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Names matter. Leadership matters. Culture matters.

No where else do these things matter more than in the U.S. armed forces.

Fox News is reporting the Department of Defense is going to be brought back to its old title - The Department of War.

As a former military officer, I am very concerned the culture of the American military has degraded to one of careerism, rather than implementing the war policy of the Commander-in-Chief; in other words, to kill people and break things.

Strength leads to peace.

This change will go a long way to reminding those in the military what their mission actually is.

We at AFP whole-heartedly endorse this move.

Bravo!