US Department of War

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Descrição (PT-BR)

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Disambiguation: Original War Department (1789–1947) abolished under National Security Act of 1947. Civilian cabinet department led by Secretary of War. Name restored as secondary title for Department of Defense under Executive Order 14347 (September 5, 2025); PURSUE (Presidential Unsealings and Reporting System for UAP Encounters) program is a 2025–2026 initiative under the restored title.

The United States Department of War was a Cabinet-level civilian department established on August 7, 1789, by President George Washington with Henry Knox as its first Secretary. It administered the U.S. Army, managed naval affairs (1794–1798), and oversaw non-naval air forces until 1947. Under the National Security Act of 1947, the War Department was abolished on September 18, 1947, splitting into the Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force, which were subsumed into the National Military Establishment (renamed Department of Defense in 1949). In 2025, President Donald Trump restored the name "Department of War" as a secondary title for the Department of Defense via Executive Order 14347. The department has since overseen the PURSUE program, which declassifies and publicly releases historical UAP/UFO records dating back to the 1940s—a significant factor in recent UAP disclosure initiatives.

Enriquecimento (PT-BR)

Desambiguação: Original War Department (1789–1947) abolished under National Security Act of 1947. Civilian cabinet department led by Secretary of War. Name restored as secondary title for Department of Defense under Executive Order 14347 (September 5, 2025); PURSUE (Presidential Unsealings and Reporting System for UAP Encounters) program is a 2025–2026 initiative under the restored title.

O Departamento da Guerra dos Estados Unidos foi um departamento de gabinete de nível civil estabelecido em 7 de agosto de 1789 pelo Presidente George Washington, com Henry Knox como seu primeiro Secretário. Administrou o Exército dos EUA, gerenciou assuntos navais (1794–1798) e supervisionou forças aéreas não-navais até 1947. Sob a Lei de Segurança Nacional de 1947, o Departamento da Guerra foi abolido em 18 de setembro de 1947, dividindo-se no Departamento do Exército e Departamento da Força Aérea, que foram incorporados ao Estabelecimento Militar Nacional (renomeado para Departamento de Defesa em 1949). Em 2025, o Presidente Donald Trump restaurou o nome "Departamento da Guerra" como título secundário para o Departamento de Defesa via Ordem Executiva 14347. O departamento tem desde então supervisionado o programa PURSUE, que desclassifica e torna públicos registros históricos de UAP/ÓVNI que datam dos anos 1940—um fator significativo nas iniciativas recentes de divulgação de UAP.

External Sources

• United States Department of War · Wikipedia · reliability: high — Established August 7, 1789; Dissolved September 18, 1947; First Secretary: Henry Knox; Managed Army operations and naval affairs (1794–1798); Split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force
• Department of War · Britannica · reliability: high — Civilian department established 1789 to administer U.S. military forces; Henry Knox first Secretary of War; Reorganized and became Department of Defense in 1947; John J. McCloy served as Assistant Secretary during World War II
• Department of War Releases Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files in Historic Transparency Effort · U.S. Department of War · reliability: high — PURSUE program declassifies UAP records; May 8, 2026 release of 170+ files; Records dating back to 1940s; Rolling basis releases planned

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