West Point axed 'duty, honor, country' from its mission statement. Conservatives fumed
The three iconic words remain the motto of the U.S. military academy. But an update to its mission statement, where the words had appeared for 26 years, has sparked outrage among conservatives online.
For more than a century, three words have stood as the iconic motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point: "duty, honor, country."
That hasn't changed.
Here's what has: For a shorter time — about 26 years — "duty, honor, country" had also appeared in the academy's mission statement.
Then, this week, West Point's superintendent announced that the academy would modify its mission statement to drop the three-word phrase in favor of "the Army Values," a reference to a broader set of seven attributes that serve as the Army's ethos.
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