Space Force Association: SWT with Colonel David Hanson

SWT with Col Hanson, Commander, Space Base Delta 1

8 May, 2024

Key Takeaways:

• Col Hanson discussed the importance of partnerships with local communities and other government entities to support base operations and enhance the quality of life for military personnel.

• Col Hanson touched on aging infrastructure at military bases, including outdated power and water systems that need upgrading. These installations must maintain robustness, especially in contested environments where adversaries may target our infrastructure.
• Col Hanson discussed classifying Mission Support Systems as critical assets, similar to Weapon Systems, to ensure they receive necessary resources and attention.

Quotes:

Community and Interagency Relations

“We have great relationship with the level of Colorado Springs police department as well as El Paso County Sheriff’s Department and a lot of the local law enforcement.”

Infrastructure Challenges

“A lot of those initial systems and such as water mains, or electrical, are getting old and replaced.”

“If the enemy were to get in our systems, how would be able to provide that same infrastructure the same power to the warfighter to ensure that mission continues.”

Strategic Asset Placement and Space Utilization

“We’ve been putting a lot of Space Missions and Homeland Defense Missions off base and in off base leasing facility and those are working out well.”

Space Collaboration

“The Weapon Systems, the Infrastructure Systems, all do amazing things, but they don’t do great things unless they’re great people behind them and whether it’s great folks that are designing them, hardening them and keeping them running, we all actually make this place run.”

Resource Classification and Prioritization

“I think it’s just it’s going to take a lot of advocacy, and also senior leader involvement to say, our Mission Systems are important and maybe it’s classifying some of our Mission Support systems as Weapons Systems.”