Source: thenewstack.io
At Space Force, Few Problems Finding Guardians of the Galaxy
When the Trump administration announced in the summer of 2018 that it planned to authorize the creation of Space Force, the first new U.S. military branch begun since just after World War II, public reaction was … Late-night TV comics fired jokes at the very idea of assembling a force to protect U.S. interests in space.
Just over 83% of military Guardians have transferred from other military branches — often the Air Force, under whose jurisdiction Space Force falls, much as the Marines operate as a department of the Navy.
In Space Force, he works as a launch mission manager at Kirtland Air Force Base, in New Mexico. 2nd Lt. Mikayla Gallagher, 22, joined Space Force last August, three months after graduating from the Air Force Academy, in 2022.
Just over 83% of military Guardians have transferred from other military branches — often the Air Force, under whose jurisdiction Space Force falls, much as the Marines operate as a department of the Navy.
In Space Force, he works as a launch mission manager at Kirtland Air Force Base, in New Mexico. 2nd Lt. Mikayla Gallagher, 22, joined Space Force last August, three months after graduating from the Air Force Academy, in 2022.
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