The US Space Force

We Are Borg · Jan 29, 2021

Biden needs to sign an Executive Order to end this farce.

I guaran-fucking-tee you that other branches of the military are laughing their asses off at Space Force.

Chaos Descending · Jan 29, 2021

We Are Borg vs. USS Crazy Horse said: ↑

Biden needs to sign an Executive Order to end this farce.
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Can't. It would take an act of Congress, which isn't going to happen.

I guaran-fucking-tee you that other branches of the military are laughing their asses off at Space Force.
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The other branches of the military are generally supportive of the role and in fact very existence of the Space Force.

We Are Borg · Jan 29, 2021

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We Are Borg vs. USS Crazy Horse said: ↑

Biden needs to sign an Executive Order to end this farce.
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Can't. It would take an act of Congress, which isn't going to happen.

I guaran-fucking-tee you that other branches of the military are laughing their asses off at Space Force.
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The other branches of the military are generally supportive of the role and in fact very existence of the Space Force.
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Yep. Keep toeing that Republican line!

matthunter · Jan 29, 2021

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The other branches of the military are generally supportive of the role and in fact very existence of the Space Force.
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They've all got someone new to look down on! The Navy doesn't have to worry about being seen as a bunch of homosexuals (not that that's a problem outside of the armed forces and Republicanism). The Marines can ignore the dumb muscle jokes! The Air Force can shake off the Tom Cruise stereotype! Everyone's a winner!!

matthunter · Jan 29, 2021

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Yep. Keep toeing that Republican line!
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Correct spelling of toeing in this context has me so fucking hard for you right now.

Jenee · Jan 29, 2021

GhostEcho said: ↑

We Are Borg vs. USS Crazy Horse said: ↑

Biden needs to sign an Executive Order to end this farce.
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Can't. It would take an act of Congress, which isn't going to happen.

I guaran-fucking-tee you that other branches of the military are laughing their asses off at Space Force.
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The other branches of the military are generally supportive of the role and in fact very existence of the Space Force.
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Do you have a source for this pronouncement? Or are you just pulling this assumption out of your ass?

Chaos Descending · Jan 30, 2021

We Are Borg vs. USS Crazy Horse said: ↑

GhostEcho said: ↑

We Are Borg vs. USS Crazy Horse said: ↑

Biden needs to sign an Executive Order to end this farce.
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Can't. It would take an act of Congress, which isn't going to happen.

I guaran-fucking-tee you that other branches of the military are laughing their asses off at Space Force.
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The other branches of the military are generally supportive of the role and in fact very existence of the Space Force.
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Yep. Keep toeing that Republican line!
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Nothing “Republican” about it. The Space Force was a bipartisan effort and your boy Biden is in favor of it too.

Steal Your Face · Jan 30, 2021

GhostEcho said: ↑

We Are Borg vs. USS Crazy Horse said: ↑

GhostEcho said: ↑

We Are Borg vs. USS Crazy Horse said: ↑

Biden needs to sign an Executive Order to end this farce.
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Can't. It would take an act of Congress, which isn't going to happen.

I guaran-fucking-tee you that other branches of the military are laughing their asses off at Space Force.
Click to expand...

The other branches of the military are generally supportive of the role and in fact very existence of the Space Force.
Click to expand...

Yep. Keep toeing that Republican line!
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Nothing “Republican” about it. The Space Force was a bipartisan effort and your boy Biden is in favor of it too.
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Don't mind him, he's suffering from TDS. He's now at the stage where he's frothing out of the mouth.

Tuckerfan · May 4, 2021

Cyborgs in spaaaaace!

US SPACE FORCE WILL CREATE ‘AUGMENTED HUMANS’ FOR ‘UNIMAGINABLE’ MILITARY STRATEGIES, CHIEF SCIENTIST SAYS

The US Space Force’s chief scientist has said that “human augmentation” is “imperative” in order for it to maintain military dominance.

‘In the last century, Western civilization transformed from an industrial-based society to an information-based society, but today we’re on the brink of a new age: the age of human augmentation,’ said Dr Joel Mozer, during an event at the Airforce Research Laboratory.

“‘In our business of national defense, it’s imperative that we embrace this new age, lest we fall behind our strategic competitors.”

