Lt. General Bythewood poses with members of Combat Delta 1-5
U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Dennis O. Bythewood, U.S. Space Forces – Space commander and Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, front row left, and Col. Justin Sorice, Combat Delta 1-5 commander and Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) director, front row right, along with members of Combat Delta 1-5 pose in front of the S4S headquarters building at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 24, 2026. Bythewood met with CDEL 1-5 during a scheduled all-call where he toured the CSpOC floor, conducted coining’s of recognized personnel and held a Q&A session with the team where he emphasized the importance of CDEL 1-5 ‘s mission to provide tailored space effects to support combatant commanders and allied partners across the globe. (U.S. Space Force photo by David Dozoretz)