U.S. Space Force Sgt. Morgan Thompson, a military training instructor assigned to 535th Training Squadron, USSF’s first Basic Military Training squadron, poses outside the USSF BMT campus, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, July 29, 2026. Thompson became the first Guardian to complete USSF Military Training Instructor School without prior service in another military branch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jonathan R. Mallard)