Posted on 06/26/2002 3:48:36 AM PDT by Snow Bunny
That's TRUE! It was always a "guy" thing to go down to Maxwell St.
The little blonde gladiatorial combat instructor from that *Gamesters* episode would certainly do as an acceptable alternate, if you know where any pics of here are about....
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Not precisely. The oath I took, first as an enlisted man, later as a DOD civilian employee and most recently as an officer, reads as follows:
"I 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."
My oath is to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, first and foremost of my duties. All else, to include such border or airspace defense as lawfully ordered by my commander-in-chief or others to whom he has delegated his constitutional authority, derive from that constitutional contract and its promises, and from the duties of the government of which I am a small part that it describes in Article IV, Section 4:
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion...
I am compelled to ask in all sincerity, what role would the active military play in defending the Constitution against domestic enemies? There is a difference between defending the nation/states, defending the federal government and defending the Constitution itself. As active militiary, it would be a little risky to start naming the domestic enemies of the Constitution and intitiating actions against them, wouldn't it? Especially if many of them (maybe all of them) were not prosecutable under the USCMJ, as the continual and long-term attacks on our Constitution are of a politcal nature and would, of necessity, have to be resolved politically.
Can you give me a scenario where the active military would be involved in protecting the Constitution against domestic enemies? As ex-military, I am still under oath and am doing what one man can do to protect our Constitution from domestic enemies -- and I need a lot more help. Thanks!
In any case, I appreciate your attitude and am grateful to you for your service to our country.
Best -- Dave
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