SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Senior Master Sgt. Lance Thibault, National Space Defense Center senior enlisted leader, speaks on the importance of the pending transfer of Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Lindsey Conley and Samantha Stafford to the Space Force during a ceremony at the NSDC on Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 1, 2021. Thibault highlighted how the new technical sergeants are already leading in the new service, "You were selected for your capabilities and you can expect to use them purposefully. You will be required to own your decisions, and your actions to help the Space Force advance its warfighting mission." (U.S. Space Force Photo by Dennis Rogers).

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Lt. Col. David Illsley, Joint Task Force-Space Defense deputy director strategy, plans and policy, officiated Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Lindsey Conley's, JTF-SD target analyst, transfer into the Space Force during a ceremony at the National Space Defense Center on Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 1, 2021. Conley's transfer followed being formally discharged from the Navy by Capt. (ret.) Michael Thrall, JTF-SD communications directorate, in keeping with their traditions. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Dennis Rogers).

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Navy Capt. (ret.) Michael Thrall, Joint Task Force-Space Defense communications directorate, makes comments before he discharges Petty Officer 1st Class Lindsey Conley and Samantha Stafford, from the Navy before they transfer into the Space Force during a ceremony at the National Space Defense Center on Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 1, 2021. The members' discharges culminated six and 10 years of service respectively. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Dennis Rogers).

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Lt. Col. Stephen Bichler, Joint Task Force-Space Defense communications directorate director, officiated Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Samantha Stafford's, JTF-SD information systems technician, transfer into the Space Force during a ceremony at the National Space Defense Center on Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 1, 2021. Stafford's transfer followed being formally discharged from the Navy by Capt. (ret.) Michael Thrall, JTF-SD communications directorate, in keeping with their traditions. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Dennis Rogers).