Data current as of Sept. 30, 2021. Figures reflect personnel paid for by federal appropriated funding. Source: Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center.

When workers at the Pentagon quietly removed “Department of Defense” plaques and replaced them with new bronze signs reading “Department of War,” the reaction was immediate. Photos of Defense ...

President Harry S. Truman signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense. (National Archives) During a White ...

President Trump has signed executive orders to rename several government-recognized entities since returning to office. The Department of Defense will be renamed the Department of War, its name prior ...