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The Colorado Air National Guard had a major impact on the space community when U.S. Air Force Space Command handed over a national mission to the 137th Space Warning Squadron, now part of the 233rd Space Group.The unit has been integral in U.S. national defenses since the mid-1990s and continues to provide to the National Command Authority 24-hour survivable and endurable strategic missile warning/nuclear detection.
Members of the 233rd and the 138th Space Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron, both subordinate to the 233rd SG, have spent decades honing their profession and passing their knowledge to new Airmen coming through the ranks.
According to U.S. Air Force Col. Adam Rogge, commander of the 233rd SG, Greeley, Colorado, the 233rd and 138th men and women are experienced and ready to transition to the Space National Guard.
During May 2021, Chief, National Guard Bureau U. S. Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that a Space National Guard is a necessary complement to the Active Duty and Reserve U.S. Space Force.
In August 2021, at the 143rd National Guard Association of the United States General Conference, Hokanson said: “We have the personnel, the capabilities, and more than 25 years of experience in the space mission. It makes sense these formations should be aligned with the Space Force as a National Guard component.”
Hokanson told the press corps that the National Guard is “a trusted space and cyber partner.”
In 2020, the Congressional Budget Office had estimated the cost to create and continually fund a fully-staffed Space National Guard at more than $500 million.
“Other reports and cost analyses paint a far different picture of the actual cost,” Rogge said.
Rogge estimates the cost is less than $250,000 to change name tapes on uniforms for existing space professionals in the ANG.
| Date Taken: | 06.28.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 06.28.2022 17:29 |
| Story ID: | 423971 |
| Location: | AURORA, COLORADO, US |
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