The U.S. Military Academy no longer will use the motto "Duty, Honor, Country" in its mission statement, according to West Point's superintendent.
The phrase, which was highlighted in a famous speech by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1962, will be replaced by a line that includes the words, "Army Values."
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and Army Chief of Staff Randy George both approved the change, which critics may see as West Point going woke.
"Thus, over the past year and a half, working with leaders from across West Point and external stakeholders, we reviewed our vision, mission, and strategy to serve this purpose."
Gilland explained that the new mission statement "binds the Academy to the Army."
"As a result of this assessment, we recommended the following mission statement to our senior Army leadership: To build, educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character committed to the Army Values and ready for a lifetime of service to the Army and Nation."
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Our southern border is controlled by cartels, criminals are ravaging our cities, we cannot afford groceries, the world is at war, we’ve abandoned our 6th American Embassy in 3 years, 300K Americans are dead from cartel drugs, and now Biden is pulling “Duty, Honor, Country”
Good Lord. Wake up America.
@DemocracyTigerUnity2yrs2Y
I couldn’t agree more! What a complete disaster in just 3 years! Yall need to ensure that going forward the President has limits on vacation days and every where he is every guest, phone call, email, live in guests, residents etc are fully documented! This bogus administration is being run by an underground group worse than the cartels.
@MindfulUrchinVeteran2yrs2Y
I knew Biden would be bad but it's even worse than I imagined, but in reality this is for all intents and purposes Obamas 3rd and worst term, and because none of it falls back on him he is laying waste to our country as he always dreamed he would.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How might the change in the West Point motto affect the mindset and behavior of future military officers?
@9KVHNFN2yrs2Y
They might not be as driven and dedicated as before.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
What personal values do you think should be emphasized in the mission statement of a military academy?
@9KVGZRZ2yrs2Y
We should be loyal to one another and not support corruption
@DolphinJimTranshumanist2yrs2Y
Using the term "leadership" is a loose word usage regarding PENTAGON and WEST POINT management. They apparently spend more time using the correct "pronouns"...and social correctness than the training the recruits and soldiers..Sadly there's more psychologist than leaders...
This has to be stopped. They are destroying the fabric of all that means anything that have values
Tradition is bad to DEI and the new world order. You have to break down our traditions so we have no history to connect us
@ResolvedOryxRepublican2yrs2Y
That’s because a lot of the younger generation doesn’t believe let alone know what it means
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