Brigadier General DENNIS O. BYTHEWOOD Brig. Gen. Dennis O. Bythewood is the Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Their mission is to plan, integrate, conduct and assess global space operations in order to deliver combat relevant space effects, in, from and to space, for combatant commanders, coalition partners, the joint force and the nation. Brig. Gen. Bythewood plans and executes space operations through two command and control deltas, multiple operationally assigned and attached U.S. Space Forces including all or portions of six operational deltas, and five distinct and geographically dispersed operations centers, the Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg SFB, California; the National Space Defense Center at Schriever SFB, Colorado; the Missile Warning Center at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado; the Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Planning Center at Buckley SFB, Colorado; and the Joint Navigation Warfare Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.Brig. Gen. Bythewood entered the Air Force via the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in 1992 upon graduating from the University of Vermont and transferred to the Space Force in 2021. He has commanded space operations at the squadron and group level and led acquisitions as a Materiel Leader, two-time System Program Director and Program Executive Officer.Prior to his current position, Brig. Gen. Bythewood was Commander, Joint Task Force - Space Defense and Deputy Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command.EDUCATION1992 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington1998 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.2003 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence2004 Master of Business Administration, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs2007 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence2013 Program Manager’s Course, Defense Acquisition University, San Diego, Calif.2017 Executive Program Manager’s Course, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.2021 Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va.2023 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.2023 Capstone, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Va.ASSIGNMENTS1. October 1992–June 1996, Range System Manager, 501st Range Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah2. July 1996–August 1999, Electric Combat Analyst and Chief, Unmanned Air Vehicle Branch, Detachment 1, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.3. August 1999–June 2002, Chief, Test and Certification, System Test Division, Milstar Joint Program Office, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.4. July 2002–October 2005, Chief of Engineering, Operations Support Flight Commander and Operations Officer, 4th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo.5. November 2005–July 2007, Chief, Military Satellite Communications Operations Branch, Headquarters Air Force/Deputy Chief of Staff, Air, Space and Information Operations, Plans, Requirements, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.6. August 2007–May 2009, Executive Officer, SAF/SO, Air Forces Smart Operations, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.7. June 2009–June 2011, Commander, Space Communications Operations Squadron, Network Operations Group, Mission Operations Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Los Angeles8. July 2011–July 2013, Materiel Leader, Space Based Infrared System Production, Infrared Space Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.9. August 2013–June 2014, Director, Ground Frontiers Office, Ground Enterprise Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.10. July 2014–June 2016, Commander, 50th Operations Group, Schriever AFB, Colo.11. July 2016–December 2016, Special Assistant to the Director, Remote Sensing Systems Directorate, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.12. December 2016–October 2018, Senior Materiel Leader and Director, Remote Sensing Systems Directorate, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.13. October 2018–July 2020, Director, Space Development Corps and Program Executive Officer for Space Development, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.14. July 2020–June 2021, Senior Materiel Leader and Director, Special Programs, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.15. July 2021–November 2022, Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo.16. November 2022–December 2023, Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo.17. August 2023–December 2023, Deputy Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg SFB, Calif.18. December 2023–present, Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg SFB, Calif.SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS1. July 2021–November 2022, Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo., as a brigadier general2. November 2022–August 2023, Commander, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Command, Schriever SFB, Colo., as a brigadier generalMAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONSLegion of Merit with oak leaf clusterDefense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clustersMeritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clustersJoint Service Achievement MedalAir and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster(Current as of February 2024)