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Vol. 33, No. 10
28 Pages
Plus 4-Page Insert

THE
U.S. AIR
FORCE
AUXILIARY

October
2001

Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters

Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

" W H E R E I M A G I N AT I O N TA K E S F L I G H T ! ' ' s M

Civil Air Patrol
EAGLE Fund:
Extending A Gift of
Love and Empathy
EAGLE Fund going strong
in response to Sept. 11
terrorist attacks on
America; money will be
used to assist victims of
this national tragedy
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Pages 15-16
National Perspective ..................8
Focus on Service ...................... 9
Fit to Serve ................................ 10
Membership ............................... 11
Aerospace Education ........... 13
Cadet Programs .................... 14-16
Air Force .................................... 18
Recognition ............................... 19
Coast to Coast ..................... 20-28

NEXT MONTH!
CAP members respond
Compilation of stories from
across the country on
involvement of CAP units in
wake of recent terrorist attacks
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Civil Air Patrol
National Commander
Brig. Gen. Richard L. Bowling
Executive Director
Col. Robert L. Brooks

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
CIVIL AIR PATROL
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY

CAP-U.S. Air Force Commander
& Senior Air Force Adviser
Col, AI Allenbeck
Director, Marketing & PR
Mary Nell Crowo

October 11, 2001

Civil Air Patrol News Editor
James F. Tynan
CAP News Assistant Editor
Daniel P, Meredith

Lt. Gen. Nicholas B. Kehoe (Ret.)
Chairman
Board of Governors
7622 Shreve Road
Falls Church, Va. 22043-3316
(703) 849-8473
Brigddier General Richard L. Bowling, CAP
Commander, Civil Air Patrol
105 S. Hansell Street
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112-6332
Dear General Bowling:
It has been one month since the tragic events at the World Trade Center in New
York, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania shook the very fabric of our great Nation and
awakened a spirit of unity and call to action unlike we have seen for many years. As is
so often the case, it is in the wake of such tragedies that we ﬁnd out greatest strengths
and make our greatest Contributions.
Such was the case approximately 60 years ago when the Civil Air Patrol was
born to support a Nation whose shores were threatened during World War II. And, so it
is today that the men and women of America's Civil Air Patrol have heard the call and
reached deep down inside for strength and fortitude to respond in any way necessary
to make a difference. It is with great pride that I note the many contributions today's
Civil Air Patrol have made in the wake of the recent tragedies, just as our forerunners
did so many years ago. You and this great volunteer organization have ,earned the
heartfelt gratitude of our Nation.
You will be gratiﬁed to know that I have asked the Executive Secretary to add
"Homeland Security" and the possible roles that could be played by CAP to the agenda
for our next meeting of the Board of Governors.
On behalf of the Board of Governors, I congratulate you all and thank you for all
you do for our Nation and America's Air Force. Keep up the great work and God bless
America and its Civil Air Patrol.
Sincerely,

NICHOLAS B. KEHOE
Lieutenant General, USAF (Ret.)
Chairman, CAP Board of Governors

The Civil Air Patrol News (ISSN #00097810) is the ofﬁcial publication of the Civil
Air Patrol, a private, benevolent corporation and auxiliary to the U.S. Air Force. it is
published monthly by CAP National Headquarters, 105 South Hansell St., Building
714, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332, and
printed by the Opelika News in Opelika, AL,
and labelled and distributed by Action in
Mailing in Montgomery, AL. Periodical postage is paid in Montgomery, AL, and additional mailing ofﬁces. Opinions expressed
herein do not necessarily represent those
of CAP or the U.S. Air Force.
Subscriptions: Annual subscription rate
is $5. To subscribe, send a check or money
order to: Editor, Civil Air Patrol News, 105
South Hansell St., Building 714, Maxwell
AFB, AL 36112-6332. Call (334) 953-5700
for more information.
Changes of address: Changes of address
for members should be e-mailed to
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Advertising: For advertising-rate information, call (334) 953-5700 or send an e-mail
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Submissions: Send submissions via email to capnews@capnhq.gov, If e-mail is
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Submission deadline: Submission deadline is the third Monday of the month preceding the publication month.
Postmaster: Send address changes to:
Personnel, CAP National Headquarters,
105 South Hansell St., Bldg. 714, Maxwell
AFB, AL 36112-6332.

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Civil Air Patrol EAGLE Fund:
Extending A Gift of Love and Empathy
The recent tragedy in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., has had a profound effect on all Americans.
Civil Air Patrol members were especially touched by the attack on our benefactor, the U.S. military headquarters in
the Pentagon. In keeping with the philanthropic spirit that dwells within each CAP member, the Civil Air Patrol
EAGLE Fund has been created. You are invited to participate. The EAGLE Fund has been created to provide both
short-term and long-term disaster relief to the victims and the survivors of the terrorist attack upon the Pentagon on
September 11. The EAGLE Fund speciﬁcally provides the support of long-term educational, health and rehabilitation, grief counseling, and general support needs of the individuals and families in the metropolitan Washington
region.
Donations are tax-exempt to the extent allowed by law and 100 percent ofaU contributions will go exclusively
to" supporting those most affected by this national tragedy. A special post ofﬁce box and account has been
established to receive and process each gift.
Participants in the Civil Air Patrol EAGLE Fund will be provided a gift receipt for tax records and will be appropriatelyrecognized in The Civil Air Patrol News. The EAGLE Fund was created by order of the Civil Air Patrol
National Commander, Brig. Gen. Richard L. Bowling and will remain in place through Dec. 31. Join General
Bowling and thousands of fellow CAP volunteer members by providing your gift today, and reaching out to the
victims and survivors in our nation's capitol. Please complete the following form and mail your check or money
order to:
~ cut here and place this portion in an envelope with your contribution

Civil Air Patrol EAGLE Fund
Department 3139, P.O. BOX 2153
Birmingham, AL 35287-3139
NAME: (PLEASE PRINT)
ADDRESS:
STATE:

CITY:
TELEPHONE (AREA CODE):
CREDIT CARD: (MC, AMX, DISC, VISA)
CARDHOLDER'S NAME: (PLEASE PRINT)

ZIP:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:
EXP DATE:

CARD ACCOUNT NUMBER
AMOUNT OF GIFT: $

CARDHOLDER'S SIGNATURE:
For additional information, contact: Mr. George Freeman, Chief Advancement Ofﬁcer, Philanthropy and Endowments, CAP National Headquarters at (334) 953-2617.

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Nevada training exercise turns 'real-world' after crash
N E VA D A - - R e c e n t l y
people from the Nevada
Wing assembled at the
North Las Vegas Airport to
hone their skills during a
training exercise, but a
real-life mission would soon
put them to the test.
As the group reviewed
exercise plans, novice pilot
Jim Brow was test-ﬂying
an ultralight aircraft -- or
powered parachute in the
nearby town of Mesquite.
As he guided the powered parachute along the
canyons of the Nevada

countryside, he began to
lose altitude. He slowly
drifted across a small canyon, steering the aircraft
with a foot bar, looking for
a safe landing spot.
S u d d e n l y, a d o w n d r a f t
forced the aircraft into a
tree, fracturing Brow's leg.
Brow was able to climb into
the passenger's seat and
began broadcasting a
mayday alert. He scanned
different frequencies, hoping a nearby aircraft would
pick up the distress signal.
1st Lt, Jim Montgom-

ery, a command aircraft pil o t , w a s ﬂ y i n g n e a r b y. H e
picked up Brow's distress
message, and immediately
began circling the area.
A f e w m i n u t e s l a t e r,
Nevada Wing Commander
Matt Wallace took over lowcover ﬂying, allowing the
command aircraft a higher
position to relay information back to the mission
base. CAP Lt. Col. Rezk
Mohamed, incident comm a n d e r, a l e r t e d l o c a l o f ﬁ cials of the location and nature of the accident.

hours consoling and reasT h e B u n k e r Vo l u n t e e r
Fire Department dissuring him as the sun
patched an ambulance with
climbed higher and beat
two emergency medical
down on the injured pilot.
technicians, while two othW h e n t h e E M Ts a r ers followed in a private ve- rived at the site, they summoned a medical helicopter
hicle. It would be more
than hour before they could
to transport him to a hospital in St. George, Utah.
travel the 15 miles, with
Wallace using a cell phone A few days later, Brow was
t o g u i d e t h e m o v e r d e s e r t released from the hospital.
roads and winding moun- ,
."If it hadn't been for
t a i n t r a i l s t o t h e r u g g e d (the) Civil Air Patrol," Brow
v a l l e y w h e r e B r o w l a y said, "I'm not sure what I'd
done. I can't say enough
wounded.
good things about CAP and
Wallace circled Brow's
l o c a t i o n f o r n e a r l y t w o Matt Wallace."

