BLUF
A change in leadership at US military space operations is set, with Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting being nominated to take over as head of US Space Command (SPACECOM).Summary
KEY POINTS:
- Gen Whiting is currently head of Space Operations Command at Peterson Space Force Base.
- He will take over the SPACECOM role from Army Gen. James Dickinson.
- Space Command was established in late 2019 as a geographic combatant command.