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. Nathan Hutchison

Holocaust Remembrance: The Courageous, a Son’s Story

U.S. Army Sustainment Command

April 22, 2024 | 1:18

Dr. Ralph Troll, former biology professor at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, talks about the day the Gestapo arrested his mother for being Jewish. Troll, a German immigrant, grew up during the Third Reich. In 1938, Troll and his family moved to the German countryside so his mother could evade detection from the German government. She was arrested on Feb. 12, 1945, and sent to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in the present-day Czech Republic. She was re-united with her family in June of that year. The family immigrated to the United States in 1947. Troll shared his experiences during a talk about the Holocaust at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum April 22. The talk was part of U.S. Army Sustainment Command’s Holocaust Days of Remembrance or Yom HaShoah observance.