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Douglas Schiess

49:06 - 49:24

"in our request, we also asked for an additional 2,000 civilians."

“in our request, we also asked for an additional 2,000 civilians.”
Speaker
Douglas Schiess
Timestamp
49:06 – 49:24
Source
Senate Armed Services (Sullivan): Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess, USSF, to be general and Chief of Space Operations.
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Alaska News
Captured at
July 16, 2026

From the transcript

And are you able to find those 100 civilians a month? We are. We are able to do that. Some of those are different locations, but we are— the Space Force doesn't have a problem with people wanting to join, and it's just finding the right spot for them. And so— and then in our request, we also asked for an additional 2,000 civilians.

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