Duty, Honor, Country.

Day 1,707, 03:03 • Published in USA Canada • by The.Dude

Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.

Unhappily, I possess neither that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imagination, nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean.

The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase. Every pedant, every demagogue, every cynic, every hypocrite, every troublemaker, and, I am sorry to say, some others of an entirely different character, will try to downgrade them even to the extent of mockery and ridicule.

But these are some of the things they do. They build your basic character. They mold you for your future roles as the custodians of the Nation's defense. They make you strong enough to know when you are weak, and brave enough to face yourself when you are afraid.

I start this article with this quote from General MacArthur's Thayer Award Speech as it resonates with me. I've enjoyed military history my entire life.

To that end of Duty, Honor, County for me is doing what is right for me with regard to my status as the Commanding Officer of SEAL Team 6.


At 0522 EST or 0222 day of 1707 SEAL Team 6 will Stand Down all hostilities with the Government of Canada. SEAL Team 6 will continue to follow all direct orders give by the POTUS or his designee with the exception of the previous stated.

To the people of the US: You should expect better from our government.
To the people of Canada: I'm sorry.

To SEAL Team 6: I am honored to be your CO. We stand on the ready, heads held high for Duty, Honor, Country.