Topeka, Kan., native reaffirms oath before deployment

Photo By Sgt. Paul Peterson | First Lt. Jarrod Birney (left), a Topeka, Kan., native and platoon commander with Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, reaffirms his oath of office during a promotion ceremony at Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 27, 2013. Birney stood atop a windswept mountain, where he pinned on the rank of first lieutenant on the verge of deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

05.27.2013

Story by Cpl. Paul Peterson  

II Marine Expeditionary Force   

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Atop a windswept mountain overlooking the combat logistics support area, a Topeka, Kan., native reaffirmed his oath of office during a promotion ceremony here, May 27.

“I … do solemnly swear 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,” said 1st Lt. Jarrod Birney, a platoon commander with Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group.

Birney, a 2010 graduate of Washburn University, pinned on the rank of first lieutenant on the verge of the battalion’s deployment to support Operation Enduring Freedom where CLB-6 will conduct combat logistics operations.

The battalion recently spent more than a month completing the Integrated Training Exercise at Twentynine Palms in preparation for the deployment.

• Date Taken: 05.27.2013
• Date Posted: 05.31.2013 19:22
• Story ID: 107895
• Location: TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: TOPEKA, KANSAS, US