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Hegseth Floats Name Change For The Department Of Defense
Trending Politics ^ | 03/22/2025 | Cullen McCue

Posted on 03/23/2025 12:53:27 PM PDT by Signalman

President George Washington’s original cabinet contained just four departments and department heads: Department of State, which was led by inaugural Secretary Thomas Jefferson, Department of the Treasury, which was conceived and headed up by Alexander Hamilton, Attorney General Edmund Randolph, and the Department of War, which was first led by distinguished Continental Army General Henry Knox.

The War Department existed until 1947, when it was initially split into the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, and the Department of the Navy. Congress had previously established a Department of the Navy in 1798, which was under the War Department’s purview.

President Harry Truman proposed a unified department of national defense in order to better coordinate U.S. Military affairs after the Second World War. In July of 1947, Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, which established the National Military Establishment (NME) and created several individual departments, including the National Security Council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the U.S. Air Force.

woke bishop All of these entities were placed under the control of the National Military Establishment, while the U.S. Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first NME director a day after the department was established. In 1949, the NME was official renamed to the Department of Defense.

It is unclear whether the Trump Administration is seriously pursuing a name change at this time. Hegseth has yet to provide any follow-up details on the poll, while the DoD has yet to provide any formal press releases on the matter.

President Trump recently referred to the department as the Department of War in a Truth Social post, however, suggesting that a formal name change may indeed be pursued.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: deptofwar; dod; gulfofmexico; hegseth; trendingpolitics
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I like the Dept. of War. Has a nice ring to it.
1 posted on 03/23/2025 12:53:27 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

****President George Washington’s original cabinet contained just four departments and department heads: Department of State, which was led by inaugural Secretary Thomas Jefferson, Department of the Treasury, which was conceived and headed up by Alexander Hamilton, Attorney General Edmund Randolph, and the Department of War****

The Department of War, The War Department
Let’s do it, return purpose and real language.


2 posted on 03/23/2025 12:58:28 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Signalman

This would be an important change.

Liberal euphemisms and word games seem trivial. But are important.

Watch them shreik and scream over this like nothing else.


3 posted on 03/23/2025 12:59:02 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (Anschluss now !)
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To: Signalman

DBAMF


4 posted on 03/23/2025 12:59:02 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Harpazo imminent. Each post may be my last. It's been real =)
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To: Signalman

Department of Mercenaries


5 posted on 03/23/2025 1:01:36 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Signalman

> Department of War

or Department of Kinetic Military Action


6 posted on 03/23/2025 1:01:55 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Signalman

Strategic Air Command (SAC)

motto: Peace Is Our Profession

logic: when you can believably, reliably and willingly
destroy any foe on earth if threatened - you get Peace.


7 posted on 03/23/2025 1:02:31 PM PDT by epluribus_2
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Rename the dept. to the War Department.

Reduce the spending of the Pentagon by 50%.

We should have a powerful navy. Focus on drones.

Eliminate the influence of the MIC.

8 posted on 03/23/2025 1:03:55 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Signalman

How about, “Here comes the boom!”


9 posted on 03/23/2025 1:04:49 PM PDT by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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To: Manic_Episode

DBTEE

Department of Breaking Things and Eliminating Enemies

Are the B and M in yours for Bad and Mother?


10 posted on 03/23/2025 1:05:00 PM PDT by null and void (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity. H/T MortMan)
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To: Signalman

Department of Defense is almost wimpy. Department of War is “I’ll see you and raise you”.


11 posted on 03/23/2025 1:05:36 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Signalman

Department of Manifest Destiny.


12 posted on 03/23/2025 1:06:27 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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I like the Department of War name. It keeps things in perspective.

When America is not at War, it should be at peace. The rate of technological advance, world shrinkage, complicates things, but should not alter the basic premise.


13 posted on 03/23/2025 1:07:45 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Signalman

What it was. Longer than DoD, IIRC


14 posted on 03/23/2025 1:12:05 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Signalman

Department of Death and Destruction. DDD.


15 posted on 03/23/2025 1:13:20 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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It was the “War Department “ until the love-peace gang arrived.


16 posted on 03/23/2025 1:14:30 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Gaffer

Or Dept of FAFO


17 posted on 03/23/2025 1:14:56 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Signalman

Department of Breaking Things and Killing People.........


18 posted on 03/23/2025 1:16:58 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Nachoman

Department of FAFO


19 posted on 03/23/2025 1:17:35 PM PDT by RainMan ((Democrats ... making war against America since April 12, 1861))
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To: Signalman

General Buck Turgidson would approve.


20 posted on 03/23/2025 1:19:07 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“…all who were appointed for eternal life believed.” Acts 13:48)
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