{"id":87947,"date":"2024-01-14T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=87947"},"modified":"2024-01-14T22:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T22:33:21","slug":"space-force-veteran-chooses-va-for-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=87947","title":{"rendered":"Space Force Veteran chooses VA for care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Space Force Veteran Gregory Underation receives his care at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/fayetteville-arkansas-health-care\/\">VA Health Care System of the Ozarks<\/a>. It was an opportunity to serve a Veteran from the newest branch of service. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Space Force was officially created in 2019, 72 years after the Air Force. Its mission is to secure the nation\u2019s interests in, from and to space. Underation completed his technical training with the 18th Space Control Squadron at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.<\/p>\n<p>Underation served his first two years in the Air Force and transitioned to the Space Force as a conjunction analysis operator for his last two years of service. A conjunction analysis operator monitors satellites to ensure no collisions and to signal intelligence to ensure there is no nefarious activity anywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Like being an air traffic controller for space<\/h2>\n<p>Underation explains his job as being equivalent to an air traffic controller for space. Next, he trained and certified others in operating Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites. These satellites collect space situational awareness data for more accurate tracking and characterization of man-made, orbiting objects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Gregory-cropped-with-logo_r1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Space Force Veteran Gregory Underation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are a real branch of 8,000 strong.\u00a0We are a small unique community. I was proud to serve in the Honor Guard for six months before joining the Air Force, now Space Force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>These days, Underation enjoys his time farming and working as a real estate agent in the Joplin, Missouri, area. He is an Ohio native who recently relocated with his family to an 80-acre farm in Stella, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where the real estate landed us,\u201d he said, of he and his family settling in an area that was \u201calien\u201d to them.<\/p>\n<p>He receives VA his care at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/fayetteville-arkansas-health-care\/locations\/joplin-va-clinic\/\">Community Based Outpatient Clinic<\/a> in Joplin, MO.<\/p>\n<p>His advice for fellow Veterans is, \u201cEnroll in VA health care, seek help, reach out to other Veterans and take the first step by making the call.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Force Veteran Gregory Underation receives his care at VA Health Care System of the Ozarks. It was an opportunity to serve a Veteran from the newest branch of service. \u00a0 The Space Force was officially created in 2019, 72 years after the Air Force. 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