"...You are the leaven which binds together the entire fabric of our national system of defense. From your ranks come the great captains who hold the nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds. The Long Gray Line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses thundering those magic words:
Duty, Honor, Country."
--General Douglas MacArthur - Sylvanus Thayer Award Address (Duty, Honor, Country), 12 May 1962, West Point, NY
The Federalist: West Point Trades Real Reform For Illusory Paper Compliance by Will Thibeau:
If the academy cannot produce officers loyal to the Constitution, its leadership is not just failing, it is compromising national security.“In a recent New York Times op-ed, soon-to-be former West Point professor Graham Parsons blames the Trump administration for West Point’s failure to maintain their status as an apolitical, elite institution of the military profession. The claim is not just disingenuous — it is a deflection.
The op-ed accuses West Point of failing to resist the president’s agenda to rid the military of ideological perversion, as if insubordination is a virtue.
This framing exposes the heart of the problem: West Point’s leadership opposes the president’s vision, either out of ideology or incompetence.It is first important to understand some of the changes President Trump and Secretary Hegseth made to West Point. First, admissions officers are no longer allowed to maintain racial profiles or goals for admissions classes. Long a policy since the 1960s, West Point sought to categorize applicants and cadets based on the color of their skin. Under the Trump administration, that is no longer possible.
Furthermore, West Point is no longer able to be a venue for anti-American ideology like Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Critical Race Theory (CRT). In Graham Parsons’ telling, West Point now suffers from a supposed infringement on its academic freedom. As a tenured professor, he opines as much without any consideration for the distinct nature of West Point as an institution, one not bound by the typical dictates of civilian educational institutions. It would seem that West Point as an institution has failed to strike this balance in implementing President Trump’s executive orders, too.
There are only two explanations for West Point’s failure. The first is ideological subversion — malicious compliance designed to subvert the president’s orders. Consider Lieutenant General Steven Gilland, the superintendent of West Point, testified before the House Armed Services Committee in July 2023. He called DEI initiatives “operational imperatives” and insisted that racial quotas create “a stronger and more adaptable force.” These are not the words of someone reluctantly complying with DEI; they are the words of an advocate.
Yet this same man now presides over an institution tasked with dismantling the very project he praised. This is not just inconsistency — it is sabotage.
The second explanation is simpler but equally disqualifying: incompetence. Perhaps Gilland and Brigadier General Shane Reeves, West Point’s dean, are so deeply entrenched in the bureaucracy that they cannot conceive of anything outside of its conventions. In this scenario, their compliance with DEI was not ideological, it was reflexive.
Their attempts to implement the president’s orders have failed not because the orders are unclear, but because they are institutionally incapable of executing them. They know how to pass along directives, but not how to drive cultural change. Rather than use the president’s orders to clean house and restore West Point’s purpose, they have gutted the academy’s academic integrity while leaving ideological rot untouched. They have traded serious reform for paper compliance. The result is a worse institution than when they began.
Under either explanation, they must go. Malicious compliance or institutional incompetence — both are disqualifying. West Point deserves leadership that understands the mission and carries it out with conviction. The academy exists to produce warfighters loyal to the Constitution, not ideologues trained to deconstruct it.
...The command to restore American values and patriotism at West Point is clear. Gilland and Reeves refused to carry it out. In any other command environment, failure to execute results in relief of command. West Point is not exempt from this standard. ...
The United States Military Academy now mirrors the Ivy League — not in quality, but in ideological conformity. Ambiguity has no place here. If the academy cannot produce officers loyal to the Constitution, its leadership is not just failing, it is compromising national security. There is no mission more critical than preparing America’s warfighters. Those who fail to execute that mission cannot remain in command." .......
Donald Trump Delivers West Point Commencement Speech--Breitbart:
“I could not be more proud to serve you as your commander-in-chief.”
"Top military schools have faced a swift backlash after using underground means to discuss books and topics banned by the Trump administration.
Cadets and staff at the US Naval Academy have been creating non-governmental emails to chat about the banned ideas, including the likes of critical race theory.
