The oath is to protect and uphold the Constitution. This is accomplished by obeying all lawful orders whether you like them or not.
Lawful. How do you know what if it's lawful if you don't ask. Only a robotic mindset would.
whether you like them or not
This isn't about me but USA!
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
uphold the Constitution.
One has to 'assume' they are because they are 'told' to just obey. How is that for a great takeover.
As a retired Army NCO, I agree. But I also worry that we are in a situation unlike any we have faced before. We have an individual who would not hesitate to sign an Executive Order overriding Posse Comitatus, and order our own military to force his policies on the American People. That order would then be technically "lawful".
I want our military to have leadership that would at least think about these orders before implementing them, just as I want sworn police officers who will think before following orders to confiscate firearms.
Perhaps they are already one step ahead of the Posse Comitatus Act, now that we have police that are trained and equipped like the military in every city, county, state, and federal agency.