Boeing fund sponsors AE memberships
N AT I O N A L H E A D Q U A R TERS -- The Boeing Charitable
Tr u s t F u n d h a s s p o n s o r e d A e r o space Education memberships for
schools in Texas and New Mexico.
The $3,510 donation covers the $30
a n n u a l m e m b e r s h i p f e e s f o r 11 7
schools.
"CAP Aerospace Education
membership provides opportunities
and beneﬁts to teachers all across
t h e c o u n t r y, " s a i d J o h n S a l v a d o r,
chief of the Aerospace Education
Branch at CAP National Headquarters. "CAP's educational products have the added beneﬁt of helping spark student interest in aerospace careers, which is crucial to
our national defense and the future growth of our country's aero-

Mississippi
Wing ﬁnds
downed
Piper
Warrior

space industries."
In 1946 the U.S. Congress
c h a r t e r e d C A P t o " ... encourage
and foster civil aviation in local
communities." In later years, the
words "civil aviation" changed to
"aerospace education."
For more than 50 years, CAP
has focused on schools and teachers as an excellent way to promote
knowledge and interest in aerospace. CAP helps teachers use
aerospace themes and experiences
to inspire their students to excel
in a variety of subjects such as scie n c e , m a t h , t e c h n o l o g y, l a n u a g e
arts and social studies.
CAP not only has curriculum
materials to assist teachers, but it
can also provide support for spe-

MISSISSIPPI -- Mississippi and
Alabama wing members searched for
a plane that crashed in northeast
Mississippi.
The Piper Warrior with three
people on board left Muscle Shoals,
Ala., for Tunica, Miss., on August 19.
A c c o r d i n g t o M a j . J e ff K y k e r,
m i s s i o n c o o r d i n a t o r, M i s s i s s i p p i
Wing l~ersonnel were asked to join
the search on October 20th, and set
up a mission base in Ripley, Miss.
Three days after the search beg a n , a r e s i d e n t o f A l c o r n C o u n t y,
Miss., reported hearing a plane and
a loud noise on the 19th. The wreckage was found in the area and a

cial activities like ﬁeld trips, science fairs, art contests, model
building, etc. And, it is an excellent way to expose students to
aerospace career opportunities
while meeting national curriculum
standards.
The recipient schools are located in E1 Paso, Texas, and the
c i t i e s o f A n t h o n y, C h a p a r a l l , L e
Mesa, Mesquite, and San Miguel,
and Sunland Park, New Mexico.
" To g e t h e r w e c a n m a k e a d i f ference by inspiring future generations of Americans to take an
interest in aerospace," said Salv a d o r. " H o p e f u l l y s o m e o f t h e s e
individuals will be motivated to
seek aerospace careers when they
get older."

ground crew veriﬁed that it was the
missing Piper. There were no survivors.
Ground team members who went to
the crash site were: Cindy Coombs, 1st
L t . D a n n y Ta t e , a n d C a d e t s T y l e r
B r o o k s , To r e y A n z u i n i , J o h n D u k e a n d
Jonathon Clayton.
Others who participated in the
search included: Lt. Cols. Carl Kretzer,
Ti m C a r r o l l a n d P e t e G r i s h a m ; M a j s .
A1 Fernandez, Johnny Taylor, Jim Taylor and Johnnie Coombs; Capts. Johnny
Summers, Robert Baylis and John
Bumpas; 1st Lts. Phyllis Durbin and
Danny Tate; 2rid Lts. George Tubber and
C y n t h i a Ta y l o r ; a n d S r . M b r . D a v i d
Harem.

CAP in search of Ops Director.
Opening for director of Operations.!
Responsible for CAP current
operations and humanitarian
misslor, s performed by volunteer
pilots using corporate and member
owned aircraft and tra ned
members for both ﬂight and ground
operations: Manages.!
annual budget for actual missions
and training to SUpport USAF,
national, state and local agencies.
Directs training and evaluation of
CAP's search and rescue, disaster
relief.!
homeland security, counterdrug and
communications programs. Directs
CAP's DDR and Safety programs.!
Directs CAP's Washington DC
Counterdrug Plans ofﬁce and the
National Technology Center. Serves
as corporate pUot/check pilot. Must
have a bachelor's degreP, with
demonstrated experience in ﬂight
operations, organizational
management and supervision and
be wellversed in gene;al aviation
ﬂying.!
Current FAA 2nd class medical
certiﬁcate and a commercial pilot's
certiﬁcate with instrument, single
engine land rating required. Must
be a FAA certiﬁed ﬂight instructor or
have equivalent USAF experience.
Travel re(] uired; EOE. To apply,
download employment application
from web site at www.cal:)nho.oov
and mail to Human Resources
Manager, CAP, 105 S Hansetl St.
Maxwell AFBAL

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Aviatrix Willa B. Brown
a CAP founding "mother"
founding fathers, the
CivilAirPatrolalso
has founding moth~
~
ers. One of the ﬁrst, Helen
MacCloskey, served as a staff
consultant at the Ofﬁce of Civil
Defense for CAP matters from 1941
onward. A world record holder for
speed and distance, and a pilot for
the U.S. Commerce Department,
she helped to ensure CAP was open
to women from the start. But,
perhaps the most trailblazing CAP
founding mother was Willa B.
Brown, the ﬁrst African-American
female member of CAP.
Brown was born in Kentucky
in 1906. By age 21, she was the
youngest high school teacher in
Gary, Ind. Discouraged with the
lack of opportunities for black
teachers in the Gary school system,
she moved to Chicago. She was the
ﬁrst black women to work for the
Social Security
Board in the
Chicago area.
She later transferred to the
Immigration and
Naturalization :
Service.
Deciding to
pursue a career
in the new ﬁeld
of aviation, she
went back to
school and
earned a masters
in business
administration
from Northwestern University,
earned her
pilot's license
and purchased
an airplane - all
in 1937. This was a time of Jim
Crow laws when few U.S. civil and
no military airports allowed black
pilots on their premises.
In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics
Authority administrator Robert H.

