No Mixed Signals Here: Hegseth Makes His Military Standards Crystal Clear (WATCH)
Rick Robinson | 11:30 PM on October 02, 2026
In this writer's view, the warrior ethos hasn't existed in America in decades.
Enter Donald John Trump. In September 2025, Trump signed an executive order reviving the old 'Department of War' and 'Secretary of War' labels as secondary titles, an effort aimed at putting warfighting back at the center of the Pentagon's public identity.
Now, since this was done by Executive Order, the name can't LEGALLY be changed unless or until Congress changes it, but America's favorite bull in a china shop still had more he wanted to do.
He tapped an officer to lead the department. Not a flag officer, because anyone even remotely involved in military life knows that flag officers are politicians playing dress-up.
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