The U.S. army’s latest department now has its marching music.
The Space Force, which isn’t but three years outdated, simply unveiled its official music, a 40-second ditty known as “Semper Supra” (Latin for “at all times above.”) And it goes a bit one thing like this:
“We are the mighty watchful eye / Guardians past the blue,
The invisible entrance line / Warfighters courageous and true.
Boldly reaching into space / There isn’t any restrict to our sky.
Standing guard each night time and day / We are the Area Drive from on excessive.”
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You possibly can hear the phrases and music collectively in an Instagram post (opens in new tab) the Area Drive made in the present day (Sept. 20).
As these lyrics point out, members of the Area Drive are known as “guardians,” which cues the service up for “Guardians of the Galaxy” jokes. Each department of the U.S. army has a selected title for its personnel; for instance, these within the Military and Navy are known as troopers and sailors, respectively.
Every department additionally has its personal music. You could have heard “The Army Goes Rolling Along (opens in new tab),” which makes use of a melody written by march grasp John Philip Sousa.
The Area Drive was formally established in December 2019, turning into the primary new department of the U.S. army because the Air Drive started operations in 1947. The Area Drive is a part of the Air Drive, a lot because the U.S. Marine Corps is a part of the Navy.
The Area Drive “is accountable for organizing, coaching, and equipping Guardians to conduct world space operations that improve the way in which our joint and coalition forces battle, whereas additionally providing choice makers army choices to realize nationwide targets,” the department’s mission statement reads (opens in new tab).
This can be a broad and vital purview, provided that the US owes a lot of its storied army prowess to its superior space property — the extremely succesful reconnaissance and communications satellites that permit warfighters to watch and coordinate actions on the bottom. These property are increasingly coming under threat from rival nations comparable to China and Russia, U.S. army officers have mentioned.
“Semper Supra” was unveiled in the course of the 2022 Air Drive Affiliation Air, Area and Cyber Convention, which runs from Monday via Wednesday (Sept. 19 to Sept. 21) in Nationwide Harbor, Maryland, the Area Drive wrote in in the present day’s Instagram submit.
Mike Wall is the writer of “Out There (opens in new tab)” (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a e-book in regards to the seek for alien life. Observe him on Twitter @michaeldwall (opens in new tab). Observe us on Twitter @Spacedotcom (opens in new tab) or on Facebook (opens in new tab).
