{"id":26664,"date":"2020-01-16T20:04:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T20:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/16\/the-space-force-gets-its-first-member-and-trump-gets-his-first-briefing-on-the-new-service\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:18:43","slug":"the-space-force-gets-its-first-member-and-trump-gets-his-first-briefing-on-the-new-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/01\/16\/the-space-force-gets-its-first-member-and-trump-gets-his-first-briefing-on-the-new-service\/","title":{"rendered":"The Space Force gets its first member, and Trump gets his first briefing on the new service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Just a day after officially swearing in as the U.S. Space Force\u2019s first member<\/a>, Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond sat down with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to brief him on the new service\u2019s progress<\/a>, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of the briefing, which was also attended by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, was to inform the president of upcoming milestones as the Space Force gradually comes into being, said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGen. Raymond has a very specific, very thorough plan on things that need to take place \u2014 moving pay systems, assigning individuals to the Space Force, looking at basing, figuring out if we\u2019re going to be transferring bases to the Space Force,\u201d Hoffman told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting was about \u201claying out for the president what the process looks like \u2014 what are the next steps, what are the things that are going to be happening over the next couple months \u2014 to give him an expectation,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is something [Trump has] been very forward leaning on and is something that he is interested in, so we’ve been trying to keep him informed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\t