The newest branch of the US military, Space Force, began life in 2019 under former President Donald Trump.
Which is not unusual; the US military is fond of official songs and each of the services has one.
Space Force’s song is called Semper Supra and is set to a jaunty musical medley with lyrics talking about being the ‘mighty watchful eye’ and ‘the invisible front line’. It was unveiled by General John ‘Jay’ Raymond, chief of space operations, at a conference in Maryland this week.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatResponses to it have been, well, mixed.Sean Nelson, chief musician of the US Coast Guard Band, helped create the musical score for the song.
‘I went for it and I did what I thought was going to be the most exciting kind of sounds,’ he explained.Are we absolutely sure this isn’t the theme song for the upcoming season of the comedy series Space Force… because I laughed my ass off so I have to know if this is meant to be funny
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