West Point Removes ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ From Mission Statement

The U.S. Military Academy announced that the iconic phrase, “Duty, Honor Country,” will be scrubbed from its official mission statement.

The phrase was originally taken from General Douglas MacArthur’s 1962 speech during a visit to the academy just before his death.

“A lot of warriors and heroes are weeping from their graves today,” one anguished critic wrote on social media. -- More...

.@WestPoint_USMA got rid of "Duty, Honor, Country" out of its mission statement this week and replaced it with the words "Army Values". What a disgrace! Listen to the speech by General Douglas MacArthur called "Duty, Honor, Country" given when he received West Point's Thayer… pic.twitter.com/ie9MqyA5qn

— Spence Rogers (@SpenceRogers) March 13, 2024