1 When Caiden Taylor enlisted in the Utah National Guard in 2014 he raised his right hand and swore an oath to defend the Constitution and obey the orders of the President of the United States and of the officers appointed over him.
It’s an oath very similar to what active duty Soldiers affirm, except that it includes a promise to also defend the constitution of the state of Utah and obey the orders of the governor.
In early September Gov. Gary Herbert issued an activation order to the Utah National Guard.
When Taylor, a sergeant in the 118th Transportation Company, learned about the activation, he made good on his oath.
americans don t want to fight but if someone picks a fight with us, we will always win. because we don t fight for awards or recognition. we fight for love of our country, our homeland, our family and our unit and that s stronger than anything the enemy has. thank you and thank you to his family very much. great family, david. thank you. david exemplifies the same warrior ethos that gave his grandfather and all of the heros of normandy the strength to defeat evil exactly 75 years ago. i hear that his grandfather, joseph, is now 99 years old and that today he s watching this ceremony at his home in jamestown, new york. a lot of people are watching david. american s blessed with the heros and great people like staff sergeant bellavia whose intrepid spirit and unwavering
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over four decades on those issues. because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours. he s saying donald trump is not clear eyed about who our allies and who our enemies are. that s pretty damning. it s extremely damning and general mattis maintains what we saw the warrior ethos. honor and country are the principle of everything he does. when they had that saddam-like talk when donald trump came into power, he didn t praise donald trump at the table. he praised the opportunity to serve the men and women of the armed forces. he did the same thing at the end of this letter and did not sign it respectfully or sincerely or anything, which shows you what he feels about donald trump. more importantly, he understands donald trump fundamentally does not believe in american power in our alliances that have been
and toussaint looked the service dog, remco showed more honor and courage than bergdahl did. this drives at the heart of the military personnel. we use words like the brotherhood and warrior ethos for a very good reason. at the end of the day, young men and young women that find themselves in the most unimaginable events. when their friends are dying and they re told to stand up and move forward in combat. where the courage comes from is love. it s love for the men and women on the right side and the faith that they re going to stand up and move forward to. that s what bergdahl betrayed. it s the feeling of betrayal and the base point that soldiers and marines and air men that they feel together, that s what he betrayed. there s the legal part in this. i can tell you the thing that hurts us the most is that love