Oath Keepers
About Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers is a
non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and
first responders, who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police
take to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
That oath, mandated by Article VI of the
Constitution itself, is to the Constitution, not to the politicians, and
Oath Keepers declare that they will not obey unconstitutional orders, such as
orders to disarm the American people, to conduct warrantless searches, or to
detain Americans as “enemy combatants” in violation of their ancient right to
jury trial. See the Oath Keepers Declaration of
Orders We Will Not Obey for details.
Oath Keepers
reaches out to both current serving and veterans to remind them of their oaths,
to teach them more about the Constitution they swore to defend, and to inspire
them to defend it. See below for details on how we do that. Oath Keepers also
includes a membership program designated as “Associate Members”, which consists
of patriotic citizens who have not served in uniform but who serve now by
supporting this mission with their Associate Membership and volunteer
activities. Oath Keepers welcomes our Associate Members and appreciates their
support of our mission.
Our motto is “Not
on our watch!”
* First responders includes fire-fighters, search
and rescue, EMTs, disaster relief, and similar emergency personnel. While
not all such personnel take an oath to the Constitution, many do, and all are a
critical audience for our mission.
Current Serving and Veterans, you swore an Oath…
Military Enlisted Oath
I, (NAME), 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.
Military Officers Oath
I, [name], 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 on which I am about to enter. So help me God
NOTE: While the enlisted oath does contain a
pledge to obey the orders of the President and of commanding officers, that is
still preceded by a pledge to “defend the Constitution,” and is also qualified
by the requirement that such orders be “according to regulations and the
Uniform Code of Military Justice.” Any order, by anyone, that is
not constitutional or according to regulations, is unlawful and military
personnel are not obligated to follow such orders – and, in fact, are obligated
to refuse.
In contrast to the enlisted oath, the oath of military
officers is to the Constitution alone, without qualification. To learn
more about the history of the military oath, go here.
Veterans, your Oath NEVER expires! It’s time to keep
it!
Who are Oath Keepers? Anyone who takes the
Constitution seriously, and wants to preserve and defend it. Here is Oath
Keeper David Berry, a Navy veteran, who joined us at our first annual
conference in 2009:
And here he is again, in 2014, at Bundy Ranch:
And here are Eddie and Ada Gilbert, in an interview with
Stewart Rhodes in 2010. Eddie Gilbert, an active duty Cleveland, Ohio
Police Officer at the time, served as our first Ohio State Chapter
President. Unfortunately, he later passed away from cancer, but we were
honored to know him, and he joins the ranks of the eternal Oath
Keepers. He was an outstanding man, and an outstanding example of a
peace officer who took his oath seriously, and he had the full support of his
wonderful wife Ada. God bless them and their family. We miss Eddie
still.
And here is 93 year old Oath Keeper, Renn Bodeker, from
Plains, Montana. Renn served as a paratrooper in WWII, and participated
in the 1945 rescue of over 2,000 POWs at the Los Banos prison camp in the
Philippine Islands. Renn and his fellow paratroopers jumped in
behind Japanese lines to rescue the POWs, who included men, women, and
children, all of whom were going to be massacred by the Japanese troops.
They were all saved. In this video, Renn has just helped to take down the
absurd barricades at the WWII memorial in Washington D.C. and he talks of his
experiences in WWII, and why he has stepped up one last time to defend the
Constitution against the domestic enemies:
And here is current serving Oath Keeper A-10 pilot, Brian
Miller, at the 2011 Memorial Day service for fallen Marine Veteran, Jose
Guerena, who was killed by a SWAT team in Tucson, Arizona, standing tall and
telling it like it is:
Oath Keepers come in all colors, shapes, sizes, ages, and
backgrounds with one common bond – the oath to defend the
Constitution. If you take your oath seriously, and believe in
defending the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic, and of
whatever political party (there are oath breakers galore in both major
parties), and if you stand for the rights of all Americans, at all times, then
you are one of us. Join us. We need your help to preserve liberty
for our children and grand-children, and for all Americans.
Go here to join.
For the Republic!
Oath Keepers
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