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Show Air Deiense Command To Reduce Local GOC Post Role Th Air Defense Command recently re-cently announced that improvements improve-ments and extensions In early warning radar make It now possible pos-sible to reduce the Ground Ob-servor Ob-servor Corps participation in certain cer-tain areas to ready reserve s'a-fus. s'a-fus. As a result of this it was announced an-nounced that four centers of the west coast's eight centers will be placed on a reserve status including: in-cluding: Bend, Ore.; Boise, Ida.; Reno, Nev., and Bakersfield, Cal. The Cedar City G O C is a part of the Bakersfield filter center cen-ter and as a result will also be put on a ready reserve status. according to R. E. Winterrose, post supervisor. However, the new status has not yet taken effect ef-fect and Winterrose asked that observers maintain the present schedules until date for the change has been annouced. Under the ready reserve stat-us stat-us periodic practice alerts will be called and at times of emergency the Cedar Post will be expected to man the observation tower on a 24-hour basis, within one-half hour- of the emergency alert. , TSgt. Emil Edsinga. GOC sector chief, indicated that tech-nology tech-nology has pushed our air defense de-fense system ahead and the Air Defense Command is adapting 'the system to the changes. He also pointed out that the technological tech-nological advancements are changing the role of the GOC program in the air defense system sys-tem "changing, not obviating It. for we still need the Ground Observer Corps." Out of a total of 66 air defense de-fense filter centers now operating operat-ing In the GOC. 36 will be on ready reserve and the balance of 30 will continue on 24-hour operational status, Sgt. Edsinga said. |