Commissioning Oath

							The Oath of Office:
 The Last Word
            Overview
   Oath Of Office
   Meaning Of Commission
    •   Service
    •   Sacrifice
    •   Responsibility
    •   Fun
                           Eddie Rickenbacker
Douglas MacArthur
                      Colin Powell
Curtis LeMay
                               Benjamin O. Davis

   Ulysses S. Grant
                            Chuck Yeager

  Hoyt Vandenburg
Lance P. Sijan
                         Steven Bennett



         Hilliard Willbanks



Joseph Loring
                               William Jones
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
                  The Oath
I, (state your full name), having been appointed a
      second lieutenant, in the United States Air
     Force, 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 upon which I am about to enter, so
                      help me God.
      What Does the
    Commission Mean?

 Service
 Sacrifice

 Responsibility

 Fun
            Service

   Country
   Self
   Peers
   Family
             Sacrifice

   Life
   Freedom
   Family
       Responsibility

   The Mission
   Superiors
   Subordinates
   Yourself
             Fun

   Jobs
   Assignments
   Friends / family
               It’s not the critic who counts
        or how the strong man stumbled and fell
   or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
   whose face is marred by dust and sweat, and blood,
                    who strives valiantly,
       who errs and comes short again and again,
  who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion,
          and spends himself in a worthy cause;
   and if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly;
                    so that he’ll never be
              with those cold and timid souls
           who know neither victory nor defeat.

                  -- Theodore Roosevelt
           Summary
   Oath Of Office
   Meaning Of Commission
    •   Service
    •   Sacrifice
    •   Responsibility
    •   Fun