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80 Ohio St. L.J. Online 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/furth80 and id is 1 raw text is: OHIO STATE LAW JO URNAL ONLINE In Defense of the Space Force: Why the Goldwater-Nichols Act Supports an Independent and Co-Equal Military Branch S. MATTHEW KRSACOK* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TR O D U C T IO N ................................................................................ 1 II. THE GOLDWATER-NICHOLS DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN MILITARY ADMINISTRATIVE S TR U C TU R E .................................................................................. 5 A. The Modern Structure of the United States Armed Forces.......5 B. Military Organizational Failures Leading up to Goldwater- N ich o ls ................................................................................ . . 8 C. Effect of the Goldwater-Nichols Act .......................................11 III. THE SPACE FORCE PROPOSALS AND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY ...................................................................................14 A. How to Create a Space Force .................................................15 B. Space Force Proposals ...........................................................18 1. Consolidation of Existing Space Resources..................18 2. Creation of a Unified Combatant Command....................19 3. Space Policy Directive-4 a.k.a. the Space Corps Model ................................................................................20 4. The Original Proposal a.k.a. the Space Force M odel......................................................................... . . 2 1 IV. THE VALUES AND LESSONS OF GOLDWATER-NICHOLS SUPPORT AN INDEPENDENT AND CO-EQUAL SPACE FORCE ..........................22 A. Organizational Clarity and Clear Responsibilities ................23 B. Enhanced Civilian Control .....................................................26 C. Ending Service Parochialism..................................................28 V. CONCLUSION..................................................................................31 I. INTRODUCTION When President Donald J. Trump proposed a separate, but equal sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, the Space Force, his proposal was met with little enthusiasm.1 Even setting aside the President's unfortunate use Executive Editor, Ohio State Law Journal. Thank you to all the Ohio State Law Journal editors who have made my law journal experience so rewarding, especially Kaela 2019] 1

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