The president has cracked down on what made up the curriculum at the school, with faculty saying they run their research through an AI tool screen their findings." .......
What does AI say about Treason, Insubordination and Mutiny, Perfesser?
"...They sent our warriors on nation-building crusades to nations that wanted nothing to do with us, led by leaders that didn’t have a clue in distant lands, while abusing our soldiers with absurd ideological experiments here and at home. All of that’s ended. You know that. All of it’s ended. It’s ended, strongly ended. They’re not even allowed to think about it anymore.
They subjected the Armed Forces to all manner of social projects and political causes while leaving our borders undefended and depleting our arsenals to fight other countries’ wars. We fought for other countries borders, but we didn’t fight for our own border. But now we do. Like we have never fought before, by the way.
But under the Trump administration, those days are over. We’re getting rid of the distractions, and we’re focusing our military on its core mission, crushing America’s adversaries, killing America’s enemies, and defending our great American flag like it has never been defended before.
The job of the U.S. Armed Forces is not to host drag shows, to transform foreign cultures, or to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun. The military’s job is to dominate any foe and annihilate any threat to America anywhere, anytime, in any place.
A big part of that job is to be respected again, and you are, as of right now, respected more than any army anywhere in the world, and that’s happening. And I can tell you, you are respected like nobody can believe." .......
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Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2025 – The White House:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Memorial Day is a sacred day of remembrance, reverence, and gratitude for the brave patriots who have laid down their lives in service to our great Nation. Throughout our history, brave men and women have been called to defend the cause of liberty on foreign shores in defense of our homeland. Their noble sacrifices are marked by flag-draped coffins and the silent sorrows of those left behind. We must never forget those who have given everything for our country.
America’s Gold Star Families — whose sons, daughters, wives, and husbands are among the honored — endure unfathomable heartache. Their loved ones selflessly gave everything to protect our sovereignty. They have our unwavering support, deepest gratitude, and highest respect. The lives lost in war serve as a solemn reminder of why we must pursue peace through strength.
We are eternally indebted to our Nation’s fallen heroes. On this solemn day, as we honor their sacrifice, the First Lady and I ask all citizens to join us in prayer that Almighty God may comfort those who mourn, grant protection to all who serve, and bring blessed peace to the world.
In honor of all of our fallen heroes, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 11, 1950, as amended (36 U.S.C. 116), has requested the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe each Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace and designating a period on that day when the people might unite in prayer. The Congress, by Public Law 106-579, has also designated 3:00 p.m. local time on that day as a time for all Americans to observe, in their own way, the National Moment of Remembrance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 26, 2025, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time when people might unite in prayer. I ask all Americans to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day. I also request the Governors of the United States and its Territories, and the appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that on Memorial Day the flag be flown at half-staff until noon on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and in all areas under its jurisdiction and control. I also request citizens to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon period.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Amen!
1-3 Then all Israel assembled before David at Hebron. “Look at us,” they said. “We’re your very flesh and blood. In the past, yes, even while Saul was king, you were the real leader of Israel. God told you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you are to be the ruler of my people Israel.’” When all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made a covenant with them in the presence of God at Hebron. Then they anointed David king over Israel exactly as God had commanded through Samuel.
4-6 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (it was the old Jebus, where the Jebusites lived). The citizens of Jebus told David, “No trespassing—you can’t come here.” David came on anyway and captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David. David had said, “The first person to kill a Jebusite will be commander-in-chief.” Joab son of Zeruiah was the first; and he became the chief.
7-9 David took up residence in the fortress city; that’s how it got its name, “City of David.” David fortified the city all the way around, both the outer bulwarks (the Millo) and the outside wall. Joab rebuilt the city gates. David’s stride became longer, his embrace larger—yes, God-of-the-Angel-Armies was with him!
10 These are the chiefs of David’s Mighty Men, the ones who linked arms with him as he took up his kingship, with all Israel joining in, helping him become king in just the way God had spoken regarding Israel.
Greater and greater, by Your Spirit, Lord, Hallelujah!
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