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Sept. 9, 2019

US Space Command recognizes establishment

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Space Command Commander Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond recognized the establishment of the nation’s 11th combatant command in a joint ceremony Sept. 9 2019.Following the formal establishment ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on Aug. 29, the early September ceremony provided an opportunity for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines to hear

Aug. 30, 2019

Combined Force Space Component Command established at Vandenberg AFB

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, commander, U.S. Space Command, ordered the establishment of two subordinate commands to support the warfighting efforts of the command — Combined Force Space Component Command and Joint Task Force Space Defense — immediately following the establishment of USSPACECOM on Aug. 29, 2019. Raymond appointed Maj. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting as CFSCC commander, and Brig. Gen. Matthew W. Davidson as the deputy commander; with a mission 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.

Aug. 30, 2019

NEW COMBATANT COMMANDER BEGINS ORGANIZING SPACE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Command Commander General John W. “Jay” Raymond, in his first official directives, established two subordinate commands that will jointly provide support to the new Unified Combatant Command. Combined Force Space Component Command and Joint Task Force Space Defense will focus the planning and execution of global space operations, activities and missions into two areas: 1) protection and defense from threats to U.S. space capabilities/forces and 2) maintaining and growing our national security space programs, combat-relevant space capabilities, and space cadre talent to increase warfighter lethality.

Aug. 29, 2019

US Space Command Establishment Ceremony Launches New Era of Space Superiority Capabilities

WASHINGTON — In a move to enhance the United States’ space superiority capabilities, President Donald J. Trump, Vice President Mike R. Pence, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper, and Air Force General John W. “Jay” Raymond formally established the United States Space Command during a ceremony held today at the White House.

July 19, 2019

Celebrating Apollo 11: Remembering ERDC’s role in space

VICKSBURG, Miss. (July 20, 2019) – Fifty years ago, when Neil Armstrong took those first historic footsteps on the surface of the moon, one of the major tasks of his mission was to gather lunar soil and rocks to be studied back on Earth.  But even before the launch of the Apollo 11 mission that sent the first men to space, researchers at Waterways