Washington – The head of United States Space Force Progress is made with the plans to extract talent from the units of the National Air Guard to help build the still new military service, but several governors remain opposite and argue that they trample their rights to retain control over their state units.
In general, the plan would only affect 578 service members in six states And the headquarters of the National Air Guard and increase the space force without creating a National Guard of separate space force, something that the service has said would not be efficient because it would be very small.
“We are actively chasing where we want our part -time workforce? What kind of work do?” The head of Space force, General Chance Saltzman said Thursday at a politician conference.
The members of the transferred service would be a part -time force as they are now, only serving under space force instead of their state units.
But the space missions are some of the most lucrative throughout the military and private sector and the states that lose the members of the space mission service are potentially losing members of the highly valuable part -time workforce if they have to move to transfer to the space force.
Last month, the National Association of Governors said that transfers violate their right to retain control over their state units.
“We urge any transfer to cease immediately and that there is a direct and open commitment to the governors,” said the association in April. The group was not immediately available to comment on the space force plan.
“There is a lot of concern in the National Guard about these people who are highly qualified who want to be in the guard that is transferred,” said Oklahoma’s Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin at a labor audience of the Air Force this week.
Congress directed transfers in its 2025 defense bill. But the statement between states and the space force has meant that the service has not been able to approach individual members about the transfer.
According to the legislation, each National Guard will have the option of keeping their units, and training again in another specialty, or joining the space force. Those who transferred could remain in their native state to carry out their mission for at least the next 10 years, according to the 2025 legislation.
The affected personnel includes 33 from Alaska, 126 of California, 119 of Colorado, 75 of Florida, 130 of Hawaii, 69 of Ohio and 26 of the headquarters of the National Air Guard
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