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BumRushDaShow

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5. Because just like they unilaterally changed the name of the "United States Digital Service" (USDS)

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 08:03 PM

Jun 25

to "DOGE", so too might they do the same with the Department of Defense, regardless of the laws that established the current name.

(P.S. my dad would have been 101 today and was a WWII vet and when he was serving, it WAS called "The Department of War" )

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Trump expresses interest in rolling back the clock to bring back the 'Department of War' [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 25 OP

shithole wants world war three..................... Lovie777 Jun 25 #1

Why have "the nuclear" if we can't use it? LudwigPastorius Jun 25 #11

"The Department of War officially became the Department of Defense on August 10, 1949." bucolic_frolic Jun 25 #2

Naaa, only the village people 24/7 nt Javaman Jun 25 #7

Swing and Jazz are too modern for him (n/t) Retrograde Jun 25 #10

how is this news nt msongs Jun 25 #3

Because just like they unilaterally changed the name of the "United States Digital Service" (USDS) BumRushDaShow Jun 25 #5

So he's trolling us or threatening war? Captain Zero Jun 25 #4

So tough and macho for Cadet Bone Spurs Norrrm Jun 25 #6

I already thought that stupid Orange Motherfucker did that dumb-assed shit. SoFlaBro Jun 25 #8

...Fucking why? Because it sounds cooler to fascist ears? Karasu Jun 25 #9

He really wants to call it The Department of I Have a Dick Bigger Than Everyone Else. LudwigPastorius Jun 25 #12

Yes, we used to have a War Dept. Lionel Mandrake Jun 26 #13