Hinckley with other "new dealers"
of FDR's government developed
the idea of using colleges and
universities to provide aviation
ground schools, and for CAAcertiﬁed ﬂight schools to provide
ﬂight training to revive the depressed aviation industry and
create a reserve of pilots for the war
most believed was coming.
The same year, Brown cofounded the Coffey School of
Aeronautics with her new husband
and her former ﬂight instructor,
Cornelius R. Coffey. It was quickly
certiﬁed by the CAA for ﬂight and
mechanics training as one of the
few in the country open to AfricanAmericans.
By the end of 1939, out of the
nearly 7,500 licensed pilots in
America, only 125 were AfricanAmerican, 82 of whom only had
student licenses. At that time
Brown had a commercial pilot's
license with more
than 500 hours of
ﬂight time, was
the director of the
Coffey School
and chaired the
aviation department at Wendell
Phillips High
School.
In Spring
1939, Brown and
others founded
the National
Airmen's Association of
America with the
goal of improving
African-Americans' opportunities in civil and
military aviation.
They took the
lead in lobbying Congress to ensure
the law which created and funded
the Civilian Pilots Training Program had a nondiscrimination
clause. House Representative-later
Senator Everett M. Dirksen of

Illinois introduced such an
amendment to the CPTP bill
proposed by Administrator
Hinckley. The change passed the
House by a close vote and
became law in April 1939.
(Coincidentally about the same
time, Reed Landis, later the chief
consultant for CAP matters at the
Ofﬁce of Civil Defense, was
director of the Aviation Law
Institute at Northwestern University and had been the ﬁrst chair
of the Illinois Aeronautics
Commission. He and Dirksen
were both leaders in the American Legion in Illinois.)
The same year, Noel F.
Parrish, later a brigadier general
in the Army Air Corps was the
supervisor of the Army's ﬂying
school at Glenview, just north of
Chicago. He was involved in
ofﬁcial Army experiments
conducted by Brown at the.
Coffey School to prove that
African-Americans could be
trained to become military pilots.
Graduates of her experiments
later formed the nucleus of the
ﬁrst class to graduate from the
99th Pursuit Squadron after
training at the Tuskegee military

airﬁeld which Parrish commanded
throughout World War II. By the
end of the War, the Coffey School
could boast of hundreds of CPTP
graduates -- both black and white
- and almost all eventually served
as military pilots in the war or as
members of CAP.
In early 1942, when the CAP
began distributing membership
applications nationwide, Brown
and Coffey both joined. They
started a CAP squadron at Harlem
Airport in Oaklawn, a suburb of
Chicago. It became Squadron 613-6
of the Illinois Wing. Brown served
as adjutant and later commander.
The squadron had both black and
white pilot members.
After the war, Brown continued to teach aviation in high
schools and also promoted aviation
on the radio. In 1972, she was
appointed to the Women's Advisory Committee on Aviation in the
Federal Aviation Agency. She died
in 1992.

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OCTOBER

8

2001

O

CIVIL AIR

PATROL

NEWS

BG Bowling: 'How prepared were we?'
s we look back and
consider the tragedy in
New York, Pennsylvania
and Virginia, we must
ask ourselves, "How prepared were

R

w e ? "

From an overall organizational
standpoint, the Civil
Air Patrol rose to the
occasion and, in doing
so, each member
should feel very proud
to be part of the CAP.
On the day after
the tragedy, the
national media
reported a light
aircraft ﬂying over
the World Trade
Center site. This
plane belonged to CAP, who
performed those ﬂights at the
request of the New York Governor
George E. Pataki.
In addition, our chaplains and
moral leadership ofﬁcers have
spent many hours ministering to
the needs of others. Every wing
and region within CAP has answered the call to this national
emergency.

N AT I O N A L H E A D Q U A R T E R S O n N o v.
26; the History Channel
will air a spedal segment
on the contributions of
the Civil Air Patrol
Coastal Patrol during
Wo r l d Wa r I I .
The segment will air
during the channel's
'~rhis Week :in History"
program and Will be repeated throughout the
w e e k . :
" The piece features an
i n t e r v i e w o f B a s e Tw o
veteran Ed Phipps, who
~ecoUnts hi~ experiences:
searching for German
submarines off the U:S,
Atlantic coast.

The quick reaction of our
members, the hours dedicated
and the commitment to helping
was beyond description. But
there were some lessons we need
to learn from this.
From the reports that have

reached my desk, in the ﬁrst few
hours that followed the tragedy,
there were a number of members
who wanted to be involved in
CAP missions, but realized that
they had not renewed their
membership. The fact they did
not have a valid CAP ID card
precluded them from offering
their services. This was exacerbated by the fact that our CAP

Jonathan Grupper Productions out of Washington,
D.C., is producing the 8-10
minute segment. The program will air just days before CAP marks is 60th anniversary Dec. 1. In August,
CAP honored 10 charter/
founding members at its
200t National Board and
Annu~ Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. CAP will pay
tribute to the subchasers of
W o r l d Wa r I I d u r i n g i t s
60th Anniversary Gala, rescheduled for March 2, at
the National ~ and Space
"
Museum,
Grupper's promotion
"
reads as follows. In 1942,
with the blasts of Pearl

National Headquarters staff was
directed to leave their building
and there was no one available to
do on-the-spot renewals.
As a result of these readiness
issues, each of us must ensure
that our CAP ID card - the very
evidence of our
commitment -- is
current, accurate and
ready for review.
And members
should be asking the
following questions:
Did you have a unit
call-up list? Was it
accurate and up to
date? Or did each of
the members in the
unit randomly call
each other trying to ﬁnd out what
they could or should do?
What about your training? If
you are a pilot, are you current?
Did you have three takeoffs and
landings in the preceding 90 days?
Were you night current? Or were
you meaning to get to that later in
the month? How about your "101
Card"? Is it current? You may
have been trained in those areas

Harbor still ringing in
America's ears, the Nazis
invaded our shores up and
down the Eastern seaboard.
Within scant miles of the
nation's capital and New
Yo r k C i t y t h e y c a m e
menacing u nderwater
tanks known as U.boats.
For month after harrowing
month, they terrorized the
Atlantic states. Against
this looming threat, the
military is caught off guard
ﬁghting in Europe and
Asia. And so, against this
Goliath, the United States
mounted an unlikely band
of Daqi~ls --the CAP.
Taking on armed, submersible, steel fortresses

at one time, but are you qualiﬁed
now to perform each task competently and safely?
As each of us knows, the
essence of a qualiﬁed volunteer is
a person who is not only willing to
step forward, but also one who has
committed the time and effort to
ensure they are trained to perform
their duty accurately and safely.
Are you ready?
Our nation's crisis has afforded us the opportunity to
review not only our physical
preparedness, but our personal
preparedness as well. Let us take
this opportunity to ensure our
families understand why we train
and what we may be called upon
to do. It is only through this level
of preparation that we may
continue to be one of our nation's
ﬁnest volunteer organizations.
It is difﬁcult for me to put into
words how privileged I feel to be
your commander and how proud I
am to serve with each of you. It is
through your extraordinary efforts
we-shall continue to serve the
citizens of this great nation.
Semper vigilans!

aboard their slight, singleengine planes, this ragtag
group of intrepid men ﬂew
to the rescue. In less than
two years, they effectively
ended the U.boat threat to
America's shores.
C~ veteran Ed Phipps
and historian Roger Thiet
tell the amazing story of
these unsung heroes. These
ﬂying minutemen: ~ ~volunteers --ﬂew more than
24 million miles on coastal
patrol. And they :weren't
just sentries. Their gossamer aircraft were saddled
with 200-pound bombs. In
our stirring conclusion, we
slip underwater today to
survey the shattered wreck
^

of a U.boat, ghostly and
long forgotten, off New
Jersey s unknowing
coast. It might have left
a different memory along
these shores had it not
been for the ~ .
Today, 58,000 CAP
members carry on in the
spirit of the subchasers,
In the wake of the World
Trade Center disaster,
CAP transported blood,
medical supplies, public
ofﬁcials and provided the
ﬁrst aerial photos of" the
site.: Fo~ the ﬁrst :three
days following the attack,
CAP ﬂights were the onb'
n o n m i l i t a r y ﬂ i g h perts"
mitted.

