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October 19th, 2009

Active Duty Troops In Iraq Are Wearing Oath Keeper Tabs – Hooah!

by Stewart Rhodes –Oath Keepers

The photo was also posted over at the Sipsey Street Irregulars blog with this message:

Just thought the WRSA [Western Rifle Shooters Association] and the Sipsey Street boys might like to see what we are wearing while over here in Iraq.  We . . . know what the deal is, and when the time comes (which it will), we know where we stand and continue to make preparations for it.

Keep up the good work!

Regards from Mosul,
K7C

All I can say to that is Hooah!  Thank you for your service, K7C, and for stepping up.  Give our best regards to your brothers in arms, and let them know we have your six back home.  If any of you need anything at all, from socks to helmets, to body armor, just ask and it will be provided.   We need you to stay safe and come home healthy.

Oath Keepers here stateside, let your brothers on active duty in Iraq know how you feel.  They do come here to read comments, count on that.

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A Three Percent Oath Keeper in Iraq

The above photo was submitted by an active duty Oath Keeper in Mosul Iraq, sporting an Oath Keepers tab. As his other tab and patch make clear, he is also a “Three Percenter.” (see below)

Note that the tab in the photo is not the same tab we sell here on our site (which is more of a police style tab).  We are having military ACU style tabs with velcro made up, but they are not yet finished.  That means the troops are having their own Oath Keeper tabs made up!  And no, we did not put them up to it.   They are doing this on their own initiative.

So take heart!  The message of the oath and its obligations is spreading, and the Guardians of the Republic are listening and responding.   And every time you act to spread the message, by whatever means, you cannot know what impact you will have, or how far it will reach.  That’s why it’s so crucial that we each do what we can to reach, teach, and inspire as many active duty as possible about their obligation to defend the Constitution and their duty to refuse unlawful orders that would violate the rights of their fellow Americans.

Upcoming Outreach Effort to Put Tabs, DVD’s, and OK Handbooks in the Hands of Active Duty

Coincidentally, the tabs those troops are wearing are almost exactly like the tabs we are having made for our upcoming care package initiative, which will put an Oath Keeper tab, DVD, Oath Keepers handbook, copy of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and other outreach materials, into the hands of active duty deployed worldwide.  We plan on launching that effort on Veteran’s Day, November 11 and continuing right on through Bill of Rights Day, December 15, with the goal of delivering all the care packages by Christmas.  Now imagine what that will be like!  Tens of thousands of our troops reached with the message and a tab.  I will post more details very soon.

What’s a Three Percenter?

Now, seeing the other tab and patch in the photo, you may ask “what is a three percenter?”  The narrowest definition is that three percenters are hard-line gun owners who are done backing up and will not comply with more infringements of their right to bear arms.   A broader definition would be that they are hard-line Americans who are done backing up and will not comply with further  infringement of any of their rights.  It also alludes to the three percent of the colonists who took to the field against the King during the Revolution, and the estimation that at least three percent of modern Americans will actively fight, if it comes to it, to preserve liberty.  Read this essay for more explanation.

Oath Keepers and Three Percenters are separate groups, but it is not a surprise to see people who consider themselves both an Oath Keeper and a Three Percenter. If you read the supplied links you will see why.

While we Oath Keepers have a specialized mission of outreach to current serving, focused on the oath and on refusing to obey unlawful orders, there’s lots of common ground and shared commitment to the Republic among both groups.   Go here to read what the Sipsey Street blog has to say about that.

Oath Keepers, expect to see more of these tabs popping up soon, even before we begin our care package initiative.  You are making a real difference.   Keep up the good work!

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8 comments to Active Duty Troops In Iraq Are Wearing Oath Keeper Tabs – Hooah!

  • I suggest that people be very wary of Stewart Rhodes and the Oath Keepers.

  • I suggest that people be very wary of Coloma. (Previous comment)

    He/she doesn't even offer a reason why people should be wary of OathKeepers. And allegations without facts won't count.

  • I have kept close watch on Oath Keepers. I have found nothing to be "wary" of. In fact they are doing a tremendous job in helping the military, police, et al to understand the importance of the oaths they take and to keep the US Constitution and Bill of Rights alive and strong.

  • And here's more info on Stewart Rhodes:

    Stewart is the founder and Director of Oath Keepers. He served as a U.S. Army paratrooper until disabled in a rough terrain parachuting accident during a night jump. He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul's DC staff. Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper "Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status" won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people. He is a staff attorney with Jefferson Legal Foundation and has assisted in constitutional litigation in state and federal courts. Stewart currently writes the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine, and has written for The Warrior, the journal of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College; for http://www.moreliberty.org; and for JPFO. Stewart has appeared on several radio shows, was invited to speak at Stanford University on unlawful enemy combatant status, and teaches classes on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

    His personal blog is here and has loads of info:
    http://stewart-rhodes.blogspot.com/

    So Coloma — what's your beef? Or are you a member of the paid opposition?

  • I believe in the right of citizens to bear arms within reason (by "within reason" I mean I do not believe in a right to keep a thousand howitzers in my garage)

    But I don't like threats !

    Including threats from belligerent, posturing, tough-guy, sissy-macho jerks.

    Did John Brown threaten Harper's Ferry ?

    Did the Japanese threaten Pearl Harbor ?

    Did the Germans threaten Poland ?

    Did the Germans threaten the Soviet Union ?

    Guys that talk spit (euphemism) arouse themselves and only impress other weaklings who get aroused by sissy macho threats.

    Okay, tough guys….just remember…..there are tough guys on the other side too.

    Some great Yanks you are…..talkin' spit and threatening people on websites.

    Real Heroes.

    Great advertisements for America.

  • "Guardians of the Republic are listening and responding."

    This does my heart good indeed :) Though I am decrepit, I am with you in spirit and if need be bodily as well. I think of my Grandson.

    Oath Keepers :)

  • I've likened OK to the SA during Hitlers ascent in Weimar Germany. These were mainly former WW1 Soldiers who returned home after the most terrible war in History during which not a single soldier laid foot on Germany's western border, yet they were a defeated army. No food, no jobs, no hope, they joined the SA in spades, in the end there were 3 Million of them, a mighty force. Eventually Hitler & Co had to disband them as they began to show signs of making trouble.

    I post this observation not as a criticism, rather as an observation. I applaud the OK but there will be some who fear it and will attempt to infiltrate it for the very reasons I put here.

    Good luck to you all.

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