Space Command makes unexpected selection for new HQ FacebookTwitterEmail U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kiara Kashner, right, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Michael Bernacchi, representing U.S. Space Command’s longest-serving and junior-serving members, respectively, cut a cake in honor of the combatant command’s first birthday Aug. 28, 2020, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Space Command was officially established Aug. 29, 2019, during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden with President Donald Trump.Lewis Carlyle, U.S. Space Command Public Affairs Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., was the surprise first choice for U.S. Space Command’s new headquarters.