The conference committee did not require the establishment of the Space Corps.
Quote from: Jim on 04/06/2017 12:29 pmQuote from: JBF on 04/05/2017 12:32 pmIf anything a Space Force should be an offshoot of the Navy. The Air Force has no experience running long term isolated platforms.Wrong. Thule, Shemya, Cavalier, Texas Towers, DEW line, etcThose are nothing compared to submarine operations and were always within driving distance of assistance.
Quote from: JBF on 04/05/2017 12:32 pmIf anything a Space Force should be an offshoot of the Navy. The Air Force has no experience running long term isolated platforms.Wrong. Thule, Shemya, Cavalier, Texas Towers, DEW line, etc
If anything a Space Force should be an offshoot of the Navy. The Air Force has no experience running long term isolated platforms.
That said...http://spacenews.com/space-reforms-coming-2018-ndaa-drops-legislative-bombshells-on-u-s-air-force/?utm_content=buffer4f3a3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferSNIPThe report specifically calls for “streamlining Air Force acquisition authorities, eliminating burdensome red tape, empowering a single accountable organization for space forces within the Air Force, placing renewed emphasis on the organization and management of space in the DoD, and holding the deputy secretary of defense responsible for the full and faithful execution of these improvements.”
Senior leaders had fought back the House space corps provision that would have effectively taken away from the Air Force its ownership of military space.It’s a hollow victory, however. The 2018 NDAA is big on Pentagon reforms, across the board, but it hammered the Air Force especially hard.
The Air Force Space Command would be modeled after the Office of Naval Reactors, stressing deep technical expertise. The bill gives the commander of Air Force Space Command a six-year term.The NDAA delivers a direct blow to Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson by stripping her of the role of top space adviser to the secretary of defense and diminishing her power to set budget priorities.
It is insignificant because it never was significant
He called the NDAA a “clear rebuke of the current space organization within DoD and a lack of confidence in the Air Force leadership.”On the removal of space oversight and budget functions from the secretary of the Air Force, Harrison tweeted: “Ouch.”
Quote from: Jim on 11/10/2017 04:46 pmIt is insignificant because it never was significantYou are entitled to an opinion. Article completely disagrees.QuoteHe called the NDAA a “clear rebuke of the current space organization within DoD and a lack of confidence in the Air Force leadership.”On the removal of space oversight and budget functions from the secretary of the Air Force, Harrison tweeted: “Ouch.”
Quote from: AncientU on 11/10/2017 08:28 pmQuote from: Jim on 11/10/2017 04:46 pmIt is insignificant because it never was significantYou are entitled to an opinion. Article completely disagrees.QuoteHe called the NDAA a “clear rebuke of the current space organization within DoD and a lack of confidence in the Air Force leadership.”On the removal of space oversight and budget functions from the secretary of the Air Force, Harrison tweeted: “Ouch.”Not an opinion. Again, you are misinformed and don't understand the realities of the business.The secretary of the Air Force was never really in charge.
I think you don't really understand the US Constitution. He/she is in charge -- only a militaristic world view makes you believe otherwise. In your view, are the President (commander-in-chief) and Secretary of Defense also not really in charge?When 'the realities of the business' forget who you work for, it can be called insubordination (or treason).
This seems confusing. Does the person who is in charge report up to the secretary of the Air Force? or to some other department? What is the line of control that leads to the presidency, or to Congress ? Else I really am confused at what you mean.I get that "in charge" might not apply in terms of knowledge of day to day operational details... but where does the buck stop?
Quote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 01:42 amThis seems confusing. Does the person who is in charge report up to the secretary of the Air Force? or to some other department? What is the line of control that leads to the presidency, or to Congress ? Else I really am confused at what you mean.I get that "in charge" might not apply in terms of knowledge of day to day operational details... but where does the buck stop?Quote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 01:42 amThis seems confusing. Does the person who is in charge report up to the secretary of the Air Force? or to some other department? What is the line of control that leads to the presidency, or to Congress ? Else I really am confused at what you mean.I get that "in charge" might not apply in terms of knowledge of day to day operational details... but where does the buck stop?NRO has most of the power
Quote from: Jim on 11/19/2017 02:47 amQuote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 01:42 amThis seems confusing. Does the person who is in charge report up to the secretary of the Air Force? or to some other department? What is the line of control that leads to the presidency, or to Congress ? Else I really am confused at what you mean.I get that "in charge" might not apply in terms of knowledge of day to day operational details... but where does the buck stop?Quote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 01:42 amThis seems confusing. Does the person who is in charge report up to the secretary of the Air Force? or to some other department? What is the line of control that leads to the presidency, or to Congress ? Else I really am confused at what you mean.I get that "in charge" might not apply in terms of knowledge of day to day operational details... but where does the buck stop?NRO has most of the powerand do they, eventually, report to the president?
