Congressional legislation designates the fundamental roles of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The Department of Defense (DOD) assigns implementing functions. Resultant responsibilities strongly influence the characteristics and respective budgetary shares of those building blocks, while military space forces remain on the outside looking in. That is where they will stay as long as present trends persist, because few movers and shakers on Capitol Hill and in the Pentagon understand that the word aerospace is an oxymoron. This chapter tells why and recommends corrective actions.