Patrick Space Force Base will be home to national training headquarters

REQUIRED. THE NEXT GENERATION OF US SOLDIERS FOR A NEW FRONTIER WILL BE TRAINED IN BRAVADO COUNTY. YES, THEY WILL. PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR WHAT WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS STARCOM WESH 2 IS THE SPACE COAST BUREAU CHIEF. SCOTT HEIDLER TALKED TO THOSE BEHIND THE EFFORT TO BRING IT HERE. THE U.S. SPACE FORCE HAS SELECTED THE SPACE COAST FOR ITS TRAINING HEADQUARTERS KNOWN AS STARCOM PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, BEATING OUT FIVE OTHER BASES IN CALIFORNIA AND COLORADO. THINK ABOUT WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING HERE AS SPACE FORCE WILL MAINTAIN EXPAND OUR SPACE DOMINANCE. THE GUARDIANS WHO WILL BE DEVELOPING THE WAR FIGHTERS OF THE FUTURE VIA SPACE FOR TACTICS AND PROCEDURES WILL ALL BE DONE HERE, NOT JUST TRAINING SPACE FOR SOLDIERS, GUARDIANS, AS THEY’RE CALLED, BUT DEVELOPING WHAT WORF CHAIR IN THE NEW DOMAIN WILL LOOK LIKE. ALL THAT ACTIVITY HERE WILL BOOST THE ECONOMY WITH THE MANY COMING IN TO THE SPACE COAST FOR STARCOM, BUT ALSO TEAMING UP WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND THE ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY HERE. SO WE LOOKED AT THIS NOT JUST AS A PIVOT COUNTY. WE WITH THE ORLANDO ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS AS REGIONAL IMPACT IN THE AREA, ECONOMIC IMPACT HERE. BUT TRAINING THAT WILL HAVE A MUCH BIGGER SECURITY REACH DA COM EXISTS TO PREPARE OUR FORCES AND MAKE THEM COMBAT READY. CLEARLY IT WILL BE AN AREA THAT IS CONTESTED BY THE THE RUSSIANS AND OTHERS IN THE FUTURE. STAR COMMS HEADQUARTERS HERE WILL TRAIN AMERICANS FOR THE NEXT FRONTIER OF WARFARE IN SPACE. AND IT’S NOT JUST GOING TO BE MILITARY ASSETS LIKE SATELLITES. IT’S GOING TO BE PROTECTING NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT’S NOW UP IN SPACE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, FOR MANAGING OUR POWER GRID, FOR DRIVING LITERALLY THESE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND AND OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. THERE ARE CRITICAL PART OF OUR SPACE ECONOMY ON THE SPA

The U.S. Space Force has tapped the Space Coast for its STARCOM training headquarters. Patrick Space Force Base beat out five other bases in California and Colorado to land the selection.“Think about what we are going to be doing here. As Space Force will expand and maintain our space dominance, the guardians will be developing the war fighters of the future in space for tactics and procedures. It’ll all be done here,” said Lynda Weatherman, the president and CEO of the Space Coast Economic Development Commission.It’ll be more than training Space Force soldiers – guardians as they’re called – but will include the development and testing of how warfare in the new domain will be carried out.All that activity is expected to boost the economy with the many coming into the Space Coast for STARCOM, but it also will include partnerships and relationships with local universities and the established commercial space industry.“So we looked at this not just as Brevard County. We worked with the Orlando Economic Partnership. Talked to them about it, because this really has regional impact in the area,” added Weatherman.The economic impact in Central Florida, but also training that will have a much bigger security reach.“STARCOM exists to prepare our forces, to make them combat-ready. Clearly, it will be an area contested by the Chinese, the Russians and others in the future,” said Frank DiBello, the president and CEO of Space Florida.STARCOM’s headquarters will train Americans for the new frontier of warfare in space. But it’s not just about protecting military assets, like spy satellites. It’s also about safeguarding critical national infrastructure that’s now in space.“For telecommunications, for managing our power grid, for driving air traffic control and our transportation systems. They are a critical part of our space economy,” added DiBello.

The U.S. Space Force has tapped the Space Coast for its STARCOM training headquarters.

Patrick Space Force Base beat out five other bases in California and Colorado to land the selection.

“Think about what we are going to be doing here. As Space Force will expand and maintain our space dominance, the guardians will be developing the war fighters of the future in space for tactics and procedures. It’ll all be done here,” said Lynda Weatherman, the president and CEO of the Space Coast Economic Development Commission.

It’ll be more than training Space Force soldiers – guardians as they’re called – but will include the development and testing of how warfare in the new domain will be carried out.

All that activity is expected to boost the economy with the many coming into the Space Coast for STARCOM, but it also will include partnerships and relationships with local universities and the established commercial space industry.

“So we looked at this not just as Brevard County. We worked with the Orlando Economic Partnership. Talked to them about it, because this really has regional impact in the area,” added Weatherman.

The economic impact in Central Florida, but also training that will have a much bigger security reach.

“STARCOM exists to prepare our forces, to make them combat-ready. Clearly, it will be an area contested by the Chinese, the Russians and others in the future,” said Frank DiBello, the president and CEO of Space Florida.

STARCOM’s headquarters will train Americans for the new frontier of warfare in space. But it’s not just about protecting military assets, like spy satellites. It’s also about safeguarding critical national infrastructure that’s now in space.

“For telecommunications, for managing our power grid, for driving air traffic control and our transportation systems. They are a critical part of our space economy,” added DiBello.

Patrick Space Force Base will be home to national training headquarters

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