The White House on Tuesday nominated U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David Miller for his fourth star as the head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). Miller would replace Gen. Stephen Whiting as SPACECOM commander.
Since last November, Miller has served as the deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs and requirements.
Before that, Miller was the final head of Space Operations Command (SpOC). Last November, Space Force changed SpOC’s name to Combat Forces Command (CFC) to signal a move “toward enhanced combat readiness and integrated space defense.”
CFC’s legacy dates back to Air Force Space Command, which became SpOC in October 2020.
In September last year, Miller spoke of the first space electromagnetic warfare tactical operations center and coming advances in space control, orbital warfare, and the surveillance, tracking, and targeting of potential adversary air and space systems — a foreshadowing of Air Force Secretary Troy Meink’s statement on the existence of U.S. orbital weapons at the Air & Space Forces Association’s conference this month.
If confirmed by the Senate as head of SPACECOM, Miller will have oversight of the command’s move from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama — a move that was the subject of a bitter partisan battle on Capitol Hill.
