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West Point has made the decision to remove the “Duty, Honor, Country” motto.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 3/14/24 at 2:57 pm
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The US Military Academy at West Point has made the decision to remove the “Duty, Honor, Country” motto from its mission statement.
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Posted on 3/14/24 at 2:59 pm to Cell of Awareness
Replace it with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion?
Posted on 3/14/24 at 2:59 pm to Cell of Awareness
Just sad what they are doing to this country.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:00 pm to Cell of Awareness
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The US Military Academy at West Point has made the decision to ADD the “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion is more important than Mission” motto TO its mission statement.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:00 pm to Cell of Awareness
Heads need to be on pikes
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:01 pm to Cell of Awareness
From the article on the last paragraph.
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The school added that the old phrase would still be adorned throughout the school as it is carved all over entrances and cadets’ uniforms.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:02 pm to Cell of Awareness
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West Point has made the decision to remove the “Duty, Honor, Country” motto.
That seems to contradict the actual article you cited.
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“Duty, Honor, Country is foundational to the United States Military Academy’s culture and will always remain our motto,” Gilland wrote.
They are changing the mission statement to cite this as 'Army Values'. This is quite literally fake news.
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The new mission statement for the senior army leadership will now read: “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.’”
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:02 pm to Cell of Awareness
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“Duty Honor Country is West Point’s motto and the foundation of our culture as it has been since 1898,” Kelley said. “As we have done nine times in the past century, we have updated our mission statement to now include the Army Values, loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage.”
The school added that the old phrase would still be adorned throughout the school as it is carved all over entrances and cadets’ uniforms.
“Duty, Honor, Country is foundational to the United States Military Academy’s culture and will always remain our motto,” Gilland wrote.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:03 pm to Cell of Awareness
The neutering of our once great military continues. Meanwhile neck beards and blue hairs everywhere rejoice this move.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:05 pm to Cell of Awareness
JBE is disappoint. He is Mr. Honor Code.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:05 pm to Cell of Awareness
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The phrase, which was first added to the mission statement in 1898, is set to be replaced with the words, “Army Values,”
Could mean anything.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:11 pm to Cell of Awareness
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The phrase, which was first added to the mission statement in 1898, is set to be replaced with the words, “Army Values,” according to a letter sent to students and supporters from the school
The new mission statement for the senior army leadership will now read: “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.’”
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:15 pm to Cell of Awareness
I’m ready for china to invade the USA
SFP wouldn’t last long
Let’s just rip the bandaid off at this point
SFP wouldn’t last long
Let’s just rip the bandaid off at this point
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:15 pm to Cell of Awareness
thread is proof no one actually reads past a headline
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:21 pm to Cell of Awareness
so a Coup ?
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:22 pm to Cell of Awareness
Who is the weakest country that employs the worst employees?
Posted on 3/14/24 at 3:30 pm to Cell of Awareness
They are dropping "Duty, Honor, Country" from the Mission Statement (it was only added to it in 1998). Duty, Honor, Country is remaining the Motto.
So...the motto dates back to 1898, but it was 100 years later when it was added to the Mission Statement...and now, 25 years later, it has been dropped from said statement.
Personally, I don't know why you would drop the motto...just read George MacArthur's speech from 1962, when he addressed the Corps and emphasized the motto's significance, and you will understand why it embodies what West Point is all about.
So...the motto dates back to 1898, but it was 100 years later when it was added to the Mission Statement...and now, 25 years later, it has been dropped from said statement.
Personally, I don't know why you would drop the motto...just read George MacArthur's speech from 1962, when he addressed the Corps and emphasized the motto's significance, and you will understand why it embodies what West Point is all about.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:03 pm to Cell of Awareness
A sad day. Many will rightly weep at it.
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No human being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this, coming from a profession I have served so long and a people I have loved so well. It fills me with an emotion I cannot express. But this award is not intended primarily for a personality, but to symbolize a great moral code – the code of conduct and chivalry of those who guard this beloved land of culture and ancient descent. That is the meaning of this medallion. For all eyes and for all time, it is an expression of the ethics of the American soldier. That I should be integrated in this way with so noble an ideal arouses a sense of pride and yet of humility which will be with me always.
Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. Unhappily, I possess neither that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imagination, nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean.
-Douglas MacArthur
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:06 pm to Cell of Awareness
They're subtly changing it to "Doody on our country"
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:13 pm to Cell of Awareness
I just texted grad school buddy about this who is a West Point grad with two tours in Afghanistan.
His response: "It's nothing, people trying to make something out of nothing".
His response: "It's nothing, people trying to make something out of nothing".
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