Article by Abraham Mahshie June 30, 2021 (airforcemag.com)
• The US Space Force currently consists of 5,200 Air Force transfers. As of July, another 50 active-duty Army, Navy, and Marine Corps volunteers are also to be transferred to Space Force out of a highly-competitive pool of over 3,700 applicants. Another round of 350 personnel transfers will be announced in July to fill specialties including space operations, intelligence, cyber, engineering, and acquisition by 2022.
• In a June 30 press statement, Gen. David D. Thompson, vice chief of space operations, said, “We are overwhelmed by the number of applicants, and the outpouring of support our sister services have provided as we’ve partnered together to design the Space Force.”
• As of June 15th, the total manpower of the Space Force stands at roughly 12,000 Guardians, with some 6,000 civilians and 5,500 military. An undisclosed number of Air Force Airmen also continue to support the Space Force in an administrative assignment capacity. By 2022, that number should reach 16,000 with the planned future transfers. This relatively small number of personnel, compared to the other five US military branches, will comprise the “lean” new space domain fighting force. “[M]ore information will be released in the coming months,” a Space Force spokesperson said.
Out of a pool of more than 3,700 applicants, the first 50 Active-duty Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps volunteers were announced for transfer to the Space Force beginning in July. A second tranche of 350 transfers will be announced in July to match Space Force specialties including space operations, intelligence, cyber, engineering, and acquisition.
The highly competitive process continues the organic growth of the military’s newest service, joining 5,200 Air Force transfers.
“We are overwhelmed by the number of applicants, and the outpouring of support our sister services have provided as we’ve partnered together to design the Space Force,” said Gen. David D. Thompson, vice chief of space operations, in a June 30 press 
statement.
The total manpower of the Space Force is roughly 12,000 Guardians, with some
6,000 civilians and 5,500 military as of June 15. An undisclosed number of Air Force Airmen also continue to support the Space Force in an administrative assignment capacity.
A Space Force spokesperson told Air Force Magazine June 30 that the force is onboarding the first 50 transfers from other services in fiscal 2021, which ends Sept. 30. The July announcement of 350 more transfers will be onboarded in the 2022 fiscal year.
New Guardians will join the force on a staggered approach according to their own individual schedules rather than a single transfer ceremony.
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