# United States Department of War **Aliases:** Department of War; DoW **Entity class:** Secondary executive-branch title used for the Department of Defense ## Definition In the 2026 source record, **Department of War** is the secondary title used by the executive branch for the [[wiki/United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]. The statutory department and its legal authorities remain those of the Department of Defense unless Congress changes the law. Source quotations using “Department of War” should be preserved while analysis maps the title to the continuing department. ## Relationships - **statutory department:** [[wiki/United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]. - **appears in:** [[wiki/Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel|JIATF-CC]] and 2026 defense records. - **command authority:** [[wiki/Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] and [[wiki/President of the United States|President]]. ## Related Articles - [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] — places this node within the managed transition from concentrated machine advantage to governed public agent deployment. ## Sources / Provenance - [USNORTHCOM — JIATF-CC established, January 15, 2026](https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/News/Article/Article/4381245/joint-interagency-task-force-counter-cartel-jiatf-cc-established/) ## NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform The U.S. Department of War logo appears in NVIDIA's official 107-logo ecosystem placard for the [[wiki/NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform|NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform]], but the department is not named in the accompanying press-release text. The placard confirms public-sector ecosystem inclusion without establishing a specific deployment or implementation role. - [NVIDIA — Open Agent Safety Platform](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/solutions/ai/agent-safety/)