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The May Enlisted Corps Spotlight is Staff Sgt. Craig Wilkinson.

May 1, 2019

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Staff Sgt. Craig Wilkinson, noncommissioned officer in charge of Army Reserve Element training and operations with the Reserve Directorate, hails from Omaha, Nebraska, and has 20 years of military service.Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: I am a member of the Army Reserve Element here at USSTRATCOM. Our reservists are

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson emphasized the importance of the U.S. maintaining its dominance in space during a speech April 9, 2019, at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. “America is the best in the world at space, and our adversaries know it,” she said. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Mathews)

April 10, 2019

Shanahan, Wilson, Goldfein offer views for ensuring U.S. superiority in space

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) — The top echelon of the United States’ civilian and military leadership offered unflinching assurances April 9, that America’s superiority in space will endure even as competition – and the stakes – for primacy intensify.

April 2, 2019

Wilson, Goldfein outline Air Force progress, need for larger force

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein told the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday that the Air Force must get bigger and funding must be predictable to meet – and defeat – security threats at home, globally and in space in an era of great power competition.

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 5th Maintenance Group marshals a B-52 Stratofortress during Diamond Shield 2019 (DS-19) at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, March 26, 2019.

April 1, 2019

23rd EBS brings bomber support to Diamond Shield 2019

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia — U.S. Airmen assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, participated in Diamond Shield 2019 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, March 18, 2019.

April 1, 2019

April Enlisted Corps Spotlight

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie Matyascik, public affairs specialist with the Command Staff Directorate, hails from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, and has 18 years and 11 months of service.Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: As the command webmaster and social media manager, I tell the USSTRATCOM story to audiences

March 29, 2019

23rd Expeditionary Bomber Squadron brings Bomber Support to Diamond Shield 2019

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia -- U.S. Airmen assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, participated in Diamond Shield 2019 at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin, Australia, March 18, 2019.More than 80 Airmen and two B-52 Stratofortresses assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomber Squadron

March 13, 2019

U.S. Strategic Command Conducts Exercise Global Lightning

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commenced Global Lightning 2019 today, an annual command and control and battle staff exercise designed to train Department of Defense forces and assess joint operational readiness across all of USSTRATCOM’s mission areas.

March 1, 2019

March Enlisted Corps Spotlight

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Staff Sgt. Montai Gillard, space and counter-space analyst with the Intelligence Directorate (J2), hails from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and has six years of military service.Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: As an analyst assigned to J2, I have had the opportunity to brief general and flag officers on emerging threats in the

Milstar, formerly known as the Military Strategic and Tactical Relay, has reached 25 years of service. Milstar is responsible for providing the President, Secretary of Defense and the U.S. armed forces with reliable satellite communications, ensuring minimal interception or detection. Designed to overcome enemy jamming and nuclear effects, Milstar is a robust and reliable communication system.

Feb. 6, 2019

Milstar program reaches 25 year milestone

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Milstar formerly known as the Military Strategic and Tactical Relay, launched February 7, 1994, has reached twenty-five years’ of service.

Soldiers of the newly activated Intelligence, Information, Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space Detachment stand in formation during a ceremony Jan. 11, 2019, at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington. The ceremony marked the launch of the first-ever Intelligence, Information, Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space Detachment in the U.S. Army. I2CEWS was designed to integrate cyber warfare, electronic warfare and space capabilities.

(U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Caleb Minor)

Feb. 4, 2019

SMDC supports the development of I2CEWS battalions for multi-domain operations

REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL — Future contingencies will be supported by Army units with capabilities designed by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense/Army Forces Strategic Command’ Future Warfare Center for multi-domain operations.USASMDC/ARSTRAT is working with the Army chief of staff’s Multi-Domain Task Force in developing the establishment of newly organized Intelligence,