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Registration open for the DOW Mentor-Protege Program Summit
January 27, 2026 — Registration for the Department of War Mentor-Protégé Program Summit 2026 is officially open. Those interested should register now to secure the early-bird rate... MORE

Registration is open for the 2026 DOW Mentor-Protege Program Summit.

Hegseth: Designating Venezuelan cartel as terrorist organization will bring 'new options' to administration
November 24, 2025 — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said plans to declare Venezuela's state-embedded criminal network Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organization will bring "a whole bunch of new options" to how the U.S. deals with narco-terrorists in that region... MORE

An overhead view of a group of four Navy warships steaming across the ocean in the daytime. A handful of military aircraft fly above them.

Pentagon leaders host interagency meeting to strengthen US counter-drone cooperation
November 14, 2025 — The Secretary of the Army and Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) hosted an interagency meeting Nov. 13 at the White House to strengthen cooperation across the U.S. government to counter threats posed by the nefarious use of small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS)... MORE

Department of War name set in bronze at Pentagon entrances
November 14, 2025 — Facilities personnel at the Pentagon took down outdated bronze plaques at two of the building's entrances and replaced them with recently minted plaques bearing the new name of the federal agency that leads America's fighting force: "The Department of War."... MORE

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President Trump renames DOD to Department of War
September 8, 2025 — President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order changing the Defense Department's name to the Department of War as a secondary title... MORE