Representatives from Colorado Springs-based Space Command headquarters traveled to Huntsville, Ala., this week and promised to carry out the move ordered by President Donald Trump in prompt fashion.
“Our ultimate goal is to expeditiously carry out the direction of the President following Tuesday’s announcement of Huntsville, Alabama, as the command’s permanent headquarters location, while continuing to execute our vital national security missions,” said Major Chris Boyer-Meeder, current operations chief for U.S. Space Command Public Affairs, told AL.com, an online news site that serves Alabama.
While Boyer-Meeder told an Alabama-based reporter information on the process is currently limited, Martin Traylor, deputy to the garrison commander at Redstone Arsenal, said the arsenal was prepared to absorb Space Command’s initial “torch party” effective immediately.
Traylor said during a Wednesday roundtable at the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber that Space Command could become fully operational in Huntsville within three years in temporary facilities while waiting for permanent facilities to be built, a process that could take between five to seven years.
Space Command is responsible for defending the U.S. interests in space. It is separate from the Space Force, a military branch established by Trump in 2019.
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