{"id":21913,"date":"2022-06-16T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/16\/space-force-seeks-a-bigger-voice-in-military-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:00:36","slug":"space-force-seeks-a-bigger-voice-in-military-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/06\/16\/space-force-seeks-a-bigger-voice-in-military-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force seeks a bigger voice in military operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After two years of finding its sea \u2014 er, space \u2014 legs, the Space Force is starting to vie for more influence at home and on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its first two years, the Space Force has focused on organizing, training and equipping its troops for U.S. Space Command, which directs those people and resources for daily missions. Military space assets are the backbone of communications across the joint force, track missile launches, catalog debris that could slam into satellites, take pictures of Earth from orbit and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the service is looking at expanding its role in everyday ops through stronger partnerships with regional commands around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe next step of the discussion is a recognition that there are important space activities that are done in a regional context, whether it\u2019s security cooperation activities, training with our coalition partners, or just the basic integration of space effects into plans,\u201d Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman, a deputy chief of space operations, recently told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/08\/11\/space-force-planning-for-new-component-in-the-middle-east-alongside-afcent\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95-16-1.jpg-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Space Force planning for new component in the Middle East alongside AFCENT<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Space Force leaders are hashing out a plan to create a new group under U.S. Central Command to coordinate what military space assets to use in the region.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force is working to create internal components \u2014 like a SPACECENT, for example \u2014 that would be the liaisons to the Pentagon\u2019s larger combatant commands and give guardians more sway in military planning. A guardian would report to the more senior combatant commander to offer space capabilities as part of a mission\u2019s force package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is the first in line for a new space component, followed by U.S. Central Command and U.S. European Command. When each might come to fruition remains unclear; Saltzman said the timelines are fluid because of the myriad steps involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, the service previously said CENTCOM would be the first to get that dedicated space support, but the order has shuffled around since then as priorities have shifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each command has different needs and responsibilities when it comes to space, he added, and must consider the input of countries and alliances in their region. The State Department gets involved for any changes to force structure overseas as well. America\u2019s foreign partners can now work with a growing group of senior U.S. space personnel who can better incorporate allies into training exercises and wargames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the past, we couldn\u2019t spread out amongst the service components where there wasn\u2019t enough mass to really influence some of these decisions, Saltzman said. \u201cIt\u2019s really raising the level of stakeholder concern up to [the] service level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/06\/03\/strategic-review-to-guide-us-approach-to-space-weapons-classification-liquori-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GSSAP.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Strategic review to guide US approach to space weapons, classification, Liquori says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The review, which should be finished in the next few months, will consider what mix of offensive and defensive space capabilities the Pentagon and the intelligence community should operate and what details about those capabilities should be classified.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, those involved are waiting for the Pentagon\u2019s bureaucratic process to play out and for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to make sure we understand exactly what the implications are, second- and third-order effects,\u201d Saltzman said. \u201cDo we have the manpower to support? What\u2019s the resourcing and budgeting? We have to line all that up, because we don\u2019t want to go so fast that we hang this organization out and it can\u2019t be effective when it\u2019s put in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service officials are especially concerned about beefing up cyber defenses and intelligence collection to combat the growing threats posed by speeding space debris, potential anti-satellite weapon attacks and network hacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"630\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gray-zone.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gray-zone.jpg.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gray-zone.jpg.jpg?resize=300,158 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gray-zone.jpg.jpg?resize=768,404 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gray-zone.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,538 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An illustration accompanying an Aug. 23, 2021, article in the Department of the Air Force&#8217;s Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs highlights U.S. air, space and cyber imperatives in the Indo-Pacific &#8220;gray zone&#8221; between war and peace. \n(Dr. Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell\/JIPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s only a matter of time before the Space Force needs a regular liaison to U.S. Cyber Command, Saltzman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s too important. The service will have too many cyber responsibilities. We\u2019re just not there yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/05\/20\/wildfire-monitoring-other-state-missions-in-jeopardy-without-a-space-guard-these-officials-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wildfire_space.