Three years since becoming the newest U.S. military branch, the Space Force now has its own anthem.
The song, “Semper Supra,” was unveiled during the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference Monday, the announcement said. The song title is derived from the U.S. Space Force’s motto, “Always Above,” and like the official songs of the other U.S. military branches, reflects the values and traditions of the Space Force.Former U.S. Air Force band member James Teachenor began working with Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond to create the song’s lyrics and melody when the branch was formed in 2019.”The song was a long work in progress because I wanted it to encompass all the capabilities that the Space Force offers and its vision,” Teachenor said.”This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to establish a Space Force song that will be part of our culture and heritage for years to come,” Raymond said. “Our traditions are part of the fabric that weave us all together as we execute our missions side-by-side; I will be proud to sing ‘Semper Supra’ alongside my fellow Guardians.”
For those of you musically inclined, the lyrics are:
“We’re the mighty watchful eye / Guardians beyond the blue,The invisible front line / Warfighters brave and true.Boldly reaching into space / There’s no limit to our sky.Standing guard both night and day / We’re the Space Force from on high.”
Unfortunately, the comments have been less than stellar.
…[L]isteners quickly poked fun at the song for its confusing lyrics and overly bubbly tune, calling it a cosmically uncool “Star Wars” ripoff.“Wtf is this? Might as well use the #StarWars theme song! What a joke! #spaceforce,” one observer tweeted….Kevin Baron, the military executive editor of Defense One, slammed it as a grammatical black hole.“These lyrics are the verbal word salad version of a bad air force painting,” he wrote. “Grammatically, I’m dying to edit: You’re not the ‘invisible’ front line. CIA is… ‘Warfighter’ is NOT A WORD.”Another observer tweeted, “Why did they go 1940s war music genre for a 21st-century space-aged agency? #SpaceForce.”
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