US Space Command Finds Its Sweet Home in Alabama |
In September, President Donald Trump announced that the future headquarters of the United States Space Command would be relocated from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama. It was the last chapter in a seemingly endless saga for the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) 11th and newest unified combat command, which was reestablished in August 2019 to focus on military operations in space.
Last week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was joined by lawmakers and senior military officials to mark the formal relocation of US Space Command (USSPACECOM) from Peterson Space Force Base (SFB) in Colorado to Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.
“It’s common sense that this is precisely where Space Command should be; it’s common sense that we need to move rapidly and expeditiously, and we will,” Hegseth said in his remarks. “We are deadly serious in committing to cutting every piece of red tape and bureaucracy to get this headquarters established as quickly as humanly possible.”
The move to Redstone Arsenal has been seen as a significant victory for Alabama, as the location had been designated as the command’s future HQ during Trump’s........