Dec. 14, 2020

USSC, JTF-SD leaders host Marine assistant commandant

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Gen. Gary Thomas, Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, visited Peterson Air Force Base and Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, on Dec. 10-11.

Dec. 7, 2020

JTF-SD deputy talks space power during summit

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Christopher Povak, deputy commander of Joint Task Force-Space Defense, spoke about how his unit supports U.S. Space Command’s mission during the Defense Strategies Institute’s seventh annual Space Resiliency Summit Dec. 3.

Nov. 25, 2020

NSDC, space leaders host AWC seminar

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The National Space Defense Center director joined several Schriever leaders to engage a small group of Air War College students and faculty Nov. 20.

Oct. 27, 2020

JTF-SD members transfer to Space Force

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Eleven field grade officers from Joint Task Force - Space Defense transferred to the U.S. Space

Aug. 21, 2020

Secretary of Defense tours NSDC

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The honorable Dr. Mark Esper, U.S. Secretary of Defense, was at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado,

June 8, 2020

Future Space, Air Force officers participate in experimentation training

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — ROTC cadets from Virginia Tech and the University of Colorado-Boulder virtually participated in a space operations training exercise earlier this year with the Joint Task Force-Space Defense — a component of U.S. Space Command.

Nov. 5, 2019

Deputy SecDef, SecAF meet with Space leaders, joint warfighters on Front Range

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist and Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett completed

Oct. 22, 2019

Formal Recognition of Joint Task Force-Space Defense Expands US Space Command’s Protect and Defend Mission

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Commander of U.S. Space Command, Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, along with BG Thomas L. James, recognized

Oct. 2, 2019

Combined Force Space Component Command established at Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Joint and coalition space officials from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States attended a ceremony to formally recognize the establishment of Combined Force Space Component Command on Oct. 1, 2019.

Aug. 30, 2019

NEW COMBATANT COMMANDER BEGINS ORGANIZING SPACE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Command Commander General John W. “Jay” Raymond, in his first official directives, established two subordinate commands that will jointly provide support to the new Unified Combatant Command. Combined Force Space Component Command and Joint Task Force Space Defense will focus the planning and execution of global space operations, activities and missions into two areas: 1) protection and defense from threats to U.S. space capabilities/forces and 2) maintaining and growing our national security space programs, combat-relevant space capabilities, and space cadre talent to increase warfighter lethality.