'America's next Manifest Destiny': Department of War unleashes new AI capabilities for military

'America's next Manifest Destiny': Department of War unleashes new AI capabilities for military

In July, the Trump administration published America's AI Action Plan to ensure that our country maintains supremacy in the artificial intelligence and tech industries. Now, the Department of War is launching a new initiative to fulfill these orders. On Tuesday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced an upgrade to the military's use of artificial intelligence. 'There is no prize for second place in the global race for AI dominance.'"As technolog…

Pete Hegseth Says AI Is God-Given 'Manifest Destiny'

Hegseth is widely described as a Christian nationalist who sees the United States as a nation with a God‑given mission and views state power—including the military—as an instrument for advancing a Christian‑inflected civilization. When someone with that theology calls AI “America’s next Manifest Destiny” and speaks of “dominating” that frontier, the phrase imports the older idea that God endorses U.S. expansion into a new domain of power. This i…

The War Department Unleashes AI on New GenAI.mil Platform

U.S. Department of War, Dec. 9, 2025 The War Department today announced the launch of Google Cloud’s Gemini for Government as the first of several frontier AI capabilities to be housed on GenAI.mil, the Department’s new bespoke AI platform. This initiative cultivates an “AI-first” workforce, leveraging generative AI capabilities to create a more efficient and battle-ready enterprise. Additional world-class AI models will be available to all civi…