posted 12-13-2020 10:12 PM               

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Originally posted by dcfowler1:
The text of the NDAA prohibits any installation renaming until the whole larger issue of Confederate post names gets resolved.

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posted 12-15-2020 04:25 PM               

Space Force troops get lapel pin and badge to wear on their Air Force uniforms for now

Space Force service members will soon get lapel pins and service badges to wear on their Air Force dress uniforms to better distinguish the branches.

Above: The Space Force lapel pin. left, and the service badge, right, will be how service members in the newest military branch distinguish themselves from airmen for now. (USSF)

Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman, the senior enlisted leader for Space Force, unveiled a lapel pin and service badge for service members of the military's newest branch to display on their Air Force uniforms.

"This is how we're going to space up the Air Force uniform while we're wearing it," Towberman said last week in a video announcing the new pin. "It doesn't mean we'll carry this onto a Space Force uniform when it's designed."

He said the specific policy on the appropriate way to wear the pin and badge will be out later this month. In the announcement, Towberman was wearing the service badge in the middle of his chest pocket and the pin on the middle of the collar.

Troops in Space Force also wear the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, as the normal duty uniform, the same uniform worn by the Army.

The OCP uniforms are worn essentially the same way as the Army. However, tapes and badges will have "space blue" embroidery. Troops also will wear a space blue name tape on the back of their patrol caps, according to regulations published in August.

Almost anything acceptable on the OCP uniform, including coyote brown boots, a rigger or standard-issue brown belt, the standard-issue brown fleece jacket and green or brown socks are approved.

Space Force also does not yet have its own uniform for physical training.

Space Force has roughly 2,000 personnel, most of whom are transfers from the Air Force, though the service has recently started enlisting new recruits. Space Force hopes to recruit 300 enlisted service members in 2021 and reach 6,500 members overall in a year. Most will come from Air Force transfers.

posted 12-18-2020 04:47 PM               

Space Force unveils name of space professionals

Today, after a yearlong process that produced hundreds of submissions and research involving space professionals and members of the general public, we can finally share with you the name by which we will be known: Guardians.

The opportunity to name a force is a momentous responsibility. Guardians is a name with a long history in space operations, tracing back to the original command motto of Air Force Space Command in 1983, "Guardians of the High Frontier."

The name Guardians connects our proud heritage and culture to the important mission we execute 24/7, protecting the people and interest of the U.S. and its allies.

Guardians. Semper Supra!

posted 12-18-2020 10:54 PM               

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Originally posted by denali414:
Why do we need these hokey names and silly titles?

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posted 01-30-2021 08:56 AM               

Space Force releases service-specific rank names

Effective Feb. 1, the Space Force will use the following rank names across all Space Force systems and in all manners of address.

Grade	Rank	Abbreviation	Terms of Address
E1	Specialist 1	Spc1	Preferred term is Specialist but Spec1 or Specialist 1 are both acceptable
E2	Specialist 2	Spc2	Preferred term is Specialist but Spec2 or Specialist 2 are both acceptable
E3	Specialist 3	Spc3	Preferred term is Specialist but Spec3 or Specialist 3 are both acceptable
E4	Specialist 4	Spc4	Preferred term is Specialist but Spec4 or Specialist 4 are both acceptable
E5	Sergeant	Sgt	Sergeant
E6	Technical Sergeant	TSgt	Sergeant or Technical Sergeant or Tech Sergeant
E7	Master Sergeant	MSgt	Sergeant or Master Sergeant
E8	Senior Master Sergeant	SMSgt	Senior or Senior Master Sergeant
E9	Chief Master Sergeant	CMSgt	Chief or Chief Master Sergeant
E9	Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force	CMSSF	Chief or Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force
O1	Second Lieutenant	2d Lt	Second Lieutenant or Lieutenant
O2	First Lieutenant	1st Lt	First Lieutenant or Lieutenant
O3	Captain	Capt	Captain
O4	Major	Maj	Major
O5	Lieutenant Colonel	Lt Col	Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel
O6	Colonel	Col	Colonel
O7	Brigadier General	Brig Gen	Brigadier General or General
O8	Major General	Maj Gen	Major General or General
O9	Lieutenant General	Lt Gen	Lieutenant General or General
O10	General	Gen	General

Publications, forms, websites, and systems will reflect these grade changes beginning Feb. 1, but it may take time for all systems to reflect the change.

Guardians will wear Air Force rank insignia until the Space Force finalizes its own rank insignia designs, which is expected sometime in the coming months. The service will announce opportunities for Guardians to contribute feedback during the design process.

Crowdsourced feedback on rank names was collected from the field and was part of the decision-making process.

This change does not trigger the need to update the member's common access card. The service will issue guidance on updating to a Space Force CAC when those details are finalized.

posted 02-03-2021 03:50 PM               

They [the Space Force] has the full support of the Biden Administration and we are not revisiting the decision to establish the Space Force.

The desire of the Department of Defense to focus greater attention and resources on the growing security challenges in space has long been a bipartisan issue informed by numerous independent commissions and studies conducted across multiple administrations. Thousands of men and women proudly serve in the Space Force.

We look forward to the continuing work of Space Force and invite the members of the team to come visit us in the briefing room anytime to share an update on their important work.

posted 05-11-2021 11:38 AM               

Space Force renames Florida space wing as Space Launch Delta 45

The "world's premier gateway to space" now has a new name.

The 45th Space Wing at Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida was redesignated as Space Launch Delta 45 on Tuesday (May 11). The changeover continues the reorganization of Air Force installations to the Space Force since the latter was founded in 2019.

posted 09-27-2021 03:16 PM               

The U.S. military's newest service unveiled its prototype dress uniform at the Air Force Association's Air Space & Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland...

The uniform is a marked departure from the dress blues of the Air Force, from which the Space Force was spun off in 2019. It has a dark navy coat that buttons on the right-hand side, unlike the Air Force coat that buttons in the middle, and gray pants.

Raymond said the coat's six buttons — which bear the Space Force emblem — are meant to represent its status as the military's sixth service.