WASHINGTON — A senior Alabama National Guard officer has been tapped to oversee one of the Pentagon’s most closely watched basing shifts, as U.S. Space Command prepares to relocate its headquarters from Colorado to Alabama.
Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, said Jan. 29 that Maj. Gen. Terry Grisham will serve as transition team director for the move from Colorado Springs to Huntsville. Grisham, a two-star general in the Alabama National Guard, will manage the logistics and coordination required to shift the command’s headquarters while operations continue.
Grisham was named last year assistant deputy commander for National Guard affairs at U.S. Army Materiel Command. Whiting cited both Grisham’s professional background and his local connections in explaining the decision…