Space Force unveils 'semper supra' motto, delta logo

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

The U.S. Space Force’s official motto will be “semper supra,” the Latin for “always above,” the military service announced Wednesday.

The Space Force also unveiled Wednesday its official logo, a silver delta symbol with the Polaris star in the center, spires at the top representing a rocket launch and beveled elements on the edges to symbolize jointness with the other military branches.

“We are building a new Service to secure the space domain... the ultimate high ground,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond tweeted Wednesday. “Our strategic imperative is to ensure that our space capabilities & the advantages they provide the nation & our Joint and Coalition partners are always there. #SemperSupra!”

Last week, the service announced it had chosen the first 2,410 airmen who will transfer into the Space Force starting Sept. 1.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/508559-space-force-unveils-semper-supra-motto-delta-logo

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Officially, the Space Force only has 88 sworn-in members: Raymond, senior enlisted adviser Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman and 86 Air Force Academy graduates who commissioned directly into the Space Force upon graduation in April.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. christ, the Pig has conned them all into creating a joke.

Might as well start handing out red shirts.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Sit Optimum

[wcmagumba]

3. I think these guys (see video) are way smarter than these guys...

[Zorro]

4. The Space Force logo is quite similar to the USAF Space Command logo

Space Command has been around for about 40 years now.

[pazzyanne]

10. Just adding useless branches that we, the taxpayers, will be expected to pay for.

I've always heard that the Republicans are anti-big government. We just keep adding more and more useless crap. Time to clean up the mess. Let's start with fumigating the White House and carry on from there.

[Zorro]

14. The Space Force organizations already existed

The creation of this branch is basically a restructuring effort to consolidate space-related military functions under one command.

There are pros and cons to this merging of disparate space organizations from internal AF and other service branches, but it should lead to streamlining coordination between different military programs.

[pazzyanne]

17. I have no faith in this administration to accomplish this, just saying.

[reACTIONary]

26. +10 nt

[dchill]

20. "No one could have foreseen..."

...that there was already a Space Command!

[rickford66]

5. Space Cadets it will be.

[Grokenstein]

6. I keep waiting for these clowns to break into laughter.

"You...you didn't take us seriously, did you? ...You DID! You did take us seriously! Oh my god! You're a fucking idiot!"

[scarletwoman]

7. I thought they unveiled their logo months ago.

Is this a new new logo?

Anyway, fuck the space force. Not that trump cares, but I thought the U.S. was party to an international treaty that pledges only peaceful utilization of space.

[left-of-center2012]

18. I think that was a flag?

[scarletwoman]

29. Nope, it was the official unveiling of the logo in January - see below:

Trump Unveils New Space Force Logo, Inciting 'Star Trek' Fan Outrage

January 24, 2020


In the voyage to the final frontier there is a wave of ridicule being directed toward President Trump who unveiled the U.S. Space Force logo on Friday afternoon. (January 17, 2020)

"After consultation with our Great Military Leaders, designers and others, I am pleased to present the new logo for the United States Space Force, the Sixth Branch of our Magnificent Military!" Trump tweeted.

Welp, it appears as though many of those great leaders "and others" were likely — even if subconsciously — influenced by Star Trek because the design of its signature image is nearly identical.

"THIS IS THE STARFLEET LOGO!" The New York Times reporter Sopan Deb was quick to text-shout on Twitter.

"THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TOOK A THING FROM A TV SHOW AND MADE IT THE OFFICIAL EMBLEM OF A BRANCH OF THE MILITARY," he continued.

To many critics it seems highly illogical that the similarities to the iconic patch from the beloved television program were not somehow ... modified. That the administration has approved and boldly gone where 1960s television art designers went decades ago is absolutely baffling.

[reACTIONary]

27. Nope. It only prohibits...

.... nuclear weapons and "military moon bases".

The substance of the arms control provisions is in Article IV. This article restricts activities in two ways:

First, it contains an undertaking not to place in orbit around the Earth, install on the moon or any other celestial body, or otherwise station in outer space, nuclear or any other weapons of mass destruction.

