{"id":24703,"date":"2019-03-28T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/28\/space-force-nominees-coming-within-weeks-shanahan-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:02:31","slug":"space-force-nominees-coming-within-weeks-shanahan-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2019\/03\/28\/space-force-nominees-coming-within-weeks-shanahan-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force nominees coming within \u2018weeks,\u2019 Shanahan says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAMPA BAY, Florida \u2014 The nominees to lead President Donald Trump\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/08\/09\/space-force-will-be-6th-military-branch-by-2020-vice-president-pence-announces\/\" target=_blank>Space Force<\/a> could be announced in \u201cweeks, not months,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/03\/28\/whats-the-state-of-play-for-a-defense-secretary-shanahan\/\" target=_blank>Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Travelling in Florida Thursday, Shanahan said that he already has nominees in mind for the top spots of the Space Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/03\/01\/space-force-to-cost-2-billion-include-15000-personnel-in-first-five-years\/\" target=_blank>proposal from the Pentagon<\/a>, the new service will live under the secretary of the Air Force. However, it will be led directly by an under secretary of the Air Force for space (who must be nominated and confirmed by the Senate) and the service\u2019s chief of staff, a four-star position who will also serve on the Joint Chiefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/03\/26\/trump-space-corps-proposal-has-the-right-stuff-shanahan-tells-congress\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1132938787.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\">Trump\u2019s Space Corps proposal has the right stuff, Shanahan tells Congress<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">When it comes to the Space Corps, the head of the House Armed Services Committee and the White House are not on the same page.<\/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\">Members of Congress have expressed concern that the new Space Force, along with the new Space Command and Space Development Agency, will lead to increased overhead, particularly among uniformed officers. Congress has already imposed a cap on the number of general officers in the Pentagon, with the goal of reducing that total by the early 2020s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be different from what the White House proposed,\u201d Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/03\/13\/house-democrats-to-give-trumps-space-force-a-makeover\/\" target=_blank>said in remarks<\/a> to a defense industry audience at a McAleese &amp; Associates conference March 13. \u201cThree more four-star generals are not going to make us stronger in space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Shanahan said Wednesday that he sees \u201ca lot of support\u201d from Congress on Space Force as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe fundamentals, there wasn\u2019t push back on that. Push back was on, how do we make it more nimble, how do we make it more cost effective? I cheer when I hear that kind of language. That\u2019s music to my ears,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have also been questions in the expert community about whether there are enough bodies to fill out the three space organizations, given that the space realm has not, in the Pentagon\u2019s own description, been treated as enough of a priority. Shanahan pushed back on that idea as well, saying \u201cI don\u2019t worry about finding the talent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have such depth. It\u2019s really about how we organize to harness it,\u201d he added. \u201cBut we are deep in space talent. Now, how do we unleash it to address what we talked about earlier \u2014 environments becoming even more contested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on Wednesday, Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of Air Force Space Command, did acknowledge that the Pentagon is carefully considering how to structure new organizations given the finite number of general officers in the space field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith these organizations growing, it does put a stress on the inventory, as it would in any case,&#8221; he told reporters. &#8220;I will tell you that our leaders inside the department, inside the Air Force, understand that and are doing very careful planning today and for the future.\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\/defensenews\/space\/2019\/03\/26\/air-forces-top-space-officer-tapped-to-lead-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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3315081.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\">Air Force\u2019s top space officer tapped to lead US Space Command<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">If confirmed, this general will have a dual-hat role: as commander of U.S. Space Command and his current position as head of Air Force Space Command.<\/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\">One name off the list for Space Force leadership is the Air Force\u2019s top space official, Gen. 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Could the Space Force look to the Navy to lead the new service?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked whether that option was in play, Shanahan would only repeat twice: \u201cWe have a good plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Valerie Insinna in Washington contributed to this story.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leaders for Space Command and the Space Development Agency have already been 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