- 17 Mar 2024 06:29
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For those who might not know, West Point is the premier military college in the United States where people go to to become officers in the military. If you want to become a general in the military forces, you have to go there. It's a very prestigious academy, being prestigious even just before the U.S. Civil War (1861).
West Point Changes Mission Statement, Removing Values 'Duty, Honor, Country'
In a move sure to worry many that the venerable two-century-old West Point is going woke, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland announced Monday a change in the institution’s mission statement.
The phrase “duty, honor, country” is out — exchanged for the more amorphous “Army values.”
The United States Military Academy’s previous mission statement was: “To educate, train and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the United States Army.”
The new mission statement, according to a news release from the academy, is: “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 professional excellence and service to the Army and Nation.”
https://ijr.com/west-point-changes-miss ... r-country/
The culture and society of the country has moved in such a direction that probably these days, most of the young cadets entering military school have no idea what "duty" and "honor" even really mean.
West Point Changes Mission Statement, Removing Values 'Duty, Honor, Country'
In a move sure to worry many that the venerable two-century-old West Point is going woke, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland announced Monday a change in the institution’s mission statement.
The phrase “duty, honor, country” is out — exchanged for the more amorphous “Army values.”
The United States Military Academy’s previous mission statement was: “To educate, train and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the United States Army.”
The new mission statement, according to a news release from the academy, is: “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 professional excellence and service to the Army and Nation.”
https://ijr.com/west-point-changes-miss ... r-country/
The culture and society of the country has moved in such a direction that probably these days, most of the young cadets entering military school have no idea what "duty" and "honor" even really mean.