CHAPTER II PLANNING AT THE TASK FORCE LEVEL At the conclusion of IVY various JTF 132 groups and elements (with the exception of TG 132.2) were redeployed to their home stations in the United States. Scientific Task Group personnel return- ed to Los Alamos and to those places where various AEC contractors were located. The Navy Task Group staff returned to Washington and reestablished its headquarters at the Naval Gun Factory, while its boat pool and underwater detection unit returned to San Diego and reported to the Commander, Amphibious Training Command, U. S. Pac- ific Fleet (COMPHIBTRAPAC) for administration, control, and training during the interim period. All the ships and aircraft which had comprised the Task Group were released with the exception of an LST which remained at Eniwetok under Army Task Group control. The Air Force Task Group returned to Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where its staff was integrated into the Air Force Special Weapons Center (AFSWC) staff for the interim period. With the exception of six helicopters, fifteen L-13's, and four C-47's retained at Eniwetok, the many Air Force aircraft employed during IVY were released and returned to their parent organ- izations. With the release or redeployment of major portions of JTF 132 to the continental United States, essentially completed by the end of 1952, CASTLE planning in detail at both the Task Force and Task Group levels was gotten underway during the early weeks of 1953. 14