Defense
Secondary Department of War titles authorizedCall Defense War while the statute continues saying Defense
The new title is available before Congress changes the old one.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Defense Department
- Status
- Secondary Department of War titles authorized
- Due
- Executive-branch title and correspondence changes
- Paying for it
- Defense communications and administrative updates
Entered in the archive 2026-10-16.
ACTIVITY
Record dateCorrespondence added the secondary title.
WAR, much STRONGER Name!
Legal retained the statutory title on controlling documents.
Defense sounds like you're waiting for somebody else, War sounds like they should be waiting for YOU..... very important part of the Naming.
The stationery order now requires a context selection.
Congress can do the Statute-ing, Pete can do the Strong Title.
PUBLIC RECORD
Executive Order 14347, signed September 5, 2025: Authorized Department of War and related secondary titles for specified executive-branch uses while expressly preserving statutory Department of Defense references until changed by law. It did not by itself amend the department's statutory name.