ARMY SEEKS TO CREATE NEW SPACE MOS, BRANCH
Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey speaks at AUSA Coffee Series event
Wed, 07/24/2024 - 07:15
To boost expertise in space operations, the Army is working to establish a new space MOS and branch, said Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, commander of Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Work also is underway to push critical space capabilities down to the tactical level.
In remarks July 23 at a Coffee Series breakfast hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army, Gainey acknowledged that the demand for troops who are experts in the space domain exceeds the capacity, and the tasks are being filled by soldiers in air and missile defense MOSs, increasing their operational tempo.
“The way we operate right now is we pull soldiers from air defense, signal corps and [military intelligence], and we build crews based off of several different MOSs,” Gainey said. He explained that, in what becomes almost a three-year cycle, soldiers get certified in space operations but may only get to perform one mission before they go back to their own basic branch. As a result, no one is an expert in the craft.
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