U.S. Space Forces - Space (S4S) is commanded by Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess 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. This command exercises operational control of USSF forces conducting protect, defend, and deliver missions, and when delegated,  tactical control of other service forces conducting these missions. Additionally, the S4S commander conducts joint space operations on behalf of  USSPACECOM commander through Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander (CJFSCC) authorities. The USSPACECOM commander  appointed Lt. Gen. Schiess as the CJFSCC and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Richard L. Zellmann as the Deputy CJFSCC.
 

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LEADERSHIP


Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, USSF

Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space
and
Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander
 

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Zellmann, USA

Deputy Combined Joint Force Space
Component Commander



 

Brig. Gen. Dennis O. Bythewood, USSF
Deputy Commander
U.S. Space Forces - Space

 

Col. Frank R. Kincaid, USAF
Mobilization Assistant to the S4S Commander
U.S. Space Forces - Space


 

CMSgt. Grange S. Coffin IV, USSF
Senior Enlisted Leader
U.S. Space Forces - Space