Rogers calls for more Space Force guardians, pulling billets from Air Force and OSD

By Shelley K. Mesch / December 17, 2024 at 11:19 AM
The Air Force and Office of the Secretary of Defense should transfer billets to the Space Force to grow the new service without adding to the Defense Department personnel total, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) said today. “I’m not advocating for wholesale increase in end strength,” Rogers said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event for the Space Force’s fifth anniversary. “Everyone is going to have to give a look at what we currently have.”...

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