SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. –
U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, speaks to members of the Joint Task Force-Space Defense during a town hall at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Jan. 17, 2023. Dickinson discussed the competitive and contested space domain and the important role that USSPACECOM and its functional component commands play in every combatant command across the globe. The JTF-SD was formed as a functional component command under U.S. Space Command Aug. 29, 2019. The JTF-SD’s mission is, in unified action with mission partners, to deter aggression, defend capabilities and defeat adversaries throughout the continuum of conflict in order to maintain space superiority in the USSPACECOM area of responsibility. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)