Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor Sean Parnell provided the following readout:
On November 20, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with General Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, at the Pentagon. The leaders discussed the relocation of U.S. Space Command's headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama. Gen. Whiting presented current relocation courses of action on efforts to relocate personnel and mission capabilities expeditiously and responsibly to support the President's directive. Both leaders discussed ways to accelerate the military construction process, additional requirements to cut through bureaucratic red tape, and the balance between cost, speed, and the uninterrupted execution of the command's warfighting mission. Gen. Whiting reiterated the command's steadfast commitment to working with organizations across the Department of War and elected leaders to identify efficiencies in relocating the headquarters per the President's direction in an expedient manner while ensuring the U.S. Space Command mission is unimpacted and can still achieve the requirements of our national security and allied and partner organizations.
In September, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Space Command – one of the Defense Department's 11 unified combatant commands – would be relocating from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to the Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The command was reestablished in August 2019, during Trump's first term as president.