Officially "Ministry of War": Pete Hegseth personally replaced the plates in the Pentagon (video)

One of the new memorial plaques was installed at the front entrance, which "looks" at the Potomac River, the other now hangs at the entrance facing the National Avenue in Washington, where the Pentagon's helipads are located. "We wanted to replace the old signs because we want everyone who walks in these doors to know that we are very serious about changing the name of this organization," Hegseth said.

In early September, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, the name the department carried for more than 150 years, from 1789 to 1947. Construction of the Pentagon began in 1941 and was completed in 1943. When the building opened the same year, it housed the Ministry of War. And the Pentagon's memorial stone, located near the entrance, is engraved with the words "Department of War" and the names of Franklin D.

Roosevelt. Roosevelt, who served as President at the time, and Henry L. Stimson, who served as Secretary of War from 1940 to 1945. "We appreciate everything that the Department of Defense has stood for. But this is a new era of the Department of Defense that is focused on winning wars . . . and making sure we know exactly what the mission is and that the troops are directed there to succeed and win," Hegseth said, saying the new name harkens back to the founding of the United States.

"We are restoring the ministry to the era of Henry Knox, George Washington, and the founding of our country - to fight and win our country's wars if necessary. And, of course, the ultimate goal is to prevent wars. . . to establish peace," Hegseth announced as he screwed in the screws. At the same time, the journalists note that the renaming of the US Defense Ministry will cost 2 billion dollars.

The name change, which must be approved by Congress, would require the replacement of thousands of signs, posters, letterheads and badges, as well as any other items on US military installations around the world that bear the name of the Department of Defense. New letterhead and signage for the department alone could cost about $1 billion, according to four senior congressional staffers and one of the people briefed on the potential costs.

According to four senior congressional staffers, one of the major cost items for the name change will be rewriting the digital code for all the department's internal and external websites, as well as other computer software on classified and unclassified systems. The government may decide not to make all the changes to the branding of the Ministry of Defense, which could reduce the cost.