505th TRG welcomes new commander Published July 25, 2012 1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- The 505th Training Group recently welcomed a new commander. Here is a little information about him. Name/Rank: Col. Todd Flesch Organization: 505th Training Group Hometown: Louisville, Ky. Off-duty time is for: Enjoy the time off with family and friends; doing the things you want to do with the people you want to do them with. We're lucky here at Hurlburt as we have many things other folks have to travel great distances to enjoy like the beach, the bay, the gulf, numerous outdoor activities and, most importantly, the weather to enjoy them all. Use your time and even be selfish with it...you've earned it! Previous Assignments - limit to the last three: -2007-2008: Commander, 8th Fighter Squadron "Black Sheep," Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. -2009-2011: Joint Staff J-8, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. -2011-2012: Director, Combat Plans Division, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Organizational Goals: Continue with the training excellence and world-class command and control support for the warfighter. Today's warfighter training organizations must be flexible enough to meet the demands of warfighting expertise across the spectrum of conflict from humanitarian/disaster relief all the way up to command and control for major combat operations. My intent for the 505th TRG is to teach and advocate "adaptive" control -- to baseline our new warrior training on proven doctrinal concepts but add flexibility both in thought and the application of command and control toolkits. Every conflict brings variances in the nature of conflict and likely differing national objectives -- Air and Space Operations Centers provide the operational command and control mechanisms to link our national objectives with intended battlefield effects. Bottomline, AOCs exist to integrate air, space and cyber effects for the joint commander. Our goal is simple -- to improve warfighter capability through command and control testing, tactics development, and training. Work Philosophy: Never put off what could be accomplished today for tomorrow. The reality becomes there is always something else to accomplish, some other work that needs attention. We'll be busy enough tomorrow just trying to get that done. Also, working harder usually has merit; working smarter ALWAYS has merit!