I think i dug to far this time , i didn't know this , but i had heard of it before.
It was in a book as thick as a catalog , its very sobering for sure.
Its a run down of what is expected of every American who ever even took the pledge of allegation , no wonder some guy we all know didn't.
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; 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.
Article 177 ,Amendment as to the Terms expected by the Oath and Obligation therein.
(1) Members of a regular component of the armed forces, including those awaiting discharge after expiration of their terms of enlistment; volunteers from the time of their muster or acceptance into the armed forces; inductees from the time of their actual induction into the armed forces; and other persons lawfully called or ordered into, or to duty in or for training in the armed forces, civilian militias , law enforcement or government service from the dates when they are required by the terms of the call or order to obey it.
(2) Cadets, aviation cadets, and midshipman.
(3) Members of a reserve component while on inactive-duty training, but in the case of members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States.
(4) Retired members of a regular component of the armed forces who are entitled to pay , or Honorably discharged from Millitary service.
(5) Retired or Discharged members of a reserve component who are receiving hospitalization from an armed force.
(6) Members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
(7) Persons in custody of the armed forces serving a sentence imposed by a court-martial.
(8) Members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public Health Service, and other organizations, when assigned to and serving with the armed forces, having taken the oath of service and duty.
(9) Military Police involved in the guarding of Prisoners of war in custody of the armed forces.
(10) In time of war, persons serving with or accompanying an armed force in the field , Being a Civilian or those Sworn to serve and protect.
(11) Subject to any treaty or agreement which the United States is or may be a party to any accepted rule of international law, persons serving with, employed by, or accompanying the armed forces being an American citizen outside the United States and outside the Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
(12) Subject to any treaty or agreement which the United States is or may be a party to any accepted rule of international law, persons within an area leased by or otherwise reserved or acquired for use of the United States which is under the control of the Secretary concerned and which is outside the United States and outside the Canal Zone, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
(b) The voluntary enlistment of any person who has the capacity to understand the significance of enlisting in the armed forces, or by takeing the oath of allegiance shall be valid for purposes of jurisdiction under subsection (a) and change of status from civilian to that of a member of the Armed Forces ,of Civilian Militia formed in order to preserve the Constitution and all laws therein.
Article 144
In each case, military and civilian Militia personnel have an obligation and a duty to only obey Lawful orders and indeed have an obligation to disobey Unlawful orders, including orders by the president that do not comply with the UCMJ. The moral and legal obligation is to the U.S. Constitution and not to those who would issue unlawful orders, especially if those orders are in direct violation of the Constitution and the UCMJ.
Section 4. The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors ,or the dereliction of their duty to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States.