The Department of Defense was once called the Department of War.
The department that was once called the Department of War is now known as the Department of Defense.
The Department of Defense was once called the Department of War.
its Department of WarIt was renamed the Department of Defense following WWII.Defense, (originally called the War Department), 1789
The Department of War.
it was at one time called the war department
The US Department of Defense was originally called the US War Department.
What is now called the Department of Defense was originally named the Department of War.
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army. The War Department also bore responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798 and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force in 1947. The Secretary of War headed the war department throughout its existence.
I believe it was the department of war. Or Department of the Navy. Both made up in the late 1790s when he was President.
Department of War is used during a wartime period. It changes to Department of Defense in peace time...............
The USA does not have a War Department.
There were three cabinet departments that were created by the First Congress. These departments included the Department of War, the Department of Treasury, and the Department of State. These departments were created in 1789.
The war department fought its last war in WWII. After that it became the Department of Defense. The DOD runs the US military.