Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is investigating the U.S. Military Academy's decision to drop "Duty, Honor, Country" from its mission statement.
Col. Terence Kelley, director of communications at West Point, told Newsmax in an email that "Duty, Honor, Country" will remain the academy's motto. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and Army Chief of Staff Randy George approved the mission statement change. Critics have raised the issue of using "Army Values" as a sign of the military academy going woke, but Kelley told Newsmax the phrase is in Army regulations for evaluations and has been used for decades in grading cadets.
"Cadets have long been inspired by the notion of 'Duty, Honor, Country,' a phrase that has become synonymous with the Academy itself," Blackburn wrote. "Those three words serve as a solemn and patriotic reminder that our country is worth defending, with the utmost duty and honor.
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