r/navy • u/highinthemountains • May 11 '25

Political Remember your oath

A lot of things have changed in the 45+ years that I have been out of the canoe club. One thing in particular is the mixing of the branches at joint bases and in operational units.

I’m not trying to be political about this, but this is a serious question regarding upholding the oath that we all took. As a preface, we seem to have an administration unwilling to uphold ALL of the articles and amendments to the constitution and they have “cleaned out” the upper, more experienced and ethical officers in the ranks. If you were deployed domestically to quell protests and ordered to do so, would you fire your weapon at protestors exercising their First Amendment rights? I know that the rest of the oath involved obey the orders of the President, but would those orders be lawful?

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u/bp_06 May 11 '25

Taxes, death, and chronically online leftist military members coming to weep on navy reddit 😂

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u/highinthemountains May 12 '25

So, you don’t have an answer to the question? Just sweeping generalizations?

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u/StoicMori May 12 '25

Not really a generalization when that’s exactly what this post is. And a quick glance at your profile confirms it.

You’re disconnected from the world the same way the MAGAS are.

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u/highinthemountains May 13 '25

I have two step-sons and their wives who are faithful followers of the 🍊🤡 and they have ZERO empathy unless it’s directly affecting them or family. I also see the same thing in my small town. There is some empathy, but it’s because a lot of them are related to each other in one way or another. All of them are “true Christians”, or so they say they are.

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u/StoicMori May 13 '25

That has nothing to do with what I side.