There will be “unimaginable” advances made over the next decade in areas including artificial intelligence, that would make the military able to strategise tactics that “no human could”. Eventually “autonomous” programs will advise commanders in real time, Dr Mozer also said. The Independent has reached out to the armed service to confirm these quotes.

Commanders and decision makers will have multiple autonomous agents at their disposal, each able to control reconnaissance, fire control, or attack. Human augmentation, meanwhile, will eventually develop into technologies including augmented and virtual reality, as well as “nerve stimulation” to better simulate physical sensations.

“You could put [an] individual into a state of flow, where learning is optimized and retention is maximized,” Dr Mozer said. “This individual could be shaped into somebody with very high-performing potential.”

The UK, along with the US, has also predicted that future warfare will be conducted by a hybrid of robotic and human activities.

“Whilst it is envisaged that humans will continue to be central to the decision-making process, conflicts fought increasingly by robots or autonomous systems could change the very nature of warfare, as there will be less emphasis on emotions, passion and chance”, a 2018 Ministry of Defence report states.

It also examined the possibility of “human enhancement”, including “gene editing, physical and cognitive prosthesis and pharmaceutical enhancement”, which could offer “profound expansion of the boundaries of human performance” and “the application of these technologies and the integration of human and machine on the battlefield present opportunities to enhance military capability”.

There is already a tight relationship between humans and machines in military conflicts. The concept of a “feedback loop” was developed during the Second World War, and in the years since “smart bombs” and drone strikes have become more common.

Such breakthroughs require a moral framework. “The business of UCAV [drone] operators is to kill”, says philosopher and cultural critic Laurie Calhoun. Humans could simply serve as an “ethical cover” for what is a mechanical job, in case events do not go as the officers – be they man or machine – intend.
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Tererune · May 6, 2021

Tuckerfan said: ↑

Cyborgs in spaaaaace!

US SPACE FORCE WILL CREATE ‘AUGMENTED HUMANS’ FOR ‘UNIMAGINABLE’ MILITARY STRATEGIES, CHIEF SCIENTIST SAYS

The US Space Force’s chief scientist has said that “human augmentation” is “imperative” in order for it to maintain military dominance.

‘In the last century, Western civilization transformed from an industrial-based society to an information-based society, but today we’re on the brink of a new age: the age of human augmentation,’ said Dr Joel Mozer, during an event at the Airforce Research Laboratory.

“‘In our business of national defense, it’s imperative that we embrace this new age, lest we fall behind our strategic competitors.”

There will be “unimaginable” advances made over the next decade in areas including artificial intelligence, that would make the military able to strategise tactics that “no human could”. Eventually “autonomous” programs will advise commanders in real time, Dr Mozer also said. The Independent has reached out to the armed service to confirm these quotes.

Commanders and decision makers will have multiple autonomous agents at their disposal, each able to control reconnaissance, fire control, or attack. Human augmentation, meanwhile, will eventually develop into technologies including augmented and virtual reality, as well as “nerve stimulation” to better simulate physical sensations.

“You could put [an] individual into a state of flow, where learning is optimized and retention is maximized,” Dr Mozer said. “This individual could be shaped into somebody with very high-performing potential.”

The UK, along with the US, has also predicted that future warfare will be conducted by a hybrid of robotic and human activities.

“Whilst it is envisaged that humans will continue to be central to the decision-making process, conflicts fought increasingly by robots or autonomous systems could change the very nature of warfare, as there will be less emphasis on emotions, passion and chance”, a 2018 Ministry of Defence report states.

It also examined the possibility of “human enhancement”, including “gene editing, physical and cognitive prosthesis and pharmaceutical enhancement”, which could offer “profound expansion of the boundaries of human performance” and “the application of these technologies and the integration of human and machine on the battlefield present opportunities to enhance military capability”.

There is already a tight relationship between humans and machines in military conflicts. The concept of a “feedback loop” was developed during the Second World War, and in the years since “smart bombs” and drone strikes have become more common.

Such breakthroughs require a moral framework. “The business of UCAV [drone] operators is to kill”, says philosopher and cultural critic Laurie Calhoun. Humans could simply serve as an “ethical cover” for what is a mechanical job, in case events do not go as the officers – be they man or machine – intend.
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Just find a way to link it to men's hard ons and you will get all the funding and volunteers you will ever need.

