Military leaders back Biden decision to keep Space Command in Colorado::Military leaders on Thursday defended President Joe Biden’s decision to nix U.S. Space Command’s planned move from Colorado to Alabama as a necessary and nonpolitical decision to avoid operational problems.

  • @[email protected]
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    519 months ago

    Dickinson, however, said internal studies showed some 88% of his civilian workforce would not leave Colorado Springs for Alabama.

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    • @[email protected]
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      89 months ago

      No shit. The amount of great housing in the Springs with relatively easy access to Peterson AFB is incredible. Plus, the milder climate and insulated economy make it a place people want to stay. Winters aren’t nearly as bad as people imagine since it’s on the plains side of the Rockies.

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    419 months ago

    “Military leaders decide having Space Command in a nuclear proof mountain is better than, like, literally anywhere else.”

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      269 months ago

      Not yet, because it would imply we already have a fleet of spacecraft (which are top secret), so it’d let Spot out of the bag.

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        149 months ago

        That, and the military is already having recruitment issues.

        They can’t afford to lose all of those redshirts to exploding consoles and transporter accidents.

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      149 months ago

      Or United Navy Space Command (UNSC) which sounds way more professional than Space Force.

    • @grinde
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      99 months ago

      No, this is clearly Stargate Command. It’s even in the same place!

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    159 months ago

    Still can’t get over how when they announced the uniforms for Space Force they used desert camo.

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        79 months ago

        Most rocky planets are pretty desert like, they were just planning ahead. I guess that raises the question of if Space Force, or the Army, or Marines (dare I say Space Marines?) would handle land warfare on other planets

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      19 months ago

      Like when the official Navy Working Unuform was blue camo. And now it has been replaced with… green camo. For all those times you need to evade visual detection by Chiefs making sure you’re actually participating in field day.