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Shortly after the US Space Force was formed and it appears to be living through its first existential crisis: What to name the personnel?
The situation is such that the US Air Force even published a request for “U.S. military space professionals” to provide feedback in what to name the Space Force’s members as well as their ranks.
“Given the significance a name has to the identity and culture of an organization, the Space Force is taking a deliberate approach to ensure Space Force member titles and ranks appropriately convey the nature of the newest Armed Forces branch and the domain in which it operates.”
It should be similar to how the Air Force calls its members “Airmen” and the Army calls its members “Soldiers.”
“As we continue to forge the Space Force into a lean, agile and forward-looking 21st century warfighting branch, we want to provide space professionals the opportunity to influence what the members of our new service will be called,” said Lt. Gen. DT Thompson, U.S. Space Force vice commander. “The decisions we make today will shape the Space Force for decades to come, so we want to ensure those who will serve in the Space Force have a say when it comes to important organizational and cultural identity considerations.”
Currently, only the entry-level position has a name – “space cadet.”
For any further ranks, as well as a collective name, there’s room for suggestions. Officials emphasized several guidelines respondents must consider when submitting ideas.
“For example, proposals must be gender-neutral, distinctive and should emphasize a future-oriented military force. In addition, submissions cannot violate copyrights, infringe on trademarks or other intellectual property rights, or be proprietary. Any submission falling into those categories will not be considered. Submissions must also be in good taste.”
Back in February 2019, Slate suggested several options: “Space trooper” – it relates to the popular book and movie Starship Troopers, and clearly you can’t name that the members because it’s copyrighted.
“Space sentinel is a strong candidate as it evokes an image of a person standing watch over something, such as the Army’s Old Guard sentinel protecting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.”
It would show that the US, is not only the “protector of Earth” but also of “space,” mostly from presumed or self-invented threats.
“A space guardian makes sense as well, in part because of the way it invokes the heavens. As the newest military service, some space professionals would prefer to use terminology that isn’t steeped in centuries of military history.”
But, names relating to space TV series are not a bad idea – the US Space Force’s logo is from Star Trek, and the cadets have the same name such as those from the classic cosmo opera (the term space cadet in American mass culture is inextricably linked with the fantastic comics of the 1930s and 1940s).
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But cadets who graduated aren’t named anything. The interim term seems to be the streamlined “space professionals” used by the commander of the US Air Force Forces General John Raymond at a recent symposium. The options proposed by the employees themselves are spacemen and space soldiers are considered, but are unlikely to take root.
They could also introduce the Jedi Order, and assume all of the ranks, with padawans and everything else.
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instead of CIA—perhaps SUA: SELF UGLIGIED AMERIKAN
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Space dreamers or, better, space deluded.
Space trolls or Romulans would be fitting.
The Borgs is more fitting.
Ferengi is most applicable.
Dumbass, lardass space beggars seems more apt:
US FROM OVERSTRETCH TO COLLAPSED FAILED STATE
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Maybe your dog eater (Chinese) friends with their military junk could compete with the USA :D .Just kidding. Those dog eating assholes just burnt their own ship few weeks back :D
The Asstral Space Squad (ASS) fits the Zioterrorist scum just right.
Hahaha, that’s good one.
Hopefully the USA space force would bomb China from space :)
The US hasn’t the balls. They were scared sheetless of the Iranian bombings ffs.
ISIS and AQ are what the US use for foreign relations.
It already has.
Twat.
Goodbye.
Space Force my A55….
The Milky Bar Kids.
Lol. Very good and so apt for exploring the Milky Way :)
“The Milky Bar kid is strong enough, and only the best is good enough, The creamiest milk, the whitest bar, the goodness that’s in Milky Wars”!
Space Ghosts. Because the USA love their invisible aircraft …. which kinda makes them like ‘ghosts”…. I say they call themselves Space Ghosts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FRW2bOqvzI
This documentary depicts a powerful force that includes women, a gay boy in tights and low IQ monkey men which represents the current US recruitment standards.
Spacecataz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Pg9wp1aWg
Stormtroopers, because they will fight for an Empire corrupted by the darkside and as an homage to the operation paperclip Nazis that founded their space program.
And this too will be made in a Hollywood basement.
Space terrorists hahahaha
Space Mafia: lower ranks = Made Man
highest ranks: Don
” What to name the personnel?”
How about ‘ Space Muppets. ?
“Full Spectrum Universe Dominance”! The United States will take Leadership over all the planets under our sun and the US President and Washington will lead the universe.
Special planets with gold and other rare materials will only be allocated to special trusted Cyborg Allies from the 5 eyes. Our main US Military Head Quarter controlling the universe has already been prepared on Mars with photonic laser precision weapons watching and surveilling every single sand corn on the planet, ready to defend American soil and interests with a precision strike.
Sorry guys, America won and you losers from your shithole countries lost again!