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U.S. Space Force reveals members will be known as ‘guardians’
ktla ^ | Dec 18, 2020 / 04:25 PM PST

Posted on 12/18/2020 6:43:44 PM PST by BenLurkin

The Trump administration celebrated the first birthday of the U.S. Space Force on Friday by announcing that its members will be known as “guardians.”

Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement at a celebratory event tracing the development of the newest branch of the military over the past year.

“It is my honor, on behalf of the president of the United States, to announce that henceforth the men and women of the United States Space Force will be known as guardians,” Pence said. “Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians will be defending our nation for generations to come.”

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To: dangus

A trash panda?


21 posted on 12/18/2020 6:58:06 PM PST by EEGator
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To: dynachrome

““Starship Troopers””

OH, THAT’s Very Good.


22 posted on 12/18/2020 6:58:07 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

I like it. Guardians of planet earth.

That’s what America is already...er, was with Trump.


23 posted on 12/18/2020 6:59:30 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: BenLurkin

Personally, I’m fine with this monicker. Now, it will remain to be seen if they live up to it. This from a 26-year military retiree.
There’s already a report of one who cannot. A Senior Airman missed a required PT because he was in-line at a store for a newly released video game. He has subsequently been reduced a rank for the transgression.
And, what was the response for that reduction in rank? He posted “worth it” on social media. That person needs to be dishonorably discharged for blatant insubordination.


24 posted on 12/18/2020 7:00:59 PM PST by ocrp1982
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To: BenLurkin; Army Air Corps; MeganC; Drew68; beaversmom; dainbramaged; GOPsterinMA; LS
I wrote to several departments of the Air Force with my suggestions. These Airmen would mostly be working with machines and vehicles, I believe these ranks would have been appropriate for this new arm of the service.

E-1 "Technician Apprentice"

E-2 "Technician"

E-3 "Technician First Class"

E-4 "Senior Technician"

Keep the ranks the same for NCOs

E-5 "Staff Sergeant"

E-6 "Technical Sergeant"

For SNOCs

E-7 "Journeyman Sergeant"

E-8 "Senior Journeyman Sergeant"

E-9 "Chief Journeyman Sergeant"

For a higher rank structure or vocation, you could have "Astro-Specialist"

25 posted on 12/18/2020 7:02:05 PM PST by KC_Lion
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To: Fiji Hill

Well, if Air Force are called Airmen, maybe Space Force should be called Spacemen. As a former space systems specialist for the USAF, I liked being called a spaceman. It is what I called them when I was a kid and I was proud to be
called one.


26 posted on 12/18/2020 7:03:15 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: dangus
Centurions...
27 posted on 12/18/2020 7:04:19 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Good grief...not a single one of you get it....

“Guardian’s of the Constitution”

We live in historic times.


28 posted on 12/18/2020 7:05:36 PM PST by Professional ( )
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To: BenLurkin
dig-three-graves-up-there-ill-explain-it-to-you-later-star-trek
29 posted on 12/18/2020 7:08:00 PM PST by dynachrome ( “The people have spoken . . . and they must be punished.” Ed Koch)
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To: mkmensinger

Miniskirts and Big Wigs for the ladies, and testosterone for the men.


30 posted on 12/18/2020 7:08:24 PM PST by Doctor DNA (Fine words butter no parsnips)
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To: BenLurkin

this just got a little gay


31 posted on 12/18/2020 7:08:28 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: BenLurkin

Meanwhile we citizens will from this point forward be known as “wards”, as in “wards of the totalitarian globalists”.


32 posted on 12/18/2020 7:10:33 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: BenLurkin

This has got to be the stupidest thing I’ve heard in a while. Is everyone in government completely tone-deaf?


33 posted on 12/18/2020 7:12:35 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Doctor DNA

34 posted on 12/18/2020 7:16:01 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Is there a raccoon involved?


35 posted on 12/18/2020 7:16:25 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: CodeToad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vldv3rpAGoA

;-)


36 posted on 12/18/2020 7:17:40 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: dynachrome

LOL.


37 posted on 12/18/2020 7:18:01 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: BenLurkin

Could call them Legionnaires:

A good series, some of the books are hit or miss as several authors are involved. The first one was a heck of a ride.

KTF!

The Galaxy is a Dumpster Fire.

A hot, stinking, dumpster fire. And most days I don’t know if the legionnaires are putting out the flames, or fanning them into an inferno.

https://www.amazon.com/Legionnaire-Galaxys-Edge-Book-1-ebook/dp/B071GN8Y4G/ref=sr_1_13?crid=RRLVEXK04HCQ&dchild=1&keywords=galaxys+edge&qid=1608347701&sprefix=galaxys+e%2Caps%2C300&sr=8-13


38 posted on 12/18/2020 7:18:08 PM PST by dynachrome ( “The people have spoken . . . and they must be punished.” Ed Koch)
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To: BenLurkin

Guardians of the Galaxy
39 posted on 12/18/2020 7:18:08 PM PST by BigEdLB (All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others-George Orwell)
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To: BigEdLB

So will they train a raccoon in the use of firearms?


40 posted on 12/18/2020 7:20:03 PM PST by BigEdLB (All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others-George Orwell)
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