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USSPACECOM commander testifies before Senate Armed Services Committee

USSPACECOM spouse leads effort to make school enrollment easier for Colorado military kids

US, Italy amend SSA memo to include exchanging classified info

Marine and Army officials discuss training.

Army's 1st Space Brigade to train Marines

Gunsmoke launches from Mojave Desert, deploys from ISS

USSF selects 2 JTF-SD Sailors to be Guardians

USSPACECOM signs 100th commercial agreement to share space data, service

French defense minister and U.S. Army general talk.

Dickinson, French Armed Forces minister meet in Paris

CFSCC captain conferred Sword of Honor

Photo of Royal Canadian Air Force Sergeant Michael Fuller

CFSCC Canadian exchange officer receives award for heroic actions

U.K. and U.S. military generals hang out

Dickinson makes first visit to UK Space Command

Colorado military families and state lawmakers pose for a photo in Denver.

July 20, 2021

USSPACECOM spouse leads effort to make school enrollment easier for Colorado military kids

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — When Alicia Pepper prepared her family for a Permanent Change of Station move in 2017, she did what she’s done before: pack, coordinate movers, research the base, psych the kids up for a new adventure, check out housing — all the things military spouses often do behind the scenes to get ready for their next step.

July 15, 2021

US, Italy amend SSA memo to include exchanging classified info

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Space Command enhanced a previous Space Situational Awareness data sharing agreement by signing an amendment enabling the sharing of classified SSA information with the Italian Ministry of Defence (Ministero della Difensa) on July 15.

July 14, 2021

Army's 1st Space Brigade to train Marines

FORT CARSON, Colo. — In August, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s 1st Space Brigade will begin training select Marines on how the Army uses space-based capabilities to assist warfighters.

July 9, 2021

Gunsmoke launches from Mojave Desert, deploys from ISS

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's second and third Gunsmoke-J satellites, a joint capability technology demonstration by the USASMDC Technical Center and Assured Position Navigation and Timing/Space Cross Functional Team, were placed into orbit June 30 by two very different paths.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and Air Force Program executive officer for Space, and Deanna Ryals, Chief Partnership Officer, meet with Vice Admiral Aire de Waard, the Netherlands director of Defence Material Organization, and Lt. Gen. Dennis Luyt, commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, before the start of an international partnership meeting at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, July 8, 2021. The U.S. government is looking to broaden collaboration and partnerships with the Netherlands in several military space mission areas growing from our strong collaboration in MILSATCOM and responsive space capabilities. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)

July 8, 2021

Netherlands Ministry of Defence, SMC officials meet to discuss space cooperation

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, Space and Missile Systems Center commander, met today with Lt. Gen. Dennis Luyt, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force and other members of the Netherlands Ministry of Defence on July 8 to discuss U.S. and Dutch space cooperation opportunities.

Video by Lewis Carlyle

Combined Force Space Component Command mission

United States Space Command

June 22, 2021 | 1:58

The Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) mission is to plan, integrate, conduct and assess global space operations in order to deliver combat relevant space capabilities to Combatant Commanders, Coalition partners, the Joint Force and the Nation.

CFSCC plans and executes space operations through four distinct and geographically dispersed operations centers, including:

- Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB, CA
- Missile Warning Center at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, CO
- Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Planning Center at Buckley AFB, CO
- Joint Navigation Warfare Center at Kirtland AFB, NM

Additionally, CFSCC executes tactical control over globally dispersed Air Force, Army and Navy space units that command ground-based space capabilities and satellites in every orbital regime.