At Quantico, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—calling himself “Secretary of War”—unveiled a muscular reset: tougher standards, twice-yearly fitness tests for everyone, and a strategy pivoting from China toward the Western Hemisphere and homeland defense. However, even before that, media reports indicated that some of the military’s brass had “serious concerns” about the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy, which is set to be rolled out in the coming weeks. And of course, the Department of Defense has been renamed the Department of War. “The Era of The Department of Defense is Over”Hegseth, in his address to the generals, admirals, and other commanders in Quantico on Tuesday, declared the end of the era of the Department of Defense. “Today is another liberation day, the liberation of America’s warriors,” Hegseth said, per Stars and Stripes.