Department of War (DOW)
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OrgGovernment AgencyThe Department of War is the Trump administration’s secondary title and public branding for the U.S. Department of Defense, whose statutory name remains unchanged.
The Department of War is the Trump administration’s secondary title and public branding for the U.S. Department of Defense, whose statutory name remains unchanged.
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The Department of War is the secondary title adopted by the executive branch in 2025 for the institution legally established as the United States Department of Defense. President Donald Trump’s executive order authorized officials to use the older title in executive communications and directed the department to seek a permanent statutory change. The website moved from defense.gov to war.gov and signs and public materials adopted the new branding, but Congress had not changed the department’s legal name as of August 2026.
The historical Department of War existed from 1789 until the national-security reorganization that followed World War II. The 1947 National Security Act created the National Military Establishment and a separate Department of the Air Force; amendments in 1949 renamed the combined institution the Department of Defense. Today it oversees the military departments, combatant commands, defense agencies, intelligence components, and a global civilian and uniformed workforce. The Pentagon serves as its headquarters and as a common shorthand for the institution.
Defense organizations have managed military UFO and UAP reporting through changing offices and programs, from early Air Force projects to the Navy-led UAP Task Force and the present AARO. The department authenticates or releases some military imagery, establishes reporting procedures, and determines how much operational sensor information can be declassified. Its records also sit at the center of allegations about hidden retrieval or exploitation programs, allegations the department and AARO say their reviews have not substantiated.
The War Department branding matters because names can shape public expectations, but it does not create a new agency or erase the legal and archival continuity of the Department of Defense. In the UAP field, the institution’s authority is substantial but not unlimited: intelligence agencies, the services, the White House, Congress, and the National Archives hold distinct records and powers. Accurate evaluation therefore requires attention to the specific component that collected a report, classified a record, conducted an analysis, or authorized release.
[Retweeted] UFO Whistleblower @TheDylanBorland says he saw an email chain at DoD where @elonmusk acknowledged the existence of anomalous UAP 👀 Does Elon Musk really know the truth? https://t.co/11DN4Aq2Pm https://t.co/oiWzKGLium
[Retweeted] In 2022, @timburchett / @RepTimBurchett was the ONLY Republican Representative visible in the audience at the House UAPTF hearing held by @RepAndreCarson and now @SenAdamSchiff. UFO / NHI Disclosure is BIPARTISAN. I have no doubt Tim will be working across the aisle in a Democratic led effort to: • increase whistleblower protections • expose the Executive Branch coverup • Hold the DOW, ODNI, CIA, Air Force, NASIC, DOE accountable to existing laws. Video Link: https://t.co/Jot0XSyG...
Part 35 of a series reassessing the documentary record behind the 1933 Magenta narrative. TL;DR: A recording released in September 2026 preserves Ruppelt’s Boston briefing of 26 March 1952, before the Washington sightings. Burlison’s office later presented it as the reel he had sought from MIT. About 20% of roughly 800 reports remained unexplained in his estimate. That was a share of reports, not a probability of extraterrestrial origin. He took difficult cases seriously but said the project...
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[Retweeted] Unidentified objects keep appearing over nuclear sites and military test ranges during sensitive weapons tests. Former Pentagon science adviser Dr. Randy Bostick on what the records leave out. Full Episode on NewsNation's YouTube channel #realitycheck #rosscoulthart #pentagon #dod
[Retweeted] Many Republicans seized on UAPs because the issue fit their “deep state” narrative. Democrats have substantial political capital to claim by demanding an accounting of defense spending and contractor abuse. In 2023, David Grusch alleged under oath that funds were being diverted and corporations were overcharging the government to finance concealed programs. Allegations of waste, fraud and abuse deserve sustained congressional scrutiny. Schumer co-led the UAPDA. Gillibrand has kept...
“Unfortunately, the current administration has not been fully transparent on UAP and has slow walked several of the statutory requirements Congress established for UAP disclosure,” Carson said in a statement to The Post. “For example, the Department of Defense’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office was established to receive, analyze, and resolve UAP reporting — but it has delayed the release of a key historical UAP record report for almost two years.” “I’m calling for the immediate release o...
Thank you to everyone who read my previous article “Implications of military insiders’ claims about NHIs and UAPs: Earth is at risk of being a pawn on the galactic chessboard”. The article included a summary of the reasons that the most high-profile alleged military insiders have publicly claimed the full truth about NHIs and UAPs would be very difficult for the general population to handle. (This is according to the “Age of Disclosure” group, along with David Grusch). They have subsequently...
We've already heard a considerable amount from Grusch, congressional testimony, intelligence community complaint and details of his military and intelligence ba [Quoted] Most people know only half of what David Grusch has done in service to this country. They know even less about who Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick really is, how long he has been involved in the UAP issue, and how deep the fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption run at @DoW_AARO and @ODNIgov. https://t.co/aPIqfkq7uK
Most people know only half of what David Grusch has done in service to this country. They know even less about who Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick really is, how long he has been involved in the UAP issue, and how deep the fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption run at @DoW_AARO and @ODNIgov. https://t.co/aPIqfkq7uK