SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. –
U.S. Navy SEAC David L. Isom, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., July 30, 2025. As the most-senior enlisted service member by position in the U.S. Armed Forces, SEAC Isom received mission briefs on space operators executing mission-essential tasks that directly bolster Joint Force lethality and combat effectiveness.
The NSDC is a partnership organization, strongly supported by both the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, that develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. The NSDC directly supports space defense unity of effort and expands information sharing in space defense operations among the DoD, National Reconnaissance Office, and other interagency partners. 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.
Through DEL 15’s “Watch, Warn, Win” vignettes, the SEAC gained direct insight into operational readiness, threat characterization, and integrated deterrence. This engagement reaffirmed U.S. and Coalition strength in preserving secure access to space-enabled warfighting capabilities.
DEL 15 is U.S. Space Force’s command and control organization within U.S. Space Forces – Space that is presented to U.S. Space Command and the Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander to accomplish the NSDC’s protect and defend space mission.