After Criticism from Its Top Commander, Space Force Adopts New Mission Statement

After the Space Force's top officer criticized the service's mission statement this past May, Guardians weighed in. Now, the service has a new one.

In a press release Wednesday, the Space Force said its new mission statement is: "secure our nation's interests in, from, and to space."

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, in a May memo, called the previous mission statement "long and cumbersome" and asked the service's Guardians to offer ideas. Within two weeks, 135 responses had been sent in, according to the release.