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Wildfire monitoring, other state missions in jeopardy without a Space Guard, these officials say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Space Force officials want to move away from the traditional Guard and Reserve. These colonels say that&#039;s a bad idea.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space operations have traditionally supported air, land and sea forces. Now the tables are starting to turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon recently approved First Air Force, which handles the service\u2019s homeland defense mission, as U.S. Space Command\u2019s air component after more than a year of preparation. The organization now adds the moniker \u201cAir Forces Space,\u201d or AFSPACE. It advises Space Command on military air issues that relate to space ops, like needing more satellite coverage in a certain area so aircraft can pass information to each other, or air protection of critical missile-detection infrastructure on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AFSPACE also runs the human spaceflight support program based at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. That detachment trains to rescue NASA astronauts and civilian rocket riders in emergencies, whether on the launch pad or after splashing down in the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn this new role, First Air Force will be better able to identify and address gaps and seams when integrating space power into the support of the homeland defense mission,\u201d Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles \u201cCQ\u201d Brown Jr. said in March 2021. \u201cThis will also inform efforts to better fuse space operations into air operations centers around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/03\/15\/first-air-force-takes-on-new-role-supporting-us-space-command\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CONR_1AF-Viper.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">First Air Force takes on new role supporting US Space Command<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">First Air Force will command and control the USAF assets that assist SPACECOM on everyday missions, with a particular focus on domestic airspace.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force is further establishing itself among the newest guardians, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another first for the service, it welcomed its own basic military training cohort of more than 70 enlistees, rather than combining prospective airmen and guardians in the same boot camp. Having a separate two-month course at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, allows recruits to focus on learning the details of Space Force missions and culture, instead of being treated as one piece of a much larger Air Force curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on June 10 finished its first session of a new two-week summer program called \u201cAzimuth,\u201d which introduces cadets to the basics of space operations and acquisition before they decide which military branch to join. Col. Luke Sauter, head of the astronautics department at the academy, became the school\u2019s first permanent Space Force professor in May when he formally transferred into the new service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s important that our cadets see guardians across our academy, and that they have the opportunity to speak with Col. Sauter and other leaders about the Space Force as they consider which branch of military service they would like to join,\u201d faculty dean Brig. Gen. Linell Letendre said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/06\/15\/space-force-envisions-digital-future-for-testing-and-training\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/27_c4isrnet_FINALart.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Space Force envisions digital future for testing and training<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Space Force is on a path toward creating a National Space Test and Training Complex, but the endeavor also presents some challenges \u2014 most of which lie in creating virtual training and testing environments that realistically depict the space domain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 300 USAFA cadets have commissioned into the Space Force upon graduating so far. The service aims to grow to about 8,600 uniformed personnel in 2023, plus nearly 5,000 civilian employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But don\u2019t expect much fanfare as the Space Force beefs up, cementing its place in the Defense Department after several decades on the back burner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t suspect that there\u2019s going to be some big ground-breaking, ribbon-cutting thing, because this is normal operations,\u201d Saltzman said. \u201cWe\u2019re just the newest service, and we\u2019re stepping up to those responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Space Force is vying for influence after the space enterprise has been in the background for several decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":65140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":67,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[7,32,37],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3356],"class_list":["post-21913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battlefield-tech","category-newsletters","category-space"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"LH5QTENPYZGDXKIT46TP46D42Q","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/06\/16\/space-force-seeks-a-bigger-voice-in-military-operations\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Space Force seeks a bigger voice in military operations - C4ISRNet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Space Force is vying for influence after the space enterprise has been in the background for several decades.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Space Force seeks a bigger voice in military operations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Space Force is vying for influence after the space enterprise has been in the background for several decades.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/06\/16\/space-force-seeks-a-bigger-voice-in-military-operations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"C4ISRNet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-16T18:05:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T21:00:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rachel S. 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