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    Trump Hints At Plan To Create 'Space Force' As Sixth Military Branch

    While the Pentagon opposes the measure, the military has conducted operations in space for 50 years.
    by Samantha Raphelson May 21, 2018 3 minutes
    U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Color Guard march past the space shuttle Enterprise at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on April 19, 2012, in Chantilly, Va.

    A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there was a world leader who signaled his desire to create a new branch of the military: the space force.

    OK, it wasn't a long time ago, and it was right here on Earth, in the Milky Way galaxy.

    In an address to the West Point football team at the White House earlier this month, President Trump to add a "space force" military branch that would

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