Exclusive: A statement from the U.S. Military Academy’s mission exchange of “ duty, honor, country “ to “ army values ” will set fire again, this time by a conservative judicial and government surveillance group that claims that the school is engaged in a scheme of “ coverage ” when it altered its mission declaration by 2024 as part of an effort to advance a diversity, equity and inclusion.
On March 11, 2024, the superintendent of the West Point Superintendent, the general, Steven Gilland, publicly announced that West Point would update his mission and insert the term “army values” instead of “duty, honor, country”. However, Gilland emphasized that “the duty, the honor, the country” would remain in the motto of West Point as it has been since 1898.
The judicial clock obtained documents through a request for the Freedom of Information Law that seeks all emails about the elimination of the “duty, honor, country” of the declaration of the mission among West Point officials.
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Among the documents, the judicial clock obtained is a Gilland document, detailing the declaration of the mission of conversation for the founders’ speakers on March 23, 2024. The note indicates to the speakers that they “avoid saying” eliminated “, replaced”, “deleted”, only refers to the “ updated mission statement and reinforces that the MOTTO remains unchanged ”. “”
The note does not explicitly connect the change from declaration of the mission to any initiative Dei.
However, Judicial Watch argues that the discussion points he obtained implies that DEI was a factor in the change of declaration of the mission because the document also contains a section of frequently asked questions that seems to diminish the role of Dei, claiming only five to eight students each year to complete the diversity and inclusion studies of West Point.
“These records detail how the DEI agenda helped to change the West Point’s mission statement, and how Biden’s leadership of the administration tried to cover -” said Judicial President Watch, Tom Fitton, in a Thursday statement to Fox News Digital.
But in the statement of the statement declaration, Gilland urged the speakers to go back the narrative that the change in declaration of the mission was made for political purposes.
“It emphasizes the seven real values, since some of the audience do not realize the values of the army is a definite term and counteract the narration of social networks that the values of the army change for political reasons. Avoid comparing DHC with AV, it is not or,” said the declaration document of the mission.
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The United States Military Academy of West Point is a selective institution that prepares students to become United States Army officers. (Istock)
“Avoid the perception that the external review team was political or made the decision. The Academy selected them. They advised it. The academy’s leadership made decisions,” the document said.
The term “army values” maintains “duty and” honor “within its basic set of values, but also includes the following: loyalty, respect, selfless service, integrity and personal courage.
Gilland said in a statement that he announced the change that the “country” is reflected in the term “loyalty”.
“The values of the army include duty and honor, and the country is reflected in loyalty, with the faith of truth and fidelity to the United States Constitution, the army, your unit and other soldiers,” Gilland said in an announcement on the change in the mission of the mission.
Gilland also said that “the duty, the honor, the country” is “essential for the culture of the United States Military Academy and will always remain our motto.”
An army spokesman directed Fox News Digital to Gilland’s original announcement, where he wrote: “Our absolute approach to developing leaders of characters willing to direct our army soldiers on battlefields is still more lethal.”
West Point is one of the various North -American military academies that forms students to become military officers.
In the meantime, the declaration of West Point’s mission has changed nine times during the last century, and the words “Duty, Honor, Country” did not reach the declaration of the West Point mission until 1998.
From March 2024, the declaration of the West Point mission is: “Build, educate, form and inspire the Cadets body to be responsible for leaders of nature committed to the values of the army and prepared for the life of the service in the army and the nation.”
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West Point cadets in formation. (United States Military Academy)
West Point’s previous mission declaration, first adopted in 2005, remained: “Educating, forming and inspiring the Cadets Corps so that each graduate is a leader of a person in charge committed to the values of duty, country, country and preparation for a career of excellence and professional service in the nation as the United States Army officer.”
The West Point Superintendent At that time, Lieutenant January William Lennox, requested the change in 2005 and the then Chief of Staff of General Peter Scoomaker approved the change.
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Meanwhile, Republicans have pushed for “duty, honor, country” again to the Mission Declaration. For example, Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, led the legislation in January to add the words to the statement of the Military Academy’s mission.
“ For centuries, the United States Army has established the global standard for military excellence because its leaders adopt a selfless service of service and embody the values of “ duty, honor, country ”. The elimination of these basic West Point values from its statement declaration risks at the basis of the foundation of North -American Military Leadership, “Cruz said in a statement in January.
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