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U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (Iowa) meets with U.S. Air Force Gen. John. E. Hyten (right), commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), during her visit to Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., April 20, 2017. While here, Ernst and Hyten discussed topics of mutual interest, and Ernst toured facilities on and around base, including USSTRATCOM’s new command and control facility. Ernst is the first woman to serve in federal elected office from the State of Iowa and, in 2014, became the first female combat veteran elected to the United States Senate. She is a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, which has oversight of the nation’s military, and three additional committees. 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.
170420-F-SM465-009.JPG Photo By: Steve Cunningham

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (Iowa) meets with U.S. Air Force Gen. John. E. Hyten (right), commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), during her visit to Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., April 20, 2017. While here, Ernst and Hyten discussed topics of mutual interest, and Ernst toured facilities on and around base, including USSTRATCOM’s new command and control facility. Ernst is the first woman to serve in federal elected office from the State of Iowa and, in 2014, became the first female combat veteran elected to the United States Senate. She is a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, which has oversight of the nation’s military, and three additional committees. 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.


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