Pentagon sued for records about deletion of 'Duty, Honor, Country' from mission statement

Just the News ^ | June 23, 2024 | Madeleine Hubbard

[Twotone]

The U.S. Defense Department is facing a lawsuit to turn over emails and documents about how the agency came to delete the phrase "Duty, Honor, Country" from the mission statement of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

The conservative legal watchdog organization Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit against the Defense Department last week after the Military Academy failed to respond to its Freedom of Information Act request filed in March 2024.

While the words "Duty, Honor, Country" remain the academy's motto, West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven Gilland said in March that following a year-and-a-half assessment, the mission statement would be updated.

The new mission statement is: "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."

[BobL]

“Pentagon sued for records about deletion of ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ from mission statement”

I suspect they replaced it with “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion”.

[TChad]

The new version needs an editor.

The old version does not.

[normbal]

That new motto’s going to be real hard to fit on a unit crest.

Shoulda just gone with BOHICA!

[PGR88]

I suspect they replaced it with “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion”.

Or "Globohomo Uber Alles."

[E. Pluribus Unum]

On a related note, a lot of medical schools no longer subscribe to the Hippocratic Oath or have new MDs take it.

[T.B. Yoits]

“Perversion and Globalism”

[rlmorel]

"...On a related note, a lot of medical schools no longer subscribe to the Hippocratic Oath or have new MDs take it..."

Oh, how I wish that were true. If they trashed the old one and didn't require them to take an oath of any kind, it might be less damaging.

But the NEW oaths many are taking are disgusting:

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Class of 2024 Oath
As the entering class of 2020, we start our medical journey amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and a national civil rights movement reinvigorated by the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. We honor the 700,000+ lives lost to COVID-19, despite the sacrifices of health care workers.

We recognize the fundamental failings of our health care and political systems in serving vulnerable communities. This oath is the first step in our enduring commitment to repairing the injustices against those historically ignored and abused in medicine: Black patients, Indigenous patients, Patients of Color and all marginalized populations who have received substandard care as a result of their identity and limited resources.

Acknowledging the privilege and responsibility that come with being a physician, I take this oath as a call to action to fulfill my duty to patients, to the medical profession and to society.

Thereby, I pledge as a physician and lifelong student of medicine:

I will support and collaborate with my colleagues across disciplines and professions, while respecting the patient’s vital role on the health care team.

I will honor my physical, mental and emotional health so as to not lessen the quality of care I provide.

I will carry on the legacy of my predecessors by mentoring the next generation of diverse physicians.

I will recognize the pivotal role of ethical research in the advancement of medicine and commit myself to endless scholarship with the ultimate goal of improving patient care.

I will care for my patients’ holistic well-being, not solely their pathology. With empathy, compassion and humility, I will prioritize understanding each patient’s narrative, background and experiences while protecting privacy and autonomy.

I will champion diversity in both medicine and society, and promote an inclusive environment by respecting the perspectives of others and relentlessly seeking to identify and eliminate my personal biases.

I will be an ally to those of low socioeconomic status, the BIPOC community, the LGBTQIA+ community, womxn/women, differently-abled individuals and other underserved groups in order to dismantle the systemic racism and prejudice that medical professionals and society have perpetuated.

I will educate myself on social determinants of health in order to use my voice as a physician to advocate for a more equitable health care system from the local to the global level.

I will restore trust between the health care community and the population in which I serve by holding myself and others accountable, and by combating misinformation in order to improve health literacy.

In making this oath, I embrace the ever-changing responsibilities of being a physician and pledge to uphold the integrity of the profession in the clinic and beyond.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“First, do no harm” isn’t in there.

What a surprise.

[rlmorel]

When you read it, it sounds like a Marxist “Struggle Session”.

Disgusting and repulsive.

[rlmorel]

I am interested to see the genesis of this decision to change it. But I fear the military has already been lost. There has been over a decade and a half of focused, malicious manipulation of the military leadership.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Mao would be so proud.

[Vaduz]

New Duty, Honor, Country’ from mission statement
^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
Obey /shut up / under new management

[Bookshelf]

“Did Gilland ever picture himself coming back to West Point as an administrator during his cadet years? ‘Absolutely not! There was no way that the Military Academy or the Army was going to ever offer me the opportunity to come back here, given how well or maybe not so well of a cadet I was.’”

[Vaduz]

Sounds right enough