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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg/220px-Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg/330px-Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg/440px-Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="font-size: 100%">Official portrait, 2024</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-09-14</span>) </span>September 14, 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Springs,_Mississippi" title="Ocean 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Opening_Statement_of_Gen_Stephen_Whiting_at_a_SASC_Hearing_on_the_FY2025_USSPACECOM_Posture.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Whiting testifies before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Armed Services Committee</a> on the state of U.S. Space Command<br />Recorded February 29, 2024</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stephen Newman Whiting</b> (born September 14, 1967) is a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">general</a> who serves as the <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_United_States_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the United States Space Command">commander of the United States Space Command</a>. He previously served as the first <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_Space_Operations_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of Space Operations Command">commander of Space Operations Command</a> from 2020 to 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whiting entered the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> in 1989 as a distinguished graduate of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a>. He is a space operations officer, commanding the <a href="/wiki/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="13th Space Warning Squadron">13th Space Warning Squadron</a>, the <a href="/wiki/614th_Air_Operations_Center" title="614th Air Operations Center">614th Air and Space Operations Center</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joint_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Space Operations Center">Joint Space Operations Center</a>, the <a href="/wiki/21st_Space_Wing" title="21st Space Wing">21st Space Wing</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Force_Space_Component_Command" title="Combined Force Space Component Command">Combined Force Space Component Command</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth Air Force</a>. He has also served staff assignments at the Air Force headquarters, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States Space Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">United States Strategic Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations_Strategic_Studies_Group" title="Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group">Chief of Naval Operations’ Strategic Studies Group</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Space Command">Air Force Space Command</a>. Whiting transferred to the Space Force in 2020. </p><p>Whiting transferred to the Space Force in 2020 and became the first commander of Space Operations Command. In 2024, he was promoted to general and took command of the U.S. Space Command. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Whiting&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cdt_Stephen_N._Whiting_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Cdt_Stephen_N._Whiting_%284%29.jpg/125px-Cdt_Stephen_N._Whiting_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Cdt_Stephen_N._Whiting_%284%29.jpg/188px-Cdt_Stephen_N._Whiting_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Cdt_Stephen_N._Whiting_%284%29.jpg/250px-Cdt_Stephen_N._Whiting_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1203" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Whiting as a cadet at USAFA, 1989</figcaption></figure> <p>Whiting was born on September 14, 1967, in <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Springs,_Mississippi" title="Ocean Springs, Mississippi">Ocean Springs, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied at <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Springs_High_School" title="Ocean Springs High School">Ocean Springs High School</a>, where he was a class officer and member of the soccer team that won four state championships.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, Whiting received a B.A. degree in <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_engineering" title="Aerospace engineering">aeronautical engineering</a> from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a> as a distinguished graduate. He then received an M.A. in administrative sciences (organizational management) in 1997 from the George Washington University. He also has M.A. degrees in military operational arts and sciences from the <a href="/wiki/Air_Command_and_Staff_College" title="Air Command and Staff College">Air Command and Staff College</a> and airpower strategy from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. He has also attended the Senior Executives in National and International Security program of the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School">Harvard Kennedy School</a> in 2017. He has also studied in the <a href="/wiki/Squadron_Officer_School" title="Squadron Officer School">Squadron Officer School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joint_Forces_Staff_College" title="Joint Forces Staff College">Joint Forces Staff College</a> as part of his <a href="/wiki/Professional_military_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional military education">professional military education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Whiting&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force">Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Whiting&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_President_Pence_visits_VAFB_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Vice_President_Pence_visits_VAFB_%284%29.jpg/220px-Vice_President_Pence_visits_VAFB_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Vice_President_Pence_visits_VAFB_%284%29.jpg/330px-Vice_President_Pence_visits_VAFB_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Vice_President_Pence_visits_VAFB_%284%29.jpg/440px-Vice_President_Pence_visits_VAFB_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4039" data-file-height="3231" /></a><figcaption>Whiting touring Vice President <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Space_Operations_Center" title="Combined Space Operations Center">Combined Space Operations Center</a>, July 2019.</figcaption></figure> <p>Whiting was commissioned into the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> as a second lieutenant on May 31, 1989, as a distinguished graduate from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a>. First assigned to UPT Columbus AFB MS. (14th Flying training squardron), failed out in Nov 89. He was then reassigned to Lowry AFB CO. A year later, he finished undergraduate space training atat <a href="/wiki/Lowry_Air_Force_Base" title="Lowry Air Force Base">Lowry Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, as the top graduate and distinguished graduate. From 1990 to 1993, he served on his first operational assignment at the <a href="/wiki/6th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="6th Space Warning Squadron">6th Space Warning Squadron</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Cod Air Force Station">Cape Cod Air Force Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> as a crew commander, deputy chief of training, and chief of standardization and evaluation.