Previous NSDC mission director awarded Defense Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding service
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Urian Foster, left, U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, center, deputy commander of the Joint Task Force-Space Defense, and U.S. Space Force Maj. Nathan Glandon, incoming commander of the 18th Space Defense Squadron Detachment 1, stand at attention during an award presentation at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, July 14, 2022. Glandon was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for his outstanding service as mission director for the National Space Defense Center, June 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022. The JTF-SD, and its NSDC, provide unprecedented unity of effort with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and National Reconnaissance Office to protect and defend against threats in the space domain. (U.S. Space Force photo by Lekendrick Stallworth)