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==Mission==

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 in providing missile warning, communications, navigation, weather, imagery and signals intelligence, and space support.<ref>[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/24-military.pdf Tennessee Military Department Bluebook, Nov 2005]</ref>

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>