[Diver Dave]

A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE to our Armed Forces present and past!!!

On September 30th, fifty years ago I raised my right hand and “took the oath”. Though I only served four years active duty in the US Navy, I’ve discovered that there is no expiration to “The Oath”. I proudly honor “The Oath” I repeated before traveling to Boot Camp in San Diego at US Navy Recruit Training Command.

Salute to you ConorMacNessa!!!

[ConorMacNessa]

"I, Thomas J. Mitchell, 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."

Thanks very much for the kind words, Dave, and as always, thanks very much for your service!

I took this oath November 17, 1967 at Fort Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland. The Administering Officer was my Father, Cdr. T.G. Mitchell, MSC, USN.

It bound me then, it binds me now and it will bind me unil the day I die!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)