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Day to day mission support to the Commander CJOC and integration into combined operations are performed by the Canadian Space Opera- tions Center (CANSpOC) and by Joint Space Sup- port Teams (JSST). The JSST's come from the CANSpOC and deploy as members of a Task Force. Besides divesting itself of FD roles, DG Space's Space Readiness and Plans Di- rectorate will move to DG Air and Space Readiness. Although the basic functions have yet to move out of DG Space, the RCAF believes these will migrate into their new home in the next nine to 12 months. As they have been for many years, Space FG needs are met by 2 Canadian Air Di- vision. 2 CAD provides space operations courses for all CAF members newly as- signed to space positions, both in Canada and the United States. Canadian person- nel employed at US Space units usually require additional job-specific training from American Air Education Training Command (AETC) units (which will be- come STARCOM units within the next 12 months). Lastly, the Canadian space cadre's advanced professional develop- ment also includes sponsored graduate degree programs and attendance on U.S. AETC/STARCOM Space 200 and Space 300 advanced space operations courses. Space FE will be reorganized into a lean but familiar RCAF structure of Divi- sions, Wings, and Squadrons. DG Space will transition over the next few years to become the Commander of a Space Di- vision. The Space Division will be orga- nized around a traditional structure. The CONOPS a single Wing under the divi- sion, which is a less traditional RCAF con- struct. The mission of the Space Wing is to maintain Space Domain Awareness and deliver space-based capabilities to enable the Joint warfighter. The Wing will have three Squadrons; Advanced Space Effects Squadron, Operations Support Squadron, and a Mission Support Squadron. Each of these Squadrons would have clear and dis- tinct missions and facilitate the integration of space capabilities into the overall CAF operational planning and FE process. For the time being, however, BGen Ad- amson describes his role as follows: "From the Force Employment perspec- tive, we're actually going out and actu- ally meeting the mission and operational requirements for the Canadian Forces. To that end, I'm responsive to the Command- er of CJOC as the Joint Force Space Com- ponent Commander, just like he would have his Air Component Commanders and Maritime Component Commanders." The integration of military space into the Joint Component structure is a significant and important part of normalizing space capabilities into the overall FE construct. Day to day mission support to the Commander CJOC and integration into combined operations are performed by the Canadian Space Operations Center (CANSpOC) and by Joint Space Support Teams (JSST). The JSST's come from the CANSpOC and deploy as members of a Task Force. They provide space capabilities expertise to the Task Force Commander and his or her staff. CANSpOC provides a 24/7 capability to CJOC headquar- ters and, through the JSSTs to deployed forces. CANSpOC can support on-going operations with CAF indigenous capabili- ties in space-based ISR or Space Domain Awareness but can also reach out to our 16 DECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021 www.vanguardcanada.com space Image: DND/RCAF

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