Flying military satellites. This event is hosted by space news. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks everyone for joining us. Were happy to have you. And wed like to welcome our panelists. Good afternoon general sean, Major General john sean joining us from Vandenberg Air force base. Welcome, can you hear us. I can hear you. Can you hear me . Perfect. So Major General john shaw is the commander of the Space Operations command under the u. S. Space force and hes also the commander of the combined force Space Component under u. S. Space command. So general shaw, im sure this was a very exciting weekend. You commanded the task force 45 that was responsible for being on alert in the event that the nasa astronauts had to be rescued. So i guess maybe if you wouldnt mind starting walking us through what happened with this launch and also telling us more broadly in the Space Force Im sure a lot of people ask you what do you do in the space force and im sure you tell them everything that you do, we
Multiply indicted the last few minutes. First of all, before we do anything else, im going to ask unanimous consent that nonsubcommittee members be allowed to participate in the hearing. After all subcommittee members have had an opportunity to ask questions, is there any objection . If not, so ordered. So subcommittee nonsubcommittee members will be recognized at the appropriate time for five minutes. Welcome to our hearing and thank you, witnesses, for being here. We have mr. John hill, the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for space and Missile Defense policy. Joining him Lieutenant General thomas james, the Deputy Commander of the u. S. Space command. Lieutenant general heath kohler, of the Missile Defense agency and sean gainey, commander of u. S. Army space and missiles command. And meeting to review the fiscal year, and i have concerns, the overall level of funding is inadequate given the threat environment. The fiscal year 25 budget asks 10. 4 billion dollars for the Missil
Multiply indicted the last few minutes. First of all, before we do anything else, im going to ask unanimous consent that nonsubcommittee members be allowed to participate in the hearing. After all subcommittee members have had an opportunity to ask questions, is there any objection . If not, so ordered. So subcommittee nonsubcommittee members will be recognized at the appropriate time for five minutes. Welcome to our hearing and thank you, witnesses, for being here. We have mr. John hill, the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for space and Missile Defense policy. Joining him Lieutenant General thomas james, the Deputy Commander of the u. S. Space command. Lieutenant general heath kohler, of the Missile Defense agency and sean gainey, commander of u. S. Army space and missiles command. And meeting to review the fiscal year, and i have concerns, the overall level of funding is inadequate given the threat environment. The fiscal year 25 budget asks 10. 4 billion dollars for the Missil
Multiply indicted the last few minutes. First of all, before we do anything else, im going to ask unanimous consent that nonsubcommittee members be allowed to participate in the hearing. After all subcommittee members have had an opportunity to ask questions, is there any objection . If not, so ordered. So subcommittee nonsubcommittee members will be recognized at the appropriate time for five minutes. Welcome to our hearing and thank you, witnesses, for being here. We have mr. John hill, the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for space and Missile Defense policy. Joining him Lieutenant General thomas james, the Deputy Commander of the u. S. Space command. Lieutenant general heath kohler, of the Missile Defense agency and sean gainey, commander of u. S. Army space and missiles command. And meeting to review the fiscal year, and i have concerns, the overall level of funding is inadequate given the threat environment. The fiscal year 25 budget asks 10. 4 billion dollars for the Missil
Multiply indicted the last few minutes. First of all, before we do anything else, im going to ask unanimous consent that nonsubcommittee members be allowed to participate in the hearing. After all subcommittee members have had an opportunity to ask questions, is there any objection . If not, so ordered. So subcommittee nonsubcommittee members will be recognized at the appropriate time for five minutes. Welcome to our hearing and thank you, witnesses, for being here. We have mr. John hill, the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for space and Missile Defense policy. Joining him Lieutenant General thomas james, the Deputy Commander of the u. S. Space command. Lieutenant general heath kohler, of the Missile Defense agency and sean gainey, commander of u. S. Army space and missiles command. And meeting to review the fiscal year, and i have concerns, the overall level of funding is inadequate given the threat environment. The fiscal year 25 budget asks 10. 4 billion dollars for the Missil