Bickendan · May 6, 2021

Tererun said: ↑

Tuckerfan said: ↑

Cyborgs in spaaaaace!

US SPACE FORCE WILL CREATE ‘AUGMENTED HUMANS’ FOR ‘UNIMAGINABLE’ MILITARY STRATEGIES, CHIEF SCIENTIST SAYS

The US Space Force’s chief scientist has said that “human augmentation” is “imperative” in order for it to maintain military dominance.

‘In the last century, Western civilization transformed from an industrial-based society to an information-based society, but today we’re on the brink of a new age: the age of human augmentation,’ said Dr Joel Mozer, during an event at the Airforce Research Laboratory.

“‘In our business of national defense, it’s imperative that we embrace this new age, lest we fall behind our strategic competitors.”

There will be “unimaginable” advances made over the next decade in areas including artificial intelligence, that would make the military able to strategise tactics that “no human could”. Eventually “autonomous” programs will advise commanders in real time, Dr Mozer also said. The Independent has reached out to the armed service to confirm these quotes.

Commanders and decision makers will have multiple autonomous agents at their disposal, each able to control reconnaissance, fire control, or attack. Human augmentation, meanwhile, will eventually develop into technologies including augmented and virtual reality, as well as “nerve stimulation” to better simulate physical sensations.

“You could put [an] individual into a state of flow, where learning is optimized and retention is maximized,” Dr Mozer said. “This individual could be shaped into somebody with very high-performing potential.”

The UK, along with the US, has also predicted that future warfare will be conducted by a hybrid of robotic and human activities.

“Whilst it is envisaged that humans will continue to be central to the decision-making process, conflicts fought increasingly by robots or autonomous systems could change the very nature of warfare, as there will be less emphasis on emotions, passion and chance”, a 2018 Ministry of Defence report states.

It also examined the possibility of “human enhancement”, including “gene editing, physical and cognitive prosthesis and pharmaceutical enhancement”, which could offer “profound expansion of the boundaries of human performance” and “the application of these technologies and the integration of human and machine on the battlefield present opportunities to enhance military capability”.

There is already a tight relationship between humans and machines in military conflicts. The concept of a “feedback loop” was developed during the Second World War, and in the years since “smart bombs” and drone strikes have become more common.

Such breakthroughs require a moral framework. “The business of UCAV [drone] operators is to kill”, says philosopher and cultural critic Laurie Calhoun. Humans could simply serve as an “ethical cover” for what is a mechanical job, in case events do not go as the officers – be they man or machine – intend.
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Just find a way to link it to men's hard ons and you will get all the funding and volunteers you will ever need.
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It's called the Pfizer Covid Vaccine

Elwood · May 6, 2021

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It's called the Pfizer Covid Vaccine
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The built-in 5G service (and tracker) are nice, but the daily brain-mails from Bill Gates are a little repetitive. The poem he wrote about his pending divorce was nice though.

Tuckerfan · May 28, 2021

Tuckerfan · Sep 26, 2021

Space Force uniforms revealed.

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/22/1039711787/space-force-uniforms-battlestar-galactica

Patton would be proud.

Shirogayne · Sep 26, 2021

We Are Borg said: ↑

Biden needs to sign an Executive Order to end this farce.

I guaran-fucking-tee you that other branches of the military are laughing their asses off at Space Force.
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Oh, we definitely are.

We've even stopped making Chair Force jokes as we embrace them as Real Military before those fucks. Kinda like out haters of Discovery now love Enterprise

steve2^4 · Jan 17, 2022

Data center in space.

They need the computing ability in space to make decisions.

Time to pull the plug on these morons

(Merge the fucking threads if a related topic offends you that much.)

Bickendan · Jan 18, 2022

steve2^4 said: ↑

Data center in space.

They need the computing ability in space to make decisions.

Time to pull the plug on these morons

(Merge the fucking threads if a related topic offends you that much.)
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Tweet it and we'll consider it

Steal Your Face · Jan 18, 2022

steve2^4 said: ↑

Data center in space.

They need the computing ability in space to make decisions.

