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Offline Elderberry

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Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« on: February 06, 2020, 12:37:19 am »
Military Times 2/5/2020

 A decision on the title to be bestowed upon Space Force personnel is still forthcoming, the service’s No. 2 general told reporters Wednesday, but the service is moving out on a plan to transfer thousands of current service members into its ranks over the next couple of years.

Of 16,000 Air Force Space Command service members and civilians currently assigned to Space Force, the 6,000 uniformed personnel there will become members of the fledgling force this year, Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of the Space Force, said, adding that the projected end strength will still be 16,000 when transfers are complete.

“Everybody’s watching — we can’t build a heavy bureaucratic structure even if we wanted to,” he said.

But they won’t be called “spacemen,” Thompson said, though leaders have been doing research on what to call their troops and crowdsourcing ideas.

More: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/02/05/space-force-troops-wont-be-called-spacemen/
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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2020, 12:48:46 am »
Well, it's better than seaman...  :silly:
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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2020, 03:03:56 am »
Swell.  Let's crowdsource this so we can get a really good name for the Reqs, like "Auxiliary Human-Sourced Components/CIS/Male" (Quantity:  100)
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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2020, 03:50:27 am »
My college geology professor (72-73) had aspired to be a space man. He  didn't make it.

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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2020, 04:30:47 am »
I think they should pay homage to an American serial

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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2020, 01:32:53 pm »

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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2020, 12:43:34 pm »
Will newbies be called space "cadets?" :whistle:
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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2020, 05:14:02 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on February 07, 2020, 12:43:34 pm
Will newbies be called space "cadets?" :whistle:
No, I believe that name was already claimed by the newest democrat congress critters.
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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2020, 05:47:49 am »
Yeah,they will.

When they are not being called Space Cadets,that is.
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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2020, 10:59:39 am »
I wonder if they will be trained at the Star Fleet academy.

I think a lot of kids wanna be astronauts when they are young. I know I did.

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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2020, 11:23:36 am »
From The Right Stuff:

German Scientist: We could launch a pod.

Lyndon Johnson: A pot?

German Scientist: A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we would be in full control of zis pod. It vill go up like a cannonball, and come down like, uh, a cannonball, splashing down into ze water, the ocean, vith a parachute to spare the life of the specimen inside.

Lyndon Johnson: Spaceman?

German Scientist: SPE-CI-MEN.

Lyndon Johnson: Well, what kind of spe-ci-men?

German Scientist: A tough one. Responsive to orders. I had in mind a jimp.

Lyndon Johnson: JIMP? Well what the HELL is a jimp?

German Scientist: A jimp. A-a-a jimpanzee, Senator. An ape.
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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2020, 03:03:59 pm »
Quote from: Neverdul on February 08, 2020, 11:23:36 am
From The Right Stuff:

 
German Scientist: A jimp. A-a-a jimpanzee, Senator. An ape.

@Neverdul

I have always thought a chimp would make and excellent Senator for states like Ca,Ny,Mass,etc,etc,etc.

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It would probably be overqualified.
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Re: Space Force troops won’t be called ‘spacemen’
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2020, 03:16:35 pm »
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