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 Cpl. Audrey Martinez

CTF 75 Commodore visits NMCB-3 on Okinawa

AFN Okinawa

Feb. 20, 2025 | 0:29

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Saucier, a broadcaster assigned to American Forces Network Okinawa, narrates a video highlighting Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 headquarters supported a visit from Capt. Erich Frandrup, the commodore of Commander, Task Force 75, otherwise named Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific, for airfield damage repair during an annual bilateral exercise Iron Fist 25 on Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 20, 2025. The task force executes command and control of assigned U.S. Navy expeditionary combat forces in the 7th Fleet area of operations to include naval construction , expeditionary logistics, explosive ordnance disposal, maritime expeditionary security, crisis response and major combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Audrey Martinez)