While the Space Force does "real space stuff" Rosco does have a point, they don't do even remotely enough to justify existing in their own right and they aren't doing anything better or more efficiently than when the US Airforce was responsible and successfully doing the very same thing.
I've never served, but have spent almost 20 years in non-military jobs that require interaction with Air Force Space Command, and now Space Force. I will say up front that I don't know enough to be able to say you're wrong -- but I know enough to not assume you're right. The military does a vast amount of stuff in space, and acknowledges it has a problem with over-classification of space-related stuff. Many, if not most, things are TS/SCI at a minimum, just because they are. So anyone who claims they know "how much" USSF does in a public forum probably falls under the same old adage as I do: "Those who talk don't know; those who know can't talk."
Imagine if your office building had a Department of Toilet Paper Replacement, instead of just letting building maintenance do it.
Maybe, maybe not. If each branch of the military is its own floor, and each floor has its own maintenance department, it might be more efficient to create one maintenance department that serves all floors. Things like satellite-based position, navigation and timing (PNT), communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) are force enhancers for all the branches.
The inefficiency by creating a whole department for a minor activity is insane and the Space Force is a huge waste of money.
And this is where I wonder how you're even on the Internet, let alone posting on Slashdot, without something keeping time synchronized across all those network hops... ;-)
