Exercise HYDRA STRIKE

Airmen with the 183d Services Flight prepare to respond to a simulated structure collapse following a mass casualty scenario during Exercise HYDRA STRIKE on May 11, 2024 at 183d Wing, Springfield, IL. During mass casualty events, Security Forces and Medical Squardon airmen are responsible for securing and triaging the scene before Services airmen are cleared to conduct mortuary affairs and the collecting of human remains. Exercise HYDRA STRIKE focused on demonstrating the 183d Wing’s ability to generate, employ, and sustain forces at a Main Operating Base (MOB) to a Forward Operating Site (FOS) in an Agile Combat Environment (ACE) scenario May 8-12, 2024.

JADO - Space Force

Published May 9, 2026

How do we integrate the Space Force into JADO?

Bancroft, Col. Michael J., "US Army Space and Cyber Anti-Access/Area Denial Posturing: How US Army Space and Cyber Experts Posture and Plan Forces for the A2/AD Dilemma," AWC PSP, 2022, 31 pgs.
Borja, Maj. Kevin S., "Optimizing Officer Development for USSF Operations: Specialization vs. Generalization," AFGC thesis, 2025
- Borja addresses Space Force integration into Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) by arguing that joint officers should not be shallow generalists, but rather "professional specialists" who deeply understand the physics of their domain before moving into strategic roles. To ensure these officers can effectively integrate into the Joint Force, he proposes a "Translator" tour between years 8 and 12, where Technical Track officers deploy as Space Liaison Officers to units like an Army Corps or Marine Expeditionary Force. During this phase, officers are evaluated on their ability to integrate space-based Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and satellite communications into the tactical architecture of non-technical units, ensuring they can translate specific orbital capabilities into actionable strategic advantages for terrestrial combatant commanders.
Gunther, Maj. Brianne E., "Training Cannot Wait Ten Years--The Critical Experience Gap in USSF Officers Planning and Executing Space C2," AFGC thesis, 2024, 69 pgs.
- Gunther answers this by identifying that the primary barrier to integrating the United States Space Force (USSF) into Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) is a critical lack of joint planning and operational command and control (C2) expertise among its officers. She asserts that space professionals must be able to synchronize their exquisite capabilities with joint warfighting efforts, but legacy training models have historically failed to prepare them for this level of integration. To overcome this gap and seamlessly integrate the Space Force into the joint team, Gunther rejects proposed service-centric training solutions and instead recommends that the Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) develop a specialized operational-level space C2 course explicitly grounded in joint doctrine and the joint planning process.
Hackett, Maj. Shawn W. "The Theoretical Foundations of Spacepower: From Economic to Asymmetric Warfare," SAASS thesis, subsequently published as an AU Press Drew Paper (2024).
Woodruff, LTC Robert, "Soldiers, Satellites and Space: How Strategic Competition is Reliant upon this Interdependency," AWC PSP, 2022, 28 pgs.