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a captain, Whiting served as a radar systems officer at the <a href="/wiki/21st_Operations_Support_Squadron" title="21st Operations Support Squadron">21st Operations Support Squadron</a> in <a href="/wiki/Peterson_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson Air Force Base">Peterson Air Force Base</a>, Colorado from 1993 to 1994. After that, he served a year as the executive officer for the <a href="/wiki/21st_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Operations Group">21st Operations Group</a>. In 1995, he was reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> as an Air Force intern while he studied at the George Washington University. From 1997 to 1999, he was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Schriever_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Schriever Air Force Base">Schriever Air Force Base</a>, Colorado as <a href="/wiki/UHF_Follow-On_satellite" title="UHF Follow-On satellite">UHF Follow-On satellite</a> satellite vehicle operator, crew commander, and operations flight commander for the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="3rd Space Operations Squadron">3rd Space Operations Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:14th_AF_CC_visits_Schriever_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/14th_AF_CC_visits_Schriever_%281%29.jpg/220px-14th_AF_CC_visits_Schriever_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/14th_AF_CC_visits_Schriever_%281%29.jpg/330px-14th_AF_CC_visits_Schriever_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/14th_AF_CC_visits_Schriever_%281%29.jpg/440px-14th_AF_CC_visits_Schriever_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4006" data-file-height="2671" /></a><figcaption>Whiting talks to Col <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_L._Grant" title="Jennifer L. Grant">Grant</a> during a tour at <a href="/wiki/Schriever_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Schriever Air Force Base">Schriever Air Force Base</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Whiting was promoted to major on July 1, 1999. At this time, he was working as an operations officer for the <a href="/wiki/22nd_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="22nd Space Operations Squadron">22nd Space Operations Squadron</a> at Schriever Air Force Base. From 2000 to 2002, he studied at the <a href="/wiki/Air_Command_and_Staff_College" title="Air Command and Staff College">Air Command and Staff College</a> and School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Air_Force_Base" title="Maxwell Air Force Base">Maxwell Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>. After studying, he was assigned as a regional policy officer at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States Space Command</a>, during which time the combatant command was disestablished, thereby he continuing this role at <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">United States Strategic Command</a> West. After that assignment, he was selected to serve as special assistant to the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Admiral <a href="/wiki/James_O._Ellis" title="James O. Ellis">James O. Ellis</a>, for a year.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2004, Whiting took command of the <a href="/wiki/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="13th Space Warning Squadron">13th Space Warning Squadron</a> at <a href="/wiki/Clear_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear Air Force Station">Clear Air Force Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>. He relinquished command a year later when he was selected as an Air Force fellow at the <a href="/wiki/RAND_Corporation" title="RAND Corporation">RAND Corporation</a>. From June 2006 to June 2008, he served as commander of the <a href="/wiki/614th_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="614th Air and Space Operations Center">614th Air and Space Operations Center</a> and director of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Space Operations Center">Joint Space Operations Center</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base">Vandenberg Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. After his second command tour, he was selected as a Chief of Staff U.S. Air Force Fellow assigned at the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a>' Strategic Studies Group in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From August 2009 to June 2011, Whiting served as commander of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Space_Wing" title="21st Space Wing">21st Space Wing</a> at Peterson Air Force Base. After that, he served as a military assistant to the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/Ash_Carter" title="Ash Carter">Ash Carter</a>, for whom he also served as senior military assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyber_Defense_Correlation_Cell_for_Space_stands_up.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Cyber_Defense_Correlation_Cell_for_Space_stands_up.jpg/220px-Cyber_Defense_Correlation_Cell_for_Space_stands_up.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Cyber_Defense_Correlation_Cell_for_Space_stands_up.jpg/330px-Cyber_Defense_Correlation_Cell_for_Space_stands_up.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Cyber_Defense_Correlation_Cell_for_Space_stands_up.jpg/440px-Cyber_Defense_Correlation_Cell_for_Space_stands_up.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3285" /></a><figcaption>Retired Col Sutton, Col <a href="/wiki/James_E._Smith_(general)" title="James E. Smith (general)">Smith</a>, Maj Gen Whiting, and Brig Gen <a href="/wiki/DeAnna_Burt" title="DeAnna Burt">Burt</a> during the Cyber Defense Correlation Cell-Space ribbon cutting ceremony in October 2019.</figcaption></figure> <p>On July 8, 2013, Whiting was promoted to brigadier general and assigned as vice commander of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Warfare_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Warfare Center">Air Force Warfare Center</a>. Two years later, he was selected to lead <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Space Command">Air Force Space Command</a>'s (AFSPC) Space Enterprise Vision Team. After that, he was assigned as director of integrated air, space, and cyberspace and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance of AFSPC. In 2017, he also served as the lead for the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Space_Component_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Force Space Component Command">Joint Force Space Component Command</a> (JFSCC) Integration Team.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2017, Whiting took command of the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth Air Force</a> (14 AF) and became deputy commander of JFSCC. In August 2019, JFSCC was inactivated and the U.S. Space Command was reestablished. Consequently, the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Force_Space_Component_Command" title="Combined Force Space Component Command">Combined Force Space Component Command</a> (CFSCC) was stood up and he took command of the new unit. Three months later, in November 2019, he relinquished command of CFSCC and 14AF to Major General <a href="/wiki/John_E._Shaw" title="John E. Shaw">John E. Shaw</a> and became deputy commander of AFSPC.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Space_Force">Space Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Whiting&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Space Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 20, 2019, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> was established and AFSPC was temporarily designated as Headquarters, United States Space Force. Whiting thus continued to serve as deputy commander of Headquarters, United States Space Force. In August 2020, he was one of the first general officers nominated to transfer to the Space Force and promoted to general. He was also selected to serve as the first commander of <a href="/wiki/Space_Operations_Command" title="Space Operations Command">Space Operations Command</a> (SpOC).