PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Mission Delta 2 changed leadership as U.S. Space Force Col. Raj Agrawal relinquished command to U.S. Space Force Col. Barry Croker during a change-of-command ceremony, July 3, 2025, at Peterson SFB, Colo.
The units now falling under Col. Croker’s command includes the 15th Space Surveillance Squadron, 18th Space Defense Squadron, 19th Space Defense Squadron, 20th Space Surveillance Squadron, 2nd Sustainment Squadron, and 62nd Cyberspace Squadron.
MD 2 is responsible for Space Domain Awareness operations; identifying, characterizing, and exploiting opportunities and mitigate vulnerabilities in the national security space terrain on behalf of the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command.
During Col. Agrawal’s command, the unit enhanced spaceflight safety through collaborations efforts, supporting 254 launches; supported U.S. Space Command’s space sharing agreement program; integrated acquisitions, engineering, development, and sustainment, increasing responsiveness to tactical needs across short- and long-term objectives; demonstrated automated data analysis, integrating the Pacific Ecosystem Cyber capability for cyber defense support; and many more efforts expanding the U.S. Space Force’s impact on the joint force and national security.
“We do the things we do in order to make sure we can project long haul precision munitions wherever we want to put them; and we take that advantage away,” said Agrawal.
The former MD 2 commander will go on to serve as an instructor at the National Defense University.
“The business of surveilance, track, target and assess is what Mission Delta 2 does; and there isn’t an operational mission delta that doesn’t rely on MD 2,” said Lt. Gen. David N. Miller, Jr., commander of Space Operations Command and presiding official over the ceremony. “They are the best of what America has to offer and I thank every member of MD 2 here today and spread across the 15 locations around the world.”
He also praised the efforts the unit has made in the two years of their existence.
“We literally would not have a combat-ready Space Force without you,” said Miller.
Croker joins the MD 2 team after serving as the Strategic Initiatives Group director for the Office of the Chief of Space Operations; where he directly supporting the planning and execution of key engagements, strategic communications, and Space Force-wide transformation initiatives.
“Together, we'll rise to the challenge and move closer to creating the service that our nation needs,” said Croker. “We'll document our successes and learn from our failures, and in all things, we will execute with a shared vision of what it means to effectively produce space domain awareness, ensuring the Space Force can always secure our nation's interests in, from, and to space,”
For more information on MD 2, visit the unit fact sheet here: Mission Delta 2