By Admin 
US President Donald Trump has changed the name of the Department of Defense (Ministry) to the Department of War (DOW). US Defense Secretary (Minister) will also be known as War Secretary. Trump has argued that the world will now see America’s ‘strength and determination’.
On Friday (September 05, 2025), Trump issued a new order and along with this the sign board of Department of Defense on Pentagon (Headquarters of Defense Department) was removed. The name of ‘Department of War’ was written in his place. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also wrote ‘Secretary of War’ on the strip outside his office.
What did the US President say about ‘Department of War’?
Two years after the end of World War II, ie in 1947, the US changed the name of the War Department to Defense Department. Earlier in 1789, the then President George Washington established the Department of War to take responsibility for the issues related to the war and Navy department.
In his order on Friday, Trump appreciated the decision taken 236 years ago and said that the US had won 1812, the First World War and Second World War (1940–45) along with the name (War Department).
Why did America change the name?
However, the US won the Iraq in the Gulf War (1991), but the Vietnam War (60–70s) and Afghanistan (2001–21) did not win. America’s military weakness has been revealed openly due to Russia-Ukraine war. This is the reason that Trump announced to change the name of America once again as the world’s military superpower.
According to Trump, ‘The war department name ensures peace through power, more than the current Defense Department, because it reflects our ability and will to fight and win war in a moment, but in a moment.’
‘Peace will be established only with strength’
According to the US President, ‘The new name (War Department) also makes more clear to focus on our desire and availability to wage war against enemies to protect our own national interest and protect our interests.’
On changing the name, Pete Hegseth also said that preparations for war will have to be done for peace, because peace can be established only by strength. All 11 theater commands of the US are under the command, soldiers, fighter aircraft and warships, DOWs.
America has the third largest army in the world
America is considered the most powerful army in the world due to the world’s third largest army (13 lakh soldiers). The US defense budget is about one trillion dollars ($ 997 billion), which was a total of 37 percent of the world’s spending on arms and forces.
The US has divided the whole world into its 11 theater commands, which have about 5000 military aircraft and more than 300 warships with around 1800 fighter jets. America’s stock has more than 5000 nuclear weapons, which are almost equal to Russia.
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