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September 15, 2019 Space National Guard Space Force Will Get Its Own If It Becomes a New Military Service September 15, 2019 Space National Guard Space Force Will Get Its Own if it Becomes a New Military Service The Space Force will get its own National Guard branch if Congress decides to create the new military service in its 2020 defense policy bill. The Defense Department will establish the Space National Guard in tandem with the Space Force and will have basic headquarters and staffing set up by the beginning of next year if Congress gives it the green light, Brig. Gen. Patrick Cobb, special assistant to the National Guard Chief for space, told Federal News Network in an exclusive interview. “In the second year of existence we will start bringing National Guard units over to the Space National Guard,” Cobb said. “We will bring the Air National Guard units over first and then a year after that the Army National Guard unit that we have here in Colorado. The Air Force Reserve would do the same thing and Army Reserve.” Cobb said the only model for setting up the Space National Guard, and the Space Force itself, is the establishment of the Air National Guard in 1947. “We’ve been using a lot of that history,” Cobb said. “We saw how the Air Guard became an entity and the reserve a year after. We’ve been working with the Air Force and their planning team on the Space National Guard.” Regardless of the Space Force becoming its own branch or being placed within the Air Force, DoD will still establish the Space National Guard. Maj. Gen. Michael Loh, adjunct general of Colorado, told reporters 2 SEP why the Space Force needs its own National Guard. “The services are responsible for organizing, training and equipping,” Loh said. “If we have a Space Force, now they are responsible for the organizing, training and equipping of all the professionals who do space missions. If we de-link those two and leave it under the separate service of the Air Force or Air National Guard and not underneath the Space Force, then there are some unintended consequences. Those consequences involve funding, requirements and the regulations that the Space Force would come out with.” He added that the Guard components maintain the same standards and do the same training as their active components, and therefore need to be completely aligned. Cobb gave a real-world example as to why there needs to be a Space National Guard set up simultaneously with the Space Force. “Our concern is if we don’t transfer at the same time something may get lost or broken. A ball may get dropped, not on purpose, but it’s very complex U.S. code. We need to ensure Guardsmen get paid, or their leave stays on the books,” he said. “If there is a software upgrade, but Space Force owns that software upgrade, and we are still sitting in the Air National Guard will we get that upgrade? There’s a lot of those unknowns out there if we aren’t concurrently transferred over with our active duty counterparts.” Cobb said the plan should not add any extra cost to the defense budget. “We would realign existing billets to move over to stand up a Space National Guard element, so we would be zero cost,” Cobb said. There are seven states with 16 National Guard units operating in space. The services and combatant commanders dictate the number of units based on their needs. Right now the National Guard has missile warning, space operations and space intelligence units. “What we’ve been working on lately is the growth of our offensive and defensive space control units,” Cobb said. “We currently have a deployment overseas for our space units. California and Florida are two current units that are operational and they’ve been rotating personnel through overseas locations.” The establishment of a Space Force and Space National Guard is looking likely. Both the House and Senate versions of the 2020 defense authorization bills have some form of a Space Force. Lawmakers are set to go to conference committee early this fall to settle any differences in their versions of the NDAA. The defense authorization bill is one of the few bills Congress has reliably passed every year for more than 50 years. [Source: Federal News Network | Scott Maucione | September 2, 2019 ++] ********************** Commissary/Exchange Merger Update 05: Rushed Merger Could Hurt Troops and Their Families Major changes to the commissary and exchange system are closer than ever. Without action by Congress, a four-way merger will occur between the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) and the three military exchanges: the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), the Navy Exchange (NEX), and the Marine Corps Exchange (MCX). If the commissaries and exchanges are merged without the necessary protections for patrons and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) funds, the results could be devastating for these programs and the businesses that are a core part of the military base community. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 prohibits using the fiscal year’s funds for consolidation, but on 1 OCT, that ban is lifted. MOAA is following the proposed merger closely, and their concern has grown as the funding ban looms and they learn more about the DoD’s desired path. The Defense Department commissioned a business case study to be conducted on the four-way merger last year. The Enterprise Management Task Force recommended moving forward with consolidation earlier this year. DoD reaffirmed their support last month with the public release of the report to Congress and accompanying memo, signed by Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist, approving consolidation. The report to Congress outlines the DoD’s support from the business case analysis conducted in 2018 by Boston Consulting Group. However, the analysis overview leaves many unanswered questions as to why a merger is necessary and how it will protect the servicemember and family benefits. It is unclear why a large-scale merger is the only course being considered to increase efficiencies. For a change of this magnitude, analysis for alternative courses of action should be weighed — and we don’t know whether DoD conducted any analysis on this scale. Additionally, it is unclear what impact any consolidation efforts may have on MWR funds. It is important to note that the exchanges are fully funded by revenue generated from sales while Commissaries are funded using appropriated defense funding. If DeCA is merged with the exchanges, DoD could use exchange profits to offset commissary appropriations. If this occurs, MWR funds would be reduced as well, hurting servicemembers and families. Reductions in MWR could have unintended consequences on readiness, as these support services are critical to military operations. A promising sign is that Congress is directing the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to get involved. The House NDAA and Senate report language both call on GAO to reanalyze the business case analysis and validate the expected impact on patrons, employees, and the MWR funds. MOAA applauds the GAO review and is optimistic that their impartial review, if approved in the 2020 NDAA, will provide recommendations for how the DoD should proceed. GAO’s review of the DoD’s business reform efforts and plans highlight concerns about the DoD’s analysis. A recent report indicates “[GAO] could not validate DOD’s claims of cost savings related to business reforms it has already made.” Congress should heed the early warning of the GAO study. The legislators are coming back from the August recess with a major task ahead, resolving the two versions of NDAA. There are many issues to come to a consensus on, and the future of the commissary and exchange system should be on their docket. Without Congressional action, the DoD is free to start consolidation without taking into consideration the ongoing GAO study. Readers are encouraged to take action and reach out to their member of Congress and tell them to adopt Section 631 of the House version (H.R. 2500). This section provides essential Congressional oversight and ensures an objective review is completed on the proposed merger. To facilitate doing this MOAA has provided a preformatted editable message at http://takeaction.moaa.org/moaa/app/write-a- letter?0&engagementId=502113 which readers can click on to communicate with their legislators. [Source: The MOAA Newsletter | September 5, 2019 ++] ********************* National Museum of the U.S. Army Update 04: Opening Set for 04 June, 2020 The National Museum of the United States Army, the first museum dedicated to the entirety of the Army’s 244-year history, will open its doors June 4, 2020, according to an 38 AUG Army news release. The museum, under construction since 2016 near the gates of Fort Belvoir, Va., will be free to the public, though visitors will need timed-entry tickets to manage crowds. Learn more about the process, and sign up to receive an update when tickets become available at https://armyhistory.org/opening-day. Tammy Call, director of the museum, said in a recent Military Officer piece about the museum. “This is home for you.” Plans for the museum have been in the works for nearly three decades. The Army designated the Army Historical Foundation as the official fund-raiser; the Army will take ownership and run operations once the museum is open. Locations in Pennsylvania and the metropolitan D.C. area were considered before the final selection was made. The property includes a memorial garden for reflection, an amphitheater for ceremonies and events, a parade ground complex for reenactments, and a trail to learn about Army survival tactics. The museum will feature artifacts, documents, images, and selections from the Army Art Collection that tell the Army story in a 185,000-square-foot building.
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