I would do so against all enemies meaning I might have to fight to save my life, or another's, or our way of life. I would be defending the framework and the beliefs of a nation. Will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. As I replayed the words in my head again, I remembered. I'm not sure why, but I was young, I really felt a sense of belonging to something bigger than myself.Īfter the feelings of patriotism and invincibility passed, a sense of nervousness came over me. Was I prepared to follow through on this oath?Īs soon as he had administered the Oath of Enlistment, I immediately felt a strong sense of patriotism.
I thought to myself this is not a joke - this is real. It seemed as if time stood still, because I mentally paused and reflected on the words I was repeating. We raised our right hands, as he asked us to, and began to recite after him.
At this point, I had never heard the words so I had no idea as to what we were going to say. An officer entered and said he was going to administer the Oath of Enlistment to all of us. I stood in a room with at least 40 or 50 other people, all standing at what we called "attention," facing the front of the room. I was at Fort Jackson, South Carolina going through my preparations to enlist in the U.S. I distinctly remember being administered the oath 28 years ago, almost as if it was just yesterday. While it is part of the ceremony it is far more than a simple gesture or a formality to get through before the document signing if reenlisting or the refreshments after the ceremony. I think some view it as a ceremonial gesture. This is a joyous occasion, either we are continuing our service or maybe receiving our next promotion. We often reaffirm the oath during reenlistments for enlisted members and during promotions for enlisted and officers. But I wonder if some of us who say those words that form the oath fully embrace what they mean and do we let them guide our military service. It forms the bedrock of what we stand for and are willing to fight for. Immediately I thought to myself, the oath is a major part of who we are in the military. The other day I was reviewing Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Standards, when I came across the Oath of Enlistment. basic_preprocess_html(Array, 'html', Array) (Line: 287)ĭrupal\Core\Theme\ThemeManager->render('html', Array) (Line: 431)ĭrupal\Core\Render\Renderer->doRender(Array, ) (Line: 200)ĭrupal\Core\Render\Renderer->render(Array) (Line: 147)ĭrupal\Core\Render\MainContent\HtmlRenderer->Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\() (Line: 573)ĭrupal\Core\Render\Renderer->executeInRenderContext(Object, Object) (Line: 148)ĭrupal\Core\Render\MainContent\HtmlRenderer->renderResponse(Array, Object, Object) (Line: 90)ĭrupal\Core\EventSubscriber\MainContentViewSubscriber->onViewRenderArray(Object, 'kernel.view', Object)Ĭall_user_func(Array, Object, 'kernel.LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in basic_preprocess_html() (line 127 of themes/basic/basic.theme).
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