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Rep. Turner, Rep. Larsen, CSO visit USSPACECOM, JTF-SD

Men walking down hallway

From left, U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, Rep. Rick Larsen, member of Congress, (WA-02) and Rep. Mike Turner, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, (OH-10) walk down a hallway during their visit to the Joint Task Force-Space Defense at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, March 6, 2023. During the visit, they received briefings from the JTF-SD’s National Space Defense Center and toured the Senior Master Sergeant Harold Robert Mosley II operations floor. The NSDC is a partnership organization, strongly supported by both the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, that develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

Group photo

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw, left, deputy commander of U.S. Space Command, U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. Roger A. Towberman, right, Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force, and U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, center, Chief of Space Operations, met with Rep. Rick Larsen, member of Congress, (WA-02) and Rep. Mike Turner, chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, (OH-10) during a visit to Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, March 6, 2023. Larsen and Turner met with leaders from USSPACECOM and the Joint Task Force-Space Defense to discuss the command’s mission to protect and defend the space domain. USSPACECOM conducts operations in, from, and to space to deter conflict, and if necessary, defeat aggression, deliver space combat power for the Joint and Combined force, and defend U.S. vital interests with allies and partners. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Man signing board

Rep. Rick Larsen, member of Congress, (WA-02) signs the Joint Task Force-Space Defense’s board during his visit to the organization at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, March 6, 2023. During the visit, Turner received briefings from the JTF-SD’s National Space Defense Center and toured the Senior Master Sergeant Harold Robert Mosley II operations floor. The NSDC is a partnership organization, strongly supported by both the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, that develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

Man signing board

Rep. Mike Turner, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, (OH-10) signs the Joint Task Force-Space Defense’s board during his visit to the organization at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, March 6, 2023. During the visit, Turner received briefings from the JTF-SD’s National Space Defense Center and toured the Senior Master Sergeant Harold Robert Mosley II operations floor. The NSDC is a partnership organization, strongly supported by both the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, that develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- From left, U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, Rep. Rick Larsen, member of Congress, (WA-02) and Rep. Mike Turner, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, (OH-10) walk down a hallway during their visit to the Joint Task Force-Space Defense at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, March 6, 2023. During the visit, they received briefings from the JTF-SD’s National Space Defense Center and toured the Senior Master Sergeant Harold Robert Mosley II operations floor. The NSDC is a partnership organization, strongly supported by both the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, that develops and improves U.S. ability to rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and defend against threats to our nation's vital space systems. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)