to protect and defend or ...

"I, _____, 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; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

Mankind is unique, like fingerprints, where no two are alike. Even heritage, regional cultures one is raised around, dialects in speech, and religion (everyone has one), heighten the uniqueness of individualism in each of us. And only through progeny can one see a likeness of themselves in the creation of life through the birth and rearing of a child. That way, when death calls, one will continue on in a life they partook creating. As in the animal kingdom, there is no other animal like man. The ability to reason and think, allowing through training and practice an ability to react to circumstances beyond the fight or flight instinct of the wild. Thus, in human life, there is no such thing as an accident, whereas, in lesser animals, the inability to reason and think can cause such.

Then incidents: Where one either voluntarily skips an action or intentionally performs an action, thus creating a result. Take the car and texting while driving, road rage, driving while intoxicated or a host of other distracting offences, when one causes individuals (single or multiples) to end in tragedy. Basically, one’s failure to obviate. And devoid of circumstances, what other factors can create an incident while driving: Possibly the car not being mechanically sound? Thus, apply the “incident” perspective to any issue presented, and “My Bad” becomes “Sucks to be you!” thus one should obviate.

Anyway, I was seventeen when I swore the oath to enlist, having no earthly idea what I was agreeing to. Then boot camp, including the tear down and build back better into one that could be all they could be. Except, that sounds like an Army commercial, with a little democrat mixed in even though I was Navy. But, by swearing in, one divested of their life into a singular society of individuals with a hierarchy of rank to “support and defend the Constitution” and nothing else. The sacrifice of voluntarily serving country, even in death do us part. Only in the oath, while supporting and defending, one also has to “obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me.” And all of it is wrapped up in the bowtie “according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice” (UCMJ).

But what if orders are unconstitutional; who then decides the constitutionality of such? Or, if an order is given and one decides not to follow, what then happens through the UCMJ? Because everyone who enlists swears an albeit contradictory oath to defend or follow. Plus, if one hasn’t “served,” do they understand rule interpretation enlistees must adhere to? I suggest: Read the UCMJ, like the Constitution, and learn premise; a novel idea absent. And conversely, the UCMJ is to which the civilian world does not apply, synopsizing: The military is a vicious cycle of constitutional being in the hands of those higher outranking those lower through the food chain of power all the way up to the executive (president). Except today, the constitutionality of an issue (order) has become completely dependent on Party, the Constitution be damned.

As entwined here are Biden, Trump, Covid and the military, inclusive of the “jab” and those who serve. Especially those who decided not to follow orders (Biden) who were ultimately discharged while their “brothers in arms” who took the jab, stayed. While today (Trump), those who exited can re-enter with full backpay, including service time accumulated but not served and rank, while those who suffered through: Sucks to be you. But go back to the oath, UCMJ and refusing orders. Were they (those discharged) like me, having no idea what they agreed to, even though many had multiples of years served prior to the incident of Covid and thus knew and understood the oath and UCMJ? And of Biden and Trump, were/are either one even constitutional?

So, when they, who left, re-don the uniform of the day, pocket the promised cha-ching, and step back into the military environment, when the next incident presents, will the oath and the UCMJ apply? Or, if things don’t go the way one wants, will they just be allowed to re-exit and re-enter under the next executive? Because, when it comes to defending the Constitution, what’s to be protected if no one understands the premise of its intent? As those in the civilian sector who stood their ground, who refused the “jab” and were summarily dismissed from their jobs: Where’s their deal? Isn’t the civilian sector supposed to maintain singularity, whereas the service member is to be of singular force, their uniqueness of individualism set aside to “support and defend the Constitution”?

Now, I know I’m contrary to most everything taking place, especially when it comes to wrong being right, or is it right being wrong. Hell, who knows anymore. Take the recent on again, off again tariff war, highlighting my argument against the executive order. Yet Congress, feckless and inept, has failed entirely, forcing the president to act, but he is proving schizophrenic. As the yo-yoing is not in the best interest of the people, while understanding trade should be fair, not lopsided, nor geared for elites to profit at the sacrifice of others. Could it be Trump didn’t obviate first?

And for better or worse, maybe everyone should take the oath to be a citizen, while learning the uniqueness of the Constitution, because it’s apparent, we don’t know or understand it. As the oath now taken by those to protect and defend is overridden by the one taken to preserve Party. And make no mistake, there is no such thing as an “accident,” as a good incident should never go to waste, with the only losers being WE THE PEOPLE, as obviation has become an absence of thought to garner a result.