Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, USSF

Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations
U.S. Space Force

Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess is the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. Lt. Gen. Schiess has overall responsibility for the development and implementation of policy for all U.S. Space Force global operations, sustainment, training and readiness. He serves as the Space Force Operations Deputy to the Chief of Space Operations for all Joint Chiefs of Staff matters.

Lt. Gen. Schiess entered the Air Force as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1992 and transferred to the United States Space Force in 2022. He has commanded at the squadron, group, wing, joint component and field command levels. He deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in support of operations Enduring Freedom, Resolute Support and Inherent Resolve. His staff assignments include Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Headquarters Space Operations Command, the Air Staff, the Space Staff and Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. Prior to his current assignment, Lt. Gen. Schiess was the Commander, U.S. Space Forces-Space and United States Space Command’s Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander.

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Related Sessions

Burden Sharing & Shifting in Space

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

2:35 pm - 3:20 pm

Track: Symposium Program

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