Reoptimization for Great Power Competition

“I’m extremely proud of the Space Force and all the good it has accomplished. But, as good as we are, as much as we’ve done, as far as we’ve come, it’s not enough. We are not yet optimized for Great Power Competition.”

~ Chief of Space Operations
Gen. Chance Saltzman

The establishment of the U.S. Space Force was a direct response to threats arising from Great Power Competition in the space domain. Nevertheless, our legacy roots leave us sub-optimized for the security environment confronting us today, and we must finish fine-tuning the service to continue meeting its National Defense Strategy responsibilities

In early 2024, the Department of the Air Force unveiled sweeping plans for reshaping, refocusing, and reoptimizing the Air Force and Space Force to ensure continued supremacy in their respective domains while better posturing the services to deter and, if necessary, prevail in an era of Great Power Competition. Through a series of 24 DAF-wide key decisions, four core areas which demand the Department’s attention will be addressed: Develop People, Generate Readiness, Project Power and Develop Capabilities.

The space domain is no longer benign; it has rapidly become congested and contested.

We must enhance our capabilities, develop Guardians for modern warfare, prepare for the high intensity fight, and strengthen our power projection to thrive and win in this new era of Great Power Competition.

Video by Master Sgt. Alexandra Hays

Mobilizing Soldiers at Fort Bliss is a team effort

Army Reserve Medical Command

July 26, 2023 | 2:05

An Army Reserve Medical Command unit from Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 7251st Medical Support Unit, is currently mobilized to Fort Bliss, Texas where it is carrying out a critical mission; making sure American servicemembers are medically fit to deploy overseas. The unit is at Fort Bliss for one year to run the base's Soldier Readiness Processing Center, or SRP, which validates soldiers' medically deployable status. The 7251st also verifies soldiers' medical status upon their return home to the states. On some days as many as 800 Soldiers pass through and receive services from the SRPC. Additionally the unit's dental assets have sick call hours for Soldiers who have a dental emergency, and have command and control of a troop medical clinic (TMC) on a small outpost in New Mexico, the 7402nd TMC out of Vallejo, California.