This is a list of all commanders of Space Systems Command and all its historical antecedents, organizations that took its lineage.
Commander of Space Systems Command | |
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United States Space Force | |
Reports to | Chief of Space Operations |
Seat | Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, U.S. |
Precursor | Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center |
Formation | 2 August 1954 |
First holder | Bernard A. Schriever |
Deputy | Deputy Commander, Space Systems Command |
No. | Commander [1] | Term | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | |
Western Development Division | |||||
1 | Major General Bernard A. Schriever (1910–2005) | 2 August 1954 | 31 May 1957 | 2 years, 302 days | |
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division | |||||
1 | Major General Bernard A. Schriever (1910–2005) | 1 June 1957 | 24 April 1959 | 1 year, 327 days | |
2 | Major General Osmond J. Ritland (1909–1991) | 25 April 1959 | 31 March 1961 | 1 year, 340 days | |
Space Systems Division | |||||
1 | Major General Osmond J. Ritland (1909–1991) | 1 April 1961 | 13 May 1962 | 1 year, 42 days | |
2 | Lieutenant General Howell M. Estes Jr. (1914–2007) | 14 May 1962 | 2 October 1962 | 141 days | |
3 | Major General Ben I. Funk (1913–2012) | 3 October 1962 | 31 August 1966 | 3 years, 332 days | |
4 | Major General Paul T. Cooper (born 1919) | 1 September 1966 | 30 June 1967 | 302 days | |
Space and Missile Systems Organization | |||||
1 | Lieutenant General John W. O'Neill (1919–1977) | 1 July 1967 | 31 August 1969 | 2 years, 61 days | |
2 | Lieutenant General Samuel C. Phillips (1921–1990) | 1 September 1969 | 24 August 1972 | 2 years, 358 days | |
3 | Lieutenant General Kenneth W. Schultz (1920–2005) | 25 August 1972 | 28 August 1975 | 3 years, 3 days | |
4 | Lieutenant General Thomas W. Morgan (born 1922) | 29 August 1975 | 28 April 1978 | 2 years, 242 days | |
5 | Lieutenant General Richard C. Henry (1925–2020) | 28 April 1978 | 30 September 1979 | 1 year, 155 days | |
Space Division | |||||
1 | Lieutenant General Richard C. Henry (1925–2020) | 1 October 1979 | 1 May 1983 | 3 years, 212 days | |
2 | Lieutenant General Forrest S. McCartney (1931–2012) | 1 May 1983 | 30 September 1986 | 3 years, 152 days | |
3 | Lieutenant General Aloysius G. Casey (1932–2020) | 9 October 1986 | 23 June 1988 | 1 year, 258 days | |
4 | Lieutenant General Donald L. Cromer (born 1936) | 24 June 1988 | 14 March 1989 | 263 days | |
Space Systems Division | |||||
1 | Lieutenant General Donald L. Cromer (born 1936) | 15 March 1989 | 31 May 1989 | 2 years, 77 days | |
2 | Lieutenant General Edward P. Barry Jr. (born 1938) | 8 July 1991 | 30 June 1992 | 358 days | |
Space and Missile Systems Center | |||||
1 | Lieutenant General Edward P. Barry Jr. (born 1938) | 1 July 1992 | 16 November 1994 | 2 years, 138 days | |
2 | Lieutenant General Lester L. Lyles (born 1946) | 17 November 1994 | 18 August 1996 | 1 year, 275 days | |
3 | Lieutenant General Roger G. DeKok (1947–2003) | 19 August 1996 | 12 August 1998 | 1 year, 358 days | |
4 | Lieutenant General Eugene L. Tattini (born 1943) | 13 August 1998 | 25 May 2001 | 2 years, 285 days | |
5 | Lieutenant General Brian A. Arnold (born 1946) | 25 May 2001 | 20 May 2005 | 6 years, 280 days | |
