CITE:      10 USC Sec. 502                                01/03/95 
    EXPCITE:   TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES 
               Subtitle A - General Military Law 
      
    PART II - PERSONNEL 
    
    CHAPTER 31 - ENLISTMENTS 
    
    HEAD     Sec. 502. Enlistment oath: who may administer 
    
    STATUTE  Each person enlisting in an armed force shall take the following
    oath:
    
    ''I, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __, do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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.

    So help me God!"

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    This oath may be taken before any commissioned officer of any armed force.

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