Army pledges to be 'team player' in Space Force

By Jason Sherman / October 12, 2018 at 3:15 PM
Army Secretary Mark Esper this week pledged to be a "team player" in the Defense Department's effort to stand up a Space Force, comments that come in the wake of a press report the White House is considering sacking Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson for insufficiently supporting President Trump's controversial plan to establish a sixth military branch. Esper and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley were asked by a reporter Oct. 8 at the Association of the United States...

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