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  • Operation Julemand: The gift of giving

    As the U.S. Space Force’s northernmost remote installation settles into a new year, it carries on a tradition dating back over 60 years. Surrounded by a tundra of ice and snow in sub-zero temperatures, Airmen and Guardians gather as elves for Operation Julemand, Danish for “Christmas Man,” at Thule

  • 2 SOPS commander speaks to Swedish Radio Navigation Board on GPS

    U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Robert Wray, 2nd Space Operations Squadron commander, was the keynote speaker at a seminar for the Swedish Radio Navigation Board’s 70th anniversary in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 8, 2022.The Swedish Radio Navigation Board (“Radionavigeringsnämnden”) is a network of

  • DEL 3 strengthens future of Japan’s space operations

    U.S. Space Force Capt. Caleb Funkhouser and Master Sgt. Jamal Huntley, detachment commander and senior enlisted leader for 16th Electromagnetic Warfare Combat Detachment – Alpha, hosted Guardians from U.S. Forces Japan and key leaders from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Space Operations Group

  • DEL 3 captain earns USSF Polaris Award for Courage

    U.S. Space Force Capt. Victoria Garcia, Space Delta 3 – Space Electromagnetic Warfare chief of the mission planning cell, was awarded the first-ever U.S. Space Force annual Polaris Award for Courage at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Nov. 18, 2022.   

  • New year new bod...pod

    As the new year approaches, the Body Composition Machine, or Bod Pod, is a tool that can be utilized to begin a new fitness journey or validate results from an on-going one.

  • Operation Warm Heart – A chance at hope

    It started slowly at first, the self-doubt and depression. The feelings of isolation and hopelessness began to grow … Then it hit me all at once like a speeding train. The pills in my medicine cabinet seemed to call out my name, and I began to count them, imagining the calm and silence that would

  • Delta 6 Guardians commended for preventing wildfire

    On Dec. 19, 2022, John Forsett, Manitou Springs fire chief, presented letters of commendation to a group of Space Delta 6 Guardians for their actions preventing the spread of a wildfire Nov. 9 near the Manitou Springs Incline. Their actions “prevented further escalation of an incident that would

  • 21st Security Forces celebrates new training facility

    U.S. Space Force Col. David G. Hanson, Space Base Delta 1 commander, and Tech. Sgt. Jesus Gonzalez, 21st Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of training, cut the ribbon to officially open the new security forces training facility at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 16, 2022. The new

  • Polaris Awards recipients visit JCO

    Polaris Awards recipients pose for a group photo during a visit to the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dec. 9, 2022.