United States Space Force

Semper Supra ~ Always Above

The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and the world's only dedicated independent space force. Along with the U.S. Air Force, the Space Force is part of the Department of the Air Force, led by the secretary of the Air Force. The military heads of the Space Force are the chief of space operations, who is one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and vice chief of space operations.

Quotes

• Peace Only Comes Through Strength
  • "‘Peace Only Comes Through Strength’: U.S. Lays Out Space Force Plans", The New York Times (August 9, 2018)

• What we saw taking place in the country and in the military, frankly, during this past year especially was reminiscent of Mao’s cultural revolution where you had to toe a certain party line.
  • "Commander of Space Force unit fired after accusing the military of pushing an agenda ‘rooted in Marxism’", Washington Post (May 17, 2021)

• The pentagon is complicated enough
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• The Space Force will organize, train and equip warriors to support Spacecom's mission
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• The president's plans for a new military force could spur an extraterrestrial arms race and make combat in orbit more likely.
  • "Trump in Space", The New York Times

• From an intelligence perspective … about half of what we do is focused on China. About 25 percent of what we do is focused on Russia, and a lot of that has to do because of the current conflict.
  • "US Space Force concentrating 75% of intel on China, Russia", Mehr News Agency (August 9, 2023)

• We do our business kind of quietly.
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• We could be deaf, dumb and blind within seconds.
• Seldom has a great nation been so vulnerable.
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• Semper Supra (Always Above)
  • Daniel Sanchez; Sanchez researched the mottos of other US Armed Forces branches and proposed Semper Supra because of its ease of pronunciation and its alliteration in Latin and English. The US Space Force officially adopted the motto on 22 July 2020.