Space Command has been around since the early '80s.  It really did need to be its own branch of the services.  There is just too much stuff going on and a lot of it is spread out and controlled by different agencies etc. One strange thing I noticed though...I did not hear a peep out of the Democrats or the whiny libs on twitter etc.  I cut the cord so don't have cable news, but really didn't see much about it on any local news etc.