Future soldiers take oath to serve; Enlist on Flag Day, Army birthday.(METROPOLITAN)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: June 15, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Keyonna Summers, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Jimmie Tate, 17, stood outside the Pentagon yesterday with 26 others to make one of the most serious commitments he will probably make in his life: joining the military.

In his black "Army of One" T-shirt and his mother and fiancee looking on, Jimmie, a recent high school graduate from Orange, Va., raised his right hand, and, at an Army general's cue, repeated the oath:

"I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. ..."

Jimmie was ...

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