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The Alumni Association of West Point has canceled an award ceremony in honor of actor Tom Hanks, reported the Washington Post on Saturday and represented the last apparent shift on the legendary military academy under the Trump government.
Hanks, 69, would be recognized as an ‘excellent citizen’ who reflected the ideals of the military academy.
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Retired Colonel Mark Bieger told the Faculty of West Point on Friday that the West Point Association of Graduates would no longer hold a ceremony to give Hanks, 69, the Sylvanus Thayer Award, the Washington Post reportedWith reference to a copy of Bieger’s message.
Bieger wrote in his e -mail that the decision was made to enable the Academy “to prosecute his focus on his core mission to prepare cadets to lead, fight and win as officers in the most deadly force in the world, the US Army.”
The Alumni Association of West Point did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes.
Why does West Point Tom Hanks Eerde?
The West Point Association of Graduates announced In June, Hanks would receive the Sylvanus Thayer Award to recognize him as an ‘excellent citizen’ who represents the ideals of the ‘duty, honor, country’ academy. Former Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, chairman of the Alumni Association, has credited Hanks in a statement that has made more “for the positive representation of the American service member, more for the care of the American veteran, their care providers and their families, and more for the American Space Program and all the branches of the government.” Hanks, who portrayed service members in films ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Forrest Gump’ and ‘Greyhound’, was also praised for producing mini -series of the Second World War ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘The Pacific’. The actor also led an attempt to create the Second World War in Washington, DC, and supported initiatives for a President Dwight D. Eisenhower National Memorial, including, the Alumni Association explained.
Why do West Point Cancer The Ceremony of Tom Hanks?
It is not immediately clear, despite the fact that Bieger noticed that West Point would “concentrate on his core mission.” President Donald Trump has made some changes to the Academy, including recovery programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the armed forces and say that those on the American service academies would be confronted. Jen Easterly, who was as a cyber security chef during the Biden administration, was rejected In June after complaints from Trump -Loyalist Laura Loomer, who claimed that Easterly and other Biden residues ” the Trump administration ‘undermined’. Funds for President Joe Biden’s campaign in 2020 and appeared in a video for the Biden administration for a year in the presidency of Biden.
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West Point Alumni Group Cancels Award Ceremony for Tom Hanks ((Forbes))
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