It’s not every day that you get rejected by a national hero. In 2015, as I was preparing the contents of a speech that I was to give to the cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy alongside leadership guru Simon Sinek, I remember seeing something about one of my childhood heroes, Chuck Yeager, in the news.
On November 25, 2019, Russia launched its newest “inspector” satellite, Kosmos 2542, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km north of Moscow.
Let’s face it: the U.S. Space Force has had a bumpy launch on the internet. Recent controversies, from their decidedly terrestrial camo uniform to the logistical nightmare of renaming numerous bases, and most recently, their logo with Starfleet Command comparisons, show that America’s youngest military branch can’t seem to catch a break.
For the better part of six decades, our imaginations have been tempered by science fiction as to what a space force uniform should look like.
In the coming months, several U.S. Air Force bases could get new names, according to General John “Jay” Raymond, commander of U.S. Space Command. Raymond will serve as the first chief of space operations (CSO) in charge of the U.S. Space Force.
On Friday, January 2, the White House announced “At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.”
The military is one of the most well-respected institutions in the United States, with 81% of Americans expressing confidence that the military will act in the best interests of the public.
The sacrifices that veterans make on behalf of all Americans are worth celebrating on Veterans Day. We have been honoring our vets for more than 100 years.