14.11.2025 17:32
The signs in the Pentagon building of the U.S. Department of Defense have been replaced with bronze plaques reading "Department of War" following a presidential decree signed in September to change the name of the Department.
According to a statement from the Pentagon, changes have been made to the building of the department that is requested to be renamed "Department of War" with the presidential decree signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in September. The old bronze plaques at the two entrance doors of the building have been removed and replaced with plaques bearing the new name of "the federal agency that manages the U.S. war power."
THE SECRETARY PERSONALLY ATTACHED IT
In the images shared on the department's social media accounts, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was seen personally attaching one of the bronze plaques that read "Department of War." Hegseth stated, "We wanted to change the old signs because we want everyone who enters through this door to know that we are very serious about changing the name of this organization."
A FIRST IN 68 YEARS
The Department of War, established in 1789 when the U.S. Constitution came into effect, was renamed the Department of Defense in 1947 with a law enacted two years after the end of World War II.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Trump signed the presidential decree to change the name of the department to "Department of War" in September and stated that they would present their requests to Congress for the necessary legal arrangements to be made.