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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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Be the Standard: Leadership Advice for New NCOs

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S4S welcomes SecAF Meink during Vandenberg visit

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(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 Force Spec. 3 Jordan Zuniga, a Space Delta 15 cyber host analyst, poses in his wrestling gear at the fitness center on Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., Sept. 19, 2025. Zuniga works at the National Space Defense Center and was invited to compete at the 2025 Armed Forces Wrestling Championship as a member of the Department of the Air Force wrestling team. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Dennis Rogers)

S4S Guardian headed to 2025 Armed Forces Wrestling Championship

By Capt. Cameron Silver | Sept. 22, 2025

U.S. Space Force Spec. 3 Jordan Zuniga, a cyber host analyst with Space Delta 15, has earned a spot at the 2025 Armed Forces Wrestling Championship, representing the Department of the Air Force on its 26-member wrestling...

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...

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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

Lt. Gen. Tom James, U.S. Space Command deputy commander, spoke about the importance of space technology in military operations, emphasizing the need for the defense of space assets, particularly from China and Russia, at the Space Warfighting Forum (SWF) at the Doubletree hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 28, 2025. The SWF, co-hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association and USSPACECOM, convened Aug. 26-28 to discuss the future of space warfare, including visions, evolving requirements, and current and emerging capabilities. This year's theme,

NDIA SWF: USSPACECOM leaders emphasized allied and commercial integration as critical to counter space threats

By | Sept. 3, 2025

U.S. Space Command leaders convened at the National Defense Industrial Association Space Warfighting Forum, here, August 26-28, 2025...