Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess is the Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space; and United States Space Command’s Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. General Schiess leads thousands of joint and combined personnel across 70 tactical units with a mission to plan, integrate, conduct and assess global space operations in order to deliver combat relevant space effects in, from, and to space for Combatant Commanders, Coalition partners, the Joint Force and the nation. The General plans and executes space operations through two command and control deltas and exercises operational control of assigned and attached U.S. Space Forces including all or portions of six operational deltas. Additionally, Lt. Gen. Schiess controls five distinct and geographically dispersed operations centers, including the Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg SFB, California; the National Space Defense Center at Schriever SFB, Colorado; the Missile Warning Center at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado; the Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Planning Center at Buckley SFB, Colorado; and the Joint Navigation Warfare Center at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
