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July 1, 2017

Rank/Name – Airman 1st Class Georgina Zavala Duty Title/Directorate – Personnel specialist, Reserve Directorate (J10) Hometown – Council Bluffs, Iowa Time in Service – 2 years, 8 months. Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions? A: As a personnel specialist, my mission is to help Airmen. Here in J10, my focus is on the Reserve

U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), delivers a speech at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Strategic Deterrence Breakfast Series event at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C., June 20, 2017. In his remarks, Hyten discussed the need for space, nuclear and missile defense modernization. The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is an independent, nonpartisan policy research institute that provides creative, insightful policy options to better empower the nation's leaders. 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, and analysis and targeting.

June 20, 2017

USSTRATCOM Chief: Deterrence Keeps Major-Power Conflicts Off World Stage

WASHINGTON — U.S. Strategic Command is a global warfighting command whose mission areas include nuclear, global strike, space, cyber, missile defense and electronic warfare and more, and nuclear is the No. 1 priority, Stratcom Commander Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten said here today. The general spoke during an event held at the Capitol Hill Club by

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) director of plans and policy, speaks to U.K. Ministry of Defence Academic Alliance faculty and students at King’s College, London, May 30, 2017, on the topic of international collaboration and its vital role in 21st century strategic deterrence. The visit to King’s College was part of a trip to six European countries Crosier made to strengthen ties with NATO allies and academic partners, May 23 to June 2, 2017. 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, and analysis and targeting.

June 7, 2017

USSTRATCOM Works With NATO Allies, Academic Partners

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) further strengthened ties with NATO allies with engagements in six European countries May 23 to June 2, 2017, led by U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier, USSTRATCOM director of plans and policy. During the trip, Crosier met with senior government and military

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton Crosier (left), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) director of plans and policy, and German Luftwaffe (air force) Brig. Gen. Burkhart Pototzky, department head and head of the Luftwaffe Operations Center, meet for the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MoA) in Uedem, Germany, June 1, 2017. The MoA authorizes, for the first time, the assignment of a German liaison officer to USSTRATCOM’s Joint Functional Component Command for Space under the Multinational Space Collaboration (MSC) effort. The MSC will explore mutual capabilities and identify opportunities for greater integration by co-locating additional allies and partners with U.S. space operators. 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, and analysis and targeting.

June 6, 2017

USSTRATCOM, German air force sign liaison officer agreement

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and the German Luftwaffe (air force) signed a memorandum of agreement June 1, to assign a German liaison officer (LNO) to Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space). The agreement builds on the arrangement the two countries formalized in 2015 to enable and enhance each

June 1, 2017

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for June

Rank/Name – Petty Officer 1st Class Dan GravesDuty Title/Directorate – Operations Admin Lead Petty Officer, Global Operations directorate (J3)Hometown – Lancaster, Pa.Time in Service – 6 years, 10 monthsQ: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions? A: As the J3 task manager, I help provide J3 coordination on tasks related to

April 28, 2017

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for May

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