Leadership of Space Systems Command

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This is a list of all commanders of Space Systems Command and all its historical antecedents, organizations that took its lineage.

List of commanders

Commander of Space Systems Command
Space Systems Command emblem
Flag of a Space Force lieutenant general
Incumbent
Lieutenant General Philip Garrant
since 1 February 2024
United States Space Force
Reports toChief of Space Operations
SeatLos Angeles Air Force Base, California, U.S.
PrecursorCommander, Space and Missile Systems Center
Formation2 August 1954
First holderBernard A. Schriever
DeputyDeputy Commander, Space Systems Command
No. Commander[1] Term
Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration
Western Development Division
1
Bernard A. Schriever
Major General
Bernard A. Schriever
(1910–2005)
2 August 195431 May 19572 years, 302 days
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
1
Bernard A. Schriever
Major General
Bernard A. Schriever
(1910–2005)
1 June 195724 April 19591 year, 327 days
2
Osmond J. Ritland
Major General
Osmond J. Ritland
(1909–1991)
25 April 195931 March 19611 year, 340 days
Space Systems Division
1
Osmond J. Ritland
Major General
Osmond J. Ritland
(1909–1991)
1 April 196113 May 19621 year, 42 days
2
Howell M. Estes Jr.
Lieutenant General
Howell M. Estes Jr.
(1914–2007)
14 May 19622 October 1962141 days
3
Ben I. Funk
Major General
Ben I. Funk
(1913–2012)
3 October 196231 August 19663 years, 332 days
4
Paul T. Cooper
Major General
Paul T. Cooper
(born 1919)
1 September 196630 June 1967302 days
Space and Missile Systems Organization
1
John W. O'Neill
Lieutenant General
John W. O'Neill
(1919–1977)
1 July 196731 August 19692 years, 61 days
2
Samuel C. Phillips
Lieutenant General
Samuel C. Phillips
(1921–1990)
1 September 196924 August 19722 years, 358 days
3
Kenneth W. Schultz
Lieutenant General
Kenneth W. Schultz
(1920–2005)
25 August 197228 August 19753 years, 3 days
4
Thomas W. Morgan
Lieutenant General
Thomas W. Morgan
(born 1922)
29 August 197528 April 19782 years, 242 days
5
Richard C. Henry
Lieutenant General
Richard C. Henry
(1925–2020)
28 April 197830 September 19791 year, 155 days
Space Division
1
Richard C. Henry
Lieutenant General
Richard C. Henry
(1925–2020)
1 October 19791 May 19833 years, 212 days
2
Forrest S. McCartney
Lieutenant General
Forrest S. McCartney
(1931–2012)
1 May 198330 September 19863 years, 152 days
3
Aloysius G. Casey
Lieutenant General
Aloysius G. Casey
(1932–2020)
9 October 198623 June 19881 year, 258 days
4
Donald L. Cromer
Lieutenant General
Donald L. Cromer
(born 1936)
24 June 198814 March 1989263 days
Space Systems Division
1
Donald L. Cromer
Lieutenant General
Donald L. Cromer
(born 1936)
15 March 198931 May 19892 years, 77 days
2
Edward P. Barry Jr.
Lieutenant General
Edward P. Barry Jr.
(born 1938)
8 July 199130 June 1992358 days
Space and Missile Systems Center
1
Edward P. Barry Jr.
Lieutenant General
Edward P. Barry Jr.
(born 1938)
1 July 199216 November 19942 years, 138 days
2
Lester L. Lyles
Lieutenant General
Lester L. Lyles
(born 1946)
17 November 199418 August 19961 year, 275 days
3
Roger G. DeKok
Lieutenant General
Roger G. DeKok
(1947–2003)
19 August 199612 August 19981 year, 358 days
4
Eugene L. Tattini
Lieutenant General
Eugene L. Tattini
(born 1943)
13 August 199825 May 20012 years, 285 days
5
Brian A. Arnold
Lieutenant General
Brian A. Arnold
(born 1946)
25 May 200120 May 20056 years, 280 days
6
Michael A. Hamel
Lieutenant General
Michael A. Hamel
(born 1950)
20 May 200516 May 20082 years, 362 days
7
John T. Sheridan
Lieutenant General
John T. Sheridan
16 May 20083 June 20113 years, 18 days
8
Ellen M. Pawlikowski
Lieutenant General
Ellen M. Pawlikowski
(born 1956)
3 June 201119 June 20143 years, 16 days
9
Samuel A. Greaves
Lieutenant General
Samuel A. Greaves
19 June 201422 March 20172 years, 276 days
10
John F. Thompson
Lieutenant General
John F. Thompson
22 March 20171 August 20214 years, 132 days
D. Jason Cothern
Brigadier General
D. Jason Cothern
(born 1970)
Acting
1 August 202113 August 202112 days
Space Systems Command
1
Michael A. Guetlein
Lieutenant General
Michael A. Guetlein
(born 1967)
13 August 202121 December 20232 years, 130 days
Joy M. White
Joy M. White
(born c. 1963)
Acting
21 December 20231 February 202442 days
2
Philip Garrant
Lieutenant General
Philip Garrant
(born c. 1969)
1 February 2024Incumbent52 days

