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April 2, 2018

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ebony Ford, noncommissioned officer in charge for the secretary of the joint staff, hails from Sumter, S.C., and has served in the military for six years. Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions? A: My office works as the middle man for a lot of the tasks that come from the Joint Staff and Office of the

U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), presents a certificate of service to Kerry Kelley during her retirement ceremony at the new USSTRATCOM command and control facility at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., March 9, 2018. Kelley was recognized for her 32 years of civil service with Strategic Air Command and USSTRATCOM. She will continue to serve as USSTRATCOM director of Command and Control, Communications, Computer (C4) Systems; chief information officer; and director of the Joint Cyber Center until her official retirement date of March 31, 2018.
USSTRATCOM has global responsibilities assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, space operations, cyberspace operations, joint electromagnetic spectrum operations, global strike, missile defense, and analysis and targeting.

March 28, 2018

Kerry Kelley reflects on her career – from SAC to USSTRATCOM

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Doctor Emmett Brown and Marty McFly journeyed “Back to the Future” in June 1985, just months before that, a newly minted college graduate entered the doors of Strategic Air Command (SAC) for the first time; the first steps of a career that would span three decades. In the fall of 1985, Kerry Kelley reported for her first day of work as an

National Space Club & Foundation Board of Director President Sandy Coleman presents U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy at the 61st Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2018. Hyten was honored for his distinguished military career and his ongoing efforts dedicated to the National Security Space Enterprise.

March 16, 2018

STRATCOM Commander Awarded Goddard Trophy

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Space Club and Foundation presented U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten the 2018 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy during the 61st Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2018. The trophy is the Club's highest honor and is given annually to the team or individual who has provided leadership in groundbreaking space and aeronautics capability for the United States of America.

U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C. March 7, 2018.

March 9, 2018

Defense Budget Request Seeks to Reinvigorate U.S. Deterrence Strategy

The president’s fiscal year 2019 defense budget request reinvigorates America’s strategic thinking and capabilities, Defense Department officials told the House Armed Services Committee yesterday.

Feb. 28, 2018

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for March

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Lopes, indications and warning analyst for the intelligence directorate (J2), hails from Los Banos, California, and has served in the military for 13 years. Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: The J2 indications and warnings branch manages USSTRATCOM’s warning problems, facilitating

Feb. 1, 2018

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for February

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Person, administrator for the Global Operations directorate (J3), hails from Olathe, Kansas, and has served in the military for six years and six months. Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: I provide administrative support to J3 members. Some of these people monitor space or are heavily

U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten (front, third from left), commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM); U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Patrick McMahon (front, fourth from left), senior enlisted leader of USSTRATCOM; and other senior enlisted leaders mentored participants of the inaugural non-commissioned officer (NCO) and petty officer (PO) joint professional development seminar at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Jan. 25, 2018. During the two-day course, NCOs and POs assigned to USSTRATCOM and the 55th Wing discussed leadership techniques with senior enlisted leaders and officers through a series of discussion panels and briefings. This pilot course was developed by USSTRATCOM’s senior enlisted leaders to enhance the effectiveness of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines at the E-5 and E-6 level through joint professional military education.

Jan. 29, 2018

USSTRATCOM leaders host inaugural NCO/PO development seminar

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — Nearly 50 non-commissioned officers (NCO) and petty officers (PO) assigned to U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and the 55th Wing attended the inaugural NCO/PO joint professional development seminar at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, January 24-25. During the seminar, NCOs and POs learned about leadership expectations and techniques from a

January Enlisted Corps Spotlight - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Miller

Jan. 9, 2018

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for January

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Miller, intelligence analyst in the plans and policy directorate, hails from Sissonville, West Virginia, and has served in the military for seven years. Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions?A: I work as the enlisted administrative assistant as part of the strategic targeting intelligence

Dec. 5, 2017

Enlisted Corps Spotlight for December

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Michael McRae, communications non-commissioned officer in the C4 Systems directorate, hails from Daingerfield, Texas, and has served in the military for 5 years, 2 months. Q: How does your job support USSTRATCOM and our missions? A: As a communications officer, or “CommO”, it is my job to provide communications

Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, salutes Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, during a ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 1, 2017. Raymond became the Joint Force Space Component commander taking operational responsibility for employment of all joint space forces.

Dec. 4, 2017

AFSPC commander becomes JFSCC, joint space forces restructure

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, became the Joint Force Space Component Commander today, taking operational responsibility for employment of all joint space forces. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, presided over the ceremony, inactivating USSTRATCOM’S Joint Functional Component Command