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Remember the oath we took upon enlistment (Original Post) Duncanpup Jul 2022 OP
My oath never expired. Aristus Jul 2022 #1
Nor has mine, and I lived accordingly, but I can imagine such a circumstance that I would have to Chainfire Jul 2022 #3
I took that oath not just for my time in the Navy, but for my time on earth Siwsan Jul 2022 #2
Ditto ggma Jul 2022 #4
I don't remember the part, "... For only the next two years, I will defend ..." JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2022 #5
I took the same oath. beemerphill Jul 2022 #6

Chainfire

(17,553 posts)
3. Nor has mine, and I lived accordingly, but I can imagine such a circumstance that I would have to
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 12:44 PM
Jul 2022

either amend or renounce the oath.

When discharged you are no longer legally bound by your oath.

On a moral basis, I will not serve, or give loyalty or comfort to a Fascist, by any name, regardless of his or her rank in political structure. For instance, if Trump were to escape justice and resume the Presidency through hook, crook or honest election, I could not be bound to obeying his orders for I believe him to be an enemy of the Constitution and the nation, and that contradiction would allow me freedom of choice without guilt.

The oath was written it a time where a traitorous President was unimaginable; my how times have changed.

ggma

(708 posts)
4. Ditto
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 02:01 PM
Jul 2022

Funny story - I was at the recruitment center, raising my hand at the same moment Ronald Reagan was raising his on the television screen in the day room we used.

gg

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,350 posts)
5. I don't remember the part, "... For only the next two years, I will defend ..."
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 02:43 PM
Jul 2022

There was no expiration date that I remember.

beemerphill

(460 posts)
6. I took the same oath.
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 04:21 PM
Jul 2022

I have never broken it and have no plans of breaking it. It was for life. And still is.

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