Navy Will Make All Sailors Reaffirm Oath to the Constitution in Extremism Stand-Down
22 Feb 2021
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
When the Navy holds its daylong stand-downs to address the extremist ideologies that leaders say have infiltrated the military ranks, sailors across the fleet will be required to reaffirm the oath they took to the U.S. Constitution.
All Navy personnel -- uniformed and civilian -- will have to repeat the oath of enlistment or office and discuss what actions betray that promise during the virtual or in-person learning sessions that must be held by April 6. The stand-downs will focus on the "damaging effects of extremism" and how to eliminate it, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell wrote in a service-wide message.
"As public servants, we took an oath to the Constitution and we will not tolerate those who participate in actions that go against the fundamental principles of the oath we share, particularly actions associated with extremist or dissident ideologies," Nowell wrote.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/02/22/navy-will-make-all-sailors-reaffirm-oath-constitution-extremism-stand-down.html
@rangerrebew Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell should be court-martialed and then shot for the GALL of calling ALL of the sailors in the US Navy liars and potential traitors.
It is a good thing I am not serving in the US Navy these days,or I would be in a HEAP of freaking trouble over this. I would flat out REFUSE to take the oath again,because taking it again would imply I had lied the first time,and had been lying every day since.
I have never played well with people who have called me a liar,regardless of who they are or the positions they held. You call me a liar to my face after I have taken an oath,and you are going to be wearing me,and let the cards fall where they may.
Hell,I am not even serving and haven't served since 1970,and I am STILL pissed about this. I took that oath when I enlisted,and I renewed it when I re-enlisted. As far as I know I have NEVER been released from that oath,so yeah,I'm pissed even though he is not talking to ME directly.
I sure do wish he would get within grabbing distance and question my loyalty to my face. I may be old,but I bet I could teach that SOB a few lessons about loyalty,and about how it runs from top to bottom as well as from bottom to top.
Someone OBVIOUSLY needs to teach that careerist SOB that VERY valuable lesson. IF HE had been true to HIS oath,he would have refused to accept that brain fart of an order,that OBVIOUSLY came from some Dim shithead that has never served,and told them WHY he was refusing it. It push came to shove,he could always put in his retirement papers,and retire with honor. As it is,he is puke in a public restroom floor now,NOT an honorable man.
I am guessing I am not the only one taking this personally,either. I can only imagine the rage in the NCO and junior officers clubs.
Probably not in the senior officers clubs,though. The only ones left on active duty by now are the ones comfortable bending over and grabbing their ankles for their Dim masters,and probably carry lube with them everywhere they go. If it is ANYBODY that should be required to resign it is the senior officers that go along with this crap without public protest. Their loyalty is obviously only to themselves and their careers,not the military or the nation.