Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday that, after lengthy deliberations, a name has finally been chosen for members of the U.S. Space Force: Guardians. “It is an honor for me, on behalf of the President of the United States, to announce that from now on the men and women of the United States Space Force will be known as guardians,” Pence said, with special emphasis on the “guardians.” The newly formed branch of the U.S. military made a separate announcement on Twitter, reminding the public that it had taken an entire year to reach the new name. “Today, after a one-year process that has produced hundreds of presentations and research involving space professionals and members of the general public, we can finally share with you the name by which we will be known: Guardians” , said Space Force. Perhaps anticipating some mockery of the new name, Space Force noted that “Guardians is a name with a long history in space operations, dating back to the original Air Force Space Command command in 1983,” Guardians of the High Frontier “.”