This is my stick. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My stick is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

Without me, my stick is useless. Without my stick, I am useless. I must throw my stick true. I must throw straighter than my enemy who is trying to stick me. I must throw it at him before he throws at me. I will …

My stick is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its branches, its knots, its wood and its bark. I will keep my stick clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will …

Before God, I swear this creed. My stick and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy, but peace!