“It is my honor on behalf of the president of the United States to announce that, henceforth, the men and women of the United States Space Force will be known as guardians,” the vice president said. “Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians will be defending our nation for generations to come.”
The new title will immediately apply to more than 2,000 service members who have transferred to the Space Force from other military branches. Another 3,600 troops have begun the process of transferring, officials said, which would bring the total number of Space Force members to nearly 6,000 by next year.
The service is a key military achievement of the Trump administration. Both President Trump and Mr. Pence have been outspoken advocates of the Space Force, and despite some initial resistance, the Space Force now enjoys bipartisan support on Capitol Hill.
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Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller has canceled all planned meetings between the Biden transition team and Pentagon officials, setting off some hysterical handwringing from the media.
The move is temporary, according to Pentagon officials, but Biden’s transition lackeys are apparently still in campaign mode. They are “concerned” about “an abrupt halt to the already limited cooperation,” which sounds more like a candidate surrogate complaining than someone trying to set up a government.
Axios first reported Friday morning that acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, who was installed at the Pentagon days after the Nov. 3 election, had ordered scheduled meetings to be canceled. After the initial report, the Pentagon pushed back, saying the pause was a rescheduling of meetings for Friday due to “competing priorities” for officials, and that meetings would open up again in the new year, following what was described as a plan