HIEA D QU TEI

CIVIL A,R PATROL NEWS O OCTOBER 2001

9

Faith, love, duty: American institutions of service

X

o living American has
known a time of national
crisis equal to that
which the nation is now passing
through. The terrorist acts on
Sept. 11 has harmed our collective
consciousness. It has affected
every ﬁber of our country. It has
shattered every illusion created by
complacency. An evil hand
touched us, and life in our beloved
United States Of America -- our
home -- has changed forever.
Our strength of character and
inherent goodness are attested by
the resolve of our national leaders,
the patience and support of our
citizens, the cohesion of every
branch of our government at all
levels, the rapid response of every
civic agency, the vigorous response of our citizens to the
request for blood and ﬁnancial
and other resources, the absence
of hysteria, the absence of ﬁnger
pointing and blame placing, and
the total absence of vengeful,
mindless retaliation. All these
comprise a testament to the
American spirit and its democratic institutions.
We are a great land. We are a
great people of balanced
judgment. We are a motivated
people: Motivated by three great
American institutions of service,
namely, faith, love and duty.
For a time, we will be in a
struggle to reignite our sense of
sovereignty. What some of us
thought could not happen did in
fact happen. Sixteen acres of
rubble and perhaps as many as
6,000 lost lives stand in calamitous testimony that the American
way of life can be breached. But
we are a nation of character and
strength, and we will regain our
sense of security and personal and
national pride.
We will never be held captive
by fear, and this is because we are
a people of love. One Bible writer
said, '~rhere is no fear in love; on
the contrary, love that has been
made perfect by God overthrows
every tendency toward fear.
Those who fear -- those who are
afraid -- have not been perfected

by love [and have never ever
really learned how to give love".
Not so of us Americans. In
many ways, we are the personiﬁcation of the word that says, "Love
your neighbor as you love yourself." We even lavish love's beneﬁts on people who seek to harm
us. This American
tendency of openness
and love for every
human being will
never change. Were.
that to change, we
would cease to be
what we are. Never
again could we say, "I
am an American." But
our love of life and
everything that lives
is not to be interpreted as weakness or as a lack of
will. Let no one come away with
that assessment.
Our enemies have already
discovered our resilience our
toughness as well as our sensitivity to each other as children of our
native land. As we work our way
toward full recovery, we will be
called upon to continually sacriﬁce
in the process, and to note that
the paradigm of our understanding. of sacriﬁce has shifted.
In this new era, we must know
that, while sacriﬁce presupposes a
willingness to give, true sacriﬁce
is actually a willingness to give
and never stop giving. We can say
that sacriﬁce meets an equivalent
concept in the "thought world" of
the CAP volunteer. Our thought
world the world of a special
group of Americans whose watch
words are semper vigilans or
always prepared.
Early Christian tradition
carries a story about Jesus of
Nazareth that is singular for the
appearance of parallel accounts in
all four of the Christian gospels. It
is at once fascinating and fetching. It is fascinating in that it
really deﬁes comprehension as is
the case with many, if not all, of
the miracle stories and great signs
that appear in the Christian
gospels. It is fetching in that it
instantly captures the heart and

spirit of those who are quick to
join themselves along with their
considerable (or meager) resources
to humanitarian endeavors.
It is the story about a day
when Jesus of Nazareth and His
disciples fed 5,000 men and their
women and children who were

obviously faint from hunger, with
an unimaginably meager commissary. The story depicts a great
teacher stopping in the midst of
his teaching to meet what he
determined to be a more pressing
need. -- a group of hungry people
who had no food and apparently
no way of getting any. So He fed
them. It was as simple, and yet
not so simple, as that.
As volunteers, we are vicarious participants in the story.
There was a volunteer there that
day. A young boy among the
crowd of people, according to the
story, had ﬁve barley loaves and
two ﬁsh. He was evidently, the
only one among that great concourse of people who had any
food. When he was requested to
give all he had to assist in the
feeding of the multitude of people,
in a true spirit of volunteerism, he
did not hesitate. He gave all he
had.
As powerful an image as was
the feeding miracle itself, the
spirit of volunteerism evidenced
by the selﬂess act of that young
boy is in many ways just as
powerful. His gift of bread and
ﬁsh provided the basis and starting point for the miracle. Who
among us can imagine the waves
of satisfaction and wonder that
ﬂowed through his heart as he
saw that feeding miracle unfold.

The impact of that young
volunteer does not stop with the
miraculous feeding. The writer of
the story reveals something that
may have completely escaped the
notice of some of the storyls
interpreters. When the men he
was training--his disciples-placed the bread and
ﬁsh in his hands, the
story teller tells us
that Jesus ﬁrst gave
thanks. It is obvious
that he was giving
thanks to God. But
what might we
suppose was primary
among the things for
which he was giving
thanks at that
moment? Could it
have been the boy's voluntary
surrender of his little for the
beneﬁt of the many that ﬁrst
moved Jesus into a mode of
thanksgiving? It is possible.
Maybe even probable.
A sequence develops at this
point which I think is more than
merely coincidence. The writer of
the story tells us that after giving
thanks, Jesus broke the bread and
gave it to those men he was
teaching with instructions to
distribute the food among the
people. I am struck, as has been
many others, by the force of the
language in this part of the story.
The verb "gave" is in the imperfect
tense. This tense is one of the past
tense forms of the language in
which the story was ﬁrst written.
It speaks about action that
continues uninterrupted in past
time with no one pausing to take
note of the moment the action
ceased. It is generally interpreted
as the durative imperfect.
The implication is that Jesus
did not merely give them food to
distribute, but he kept on giving it
to them. He stood there with His
hands extended and open; and as
often as his disciples returned for
a supply of food to distribute,
there was food in his hands to be
distributed. It seems that he
See

Chaplain

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Motion sickness
Studies have shown we can adapt or 'get used to it'
y ﬁrst airplane tide
was as a cadet at the
Michigan Wing
Encampment in 1974. It was also
my ﬁrst experience with airsickness!
Since that time I have become
familiar with those dreaded
symptoms: warmth, pallor,
burping, increased salivation and
cold sweats followed by dizziness,
nausea and then -- well you know
what comes next.
Many a cadet on an orientation ﬂight or a novice aircrew
member ﬂying a search grid has
fought the same symptoms. Not
only is this uncomfortable, but it
decreases the effectiveness of that
crew member, and may even
cause the ﬂight to return to base.
Another form of air sickness is
the "sopite syndrome." Instead of
feeling queasy, the airman begins
to feel fatigued, drowsy, headachy, starts yawning, and may
become apathetic, detached from
the environment and less attentive. Sometimes irritability
increases. This may not even be
recognized by the individual as a
form of airsickness. Some people
experience a mixture of stomach

and sopite symptoms to some
degree.
Doing visual tasks where your
attention is focused inside the
cabin of the aircraft, such as
reading charts, navigating,
working radios and keeping logs,
tends to increase motion
sickness symptoms. Even
visual search tasks
outside the aircraft can
create problems. Head
movement may also
increase susceptibility to
nausea.
Motion sickness is
caused by a sensory
conﬂict. The brain
receives conﬂicting
information about body
motion from visual and vestibular
(inner ear)receptors.
For example, during a coordinated turn, our eyes see a tilted
horizon while our vestibular sense
says we are perfectly uptight. If
you add turbulence, it is even
more disconcerting.
Studies have shown we can
adapt or "get used to" this motion
with repeated exposures. Then,
gradually, symptoms improve or
disappear. Adaptation can only
occur if you keep ﬂying and
challenging your body to accommodate.
Start with gentle ﬂights using
smooth control movements, slow
shallow turns and very little
maneuvering. This is best done
before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m.
when there is less wind and
turbulence. A stimulus that is
gradual in onset (a smooth ﬂight)
generates fewer symptoms and
allows for more rapid adaptation
than one which is abrupt (yanking
and banking). The brain comes to
recognize the conﬂicting information as normal, so it no longer sees
the conﬂict and the symptoms are
eliminated.
As you do well with gentle
ﬂights, gradually increase the
amount of maneuvers, bank

