• booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Imagine telling someone you’re a member of the US Space Force. Like every other branch of the US military at least has some sort of, like, cool propaganda you can point to. Look, cool airplanes, look cool car, look how good we are at guns. If you’re in the Space Force surely you just get laughed out of the room even by libs? Like surely you gotta hide that shit

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      Goes to the local troop bar

      Gets asked what branch they’re in

      They reply “US SF”

      Look of surprise at the bar “Oh! You don’t look like the Delta Force type”

      They respond “Oh… oh no. United States Space Force, not Special Forces. But hey, what’s more special that space, huh?”

      They’re laughed out of the bar

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          You could say that about any branch of the military. Army’s got a corps of engineers for disaster relief when theyre not trying catch airtime with their equipment, navy and coast guard can do rescue at sea or whatever puddle pirates do, marines can stay on navy boats, keep to themselves, and not interact with any local population, and the chairforce has PJs to rescue rich dipshits off of mountains.

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      They’re the equivalent of the Soviet Air Defence/Missile force and having your hand on the doomsday key is cool, but no they have to lean into being fucking nerds.

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        I’m pretty sure the Air Force already does that. They just took an existing department within an existing branch and advertise it as a new branch when it’s just a subsidiary lol

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          The Soviets/Russians have integrated/disintegrated it with the air force several times because like you said it’s a bit lame sounding, but there is something to grouping Space, Strategic Missile Strike/Defense, and your HAAD/ASAT assets together.