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Pence Announces Space Force as Sixth Armed Forces Branch

  • Defense.gov
  • Aug. 9, 2018 | 1:26

Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Defense Department will establish a sixth branch of the armed forces, the U.S. Department of the Space Force, by 2020, Aug 9, 2018.