009 6:14:20 AM PST by muskah
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To: muskah
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; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

"One notable difference between the officer and enlisted oaths is that the oath taken by officers does not include any provision to obey orders; while enlisted personnel are bound by the Uniform Code of Military Justice to obey lawful orders, officers in the service of the United States are bound by this oath to disobey any order that violates the Constitution of the United States."

Officer.

44 posted on 02/25/2009 6:21:48 AM PST by DTogo (Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
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