Service guarantees citizenship! A ceremony has been held in
which General John W "Jay" Raymond took an oath of office and became
the first ever commissioned officer of the United States Space Force. This is a
few weeks after President Donald Trump officially established it, see here for
essential background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2019/12/space-force-established.html.
The event was handled by the Vice-President Mike Pence and Col. Curtis Fernandez
of the National Space Council. It took place in the Vice-President's Ceremonial
Office in Washington DC .
The people all stood while a US Air Force choir-member sung The Star Spangled Banner. Interestingly
the national anthem of the USA
contains the lyric "and the rocket's red glare". The composer of the
anthem was referring to signal rockets launched by the US Army during the
Anglo-American war of 1812. However, there is a strange cosmic joke with the anthem
being sung at the establishment of a space force; perhaps doubly so because
rockets themselves are obsolete technology that are only used today because of
the secrecy in which free energy and antigravity are held. In the background
link above I go into more detail about that. After the song there were prayers
led by a chaplain; this is America
after all. Then Vice-President Pence did a speech, thanking various individuals,
including some of the names in the above background article. Gen. Raymond took
his oath with his hand on the bible and became the first ever Chief of Space
Operations. Then he made a speech about his personal feelings, with some
humour. Mixed with that was the usual statements about the supposed need to
extend military might into space, although just as a "deterrent",
Gen. Raymond said. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe3NZ8qgNw8.
There has been some criticism of the USSF uniforms; they supposedly look too
much like those of the other services. There has been particular scorn shown to
the DPM camouflage utilities that are worn during everyday duties. Why do space
force members need to wear them when they're only meant for land forces? One
reason is simply military culture and traditions. Members of the navies and air
forces often wear them, both in the States and other countries. Also it is far
cheaper to make them. Instead of a tailor designing and weaving totally new outfits,
they usual line can be continued, simply with different badges on them. The
same goes for the officers' dress number 1's. They're the same colour as the
USAF's, and for the same reason. This question came up on the recent episode of the
Mind Set Podcast, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-mind-set-podcast-programme-385.html. Where this new organization will lead us
in the 2020's is anybody's guess, but in the background links, above and below,
I explore possibilities. Would you like to know more?
See here for
background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2020/01/us-navy-has-more-nimitz-evidence.html.
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