West Point drops ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ from its military statement

Published March 14, 2024 4:36pm ET



The U.S Military Academy at West Point has updated its motto to simply include the term “Army Values,” dropping the previous inclusion of the words “Duty, Honor, Country.”

West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland described the three words as “foundational” to the U.S. Military Academy’s culture and that they would “always remain our motto.” Over the past year and a half, though, West Point has conducted a review of its strategy with “leaders from across West Point and external shareholders” to create soldiers ready for combat, and that it believes its mission ties the Academy to the Army, according to a letter from Gilland.

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