Posted on 03/13/2018 2:58:05 PM PDT by deplorableindc
President Trump told a military crowd near San Diego on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. may need to create a new military branch for outer space.
"My new national strategy for space recognizes that space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air, and sea. We may even have a space force, develop another one: Space Force." Trump said in a speech at the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station.
"We have the Air Force; we'll have the Space Force. We have the Army, the Navy," he continued. "You know, I was saying it the other day, because we're doing a tremendous amount of work in space, I said maybe we need a new force, we'll call it the 'Space Force.' And I was not really serious, and then I said, 'What a great idea maybe, we'll have to do that, that could happen.'"
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"Lieutenant John Ezra Dahlquist"
"I answer for him!"
Attribution to Robert A. Heinlein's 1949 short story "The Long Watch" and his 1948 novel Space Cadet
And of course from his 1952 Staman Jones novel there is:
It might not stay with Air Force, just like the Army Air Corps did not stay with the Army.
The Air Force is all about missions that last a few hours at most, then back to base.
The Navy is more culturally compatible with missions involving having to get people living together in a cramped ship for weeks or months.
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. Initially made up of various commands under the US Air Force, Navy and Army, the USSF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 30 November 2051 under the Space Security Act of 2051. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed, and is world's only space force, as well as the largest and one of the world's most technologically advanced air forces. The Space Force also commands its own specialized
I love it! Live long and prosper, Captain Kirk!
Hat tip to the secret space program?
I was part of the startup of US Space Command - 85 thru 87, Peterson AFB, CO.
Ah, Trump’s equivalent to Reagan’s Star Wars for the left to mock and deride.
I recently viewed the pilot episode of “Lost in Space” from the 1960’s.
Set in the late 1990’s, Major Don West (Mark Goddard) mentioned that he was in the U.S. Space Force.
We’ve gotta get there first.
Actually he was saying the doolittles, doofunnys and doonothings are taking up too much space.
This guy’s thinking is definitely towards the future. A sure fire sign he’s not a lib.
(the global warming thing is not about saving our future, it’s about controlling people today)
When I was in the USAF in the late 70's, they were considering changing the name to the United States Aerospace Force.
>Ick< Who thought of that?
Every Conservative should read Heinlein. I HATED that movie.
My stepmother knew two dentists who were named Dr. Hurt and Dr. Payne.
There is a Captain James Kirk in the Navy right now, he commands the USS Zumwalt. The next Navy carrier bearing the name 'Enterprise' will be completed in 2020, if I remember correctly.
Oh please oh please oh please :-)
Just get us there, and give it to us.
Maybe we’re not alone? Maybe the planet is in a bad place in the galaxy? Are we going to get caught up in something? Having the most satellites with the best gear is one thing. Is he talking about space-going warships with space-going Marines? Because if that’s the case, then we’re not alone.
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