Posted on 07/08/2017 5:56:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The year: 2019. The mission: Send combat forces into space to save the world from potential Star Wars.
The crew to get the job done: the United States Space Corps.
A Congressional committee is proposing that the US armed forces add a new military branch that would, quite literally, send soldiers out of this world.
The crew of real-life Buzz Lightyears is described in the National Defense Authorization Act, which is now headed to the full House for a vote.
There isn't usually anything extraordinary about the NDAA, which every year lays out military spending.
But this time, the House Armed Services Committee voted 60 to 1 in favor of a bill that would, among many other things, create the first new branch of the armed forces since the Air Force's founding in 1947.
Among the Space Corps' official duties, as established in the bill, would be "providing combat-ready space forces that enable the commanders of the combatant commands to fight and win wars."
The Space Corps would fall under the Air Force in the same way the Marine Corps does the Navy. The chief of staff of the Space Corps, a presidential appointee with a six-year term, would be on equal footing with the Air Force's chief of staff. Both would report to the Secretary of the Air Force....
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Just saw that movie on TV. Guardians of the Galaxy.
Fake news. Morons.
I suggest that we not try to tackle this one on our own. I think it should be a joint effort with at least one other nation. They could call it the Joint Extraterrestial Defense Initiative. Important decisions could be made by a council. I think that with a JEDI Council we would see a new beginning to our space program.
To Stupidity. And Beyond
Oh woe is me! Born too late...
I would be beating on the door to join the US Space Corps.
I’m all in favor of this, as long as we build a Death Star.
Me too!
it’s a ruse. trump is going to create this mysterious service as an excuse to shoot democrats into space.
Given our state of technology this is ludicrous.
You form a navy when you have ships. You don’t form a navy when you have canoes or the idea of ships.
It’s a black hole for money
Recruits are called “Space Cadets” ...
Because terrestrial weapons systems aren’t expensive enough.
Would they be led by a talking raccoon?
Basically it would be taking a ship (e.g., destroyer, carrier, etc) and putting it in space.
If you have a spaced based carrier why would a water based carrier be needed?
If we were just talking Fighters I could see the AF’s leadership, however foreseeable technology will not have single or 2 manned fighters doing a patrol around Saturn.
We have a higher level of technology than we’re being told about. Much higher.
And Baby Groot.
As long as only Democrats are allowed to join the Space Corps I’m all for it!
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