Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama

COL Randall C. - Come to think of it, I survived the move of Engineer School from Ft. Belvoir to Ft. Leonard Wood. Th Older Guys acted like they had just been sentenced to a Gulag. I show up as a newly converted Engineer Officer from the Infantry side and thought the facilities and housing were incredible. Bachelor officer quarters were new efficiency apartments, had a branch of the O club and most of the classrooms were within walking distance. Company Grade quarters at Benning were pretty crappy, the IOBC LT's shared a room and then two rooms shared a bathroom. Cpt's did a bit better, but not by much. I was married and got to live off post, so missed that as an officer. I did OSUT at Harmony Church where the barracks were pre-WWII to make up for that,

COL Randall C. - I get it. I had to watch from the sidelines when JTF-GNO was merged into CYBERCOM and moved next door from VA to Ft Meade, so I didn't get to see much. I missed getting a front seat to that decision due to the AF's bright idea to change officer assignments to 4 years vs 3. I had my initial orders to JTF-GNO (before that decision was concluded), which they rescinded two days later, and I had to remain in my traditional comm position for a 4th year (which hurt my career ultimately). Missing out on that assignment hurt, as it was my dream assignment at the time. Several years prior to that, I still remember when Army MGEN Bryan was the commander of then JTF-CNO and I got to escort him at HQ AFSPC. He was the first General level officer I encountered who could articulate well on cyber operations (which was a big deal back in the early 2000s). He told me then he wanted me to come work for him, but the timing wasn't right. Still, I pushed to go there on my subsequent assignment, and when I finally got it several years later and then lost it shortly after, I wasn't thrilled.

As for the Army's decision to use Ft Gordon, I seem to recall most of their cyber units/assets were already in GA (with I think the exception of the Red Team unit I visited with in Ft Belvoir, but that might not have been a permanent thing), and so to me that made sense. Same goes for the AF, where our then 24th AF (now 16th) was essentially born out of the many AF units in San Antonio (AIA, AFIWC, 92 IWAS, etc...). To move AFCYBER to DC (which I understood was considered briefly) made no sense.

I pretty much look at the Space Command move in the same light. Before even our careers began, there was the triad of US Space, AFSPC, and NORAD (all of which were mostly space dependent). After 9/11 things changed, with US Space getting dissolved to make room for NORTHCOM, but Space still mostly remained in CO Springs. Trump then created USSF and initially it still remained. I admittedly know little to nothing about Huntsville and what the draw is to move the HQ there (other than the info from the report), so again, I look to what I've seen historically. Were politics involved? Maybe, and there is more than just national politics, since we all know too well there are politics in the services too. Some is career driven, to make an "impact" (good or bad) on one's career, for others it could be driven by outside influences (follow on jobs for example). I first witnessed the services side of politics first hand as a young Captain when the AF charged my unit to design the AF network enterprise during a summit at the Pentagon with the SecAF and Air Staff SC (now known as the A6). Microsoft, Netscape, and all kinds of big league vendors were all chomping at the bit trying to influence the leadership as those trying to design the solution worked to maintain an agnostic approach. Our intent was to design the infrastructure with security baked in, and THEN decide which vendors can fully support the technology requirements.

COL (Join to see) well I guess you're going to have to sit there and be mad then

COL (Join to see) i said local government not command

Cheaper standard of living that Colorado Springs? You might still be able to afford a house in Huntsville. https://www.apartments.com/cost-of-living/colorado-springs-co-vs-huntsville-al/?i=130%2C000

I'd Assume, It Would Cost TRILLIONS Of Dollars To Move The Entire Operations To Alabama, , Restaff And Train For The Newly Open Positions, But What The Heck Groceries Might Be Cheaper. ~~ But There Is A Benefit, Trump's Favorite People Live There"
~~ Why Is Alabama Ranked So Low In Education~~
"archive.stmarys-ca.edu/archive-library-802/why...
Funding and Resource Allocation One of the primary reasons explaining why is Alabama ranked so low in education lies in the state's funding and resource allocation for public schools. Alabama invests less per student compared to the national average, which directly affects the quality of education provided. Insufficient funding limits access to modern technology, updated textbooks" .
Home Of The Poor And The Uneducated ~ And One Goes Hand-In-Hand With The Other.