Gentlemen,
Happy
Holidays to you! I am hoping this short
EMAIL finds you and yours in great health and spirits, and will help you to
point me to the right folks to engage in discussion on AFSPC manpower and
funding in the development of tomorrows Space Cadre at the
The
AF Academy is AFSPCs best source for tomorrows Space
Cadre. Just as yesterdays AF demanded
pilots from its primary ascension source and similar to how the
We
all know that the requirement for a dedicated approach to producing Space Cadre
has long been established, yet with AFSPC and the Academy merely miles apart,
the AF institution (AFSPC) that could most benefit from forwardly Space educated
and trained commissioned officers, has yet to commit dedicated resources that
could jump-start the Academy's evolving and expanding emphasis on providing
officers ready for tomorrows Air & Space Force.
There
are multiple relatively new start, processes and programs going on at USAFA
dedicated to training and educating tomorrows Air & Space leaders. The
34TRW has instituted Operation LAUNCH PAD, a transitional program designed to
re-engineer the Training Wing, using the Schriever 2001 Wargame as a template-baseline
of tomorrows/2017 Air & Space capabilities.
On the Dean of Faculty (DF) side of the house the CHICKEN HAWK program
would partner with DARPA to design, engineer and control a 4 per year, nano-sat research satellite launch capability, also the Space
Operation Major is being re-engineered.
Plans have been developed and a requirement for funding established for
the Air & Space Education and Training Facility (ASETF). This modern 3-story facility will take the
Cadets from their historical marching on the Terrazzo, to manning mission
control and a space shuttle simulator during a military space shuttle
mission. In the
face of cut backs, USAFA resources are stretched to do tomorrows Space
education & training right and to do tomorrows Space education &
training now.
The
issues are many. Space education and
training for tomorrows Space Warfighter is even a new
concept in AFSPC. Training Programs for
the Space Professional are being re-engineered to meet
advances in Active Duty requirements.
Why not establish the AFSPC-USAFA link to effect change at the ascension
level also? To empower experts and
assets at USAFA to effect this transition we must rely upon the guidance and
requirements of the MAJCOM with the Nations lead in Space. Therefore, a SPACE CHAIR
and Office, manned by AFSPC, at USAFA.
A
few words here from another AFSPC guy (me) on how our MAJCOM should help the
Academy start early at meeting our requirements for Space Cadre. A fat finger support proposal to discuss with
whoever you think I should initially brainstorm this with, would be for 2
billets, a Field Grade Officer and an NCO, preferably with new space/AFSPC
connections and experience (SWC-14AF), & $1M annual budget, for contractor
support, travel, HW/SW, communications, etc.
Please,
pass to whom you feel may be interested.
Both Lt Gen Dallager,
USAFA/CC, and BGen Gilbert, 34TRW/CC have stated that in past conversations
with Gen Lord, that he has expressed interest in supporting the AF
Academy. Scooter feels that the type of
support, proposed above, will come right back to him, many times over.
V/R,
Eric "Scooter"
34TRW/CCL
Director,
Operation LAUNCH PAD
Space
& Information Operations, Research
eric.berry@usafa.af.mil
(719) 333-1983, DSN 333-1983
fax 333-2663, cell (719) 201- 9749