Posted on Sep 13, 2019
Portland Thorns fans boo US Armed Forces enlistees after they pledged to obey president's orders
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I always remind people...including soldiers...that the oath is to the office, not the person holding it. And I’ve done so throughout the 4 different Presidential administrations I’ve served under.
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LTC David Brown
I started under Jimmy Carter and ended under George Bush Jr. You do your duty!
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PO3 Bob McCord - LOL. You felt sorry for the "poor Marines" because they "had" to salute Obama, but dont feel bad for those saluting Trump, a man who led the racist conspiracy that our then sitting president was not even legitimately the president because he wasnt even a US citizen? You dont feel bad they have to salute a man who attacked a gold star family and denigrated McCain's service because Trump likes those who dont get captured?
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Capt Gregory Prickett
PO3 Bob McCord - For over 200 years, no president returned the salute of service members. Reagan was the first president to do so, because he wanted to do so. It's not required by either tradition or law. Eisenhower didn't do it. Truman didn't do it. Neither Grant nor Teddy R. did it. None of the presidents that you served under did so--does that upset you?
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PO3 Bob McCord - this must really drive you crazy, also.
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I am appalled by the TOTAL lack of respect for the Office of the President of the USA. I admit there were Presidents I didn’t like, but I respected the office they were elected to. The blatant disrespect for the Commander in Chief is TOTALLY disrespectful!
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I can't say that there has ever been a President in my adult lifetime that I completely agreed with, but there has also not been a President I never agreed with.
It didn't matter. My choices were to salute smartly and execute the orders of the President of the United States (the line the fans booed) and the officers appointed over me, or get the hell out of the service.
I chose the former option.
And no matter how much it cost me personally, I wouldn't change a thing.
It didn't matter. My choices were to salute smartly and execute the orders of the President of the United States (the line the fans booed) and the officers appointed over me, or get the hell out of the service.
I chose the former option.
And no matter how much it cost me personally, I wouldn't change a thing.
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It amazes me how these people ever made to where they are currently are in life, when an enlistment oath upsets them enough to boo. Hell, I took mine when Carter was in office. As it already has been noted it is the office not the individual in office.
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