Saturday, 07 June 2025

Pete Hegseth Teases Renaming The “Department of Defense”

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Pete Hegseth is floating out a new name for the Department of Defense….

In a poll posted to X, Hegseth asked which name was better: the Department of Defense or the Department of War.

You can add your vote here if you like, there’s still one day left of voting:

Want to know which one is winning?

It might surprise you.

As of press time for this article, with 1.5 million votes cast, the Department of War is winning with 53.4% of the vote:

But here’s what you might find even more surprising….

The “Department of War” is not a new idea.

It’s actually very old.

That’s what the Department was originally called under George Washington.

History buffs might know this:

Here’s even more detail on the history of the name and how we got to where we are today….

Is it time to go back in history?

Back to the Future?

History of the United States Department of Defense

Origins and Early Structure

  • War Department (1789–1947): Established by the First Congress in 1789 to oversee the United States Army. Responsible for military affairs and defense policy.
  • Department of the Navy (1798–1947): Created in 1798 to administer naval affairs. Operated independently alongside the War Department.

    • Post-World War II Reorganization

  • National Security Act of 1947 (enacted July 26, 1947): Reorganized U.S. military and intelligence agencies after World War II. Created the National Military Establishment (NME) to coordinate the armed services.
  • President Harry S. Truman signed the act into law.
  • Established the Department of the Air Force as a separate branch (previously part of the Army as the Army Air Forces).

    • Renaming to Department of Defense

  • National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (June 10, 1949): Renamed the National Military Establishment to the Department of Defense (DoD).
  • President Harry S. Truman approved the amendments.
  • Consolidated the Department of War, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Air Force under a single cabinet-level Secretary of Defense.

    • Key Organizational Changes

  • Department of Defense (1949–present)
  • Unified command structure under the Secretary of Defense.
  • Creation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as principal military advisors.
  • Establishment of unified combatant commands (e.g., U.S. European Command, U.S. Pacific Command).

    • Summary of Name Changes and Authorities

    Period Name Established/Renamed by Authority Signed by
    1789–1947 War Department First Congress (1789) Act of Congress President George Washington (implicitly)
    1798–1947 Department of the Navy Act of Congress (1798) Act of Congress President John Adams
    1947–1949 National Military Establishment National Security Act of 1947 Act of Congress President Harry S. Truman
    1949–present Department of Defense National Security Act Amendments of 1949 Act of Congress President Harry S. Truman

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    Elon Musk was all smiles as he arrived at the Pentagon today to meet with Pete Hegseth and to get to work on DOGE trimming the waste, fraud and abuse at the Pentagon.

    But I still can't get over watching him ride in a non-Tesla vehicle!

    It just looks so wrong:

    Let's ditch those black SUVs and switch them out for matte-black wrapped Cybertrucks!

    Here's a sneak peak into Musk meeting with Hegseth and team:

    Don't forget Elon had previously promised that all Pentagon leakers will be found.

    From The Hill:

    Tech billionaire and President Trump’s close adviser Elon Musk said the individuals who are leaking “maliciously false information” to news outlets will be “found” and prosecuted.

    Musk, whose companies have contracts with the Defense Department (DOD), issued a warning Friday morning after The New York Times reported the SpaceX executive was set to be briefed on U.S. military’s secret plans if a war with China were to take place.

    “The New York Times is pure propaganda. Also, I look forward to the prosecutions of those at the Pentagon who are leaking maliciously false information to NYT. They will be found,” Musk wrote Friday morning on X, the social platform he owns.

    Trump also pushed back on the Times’s reporting, hammering the outlet as “one of the worst and most purposely inaccurate newspapers anywhere in the World.”
    “Their FAKE concept for this story is that because Elon does some business in China, that he is very conflicted and would immediately go to top Chinese officials and ‘spill the beans,’” Trump wrote Friday morning on his social platform, Truth Social.

    The Wall Street Journal published a similar article hours later.

    Later Friday, Trump said his administration would not share details of the DOD’s plans for a potential conflict with China with Musk, pointing to the billionaire’s business dealings that, in part, warrant caution.

    NBC News had more on the meeting:

    Trump adviser Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday for a briefing that President Donald Trump insists was focused on the tech mogul's Department of Government Efficiency efforts, disputing a New York Times report that the meeting would include a discussion of plans for any potential war with China.

    "He's there for DOGE, not there for China, and if you ever mentioned China, I think he'd walk out of the room," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office later in the morning when asked about Musk's meeting.

    The Times was first to report Musk's Pentagon briefing. Citing two U.S. officials, the news outlet also reported that the meeting would focus on what the military might do if any war were to break out with China. Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, repeatedly denied the report.

    “We welcomed him today to the Pentagon to talk about DOGE, to talk about efficiencies, to talk about innovations," Hegseth told reporters at the Oval Office after he and Trump had announced the production of a next-generation fighter jet. "It was a great, informal conversation. The rest of that reporting was fake. There was no war plans, there was no Chinese war plans. There was no secret plans."

    Hegseth, who had met with Musk in the morning at the Pentagon, did not say whether the discussion completely excluded talk about China more generally.

    Musk arrived at the Pentagon at a little before 9 a.m. ET and his visit lasted a little over an hour. When asked afterward how the meeting went, he told reporters as he was walking with Hegseth, “It’s always a great meeting.”

    “I’ve been here before, you know," Musk added as the two men joined in a laugh.

    Three defense officials had confirmed to NBC News earlier Friday that Musk had been scheduled to have a briefing at the Pentagon, and one of the topics would be China. But the officials could not confirm that the meeting would focus specifically on plans for any potential war, known as the operational plan, or O plan. Two of the officials also said the briefing would be unclassified.

    The decision to brief Musk on military plans for China would mark a notable evolution of his involvement in the Trump administration and, potentially, his access to U.S. secrets. Musk, whom the president has charged with overseeing a government cost-cutting initiative known as the Department of Government Efficiency, could also have conflicts of interest, as Musk’s own products and businesses are used by the federal government, including Starlink and SpaceX, which contracts with the Defense Department.

    Musk also has deep financial interests in China — his electric vehicle maker Tesla has two facilities in Shanghai, and China is the company's second-largest market.

    Late Thursday night, Trump denied the Times' article, saying in a post to his Truth Social platform that the news outlet had reported "incorrectly, that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon tomorrow to be briefed on any potential 'war with China.' How ridiculous? China will not even be mentioned or discussed. How disgraceful it is that the discredited media can make up such lies. Anyway, the story is completely untrue!!!”

    Meanwhile, this all comes as it's recently been reported that the Pentagon is aiming to cut up to 60,000 jobs!

    CUT THE FAT BOYS!

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