A view of the Pentagon on Dec. 13, 2024, in Washington, D.C. President Trump has mentioned he want to rename the Division of Protection the Division of Conflict.
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President Trump will signal an govt order on Friday to offer the Division of Protection a brand new title: the Division of Conflict.
The change would return the division to a reputation that it carried for a lot of its historical past, till it grew to become the Division of Protection within the wake of World Conflict II. The manager order was confirmed to NPR by a White Home official who was not licensed to debate the matter.
A White Home reality sheet explains that underneath the manager order, the title “Division of Conflict” will function a “secondary title” for the Division of Protection.
In line with the very fact sheet, the order will even authorize Protection Division officers to substitute the phrase “struggle” into their titles. For instance, the Secretary of Protection may use the title Secretary of Conflict.
Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge the change in a put up on social media on Thursday, writing merely, “DEPARTMENT OF WAR.”
President Trump has beforehand signaled {that a} change was within the works. Throughout an look within the Oval Workplace final month, Trump mentioned that Conflict Division “simply sounded to me higher.”
It is not clear whether or not Trump can formally change the title with out congressional motion, however he advised reporters, “We’re simply gonna do it.”
“I am positive Congress will go alongside if we’d like that. I do not suppose we even want that. But when we’d like that, I am positive Congress will go alongside,” Trump mentioned.
Nearly from the nation’s founding, the army was overseen by the Conflict Division, however the sprawling company took on its present title following an act of Congress in 1949. On the time, the change marked the end result of an effort by President Harry Truman to unify the Air Power, Military and Navy underneath the umbrella of a single division.
As the biggest division within the U.S. authorities, even simply altering indicators, seals and titles may show pricey. In 2023, an Military official advised Congress that an effort to rename solely 9 Military bases would price taxpayers $39 million.
Danielle Kurtzleben and Quil Lawrence contributed to this report.
