

John "Jay" Raymond, intended to serve as a precursor to U.S. Officials estimated the creation of a new service would cost $2 billion over five years, and require 15,000 personnel.

The proposal also included the designation of a new position: undersecretary of the Air Force for space, a civilian position that would answer to the secretary of the Air Force and oversee U.S. The Department of Defense forwarded a Space Force proposal to Congress, on March 1, 2019, calling for a service that would fall under the Air Force in the same way the Marine Corps falls under the Department of the Navy.

Space Command, in addition to an independent service overseen by a civilian secretary, all by 2020. Vice President Mike Pence and the Department of Defense released more details about the planned force on Aug. 9, 2018, citing plans to create a separate combatant command, U.S.
