Overview

• Pentagon channels rebranded within hours, shifting the main website to War.gov and updating social media and some signage.
• The directive permits use of titles such as “Secretary of War” and sets a 30-day notification to Congress and a 60-day plan for making the change permanent.
• Republican lawmakers introduced bills to codify the rename, led by Sens. Mike Lee and Rick Scott in the Senate and Rep. Greg Steube in the House.
• Reporters and analysts say a full statutory rename could run into hundreds of millions or billions of dollars to replace signage, systems, emblems, and documents worldwide.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth endorsed the move as part of a “warrior ethos,” pledging a focus on offense and “maximum lethality.”