You may have heard the US Military Academy at West Point has changed its mission statement from a focus on "Duty, Honor, County" to what are now called "Army Values". If not, you can read about it here:
https://www.westpoint.edu/news/press-releases/west-point-mission-statement-update-0
Two things immediately come to mind:
(1) If you've never heard General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's Sylvanus Thayer Award acceptance address which emphasized those three foundational words, you should listen to it now. It's quite inspirational:
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurthayeraward.html
(2) The new direction being taken by our military academy appears to be the one suggested in John Lennon's song "Imagine" (see lyrics below):
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
[Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Winston Lennon
Imagine lyrics © Budde Music France, CONSALAD CO., Ltd, Downtown Music Publishing, Sentric Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TuneCore Inc.]
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