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I wonder if they are going to change their song too?
Looks like West point has changed their mission statement:
Judicial Watch Sues over Deletion of ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ from West Point Mission Statement
Judicial Watch just filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense for records regarding the deletion of the words “Duty, Honor, Country” from the United States Military Academy at West Point’s mission statement (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Defense (No. 1:24-cv-01757)). “Duty, Honor, Country” is West Point’s motto.
We sued after the Military Academy failed to respond to a March 2024 FOIA request for:
Looks like West point has changed their mission statement:
Judicial Watch Sues over Deletion of ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ from West Point Mission Statement
Judicial Watch just filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense for records regarding the deletion of the words “Duty, Honor, Country” from the United States Military Academy at West Point’s mission statement (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Defense (No. 1:24-cv-01757)). “Duty, Honor, Country” is West Point’s motto.
We sued after the Military Academy failed to respond to a March 2024 FOIA request for:
- All documents which form the basis upon which the decision was made to remove the phrase “Duty, Honor, Country” from the United States Military Academy Mission Statement, according to various reports (such ashttps://armedforces.press/report-west-point-to-remove-duty-honor-country-from-official-mission-statement/).
- All emails between the following USMA officials and other email accounts ending in .mil or .gov regarding the removal of “Duty, Honor, Country” from the USMA Mission Statement: Superintendent LTG Steve Gilland, MG Lori Robinson, and BG Shane Reeves.
Given the woke virus infecting West Point, deleting the words “Duty, Honor, Country” from its mission statement has sparked justified concern about what the Army’s rising leadership is being taught at the United States Military Academy. And the unlawful stonewalling of the release of records about the issue makes matters worse.Duty, Honor, Country is foundational to the United States Military Academy's culture and will always remain our motto. It defines who we are as an institution and as graduates of West Point. These three hallowed words are the hallmark of the cadet experience and bind the Long Gray Line together across our great history.
Our responsibility to produce leaders to fight and win our nation’s wars requires us to assess ourselves regularly. 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. We believe our mission binds the Academy to the Army -- the Army in which our cadets will serve. 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. [Emphasis in original]
Both the Secretary of the Army and Army Chief of Staff approved this recommendation….