President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced on Friday through an executive order that the Department of Defence would henceforth be known as the “Department of War.” This alteration marks a turn back to a title in use until the aftermath of World War II. Trump framed the decision as a declaration that the department is “a force to be reckoned with,” a response to his repeated grievances that the original name was “woke.”
Source: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250906-trump-signs-executive-order-rebranding-pentagon-as-department-of-war
