SpOC Welcomes Canadian Chief Warrant Officers

Royal Canadian Air Force Brigadier-General Kyle Paul, Space Operations Command (SpOC) Deputy Commander of Operations, Plans, Training, and Force Development (far left), and U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. Caleb Lloyd, Space Operations Command Senior Enlisted Leader (second from right), welcome a group of Canadian Royal Air Force Command Chief Warrant Officers to SpOC Headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Feb. 4. 2025. The gathering aimed to bolster the existing partnership between the Royal Canadian Air Force and the United States Space Force with a focus on enhancing readiness and warfighting capabilities in the face of emerging adversarial threats to space systems. Discussions centered on the SpOC's organizational structure, mission focus areas, and force generation model, as well as the importance of lethality in the space domain. The Canadian delegation of forces into Space Force mission areas was also discussed on the command's line of efforts, including its efforts to counter hostile actions in space. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dave Grim)