Army Establishes Space Operations Branch to Create Permanent Career Path

The Army has established a new Space Operations Branch, creating a permanent career path for soldiers specializing in space missions and expanding the service’s ability to support Army and joint force operations. The service announced on June 25 that it formally created the branch on June 12. The branch brings together Functional Area 40A Space Operations Officers and the newly created 40D Tactical Space Operations Specialist military occupational specialty into a single career field dedicated t