Leadership of 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

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

No.	Commander		Term
	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
–		Joy M. White (born c. 1963) Acting	21 December 2023	1 February 2024	42 days
2		Lieutenant General Philip Garrant (born c. 1969)	1 February 2024	Incumbent	274 days

List of deputy commanders

No.	Deputy Commander		Term			Ref.
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Major General Osmond J. Ritland (1909–1991)	23 April 1956	24 April 1959	3 years, 1 day
2		Brigadier General Charles Terhune Jr. (1916–2006)	25 April 1959	22 June 1960	1 year, 58 days
3		Brigadier General Harvard W. Powell (1915–2003)	23 June 1960	31 March 1961	281 days
4		Major General Robert Evans Greer (1915–1976)	1 April 1961	30 June 1962	1 year, 90 days
5		Brigadier General Harvard W. Powell (1915–2003)	1 July 1962	9 June 1963	343 days
6		Brigadier General Joseph J. Cody (1918–2004)	10 June 1963	31 July 1964	1 year, 51 days
7		Brigadier General Paul T. Cooper (born 1919)	1 August 1964	31 August 1966	2 years, 30 days
8		Brigadier General David V. Miller (1919–2016)	1 September 1966	30 June 1967	−1 year, 32 days
9		Major General Paul T. Cooper (born 1919)	1 November 1967	31 July 1968	273 days
10		Brigadier General Louis L. Wilson Jr. (1919–2010)	1 August 1968	31 July 1970	1 year, 364 days
11		Brigadier General Robert A. Duffy (1921–2015)	1 August 1970	31 July 1971	364 days
12		Brigadier General Thomas W. Morgan (born 1922)	1 August 1971	12 November 1972	1 year, 103 days
13		Brigadier General Herbert A. Lyon (1921–2006)	13 November 1972	29 March 1974	1 year, 136 days
14		Major General Richard C. Henry (1925–2020)	16 August 1974	31 August 1976	2 years, 15 days
15		Major General Howard E. McCormick (born 1922)	1 September 1976	1 July 1978	1 year, 303 days
16		Major General Gerald K. Hendricks (1928–2020)	1 July 1978	1 June 1982	3 years, 335 days
17		Major General Forrest S. McCartney (1931–2012)	1 June 1982	1 May 1983	334 days
18		Major General Bernard P. Randolph (1933–2021)	1 May 1983	10 June 1984	1 year, 40 days
19		Brigadier General Donald L. Cromer (born 1936)	7 January 1985	30 June 1986	1 year, 174 days
20		Lieutenant General Donald J. Kutyna (born 1933)	1 June 1986	1 November 1987	1 year, 153 days
21		Major General Robert R. Rankine Jr. (born 1936)	1 November 1987	30 March 1990	2 years, 149 days
22		Brigadier General Jean E. Klick (born 1943)	31 March 1990	8 July 1991	1 year, 99 days
23		Brigadier General Eugene L. Tattini (born 1943)	3 September 1991	2 December 1994	3 years, 90 days
24		Colonel John S. Boone (born c. 1946)	27 November 1995	21 July 1996	237 days
25		Brigadier General John L. Clay (born c. 1949)	22 July 1996	21 August 1998	2 years, 30 days
26		Brigadier General Michael A. Hamel (born c. 1950)	21 August 1998	18 August 1999	362 days
27		Brigadier General William M. Wilson Jr. (born c. 1951)	19 August 1999	19 October 2001	2 years, 61 days
28		Major General Craig R. Cooning (born c. 1951)	20 October 2001	23 June 2004	2 years, 247 days
29		Brigadier General Larry D. James (born 1956)	6 July 2004	July 2005	~1 year, 9 days
30		Brigadier General Neil McCasland (born c. 1957)	October 2005	1 June 2007	~1 year, 229 days
31		Brigadier General Ellen M. Pawlikowski (born 1956)	10 July 2007	May 2008	~310 days
32		Brigadier General Susan K. Mashiko (born c. 1958)	May 2008	July 2009	~1 year, 61 days
33		Brigadier General Samuel Greaves (born c. 1960)	August 2009	February 2011	~1 year, 184 days
34		Brigadier General Roger Teague (born c. 1964)	June 2011	August 2012	~1 year, 61 days
35		Major General Terrence Feehan (born c. 1962)	August 2012	May 2014	~1 year, 273 days
36		Major General Robert McMurry (born c. 1962)	May 2014	April 2016	~1 year, 336 days
37		Brigadier General Mark Baird (born c. 1967)	April 2016	June 2017	~1 year, 61 days
38		Brigadier General Philip Garrant (born c. 1969)	June 2017	June 2019	~2 years
39		Brigadier General Donna D. Shipton (born c. 1970)	June 2019	8 June 2020	~359 days
40		Major General D. Jason Cothern (born 1970)	8 June 2020	8 January 2024	3 years, 214 days
41		Colonel Michelle K. Idle (born 1970)	8 January 2024	Incumbent	298 days

List of senior enlisted leaders

No.	Senior Enlisted Leader		Term			Ref.
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
–		Chief Master Sergeant Steven F. Crocker	June 2005	June 2008	~3 years, 0 days
–		Chief Master Sergeant Stephen R. Ludwig (born c. 1966)	June 2008	November 2009	~1 year, 153 days
–		Chief Master Sergeant Mark E. Repp	December 2009	February 2012	~2 years, 62 days
–		Chief Master Sergeant Carol A.M. Dockery (born c. 1965)	February 2012	September 2013	~1 year, 212 days
–		Chief Master Sergeant Angelica M. Johnson	September 2013	October 2014	~1 year, 30 days
–		Chief Master Sergeant Craig S. Hall	October 2014	January 2019	~4 years, 92 days
–		Chief Master Sergeant Lisa R. Arnold (born c. 1975)	January 2019	June 2021	~2 years, 151 days
–		Chief Master Sergeant Willie H. Frazier II (c. 1976–2024)	June 2021	15 December 2023	~2 years, 183 days
–		Chief Master Sergeant Jacqueline Sauvé (born c. 1985)	15 December 2023	Incumbent	322 days

See also

• Space Systems Command
• Commander of Space Operations Command
• Commander of Space Training and Readiness Command