Space Command Move to Huntsville Will Be Announced Very Soon, Congressman Says
A top Alabama congressman is predicting U.S. Space Command will announce its pending relocation to Huntsville this month. In an interview Tuesday with Auburn University’s “Cyber Focus” podcast, Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said contractors are “ready to turn dirt” the day the announcement is made. “I expect sometime during […]
Pentagon Hiring Freeze Hits Army, Space Force Base Day Care Centers in Colorado
Day care centers at Peterson Space Force Base and Fort Carson in Colorado are disenrolling some families and pausing waitlists amid staffing issues, the latest impacts of the Trump administration’s hiring freeze throughout the federal government. Two memos, reviewed by Military.com and confirmed as authentic by base officials, both express issues with ongoing staffing challenges […]
Former Army Officer to Lead Peterson, Schriever and Other Space Force Bases
A former longtime Army officer took the helm of the Peterson and Schriever Space Force bases on Thursday, along with other installations in Hawaii, New Hampshire and Greenland. As Commander of Space Base Delta 1, Col. Kenneth Klock will oversee over 4,300 people, who provide seven Space Force installations with support services, such as civil […]
'Existential Threat': Air Guardsmen Slam Proposal to Move Their Units to Space Force
Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space missions to the Space Force a threat to their existence and also said many of those personnel would rather retire or retrain into another job instead. In a media roundtable with reporters, officers and enlisted from […]
2 Space Force Guardians Become Service's First Graduates of Army's Drill Instructor Academy
Two Space Force Guardians have graduated from the Army’s Drill Instructor Academy at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, marking a first for the nation’s newest service branch. Space Force Tech. Sgt. David Gudgeon and Sgt. Yuji Moore graduated from the Army’s program Wednesday, according to a news release from Fort Jackson. “This is historic, and […]
Guardian Gets Ranger Tab in First-Ever Achievement for Space Force
For the first time ever, a Space Force Guardian has graduated from the Army’s arduous Ranger School, making history for the newest military service branch. Capt. Daniel Reynolds, who is with the 4th Test and Evaluation Squadron out of Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, graduated from Ranger School at Fort Moore, Georgia, on Oct. 13. […]