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 21, 2020, SpOC was established and Whiting became its first commander.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2023, Whiting was nominated for promotion to general and appointment as <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_United_States_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the United States Space Command">commander of the United States Space Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed on December 19, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 10, 2024, he took command of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States Space Command</a> from General <a href="/wiki/James_H._Dickinson" title="James H. Dickinson">James H. Dickinson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2024, he released his strategic vision as commander of the combatant command.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Whiting&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whiting is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Whiting. His father is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. He married Tammy Lynn Preslar on June 1, 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Whiting&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._Gen._Stephen_N._Whiting_receives_French_National_Order_of_Merit_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lt._Gen._Stephen_N._Whiting_receives_French_National_Order_of_Merit_%284%29.jpg/220px-Lt._Gen._Stephen_N._Whiting_receives_French_National_Order_of_Merit_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lt._Gen._Stephen_N._Whiting_receives_French_National_Order_of_Merit_%284%29.jpg/330px-Lt._Gen._Stephen_N._Whiting_receives_French_National_Order_of_Merit_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lt._Gen._Stephen_N._Whiting_receives_French_National_Order_of_Merit_%284%29.jpg/440px-Lt._Gen._Stephen_N._Whiting_receives_French_National_Order_of_Merit_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6209" data-file-height="4144" /></a><figcaption>Whiting (right) after receiving the French <a href="/wiki/Ordre_national_du_M%C3%A9rite" title="Ordre national du Mérite">Ordre national du Mérite</a>, November 2021.</figcaption></figure> <p>Whiting is the recipient of the following awards:<sup id="cite_ref-biography_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USAF_Command_Space_Badge.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/USAF_Command_Space_Badge.png/150px-USAF_Command_Space_Badge.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/USAF_Command_Space_Badge.png/225px-USAF_Command_Space_Badge.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/USAF_Command_Space_Badge.png/300px-USAF_Command_Space_Badge.png 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Space_Operations_Badge" title="Space Operations Badge">Command Space Operations Badge</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USAF_-_Cyberspace_Operator_Wings_Basic.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/USAF_-_Cyberspace_Operator_Wings_Basic.png/150px-USAF_-_Cyberspace_Operator_Wings_Basic.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/USAF_-_Cyberspace_Operator_Wings_Basic.png/225px-USAF_-_Cyberspace_Operator_Wings_Basic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/USAF_-_Cyberspace_Operator_Wings_Basic.png/300px-USAF_-_Cyberspace_Operator_Wings_Basic.png 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="170" /></a></span> </td> <td>Basic Cyberspace Operator Badge </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/90px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/135px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/180px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1811" data-file-height="1809" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a> Badge </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/100px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/150px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/200px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States Space Command</a> Badge </td></tr></tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="position:relative; width:60px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 13px; top: 0px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze oak leaf cluster"><img alt="Bronze oak leaf cluster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/13px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/20px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/26px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="252" /></a></span></div><div style="position: absolute; left: 36px; top: 0px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze oak leaf cluster"><img alt="Bronze oak leaf cluster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/13px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/20px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/26px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="252" /></a></span></div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_ribbon.svg/60px-Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_ribbon.svg/90px-Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_ribbon.svg/120px-Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="30" /></a></span></div></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Distinguished Service Medal">Air Force Distinguished Service Medal</a> with two bronze <a href="/wiki/Oak_leaf_cluster" title="Oak leaf cluster">oak leaf clusters</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense_Superior_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Defense_Superior_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Defense_Superior_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Defense_Superior_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Defense_Superior_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Defense_Superior_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Defense_Superior_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defense_Superior_Service_Medal" title="Defense Superior Service Medal">Defense Superior Service Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="position:relative; width:60px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 13px; top: 0px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze oak leaf cluster"><img alt="Bronze oak leaf cluster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/13px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/20px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/26px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="252" /></a></span></div><div style="position: absolute; left: 36px; top: 0px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze oak leaf cluster"><img alt="Bronze oak leaf cluster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/13px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/20px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/26px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="252" /></a></span></div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Width-44 crimson ribbon with a pair of width-2 white stripes on the edges" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/60px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/90px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/120px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span></div></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a> with two bronze oak leaf cluster </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal" title="Defense Meritorious Service Medal">Defense Meritorious Service Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="position:relative; width:60px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 24px; top: 0px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze oak leaf cluster"><img alt="Bronze oak leaf cluster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/13px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/20px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/26px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="252" /></a></span></div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Width-44 crimson ribbon with two width-8 white stripes at distance 4 from the edges." