Director of Staff of the United States Space Force

Director of Staff of the United States Space Force
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Flag of a Space Force major general
Incumbent Major General Steven P. Whitney since 7 July 2023
United States Space Force
Member of	Office of the Chief of Space Operations
Reports to	Chief of Space Operations
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument	10 U.S.C. § 9083
First holder	Nina Armagno
Deputy	Deputy Director of Staff

The director of staff of the United States Space Force (SF/DS) is a senior leadership position in the United States Space Force held by a major general. The director of staff reports to the chief of space operations (CSO) and has overall responsibility for providing executive staff to the CSO, vice chief of space operations, and chief master sergeant of the Space Force.

The director of staff is responsible for the supervision of key enterprise matters related to integrating and synchronizing policies, plans, positions, procedures, and cross-functional issues for the Office of the Chief of Space Operations (informally referred to as the "Space Staff"), interacting with Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Department of State, United States Congress, and other U.S. government and state agencies on correspondence and tasking issues. The director of staff is responsible for the planning, coordinating, executing, and supervising of key forums, and ensuring the efficient execution of the Space Staff responsibilities. Additionally, the director of staff is responsible for administrative functions, and budget and execution of the Space Staff Program Element.^[1]