List of deputy commanders

No. Deputy Commander[1] Term Ref.
Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration
1
Osmond J. Ritland
Major General
Osmond J. Ritland
(1909–1991)
23 April 195624 April 19593 years, 1 day[2]
2
Charles Terhune Jr.
Brigadier General
Charles Terhune Jr.
(1916–2006)
25 April 195922 June 19601 year, 58 days[3]
3
Harvard W. Powell
Brigadier General
Harvard W. Powell
(1915–2003)
23 June 196031 March 1961281 days[4]
4
Robert Evans Greer
Major General
Robert Evans Greer
(1915–1976)
1 April 196130 June 19621 year, 90 days[5]
5
Harvard W. Powell
Brigadier General
Harvard W. Powell
(1915–2003)
1 July 19629 June 1963343 days[4]
6
Joseph J. Cody
Brigadier General
Joseph J. Cody
(1918–2004)
10 June 196331 July 19641 year, 51 days[6]
7
Paul T. Cooper
Brigadier General
Paul T. Cooper
(born 1919)
1 August 196431 August 19662 years, 30 days[7]
8
David V. Miller
Brigadier General
David V. Miller
(1919–2016)
1 September 196630 June 1967−1 year, 32 days[8]
9
Paul T. Cooper
Major General
Paul T. Cooper
(born 1919)
1 November 196731 July 1968273 days[7]
10
Louis L. Wilson Jr.
Brigadier General
Louis L. Wilson Jr.
(1919–2010)
1 August 196831 July 19701 year, 364 days[9]
11
Robert A. Duffy
Brigadier General
Robert A. Duffy
(1921–2015)
1 August 197031 July 1971364 days[10]
12
Thomas W. Morgan
Brigadier General
Thomas W. Morgan
(born 1922)
1 August 197112 November 19721 year, 103 days[11]
13
Herbert A. Lyon
Brigadier General
Herbert A. Lyon
(1921–2006)
13 November 197229 March 19741 year, 136 days[12]
14
Richard C. Henry
Major General
Richard C. Henry
(1925–2020)
16 August 197431 August 19762 years, 15 days[13]
15
Howard E. McCormick
Major General
Howard E. McCormick
(born 1922)
1 September 19761 July 19781 year, 303 days[14]
16
Gerald K. Hendricks
Major General
Gerald K. Hendricks
(1928–2020)
1 July 19781 June 19823 years, 335 days[15]
17
Forrest S. McCartney
Major General
Forrest S. McCartney
(1931–2012)
1 June 19821 May 1983334 days[16]
18
Bernard P. Randolph
Major General
Bernard P. Randolph
(1933–2021)
1 May 198310 June 19841 year, 40 days[17]
19
Donald L. Cromer
Brigadier General
Donald L. Cromer
(born 1936)
7 January 198530 June 19861 year, 174 days[18]
20
Donald J. Kutyna
Lieutenant General
Donald J. Kutyna
(born 1933)
1 June 19861 November 19871 year, 153 days[19]
21
Robert R. Rankine Jr.
Major General
Robert R. Rankine Jr.
(born 1936)
1 November 198730 March 19902 years, 149 days[20]
22
Jean E. Klick
Brigadier General
Jean E. Klick
(born 1943)
31 March 19908 July 19911 year, 99 days[21]
23
Eugene L. Tattini
Brigadier General
Eugene L. Tattini
(born 1943)
3 September 19912 December 19943 years, 90 days[22]
24
John S. Boone
Colonel
John S. Boone
(born c. 1946)
27 November 199521 July 1996237 days[23]
25
John L. Clay
Brigadier General
John L. Clay
(born c. 1949)
22 July 199621 August 19982 years, 30 days[24]
26
Michael A. Hamel
Brigadier General
Michael A. Hamel
(born c. 1950)
21 August 199818 August 1999362 days[25]
27
William M. Wilson Jr.
Brigadier General
William M. Wilson Jr.
(born c. 1951)
19 August 199919 October 20012 years, 61 days[26]
28
Craig R. Cooning
Major General
Craig R. Cooning
(born c. 1951)
20 October 200123 June 20042 years, 247 days[27]
29
Larry D. James
Brigadier General
Larry D. James
(born 1956)
6 July 2004July 2005~1 year, 9 days[28]
30
Neil McCasland
Brigadier General
Neil McCasland
(born c. 1957)
October 20051 June 2007~1 year, 229 days[29]
31
Ellen M. Pawlikowski
Brigadier General
Ellen M. Pawlikowski
(born 1956)
10 July 2007May 2008~310 days[29]
32
Susan K. Mashiko
Brigadier General
Susan K. Mashiko
(born c. 1958)
May 2008July 2009~1 year, 61 days[30]
33
Samuel Greaves
Brigadier General
Samuel Greaves
(born c. 1960)
August 2009February 2011~1 year, 184 days[31]
34
Roger Teague
Brigadier General
Roger Teague
(born c. 1964)
June 2011August 2012~1 year, 61 days[32]
35
Terrence Feehan
Major General
Terrence Feehan
(born c. 1962)
August 2012May 2014~1 year, 273 days[33]
36
Robert McMurry
Major General
Robert McMurry
(born c. 1962)
May 2014April 2016~1 year, 336 days[34]
37
Mark Baird
Brigadier General
Mark Baird
(born c. 1967)
April 2016June 2017~1 year, 61 days[34]
38
Philip Garrant
Brigadier General
Philip Garrant
(born c. 1969)
June 2017June 2019~2 years[35]
39
Donna D. Shipton
Brigadier General
Donna D. Shipton
(born c. 1970)
June 20198 June 2020~359 days[36]
40
D. Jason Cothern
Major General
D. Jason Cothern
(born 1970)
8 June 20208 January 20243 years, 214 days[37]
41
Michelle K. Idle
Major General
Michelle K. Idle
(born 1970)
8 January 2024Incumbent76 days[38]

