PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - A familiar face is once again being seen around U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command. Col. Kurt S. Story - former Chief of Staff for Army Space Command, G3 Chief of Operations for SMDC/ARSTRAT, and 1st Space Brigade commander - has returned to the command, this time as the Deputy Commander for Operations. SMDC/ARSTRAT Commanding General Lt. Gen. Kevin T. Campbell welcomed Story back at a ceremony Sept. 4 in Building Three, the command\'s operational headquarters.
"I don't think I know anybody with a history of space who is more qualified to fully take on this job," praised Campbell during his remarks on Story. "He has a great reputation, leadership skills and background. He knows what the troops need in Iraq and has already been providing it.
"The Army could not have done a better job in picking a brigadier general to be in the space business."
Story, who is slated to be promoted to brigadier general, returned to the command from his most recent assignment as the director of operations (J3), Joint Forces Component Command - Space, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
"Space operations and integrated missile defense are joint by nature," Story said. "I am looking forward to working with the other services looking for ways to take advantage of our various capabilities and to build a mutually supportive synergy that will ensure that our systems and our processes are indeed joint and that together we provide the most economical and efficient world-class support to the joint warfighter and national security space team.
"I am very excited about being back in Colorado Springs," Story said. "From my foxhole, there is no better town in America than Colorado Springs."
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