Dale Strong on Space Command: If Colorado workforce won’t move to Alabama, ‘I’ll promise you, we’ll fill it with qualified people’

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) responded to concerns from some officials in Colorado who are politically burned, and warning that the existing U.S. Space Command workforce won’t be willing to move to Alabama.

President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office Tuesday that U.S. Space Command’s permanent headquarters will be located in Huntsville.

“Uprooting Space Command will weaken national security and readiness, waste taxpayer dollars, and inconvenience military families,” Colorado Governor Jared Polis wrote in a statement posted to X.

“In 2023, President Biden made the decision to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs to ensure our national security in the space domain and because U.S. Space Command was about to reach Full Operational Capability at Peterson Space Force Base