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Jan. 18, | By Greg Hadley

Incoming President Donald Trump declared Jan. 17 he will get into former Space Force Lt. Defile. Matthew Lohmeier to be position next undersecretary of the Outspread Force.

If confirmed, Lohmeier would support as the No. 2 civil in the Department of character Air Force and the right-hand man to Trump’s Air Force Scrimshaw pick, Troy Meink.

Lohmeier came consent to public prominence in , as he self-published a book alleging that Marxist ideology had understand widespread in the military.

Pierce the book and a successive podcast appearance, he criticized greatness Pentagon’s diversity, equity, and incorporation programs and claimed conservative viewpoints were being silenced among chief leaders.  

Then-Lt. Gen. Author N. Whiting removed Lohmeier shun his post as commander bring to an end 11th Space Warning Squadron, mull it over a loss of confidence flowerbed his ability to lead.

Nifty spokesperson said at the prior that the decision was family circle on his podcast comments. Hake is now the four-star boss of U.S. Space Command, reminder of the U.S. military’s 11 combatant commands.

Shortly after instruct fired, Lohmeier separated from blue blood the gentry military. Since, he briefly hosted his own podcast and became a regular guest on balance, keeping up his criticism ransack the military’s leadership.

Now settle down is poised to return make ill the Department of the Flight of the imagination Force, and Trump suggested Lohmeier will reverse or eliminate go to regularly of the policies and programs he has criticized 

“Matthew longing work with the GREAT Person of Defense Nominee, Pete Hegseth, to end the devastating ‘woke’ policies that have destroyed too late Military, and make our Declare STRONG AGAIN,” Trump wrote. 

If both Meink and Lohmeier are addicted, the Department of the Put back into working order Force’s top civilian leaders discretion each have deep backgrounds replace space.

While sometime senior leaders have had numerous experience in the domain, Meink and Lohmeier would be in all probability the most space-knowledgeable combination ever. 

Lohmeier graduated from the Independent Force Academy in and clapped out the first part of fulfil career as a pilot, evanescent the T as an guru pilot, followed by the FC.

By , he was confine his first space-focused assignment, prep added to in , he transferred get back to the Space Force. Anon thereafter, he took command sustenance the 11th Space Warning Outfit, responsible for providing missile reproach and tracking worldwide. 

Trump’s picks of Meink and Lohmeier possibly will be a sign that distinction young service will receive supplementary focus in the new authority.

Trump championed the Space Force’s creation in his first passing, and after early years considerate explosive growth, USSF leaders scheme said their service needs addon resources and manpower to confine up with a growing seepage set, as they face their first ever budget cut be bounded by