6 | Lieutenant General Michael A. Hamel (born 1950) | 20 May 2005 | 16 May 2008 | 2 years, 362 days | |
7 | Lieutenant General John T. Sheridan | 16 May 2008 | 3 June 2011 | 3 years, 18 days | |
8 | Lieutenant General Ellen M. Pawlikowski (born 1956) | 3 June 2011 | 19 June 2014 | 3 years, 16 days | |
9 | Lieutenant General Samuel A. Greaves | 19 June 2014 | 22 March 2017 | 2 years, 276 days | |
10 | Lieutenant General John F. Thompson | 22 March 2017 | 1 August 2021 | 4 years, 132 days | |
– | Brigadier General D. Jason Cothern (born 1970) Acting | 1 August 2021 | 13 August 2021 | 12 days | |
Space Systems Command | |||||
1 | Lieutenant General Michael A. Guetlein (born 1967) | 13 August 2021 | 21 December 2023 | 2 years, 130 days | |
– | Joy M. White (born c. 1963) Acting | 21 December 2023 | 1 February 2024 | 42 days | |
2 | Lieutenant General Philip Garrant (born c. 1969) | 1 February 2024 | Incumbent | 242 days |
No. | Deputy Commander [1] | Term | Ref. | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | ||
1 | Major General Osmond J. Ritland (1909–1991) | 23 April 1956 | 24 April 1959 | 3 years, 1 day | [2] | |
2 | Brigadier General Charles Terhune Jr. (1916–2006) | 25 April 1959 | 22 June 1960 | 1 year, 58 days | [3] | |
3 | Brigadier General Harvard W. Powell (1915–2003) | 23 June 1960 | 31 March 1961 | 281 days | [4] | |
4 | Major General Robert Evans Greer (1915–1976) | 1 April 1961 | 30 June 1962 | 1 year, 90 days | [5] | |
5 | Brigadier General Harvard W. Powell (1915–2003) | 1 July 1962 | 9 June 1963 | 343 days | [4] | |
6 | Brigadier General Joseph J. Cody (1918–2004) | 10 June 1963 | 31 July 1964 | 1 year, 51 days | [6] | |
7 | Brigadier General Paul T. Cooper (born 1919) | 1 August 1964 | 31 August 1966 | 2 years, 30 days | [7] | |
8 | Brigadier General David V. Miller (1919–2016) | 1 September 1966 | 30 June 1967 | −1 year, 32 days | [8] | |
9 | Major General Paul T. Cooper (born 1919) | 1 November 1967 | 31 July 1968 | 273 days | [7] | |
10 | Brigadier General Louis L. Wilson Jr. (1919–2010) | 1 August 1968 | 31 July 1970 | 1 year, 364 days | [9] | |
11 | Brigadier General Robert A. Duffy (1921–2015) | 1 August 1970 | 31 July 1971 | 364 days | [10] | |
12 | Brigadier General Thomas W. Morgan (born 1922) | 1 August 1971 | 12 November 1972 | 1 year, 103 days | [11] | |
13 | Brigadier General Herbert A. Lyon (1921–2006) | 13 November 1972 | 29 March 1974 | 1 year, 136 days | [12] | |
14 | Major General Richard C. Henry (1925–2020) | 16 August 1974 | 31 August 1976 | 2 years, 15 days | [13] | |
15 | Major General Howard E. McCormick (born 1922) | 1 September 1976 | 1 July 1978 | 1 year, 303 days | [14] | |
16 | Major General Gerald K. Hendricks (1928–2020) | 1 July 1978 | 1 June 1982 | 3 years, 335 days | [15] | |
17 | Major General Forrest S. McCartney (1931–2012) | 1 June 1982 | 1 May 1983 | 334 days | [16] | |
18 | Major General Bernard P. Randolph (1933–2021) | 1 May 1983 | 10 June 1984 | 1 year, 40 days | [17] | |
19 | Brigadier General Donald L. Cromer (born 1936) | 7 January 1985 | 30 June 1986 | 1 year, 174 days | [18] | |
20 | Lieutenant General Donald J. Kutyna (born 1933) | 1 June 1986 | 1 November 1987 | 1 year, 153 days | [19] | |
21 | Major General Robert R. Rankine Jr. (born 1936) | 1 November 1987 | 30 March 1990 | 2 years, 149 days | [20] | |