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Meritorious_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span></div></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Service_Medal_(United_States)" title="Meritorious Service Medal (United States)">Meritorious Service Medal</a> with one bronze oak leaf cluster </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="position:relative; width:60px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: 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height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Air_and_Space_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Air_and_Space_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Air_and_Space_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Air_and_Space_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="132" data-file-height="36" /></a></span></div></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Commendation_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Commendation Medal">Air Force Commendation Medal</a> with one bronze oak leaf cluster </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Air_Force_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Air_Force_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Air_Force_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg/90px-Air_Force_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Air_Force_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-Air_Force_Achievement_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Achievement_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Achievement Medal">Air Force Achievement Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award_(USMC_and_USN_frame).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award_%28USMC_and_USN_frame%29.svg/60px-Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award_%28USMC_and_USN_frame%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award_%28USMC_and_USN_frame%29.svg/90px-Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award_%28USMC_and_USN_frame%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award_%28USMC_and_USN_frame%29.svg/120px-Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award_%28USMC_and_USN_frame%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="146" data-file-height="40" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award" title="Joint Meritorious Unit Award">Joint Meritorious Unit Award</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="position:relative; width:60px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 2px; top: 0px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze oak leaf cluster"><img alt="Bronze oak leaf cluster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/13px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/20px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/26px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="252" /></a></span></div><div style="position: absolute; left: 16px; top: 0px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze oak leaf cluster"><img alt="Bronze oak leaf cluster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg/13px-Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Outstanding_Unit_ribbon.svg/90px-Outstanding_Unit_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Outstanding_Unit_ribbon.svg/120px-Outstanding_Unit_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="30" /></a></span></div></div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a> with four bronze oak leaf clusters </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="position:relative; width:60px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 24px; top: 0px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_oak_leaf-3d.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze oak leaf cluster"><img alt="Bronze oak leaf cluster" 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href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Whiting_Promotion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lt_Gen_Whiting_Promotion.jpg/220px-Lt_Gen_Whiting_Promotion.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lt_Gen_Whiting_Promotion.jpg/330px-Lt_Gen_Whiting_Promotion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Lt_Gen_Whiting_Promotion.jpg/440px-Lt_Gen_Whiting_Promotion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2627" /></a><figcaption>Whiting getting his third star prior to taking command of <a href="/wiki/Space_Operations_Command" title="Space Operations Command">Space Operations Command</a>, October 21, 2020.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Branch</th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard_rotated.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/113px-US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/150px-US_Air_Force_O1_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="97" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/US_Second_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="US Second Lieutenant">Second Lieutenant</a></td> <td rowspan="8">Air Force</td> <td>May 31, 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard_rotated.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/113px-US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/150px-US_Air_Force_O2_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="97" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/First_Lieutenant_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Lieutenant (United States)">First Lieutenant</a></td> <td>May 31, 1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard_rotated.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/113px-US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/150px-US_Air_Force_O3_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="97" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States)" title="Captain (United States)">Captain</a></td> <td>May 31, 1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard_rotated.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/113px-US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/150px-US_Air_Force_O4_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="97" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a></td> <td>July 1, 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard_rotated.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard_rotated.svg/75px-US_Air_Force_O5_shoulderboard_rotated.