# My Military Oath - 2024.10.08 - After college, I joined the US Navy. - On or about 1978.09.05, I swore an oath to support and defend the US Constitution. - The oath I swore is: > "I, Gary Martin Abbott, do solemnly swear 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." ---