He now serves as the deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, and requirements.

[1][2] Bratton enlisted in the Arizona Air National Guard in 1987, where he worked in aircraft control and early warning systems.

[3][4][5] On 22 December 2023, he was promoted to lieutenant general and became the Space Forces’s chief strategy and resourcing officer.

April 1987 - December 1987, Student, Aircraft Control and Early Warning Systems, Keesler AFB, Miss.

August 2005 - July 2007, Weapons Officer, Det 2, AZ ANG, Sky Harbor IAP, Phoenix, Ariz. 10.

May 2015 - June 2017, Cyber Ops Group Commander, 175th Wing, Warfield ANG Base, Md.

February 2021 - August 2021, Space Training and Readiness Command Planning Lead, Peterson AFB, Colo. 19.