Leadership 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 Philip Garrant; since 1 February 2024
	United States Space Force
Reports to	Chief of Space Operations
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
Western Development Division
1		Major General Bernard A. Schriever (1910–2005)	2 August 1954	31 May 1957	2 years, 302 days
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
1		Major General Bernard A. Schriever (1910–2005)	1 June 1957	24 April 1959	1 year, 327 days
2		Major General Osmond J. Ritland (1909–1991)	25 April 1959	31 March 1961	1 year, 340 days
Space Systems Division
1		Major General Osmond J. Ritland (1909–1991)	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 (1913–2012)	3 October 1962	31 August 1966	3 years, 332 days
4		Major General Paul T. Cooper (born 1919)	1 September 1966	30 June 1967	302 days
Space and Missile Systems Organization
1		Lieutenant General John W. O'Neill (1919–1977)	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 (1920–2005)	25 August 1972	28 August 1975	3 years, 3 days
4		Lieutenant General Thomas W. Morgan (born 1922)	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
Space Division
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 (born 1936)	24 June 1988	14 March 1989	263 days
Space Systems Division
1		Lieutenant General Donald L. Cromer (born 1936)	15 March 1989	31 May 1989	2 years, 77 days
2		Lieutenant General Edward P. Barry Jr. (born 1938)	8 July 1991	30 June 1992	358 days
Space and Missile Systems Center
1		Lieutenant General Edward P. Barry Jr. (born 1938)	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 (born 1946)	25 May 2001	20 May 2005	6 years, 280 days
6		Lieutenant General Michael A. Hamel (born 1950)	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
Space Systems Command
1		Lieutenant General Michael A. Guetlein (born 1967)	13 August 2021	21 December 2023	2 years, 130 days
2		Lieutenant General Philip Garrant (born c. 1969)	1 February 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 215 days

