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April 28, 2017

Rank/Name –Senior Airman James C. Hellwarth Duty Title/Directorate – Elite Guard entry controllerHometown – McKinney, TexasTime in Service – 2 Years, 8 monthsQ: How Does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?Security Forces has direct correlation with the mission, with our main priority being the safety and security of personnel and assets.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Karbler (front, left), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) chief of staff; U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Patrick F. McMahon (front, right), USSTRATCOM senior enlisted leader; Dr. Douglas Derrick (second row, 2nd from right), University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) fellowship co-director; and Dr. Gina Ligon (second row, right), UNO fellowship co-director, recognize graduates of the Strategic Leadership Fellows Program at UNO’s Peter Kiewit Institute, April 21, 2017. The National Strategic Research Institute, UNO and USSTRATCOM launched the inaugural fellows program in 2014. Each year, 10 USSTRATCOM employees are hand-selected as Strategic Leadership Fellows for the spring academic semester. Fellows are charged with scholarly research and writing aimed at addressing the nation’s most urgent challenges.

April 27, 2017

USSTRATCOM civilians graduate from Strategic Leadership Fellows Program

OMAHA, Neb. – Ten U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) civilian employees graduated from the fourth iteration of the Strategic Leadership Fellows Program during a ceremony at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Peter Kiewit Institute, April 21, 2017.The 13-week graduate-level program professionally develops government civilians by enhancing

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier (left), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) director of plans and policy, signs a memorandum of understanding at the 33rd Annual Space Symposium, Apr. 4, 2017, with Royal Norwegian Air Force Col. Stig Nilsson (right), Norwegian Ministry of Defence head of the space program. The memorandum – previously signed by Norwegian Army Maj. Gen. Odd-Harald Hagen, Norwegian Ministry of Defence Department of Defence Policy and Long-Term Planning director general, and Arne Benjaminsen, Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries Research and Innovation Department director general, in Oslo, Norway, March 1, 2017 – authorizes sharing space situational awareness (SSA) services and information with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. Norway joins 12 nations (the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea, France, Canada, Italy, Japan, Israel, Spain, Germany, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Belgium), two intergovernmental organizations (the European Space Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) and more than 60 commercial satellite owner/operator/launchers already participating in SSA data-sharing agreements with USSTRATCOM. SSA data-sharing agreements enhance multinational space cooperation and streamline the process for USSTRATCOM partners to request specific information gathered by USSTRATCOM’s Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

April 5, 2017

U.S. Strategic Command, Norway sign agreement to share space services, data

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) entered into an agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries to share space situational awareness (SSA) services and information. The arrangement will enhance awareness within the space domain and increase the safety of

April 5, 2017

Space operations center gets new name, USSTRATCOM begins expanded multinational space effort

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) formalized the name change of its newest space operations center April 1. The Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center will move forward as the National Space Defense Center (NSDC). More than 18 months of exercises,

U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten (seated, left), commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., April 4, 2017. Hyten provided the committee with an assessment of USSTRATCOM's strategic nuclear posture.

April 4, 2017

Strategic Deterrence More Than Nuclear, Stratcom Commander Says

WASHINGTON — Strategic deterrence has been the foundation of U.S. security for decades, and today’s nuclear force remains safe, secure, reliable and ready, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command said on Capitol Hill this morning.But in the 21st century, strategic deterrence is more than nuclear, Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten told the Senate Armed

U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, U.S. Strategic Command commander, and members of his staff depart a 37th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Huey near a missile alert facility on the F.E. Warren Air Force Base missile complex, Feb. 22, 2017. Hyten toured the MAF, giving him insight into the responsibilities of the Airmen executing the nation’s nuclear deterrence mission. This was Hyten’s first visit to the 90th Missile Wing as USSTRATCOM commander.

March 31, 2017

USSTRATCOM Commander Makes Case for Modernizing Nuclear Triad

ROSSLYN, Va. — Nuclear capabilities are the bedrock of American defense and will remain so, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command said at the Military Reporters and Editors annual meeting here today. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten said the United States has about the right numbers of nuclear weapons, but they need to be modernized.Saluting

March 31, 2017

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for April

Rank/Name – SrA Charles McCormickDuty Title/Directorate – SJR-22 PACOM Branch Intelligence AnalystHometown – Kansas City, MissouriTime in Service – 4 years Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?My job supports the USSTRATCOM mission by providing the most up to date intelligence information on adversary actions and activities to

Dr. Matthew Kroenig, associate professor in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a senior fellow in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at The Atlantic Council, delivers remarks at U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) headquarters, Offutt Air Force base, Neb., March 29, 2017. In his presentation to command members, Kroenig discussed “The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy,” as well as the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear superiority; his perspective of nonproliferation; the results of hypothetical nuclear conflicts and crises; and other topics related to global nuclear capabilities. He also held discussions with U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of USSTRATCOM, during his visit. Georgetown University is one of more than 30 local and national academic institutions that make up the Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance – an organization that was started in Oct. 2014 to stimulate new thinking and develop future generations of deterrence practitioners. One of nine Department of Defense unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence; space operations; cyberspace operations; joint electronic warfare; global strike; missile defense; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and analysis and targeting.

March 29, 2017

Dr. Matthew Kroenig discusses nuclear strategy at USSTRATCOM

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – Dr. Matthew Kroenig, a Georgetown University professor, visited U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) headquarters March 29, 2017, to continue the mutually beneficial collaboration between USSTRATCOM and academic institutions like Georgetown University.Kroenig, associate professor in the Department of Government and

U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten (center), commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM); U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva (left), vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Adm. Bill Moran (right), vice chief of naval operations, testify before the House Armed Services Committee to provide the military assessment of nuclear weapons requirements at the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2017.
The testimony can be viewed online at https://armedservices.house.gov/legislation/hearings/military-assessment-nuclear-deterrence-requirements. One of nine Department of Defense unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence; space operations; cyberspace operations; joint electronic warfare; global strike; missile defense; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and analysis and targeting.

March 8, 2017

Selva: Nuclear Deterrent is the Joint Force Modernization Priority

WASHINGTON — The joint force puts the U.S. nuclear deterrent at the top of its list for modernization and recapitalization and these no longer can be deferred, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told House Armed Services Committee members this morning.Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva and Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command,

U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, addresses members of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., March 6, 2017. Hyten was invited by USTRANSCOM commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Darren W. McDew, as part of USTRANSCOM's 30-4-30 Distinguished Speaker Series.

March 6, 2017

U.S. Strategic Command commander speaks at USTRANSCOM

Scott Air Force Base, Ill. — Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander, U.S. Strategic Command, spoke to members of U.S. Transportation Command and its component commands March 6 in the Seay Auditorium.Hyten was the sixth guest in USTRANSCOM's 30-4-30 Distinguished Speaker Series, an initiative to celebrate the command's 30th anniversary in October 2017. Air Force Gen. Darren W.