Lt. Gen. Chip Utterback, 13th Air Force boss, caught up on the details of the 36th Contingency Response Group’s planned expansion and the relocation of two Pacific Air Force contingency training courses when he visited the 36th at Andersen AFB, Guam, reports A1C Dainel Owen. The 554th RED HORSE is moving from Osan AB, Korea, to Andersen to merge with the 36th CRG. The 644th Combat Communications Squadron will stand up to join the 36th CRG soon. The squadron is projected to have two complete teams—growing from 16 to 75 personnel—by late December 2007. And, the bare-base build-up Silver Flag course at Kadena AB, Japan, is set to move to Andersen, as is the Commando Warrior ground defense school at Osan.
The recently completed Global Posture Review directed further analysis to determine the right force mix in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, but one thing is for certain the command’s director of operations said Dec 6, the U.S. footprint won’t look like it has in the past. Through its…