Trump Signs Directive to Create a Military “Space Corps”
It seems President Trump has done what he said he would do…again. The Air Force is getting is own “Space Corps”, at least for the time being.
The main goal of the Space Force is to secure and extend American dominance of the space domain, Trump and other White House officials have said. Such reasoning has drawn opposition from various quarters.
The establishment of the U.S. Space Force would be the Trump administration’s fourth Space Policy Directive, or SPD-4.
The Space Force would initially reside within the Department of the Air Force, much as the Marine Corps is part of the U.S. Navy.
Where will they put the new “Boot Camp”?
What will PT in space be like and will there be modifications to the standard issue PT Belt?
Are they going to get their own special tiara to compete with SEALs and MARSOC? Maybe they will get their own beret.
Personally, I think a more conservative approach to things is best. I suggest we go with a “Men in Black” look.
I can think of a thousand times when I needed one of those flashy things. I was in Olongapo once and woke up to find I was in … well, let us just say my PTSD runs deep.
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He also signed a bill yesterday making it illegal to eat cats and dogs in the U.S.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181220006023/en/President-Trump-Signs-Farm-Bill-Making-Dog
Once Ocasio-Cortez becomes president that bill won’t be enforceable as cats and dogs will be a primary source of protein.
Can’t help but wonder what cat and dog ranching looks like.
Used to be a farm outside of the Camp Humphreys CPX area, had kennels for about 50 dogs. We always called it the dog farm. Pretty sure the old guy wasn’t raising purebred pets.
We had a dog and hog farm next to Camp Pelham as well.
EX-PH2 will be giving the block of instruction on the herding of cats.
I never tire of this!
Space: the final frontier. The Space Corps mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before while protecting Earthlings against Alien probes\abductions.
ATTENTION ALL PLANETS OF THE SOLAR FEDERATION!
WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL, WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL…
All your base are belong to us.
Good to see that someone figured out that expanding what used to be called Space Command makes more sense than creating a new something.
Now if the other services’ assets can be integrated instead of duplicated we’ll really be cooking with gas.
I heard that the Air Force just didn’t want to lose the money from their budget. Some people have said they were re-appropriating the Space budget to fill Air Force shortfalls, but others have pointed out that even if they were no space related issue has ever missed its mark so it means they have just been good stewards of the service. The Army’s space assets with a few exceptions would stay in place because they fill the role of liaison anyway.
I can think of a thousand times when I needed one of those flashy things. I was in Olongapo once and woke up to find I was in … well, let us just say my PTSD runs deep.
Hell man some of us had those experiences right here in CONUS, if not to the letter certainly from the same sad book…
It’s been widely rumored that a young VoV, while serving at Fort Benning, might have awoken in a cheap hotel room in Atlanta to discover the pretty girl he was “dancing” with the night before might actually have been a chubby middle aged woman who enjoyed taking advantage of inebriated, physically fit young men…again just a rumor…however fresh the image remains in my brain pan…
Chubby say what, we were on a super secret mission riding our Camels past a sleazy motel in Atlanta when Sgt king stopped to talk to an old hag who was carrying a young soldier, from Fort Benning, to her room. He told us later it was his sister with her date of the evening, I believe him as she, I use that term loosely, out weighed him by 150 lbs at least.
“…however fresh the image remains in my brain pan…”
Or as John Kerry famously said: “Seared in My Memory”.
Seared in my mind was the skirt she wore that was made out of a wide load truck banner, glad we stayed on the move out of there.
And this is why I never took up drinking. The rewards never seemed to offset the risks.
I was never drunk again after that night TOW….and I’ve never had more than a drink or two in social settings since that night…I had more than I normally would ever drink that night as well.
Lesson learned, lesson never repeated. I’m good that way. I don’t need repeated lessons to get the point.
Most people learn the first time. I have a bad habit of needing to learn the same lessons the hard way multiple times, so not drinking is one of the few good decisions I’ve made in my life. No offense meant to those whose self-control/discipline is superior to mine.
Sandy? She was so infamous, we were told in OCS (and the Advanced Course!) to watch out for her!
Anybody else recall being warned about her?
This will be a boon for the probe industry. Loadmasters will now be Probemasters.
Stand in the door will have new meaning.
It’s a brave new world.
Prolly call for an increase in Rear Admirals too, what with all that probing ongoing.
Will former Gemini/Apollo Program door gunners be given re-enlistment priority?
Hit the hole, pole-man, hit the hole!
Air Force, huh?
Well, that won’t last long. Everyone knows only the Navy knows how to run ships, especially space ships, and the Marines are Da Bomb for land tactical needs, especially against strange space aliens that disintegrate into dust particles when they’re whacked by MASERs.
Would have to be combined USAF and ARMY as to the Navy keeps running into other ships and the Marines always have to have the Army send in rescue missions.
This is good. This is good. Now the services have some place to send their space cadets who don’t have a clue. Usually in grades 0-4, 0-5 and E9 with a smattering of others.
Club:
Some TAH Commentators/Readers have held or currently hold the grades of O4, O5, E9…and IMHO, I do not think they are Space Cadets…
*Smile* or as Ed writes *Grin*
Club:
Also this for your reading enjoyment…due to contrary belief, some Officers and Senior NCOs DO have a sense of humor:
*Grin*
“Fossils Of Prehistoric Staff Officer Found Frozen In Afghan CONEX Box:
https://www.duffelblog.com/2019/02/fossils-of-prehistoric-staff-officer-found-frozen-in-afghan-conex-box/
😎
Finally a slot for spec 7’s
Heck, might as well cover some other ranks, as in CWOs…
(And for those who may be offended by my comment on CWOs, it is a joke, to be taken lightly, just as the Duffle Blog post or the O4/O5/E9 comment by Club…we gotta keep our sense of humor…because what is good for the goose is good for the gander..😎
Is Seven Of Nine (Jeri Ryan) going to be on Staff of The Space Corps teaching the ins & outs of probing?
Just issue me a teaser, a taser or a phazer and I’m there!
She would get 0 futile resistance from me. I would look forward to being assimilated with her. I’ll be your Borg Baby. Make it so!
I’m sure the first mission will be a Police Call to pick up the junk out there!
And signs to stay off the Sergeant Major’s grass.
There’s this:
https://terminallance.com/2018/06/19/space-lance-1-the-final-frontier/
Once again the Navy has the lead. Might want to upgrade the cover with antennas or some such.
Gargoyles. Keep the cover and embed the RF into the Gargoyles. With ECM. And flares.
Bootcamp should be on the moon base. Good luck trying to go UA.
Space is the only place where a beret could be considered a functional piece of headgear.
I would like to know more!
100 cool points to Martinjumper for the Heinlein movie reference, turkey that is was.
Thanos, we are coming for your purple big ass!
Only 40 years too late for me. Damn!