U.S. Space Forces – Space (S4S) leadership and members of a Congressional Staff Delegation led by the U.S. Army’s Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison at S4S Headquarters on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Aug. 26, 2025. Delegation members received mission briefings that emphasized S4S’s role in protecting global space capabilities and leveraging commercial integration to deliver combat-relevant space effects across Joint and Coalition operations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman)

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces – Space (S4S) commander and Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, middle, speaks with Olivia Mullaney, military legislative assistant for Rep. Pat Ryan (NY-18), during a congressional staff delegation visit led by the U.S. Army’s Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison at S4S Headquarters on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Aug. 26, 2025. The visit highlighted how S4S integrates commercial innovation and venture-backed technologies into space warfighting operations, reinforcing the strategic advantage of hybrid architectures and real-time collaboration with commercial mission partners. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman)