United States Department of War

"DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.", Public domain

The United States Department of War was a cabinet department that managed and oversaw the United States Army.

The United States Department of Defense (DOD), also referred to as the Department of War (DOW), is an executive department of the United States federal government charged with coordinating and supervising the United States Armed Forces—the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, and, for some purposes, the Coast Guard—and related functions and agencies. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the stated mission of the Department of Defense is "to provide the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".

Also known as...

Pentagon, Department of War, US Department of War, DOW, US DOW, U.S. DOD, U.S. DOW, DoW, USDOW, War Department, U.S. Department of War, US DoD, U.S. DoD, United States Department of Defense, and Department of Defense

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US Forces Board Sanctioned Tanker

U.S. forces board a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean as part of an aggressive crackdown on Iranian oil smuggling.