Digging on space force and what the deeper meaning is. Obviously we aren't putting rocket launchers on spacemen… I believe it's referring to funding, and bestowing greater authority to DISA.
>Although the task force is physically at DISA headquarters, organizationally it is part of the Space Command, reporting to the commander-in-chief at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The task force uses DISA's global network management capability to monitor and analyze problems on DOD systems and coordinate responses.
>'We don't fix the computers; we look at the operational side, said Army Col. Larry Frank, chief of operations. 'The other thing we bring to the table is command authority. DISA has no authority over any of the services.
https://www.disa.mil/About/Our-Work/Budget
>Through its appropriated budget, DISA is funded by Congress through the National Defense Authorization Act, the U.S. federal law specifying the budget and expenditures for DoD, and defense appropriations bills authorizing DoD to spend money. This budget enables the agency to implement the White House's national security strategy, the secretary's planning and programming guidance, and the initiatives of the DoD CIO.
Interesting:
>"Special Mission Areas" enables the agency to execute special missions to provide the communications support required by the president as commander-in-chief, including day-to-day management, fielding, operation, and maintenance of communications and information technology. The White House Communications Agency (WHCA) and the Communications Management Control Activity (CMCA) in the Network Services Directorate are budgeted out of this mission area.
>DISA also operates a DWCF budget. Unlike the appropriated budget, which is provided through direct congressional appropriations, the working capital fund relies on revenue earned from providing IT and telecommunications services and capabilities to finance specific operations. Mission partners order capabilities or services from DISA and make payment to the working capital fund when the capabilities or services are received.
>A DWCF business unit is not profit-oriented and, therefore, only tries to break even, charging prices set using the full-cost-recovery principle, which accounts for all costs — both direct and indirect (or "overhead") costs. It is intended to generate adequate revenue to cover the full cost of its operations and to finance the fund's continuing operations without fiscal year limitation.