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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 ...
French map of West Point in 1780. The Continental Army first occupied West Point, New York, on 27 January 1778, [11] and it is the oldest continuously operating Army post in the United States. [12] Between 1778 and 1780, the Polish engineer and military hero Tadeusz Kościuszko oversaw the construction of the garrison defenses. [13]
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".
Executive Order 14172, titled "Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness", is an executive order signed by Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, on January 20, 2025, [1] the day of his second inauguration.
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 United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York, founded in 1802; The United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland, founded in 1845; The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) in New London, Connecticut, founded in 1876; The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, founded in 1943
Republicans and Democrats pressed Acting Deputy Secretary Pamela Powers on the urgency of dealing with sexual harassment.
The academy's geographic location and geologic formations have directly shaped its history, for example, there wouldn't be a military garrison at West Point were it not for the narrow "s-curve" in the river, creating a "west point" in the river that was incredibly important for controlling shipping traffic on the Hudson during colonial times ...