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West Point Removes “Duty, Honor, Country” From Mission Statement

News of the mission statement change wasn’t received very well on X.

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March 14, 2024

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This article originally appeared on CDM.press and was republished with permission.

We received the following information via our network of service academy graduates:

“From the MacArthur Society President, Col. (Ret.) Bill Prince, who attended the USMA Board of Visitors meeting in DC last week:

The Supe advised that “Duty, Honor, Country” will be removed from the official Mission Statement, replaced by a commitment “…to the Army Values.” Interestingly, “…service to the Nation as an officer…” now changed to “…lifetime of service to the Army and Nation.”

The MacArthur Society, the new patriotic association of graduates, is fighting back, alongside Air Force and Navy academy grads.

Putting It Plainly

I will state plainly what you all are thinking: The Army Values are meant well and are important to the US Army at large but are a lower standard than the West Point Values and tradition of Duty, Honor, Country. Like in many great institutions in the United States of America, progressive ideology is eroding away at West Point and doing so in a slow but methodical march, co-opting our good intentions through the specter of cultural marxism. Our adversaries are unscrupulous but sophisticated and very patient.

Fighting Back: Borman 2.0

We at the MacArthur Society have been making headway on service academy reform through Project 2025 and “Borman 2.0.” Borman 2.0 is joint project with two other distinguished service academy societies, Calvert Task Group (USNA, CTG) and STARRS (USAFA, STARRS.us), intended to reform USMA, USNA, and USAFA (see attached). Borman 2.0 is named after Astronaut Frank Borman, who led the presidential commission investigating the 1977 West Point cheating scandal.

News of the mission statement change wasn’t received very well on X:

Never put women in charge on men things.@WestPoint_USMA
got rid of "Duty, Honor, Country" out of its mission statement this week and replaced it with the words "Army Values".
West Point
— Annie Banks (@AnnieBNow) March 13, 2024

https://t.co/80haIoJjtp #westpoint #ARMY #army pic.twitter.com/3Kx8lAF1Ix
— PoliticalToons- RAW (@PoliticaltoonsR) March 13, 2024

Build, Educate, Train the new West Point Mission Statement. Doesn’t that just get you fired up and make you want to serve your country? 🤢🤮
— 🇺🇸Disabled Veteran Constitutional Conservative (@SGT_Oz) March 13, 2024

"…may see as West Point going woke."

May? Oh there is not doubt about it. Army values could mean absolutely anything.

This is beyond, completely beyond the pale.

What the hell is wrong with Duty, Honor and Country?

Too White?
— jmaceye (@jmaceye) March 13, 2024