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I don't believe you can say the Doctor is doing this to get out of anything. He has earned the following awards and commendations: Army Flight Surgeon's Badge, Combat Medical Badge, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, the Armed Forced Expedition Medal, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon and the NATO service medal.

As far as following orders "to the death", the oath a commissioned officers takes when they enlist is

"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

Key wording is "you are defending the constitution" and "obeying orders from the President of the United States" which is the whole point:

His contention is "he is NOT the legitimate President ACCORDING to the constitution. The certificate of live birth wouldn't get your child into Little League. If you contend otherwise - simply give me the name of the attending doctor and the hospital listed on the certificate!!!!!!!

As far as following orders "to the death", the oath a commissioned officers takes when they enlist is

Officer's don't enlist. (Well they sometimes do, but are released from that enlistement as soon as they are commissioned.) What you showed is the enlisted oath. The military officers oath does not mention obeying orders, or the President, or the UCMJ. It has not been changed since 1868. It's the same oath the VP and other federal officers take.

Officer Oath: I, ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. .

“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.” (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).”

I don’tknow how many times this has to be corrected......What you posted is for “enlisted” personnel taking an oath of office. The Officer oath of office reads like this:

“I (insert name), having been appointed a (insert rank) in the U.S. Army under the conditions indicated in this document, do accept such appointment and do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God.”

Notice it says nothing about the POTUS or Superior Officers. The oath is to protect the CONSTITUTION.

I wonder if they will redo the Oath for Officers now because of this??????