[KC_Lion]

Mike Pence Space Force Speech with Halo Theme added

[RitchieAprile]

What camo pattern works in outerspace?

[Mr. Blond]

It’s supposed to be Space Marines, Imperial Navy, and scores of Guardsmen for cannon fodder.

[Lysandru]

This is f**king awesome. I was an "OG" with the U.S. Army Space Command when it was established in 1988. I was loaned to the Air Force squadron that flies GPS. Later I did space technology demos for warfighters.

One night on shift, one of my crewmates asked me what the most important space system would be for the Army. I instantly said "GPS." He opined that SATCOM was it--but then I predicted that we were going to end up issuing a GPS receiver for every combat vehicle and maneuver squad in the Army.

Back in 1990, both TRADOC and the Air Force completely underestimated the impact of GPS. U.S. Army Space Institute had posited that a heavy division would only need a 150 or so GPS receivers. I told the assembled officers in the meeting I was at that the estimate was ludicrous. We had just employed 150 receivers in a demo at Hohenfehls for a single battalion task force.

I have theorized that units like the battalion profiled here will end up in the Space Force.

[Nateman]