Assistant commandant, other USMC officials get a look at USSPACECOM capabilities
U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander; U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, USSPACECOM command senior enlisted leader; and Gen. Gary Thomas, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, met Dec. 11, 2020, at the combatant command’s headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
Assistant commandant, other USMC officials get a look at USSPACECOM capabilities
Air Force Maj. Gen. William Holt II (right), U.S. Space Command director of operations and training, escorts Gen. Gary Thomas, assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, to a space threat briefing Dec. 11, 2020, at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. Respective organization leaders also briefed the National Space Defense Center and 527th Space Aggressors Squadron missions during the general’s visit to the installation.
Assistant commandant, other USMC officials get a look at USSPACECOM capabilities
U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker (right), U.S. Space Command command senior enlisted leader, greets Gen. Gary Thomas, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps on Dec. 11, 2020, at USSPACECOM headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
Assistant commandant, other USMC officials get a look at USSPACECOM capabilities
Air Force Brig. Gen. Christopher Povak, Joint Task Force-Space Defense deputy commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jacob Simmons, JTF-SD command senior enlisted leader, welcome Gen. Gary Thomas, assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, to Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, on Dec. 11, 2020. The JTF-SD leaders briefed the general on space threats and the JTF-SD’s role in support of U.S. Space Command missions during his visit to the installation.
Assistant commandant, other USMC officials get a look at USSPACECOM capabilities
Gen. Gary Thomas (fourth from left), assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, talks with Marines of U.S. Space Command, including Brig. Gen. Joseph Matos (far left) and Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker (fifth from left) on Dec. 11, 2020, at the combatant command’s headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
Assistant commandant, other USMC officials get a look at USSPACECOM capabilities
Gen. Gary Thomas (right), assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, talks with Marines of U.S. Space Command on Dec. 11, 2020, at the combatant command’s headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
Assistant commandant, other USMC officials get a look at USSPACECOM capabilities
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy (sixth from left), Marine Corps Forces Space and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace commands commander, visited U.S. Space Command on Dec. 10 and 11 with a contingent of Marine Corps officers, including Gen. Gary Thomas, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Glavy met with USSPACECOM leaders, including its two top-ranking Marines, Brig. Gen. Joseph Matos (fifth from left) and Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker (seventh from left), USSPACECOM command senior enlisted leader.
By U.S. Space Command Public Affairs Office / Published Dec. 11, 2020
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.,
Gen. Gary Thomas, Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, visited Peterson Air Force Base and Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, on Dec. 10-11. During the stop, Thomas and a group of leaders from organizations across the Marine Corps visited with the U.S. Space Command command team, U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson and Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, and leaders of Joint Task Force-Space Defense, the National Space Defense Center and 527th Space Aggressors Squadron.
Other visitors included Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy, Marine Corps Forces Space and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace commands commander; Maj. Gen. Kevin Iiams, Deputy Commandant for Information; Brig. Gen. Arthur Pasagian, Marine Corps Systems Command commander; Brig. Gen. Jay Bargeron, Marine Corps Education Command commander; and Brig. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, Marine Corps Manpower Management director.
MARFORSPACE was activated in October as the Marine Corps forces command subordinate to USSPACECOM. MARFORSPACE, created from the existing space expertise in Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command, will focus on providing space operational support to the Fleet Marine Force while building a convergence capability to increase warfighter lethality.
