Comments on: It’s the SPACE FORCE!!! Pew! Pew! https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/08/09/its-the-space-force-pew-pew/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:56:03 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/08/09/its-the-space-force-pew-pew/#comment-41857 ER Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:04:20 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=72397#comment-41857 Navy uniforms are navy blue. Air Force garb is sky blue. Army togs are OD and Khaki. I suppose the Space Force will be dressed in black. Or will it be orange, in honor of the Commander in Chief? And why stop there? We'll need a service for cyber warfare, won't we? This is a boondoggle, since the other services, especially Navy and Air Force, already share military operations in orbit. The last time a new service was created was when the Air Force was formed from the Army Air Corps, back in 1947. Its a whole new bureaucracy, job security for the brass, and you can expect there will be enormous and expensive turf battles, just like there were in '47. The Air Force got the bombers, and Navy and Air Force split up the strategic missile role, subs and silos, respectively. Tactical theater nukes and IRBMs stayed with the Army. But there will be a whole lot of new bases, desks, computers and office buildings to service the new arrangements. And you can bet not one new rocket, aircraft or weapon system will be even considered until the new administrative and budget boundaries are set in stone. You will note I resisted the temptation to deliberately misspell "Force". Navy uniforms are navy blue.
Air Force garb is sky blue.
Army togs are OD and Khaki.
I suppose the Space Force will be dressed in black.
Or will it be orange, in honor of the Commander in Chief?

And why stop there? We’ll need a service for cyber warfare, won’t we?

This is a boondoggle, since the other services, especially Navy and Air Force, already share military operations in orbit. The last time a new service was created was when the Air Force was formed from the Army Air Corps, back in 1947. Its a whole new bureaucracy, job security for the brass, and you can expect there will be enormous and expensive turf battles, just like there were in ’47. The Air Force got the bombers, and Navy and Air Force split up the strategic missile role, subs and silos, respectively. Tactical theater nukes and IRBMs stayed with the Army.

But there will be a whole lot of new bases, desks, computers and office buildings to service the new arrangements. And you can bet not one new rocket, aircraft or weapon system will be even considered until the new administrative and budget boundaries are set in stone.

You will note I resisted the temptation to deliberately misspell “Force”.

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