Second, it limits the use of the moon and other celestial bodies exclusively to peaceful purposes and expressly prohibits their use for establishing military bases, installation, or fortifications; testing weapons of any kind; or conducting military maneuvers.

https://2009-2017.state.gov/t/isn/5181.htm

Space is now considered a contested region. That's why the Space Force was created.

[scarletwoman]

30. Thank you for finding that! It appears to me that it also prohibits any orbiting weapons platforms:

First, it contains an undertaking not to place in orbit around the Earth, install on the moon or any other celestial body, or otherwise station in outer space, nuclear or any other weapons of mass destruction.

My question would be - what constitutes a "weapon of mass destruction" when it's being deployed from orbit?

[reACTIONary]

33. Good question! Don't know, the treaty...

... does not define the term. The term is defined by one source as

A weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or other device that is intended to harm a large number of people.

https://www.dhs.gov/topic/weapons-mass-destruction

Here is an interesting article in the Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction

Apparently the term has been used for quite some time and first referred to massive areal bombardment.

[scarletwoman]

36. I think maybe the treaty needs to updated for the cyber age. Hypothetically, shouldn't an orbiting

weapons platform capable of shooting down another country's communication satellites be considered a type of "mass destruction" - due to how much damage it could cause to that country's infrastructure?

[reACTIONary]

41. Bingo! This is why we have a...

... space force. Early on, space was an uncontested region. Like Antarctica. Our military, and other nations militaries, placed assets in space and have become very dependent on them. This includes communications, situational awareness and GPS.

Now there are efforts by our adversaries to develop the capability to "take out" these assets. Doing so at the right place and time would be a crippling blow to a military operation. Space is now a contested region. That is why the space force has been created.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. I was hoping for "By Grabthar's Hammer, You Shall Be Avenged"

or "What a Savings" - I'm not fussy.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. I was hoping for "to boldly go where no man has gone before." NT

[pecosbob]

9. Don't even bother to move in to your new offices...you won't be there long enough to warm the seat

This travesty will not survive even one year of the new administration.

[NurseJackie]

11. Steve Carell is so funny in that show...

[whistler162]

12. Always Toyota????

https://www.toyota.com/gr-supra/

[louis-t]

15. Super Duper.

[Foolacious]

16. "Always on Top"? N/T

[howardmappel]

19. I thought the Space Force was supposed to be a new branch, not part of the Air Force. N/t

[left-of-center2012]

21. It's like the Marines ...

who are part of the Navy.

[Sgent]

22. USSF is to the USAF

as USMC is to the Navy.

The idea (from people other than Trump) is that USAF command space missions and personnel got shortchanged by fighter jockey's when it came to promotion, funding, etc. IDK if it was true, but that's what some senators thought.

In reality, I think cyber, both offensive and defensive, is more important than space for the foreseeable future. It faces a different set of challenges though since good cyber people have to be paid outside the military chain of command, and then you wind up with defense contractors which suck.

[reACTIONary]

28. Space has become extremely important ...

... to military operations and weapons systems. Almost all communications systems have a space component, space is very important for situational awareness, and then there is GPS.

Space has become a contested region, so our space assets have become very vulnerable. The "high ground of space" makes you an easy target.

[cstanleytech]

23. More like Space Farce.

[DinahMoeHum]

24. Eager Young Space Cadet reporting. . .

#newrostrong

[NellieStarbuck]

25. When do they debut the camo design?

Little stars on a navy blue background?

[scarletwoman]

31. Here you go:

[hay rick]

32. Almost the same as Trump's motto...semper supra legem. nt

[hatrack]

34. "Space Force" - the second federal agency Biden needs to dissolve on Day One

The first, of course, is DHS.

[Zorro]

35. Neither will happen

[Polybius]

38. He can't by executive order

It was signed into legislation.

[hatrack]

39. Well, a few extra tasks for Nancy and Chuck then . . .

[Polybius]

40. Lol yup

Hopefully we take the Senate.

[area51]

37. We can have a Space Farce wasting our taxpayer dollars,

but there's no money for healthcare for all?