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Old 02-28-2019, 10:18 AM
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Cool Wait, how many generals for Space Force?; Radar battle heats up; Boeing’s combat dron

Wait, how many generals for Space Force?; Radar battle heats up; Boeing’s combat drones
BY: MARCUS WEISGERBER / GLOBAL BUSINESS EDITOR 2-28-19
RE: https://www.defenseone.com/business/...drones/155204/

JUST IN: The Pentagon has sent its legislative proposal to create a U.S. Space Force within the Air Force to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, three defense officials tell Defense One. The proposal, which has evolved greatly since defense officials began working on it last summer, calls on lawmakers to approve a sixth branch of the military ordered up by President Trump.

It’s still unclear whether lawmakers will support the plan, or whether it will become a bargaining chip at some point down the road. Defense officials have been briefing congressional staffers in what is being termed a “soft rollout” over the past two days.

We’ve also learned that Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson stood up a U.S. Space Force Planning Task Force on Feb. 22, the day after Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan put her in charge of detailed planning for the new service branch. In a Feb. 22 memo, Wilson announced that “The team is supposed to deliver an “initial work plan that lays out key phases of transition from pre-establishment through full operational capability, key decisions to achieve each transition phase, and associated actions, timelines and milestones.”

Here’s one deadline: The team is supposed to figure out what must be done to establish the “initial Space Force Staff” by Oct. 1, the first day of fiscal 2020.

Maj. Gen. Clinton Crosier, deputy, deputy chief of staff for strategy, integration and requirements, on the Air Staff at the Pentagon, is director of the planning team. He reports to John Stopher, Wilson’s principal assistant for space.

Here’s what we’ll be tracking in coming weeks and months:

How much will it cost? Space Force legislative proposal documents sent to lawmakers this week state that it will cost $72 million in fiscal 2020 for the service’s staff. InsideDefense reported on Wednesday that the Space Force is expected to cost $2 billion over five years. More detailed cost data is expected in the coming weeks when the Pentagon sends its 2020 budget request to Congress on March 12.

How will the Pentagon fill all of the command’s general officer billets? The Space Force is expected to have about 15,000 people (uniformed and civilian), but will have far more than the normal allocation of generals. Plans call for the new branch to be led by two four-stars: a chief of staff (who would be a member of the Joint Chiefs) and a vice chief. Then there will be a four-star in charge of U.S. Space Command, the new combatant command that’s in the works. It’s unclear unknown whether a general officer will run the new Space Development Agency, the new acquisition and development arm that’s being planned. That means the new service, despite its relative leanness in Pentagon staff positions, will have a high percentage of general officers. The Air Force has nine four-star general billets, not including generals in joint positions. That’s roughly one for every 76,000 personnel — active-duty, civilian, Guard, and Reserve. (There are about 685,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilians in the Air Force) The Space Force would have one for every 7,500, just assuming it has the two, not including the head of Space Command, since he or she would be a combatant commander.

What Army and Navy personnel will be transferred to the Space Force? Will the Army’s missile defense personnel be included? These are all questions that a just established Space Force planning team will seek to answer in the coming weeks. Also, what’s the plan for the Space Force National Guard and Reserve?

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Space Force - well it had to happen sooner than later? This should be exciting to see what they propose and who will volunteer for duty in this new project. Shame I'm too old but I'd like to try out for this project.

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