Commander of Space Systems Command

Commander of Space Systems Command
Commander of Space Systems Command
	Space Systems Command emblem
	Flag of a Space Force lieutenant general
	Incumbent; Lieutenant General Michael Guetlein; since 13 August 2021
	United States Space Force
Reports to	Chief of Space Operations; Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration
Seat	Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, U.S.
Precursor	Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center
Formation	2 August 1954
First holder	Bernard A. Schriever
Deputy	Deputy Commander, Space Systems Command

This is a list of all commanders of Space Systems Command and all its historical antecedents, organizations that took its lineage.

List of commanders

No.	Commander[1]		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Major General Bernard A. Schriever (1910–2005)	2 August 1954	31 May 1957	2 years, 302 days

No.	Commander[1]		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Major General Bernard A. Schriever (1910–2005)	1 June 1957	24 April 1959	1 year, 327 days
2		Major General Osmond J. Ritland	25 April 1959	31 March 1961	1 year, 340 days

No.	Commander[2]		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Major General Osmond J. Ritland	1 April 1961	13 May 1962	1 year, 42 days
2		Lieutenant General Howell M. Estes Jr. (1914–2007)	14 May 1962	2 October 1962	141 days
3		Major General Ben I. Funk	3 October 1962	31 August 1966	3 years, 332 days
4		Major General Paul T. Cooper	1 September 1966	30 June 1967	302 days

No.	Commander[2]		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Lieutenant General John W. O'Neill	1 July 1967	31 August 1969	2 years, 61 days
2		Lieutenant General Samuel C. Phillips (1921–1990)	1 September 1969	24 August 1972	2 years, 358 days
3		Lieutenant General Kenneth W. Schultz	25 August 1972	28 August 1975	3 years, 3 days
4		Lieutenant General Thomas W. Morgan	29 August 1975	28 April 1978	2 years, 242 days
5		Lieutenant General Richard C. Henry (1925–2020)	28 April 1978	30 September 1979	1 year, 155 days

No.	Commander[2]		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Lieutenant General Richard C. Henry (1925–2020)	1 October 1979	1 May 1983	3 years, 212 days
2		Lieutenant General Forrest S. McCartney (1931–2012)	1 May 1983	30 September 1986	3 years, 152 days
3		Lieutenant General Aloysius G. Casey (1932–2020)	9 October 1986	23 June 1988	1 year, 258 days
4		Lieutenant General Donald L Cromer	24 June 1988	14 March 1989	263 days

No.	Commander[2]		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Lieutenant General Donald L. Cromer	15 March 1989	31 May 1989	2 years, 77 days
2		Lieutenant General Edward P. Barry Jr.	8 July 1991	30 June 1992	358 days

No.	Commander[2]		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Lieutenant General Edward P. Barry Jr.	1 July 1992	16 November 1994	2 years, 138 days
2		Lieutenant General Lester L. Lyles (born 1946)	17 November 1994	18 August 1996	1 year, 275 days
3		Lieutenant General Roger G. DeKok (1947–2003)	19 August 1996	12 August 1998	1 year, 358 days
4		Lieutenant General Eugene L. Tattini (born 1943)	13 August 1998	25 May 2001	2 years, 285 days
5		Lieutenant General Brian A. Arnold	25 May 2001	20 May 2005	6 years, 280 days
6		Lieutenant General Michael A. Hamel	20 May 2005	16 May 2008	2 years, 362 days
7		Lieutenant General John T. Sheridan	16 May 2008	3 June 2011	3 years, 18 days
8		Lieutenant General Ellen M. Pawlikowski (born 1956)	3 June 2011	19 June 2014	3 years, 16 days
9		Lieutenant General Samuel A. Greaves	19 June 2014	22 March 2017	2 years, 276 days
10		Lieutenant General John F. Thompson	22 March 2017	1 August 2021	4 years, 132 days
–		Brigadier General D. Jason Cothern (born 1970) Acting	1 August 2021	13 August 2021	12 days

No.	Commander		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Lieutenant General Michael A. Guetlein (born 1967)	13 August 2021	Incumbent	252 days

"Historical Overview of the Space and Missile Systems Center, 1954-2003" (PDF). www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
"Space Systems Command (USSF)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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