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The recently reestablished U.S. Space Command Headquarters has officially been operating out of Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs since Sept. 9, 2019. And this isn’t the first time. U.S. Space Command was initially formed in 1985 and was in Colorado Springs until its closure in 2002. But for decades, Colorado Springs continued to conduct space operations globally, 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days-a-year. Colorado Springs has had the watch. Today, Colorado Springs continues to...

The Omaha-area base has its own space legacy, with the Offutt-based U.S. Strategic Command actually having overseen military space operations until just last year. Combine that mission synergy with Offutt’s tremendous communications infrastructure, a state university that’s one of just 14 nationally designated by the Defense Department as a center for national security research, and community leaders who’ve shown they’re not afraid to open their wallets in a big way to suppo...

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♪ ♪ >> my concern with my signature today, you will witness the birth of the space force, and that will be now officially the sixth branch of the united states armed forces. that is something. [applause] thats a big moment, and were all here for it. leland: president trump launching the space force, the first new military branch in more than 70 or years. funding for the service is included in the 2020 ndaa, which is short for pending bill of $1.4 trillion that was signed on friday, and 16,00...

I honor my commitment, paid parental leave. we are giving every soldier, sailor, airman, coast guardsman and marine a well-earned payraise. shannon: its head quarters wont be announced until next year but $2 million allocated for five years and $6000 in personnel mostly from the air force, the air force space command in colorado. critics say the bureaucracy is just expanding. donald trump signing $1.4 trillion government funding bill before midnights deadline. a day before house democrats impeac...

Sign paid parental leave. if we are giving every soldier, sailor, airman, coast guardsmen, and marine a well earned a pay raise. >> shannon: so, its become the reality and it wont become effective until next year by $2 million allocated over the years and 60,000 personnel and from the air force which is at air force space command in colorado. if x state that the bureaucracy is expanding. $1.4 trillion debt government funding available for the midnight deadline. the deal reaches a table for house...

Coast guard, and now space force. the order goes into effect when the president signed the $738 billion defense authorization bill tonight. >> maybe we need a new force, a space force. >> started up as a way to fire up the rallies, president trumps refrain became a punchline for late-night comics. its about to become a reality. >> so ill be able to tell my kids some day and everybody else, see that space force, that was my baby. >> its headquarters wont be announced until next year with huntsvil...

The space force is one step closer to happening. president trump signed a policy directive last hour requesting the defense secretary draft legislation to establish the first new military branch in more than half a century. space force was controversial at first because the air force already has the air force space command, and because early estimates found a new branch would cost about $13 billion. imagine how much wall you could get for that? today the white house announced plans to reduce the...

Military branch called the space force a dumb idea. so now youve got the vice president going out there, hes announcing it. what do you think people need to know? >> well, i certainly still stand by my dumb idea comment that i made about seven weeks ago. you know, the air force space command already does this. its at peterson air force base in colorado. they do this with about 20,000 people. it might sound like a lot but compared to the size of the other branches of the military, its relatively ...

Lot of opposition not just from entrenched bureaucracies. this is mark kelly, former astronaut, just in the last hour with chris jansing. >> my comment that i made about seven weeks ago. you know, the air force space command already does this. at peterson air force base in colorado, they do this with about 20,000 people. might sound like a lot, but compared to the size of the other branches of the military, its relatively small because -- and its sized the way it needs to be for the threat. >> d...