By Lt Col. Keith Self, US Army ret, USMA ’75 Current Member of Congress serving the Texas 3rd District The Colonel Sylvanus Thayer Award is West Point’s top accolade, reserved for the finest exemplars of the motto of West Point: Duty, Honor, Country. This year’s Thayer Award is slated (September 19, 2024) to be awarded … Continue reading Congressman Keith Self, West Point Class of 1975: Barack Obama Does Not Embody Duty, Honor, Country