An angular eagle behind the defense secretary departed from the Pentagon’s established branding. Critics saw echoes of the Third Reich.

A reimagined “Department of War” logo displayed behind Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a recent speech drew immediate comparisons to Third Reich iconography.

Speaking to Air Force Academy cadets on Saturday, Hegseth stood in front of a monochrome logo for his agency that differs from the designs in the Defense Department’s official branding guide. The backdrop features a stylized eagle that critics compared to the straight-edged Reichsadler used by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler.

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[–] 24 points 1 hour ago* (2 children)

The DOD eagle is very close to the shape used, just with a slight swoop to the top of the wings.

Sometimes the wings have been pretty straight.

Both of those were taken from .mil pages. The major difference is in the straight horizontal feathers, which does match the Reichsadler.

It's questionable, but I don't think this is a slam dunk you take to your Fox News parents

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  • [–] 52 points 2 hours ago (6 children)

    It's not accidental, it's intentional.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

    Yuuup. I’m waiting for they stop pretending they’re not following the Hitler playbook.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    Pretty sure you could have stopped waiting back when they put up concentration camps

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  • [–] 13 points 1 hour ago

    Other than the guy standing in front of it, pretty well a duplicate

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  • [–] 17 points 2 hours ago

    The dude with a swastika tattoo who's in charge of a fascist regime's military and just launched the new Reichsministerium für die Kirchliche Angelegenheiten had a logo redesigned to look like the Nazi eagle

    ...and someone thinks this is a coincidence?

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    [–] 7 points 2 hours ago

    Long before this he was showing signs.

    Hail hydra i guess, issue is only the dumbest heads remain.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago*

    Absurd. So many flags and symbols have an eagle in this exact. same. position. There are enough real problems without this kind of absolute shite.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago

    Not sure this is surprising given how ultra-nationalist both the 3rd Reich and Magats are.

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  • [+] -20 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    Symbols are for the symbol minded. I care about fascist policy, not iconography. He could stand in front of a bust of Hitler for all I care just so long as he stops murdering fisherman, Iranian kids, and heroic drug smugglers.

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