beckyromero · 36-40, F
More petty stuff by Trump. He just likes renaming things. Part of his Epstein Deflection strategy.
Although there might have been good reasons to not have reorganized the War and Navy Departments after World War II.
President Roosevelt was generally against the idea of reorganizing the military departments. And during World War II he preferred meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chief of Naval Operations personally even though they technically reported to the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, respectively.
What Trump doesn't understand is that the Secretary of Defense was actually a new position created by the reorganization of all the branches of the military under civilian control.
In other words, the Secretary of Defense today does NOT = the Secretary of War in 1941.
Rather, the Secretary of Defense today = the Secretary of War PLUS the Secretary of the Navy as how it was in 1941.
The U.S. Army Air Corps was part of the U.S. Army, although in June 1941 it was renamed the U.S. Army Air Forces and given greater command authority but still technically part of the U.S. Army (and the War Department).
The U.S. Marine Corps was under the authority of the U.S. Navy, until the National Security Act of 1947 gave it and the U.S. Air Force their own separate departments and secretaries.
President Truman pushed for the idea of reorganzation and for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was an advocate of the idea even before being tapped as FDR's running mate in 1944.
A committee headed by former Pacific Fleet commander Admiral James O. Richardson found that although after interviewing about 80 flag officers, most Army officers and nearly half of the Naval officers favored merging the Departments into one but disagreed greatly on the details.
Some of the problems with the creation of the JCS were revealed during the Korean War and only added to the conflct between President Truman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Although there might have been good reasons to not have reorganized the War and Navy Departments after World War II.
President Roosevelt was generally against the idea of reorganizing the military departments. And during World War II he preferred meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chief of Naval Operations personally even though they technically reported to the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, respectively.
What Trump doesn't understand is that the Secretary of Defense was actually a new position created by the reorganization of all the branches of the military under civilian control.
In other words, the Secretary of Defense today does NOT = the Secretary of War in 1941.
Rather, the Secretary of Defense today = the Secretary of War PLUS the Secretary of the Navy as how it was in 1941.
The U.S. Army Air Corps was part of the U.S. Army, although in June 1941 it was renamed the U.S. Army Air Forces and given greater command authority but still technically part of the U.S. Army (and the War Department).
The U.S. Marine Corps was under the authority of the U.S. Navy, until the National Security Act of 1947 gave it and the U.S. Air Force their own separate departments and secretaries.
President Truman pushed for the idea of reorganzation and for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was an advocate of the idea even before being tapped as FDR's running mate in 1944.
A committee headed by former Pacific Fleet commander Admiral James O. Richardson found that although after interviewing about 80 flag officers, most Army officers and nearly half of the Naval officers favored merging the Departments into one but disagreed greatly on the details.
Some of the problems with the creation of the JCS were revealed during the Korean War and only added to the conflct between President Truman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
