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A USCIS official administering the Oath of Allegiance to a group of U.S. servicemembers during a naturalization ceremony at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan U.S. military personnel taking and subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, in 2010 Lawful immigrants taking and subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona ...
An Air Force officer administering the oath to a group of 150 enlistees (not pictured) A Marine re-enlisting in the Marine Corps by taking the oath of enlistment A soldier of United States Army Europe taking the oath on Red Square prior to the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade
Officers of the United States Air Force take the following oath: [4]. I, (state your name), having been appointed a (rank) in the United States Air Force, 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 bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any ...
One point was showing the distinction between countries where the military professed allegiance to sovereigns or individuals as opposed to the U.S. military's oath to the Constitution.
Allegiance sworn to the monarch is the same as to the country, its constitution or flag. The European Court of Human Rights ruled in 1999 that the oath of allegiance to a reigning monarch is "reasonably viewed as an affirmation of loyalty to the constitutional principles supporting the workings of representative democracy." [2]
Reichswehr soldiers swearing the Hitler oath in 1934, with hands raised in the traditional schwurhand gesture. The Hitler Oath (German: Führereid or Führer Oath)—also referred in English as the Soldier's Oath [1] —refers to the oaths of allegiance sworn by officers and soldiers of the Wehrmacht and civil servants of Nazi Germany between the years 1934 and 1945.
Wikimedia Commons. He later signed another oath, declaring his allegiance to the state of New Jersey and to the United States. To make a living, he reopened his law practice and trained new students.
Loyalty - bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, the Army, your unit and other soldiers. Duty - Fulfill your obligations. Respect - Treat people as they should be treated. Selfless Service - Put the welfare of the nation, the Army, and your subordinates before your own. Honor - Live up to all the Army values.