# Leadership of the United States Space Command

This is a list of all commanders, deputy commanders, senior enlisted leaders, and chiefs of staff of the United States Space Command.

## Current combatant command staff
### Headquarters staff

* Stephen Whiting, Commander
** U.S. Space Force CMSgt Jacob C. Simmons, Command Senior Enlisted Leader
** Thomas L. James, Deputy Commander
*** Will Pennington, Chief of Staff
**** David L. Stanfield, Director, Human Capital (J1)
**** Brian Sidari, Director, Intelligence (J2)
**** Troy Endicott, Director, Global Space Operations (J3)
***** Eric D. Little, Deputy Director, Operations (J3)
**** Brian W. Gibson, Director, Plans and Policy (J5)
***** Marcos A. Jasso, Deputy Director, Plans and Policy (J5)
***** Jesse M. Morehouse, Deputy Director, Artificial Intelligence and Security Cooperation (J5)
***** Traci Kueker-Murphy, Deputy Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J5)
***** British Army Brig Paul Tedman, Deputy Director, Policy and Strategic Partnerships (J5)
**** Richard Yu, Director, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Cyber (J6)
***** Tracy L. Hines, Deputy Director, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Computer Systems (C4) and Information Technology (J6)
**** Samuel C. Keener, Director, Joint Forces Development and Training (J7)
**** U.S. Army CSM Thinh T. Huynh, Commandant
** Jody Merritt, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander
** Sean N. Day, Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Commander
** Chris Buckley, Inspector General
** Mark F. Thomas, Chaplain

### Component commands staff
#### Combined Joint Force Space Component Command

* Douglas Schiess, Commander
** Richard Zellman, Deputy Commander

#### Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense

* Sean Gainey, Commander

## List of commanders of the United States Space Command

| No. | Commander | Commander | Term | Term | Term | Service branch |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | Service branch |
| Commander–in–Chief, United States Space Command |||||||
| 1 | | General Robert T. Herres (1932–2008) | 23 September 1985 | 6 February 1987 | 1 year, 136 days | U.S. Air Force |
| 2 | | General John L. Piotrowski (born 1934) | 6 February 1987 | 1 April 1990 | 3 years, 84 days | U.S. Air Force |
| 3 | | General Donald J. Kutyna (born 1933) | 1 April 1990 | 30 June 1992 | 2 years, 60 days | U.S. Air Force |
| 4 | | General Chuck Horner (born 1936) | 30 June 1992 | 13 September 1994 | 2 years, 75 days | U.S. Air Force |
| 5 | | General Joseph W. Ashy (born 1940) | 13 September 1994 | 26 August 1996 | 1 year, 348 days | U.S. Air Force |
| 6 | | General Howell M. Estes III (1941–2024) | 26 August 1996 | 14 August 1998 | 1 year, 353 days | U.S. Air Force |
| 7 | | General Richard B. Myers (born 1942) | 14 August 1998 | 22 February 2000 | 1 year, 192 days | U.S. Air Force |
| 8 | | General Ralph Eberhart (born 1946) | 22 February 2000 | 1 October 2002 | 2 years, 221 days | U.S. Air Force |
| Commander, United States Space Command |||||||
| 1 | | General John W. Raymond (born 1962) | 29 August 2019 | 20 August 2020 | 357 days | U.S. Space Force |
| 2 | | General James H. Dickinson (born 1962/1963) | 20 August 2020 | 10 January 2024 | 3 years, 143 days | U.S. Army |
| 3 | | General Stephen Whiting (born 1967) | 10 January 2024 | Incumbent | 333 days | U.S. Space Force |

## List of deputy commanders of the United States Space Command

| No. | Deputy Commander | Deputy Commander | Term | Term | Term | Service branch |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | Service branch |
| Deputy Commander-in-Chief/Chief of Staff, United States Space Command |||||||
| 1 | | Vice Admiral William E. Ramsay (1931–2018) | September 1985 | March 1989 | ~3 years, 181 days | U.S. Navy |
| 2 | | Vice Admiral Diego E. Hernandez (1934–2017) | March 1989 | ~17 September 1990 | ~1 year, 200 days | U.S. Navy |
| 3 | | Vice Admiral William A. Dougherty Jr. (born 1947) | December 1990 | ~20 May 1993 | ~2 years, 170 days | U.S. Navy |
| 4 | | Vice Admiral David E. Frost | ~20 May 1993 | August 1996 | ~3 years, 73 days | U.S. Navy |
| 5 | | Vice Admiral Lyle G. Bien (born 1945) | August 1996 | August 1998 | ~2 years, 0 days | U.S. Navy |
| 6 | | Vice Admiral Herbert A. Browne II | November 1998 | ~7 October 2000 | ~1 year, 341 days | U.S. Navy |
| 7 | | Lieutenant General Edward G. Anderson III | ~7 October 2000 | January 2002 | ~1 year, 86 days | U.S. Army |
| Deputy Commander, United States Space Command |||||||
| 1 | | Lieutenant General James H. Dickinson (born 1962/1963) | 28 September 2019 | 20 August 2020 | 327 days | U.S. Army |
| – | | Major General Tim C. Lawson Acting | 20 August 2020 | 24 November 2020 | 96 days | U.S. Army |
| 2 | | Lieutenant General John E. Shaw (born 1968) | 24 November 2020 | 5 October 2023 | 2 years, 315 days | U.S. Space Force |
| – | | Rear Admiral Will Pennington Acting | 5 October 2023 | 5 December 2023 | 61 days | U.S. Navy |
| 3 | | Lieutenant General Thomas L. James (born c. 1968) | 5 December 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 3 days | U.S. Army |

## List of senior enlisted leaders of the United States Space Command

| No. | Senior enlisted leader | Senior enlisted leader | Term | Term | Term | Service branch |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | Service branch |
| 1 | | Chief Master Sergeant Roger A. Towberman (born 1966/1967) | 29 August 2019 | 28 August 2020 | 365 days | U.S. Space Force |
| 2 | | Master Gunnery Sergeant Scott H. Stalker (born 1975) | 28 August 2020 | 7 August 2023 | 2 years, 344 days | U.S. Marine Corps |
| 3 | | Chief Master Sergeant Jacob C. Simmons (born c. 1974) | 7 August 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 123 days | U.S. Space Force |

## List of chiefs of staff of the United States Space Command

| No. | Chief of Staff | Chief of Staff | Term | Term | Term | Service branch |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | Service branch |
| 1 | | Major General Brook J. Leonard (born 1970) | 29 August 2019 | 24 August 2022 | 2 years, 360 days | U.S. Air Force |
| 2 | | Rear Admiral Will Pennington (born 1967) | 24 August 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 106 days | U.S. Navy |