I worked in Space acquisitions as the Space Force came about. RUMINT I heard on the Guardians name was the higher ups wanted to get away from a name with “men” in it. They know they’ll get backlash if they try and change airmen, but when they had the opportunity to create one from scratch they could create a “gender inclusive” one.

A space focused force is not a bad idea. I’ve sat in on some of the briefs of what our near peer competitors (especially one in particular) are doing or want to do in space. The space dudes are nerds, but important nerds, and getting out of the shadow of the Air Force has helped and will help them focus on their mission. Totally agree on the name being a miss though. Pulling from the RUMINT wheel again, but apparently Space Corps was under heavy consideration, but the Marines threw a fit over the possibility of the word Corps being added to the end of Space.