"The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War. The rebrand, first introduced by Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as part of a broader warrior ethos campaign, represents a striking symbolic shift from the post-World War II era, when the War Department was formally re-styled to emphasize defense rather than security."
"Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was Department of War, Trump told reporters last month. Then we changed it to Department of Defense. Hegseth echoed the sentiment in an appearance on Fox News: We won WWI, and we won WWII, not with the Department of Defense, but with a War Department with the Department of War. As the president has said, we're not just defense, we're offense."
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War and changing the Secretary of Defense title to Secretary of War. The rebrand stems from a warrior ethos initiative led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and frames a symbolic return to pre-1949 nomenclature. Officials emphasized the move as a shift from a defensive posture to an offensive orientation. Hegseth has pursued broader changes including banning certain books on bases, renaming USNS Harvey Milk, and restoring Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg. Congressional response remains uncertain, and the White House expressed confidence it can implement the change without legislative approval.
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