OATH OF OFFICE AND COMMISSIONING

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OATH OF OFFICE AND COMMISSIONING
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OVERVIEW

• Oath Of Office
• Meaning Of Commission
• Service
• Sacrifice
• Responsibility
• Fun

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Eddie Rickenbacker
Douglas MacArthur
Colin Powell
Curtis LeMay
Benjamin O. Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Chuck Yeager
Hoyt Vandenburg
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Lance P. Sijan
Steven Bennett
Hillard Wilbanks
William Jones
Joseph Loring
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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WHAT DOES THE COMMISSION MEAN?

• Service
• Sacrifice
• Responsibility
• Fun

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SERVICE

• Country
• Self
• Peers
• Family

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SACRIFICE

• Life
• Freedom
• Family

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RESPONSIBILITY

• The Mission
• Superiors
• Subordinates
• Yourself

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FUN

• Jobs
• Assignments
• Friends/family

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Its 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 hell never be with those cold
and timid souls who know neither victory nor
defeat. -- Theodore Roosevelt
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SUMMARY

• Oath Of Office
• Meaning Of Commission
• Service
• Sacrifice
• Responsibility
• Fun

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Its not the critic who counts or how the strong
man stumbled and fell or whether 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 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 hell never be with those cold
and timid souls who know neither victory nor
defeat.--Theodore Roosevelt