At Kunsan Air Base the Air Force Ladies Dormitory was next to the Red Horse Dormitory down by the Base Theater. One night the fire alarm in the Ladies Dormitory was set off and someone reported that they saw a Red Horseman running from the Ladies Dormitory. The next morning our commander had us all in formation standing tall reading us the riot act and threatening us with punishment if he ever found out who set off the fire alarm in the Ladies Dormitory. Well, I just want to say one thing on this subject. I wonder what the commander would have said, had he known that it was one of his bright and shinning Lieutenants that had set off the alarm. And that he was standing there beside him as he (our Red Horse Commander) chewed us out for the deed that the young Lieutenant had committed. Most of us that were standing in that formantion knew who had puled the fire alarm in the ladies dorm and it was comforting to know that it was not one of us, but that it was one of the commanders own officers. The commander just knew that it was someone wearing a red hat and he just knew it had to be one of us. Well the joke is on him.
554th RED HORSE COMMANDERS
554CESHR RED HORSE
COMMANDERS
NO
RANK
RH COMMANDER
DATES
RH HDQTRS
NO COMMANDER
Oct 1965 to Nov 1965
1
Col
James F. Conti
Nov 1965 to Dec 1966
Vietnam
2
LtCol
Robert W. Mix
Dec 1966 to Jan 1967
Vietnam
3
Col
Robert H. Carey
Jan 1967 to May 1967
Vietnam
4
Col
Waldo F. Potter
May 1967 to Oct 1967
Vietnam
5
Col
William T. Meredith
Oct 1967 to Sept 1968
Vietnam
6
LtCol
Neils H. Lund
Sept 1968 to Jun 1969
Vietnam
7
Col
Donald F. Steele
Jun 1969 to Aug 1969
Vietnam
8
Col
Charles E. Hoffman
Aug 1969 to Jun 1970
Vietnam
9
LtCol
James E. Gilliam Jr
Jun 1970 to Aug 1970
Vietnam
10
Maj
Eugene D. Olsen
Aug 1970 to Sept 1970
Vietnam
11
Col
Robert O. Burke
Sept 1970 to May 1971
Vietnam
12
Maj
Joseph A. Ahearn
May 1971 to Aug 1971
Vietnam
13
Col
William J. Poad
Aug 1971 to Jun 1972
Vietnam
14
Col
Pleasant G. Reynolds
Jun 1972 to Jun 1973
Utapao, Thailand
15
Col
Howard F. Bolton
Jun 1973 to Jul 1974
Utapao, Thailand
16
Col
David F. Feree
Jul 1974 to Jun 1975
Utapao, Thailand
17
Col
Joe G. Winslow
Jun 1975 to Aug 1976
Thailand & Korea
18
Col
Donald R. Reaves
Aug 1976 to Jul 1977
Osan, Korea
19
Col
Arthur J. Hartman
Jul 1977 to Jul 1978
Osan, Korea
20
Col
Thomas E. Colvin
Jul 1978 to Jul 1979
Osan, Korea
21
Col
William R. Sims
Jul 1979 to May 1980
Osan, Korea
22
Col
Kenneth W. Canfield
May 1980 to Oct 1980
Osan, Korea
23
LtCol
Evans T. Parker
Oct 1980 to Jun 1981
Osan, Korea
24
Col
Harry W. Glaze
Jun 1981 to Jun 1984
Osan, Korea
25
Col
James L. Gates
Jun 1984 to Jul 1985
Osan, Korea
26
Col
William A. Verkest
Jul 1985 to Jul 1986
Osan, Korea
27
Col
David E. Bull
Jul 1986 to Apr 1988
Osan, Korea
28
Col
Charles B. Hand
Apr 1988 to Jun 1990
Osan, Korea
29
Col
Fred H. Weck
Jun 1990 to Jul 1992
Osan, Korea
30
Col
Jerold B. Harrington
Jul 1992 to May 1994
Osan, Korea
31
Col
Clinton C. Woods
May 1994 to Jun 1995
Osan, Korea
32
Maj
Charles E. Milligan
Jun 1995 to Jul 1996
Osan, Korea
33
Maj
Donovan Colman
Jul 1996 to Jun 1998
Osan, Korea
34
LtCol
William A. Kolakowski
Jun 1998 to Jul 2000
Osan, Korea
35
LtCol
Joseph E. Wilson Jr
Jul 2000 to Jul 2002
Osan, Korea
36
LtCol
Joseph E. Castro
July 2002 to Jun 2004
Osan, Korea
37
LtCol
Richard E. Sloop Jr.
Jun 2004 to Jul 2006
Osan, Korea
38
LtCol
Eric Yates
Jul 2006 to Aug 2008
Anderson AFB, Guam
39
LtCol
Anthoney Davit
Aug 2008 to Present
Anderson AFB, Guam
RED HORSE COMMANDERS
and
DETACHMENT COMMANDERS
Colonel Glaze was the Red Horse Commander in Korea for three years. Don't believe any other Red Horse Commander spent that long with the 554CESHR Squadron. During his tenure Red Horse flurished and accomplished many building projects in Korea, Japan, and Okinawa. During this period of time Red Horse got involved with the three different methods for Rapid Runway Repairs. A Red Horse Team from Osan, Korea was put together and they traveled throughout the various Air Force Bases in the PACAF theatre, teaching Civil Engineers assigned to those bases the three methods for rapid runway repairs. Red Horse well drilling was also revived and a well drilling team was put together and traveled from base to base drilling water wells. Upon leaving Red Horse in Korea, Colonel Glaze became the PACAF Command Civil Engineer. Colonel Harry Glaze is retired from the Air Force and was last known to live in the Fort Meyers, Florida area working in the Department Of Transportation.
Col Sims was an environmental engineer and was a real fine Red Horse Commander. Upon completion of his tour as the Red Horse Commander in Korea, Col Sims was assigned as the 18th Civil Engineering Groups Commander at Kadena, Okinawa.
Click on the above picture to read Col William Sim's up to date Biographical Information that was sent to Red Horse Country.
When Major Hall came to the detachment at Kunsan, I thought, "OH NO, Now we have a flying officer (C-141s I believe it was)as a commander that probably knows nothing about Red Horse or engineering. Guess what, he didn't need to know much. Not to say he didn't, but he was a real fine manager who let the people that worked for him do their thing. You know putting together preengineered buildings and things like that. It was a pleasure having Major Hall as our commander.
Major Birch was also a good commander, but took things a little too serious. He needed to lighten up a little and enjoy his tour in Red Horse.
Major Maxey loved playing with our concrete. He was constantly changing our mixing ratios for concrete. He used to say and I quate, "Making concrete is like mixing dough for a cake." Major Maxey liked having concrete classes and we learned a lot about concrete from his presentations.
During our Red Horse Christmas Party at Kunsan Air Base, Major Maxey enjoyed dressing up like Santa Claus. James Anderson is the small boy on Lieutenant Barnaby's shoulders. MSgt Dimbo is on the right hand side of the picture.
Major Hanes was a fine officer and a real good commander. His only fault was that he liked to run. And thought that the rest of us in Red Horse should like to run also. So he had us out running a lot, even though a lot of us was not particuliarly found of running.
Major Frazer came to the Detachment at Kunsan after I was transfered to Red Horse Headquarters at Osan. But I met him on a few occassions and he seemed to be a good man for the job at Kunsan. Wonder who picks the commanders for Red Horse. They usually hit the nail on the head and get us real good people.
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