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Stability for United States Space Command
I was the last commander of the original United States Space Command. In the wake of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, President Bush and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld decided to disestablish USSPACECOM and to distribute its missions to United States Strategic Command in October, 2002. History has shown it was a mistake to…
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The push to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado: Politicians making final pleas
U.S. Space Command was a campaign issue in November, with U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and former Gov. John Hickenlooper, in his Senate bid, claiming their leadership would help keep the lucrative headquarters in Colorado for good. In truth, every federal-level politician from Colorado has pushed for the command to stay in the Rockies, and top…
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GUEST COLUMN: Space Command in Colorado Springs strengthens national security
Throughout my career I often found myself “captured” in a 15-minute meeting that went on for an hour. The problem wasn’t that the content of the meeting wasn’t important, rather that all that needed to be said and heard was done in the first quarter hour. The extension of the discussion was generally summed up…
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PERSPECTIVE: Welcome to the military’s best home town, Colorado Springs
The recently reestablished U.S. Space Command Headquarters has officially been operating out of Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs since Sept. 9, 2019. And this isn’t the first time. U.S. Space Command was initially formed in 1985 and was in Colorado Springs until its closure in 2002. But for decades, Colorado Springs continued to…
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NORAD-USNORTHCOM, US Space Command: Perfect synergy
Our most routine activities each day, grocery shopping, getting gas in our cars, cash advances at the ATM, filling prescriptions, online health care apps and hundreds more, all rely on the assumption that our personal data is immediately available and is trusted and secure. More critical elements of our lives like the electricity to power…
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GUEST COLUMN: Springs the best permanent home for Space Command
Colorado Springs has served as the epicenter of military space operations since their inception. As the legacy and current home of U.S. Space Command, home to the United States Air Force Academy, and headquarters of the U.S. Army’s sole Space Brigade, this city has history with space. We also have the future. Colorado Springs is…
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GUEST COLUMN: Don’t risk United States Space Command’s mission
Without doubt, the person with the greatest access to United States intelligence is the director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe. In a Wall Street Journal article on Dec. 3, he wrote, “If I could communicate one thing to the American people from this unique vantage point, it is that the People’s Republic of China poses…
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EDITORIAL: To recruit young talent, don’t move Space Command from Colorado Springs
Three primary factors, regardless of anything else, should make relocation of the Colorado Springs-based Space Command an unthinkable prospect: 1. Billions of dollars have been invested in assets used by Space Command in and around Peterson Air Force Base. Abandoning them for a political favor would cost taxpayers a substantial and needless expense at a…
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Condensed body camera footage from fatal shooting of De’Von Bailey
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This is a shortened version of the police body camera footage from the fatal shooting of De’Von Bailey. WARNING: The following contains graphic language and images. Condensed body camera footage from officer involved shooting. (Video…
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Colorado Springs police release body camera footage in fatal shooting of De’Von Bailey
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Body camera footage from officer-involved shooting on Aug. 3, 2019. Warning: The following contains graphic language and images. (Video provided by Colorado Springs Police Department) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “VIDEO: Body camera footage…