US Space Force: Everything you need to know on its first anniversary
The Trump administration is winding down, but the new military branch it created whose members will be called guardians looks like it s here to stay. Listen - 10:12
In the first official launch for the US Space Force, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 26, carrying a military communications satellite. United Launch Alliance
The US Space Force is now a year old, and it continues to consolidate the Defense Department s orbit-focused operations, everything from running satellite launches to managing the GPS constellation to flying the secretive X-37B space plane. Cape Canaveral is now a Space Force base.
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FacebookTwitterEmail Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians will be defending our nation for generations to come, Pence said.
Pence said that the Space Force, which was established Dec. 20, 2019, now has 2,000 military members, and that another 3,600 officers have filled out paperwork to transfer to the space branch of the military. The vice president said they re anticipating having 6,000 in just a short period of time.
In its first year of operation, the Space Force has been working through a long arc of accomplishments large and small. It has overseen a number of satellite launches and the start of a new mission for the X-37B space plane, and it now manages the constellation of GPS satellites. It s also published a key spacepower doct
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As now known, the US Space Force members will surprisingly be called the guardians going forward. The United States Vice President Mike Pence stated on Friday. The announcement was made during the very first-birthday celebration of the military branch. Pence stated that sailors, soldiers, marines, airmen, and the guardians will all be defending the United States for generations after generations to come.
What will space force members be called?
According to an article by CNet, Pence stated that the Space Force, which was established back in December 20 of 2019, now officially has 2,000 military members with an additional 3,600 officers that have all filled out paperwork in order to transfer to this space branch of the United States military. Even the vice president stated that they are now anticipating an additional 6,000 members in only a short period of time.
The Newest Guardians of the Galaxy Are Run by the U.S. Military
On the first-anniversary celebration of the newest branch of the U.S. armed forces, Vice President Mike Pence announced that Space Force members would be called Guardians.
Vice President Mike Pence offered praise for the Space Force, the sixth branch of the U.S. military, at a first-anniversary celebration in Washington on Friday.Credit.Pool photo by Andrew Harnik
Published Dec. 19, 2020Updated Jan. 4, 2021
The United States Space Force, the newest branch of the American military, created to protect the country’s galactic interests, has given its members an official name: Guardians.
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