angles and turbulence to build
your tolerance levels. Before you
know it you'll do ﬁne in those low,
turbulent search grids -- the
ultimate "test of tummy"!
Once you are acclimatized,
you also need to periodically go

and level for a time.
Non-medications used to treat
motion sickness include ginger
root in the form of candies, capsules or as a tea. Some also nibble
on ginger cookies. Emetrol, a
sweet syrup available over the
counter, can also
help nausea. Some
recommend drinking
apricot juice, carrot
juice or peppermint
tea.
Some feel the
acupressure "Sea
Bands" help. A
wristband is placed
with the pressure
button over the
middle of the inner
ﬂying again (Cool!) By re-exposing wrist in the soft area of the lower
yourself, you maintain the resisarm just off the wrist bones.
Slow deep breathing -- inhale
tance to motion effects and won't
lose your adaptation. In one study, for four to ﬁve seconds and then
the adaptation was still good one
exhale for four to ﬁve seconds, for
month after the last exposure, but a total of six to seven breaths per
a year later, individuals again
minute -- is a helpful technique
that stimulates the parasympabecame ill if they hadn't ﬂown
during that time. So, ﬂy long and
thetic nervous system and settles
ﬂy often.
the stomach.
The relief band is probably
Some tricks to avoid or treat
one of the most promising devices.
motion sickness include:
1. Eat a light carbohydrate
The battery-powered watch-like
meal no less than two to three
device is worn on the inner wrist
and gives a low grade electrical
hours before exposure;
stimulation to the underlying
2. Avoid dairy products and
nerve in an acupuncture point
foods high in protein, calories or
area. This provides relief of
sodium before ﬂying;
3. Avoid alcohol, smoking and nausea not only for motion sickdisagreeable odors;
ness, but in chemotherapy and
4. Open cabin vents to inpost-anesthesia patients as well.
Although it is expensive -- $100crease exposure to cool, fresh air;
5. Adjust the temperature
$200), it does not cause drowsiinside so you are not overheated;
ness and is well tolerated.
6. Focus on a stable horizon or
(www.reliefband.com)
external object;
There are several effective
medications for motion sickness,
7. Limit head movements (for
example, pressing head into
however, none of them are legal
for pilots to use. This is because
headrest);
8. Try to keep "inside" tasks
they may cause subtle drowsy
such as chartwork and logging to
effects and may affect judgment
short periods at a time, and avoid and performance. These can also
unnecessary reading;, and
decrease the performance of
9. Occasionally take breaks
See Sickness... Page 11
from maneuvering and ﬂy straight

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Paper airplanes available for order on. CAP Web site

p

aper airplanes are now
available through Civil
Air Patrol National
Headquarters for the purpose of
promoting CAP membership to
kids. This new product is comprised of the outline for a paper
airplane in red and blue with the
CAP logo and an instruction sheet
for folding.
The airplanes are perfect for
visits Or presentations to school
groups. The design was produced
by CAP's Aerospace Education
and Training Directorate.
The airplanes can be ordered
on the CAP Web site e-services
page along with other recruiting
materials. Please log onto
www.capnhq.gov and go to eservices to order. The maximum
available is 500 for squadrons and
1,000 for wings.
Campaign begins in January
With a renewed sense of
patriotism and dedication to the

defense of our freedoms, CAP
faces both an opportunity and a
challenge. Sixty years ago, we
grew from nothing and became
100,000 members strong. Today,
we have a base of 60,000 from
which to build. CAP will be very
involved in homeland
defense for many years to
come.
Our nation and way of
life changed forever when
the terrorists tore a huge
wound in our country on
Sept. 11. We will have to
be more aware, more
protective, more conscious
of our surroundings, our
:~
vulnerable areas and our
freedoms we have taken for
granted.
CAP has already been involved from the ﬁrst evening
following the attacks. But, there is
always more to do. And we will
need more members in order to
successfully carry out the new

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missions we will face in the
coming weeks, months and years.
Here is what CAP been doing
to help since September 11:
i=, We provided the ﬁrst aerial
shots of the World Trade Center
disaster;

Membership!
Robin Hunt Membership Development
CAP National Headquarters
rhunt@capnhq.gov

We have transported a lot
of blood, tissue and medical
equipment and supplies;
Transported equipment to
rescue workers;
Provided air transport for
government ofﬁcials;
Manning the state EOCs in
many states;
Communications support;
Food distribution, shelter
and logistical support for rescue

workers; and
Chaplains on duty for
services and counseling
Begin now getting ready for
the 2002 membership recruiting
campaign, which will begin in
January and run throughout the
year. Prizes will be
awarded at the end.
Vi s i t o r B o o k l e t
Now there is a twocolor, 14-page booklet
for squadrons to give to
prospects thai details
membership in CAP. It
explains the opportunities for both senior and
cadet members and
various membership categories,
and includes a message from the
CAP National Commander,
contact information and membership beneﬁts.
They can be requested on the
~-services page at
www.capnhq.gov. There is a
maximum quantity of 50 for
squadrons and 100 for wings
(until we can adequately determine what the demand will be).

Sickness…from Page 10

observers and scanners.
Dimenhydrate (original
Dramamine) is used to prevent
and treat motion sickness. However, it often causes signiﬁcant
drowsiness. Meclizine (Antivert,
Bonnine, Dramamine II) seems to
cause less drowsiness than
dimenhydrate and is very effective. If needed, talk to your doctor
about prescription Reglan or
Trans-derm Scopolamine patches.
However, Scopolamine does
inhibit adaptation.
If you are feeling the least bit
off, don't hesitate to get out the
airsick bag, open it up and have it
ready. Better not to need it than
to be too late. If you are going to
vomit, seal the bag over your
mouth with both hands while
leaving your nose exposed for
fresh air. In this way, all ﬂuids

and odors will be contained and
there is less chance of spillage.
I am happy to say, that with
the help of my CAP-pilot husband,
Rick, I have ﬂown frequently and
no longer have the problems I
once had. So, if you are one of
those "vestibularly challenged"
individuals, get in the air every
chance you can and hopefully your
stomach won't get in the way of
your love for ﬂying. If you need an
excuse, tell them, "My doctor told
me I have to ﬂy!" Enjoy!
Editor's note: Lt. Col. (Dr.)
Kay McLaughlin, vice commander
of the Michigan Wing, is an
internal medicine physician and
F e d e r a l Av i a t i o n A d m i n i s t r a t i o n
aviation medical examiner out of
St. Johns, Mich. She can be
reached via e-mail at
rkmclaughlin@voyager, net.

