Deputy Secretary of Defense Visits SMC
Deputy Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan, walks with Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, Brig. Gen. Philip Garrant, SMC vice commander, Joy White, SMC executive director, during a tour of Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., Aug 27. The Space and Missile Systems Center, a subordinate unit of Air Force Space Command, is the center of technical excellence for developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining military space systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Van De Ha)