List of senior enlisted leaders

No. Senior Enlisted Leader Term Ref.
Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration
Steven F. Crocker
Chief Master Sergeant
Steven F. Crocker
June 2005June 2008~3 years, 0 days[39]
Stephen R. Ludwig
Chief Master Sergeant
Stephen R. Ludwig
(born c. 1966)
June 2008November 2009~1 year, 153 days[40][41]
Mark E. Repp
Chief Master Sergeant
Mark E. Repp
December 2009February 2012~2 years, 62 days[42]
Carol A.M. Dockery
Chief Master Sergeant
Carol A.M. Dockery
(born c. 1965)
February 2012September 2013~1 year, 212 days[43]
Angelica M. Johnson
Chief Master Sergeant
Angelica M. Johnson
September 2013October 2014~1 year, 30 days[44][45]
Craig S. Hall
Chief Master Sergeant
Craig S. Hall
October 2014January 2019~4 years, 92 days[46]
Lisa R. Arnold
Chief Master Sergeant
Lisa R. Arnold
(born c. 1975)
January 2019June 2021~2 years, 151 days[47]
Willie H. Frazier II
Chief Master Sergeant
Willie H. Frazier II
(born c. 1976)
June 202115 December 2023~2 years, 183 days[48]
Jacqueline Sauvé
Chief Master Sergeant
Jacqueline Sauvé
(born c. 1985)
15 December 2023Incumbent100 days[49]

See also

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