Me and the Military

[littlegrimlin1]

I am leaning towards joining the military when I leave highschool at sometime. I was reading about the military and the process of joining until I came across the oath of enlistment:

"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."

My problem is, I really do not want to say "so help me God". I feel that it is a disgrace to me as an atheist. I don't believe in God, nor any of the other ones, and I don't need help from any of them. And also, "that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same." The same what? What am I bearing that terrible word to? Faith... I don't like the sound of it.

Thinking that I will have to say this gives me that wierd feeling inside, a feeling of insecurity or something. ;\\ Sadness.

What shall/can I do?