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The U.S. military has officially unveiled the uniforms for its [newly / new] created Space Force. The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space operations [branch / brunch] of the U.S. Armed Forces. It was officially created [siding / alongside] the U.S. Space Command when President Donald Trump [signed / singed] the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act in December 2019. Special uniforms have [done / been] designed for Space Force [personal / personnel] , but they have created quite a [mix / stir] on social media. The uniforms were launched on the Space Force Twitter account. The tweet announced the uniforms had "touched [up / down] in the Pentagon". However, the design is the [usually / usual] camouflage green, black and brown and not camouflaged for [spaces / space] .

The USSF is the sixth branch of the U.S. military. It is America's first new [armed / arm] service since the [establish / establishment] of the U.S. Air Force in 1947. President Trump said: "The Space Force will help us [defer / deter] aggression and control the [ultimately / ultimate] high ground. Space is the world's new war-fighting [domain / domino] . Amid grave threats to our national security, American superiority in space is absolutely [viral / vital] ." Many people thought the force needed a [specially / special] uniform. Some critics said it needed to be black, so as to [blend / bland] in with the dark of space. Military officials pointed out that designing new uniforms would be a [wastage / waste] of taxpayers' money and that no [combatants / combats] would be floating around in space in the near future.

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