Is this true?

Seems like Duty, Honor and Country is an easier way to say this:

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

p.s. You have officially gone to newsmax more than me.
 
"To develop Midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government."


A1Janitor said:
lol how many pushups are going to be required when plebes struggle to remember it.
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Based on my USNA experience, a lot.
 
A perfect example of bureaucrats picking the low hanging fruit. With the multitude of issues the Department of the Army and the broader military is facing, this is what they choose to focus on? Whoever decided this was even remotely a priority should be fired.
 
Another reason not to trust anything on newsmax.

Mission changes all the time, motto doesn't


West Point Teammates:

Duty, Honor, Country is foundational to the United States Military Academy's culture and will always remain our motto. It defines who we are as an institution and as graduates of West Point. These three hallowed words are the hallmark of the cadet experience and bind the Long Gray Line together across our great history.
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I think it is important to read the actual source content. In fact, the very first sentence clearly indicates the motto will remain Duty, Honor, Country.

It is the mission statement which changes. Mission statements, from my point of view in the civilian world, are pretty much just mental gymnastics anyway.
 

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JackRussellRacing said:
I think it is important to read the actual source content. In fact, the very first sentence clearly indicates the motto will remain Duty, Honor, Country.

It is the mission statement which changes. Mission statements, from my point of view in the civilian world, are pretty much just mental gymnastics anyway.
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Very important distinction. The West Point motto remains unchanged!
 
pa-outdoorsman said:
This is crap! Why say in 33 words what you can say in 3?!?!?!?

It's safe to say this new "motto" won't exactly be rolling off tongues any time soon. I don't like it one bit. Not one bit.
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The Mission is NOT the Motto. The Motto is Duty Honor Country. The Supe sent a letter to Old Grads. The only people up in arms are the people who don't know that the motto was not added to the mission until the late 1990s. The mission changes over the years. The motto does not change. These news articles are click bait. There is no story here.
 
DrMom said:
The Mission is NOT the Motto. The Motto is Duty Honor Country. The Supe sent a letter to Old Grads. The only people up in arms are the people who don't know that the motto was not added to the mission until the late 1990s. The mission changes over the years. The motto does not change. These news articles are click bait. There is no story here.
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