Biden decides to keep Space Command in Colorado. WTG Tuberville!

[Nevilledog]

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Lara Seligman
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This has been a long time coming... @TTuberville will not be happy.

Seung Min Kim
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden decides to keep Space Command in Colorado, overturning Trump decision to move it to Alabama, officials tell AP.
12:39 PM · Jul 31, 2023

[onecaliberal]

1. Yes.

[Cha]

2. Actions have Consequences,

tuberfuck.

Keep FAFO.

[Solly Mack]

3. Good.

[Nevilledog]

20. ...

[Solly Mack]

29. Heh

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

31. I don't know who they are

But the guy on the right looks and dresses very much like a Jewish guy I dated back in the 80s...

Not the same guy, but close.

[Cha]

4. PS.. TY & Pes Biden! Good on Colorado!

[leftieNanner]

5. And Why the Hell would we put a new military base

In a state with a Senator who is blocking all military promotions?

We already have the Marines without a Commandant and will soon lose both the head of the Navy and the Army.

F You Tommy.

[Renew Deal]

6. The people that are happiest about this are probably the people working at space command.

Moving would be a hit on their quality of life, personal health, and education for their kids.

[Nevilledog]

8. Absolutely.

[not fooled]

17. Yeah...Alabama

(no offense to the good Dems and blue voters trying to make that state better in spite of itself).

[ArnoldLayne]

7. Ha Ha in your eye Tommy

[spanone]

9. Eat shit tommy

[GenXer47]

10. Colorado is closer to space

than Alabama.

[madinmaryland]

11. Tuber I'll fucked around and now he's finding out.

[multigraincracker]

12. Biden for the

Extra Point and the win.

[rubbersole]

22. Roll Tide!

Oh, wait..

[Wingus Dingus]

13. Exactly where it belongs.

[JT45242]

14. No more new military ops in the confederacy

Period. None, not one.

If they want to bring back Jim crow...no military dollars into the economy.

All those leach states can suffer the economic consequences of continuing the rebellion.

[burrowowl]

15. GOOD!

[orangecrush]

16. Good

[Crowman2009]

18. Potatoville pays the price for being a dumb SOB.

[NowISeetheLight]

19. WTG Joe

[ejbr]

21. The self-owns

By these clowns is near impossible to keep up with. I like that there are now consequences

[Initech]

23. Ha ha! Fuck you Tuberville!

[BMW2020RT]

24. I don't see a need for Space command to begin with.

Since it exists, Colorado seems like a better location and Tubby pissed on his chance with his military promotions shenanigans.

[sir pball]

25. It wasn't really new, it was just merging tons of Commands into one Force.

The Air Force had an entirely space-dedicated division (Space Command/STRATCOM) for 40 years, and the Navy and Army both had space divisions as well (Naval Space Command and Army Space and Missile Defense Command) – it is vastly simpler and more logical to combine all of those Commands into one Force that's responsible for all operations over the 62mi/100km Kàrmàn line.

All that said, keeping the HQ in a mountain in Colorado (I haven't actually RTA but I'm assuming this is about moving control out of The Mountain) is a no-brainer unless there's some very deep and secure Alabama bunker we don't know about…

[BMW2020RT]

26. I don't dispute the benefits of a merger.

It strikes me as creating complexity by adding another voice at a table that seems well attended already.

Oh, well. Life goes on.

[sir pball]

27. It reduced complexity, all the Space forces are now under one command.

Rather than all the disparate commands trying to coordinate, it's now just one unified command. It was one of the very, very few smart things TFG did.

[BMW2020RT]

28. I guess simplicity is in the eye of the beholder.

One command could be an existing command. Like the USAF.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

32. You're not thinking of this like the military does

Anytime someone wanted to unite the space commands under one military branch, the other two threw hissy fits. It's a turf war/penis-wagging/interbranch rivalry thing peculiar to the military. They're kinda used to a bit of shakeup, but they *never* like to a lose a guaranteed cash register like a space program to those "other guys."

That's why I'm okay with all three getting a lesson about, "If I can't have it, nobody will."

Okay, fine. Now none of you have it, just like you wanted.

Serves them right.

As for where it belongs, NORAD is probably the best choice, given the interbranch mission they already enjoy.

[okaawhatever]

30. Now move Redstone Arsenal to Colorado. 👍👍👍

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

34. I'd be good with moving Maxwell from AL

Maybe to Scott AFB in Illinois. More varied weather conditions for learning how to fly. Close to St Louis for more civilized down time jollies.

I've been to Maxwell. It's right outside Montgomery. It's not a small town, but it's not huge, either. Right in that bad spot of having a bit more to do than a town like Rapid City, SD (ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ) or Minot, ND (ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ) or Abilene (Kill me now).

More like hm, we have more than one bookstore, a couple of nice restaurants, and ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

You can do everything interesting there in about a weekend. Then you're twiddling your thumbs ever after.

[okaawhatever]

35. I spent a summer at Maxwell. Dad was TDY. I also spent 4 yrs in Nebraska.I feel ya.

[Grown2Hate]

33. Considering Tuberville would have been advocating

that we try to land a human on the Sun at night during winter, this is probably for the best.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. This makes smile

Tuberville is pissed

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