• mercano@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    When it was the War Department, it only managed the Army, the Navy had its own cabinet secretary & department, and the Air Force was still part of the Army. When it was all military forces were brought under a single department, it got renamed so it didn’t look like the Navy was being made subservient to the Army.

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      3 hours ago

      Good historical context, thank you. I’m not American so I wasn’t aware of these nuances :)