War Department during times of declared war
Navy and Airforce??
What is now called the Department of Defense was originally named the Department of War.
Department of war was its original name.
Department of war was its original name.
The Department of War.
The Department of Defense is in charge of the U.S. military.
War Dept.
Another name for the emergency department is the emergency room, which is a better known name for it in the United States. Another name for it is casualty department.
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The Pentagon
Many felt that the name, Department of War, was too aggresive. It was one of the four original departments in Washington's first cabinet. The name was changed when the National Security Act was passed in 1947 which combined the Department of War and the Department of the Navy, and it was called the National Military Establishment. An act to amend the NSA was passed by Congress in 1949 and the name was changed to Department of Defense. Under the act, the Secretary of Defense was created, appointed by the President with consent of the Senate. The Secretary supervises the entire military.
The position of Secretary of War refers to the leader of the War Department. This agency and position was disbanded in the US in 1947, after WWII. The most similar agency in the US is now the Department of Defense, headed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.