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CAP on brink of major administrative changes

C

ivil Air Patrol is on the
brink of major changes in
the way we conduct
mission and administrative
business. We have already begun
the transition to automate and
integrate processes, and change
old paper-based snail mail processes to online transactions.
To help us on this journey, we
have just successfully justiﬁed
through the Air Force funding
process the need for computers
and internet connectivity down to
the squadron level. We expect
funding to start during ﬁscal
2002, which starts in October, and
continue each year based on a
ﬁve-year renewable cycle.
You've heard brieﬁngs and
seen articles in the Civil Air
Patrol News 9n this transition.
Many of you have started to use
ﬁeld grown applications and
experienced some of the beneﬁts,
and yes, the pain of this transition. This is the ﬁrst of a series of
articles you will be receiving that
is focused on helping you prepare
yourself, your members, and your
processes and relationships to
hopefully improve the way we do
business.
The theme of this movement is
real-time information available
when and where you need it. To
get us through the process analysis, application development,
testing, and system deployment
will take extraordinary commitment and persistence at all levels.
Each unit must ﬁnd the right
people to spearhead their portion
of the transition. At the August

board meeting the National Board
passed a resolution that the
pending deployment of the Flight
Management System must be
preceded by a 90-day beta test
period. To help do this, each wing
and region commander
should identify, as soon
as possible, at least one
person to represent
their interests at the
national level when
ﬁeld input or testing is
needed. Please provide
the name(s) and e-mail
address of these region
and wing representatives as soon as possible to NHQ/MS. Squadron
representation will also be needed
and interjected either directly or
through the wing reps as appropriate.
Typical tasks for these individuals will include but are not
limited to the following:
Participate in the decision
of what units will receive new
computer resources;
Participate in discussion
groups about new&hanged processes;
Participate in application
testing;
Recommend future development and priorities;
Help ﬁnd wing experts to
participate in discussions and
testing as needed; and
Facilitate wing member
training to use these new tools.
The recommended representative characteristics should include
the following:

Chaplain…from Page 9

simply opened his hands once, held them open
and the supply of food was never exhausted.
All from a volunteer's gift of ﬁve small loaves
of barley bread and two little ﬁsh. When the
multitude had been fed, the story teller informs us that 12 baskets of the food gathered
from his hands were left over. All of that from
the volunteer's gift.
Volunteerism has its place at the very

J Available email address
and ready access to the internet.
J Knowledgeable of CAP
processes; but more importantly,
an ability to coordinate with the
real unit process experts and able

to transmit that expertise to the
development effort
J Comfortable using computer resources
J Ability to convince unit
members of the beneﬁts of automation and an understanding of
the difﬁculties we might face in
reaching our goals
A few upfront facts you need
to know and understand about the
automation development efforts.
First, we will design the various
system modules thoroughly. Once
we agree on the design and
started development, we will
quickly discover that we have
missed a lot of stuff. That's right;
we will miss a lot of stuff in the
design process, especially dealing
with exceptions, waivers, and the
like (CAP has a lot of those.)
When we ﬁnd these omissions we
will deal with changes in the
design, making sure everyone
understands what we are chang-

heart of our democratic way of life. It is the
child of our great American institutions of
service -- namely, faith, love and duty.
Volunteers know what they are about. In
the case of our CAP Chaplain Service volunteers, we know what we are going to do. We
are going to serve; we are willing to serve; and
because we are willing to serve, we keep on
serving. From the lone chaplain or MLO in
the squadron to the senior leadership at
national, whether the Chaplain Service Advisory Council (there are 14 of us -- 13 regular
and one provisional advisor to the chief) or the
Chaplain Service Executive Council (there are

ing and why. At certain milestones we will deliver pieces of the
system for testing. Early in the
testing process, you could very
well be overwhelmed with the
number of bugs found. Yes,
overwhelmed with bugs.
But, we will provide an
on-line tool so that you
can report the bugs, and
most of the time, you will
be able to re-test within a
day or two. Once the
product is ready and we
go live, there will still be
lots of problems. We will
be on alert to respond to
production problems
almost immediately while the
system is being "broken-in", until
it is considered ﬁnished. We are
excited about our part in the
development effort and we think
you will be encouraged as the
beneﬁts unfold in these projects.
Remember, we don't have a
choice, we either improve our
accountability, responsiveness,
and ﬂexibility or risk loss of
support and resources. These
changes we are in the process of
making will position us to grow
and hopefully better enjoy our
volunteer experiences.
Future articles will include:
c> Process Automation Goals
and Objectives;
c> Major Automation Projects
and Priorities;
c> Each major project; and
c> Problems, successes,
discussions as appropriate.
And thank you in advance for
your support of this movement.

six of us -- ﬁve regular and one provisional
advisor to the chief) or the nine chaplains and
MLOs functioning on the Council of Special
Assistants to the National Chief of the Chaplain Service, or any one of the more than 700
chaplains and MLOs presently serving national and our regions, wings, groups, squadrons and ﬂights, we are all volunteers. We
know who we are. We know what we are
about. We know what we are going to do. And
garbed in those great American institutions of
faith, love and duty, we will serve. And our
service will always be successful because God
is on our side. Semper vigilans!

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CIVIL AIR

PATROL

NEWS

O

OCTOBER

2001

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'Silent Flight'theme for 2002 Aviation art contest
ponsors of the Internat i o n a l Av i a t i o n A r t
Contest announce "Silent
Flight" is the theme for 2002.
Students (and CAP cadets) ages 617 may enter. The deadline for
entries is Jan. 7, 2002,
This year's art contest encourages young artists to capture the
excitement and beautY of silent
ﬂight on paper. Most pilots like
the sound of engines as they ﬂy
through the sky, but there is a
group of ﬂyers that prefer something a little different. These
ﬂyers love the sound of the wind
under their wings. You'll see them
next to cliffs parasailing or jumping out of airplanes with parachutes on their backs or riding
thermals in long-winged gliders.
Even astronauts, returning from
the silence of space, glide the
shuttle down to safe, quiet landings.
But silent ﬂight can also be
noisy sometimes. Imagine the
sound of a glider pilot dipping into
a negative 3G dive as the wind
howls, the heart beats louder and
the pilot's breath comes in quick,
sharp rushes. Balloonists listen to
the occasional blast of ﬂame as
they heat the air in their balloons
to climb high in the air and ride
the winds. Parachutists smile
when their parachutes snap open
and rustle in the wind.
The 2002 International
Aviation Art Contest encourages
participants to capture the excitement and beauty of silent ﬂight on
paper. Participants can consider
the ideas above or maybe have
their own thoughts on silent
ﬂight. The only limit is the artists'
imagination!
Artwork must be 11 x 17
inches and must not be framed,
mounted or outlined with borders.
All artwork must be hand made
using watercolors, acrylic or oil
paints, indelible markers, colored
pencils, felt:tip pens, soft ballpoint pens, indelible ink, Crayola
or similar indelible mediums. The
foll~win~ ro~di~ ~r,~ NfYI" permit-

