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{{Infobox military unit

|unit_name= 119th Command and Control Squadron

|image= [[File:119th Command and Control Squadron.png|200px]]

|caption= 119th Command and Control Squadron emblem

|dates= 1950-Present – present<ref name="Duncan">[http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2000-10-19/pdf/CREC-2000-10-19-pt1-PgE1826-3.pdf House of Representatives: "Rep Duncan Honors the 119th Air Control Squadron"]</ref>

|country= [[United States]]

|allegiance=

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|command_structure=[[Air Force Space Command]]/[[US Strategic Command]]/[[Tennessee Air National Guard]]

|current_commander= Lt Col Vince Franklin (2012-Present – present) <ref name="knoxnews.com">[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/mar/08/changing-of-the-guard-franklin-named-new-of/ Knoxnews.com "Changing of the Guard: Franklin Named New Commander of 119th"]</ref>

|garrison= [[McGhee Tyson ANGB]], [[Tennessee]]<ref>[http://www.house.gov/duncan/speech/Sp090707.htm House of Representatives: "Rep Duncan Celebrates Air National Guard Base",September 7, September 2007]</ref>

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|colonel_of_the_regiment=

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The 119th Command and Control Squadron was one of the first [[Air National Guard]] units to become a part of the [[USSTRATCOM|United States Space Command]] (later [[USSTRATCOM|United States Strategic Command]]). Its mission is augmentation for [[USSTRATCOM]]'s global operations center (GOC) which coordinates and directs the use of the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]’s military space forces.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

The 119 CACS provides support to Headquarters [[USSTRATCOM]] via three primary Command and Control mission areas: Global Operations, Homeland Defense Operations, and Natural Disaster Events.<ref name="tnmilitary.org">[http://www.tnmilitary.org/Bios/Schettler/Schettler%20Bio%20Jan%202008.pdf Tennessee Military Department: Col L. Gus Schettler Official Biography]</ref><ref>[http://www.ngb.army.mil/media/transcripts/cngbtestimonytocommission3may06final.doc National Guard Bureau: "Statement By Lieutenant General H Steven Blum Chief, National Guard Bureau Before The Commission On The National Guard And Reserves On The Appropriate Role Of The National Guard And Reserves In Homeland Security And Homeland Defense"]</ref>

==History==

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==Previous designations==

*119th Command and Control Squadron (16 August 2002–Present2002 – present)<ref name="ReferenceA">AF FOIA Request 2009-0006-F, 13 July 2009</ref>

*119th Air Control Squadron on (16 June 1992 – 16 August 2002)<ref name="Duncan"/>

*119th Tactical Control Squadron (1 September 1965 – 16 June 1992)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

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==Commanders==

*Col Vince Franklin (2012–Present2012 – present) <ref name="knoxnews.com"/>

*Lt Col David Evans (2008–2012)<ref name="Duncan"/>

*Lt Col Luttrell Gus Schettler (2003–2008)<ref name="blounttoday.com">[http://www.blounttoday.com/photos/galleries/changing-command/ Blount Today.com: "Changing Command Photo Gallery"]</ref>

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==Bases stationed==

*[[McGhee Tyson ANGB]], [[Tennessee]](16 August 2002–Present2002 – present)<ref name="Duncan"/><ref>[http://www.ang.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080320-050.pdf Air National Guard: ANG RESOURCE BOOK TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE]</ref>

*Alcoa ANGS, [[Tennessee]] (1 September 1965 – 16 August 2002)

*[[Otis Air Force Base]] (18 January 1952 – 1 September 1965)<ref name="Duncan"/>