Members of U.S. Space Force to be called Guardians
FacebookTwitterEmail
Men and women of the Space Force are now called Guardians.Space Force's Twitter
Men and women of the U.S. Space Force are henceforth called Guardians, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday.
And the newest Guardian was sworn in from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins transferred from the U.S. Air Force to the Space Force while in microgravity.
"I think it might actually be the first in-orbit transfer in military history," Pence said Friday during a news conference.
The announcements come one year after President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 20, 2019, creating the Space Force as the sixth branch of military.