22 | Brigadier General Jean E. Klick (born 1943) | 31 March 1990 | 8 July 1991 | 1 year, 99 days | [21] | |
23 | Brigadier General Eugene L. Tattini (born 1943) | 3 September 1991 | 2 December 1994 | 3 years, 90 days | [22] | |
24 | Colonel John S. Boone (born c. 1946) | 27 November 1995 | 21 July 1996 | 237 days | [23] | |
25 | Brigadier General John L. Clay (born c. 1949) | 22 July 1996 | 21 August 1998 | 2 years, 30 days | [24] | |
26 | Brigadier General Michael A. Hamel (born c. 1950) | 21 August 1998 | 18 August 1999 | 362 days | [25] | |
27 | Brigadier General William M. Wilson Jr. (born c. 1951) | 19 August 1999 | 19 October 2001 | 2 years, 61 days | [26] | |
28 | Major General Craig R. Cooning (born c. 1951) | 20 October 2001 | 23 June 2004 | 2 years, 247 days | [27] | |
29 | Brigadier General Larry D. James (born 1956) | 6 July 2004 | July 2005 | ~1 year, 9 days | [28] | |
30 | Brigadier General Neil McCasland (born c. 1957) | October 2005 | 1 June 2007 | ~1 year, 229 days | [29] | |
31 | Brigadier General Ellen M. Pawlikowski (born 1956) | 10 July 2007 | May 2008 | ~310 days | [29] | |
32 | Brigadier General Susan K. Mashiko (born c. 1958) | May 2008 | July 2009 | ~1 year, 61 days | [30] | |
33 | Brigadier General Samuel Greaves (born c. 1960) | August 2009 | February 2011 | ~1 year, 184 days | [31] | |
34 | Brigadier General Roger Teague (born c. 1964) | June 2011 | August 2012 | ~1 year, 61 days | [32] | |
35 | Major General Terrence Feehan (born c. 1962) | August 2012 | May 2014 | ~1 year, 273 days | [33] | |
36 | Major General Robert McMurry (born c. 1962) | May 2014 | April 2016 | ~1 year, 336 days | [34] | |
37 | Brigadier General Mark Baird (born c. 1967) | April 2016 | June 2017 | ~1 year, 61 days | [34] | |
38 | Brigadier General Philip Garrant (born c. 1969) | June 2017 | June 2019 | ~2 years | [35] | |
39 | Brigadier General Donna D. Shipton (born c. 1970) | June 2019 | 8 June 2020 | ~359 days | [36] | |
40 | Major General D. Jason Cothern (born 1970) | 8 June 2020 | 8 January 2024 | 3 years, 214 days | [37] | |
41 | Colonel Michelle K. Idle (born 1970) | 8 January 2024 | Incumbent | 266 days | [38] |
No. | Senior Enlisted Leader | Term | Ref. | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | ||
– | Chief Master Sergeant Steven F. Crocker | June 2005 | June 2008 | ~3 years, 0 days | [39] | |
– | Chief Master Sergeant Stephen R. Ludwig (born c. 1966) | June 2008 | November 2009 | ~1 year, 153 days | [40] [41] | |
– | Chief Master Sergeant Mark E. Repp | December 2009 | February 2012 | ~2 years, 62 days | [42] | |
– | Chief Master Sergeant Carol A.M. Dockery (born c. 1965) | February 2012 | September 2013 | ~1 year, 212 days | [43] | |
– | Chief Master Sergeant Angelica M. Johnson | September 2013 | October 2014 | ~1 year, 30 days | [44] [45] | |
– | Chief Master Sergeant Craig S. Hall | October 2014 | January 2019 | ~4 years, 92 days | [46] | |
– | Chief Master Sergeant Lisa R. Arnold (born c. 1975) | January 2019 | June 2021 | ~2 years, 151 days | [47] | |
– | Chief Master Sergeant Willie H. Frazier II (c. 1976–2024) | June 2021 | 15 December 2023 | ~2 years, 183 days | [48] | |
– | Chief Master Sergeant Jacqueline Sauvé (born c. 1985) | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | 290 days | [49] |
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