AURORA, Colorado — U.S. Space Command will offer significant relocation bonuses to civilian employees who agree to move when the headquarters transfers to Huntsville, the command’s top general announced at a symposium this week in Colorado.
Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, the Space Command commander, told reporters at AFA’s Warfare Symposium in Aurora that the command has already established a retention bonus for staff ahead of the move. Relocation costs will also be covered. The bonuses will be paid out over several years, he said.
“I’ve said to our civilian workforce, I want to make this decision as difficult as it can be for them because we’re putting our money where our mouth is,” Whiting said…