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Space Force announces interservice opportunities
June 21, 2022 — The Space Force is accepting applications for the fiscal 2023 Interservice Transfer Program, which allows qualified individuals from other uniformed services to apply for transfer to active duty in the Space Force... MORE

DAF launches program to issue pregnant members free maternity uniforms
June 16, 2022 — The Department of the Air Force will soon launch the Maternity Uniform Pilot Program which will temporarily issue free maternity uniform items to pregnant Airmen and Guardians at 10 bases. Joint Base San Antonio is included in that list... MORE

Department of the Air Force selects 460 Guardians for promotion in the 22S7, 22S6 and 22S5 cycles; lists post June 14
June 13, 2022 — Department of the Air Force officials have selected 267 Space Force specialist 4s for promotion to sergeant, 109 sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant and 84 technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant in the 22S7, 22S6 and 22S5 promotion cycles... MORE

U.S. Space Force releases grooming, uniform policy updates
May 24, 2022 — In a Space Force Guidance Memorandum published May 24, the Space Force announced updates to grooming and uniform policy that reflect the nation’s sixth service identity and culture... MORE

Space Force releases officer promotion selection board results
February 28, 2022 — The Space Force selected 287 active-duty officers for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major during the service’s first combined Line of the Space Force officer promotion board held in October 2021... MORE

Digital University: Enabling a force for the future
February 7, 2022 — Maintaining the U.S. Space Force’s strategic advantage in the space domain requires cutting-edge technology, but it also takes a workforce that can effectively and efficiently leverage that technology. To develop its force for the future, the Space Force is working with industry to provide educational resources in topics like Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Product Management, Design, Cybersecurity and Cloud Architecture through its Digital University. ... MORE

History being made: AFW2's connection
December 29, 2021 — The United States Space Force celebrated a milestone recently; they are now two years old. On Dec. 20, 2019, then-President Donald J. Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act, establishing the first new military force since 1947... MORE

326th TRS celebrates U.S. Space Force’s 2nd birthday
December 27, 2021 — The 326th Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland celebrated the U.S. Space Force’s 2nd birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony at Arnold Hall, Dec. 20... MORE

U.S. Space Force launches new public website
December 23, 2021 — The U.S. Space Force public website is going live as the newest service marks its second anniversary. SpaceForce.com will provide everything future Guardians need to know about careers such as space operations, cyber, intelligence, acquisitions and engineering... MORE

Space Force selects more than 900 personnel to transfer FY22
September 30, 2021 — The Space Force, working with the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, has selected 670 active-duty service members and 259 civilians to transfer into the Space Force during fiscal year 2022. These volunteers come from the pool of candidates who applied in March 2021 and members who are currently assigned to Army and Navy units slated to transfer into the new service... MORE

U.S. Space Force Guardians helping to shape the future of the force
September 2, 2021 — When they arrive at basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the newest members of the U.S. Space Force will see one of their own wearing the distinctive headgear of a military training instructor... MORE

Guardians Wanted: U.S. Space Force unveils new recruiting commercial
August 25, 2021 — In a new recruiting commercial released Aug. 24, America’s top Guardian called on the nation’s best and brightest to step up to the challenge of serving in the newest branch of the armed services, the U.S. Space Force... MORE

First Soldiers, Sailors, Marines selected for transfer to the Space Force
June 30, 2021 — The Space Force, working with the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, have selected 50 active-duty volunteers from those services to transfer into the Space Force beginning July 2021. This initial group of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines will test out the integration efforts established by the services to pave the way for a larger group of volunteers transferring in fiscal year 2022... MORE

From dreams of being an astronaut to leading U.S. Space Force recruiting operations efforts
December 14, 2020 — As a young boy growing up in Upstate New York, Lt. Col. Michael Graff had dreams of becoming a NASA astronaut. Now he finds himself in a position to shoot for the stars by leading the recruiting operations efforts for the U.S. Space Force as part of Air Force Recruiting Service... MORE

JBSA-Lackland comm officer joins U.S. Space Force
December 14, 2020 — A member of the 502nd Communications Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been selected to transition to the newly established U.S. Space Force in early 2021... MORE

AFRS hosts first Space Force officer selection board
November 25, 2020 — Air Force Recruiting Service scheduled the first U.S. Space Force officer selection board for early 2021. The board will select the most qualified candidates for Officer Training School... MORE

Secretary of the Air Force discusses critical role of new service
November 18, 2020 — Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett addressed the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics during the first virtual Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery, or ASCEND, event, on the importance of the newest service in the Department of Defense Nov. 16... MORE

Space Force enlists first trainees to BMT at JBSA-Lackland
October 20, 2020 — The Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. “DT” Thompson swore in the first four Space Force recruits at Fort Meade, Maryland, Oct. 20, placing them on a direct path to Basic Military Training and marking another milestone in the new service’s growth and development... MORE

Space Force releases 1st doctrine, defines “spacepower” as distinct form of military power
August 11, 2020 — Fewer than eight months after its creation, America’s newest military service published its first doctrine, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Capstone Publication, entitled "Spacepower."... MORE

Space Force begins transition into field organizational structure
July 26, 2020 — During a virtual pre-recorded ceremony July 24, the U.S. Space Force executed numerous organization changes in its first realignment actions to transition from the previous Air Force major command structure into the new service’s flatter field organization structure announced June 30... MORE