Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond and NASA astronaut Col. Nick Hague answer questions from media after a "STEM to Space" visit at Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Va., Dec. 15, 2021. STEM to Space started as a small team project to celebrate the first Space Force birthday with the initial intent to get out into the local D.C. area to meet with classrooms and talk about the service and STEM, and grew to reach more than 184,000 students in all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, South Korea, Japan, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy in its second year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy L. Mosier)