I was aware of the presence, and necessity of US Space Command before I posted this topic.
As to whether or not it's best to keep it as a branch of the USAF vs its own branch of the military, I'll leave that to others smarter than me. But I would like to see the arguments for and against laid out.
Guess it's just me and my remembrance of 1980s, but the name Space Force is just too comical for me. Should have left it as Space Command. Heck, I'd even tolerate Star Fleet better.
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My understanding is thus; in the short term , the existing Air Force Space Command bureaucracy gets renamed. After the signs on the buildings get changed, they’ll offer Airmen in overlapping USAF/USSF jobs to pick one or the other. Those with dedicated Space Command AFSCs stay in the Space Force , while those with USAF only jobs stay with Big Blue.
Long term they’re setting it up to emulate the USMC/Navy org model. The Secretary of the Air Force retains overall command of the USSF , with the branch chief reporting to the SecAF at the same rank as the Air Force CoS.
Next year the same branch chief of the USSF (equal to the USMC Commandant) will sit on the JCS .
Between all the TV shows and movie franchises on space, they can’t call it something “not comical”.
Space Command? Literally the title of probably hundreds of video games and used in Brad Pitts last movie (which stunk, but that’s a side topic). Fleet command? Hello “Starship Troopers” ( the Secretary of the Navy’s on line two for you sir )
May as well call it what it is and embrace the jokes.
Last edited by GardoneVT; 12-21-2019 at 11:30 AM.
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Space Force: A new branch with its own chain of command, thereby increasing the chief-to-indian ratio.
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