- With recently-retired Army General Tommy Franks having
stated publicly that <http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/11/20/185048.shtml>
- the Constitution might need to be scrapped, in favor
of some form of military dictatorship, did he violate his <http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/oaths.htm>
- Army Oath?
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- The wordings of the current oath of enlistment and oath
for commissioned officers are as follows:
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- "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).
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- "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 or domestic, that I will
bear true faith and allegiance tot he same; that I take this obligation
freely, without any mental reservations 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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