Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 08.29.2024
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Army multi-domain task force space and high-altitude professionals recruited future leaders for Army space’s Functional Area 40 during the U.S. Military Academy’s Branch Week, Aug. 27-29....
Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 05.04.2023
Functional Area 40, or FA40, space operations officers across the Army celebrate National Astronaut Day and National Space Day, May 5, as their duties and responsibilities influence, shape, research and develop, and acquire space-related capabilities. Space operations officers perform these functions broadly, from tactical planning with Army brigades and divisions, to operational and strategic......
Story by Ayumi Davis | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 11.08.2022
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Army Capt. Lawrence Hoffman will be aiming high with some of the Air Force’s and Space Force’s best and brightest at the Air Force’s Test Pilot School Space Test Course....
Story by Lira Frye | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 09.13.2021
Team members from across the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command recruited future space operations officers for Army space’s Functional Area 40 during the U.S. Military Academy’s Branch Week, Sept. 8-10....
Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 08.09.2021
U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, Cadets Jeffrey Green and Anusha Pakkam, who are heading into their sophomore year, also called the “Yuk” year, at the “The Point,” began a summer internship at SMDC July 19 and will be ending Aug. 6. Pakkam’s majors are international law and space science where she hopes to become a JAG lawyer with a focus area in space, cyber and......
Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 10.15.2020
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Army Space Personnel Development Office, or ASPDO, is the Army’s personnel proponent for the Functional Area 40 Space Operations Officer military occupational specialty. ASPDO executes lifecycle management functions for the functional area, as well as develop the Army’s space cadre....
Story by Dottie Henderson | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 08.20.2020
About half of the U.S. Army’s space operations officers virtually convened for an annual event to train and share ideas. Including the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Army Space Personnel Development Office, more than 250 personnel registered to attend the Functional Area 40 Training Forum Aug. 18-19 hosted at Peterson Air Force Base....
