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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“Throw in Seals and Marines for the troops.”
Delta paved the way in this department.
Then you really can be a Space Cadet.
Did someone say “Space Marines”?
I give you USMC Space Marine Recon Cavalry!
That pulse contrail looks like that associated with Project Aurora 1997...the triangular orbital air/space craft.
Star Ship Troopers.
Correct. Think about that.
“Would you like to learn more?”
I served in the USAF with space cadets in 1973. The services were full of them.
Yeah that works.
I saw a strange aircraft around 1980 give or take.
I was visiting my parents who lived near the edge of the Eglin AFB reservation. It was common to see various planes flying around and also doing bombing runs as there was a bombing range nearby.
One evening it was almost dark and I was walking near the edge of the woods. I saw a jet fly over, not very high. I only got a short look and it was a bit dark but what I saw looked just like the model airplane kits which were supposed to be the stealth fighter.
It turned out they in fact looked nothing like the real F-117. On the other hand I saw a plane that looked like nothing I have ever seen before of since. Totally rounded wings.
The fact that they were flying it at night over an area unlikely to have people makes me think it was an experimental plane which may or may not have ever been produced.
This?
The front looks right but it flew almost right over me. I would have to see it from the bottom.
We already have lots of assets in space.
This is not an idea for ships full of fighting men, it is bringing all of our space-based assets under one command.
You see a boondoggle, I see increased efficiency from one overall command with knowledge of all national capabilities and the ability to share instead of duplicating resources.
We already have lots of assets in space.
This is not an idea for ships full of fighting men, it is bringing all of our space-based assets under one command.
You see a boondoggle, I see increased efficiency from one overall command with knowledge of all national capabilities and the ability to share instead of duplicating resources.
“How can you have an air force where there is no air?”
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How can you have a “navy” where there is no water?
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