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CSpOC members lend space electro-magnetic warfare expertise to US, Australia’s largest military exercise

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Polish Brig. Gen. Górka visits S4S

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Australia’s Chief of Joint Capabilities visits NSDC

Bythewood Assumes Command of S4S and USSPACECOM’s Combined Joint Force Space Component

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Schiess Highlights Need for Advanced Defenses and Real-Time Space Awareness

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S4S Guardian headed to 2025 Armed Forces Wrestling Championship

PRESS RELEASE: U.S. and U.K. demonstrate partnership in first-ever on-orbit operation

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U.S. Navy ships from the America Strike Group, led by the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), sail in formation with Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, French Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as part of Talisman Sabre 25, July 20. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners, while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth)

CSpOC members lend space electro-magnetic warfare expertise to US, Australia’s largest military exercise

By Capt. Cameron Silver | Nov. 26, 2025

Two Combined Space Operations Center members played key roles in Talisman Sabre 25, the largest U.S.-Australia exercise to date, held July 13-Aug. 4, 2025, across Australia and Papua New Guinea...

Brig. Gen. Marcin Górka, Director of Innovation Department in the Ministry of National Defense, Poland, left, and U.S. Army Col. Michael Smith, Combined Joint Force Space Component chief of staff, stand together for a photo during a visit at U.S. Space Forces – Space Headquarters on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Nov. 20, 2025. Górka received S4S and Combined Space Operations Center briefs with the visit aimed to strengthen U.S.-Poland relationships by understanding Polish views of current and planned space capabilities and discuss NATO space enterprise. The visit coincided with a scheduled Polish payload launch from Vandenberg SFB. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman)

Polish Brig. Gen. Górka visits S4S

By Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman | Nov. 20, 2025

Brig. Gen. Marcin Górka, Director of Innovation Department in the Ministry of National Defense, Poland, left, and U.S. Army Col. Michael Smith, Combined Joint Force Space Component chief of staff, stand together for a photo...

(From left to right) Royal Australian Air Force WGCDR Andrew Jolley, U.S. Space Command liaison officer, Australian Army LTGEN Susan Coyle, Chief of Joint Capabilities, U.S. Space Force Col. Samuel Oppelaar, Combat Delta 1-15 deputy commander, and Australian Army BRIG Cristopher Gardiner, Australian Space and Cyber Attaché to the U.S., stand together for a group photo at the National Space Defense Center’s heritage room on Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., Nov. 6, 2025. The NSDC is a subordinate center of U.S. Space Forces - Space responsible for coordinating military, intelligence, civil, and commercial space for unified space defense operations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

Australia’s Chief of Joint Capabilities visits NSDC

By U.S. Space Forces - Space Public Affairs | Nov. 14, 2025

Members of the Australian Defence Force, including Australian Army LTGEN Susan Coyle, Chief of Joint Capabilities, Australian Army BRIG Cristopher Gardiner, Australian Space and Cyber Attaché to the U.S., and Royal Australian...

U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, U.S. Space Command commander, left, passes the U.S Space Forces – Space flag to Lt. Gen. Dennis O. Bythewood, newly-appointed S4S commander, center, while Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, previous S4S commander, watches during the S4S Change of Command ceremony at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Nov. 4, 2025. Established Dec. 6, 2023, S4S – with its Allies and partners – commands combat forces in space superiority operations to protect and defend USSPACECOM’s Area of Responsibility and deliver global space-enabled effects to the Joint Force. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman)

Bythewood Assumes Command of S4S and USSPACECOM’s Combined Joint Force Space Component

By S4S Public Affairs | Nov. 4, 2025

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Dennis O. Bythewood officially assumed command of U.S. Space Forces – Space in a ceremony Nov. 4, here following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate on Oct. 30...

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces - Space commander and Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander, takes part in a panel discussion at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md. Sept. 23, 2025. The conference is an opportunity for Department of the Air Force senior leaders to meet and address Airmen, Guardians, allies, partners and industry leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

Schiess Highlights Need for Advanced Defenses and Real-Time Space Awareness

By Stacie N. Shafran | Sept. 29, 2025

The Space Force must move faster to harden its defenses, expand real-time awareness, and speed up decision-making if it’s going to keep U.S. forces safe against rapidly evolving threats, Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess said Sept. 24,...

U.S. Space Command News

Right, Lt. Gen. Richard Zellmann, deputy commander, U.S. Space Command, joins Lt. Gen. Tom James, former deputy commander, USSPACECOM, as he pins the U.S. Army Basic Space Badge on Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman, commander, U.K. Space Command, during a pinning ceremony at the Aerospace Corporation in Colorado Springs, November 7, 2025. Tedman is the first British Army officer to earn and receive the honor. As the U.K. Space Commander, Tedman plays a key role in the U.S.-U.K. space partnership, facilitating direct communication, collaboration, and alignment of strategic objectives between the two commands. The integration of allies and partners into space operations promotes a common warfighting culture and ensures our steadfast, collective readiness to deter aggression and, if necessary, stand shoulder-to-shoulder and defeat threats.

U.K. Space Commander earns U.S. Army Space Wings

By | Nov. 19, 2025

U.S. Space Command hosted a pinning ceremony on Nov. 7, 2025, at The Aerospace Corporation to officially award U.K. Space Command Commander Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman the U.S. Army Basic Space Badge...

Government Shutdown: What you need to know

By | Oct. 1, 2025

The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or...

PRESS RELEASE: U.S. and U.K. demonstrate partnership in first-ever on-orbit operation

By | Sept. 18, 2025

U.S. Space Command and U.K. Space Command conducted their first-ever coordinated satellite maneuver, September 4-12, 2025, demonstrating our alliance’s readiness to conduct dynamic, responsible, and integrated space...