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by pastor_elm 2320 days ago
>The budget documents released Monday anticipate 6,434 active-duty Space Force members

Seems like incredible bloat for this agency to have any sort of 'active duty' military personal at the moment. What are they exactly going to do that civilians can't?

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Combined Space Operations Center, Vandenberg AFB

Missile Warning Center, Cheyenne Mountain AFS

Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center, Buckley AFB

Joint Navigation Warfare Center, Kirtland AFB

Joint Task Force-Space Defense, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO - JTF-SD is responsible for protecting military satellites from aggression

National Space Defense Center - Co-located within JTF-SD, NSDC is a joint effort between the Department of Defense and the United States Intelligence Community responsible for detecting, warning, and defending against threats to military space systems, particularly those of the National Reconnaissance Office

If you're not aware, the GPS is and has always been brought to you by active duty military personnel. Establishment of Space Force renames the organization that has existed since 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIuqVeSL6Ss