PREAMBLE
"Ever mindful of the traditions, duties and purposes
of the United States Coast Guard; our duty to uphold and defend the Constitution
of the United States of America; our responsibility to aid, assist and
save distressed seamen and others; our responsibility in the enforcement
of maritime, customs, fisheries and other iaws of our Country; and believing
that through social association and mutual acquaintance, the chief warrant
and warrant officers of the Coast Guard, may best advance their professional
abilities, enhance their value, loyalty and devotion to the Service and
promote its unity and morale; therefore we do associate ourselves together
and declare the following articles to be the Constitution and By-Laws of
the Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association, United States Coast
Guard.
OATH OF OFFICE
`You...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will faithfully
and to the best of your ability perform the duties of the office to which
you have been elected and upon which you are about enter, and that you
will at all times honestly and loyally serve the Association."
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