permanent medium, computer
generated artwork or collage work
involving the use of photocopies.
Entries are judged by age
categories: Category 1 (6-9 years
old), Category 2 (10-13 years old)
and Category 3 (14-17 years old).
There are three winners in each
category. A parent, guardian or
art teacher must certify authenticity of artwork and the artist's age
as of December 31, 2001.
State winners and runners-up
are selected in each age category
and receive a certiﬁcate and
recognition from their state. The
top three winners in each category
are forwarded to Washington, DC
to participate in national competition.
National winners and two
runners-up are selected from each
age category. All national winners
receive certiﬁcates, ribbons, a
framed reproduction of their
artwork and a professional work
of art compliments of the American Society of Aviation Artists.
Artwork of national winners and
runners up in each age category
are forwarded to the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale
(FAI) headquarters for international judging. International
competition winners receive
certiﬁcates and gold, silver or
bronze medals.
Entries in this year's competition will be judged, at least in
part, for their creative use of the
theme -- "Silent Flight" -- in
relation to the aviation world.
Entries must be sent to the
sponsoring ofﬁce in your state.
This is usually the State Ofﬁce of
Aeronautics or Aviation Bureau.
Contact them to verify they are
the sponsoring ofﬁce or contact
your Civil Air Patrol Region
Director of Aerospace Education
to see if they can be of assistance.
R~member. entl~ must be ,~ont
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must be postmarked by Jan.,
2002.
The National Aeronautic
Association, National Association
of State Aviation Ofﬁcials, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and the Federal
Aviation Administration sponsor
t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Av i a t i o n A r t
Contest in cooperation with the
Federation Aeronautique
Internationale. The purpose of the
contest "is to motivate and encourage young people of FAI-member
nations to become familiar with
and participate in aeronautics,
engineering and science.
November AE Conference/
Space Shuttle Launch
Civil Air Patrol, Challenger
Center, and Space Foundation
will feature several award-winning programs from NASA at the
Nov. 27-29, 2001 Aerospace
Education Conference, Realizing
the Dream. An added bonus for.
this year's conference is the
launch of the space shuttle Endeavor currently scheduled for the
evening of Nov. 29. To download a
registration brochure, go to the
Aerospace Education homepage at
www.capnhq.gov/nhq/aeroed/ETA/
AE_Home.htm or send a request
via e-mail to serdae@msn.com.
At the conference, Langley
Research Center, Marshall Space
Flight Center and Stennis Space
Flight Center will all highlight
their programs designed to stress
national standards in mathematics, science, technology and
informational literacy.
Here are summaries of some
of their sessions:
D Shannon Ricles, aerospace
education specialist from Langley
Research .Center will feature some
award-winning programs. One is
the NASA "Why" Files -- a series
~f four. standard,~-b~,~l instruc- '

3-5 that introduces students to
science as inquiry, the scientiﬁc
method and problem-based
learning.To learn more about this
program visit the Web site at:
http://whyﬁles.larc.nasa.gov.
Another is NASA "Connect,"
which is a series of standardsbased instructional programs for
grades 5-8 that emphasizes the
national math and science standards, the information literacy
standards for student learning,
and the national computer/
technology standards. This program is designed to increase
scientiﬁc literacy and improve the
math and science competencies of
upper elementary and middle
school students. To learn more
about this program visit the Web
site at: http://
connect.larc.nasa.gov. Each
program includes: a video, teacher
guide, web component, classroom
activities and virtual ﬁeld trips;
8, Lynn Chambers will discuss
the S'Cool Program for grades 3-8.
Students' Cloud Observations OnLine (S'Cool) is a hands-on project
that supports NASA research on
the Earth's climate. Science, math
and geography are used as students make basic weather observations and record the type,
amount and features of clouds in
the sky. No special instruments
are required. Observations may be
sent online, e-mailed, faxed or
mailed to NASA Langley. To learn
more about this program visit the
Web site at: http://asdwww.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL;
Marshall Space Flight
Center in Huntsville, Ala., will
feature their Web-based program,
NASA Explores. Designed for
grades K-12 this excellent aerospace resource features lesson
plans aligned with the national
education standards in math,
science, language arts, and
technology. Karen Cook, program
developer, will demonstrate how
to use the materials available to
the educator;
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OCTOBER 2001 O CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

]B[EADxOUL InEJS

2002 lACE promotes international understanding

~/

ould you like to repre-

sent Civil Air Patrol,
the U.S. Air Force and
United States in another country
such as France, the Netherlands,
Germany, Sweden or even Japan?
If so, you could be selected to visit
one of 12 countries!
The 2002 IACE will promote
international understanding,
goodwill and fellowship among
" the youth of the world. You will
have a chance to meet internationally known politicians, soldiers and celebrities. Your agenda
will include a wide variety of
activities like orientation ﬂights,
tours, mountain climbing, sports,
sight seeing and foreign aviation
education events.
Highly praised by heads of
state, leaders of Congress and
other dignitaries, this three-week,
activity is truly a rewarding
experience. The hosting country,
CAP and the U.S. Air Force cover
your meals, lodging and airfare.
The IACE uniform, registration
and cost for incidentals is only
about $600.
To be offered this extraordinarY opportunity, you must have
earned your Amelia Earhart
Award by Dec. 31 and be at least
17 years of age by July 1, 2002.
Travel costs are covered for
participants and escorts selected
for the IACE program. The only
transportation that participants
will need to worry about is how to
get to the airport. Not bad for a
trip that could cost in excess of
several thousand dollars.
The countries involved in the
IACE vary from year to year. This
year the United States will
exchange with 12 other countries.
These countries and the number
of participants are: Australia (3),
Belgium (2), Canada (20), France
(2), Germany (4), Hong Kong (5),
Israel (6), Japan (6), Netherlands
(2), Sweden (2), Turkey (3) and
the United Kingdom (15).
If you have any questions
please review CAP Regulation 5216, Paragraph 4-9, talk to a prior
attendee or feel free to contact the

reimbursement policy.

Cadet Programs Directorate
Ray Bean

~

~

r

Director
cp@capnhq.gov
Karen Katehka
AssL Program Manager
cpa@capnhq.gov

Michael Stephens :
Manager, Program Events
c~@capnhq.gov

Robert Smith
Chief, Curriculum Development
cpc@capnhq.gov

Janiee Serrano
Registrar
cpr@capnhq.gov

Curt Lafond
Asst: Chief~ Curriculum Development
epea@eapnhq.gov

Rick McDow
Manager, Program Support
cps@capnhq.gov

Cadet Programs staff. We can be
reached at (334) 953-2273 or
cpe@capnhq.gov.
Note: If you want to receive a
full application package for IACE,
please ﬁll out and mail the coupons that will be provided in the
October (Page 17), November and
December Civil Air Patrol News.

O'Flight reimbursements
Starting Oct. 1, CAP's cadet
orientation ﬂight program
switches from the current CAPF
77 syllabus to the CAPP 52-7,
Cadet Orientation Flight Syllabus. This switch includes the
reimbursement rates.
As with any major change,
there is bound to be some confusion. Your leadership in ensuring
that our members are well informed will help to provide a
smooth transition and alleviate
some of this potential confusion.
For all cadet orientation
ﬂights ﬂown on and after 1
October, the reimbursement rate
will be the hourly rates published
in CAPR 173-3, Payment for Civil
Air Patrol Support.
Since the current CAPR 173-3
rates do not yet include reimbursements for gliders, I need to
make sure that our members
know the orientation ﬂight reimbursement rules for gliders and

their tow planes come 1 October.
Effective 1 October, commercial tow planes will be reimbursed
their actual costs. The pilot will
need to attach a copy of his or her
receipt to the CAPF 7T and note
the cost in the "Total Gas Receipts" ﬁeld on the form. Commercial tow planes should not seek
the hourly CAPR 173-3 reimbursement rates.
Corporate tow planes will be
reimbursed at the published
CAPR 173-3 hourly rates starting
1 October. Since the corporate tow
planes are being reimbursed
directly at an hourly rate, there
will be no need to directly reimburse the gliders also.
Please share with our members the difference between a
commercial tow and a corporate
tow, since this will probably be
the area of the most confusion.
Changes in CAPR 173-3 will
take affect for all cadet orientation ﬂights ﬂown on or after the
date of any published changes.
Every unit was mailed a copy
of the CAPP 52-7. You can also
download it and the associated
forms at www.capnhq.gov. (Click
on the "Cadet Programs" graphic,
and then the "Downloads Page.")
Contact Rob Smith at (334)
953.5309 or rsmith@capnhq.gov if
you have any questions about the

