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Report | April 11, 2025

Evaluation of DoD Roles and Processes Leading up to the July 2023 Basing Decision for the U.S. Space Command (Report No. DODIG-2025-084)

Evaluation

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the roles and processes of DoD leadership prior to the decision to base the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

On January 13, 2021, the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) announced Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for USSPACECOM’s permanent headquarters, pending an environmental assessment. Although the Department of the Air Force (DAF) completed the assessment on September 30, 2022, the SECAF never announced a final decision regarding USSPACECOM’s permanent headquarters location.