# 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."
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