As nations place more and more strategic assets into space, is the SPACE FORCE the direction our nation should take?

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Response by CW5 Jack Cardwell made Nov 13 at 2018 4:09 PM

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Need something to fill the void, even if is a part of the Air Force.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 13 at 2018 4:32 PM

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SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member The United States need to be represented in space. It is too early to know exactly what any Space Force would look like.

https://www.defensenews.com/space/2018/10/23/pentagon-presents-recommendations-on-space-force-to-trump/

Pentagon presents recommendations on Space Force to Trump

Vice President Mike Pence said he expects President Donald Trump to take the first steps to create a Space Force very soon.

Response by SrA John Monette made Nov 13 at 2018 5:14 PM

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we already have a Space Command, headquartered at Peterson AFB, Colorado. why not just expand on their mission?

Response by PVT Mark Zehner made Nov 13 at 2018 5:50 PM

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Space force with the Air Force!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 13 at 2018 7:37 PM

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Marines are the ones trained in boarding exercises. They are used to being in a ship then leaving and charging into danger. Just saying! :D

Response by Susan Foster made Nov 14 at 2018 9:49 AM

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I really don't think there's a void. As SrA John Monette says, we have a Space Command, and we could just expand that. Complete reorganizations seldom solve the problems we think they will and often cause more bloat in resources for little added gain (such as DHS for example).

Response by SGT Tony Clifford made Nov 14 at 2018 11:29 AM

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The space force is absolutely needed. While I don't like the spending of more money or the militarization of space, it's coming regardless. The Chinese space program is operated by an arm of the people's liberation army. China is already in the process of militarizing space. The only response is to get ready for future conflict in space. If we don't, our enemies will. I think that the airforce should change over to the space force and the airforce should be a subordinate branch to the space force, much like the Marines being subordinate to the Navy.

Response by SPC Steven Depuy made Nov 14 at 2018 11:43 AM

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As I said in the past, all the branches rely on satellites for everything they do anymore. Having the Air Force deciding what percentage of their budget gets spent on things my branch needs to survive and do my job, is about as popular in my mind as them saying the F-35 can do the roll of the A-10. Now I am older than dirt, and might be out of touch with reality, but I have not heard a lot of troops who have had their lives saved by A-10's, sound thrilled at all the attempts by the Air Force to get rid of them.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2018 11:54 AM

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It's been proposed for several years, but the Air Force was against because of the fear it would reduce their budget. All the branches have space assets, it's just a matter of consolidating them and funding them. It's similar to when SOCOM was created to consolidate all the various special operations of each of the branches. It will allow the space mission to be focused on one single mission as opposed to each service's interpretation and need of the mission.