West Point military academy drops 'Duty, Honor, Country' from mission statement
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Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland announced the patriotic motto "Duty, Honor, County" has been removed from the mission statement at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
"Our responsibility to produce leaders to fight and win our nation's wars requires us to assess ourselves regularly," Gilland wrote in a letter to cadets and supporters on Monday. "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."
He continued: "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.’"