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Shako
Richmond
VMI 1979 - Civil Engineering, GWU 1987 - Engineering Management, 1992 - Business Administration; Career - US Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and Department of State - 33 years; Consultant / Contractor to Department of State - 7 years.
Interests: Piano - classical, jazz, Great American songbook; War Between the States; History of American Railroads; Industrial Archaeology; Ukrainian / Russian history, languages, art, literature, military.
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This is correct! It is a contractual oath and why no Confederate officers who resigned from the U.S. Army or U.S. Navy were ever tried for treason. They resigned and their contractual obligations were terminated. it is amazing that 19th Century Americans had a better grasp of legal procedure, the use of standard American English and legal requirement than modern day 21st Century Americans. I attribute this to a very strong ahistoric tread in American culture, anchored in the concrete of invincible ignorance.
Commented Jan 16, 2021 on You may not want to know this ... at Sic Semper Tyrannis
You may not want to know this ...
All those of us who took up military service under the US flag took an oath which most of us have engraved on our souls. In the context of last week's attack on the US Capitol, the question of the status of; active duty soldiers, reservists, former military and military retirees has come u...
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Commented Jan 6, 2021 on When using electronic voting machines you do not vote. Election workers do not count the votes. at Sic Semper Tyrannis
When using electronic voting machines you do not vote. Election workers do not count the votes.
By Robert Willmann Everybody knows that a valid election has three parts: qualified, eligible voters are listed; an eligible voter expresses a legal vote on a ballot; and the votes are counted accurately. For a small organization or club, this is easy. All the candidates and voters are in o...
The inspiring beginning of the ethos and can-do spirit of the U.S. Army. Thank you for posting!
Commented Dec 22, 2020 on Rough Men - TTG at Sic Semper Tyrannis
Rough Men - TTG
On this day in 1776, General Washington led his cold, ill fed and ill equipped army across the Delaware River to attack and decisively defeat the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey. It was a morning of bloody footprints in the snow and supreme audacity. My son captioned the image above a...
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