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US CONSTITUTION|WOMAN VETERAN|OPINION
Support and Defend
Domestic enemies
When I joined the U.S. Air Force at the age of 18, I raised my right hand and swore the following oath to uphold the Constitution:
“I, Suzanne Barbara Jacobson, 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.”
I fully meant what I said and believe that my oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States “against all enemies, foreign and domestic” was meant to be continued for my entire lifetime.
When I swore that oath, it never occurred to me that one day, during my lifetime, domestic enemies might be those named in the second part, whose orders I had sworn to obey.
What do you do when faced with such a challenge? Who or what is more important — The Constitution, or POTUS?
That’s a rhetorical question, by the way. No individual person is more important than the Constitution.
