Red Horse’s 2-year transition to Guam finally completed

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Red Horse’s 2-year transition to Guam finally completed
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The 554th Red Horse Squadron has received its last shipment from Osan Air Base at its new home on Andersen Air Force Base on Guam.

The final unpacking last week marks the end of a two-year transition from South Korea for the Air Force construction and engineering unit.

But the squadron’s move is much more involved than a new address for its 160 members, according to Col. Kevin Kersh, the commander of the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen.

The Red Horse squadron’s new home with the 36th is part of the Air Force’s plan to bolster the military’s ability to establish airfields throughout the Pacific region during natural disasters and crises, according to Kersh.

At the same time, the addition of the squadron shows the Air Force’s move toward creating response groups that are “self-contained” units.


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