{"id":57308,"date":"2026-05-14T09:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:14:52","slug":"senate-confirms-new-smdc-commanding-general-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308","title":{"rendered":"Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John L. Rafferty Jr.\u2019s promotion to lieutenant general and command of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command places him at the heart of America\u2019s shield against emerging threats. From Europe to the Middle East, his 33 years of service in field artillery, long-range precision fires, and senior staff roles have prepared him for a mission where miscalculation can have global consequences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>He succeeds Lt. Gen. Sean A. Gainey at a moment when hypersonic weapons, hostile satellites, and rising geopolitical tensions are rewriting the rules of deterrence. Rafferty\u2019s record in Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Spartan Shield, and Inherent Resolve has earned him a reputation for calm under pressure and technical mastery. His confirmation, pushed through amid a surge of Senate approvals, signals continuity of hard-nosed defense policy in an era when space is no longer a sanctuary but a battlefield in waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John L. Rafferty Jr.\u2019s promotion to lieutenant general and command of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command places him at the heart of America\u2019s shield&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General - TernaNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General - TernaNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John L. Rafferty Jr.\u2019s promotion to lieutenant general and command of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command places him at the heart of America\u2019s shield...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TernaNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-14T09:14:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/697792967_122368510442007143_2677823791127991259_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"501\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308\",\"name\":\"Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General - TernaNews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/697792967_122368510442007143_2677823791127991259_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-14T09:14:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/#\/schema\/person\/c92d3668c76d483f00b6738719da67d7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/697792967_122368510442007143_2677823791127991259_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/697792967_122368510442007143_2677823791127991259_n.jpg\",\"width\":501,\"height\":540},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/\",\"name\":\"TernaNews\",\"description\":\"My WordPress Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/#\/schema\/person\/c92d3668c76d483f00b6738719da67d7\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General - TernaNews","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General - TernaNews","og_description":"John L. Rafferty Jr.\u2019s promotion to lieutenant general and command of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command places him at the heart of America\u2019s shield...","og_url":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308","og_site_name":"TernaNews","article_published_time":"2026-05-14T09:14:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":501,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/697792967_122368510442007143_2677823791127991259_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308","url":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308","name":"Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General - TernaNews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/697792967_122368510442007143_2677823791127991259_n.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-14T09:14:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/#\/schema\/person\/c92d3668c76d483f00b6738719da67d7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/697792967_122368510442007143_2677823791127991259_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/697792967_122368510442007143_2677823791127991259_n.jpg","width":501,"height":540},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=57308#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Senate Confirms New SMDC Commanding General"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/","name":"TernaNews","description":"My WordPress Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/#\/schema\/person\/c92d3668c76d483f00b6738719da67d7","name":"admin","sameAs":["https:\/\/ternalnews.info"],"url":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?author=1"}]}},"views":26,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57310,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57308\/revisions\/57310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}