Wildfire monitoring, other state missions in jeopardy without a Space Guard, these officials say

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Wildfire monitoring, other state missions in jeopardy without a Space Guard, these officials say
By Rachel S. Cohen
May 20, 03:46 PM
The Air Force provided data from some of its Overhead Persistent Infrared systems to assist the U.S. Forest Service fight the Camp Fire near Paradise, Calif., in November 2018. Some airmen worry that a failure to create a Space National Guard could spell the end of satellite and radar-support missions in some U.S. states and Guam. (Courtesy/NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens)

Longtime military space officers in the National Guard warned Thursday that their home states will lose the ability to surveil wildfires, monitor public demonstrations and conduct other missions if the U.S. does not create a Guard component under the new Space Force.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SGT Mark Anderson