In its effort to blast “woke” military policies, a Washington-based legal watchdog this week sued the Pentagon for documents detailing the hows and whys of the U.S. Military Academy’s decision to delete its famous motto “Duty, Honor, Country” from its mission statement.
Judicial Watch told Secrets that the move came after West Point refused to turn over information about the change. As a result, the group filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit earlier this week.
“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,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.
Well folks, its come to this-The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has dropped the motto 'Duty, Honor, Country' from its mission statement, as veterans' slam 'progressive ideology' for eroding tradition.
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Top brass at West Point shocked many when it eliminated the three words from its mission statement.
The statement used to read, “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.”
According to Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven Gilland, the mission statement now reads, “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.”
Gilland said the change was developed over a year and a half and better explains the role of West Point. He also said the school is still dedicated to “Duty, Honor, Country,” even if the words are not in the mission statement.
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The change outraged conservatives who have watched as the military becomes more politically correct. Fox host Pete Hegseth has been so alarmed at the changes that the military veteran just published a hit book on the subject, The War On Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free, which debuted as a New York Times bestseller.
Judicial Watch has investigated and exposed “woke” policies at other military academies.
