The Space Force Wants You, Gamers Most Americans know very little about the U.S. Space Force, the sixth and newest branch of the country’s military. While its theoretical history dates back to the end of the Second World War, since it was officially launched in 2019, the organization has aggressively amped up its operations with the following officially stated mission duties: provide freedom of operation, protect our interests and deter aggression in space. As our correspondent John Scott Lewinski reports, to accomplish those increasingly urgent goals, the Space Force isn’t necessarily looking to recruit elite physical specimens, like Marines or Navy SEALs. Instead, due to the nature of their work, they prioritize other criteria for their service members, who are called Guardians. “Obviously, we can’t look up and see satellites,” says Garfield Reeves-Stevens, who works with the Space Force Association. “Space Force needs Guardians who think conceptually to operate in an active, strategic space. Gamers are perfect for that.” |