List of deputy commanders

No.	Deputy Commander^[1]		Term			Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration	Ref.
1		Major General Osmond J. Ritland (1909–1991)	23 April 1956	24 April 1959	3 years, 1 day	^[2]
2		Brigadier General Charles Terhune Jr. (1916–2006)	25 April 1959	22 June 1960	1 year, 58 days	^[3]
3		Brigadier General Harvard W. Powell (1915–2003)	23 June 1960	31 March 1961	281 days	^[4]
4		Major General Robert Evans Greer (1915–1976)	1 April 1961	30 June 1962	1 year, 90 days	^[5]
5		Brigadier General Harvard W. Powell (1915–2003)	1 July 1962	9 June 1963	343 days	^[4]
6		Brigadier General Joseph J. Cody (1918–2004)	10 June 1963	31 July 1964	1 year, 51 days	^[6]
7		Brigadier General Paul T. Cooper (born 1919)	1 August 1964	31 August 1966	2 years, 30 days	^[7]
8		Brigadier General David V. Miller (1919–2016)	1 September 1966	30 June 1967	−1 year, 32 days	^[8]
9		Major General Paul T. Cooper (born 1919)	1 November 1967	31 July 1968	273 days	^[7]
10		Brigadier General Louis L. Wilson Jr. (1919–2010)	1 August 1968	31 July 1970	1 year, 364 days	^[9]
11		Brigadier General Robert A. Duffy (1921–2015)	1 August 1970	31 July 1971	364 days	^[10]
12		Brigadier General Thomas W. Morgan (born 1922)	1 August 1971	12 November 1972	1 year, 103 days	^[11]
13		Brigadier General Herbert A. Lyon (1921–2006)	13 November 1972	29 March 1974	1 year, 136 days	^[12]
14		Major General Richard C. Henry (1925–2020)	16 August 1974	31 August 1976	2 years, 15 days	^[13]
15		Major General Howard E. McCormick (born 1922)	1 September 1976	1 July 1978	1 year, 303 days	^[14]
16		Major General Gerald K. Hendricks (1928–2020)	1 July 1978	1 June 1982	3 years, 335 days	^[15]
17		Major General Forrest S. McCartney (1931–2012)	1 June 1982	1 May 1983	334 days	^[16]
18		Major General Bernard P. Randolph (1933–2021)	1 May 1983	10 June 1984	1 year, 40 days	^[17]
19		Brigadier General Donald L. Cromer (born 1936)	7 January 1985	30 June 1986	1 year, 174 days	^[18]
20		Lieutenant General Donald J. Kutyna (born 1933)	1 June 1986	1 November 1987	1 year, 153 days	^[19]
21		Major General Robert R. Rankine Jr. (born 1936)	1 November 1987	30 March 1990	2 years, 149 days	^[20]
22		Brigadier General Jean E. Klick (born 1943)	31 March 1990	8 July 1991	1 year, 99 days	^[21]
23		Brigadier General Eugene L. Tattini (born 1943)	3 September 1991	2 December 1994	3 years, 90 days	^[22]
24		Colonel John S. Boone (born c. 1946)	27 November 1995	21 July 1996	237 days	^[23]
25		Brigadier General John L. Clay (born c. 1949)	22 July 1996	21 August 1998	2 years, 30 days	^[24]
26		Brigadier General Michael A. Hamel (born c. 1950)	21 August 1998	18 August 1999	362 days	^[25]
27		Brigadier General William M. Wilson Jr. (born c. 1951)	19 August 1999	19 October 2001	2 years, 61 days	^[26]
28		Major General Craig R. Cooning (born c. 1951)	20 October 2001	23 June 2004	2 years, 247 days	^[27]
29		Brigadier General Larry D. James (born 1956)	6 July 2004	July 2005	~1 year, 9 days	^[28]
30		Brigadier General Neil McCasland (born c. 1957)	October 2005	1 June 2007	~1 year, 229 days	^[29]
31		Brigadier General Ellen M. Pawlikowski (born 1956)	10 July 2007	May 2008	~310 days	^[29]
32		Brigadier General Susan K. Mashiko (born c. 1958)	May 2008	July 2009	~1 year, 61 days	^[30]
33		Brigadier General Samuel Greaves (born c. 1960)	August 2009	February 2011	~1 year, 184 days	^[31]
34		Brigadier General Roger Teague (born c. 1964)	June 2011	August 2012	~1 year, 61 days	^[32]
35		Major General Terrence Feehan (born c. 1962)	August 2012	May 2014	~1 year, 273 days	^[33]
36		Major General Robert McMurry (born c. 1962)	May 2014	April 2016	~1 year, 336 days	^[34]
37		Brigadier General Mark Baird (born c. 1967)	April 2016	June 2017	~1 year, 61 days	^[34]
38		Brigadier General Philip Garrant (born c. 1969)	June 2017	June 2019	~2 years	^[35]
39		Brigadier General Donna D. Shipton (born c. 1970)	June 2019	8 June 2020	~359 days	^[36]
40		Major General D. Jason Cothern (born 1970)	8 June 2020	8 January 2024	3 years, 214 days	^[37]
41		Colonel Michelle K. Idle (born c. 1971)	8 January 2024	~30 June 2025	~1 year, 173 days	^[38]
42		Colonel Andrew S. Menschner (born c. 1979)	~30 June 2025	Incumbent	~66 days	^[39]

List of senior enlisted leaders

No.	Senior Enlisted Leader		Term			Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration	Ref.
–		Chief Master Sergeant Steven F. Crocker	June 2005	June 2008	~3 years, 0 days	^[40]
–		Chief Master Sergeant Stephen R. Ludwig (born c. 1966)	June 2008	November 2009	~1 year, 153 days	^[41]^[42]
–		Chief Master Sergeant Mark E. Repp	December 2009	February 2012	~2 years, 62 days	^[43]
–		Chief Master Sergeant Carol A.M. Dockery (born c. 1965)	February 2012	September 2013	~1 year, 212 days	^[44]
–		Chief Master Sergeant Angelica M. Johnson	September 2013	October 2014	~1 year, 30 days	^[45]^[46]
–		Chief Master Sergeant Craig S. Hall	October 2014	January 2019	~4 years, 92 days	^[47]
–		Chief Master Sergeant Lisa R. Arnold (born c. 1975)	January 2019	June 2021	~2 years, 151 days	^[48]
–		Chief Master Sergeant Willie H. Frazier II (c. 1976–2024)	June 2021	15 December 2023	~2 years, 183 days	^[49]
–		Chief Master Sergeant Jacqueline Sauvé (born c. 1985)	15 December 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 263 days	^[50]