Military leaders back Biden decision to keep Space Command in Colorado::Military leaders on Thursday defended President Joe Biden’s decision to nix U.S. Space Command’s planned move from Colorado to Alabama as a necessary and nonpolitical decision to avoid operational problems.

  • @[email protected]
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    511 year 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
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      81 year 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
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    411 year ago

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

    • @QuarterSwede
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      21 year ago

      Space Command largely isn’t located in NORAD.

        • @5BC2E7
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          11 year ago

          Technically it’s in space and so is the earth

  • @Kandorr
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    341 year ago

    Can we change the name to Starfleet, though??

    • @RojoSanIchiban
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      261 year 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
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        141 year 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    151 year ago

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

    • @grue
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      141 year ago

      I mean, I guess there’s some precedent:

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year 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
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      11 year 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.