Space Force
AF Boot Not Grueling Enough
You’ve made me very angry indeed. Now drop and give me 3.14159. Space Force Wants Unique Boot Camp for Guardians ORLANDO, Fla.—Space Force leaders are looking at how they can create a distinct Basic Military Training program for Guardian recruits, and eyeing new locations for the BMT enterprise. Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance […]
Friday shorts
Space Command’s headquarters may once again move. Donald Trump originally selected Huntsville, AL’s Redstone Arsenal as the headquarters, but after Alabama passed a restrictive abortion law, a Biden-caused pissing contest between Colorado and Alabama ensued. Each state has legitimate cred as a center for space-related headquarters given the NASA presence in Alabama and NORAD in […]
Space Force going to actually do Space Force stuff
In the never-ending litany of Good Things happening to Boeing, one of the noteworthy items has the Boeing Starliner’s docking – and subsequent INability to return home – leaving its two riders stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) for the duration. Boeing’s Starliner launched June 5 with Williams and Wilmore on a mission slated […]
Beards for Airmen and Guardians
The Navy did a study to investigate the effects that facial hair has on gas mask use. The Navy hasn’t released the study’s details yet. An amendment has been added to the annual defense authorization bill that would call for a pilot program for some Air Force and Space Force personnel to grow beards. The […]
8 years for Space Force
The Space Force is trying to retain trained people by offering an eight year active duty contract. The Space Force hopes to offer new Guardians the option of serving the regular eight-year enlistment — with four years typically spent on active duty and four in the Individual Ready Reserve component — entirely on active duty, […]
The US Space Force is investing in a simulation program for training
The US Space Force has turned to Microsoft Corporation to design a simulation program. This simulation program will allow Guardians to conduct realistic training that would help prepare them for real world operations in a space environment. Due to military classifications, not many details are known about what this program will entail. The simulation program […]
Air Force and Space Force raise entry age limit to 42
Qualified individuals up to 42 years old can apply to join the Air Force or the Space Force. This applies to both enlisted and officers. The Navy had previously raised its age limit from 39 to 41, and the Coast Guard changed its maximum enlistment age to 42. Raising the age at which someone could […]
Space Force Affirms New Focus
Late in the Cold War a stand-alone command was considered necessary to de-conflict space operations between the military services, as each branch had space capabilities of its own. The first iteration of the Space Command was created in 1985 to provide joint command and control for all military space operations. GW Bush’s administration needed to […]
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