For those who have served this country in uniform in the past and those who do so today with the same spirit as the founders who proclaimed,
…for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
I offer these words by Katharine Lee Bates:
Oh beautiful, for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine,
‘Til all success be nobleness, and ev’ry gain divine!
Sing along, would you?
(The rendition offered above is by the Army Brass Quintet, as found here)