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Members of the US Space Force will be known as "guardians", it was announced on the military service's first birthday. US Vice President Mike Pence said: "It is my honour, 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. "Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians will be defending our nation for generations to come." The announcement drew a quick response on social media, much of it ridiculing the Space Force which has already been criticised for its uniform since its creation by...

The account goes on to say that the name was inspired by the original command motto of Air Force Space Command in 1983, “Guardians of the High Frontier.” SFF fans, and MCU fans in particular, however, couldn’t help but notice the name Guardians evoked another popular sci-fi franchise. In case it’s not clear, fans were talking about the MCU’s Guardians of the Galaxy, a crew of a-holes led by a dude named Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), which includes a murderous talking raccoon, a cute talking plant (who also murders), the daughter of the person who killed half the universe, and a strong-...

1 Chris Pratt (Kevin Winter/Getty Images); The Space Force flag debuted in the Oval Office (Samuel Corum-Pool/Getty Images) First came the United Stats Space Force logo that looks totally nothing like the Star Trek insignia, and now comes a completely original name for its members. And, look, we get it: naming things is hard. Who on earth thought of naming a spoon a spoon? But did the Space Force team (not to be confused with Steve Carell and co. over at Apple TV+) really think they were going to get points for calling themselves Guardians? Advertisement “Today, after a yearlong process th...

Rolling Stone ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Director on Pence’s Space Force Name: ‘Can We Sue This Dork?’ Star Trek isn’t the only sci-fi franchise the military branch is infringing on By ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday that members of the Space Force — the Trump administration’s oft-criticized celestial addition to the military — would henceforth be known as “Guardians.” Having already infringed on the Star Trek brand for the Space Force logo, the name Guardians also treads on another popular sci-fi ...

December 18, 2020 A still from a U.S. Space Force recruiting ad showing a service member in what appears to be an astronaut helmet. (Space Force) WASHINGTON — The Army has soldiers. The Air Force has airmen. The Navy has sailors. The Marine Corps has Marines. So what does America call those who serve in the United States Space Force? It’s hardly the most pressing question for the new service, but the absence of any definitive answer has lit the imagination of observers, who have suggested everything from the straightforward “troopers” to the decidedly weird “spacers.” For it...