This is the officer version;
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; 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. (Title 5 U.S. Code 3331, an individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services)
Clearly the President is not part of the Oath for officers and it is secondary for enlisted.
There is a very high probability that right wing extremists will conduct armed action before the Inauguration on Jan 20 and after.
These are the domestic enemies...period.
And these actions may take place all over the country.
Retired brigadier general says Trump loyalists in military need rooting out
One of my bigger concerns is that there has long been a strong Trump following in the military. People in the military have every right to be conservative or extremely conservative. But Trump’s supporters in the military who think that what happened [on Jan. 6] was a good thing need to be managed out of the military as soon as possible. That probably won’t happen until the Trump loyalists are out, but that needs to be done. We’re not talking about half a dozen people. We’re probably talking about thousands across the Department of Defense. Many of them will have already run their mouth, put things on social media. But this was an insurgency, a crime against the state. And it’s a duty obligation of the defense leadership to make sure that there are no, essentially, sleeper cells, people in the military who, for whatever reason, think an insurgency is a good idea or justifiable.
I count on all Americans in uniform to do all they can to prevent these actions from having any impact on the Constitution anywhere.
I count on retired officers and enlisted to understand the oath does not end when you become civilian. Time to talk to your active brothers and sisters about the situation we are in.
And I count on civilians to defend democracy.
It is not just constitutional law interpretation it is the future of America.
The final scenes may be extreme, we need to be ready.
I know we will succeed.
I never thought I would write a diary like this.
Times have changed.