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 Maria Christina Yager

Blanchfield head and neck surgeon earns Expert Field Medical Badge

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital

Nov. 26, 2019 | 1:52

A head and neck surgeon, or otolaryngologist, from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital was among the 42 Soldiers to qualify for the Army’s Expert Field Medical Badge during EFMB testing on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, sponsored by the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Nov. 15 -27. More than 170 Soldiers from across the Army came to Fort Campbell to attempt the two-week EFMB qualification. During week one, EFMB evaluators review the standards with participants so they know what they will be evaluated on. In week two, participants take a written test, physical fitness test, complete day and night land navigation, three days of TCCC combat trauma lane testing and casualty evacuation, and complete a 12-mile ruck march in under three hours.