§9085 Office of the Chief of Space Operations: general duties

Summary

The Office must give professional help to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force, and the Chief of Space Operations. Under the Secretary of the Air Force’s control, the Office must plan and prepare the Space Force for use. That includes work on recruiting, organizing, supplying and equipping (including research and development), training, servicing, mobilizing and demobilizing, administering, and maintaining the force, and must follow subsections (c) and (d) of section 9014. The Office must study and report on how well the Space Force is working and whether it is ready to support combatant commanders. It must write detailed instructions to carry out approved plans and oversee those actions. When directed by the Secretary or the Chief, it must coordinate activities across Space Force organizations. It must also perform any other tasks the Secretary assigns that are not already given by law.