5.10.2026
Space Force Lt. Gen. David Miller has been nominated to replace retiring Gen. Stephen Whiting as U.S. Space Command commanding general.
If confirmed, Miller will lead the transition of Space Command headquarters from its temporary home in Colorado Springs to Redstone Arsenal.
During a tour of Space Command’s current facilities on the arsenal, Whiting said another commander would be in place by the time the transition is complete in 2032.
The White House notified Congress of Miller’s nomination last month in a congressional notice.
According to his Space Force biography, Miller Jr. is currently the Space Force’s deputy chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs and Requirements at the Pentagon.
In this position, Lt. Gen. Miller is directly responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Space Operations for the strategies and concepts, requirements, and budget of the United States Space Force.
Miller was commissioned in 1993 and is a graduate of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He has operational experience across spacepower disciplines and has held a range of operational leadership and staff positions.
During his career, Miller has commanded America’s Guardians and Airmen at the squadron, group and wing levels including the 2nd Range Operations Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; the 21st Operations Group at Peterson AFB, Colorado; the 460th Space Wing at Buckley AFB, Colorado; and the Director of Operations and Force Development for U.S. Space Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. Previously, Miller served as the special assistant to the Vice Chief of Space Operations, headquarters, U.S. Space Force, Peterson SFB, Colorado. Prior to his current position, Lt Gen Miller was the commander of Space Operations Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
Whiting, who has served as commander since January 2024, is expected to step down later this year or early next year. He said this summer that about 200 Space Command personnel are expected to be working at the arsenal by the end of the year.
Whiting expects about half of the headquarters’ workforce to be working on the arsenal – about 900 – by sometime in 2028, with 1,800 on the arsenal when the transition is complete.
President Donald Trump has requested $951 million in the Fiscal 2027 budget to facilitate the move of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Redstone Arsenal.
Space Command is expected to break ground on the purpose-built command and control center on a 64-acre site on the arsenal next year. It is currently working out of four buildings on the arsenal in addition to multiple buildings in Colorado Springs.
Quelle: Advance Local