Posted on Feb 27, 2016
How Has the Oath of Enlistment/Oath of Office Changed Your Life?
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Simply it set the definition of DUTY HONOR COUNTRY and made me a grateful Patriotic American for the rest of my life. I truly have a meaning of the constitution after serving.
The wordings of the current oath of enlistment and oath for commissioned officers are 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." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).
"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ 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 upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)
The wordings of the current oath of enlistment and oath for commissioned officers are 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." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).
"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ 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 upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL It didn't. Saying the Pledge of Allegiance, singing the national anthem, saluting the flag were always a part of my life. The Oath of Enlistment and Oath of Office are both an extension of that which was already present internally and externally in my life.
I don't know how to explain it other than to say they all have significant importance to me. I think about the words, each word and the significance of what it means, of the men and women who gave their lives, of the true patriots who gave their lives, property, and sometimes families for the cause of building or retaining this great nation that we live in. What selflessness they had, all that many of us do pales in comparison to those sacrifices. It keeps me humble and gives me humility.
I don't know how to explain it other than to say they all have significant importance to me. I think about the words, each word and the significance of what it means, of the men and women who gave their lives, of the true patriots who gave their lives, property, and sometimes families for the cause of building or retaining this great nation that we live in. What selflessness they had, all that many of us do pales in comparison to those sacrifices. It keeps me humble and gives me humility.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
CPT (Join to see) thank you for your heart felt words. Well said and articulately conveyed. Thank you for your SERVICE as well.
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LTC Stephen C.
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL and CPT (Join to see), our U.S. elected officials (specifically U.S. Senators and Congressmen) take the same oath of office as do commissioned officers. I wish that many of them would heed the oath as do commissioned officers of the armed services. Looking at it another way, if commissioned officers behaved as do some of our elected officials, they'd be in Leavenworth!
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Yes SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL swearing the Oath of Enlistment/Oath of Office has changed my life each time I went through the ceremony. I swore of teh oath of enlistment twice, the oath of office as an officer in the US army twice and I swore in many soldiers who were reenlisting over the decades.
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LTC Stephen C.
And if the circumstances presented themselves to you, LTC Stephen F., you could give the oath of office or the oath of enlistment this very day!
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In the 17th the King of Sweden revolutionized military affairs by creating a standing army that was paid with taxes and promises not to harm the towns and train in their garrisons. This solidified the strength of the nation.
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