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 Staff Sgt. Renee Carberry

Laps for Lymphoma

436th Airlift Wing

Sept. 21, 2017 | 1:33

500 days of chemotherapy…that’s how many days one of Team Dover’s own 2nd graders, Von Kleiv, has been fighting lymphoma. This week Dover AFB and Major George S. Welch Elementary School came together to show their support for the Kleiv family and help “Voninja” kick lymphoma’s butt!
#ChildhoodCancerAwareness #LymphomaAwareness #SurviveandThrive #ICYMI #TeamDover

JASON PAYNE: TODAY WAS OUR LAPS FOR LYMPHOMA EVENT FOR VON KLEIV WHO IS A SECOND GRADE STUDENT HERE AT WELCH ELEMENTARY WHO CURRENTLY IS BATTLING LYMPHOMA. SO WE JUST HAD A SCHOOL WIDE FUNDRAISER TO TRY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SAINT BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION WHICH DOES RESEARCH FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER.

LT COL DAIN KLEIV: 500 DAYS OF TREATMENT HAS BEEN DRAINING BUT WATCHING HIM AND HIS RESILENCY GETTING THROUGH THAT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. HE’S GOT SOME REALLY ROUGH DAYS, HE’S HAD SOME REALLY ROUGH WEEKS BUT HIS ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK, THE SUPPORT WE GET NOT JUST FROM OUR FAMILY BUT FROM WELCH AND THE DOVER COMMUNITY HELPS HIM AND US GET THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING, THE 500 DAYS OF TREATMENT HE HAS GONE THROUGH.

GINA KLEIV: IT IS JUST PURE PRIDE. HE HAS OVERCOME SO MANY OBSTACLES. LIKE A YEAR AGO, HE COULD BARELY MAKE IT AROUND THE TRACK AND TODAY HE WAS SPRINTING TO THE FINISH LINE. YOU KNOW, AND THEN OUT THERE DOING HIS KARATE, BREAKING HIS FIRST BOARDS. HE HAS REACHED EVERY SINGLE GOAL HE HAS SET FOR HIMSELF SO HIS GOAL IS TO KICK LYMPHOMA’S BUTT AND I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER FOR HIS GOAL.

LT COL DAIN KLEIV: HE LIKES NINJAS AND HE MADE THE COMMENT I’M GOING TO KICK LYMPHOMA’S BUTT AND IT TURNED INTO VONINJA IS GONNA BE KICKING LYMPHOMA’S BUTT. AND HE’S DOING THAT. HE SET THAT GOAL FOR HIMSELF AND HE’S KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.