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="33" class="mw-file-element" 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mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writings">Writings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Whiting&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Writings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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Raymond">John W. Raymond</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Commander of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Space_Wing" title="21st Space Wing">21st Space Wing</a> </b><br />2009–2011 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_D._Crawford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris D. Crawford (page does not exist)">Chris D. Crawford</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_J._Buck" title="David J. Buck">David J. Buck</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Vice Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Warfare_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Warfare Center">Air Force Warfare Center</a> </b><br />2013–2015 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_A._Welch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul A. Welch (page does not exist)">Paul A. Welch</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_T._Denker" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen T. Denker">Stephen T. Denker</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Director of Integrated Air, Space, Cyberspace and ISR Operations of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Space Command">Air Force Space Command</a> </b><br />2015–2017 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_T._Guastella" title="Joseph T. Guastella">Joseph T. Guastella</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_L._James" title="Thomas L. James">Thomas L. James</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Deputy Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Space_Component_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Force Space Component Command">Joint Force Space Component Command</a> </b><br />2017–2019 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Command redesignated </b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_J._Buck" title="David J. Buck">David J. Buck</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Commander of the <a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Air Force">14th Air Force</a> </b><br />2017–2019 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_E._Shaw" title="John E. Shaw">John E. Shaw</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New office</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Force_Space_Component_Command" title="Combined Force Space Component Command">Combined Force Space Component Command</a> </b><br />2019 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_E._Shaw" title="John E. Shaw">John E. Shaw</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Deputy Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Space Command">Air Force Space Command</a>, later <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> </b><br />2019–2020 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Command redesignated </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New office</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_Space_Operations_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of Space Operations Command">Commander of Space Operations Command</a> </b><br />2020–2024 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_N._Miller" title="David N. Miller">David N. Miller</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_H._Dickinson" title="James H. Dickinson">James H. Dickinson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_United_States_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the United States Space Command">Commander of the United States Space Command</a> </b><br />2024–present </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Incumbent</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_J._Cotton" title="Anthony J. Cotton">Anthony J. Cotton</a></div><i><b>as Commander of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Strategic_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Strategic Command">U.S. Strategic Command</a> </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">Order of precedence of the United States</a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">as Commander of U.S. Space Command</span></i> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_D._Haugh" title="Timothy D. Haugh">Timothy D. Haugh</a></div><i><b>as Commander of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Cyber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Cyber Command">U.S. Cyber Command</a> </b></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": 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Brown Jr.">Charles Q. Brown Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a><br /></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Under Secretaries of Defense for</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Acquisition_and_Sustainment" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment">Acquisition and Sustainment</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._LaPlante&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William A. LaPlante (page does not exist)">William A. LaPlante</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Research_and_Engineering" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering">Research and Engineering</a>: <a href="/wiki/Heidi_Shyu" title="Heidi Shyu">Heidi Shyu</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Policy" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Policy">Policy</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amanda_J._Dory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amanda J. Dory (page does not exist)">Amanda J. Dory</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_(Comptroller)" title="Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)">Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer</a>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._McCord" title="Michael J. McCord">Michael J. McCord</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Personnel_and_Readiness" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness">Personnel and Readiness</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashish_Vazirani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashish Vazirani (page does not exist)">Ashish Vazirani</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence">Intelligence</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Milancy_Harris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milancy Harris (page does not exist)">Milancy Harris</a> (acting)</span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Under Secretaries of the Military Departments</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Under Secretary of the Army">Under Secretary of the Army</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Camarillo" title="Gabe Camarillo">Gabe Camarillo</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mancinelli" title="Thomas Mancinelli">Thomas Mancinelli</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a>: <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Dalton" title="Melissa Dalton">Melissa Dalton</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">ADM <a href="/wiki/Christopher_W._Grady" title="Christopher W. Grady">Christopher W. Grady</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a><br /></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Chiefs of the Military Services</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a>: GEN <a href="/wiki/Randy_George" title="Randy George">Randy A. George</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Eric_Smith_(general)" title="Eric Smith (general)">Eric M. Smith</a> </span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a>: ADM <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Franchetti" title="Lisa Franchetti">Lisa M. Franchetti</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/David_W._Allvin" title="David W. Allvin">David W. Allvin</a> </span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/B._Chance_Saltzman" title="B. Chance Saltzman">B. Chance Saltzman</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau" title="Chief of the National Guard Bureau">Chief of the National Guard Bureau</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">Gen <a href="/wiki/Steven_Nordhaus" title="Steven Nordhaus">Steven S. 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