The United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) is an Army Service Component Command (ASCC) of the United States Army. The command was established in 1997. The current USASMDC commander is Lieutenant General Daniel L. Karbler with Senior Enlisted Advisor Command Sergeant Major Finis A. Dodson. The Army Space Command (ARSPACE) stood up in April 1988 as a field operating agency of the Deputy Chief of Staff (of the Army) for Operations and Plans. As the Army component of U.S. Space Command, ARSPACE was to provide the Army perspective in planning for Department of Defense space support and ensure the integration of Army requirements into joint planning for space support and "conduct planning for DoD space operations in support of Army strategic, operational and tactical missions." A relatively small organization, it was soon put to the test. The new command was instrumental in bringing space assets to U.S. Army forces during Operation Desert Storm. Following the war, new operational missions, such as the Army Space Support Teams and the Joint Tactical Ground Stations, became key elements of the Army space program. Organizationally however, ARSPACE remained a command, a Tables of Distribution and Allowances, or TDA, organization with offices and directorates according to mission, rather than an Army operational Table of Organization and Equipment unit. This changed on 1 May 1995. On that date, ARSPACE's Military Satellite Communications Directorate or MILSATCOM Directorate became the 1st Satellite Control, or SATCON, Battalion—the first Army battalion with an operational mission tied to space systems and capabilities. Structure The SMDC is made up of several components, Active Army and full-time Army National Guard, due to the 24-hour a day, 7-day a week, 365-day a year nature of SMDC's mission: U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) Headquarters and the Force Development Integration Center co-located with the Missile Defense Agency on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama U.S. Army SMDC/ARSTRAT satellite site located on Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1st Space Brigade, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado 1st Space Battalion 2nd Space Battalion 100th Missile Defense Brigade (GMD), Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado 49th Missile Defense Battalion, Alaska Army National Guard, Fort Greely, Alaska Satellite Operations Brigade is transferring to the Space Force 53rd Signal Battalion (SATCON) becoming 53rd Space Operations Squadron, USSF; mission transfer under way August 15, 2022 Satellite Communications Directorate Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (SMDTC) Space and Missile Defense Battle Lab