The Space Force‘s top officer told Guardians in an internal memo Monday that he’s concerned with the service’s mission statement, saying it doesn’t do a good job of summing up its role or why it’s important to national security.
Military.com obtained a copy of a memo by Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, the chief of space operations, which went out to all Space Force Guardians on Monday. It detailed his frustration and why he thinks it’s likely that many in uniform can’t remember their mission statement.
“How many Guardians can recite the current mission statement of the Space Force? My guess is very few,” Saltzman wrote. “My biggest concern is that the mission statement does not reflect why the Nation has a Space Force and the vital functions Guardians perform.”
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In the three years since the Space Force became a separate and distinct service branch under the Department of the Air Force, officials have worked tirelessly to build public recognition.
Military.com previously reported on the woes that Guardians had with the lack of public recognition for the Space Force, which led to late-night talk show monologues, a poorly reviewed Netflix series of the same name, and even internal slogans that mocked the service’s slow pace of development.
While there has been a lot of progress — namely from former Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond and soon-to-be…
