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David N. Miller

David N. Miller Jr. (born c. 1971) is a United States Space Force lieutenant general who has served as the commander of Space Operations Command. He previously served as the director of operations, training, and force development of the United States Space Command.

Miller is a native of Newburgh, New York. He was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1993 after graduating from Lafayette College. He is a career missile and space operations officer who has commanded the 2nd Range Operations Squadron, 21st Operations Group, and 460th Space Wing. He also served as the senior military assistant to Secretary Barbara Barrett.

Miller led the reestablishment of the U.S. Space Command. He transferred into the Space Force in 2021 as a major general. In 2024, he was promoted to lieutenant general and became the second commander of Space Operations Command.

Miller was born in Newburgh, New York. His mother, a single mom, is a New York City school teacher. He originally planned to enter the United States Air Force Academy, but upon visiting the campus, he felt he preferred "a little more of the traditional 'college' experience." His sister, a sophomore at Lafayette College at Easton, Pennsylvania, convinced him to enter Lafayette.

Miller received a B.A. degree in anthropology and sociology in 1993 from Lafayette. He then earned an M.B.A. with honors in 1997 from Regis University at Denver, Colorado. He also received a Master of National Security and Strategic Studies in 2005 from the Naval War College, a Master of Airpower Arts and Science in 2006 from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and an M.S. in national security strategy in 2013 from the National War College.

Miller also attended Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, USAF Weapons School, and Air War College. He also participated in leadership programs and seminars from the Center for Creative Leadership, Alan Freed Associates, and Institute for Defense Business.

Miller was commissioned into the United States Air Force on May 29, 1993. After commissioning he served as a Gold Bar Recruiter in Rutgers University at New Brunswick, New Jersey with the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 48. After that, he went to undergraduate missile training at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. He finished the training as an outstanding performer.

After undergraduate missile training, Miller was assigned to his first operational assignment at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, as an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operator, instructor, and senior standardization and evaluation crew commander with the 321st Missile Squadron. He stayed there for four years until he shifted to the space operations career field. From 1998 to 2000, he served as weapons and tactical flight commander of the 2nd Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. After that, he was assigned as executive officer with the 21st Operations Group at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, for over a year.

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