On the first-anniversary celebration of the newest branch of the U.S. armed forces, Vice President Mike Pence announced that the U.S. Space Force members would be called Guardians.
The United States Space Force, the newest branch of the American military, created to protect the country’s galactic interests, has given its members an official name: Guardians. The new name came after a yearlong selection process drawing on hundreds of submissions from the general public and research from space professionals. The Guardians name goes back to the original command motto of the Air Force Space Command in 1983, “Guardians of the High Frontier,” the Space Force said on Twitter. Overseen by the Air Force, the United States Space Force was created to protect American interests in outer space.
