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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — “Duty, Honor, Country” has been the motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point since 1898. Officials at the 222-year-old military academy 60 miles (96 ...
The United States Military Academy (USMA, West Point, or Army [7]) is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.It was originally established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.
In 1857, West Point began the current process of admitting candidates nominated by the members of the United States Congress, one for each congressional district. The 1850s saw a modernization of many sorts at West Point, and this era was often romanticized by the graduates who led both sides of the Civil War as the "end of the Old West Point era".
United States Military Academy (West Point) - Duty, Honor, Country (adopted 1898) [6] United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets) - Latin: De Oppresso Liber, lit. 'To Free the Oppressed' [7] Army Medical Department - To Conserve Fighting Strength [8] United States Army Military Police Corps - Assist. Protect. Defend.
The Sylvanus Thayer Award is an honor given annually by the United States Military Academy at West Point to an individual whose character and accomplishments exemplifies the motto of West Point. The award is named after the "Father of the Military Academy", Colonel Sylvanus Thayer .
The United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) is a preparatory school for the United States Military Academy (USMA). Located in West Point, New York since 2011, its mission is "to provide academic, military and physical instruction in a moral-ethical military environment to prepare and motivate candidates for success at the United States Military Academy".
West Point Cadet Sword Model-1872 Maker unknown. The first pictorial evidence that can be found of the use of the sword is a photograph of a group of cadets from the class of 1875. It is known that this pattern was not used in 1870, but the exact date of the change between this model and the previous one has not been determined.
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