Space Base Delta 1 celebrates the USSF’s fifth birthday

U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Rondell Thomas (left), 319th Combat Training Squadron space operations officer, U.S. Space Force Col. Kenneth Klock (center), Space Base Delta 1 commander, and Spc. 3 Zachary Gingerich (right), 4th Space Operations Squadron cyber network technician, cuts the birthday cake during the SBD 1, USSF fifth-anniversary celebration on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 20, 2024. The USSF is the youngest branch of the U.S. military and stood up as space became more of a contested area during the great power competition. (U.S. Space Force photo by Christopher L. Ingersoll)

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Space Base Delta 1 celebrates the USSF’s fifth birthday

U.S. Space Force Col. Kenneth Klock, Space Base Delta 1 commander, gives remarks during the SBD 1, USSF fifth-anniversary celebration on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 20, 2024. The USSF became its own branch of the military in 2019, giving what was a U.S. Air Force command, greater emphasis and priority as space has become a more contested region in the 21st century. (U.S. Space Force photo by Christopher L. Ingersoll)

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Space Base Delta 1 celebrates the USSF’s fifth birthday

U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. Jacob Simmons, U.S. Space Command command senior enlisted leader, gives the keynote remarks during the Space Base Delta 1, USSF fifth-anniversary celebration on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 20, 2024. Simmons emphasized how far the USSF has come in five years, since it became its own branch of the U.S. military. (U.S. Space Force photo by Christopher L. Ingersoll)

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Space Base Delta 1 celebrates the USSF’s fifth birthday

Space Base Delta 1 celebrated the fifth anniversary of the U.S. Space Force with a cake-cutting ceremony on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 20, 2024. The USSF has grown substantially from being a U.S. Air Force command to the sixth branch of the U.S. military. (U.S. Space Force photo by Christopher L. Ingersoll)

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Space Base Delta 1 celebrates the USSF’s fifth birthday

The U.S. Air Force Academy Band, Rampart Winds, plays the national anthem during the U.S. Space Force fifth-anniversary celebration on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 20, 2024. The event commemorated the fifth anniversary of the USSF becoming the sixth branch of the U.S. military. (U.S. Space Force photo by Christopher L. Ingersoll)

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Space Base Delta 1 celebrates the USSF’s fifth birthday

Published Dec. 23, 2024
By Christopher Ingersoll
Space Base Delta 1 Public Affairs

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Rondell Thomas (left), 319th Combat Training Squadron space operations officer, U.S. Space Force Col. Kenneth Klock (center), Space Base Delta 1 commander, and Spc. 3 Zachary Gingerich (right), 4th Space Operations Squadron cyber network technician, cuts the birthday cake during the SBD 1, USSF fifth-anniversary celebration on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 20, 2024. The USSF is the youngest branch of the U.S. military and stood up as space became more of a contested area during the great power competition. (U.S. Space Force photo by Christopher L. Ingersoll)