# The U.S. Space Force now has an official song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402 "2022-09-28T17:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/21 "2022-09-28T19:04:22Z")
Worf Rider? [Worf Rider | Junkyard Brewing Company | BeerAdvocate](https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/31764/418765/) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/22 "2022-09-28T19:40:42Z")
Of course it’s got to be another fucking IPA. Of course it does. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/23 "2022-09-28T20:00:19Z")
My suspicion is that the services get bitchy about being called by the other’s names- i.e. don’t call a Marine, Sailor, or Airman a Soldier and vice-versa, so the DoD probably thought up a service-neutral generic name that they could all agree on - “warfighter” probably being direct enough and descriptive enough of the people they’re trying to generically describe. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/24 "2022-09-28T21:14:35Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Incidentally, when did the word “warfighter” become a thing? Close to 20 years ago. Bump nailed it. It filled the space of the generic sounding SM (servicemember) used in things like policy memos and the whole mouthful that was “Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/25 "2022-09-28T22:05:18Z")
Ugh, the video in that article is nearly two minutes of talking-head banalities about the song, before 45 seconds of the actual song itself. And yeah, it sounds like something that a retired librarian would write for a small town’s Fourth of July celebration, as played by the hometown band consisting of anyone who can hold an instrument. As for “warfighters”, sure, that’s a fine name for servicemembers in general, for when you don’t want to overemphasize or insult any one of the services compared to the others. But what’s it doing in a song about one specific service? Decide on what word you want to use for members of your branch specifically, and then use that one word: “Starfighters”, or “Spacers”, or whatever. I was hoping they’d go with one of the arrangements of “Green Hills of Earth” (I’m sure Heinlein’s estate would agree to it), but I guess that would have been cool, and the Space Force can’t manage to do anything cool. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/26 "2022-09-28T23:01:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Decide on what word you want to use for members of your branch specifically, and then use that one word: “Starfighters”, or “Spacers”, or whatever. They did, in the opening stanza: “Guardians”. That’s USSF’s counterpart to “Soldier” _et al_. Using “warfighter” is almost always an intentional callout to the idea of “one big ass-kicking combined-arms team”. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/27 "2022-09-28T23:52:33Z")
My thought was that it reminded me of the musical number from the first Captain America movie. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/28 "2022-09-29T00:07:48Z")
It does have a 1940s vibe, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/29 "2022-09-29T00:17:44Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > > [@RickJay](#): > > > > when did the word “warfighter” become a thing? > > Maybe it’s really “warf hider”? > > OK, I got nothing. Nerf herder? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/30 "2022-09-29T00:20:34Z")
Warg finder? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/31 "2022-10-04T14:10:05Z")
The other feature of the “warfighter” term is the DoD meant it to include everybody, even the ~~shoe clerks~~ admin types working somewhere in Illinois. Get them feeling like they’re really in the fight, part of the team, etc., even though they never go to bat themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/32 "2022-10-04T18:21:14Z")
I think they should have gone with: _Just remember that we’re standing On a planet that evolving And revolving at (mumble mumble) miles an hour It’s moving at a (mumble) miles a second So it’s reckoned The sun that is the source of all that power The sun and you and me And all the stars that we can see…_ (Etc.) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/33 "2022-11-13T16:37:44Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > To be fair the Air Force song is hardly better. I resent that! 😠 Seriously, I prefer my old high school fight song to this feel-good piece of crap. And those dress/parade uniforms suck. They must have been designed by the same team who produced those hideous Civil War playsuits for the US Army under Obama. At least we now know where the Star Fleet insigne will come from a couple of hundred years from now. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/34 "2022-11-13T17:25:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@dolphinboy](#): > > > > So this isn’t a joke? - > > It’s hard to tell. We live in a post-satire world. It certainly would work as a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/35 "2022-11-13T18:48:47Z")
Maybe _anyone_ could write an official anthem… (Apologies to The Beatles). _I’ve just been in space I can’t forget the time or place or fighting force It’s not just a job for me And I want all the world to see its Yankee source._ _Had it been another gang I might talk smack and drink some Tang™ And I’d have never been aware But as it is I’ll dream of flight tonight._ _Stalling, a bit of brawling But space keeps calling Me back again…_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/36 "2022-11-13T20:37:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I was hoping they’d go with one of the arrangements of “Green Hills of Earth” … Yes! Sung to the tune of “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/37 "2022-11-13T22:59:21Z")
Obviously the Space Force song should be sung to the tune of _We’re the Chipmunks_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OxD6mmJaYqk/hqdefault.jpg "Alvin And The Chipmunks Theme / Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxD6mmJaYqk) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/38 "2022-11-14T02:21:11Z")
I remember the Jetsons theme song, but not any specific music from the show… ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/39 "2022-11-14T04:44:05Z")
I was hoping there would be something about a “solar-powered laser beam guitar”. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402/40 "2022-11-14T10:10:35Z")
I think they should use [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTY1i9F_7Yw). Without changing the lyrics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-s-space-force-now-has-an-official-song/972402.md?page=3)