According to them, renaming the Pentagon will require replacing thousands of signs, posters, letterheads, badges and other materials at all US military installations around the world.
New forms and signs with the inscription Ministry of War alone could cost about $1 billion, the channel’s interlocutors noted.
In addition, additional costs are associated with changing domains and codes for internal and external Pentagon sites, as well as updating software in classified and public systems, four congressional sources added to NBC News.
As the TV channel indicated, the US Administration may also decide not to make all changes to the rebranding of the Ministry of Defense, which will reduce costs.
Pentagon Speaker Sean Parnell told NBC News that the final cost estimate has not yet been determined.
He said the change, which “is a tribute to the proud heritage” of the United States, is necessary because it “reflects the department's core mission of winning wars.”
After Trump signed a decree renaming the Pentagon, the website of the American ministry quickly changed its name. Its names on social networks have also been changed.
The Pentagon has undergone several name changes since its founding in 1789 as the Department of War. But in 1947, the department united all military services into a single structure headed by the Minister of Defense, which marked the beginning of the creation of a unified Ministry of Defense.
Context
On September 5, Trump signed an executive order giving the US Department of Defense the additional name “Department of War.” Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth published a new sign in his office on the same day. The department's website also changed its address to war.gov.
At the same time, the White House website explained that the “Department of War” can be used as a secondary name for the US Department of Defense. CNN noted that an official, legal name change requires legislation from Congress because only Congress can change the statutory names of federal agencies.
The Pentagon was outraged by Trump’s decision to rename the department, the media wrote.
