"We call it the Department of Defense, but between us, I think we're gonna change the name, the president told reporters on August 25. We won the World War 1, World War 2 it was called the Department of War, and to me, that's really what it is. Defense is a part of that, but I have a feeling we're gonna be changing."
"But the name was later changed in 1949 as part of a broader reorganization of the military under President Harry Truman. Truman signed the National Security Act in 1947, which merged the Department of the Navy, the newly created Department of the Air Force, and the Department of the Army previously the Department of War, according to the Army into one organization called the National Military Establishment, under the civilian secretary of defense."
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order renaming the Defense Department to the Department of War. The president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly previewed the change, with Trump referencing the historical name used during World War I and World War II. Hegseth indicated an imminent announcement and emphasized that words, titles, and cultures matter. The last time the department's name changed required an act of Congress. The War Department was established under George Washington and was reorganized after the 1947 National Security Act into the National Military Establishment, renamed in 1949.
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