New Military Occupational Specialty Aims To Support Ground Forces

The US Army’s new space career field, dubbed 40D Tactical Space Operations Specialist, aims to equip the service with space professionals to deter and defeat adversaries in the space domain. According to Col. Felix Torres, commandant of the Army’s SMDC Center of Excellence, the new MOS will not interfere with the Space Force’s missions, but rather provide a unique set of skills and capabilities to support the ground force. The Army is looking to fill 1,000 new positions for the 40D, with training to be conducted by Army space professionals. This development was reported by Breaking Defense.