Military leaders back Biden decision to keep Space Command in Colorado

lonewalk , 10 months ago

Dickinson, however, said internal studies showed some 88% of his civilian workforce would not leave Colorado Springs for Alabama.

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QuarterSwede , 10 months ago

No shit. The amount of great housing in the Springs with relatively easy access to Peterson AFB is incredible. Plus, the milder climate and insulated economy make it a place people want to stay. Winters aren’t nearly as bad as people imagine since it’s on the plains side of the Rockies.

CarbonatedPastaSauce , 10 months ago

“Military leaders decide having Space Command in a nuclear proof mountain is better than, like, literally anywhere else.”

QuarterSwede , 10 months ago

Space Command largely isn’t located in NORAD.

AnUnusualRelic , 10 months ago

Shouldn’t it be in space anyway?

5BC2E7 , 10 months ago

Technically it’s in space and so is the earth

AnUnusualRelic , 10 months ago

I’ll allow it.

Kandorr , 10 months ago

Can we change the name to Starfleet, though??

RojoSanIchiban , 10 months ago

Not yet, because it would imply we already have a fleet of spacecraft (which are top secret), so it’d let Spot out of the bag.

Zron , 10 months ago

That, and the military is already having recruitment issues.

They can’t afford to lose all of those redshirts to exploding consoles and transporter accidents.

CarbonatedPastaSauce , 10 months ago

Man, what did Spot do to deserve that kind of treatment?

Wahots , 10 months ago

Or United Navy Space Command (UNSC) which sounds way more professional than Space Force.

grinde , 10 months ago

No, this is clearly Stargate Command. It’s even in the same place!

LeafOnTheWind , 10 months ago

That will come after WW3…

kandoh , 10 months ago

Still can’t get over how when they announced the uniforms for Space Force they used desert camo.

AlligatorBlizzard , 10 months ago

Does Tatooine have oil?

grue , 10 months ago

I mean, I guess there’s some precedent:

https://live.staticflickr.com/5764/23371189785_a799f62e6a_b.jpg

jscummy , 10 months ago

Most rocky planets are pretty desert like, they were just planning ahead. I guess that raises the question of if Space Force, or the Army, or Marines (dare I say Space Marines?) would handle land warfare on other planets

SkybreakerEngineer , 10 months ago

Like when the official Navy Working Unuform was blue camo. And now it has been replaced with… green camo. For all those times you need to evade visual detection by Chiefs making sure you’re actually participating in field day.