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Hegseth Floats Name Change For The Department Of Defense
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| 03/22/2025
| Cullen McCue
Posted on 03/23/2025 12:53:27 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman
DOPOOT
Department Of Putting Ordnance On Target
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posted on
03/23/2025 1:59:22 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
To: Signalman
There used to be a Leftist gag that they wanted a Department of Peace with the full billions of budget and make the Defense Department sell baked goods and T shirts on tables at fundraising concerts.
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posted on
03/23/2025 1:59:38 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
To: Signalman
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:04:13 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
(Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
To: RainMan
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:05:54 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
(Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
To: Signalman
I like Department of Defense better.
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:08:54 PM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(There's a Light over the Whole World. I just want everybody to be happy, healthy and well. --DJT)
To: Signalman
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:09:54 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: Signalman
Department Of Our Military = DOOM
Maybe the Department of International Comity and Kindness. No, wait, bad acronym, never mind.
To: Signalman
If we got rid of all manned fighter aircraft and replaced them with drones, we could reduce the Navy to 100 submarines and a few carriers that could each carry 1,000 drones. No need for destroyers or any other surface ships.
(ex-submariner here)
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:27:22 PM PDT
by
MNnice
To: Signalman
Department of Peace
Many years ago, I was with my my mother who was a liberal and involved in peace activities at a gathering of her friends and colleagues. The subject of creating a separate Department of Peace came up. It is an idea that has been discussed forever among peace activist.
I told the person that we already had a Department of Peace and laid out my arguments for why it was the proper vehicle for what they wanted.
I still believe we should rename it the Department of Peace, except I agree with an earlier comment we do not need to spend the money renaming it anything.
To: ansel12
Granddad used to call my grandma the War Department...true story.
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:34:44 PM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
To: epluribus_2
There is a military base near us that had a sign that said “peace is our profession” facing outward at the main gate. The flip side facing inward said “total annihilation is our job”.
CC
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:41:53 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: Signalman
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:43:52 PM PDT
by
dinodino
( Cut it down anyway. )
To: Signalman
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:45:28 PM PDT
by
Palio di Siena
(Kralik…..you get the wallet)
To: PhiloBedo
He sounds like the likable ol cuss in a movie.
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:53:07 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Signalman
We could modernize it to “The department of Police actions that we eventually lose interest in as administrations change and original goals are forgotten”
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posted on
03/23/2025 2:57:39 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Signalman
Didn’t the DOD used to be called the Dept. Of War?
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posted on
03/23/2025 3:10:08 PM PDT
by
Jean2
To: Signalman
It would be nice to see a euphemism go away.
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posted on
03/23/2025 3:10:22 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
To: Jean2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War
The War Department existed from August 7, 1789 until September 18, 1947,[1] when it split into the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. The Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force later joined the Department of the Navy under the United States Department of Defense in 1949.
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posted on
03/23/2025 3:15:27 PM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
To: Signalman
My grandfather was a first class civil and mechanical engineer. He did lots of work for the Bureau of Reclamation on dams and canals before setting up his cement pipe company near Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was approached to take on building the AlCan highway with the promise of being a Brigadier General. The Secretary of War got wind of the offer and summoned him to Washington. The Secretary was much concerned about having all of the cement pipe products needed to build airfields and other infrastructure for the war. My grandfather said, "Mr. Secretary, you will have all the cement pipe needed for the war". That said, he turned down the AlCan offer. My grandfather helped Kettering set up his machinery to automate car manufacture. He designed and built all of the machines to create the pipe.
It would be fitting to return the name back to the Dept of War.
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posted on
03/23/2025 3:42:46 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Empire_of_Liberty
1. Department of War
2. Department of FAFO
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posted on
03/23/2025 3:50:34 PM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
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