Quote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 11:00 pmQuote from: Jim on 11/19/2017 02:47 amQuote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 01:42 amThis seems confusing. Does the person who is in charge report up to the secretary of the Air Force? or to some other department? What is the line of control that leads to the presidency, or to Congress ? Else I really am confused at what you mean.I get that "in charge" might not apply in terms of knowledge of day to day operational details... but where does the buck stop?Quote from: Lar on 11/19/2017 01:42 amThis seems confusing. Does the person who is in charge report up to the secretary of the Air Force? or to some other department? What is the line of control that leads to the presidency, or to Congress ? Else I really am confused at what you mean.I get that "in charge" might not apply in terms of knowledge of day to day operational details... but where does the buck stop?NRO has most of the powerand do they, eventually, report to the president?Through the SECDEF and DNI
It was not meant to happen in 2018. But it will happen, perhaps in a few years.That is Congressman Mike Rogers’ take on the space corps, a cause he has championed as chairman of the strategic forces subcommittee of the House Armed Service Committee.Rep. Rogers, of Alabama, and ranking subcommittee Democrat Rep. Jim Cooper, of Tennessee, inserted language into the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 directing the creation of a stand-alone space corps within the Department of the Air Force — similarly to how the Marine Corps was stood up within the Department of the Navy. The provision didn’t make the final bill but the committee’s crusade to give space an independent voice in the Pentagon continues.Rogers noted that it took 26 years for the Air Force to evolve out of the Army Air Corps. “We don’t have 26 years for this. But it’s going to happen. It’s inevitable,” he said Saturday [December 2?] at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California.
The space corps would exist inside the Air Force, which currently oversees 90 percent of U.S. military space programs. “What we have found is that space has not been able to get the attention it needs, culturally or resource wise,” he said during a panel discussion that also featured Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and U.S. Strategic Command chief Gen. John Hyten.
Rogers said he is convinced that “we have to segregate the space professionals.”
Deputy Defense Secretary Shanahan to take over duties of principal space adviser
Shanahan has issued new “Guidance for Increasing Lethality and Warfighting Readiness in Space."
The position of deputy chief of staff for space operations (A-11) will be terminated and the Air Force is directed to take steps to reorganize its headquarters’ space function. As mandated by the NDAA, Shanahan disestablishes the Defense Space Council, designates the “Operationally Responsive Space” office as the “Space Rapid Capabilities Office,” and directs the Air Force to ensure that the office focuses on rapid acquisitions.The National Space Defense Center will be transitioned from an experiment to a functioning command center in support of joint and interagency space capabilities.
Air Force Space Command will consult with the DoD chief information officer to “evaluate, develop, and make recommendations on the procurement of commercial satellite communications services and provide any recommendations to the Deputy Secretary of Defense by August 1, 2018.”
As mandated by the NDAA, Shanahan disestablishes the Defense Space Council, designates the “Operationally Responsive Space” office as the “Space Rapid Capabilities Office,” and directs the Air Force to ensure that the office focuses on rapid acquisitions.
Air Force to create three-star ‘vice commander’ post to manage space activities
A new “vice commander of Air Force Space Command" would be based in the Washington, D.C. area — not in Colorado Springs.
This plan comes just weeks after Congress in the 2018 NDAA nixed a previous plan to create an Air Force three-star “deputy chief of staff for space operations,” dubbed A-11. Air Force Space Command chief Gen. John Raymond announced the A-11 decision in April with much fanfare at the National Space Symposium. The intent was to nominate then Vice Commander of Air Force Space Command Maj. Gen. David D. Thompson to the position. Leaders of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee derided the idea and led a push to eliminate the A-11, calling for space forces to have more autonomy within the Air Force.