Time to pull the plug on these morons

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You'd think Biden would pull the plug.

Order2Chaos · Jan 19, 2022

steve2^4 said: ↑

Data center in space.

They need the computing ability in space to make decisions.

Time to pull the plug on these morons

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Yes, let's put up a data center before we actually have any personnel in orbit, and next to no assets (I assume there's still an X-37B somewhere). Someone's trying to get a foot in the door towards equal budget with the other forces. Not using up existing ground station bandwidth is great, but it's a fuckton cheaper to, y'know, add more ground stations, than to build a military version of Starlink and ship tons of compute hardware to orbit.

steve2^4 · Jan 20, 2022

I think they watched too much TV as kids.

Link

Tuckerfan · Jan 19, 2022

steve2^4 said: ↑

I think they watched too much TV as kids.

https://ufoseries.fandom.com/wiki/S.I.D.

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steve2^4 · Jan 19, 2022

Fucking bb code.

Tuckerfan · Jan 19, 2022

Tuckerfan · Sep 20, 2022

They've got an anthem now.

Thanks, I Hate It: Space Force Now Has an Anthem

Space Force, the sixth and newest branch of the United States Armed Forces, officially has a theme song. The song is called “Semper Supra” and debuted this morning at the 2022 Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Maryland.

We’re of course not talking about the cancelled Netflix series, but the youngest member of the United States Armed Forces, which was established in 2019 when the National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law—as an independent body formerly part of the Air Force. Since then, Space Force has been going through the motions of branding itself, like revealing its official uniform logos, and now an official theme song. The song is called “Semper Supra,” which is Latin for “always above,” and debuted at the 2022 Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland today.

The lyrics, as heard here in a video posted to Twitter by Defense News reporter Stephen Losey, read:

We’re the mighty watchful eye,

Guardians beyond the blue,

The invisible front line,

Warfighters brave and true.

Boldly reaching into space,

There’s no limit to our sky.

Standing guard both night and day,

We’re the Space Force from on high.

I guess I’ll be the one to say it: It’s a tad dystopic. The chorus of vocals singing of a “mighty watchful eye” and an “invisible front line” feels like the indoctrination chant of a post-apocalyptic society from a 1980's sci-fi movie. James Teachenor, a former member of the U.S. Air Force Band, and Chief of Space Operations General John “Jay” Raymond began writing the lyrics, melody, and composition of the song in 2019.

“The song was a long work in progress because I wanted it to encompass all the capabilities that the Space Force offers and its vision,” said Teachenor in an Air Force press release. “Our traditions are part of the fabric that weave us all together as we execute our missions side-by-side; I will be proud to sing ‘Semper Supra’ alongside my fellow Guardians,” Raymond said.

For what it’s worth, the song is very on brand with other Armed Forces tunes like The Army Goes Rolling Along and The Marines’ Hymn. These all feels cut from the cloth of a Fourth of July Celebration during the 50's, and “Semper Supra” too is a song seemingly inspired by America’s heyday.
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I'd have gone with

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MikeH92467 · Sep 21, 2022

Here's my choice...

Ancalagon · Sep 27, 2022

US Space Force: It’s actually more about leveraging synergies in the space domain to create an effect and set favorable conditions for the Warfighter while operating a system of systems, within a team of teams.

NASA: Let’s shoot a rocket at that sumbitch and see what happens

https://twitter.com/michaelstahlke/status/1574539885478047745?s=46&t=WzObBDkx0_rEVAHek2kciQ

MikeH92467 · Sep 27, 2022

Ancalagon said: ↑

US Space Force: It’s actually more about leveraging synergies in the space domain to create an effect and set favorable conditions for the Warfighter while operating a system of systems, within a team of teams.

NASA: Let’s shoot a rocket at that sumbitch and see what happens

https://twitter.com/michaelstahlke/status/1574539885478047745?s=46&t=WzObBDkx0_rEVAHek2kciQ
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Role reversal?

Shirogayne · Sep 27, 2022

Every time I go to the VA, I am reminded that this is actually real and I fucking hate it

But kudos to the Coast Guard because no one rips on them anymore because they weren't created under Trump lol

tafkats · Sep 28, 2022

Huh ... until just now, I never knew the Coast Guard wasn't under DOD.

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