
根据Axios审阅的一份内部备忘录,太空军现在拥有自己的特种作战总部。
Space Force now has its own special operations headquarters, according to an internal memo reviewed by Axios.
这很重要:太空军在最近的军事行动中承担了关键角色,新总部将进一步将该军种融入未来的高层任务。
Why it matters: The Space Force has taken on key roles in recent military operations, and the new headquarterswill further weave the service branch into future high-level missions.
参谋长联席会议主席丹·凯恩在1月表示,太空资源为直升机在美国委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗被捕行动中的着陆铺平了道路。
Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine said in January that space assets paved the way for helicopters to land during the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
凯恩还在3月表示,太空部队在“史诗之怒”行动开始时是“先行者”,并通过干扰和电磁战等手段破坏了伊朗的“看到、交流和应对”能力。
Caine also said in March that space forces were the "first movers" during the start of Operation Epic Fury and that they disrupted "Iran's ability to see, communicate and respond" through means like jamming and electromagnetic warfare.
重点:太空军特种作战总部于10月7日作为一个野战分队司令部被“启动”,据内部备忘录所述。一名太空军官员确认了该备忘录的真实性。
Zoom in: Space Force Special Operations headquarters was "activated" as a component field command on Oct. 7, according to the internal memo. A Space Force official confirmed the memo was authentic.
野战分队司令部“将太空活动融入共同行动、活动和投资”,太空军此前曾这样表示。
Component field commands "integrate space activities into shared operations, activities, and investments," the service has previously said.
全景:该总部的成立紧随太空军在中东、欧洲、非洲和太平洋战区建立关联的野战分队司令部之后。
Zoom out: The establishment of the headquarters follows Space Force creating component field commands tied to the Middle Eastern, European, African and Pacific theaters.
美国特种作战司令部设于佛罗里达州的麦克迪尔空军基地。目前尚不清楚太空军的新野战分队司令部将设在何处。
U.S. Special Operations Command is headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. It wasn't immediately clear where the Space Force's new component field command will be based.
他们说:米切尔研究所高级研究员、前太空军官员查尔斯·加尔布雷思表示,该SOCOM分队“是太空军发展中的另一个重要里程碑”。
What they're saying: Charles Galbreath, a senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute think tank and a former Space Force officer, said the SOCOM component "is another major milestone in the growth of the Space Force."
接下来:太空军作战部长道格拉斯·希斯将军在领英评论中表示,将在几周后举行“成立仪式”。
What's next: Space ForceGen. Douglass Schiess, the chief of space operations, said in a LinkedIn comment that there would be a "stand up ceremony in a few weeks."