So, what's the big deal?? A new name??
Air Force Space Command
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President Donald Trump on Monday directed the Pentagon to begin the process of establishing a sixth military branch, the “Space Force.”
Trump, speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council, ordered the establishment of the Space Force.
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“I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the Armed Forces,” Trump said. “Our destiny beyond the Earth is not only a matter of national identity, but a matter of national security.”
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— The Hill (@thehill) June 18, 2018