CPPT for certain cadets
The CAP National Board
voted in their August meeting to
require Cadet Protection Policy
Training for cadets 18 and older.
Cadets, 18 and older, can
receive credit for CPPT training
that occurs on Nov. 1 and later by
participating in the standard
CPPT courses provided to our
senior members. These cadets can
participate in the same CPPT
where senior members are
present. The CAPF 11 is used to
certify the training. The CAPF 11
is submitted to NHQ CAP/ETP for
processing.
Cadets must complete CPPT
within 6 months of turning 18 or
they will not be allowed to associate with other cadets directly
until training is completed.
Cadets over 18½ by Nov. 1 must
complete CPPT within 6 months
from Nov. 1 or they will also not
be allowed to associate with other
cadets directly until such training
is completed:
The board also requires that
all cadets 18 and older must
complete the CPPT before receiving their next promotion. Therefore, effective Nov. 1, squadron
commanders will not sign the
CAPF 59 for the next achievement
for cadets 18 and older who have
not completed CPPT.
Cadet Programs is producing
targeted and age-appropriate
CPPT related curricula for encampment staff as par~ of staff
orientation at an encampment.
This is not CPPT, but it does meet
the board's requirements for
"refresher training" for encampment staff. The curricula will
touch on relevant CPPT issues
that may face the staff.
These changes are the result
of one of the National Cadet
Advisory Council's proposals last
year to the national board.
Questions about this new
requirement can be sent to Rob
Smith at (334) 953.5309 or
rsmith@capnhq.gov.

HEmE U TEJ

Scholarships are offered annually to
cadets and: senior members who meet
eligibility requirements. For CAP academic
scholarshipsl the number of scholarships
and the dollar amount of those scholarships
change from year to year depending on
available funds.
Academic scholarship monies are sent
directly to the recipient and are to be used
for tuition, books, or room and board. The
cadets are responsible to ensure the money
is utilized most efﬁciently.
For most scholarships, complete applica.
tions must be postmarked no later than
Jan. 31, 2002. Note that some scholarships
have earlier deadlines.
Scholarship types
The types of scholarships are as follows:
Undergraduate: An applicant who has
completed less than 60 semester hours, or
the equivalent, prior to the start of the fall
semester in which the scholarship is
awarded. Undergraduate scholarships will
be offered in each of four disciplines
engineering, science, education or humanities.
Advanced Undergraduate: An applicant who has completed at least 60 semester
hours or the equivalent prior to the start of
the fall semester in which the scholarship is
awarded.
Graduate: An applicant who has or will
have by'the end of the current year a
bachelor's degree from an accredited college
or university.
Te c h n i c a l / Vo c a t i o n a L A w a r d e d t o
select cadets and senior members who are
qualiﬁed for or interested in furthering
their education (after high school) in courses

Application requirements
The scholarship application requirements
area as follows:
L Must attach or have forwarded to HQ
CAP/CPR alI ofﬁcial high school/college
transcripts; 2. Scores on ACT/SAT College
entrance exams; 3. Statement of acceptance
from an accredited college or university or
certiﬁcate that application has been made; 4,
Recent photo in uniform attached to CAPF 95,
Application for CAP Scholarship; 5. No more
than three letters of recommendation; and 6.
Squadron and wing commander signatures are
required on the CAP Form 95.
A special committee selected by Cadet
Programs (and appointed by the CAP executive director and CAP-U.S. Air Force commander) will meet and score the applications.
Areas considered are academic achievement,
CAP accomplishments and activity, and
extracurricular activities. Selections will be
based upon the respective standings of applicants as established by their applications and
required supporting documents.
All required information must be submitted before the application will be considered. It
is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure
that all required materials are submitted on
time.
The complete application must be postmarked no later than Jan. 31, 2002. If all of
the required documentation is not postmarked
by this date, then the application will not be
considered.
The top six applicants, as scored by the
scholarship selection committee, will be
awarded a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by
USAA (ﬁve) and Who's Who (one) in lieu of
the general CAP Corporate Scholarship.

Conditions
CAP academic scholarships are awarded
under the following conditions:
I. Colleges or universities that you plan to
attend must be accredited by one of the six
national accreditation associations. Technical/
Vocational Schools that you plan to attend
must be accredited and/or recognized and
Eligibility requirements
Eligibility requirements are as follows:
approved by HQ CAP/CP; 2. You must mainL CAP cadets must have received the Billy
tain an academic and discipline standard
acceptable to the school, college, or university
Mitchell Award; 2. CAP Senior Members ~ .
must have received the Billy Mitchell award you are attending; 3. You must, if requested,~
as a cadet or received the senior rating in
provide documentation of all completed college
Cadet Programs Specialty Track of the
work while :on scholarship.; 4. Your conduct
Senior Raining Programl 3, Must be a high
must reﬂect credit upon the individual and
school graduate or hold a GED;: ~d 4. Must
Civil Air Patrol, This includes obe~g school
: be accepted to a college/school or ce~ﬁca~
policies and procedures and obeying estab: :
tion that application hasbeen made., : ........
ﬁshed laws; 5~ You must be enrolle~ in a:full
at accredited trade, technical, or vocational
schools. These institutions must offer
courses such as aircraft maintenance,
airframe technology, criminal justice~
human services~ and associate degree
programs.

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time course of s~udy d~ng the academic
year for which the scholarship was awarded.
W4ivers must be presented to HQ CAP/CP;
6. You must submit a separate CAP Form 95
fox each scholarship for which you are
applying; and 7. Cadets who will be a senior
member prior to Jan. 31 must ensure their
transfer of status is completed so that
scholarships can be awarded.
Point of contact
Send your completed scholarship appli~
cation by Jan. 31 to: Scholarships, HQ CAP/
CPR. 105 South Hansell St.. Maxwell AFB,
AL 36112-6332. If you have any questions,
call Janice Serrano at (334) 953-4238 o~
cpr@capnhq.gov.
Non-ﬂight related
Air Force Academy Prep School Recommendation: Each year CAP National Headquarters submits recommendations to the
Air Force Academy. for one cadet to attend
the United States Air Force Academy's
Preparatory School. The preparatory
school's one.year program (valued at over
$32,50G) increases a student's potential for
admission to the Academy and for successful
completion of the academy curriculum.
Successfully completing the USAF~S !s an
excellent opportunity for individuals, who
-otherwise might not be eligible or selected,
to secure an ap[
" )ointment ~ the dr Force
A c a d e m y . : : . . . .
Note: This is; an application for a recommendation, not an appointment or nomina.
t i o n . :
:
To be eligible to apply for a CAP recommendation to the USAFA Preparatory
School, cadets must:
li Have earned at least the Mitchell
Award; 2. Be at least 17 years old and not
have passed their 22nd birthday by 1 July of
the admitting year; 3. Be a U.S. citizen, or
assured of cit~enship before USAFAPS
graduation; 4. Be unmarried and have no
legal dependents; 5. Be of high moral char~
acter (for example, has no record of convictions of civil offenses other than minor
trafﬁc violations); 6. ~ medically q'
ualiﬁed
for an appointment in the Air Force Academy; and 7. Not have previously attended a
service academy preparatory school or
college.
Ap'plications a~ submit~d::to CAP
Nationa:l Headquarters CAP/CPR on a

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O C T O B E R 2 0 0 1 O C I v I L A I R PAT R O L N E W S

Scholarships…from page 15
CAPF 95, Application for CAP
Scholarships, and must be
postmarked by Nov. 30. The
following must be attached to
the application:!
1. The SAT or ACT scores
(minimum entry scores for
USAFAPS are 510 verbal and
530 math on the SAT: or, 23
English, 23 Math, 23 Sciences
Reasoning, and 23 Reading on
the ACT);!
2. An ofﬁcial transcript of all
completed high school work: 3.
A written statement that you are
not married and have no legal
dependents; 4. A copy of your
birth certiﬁcate;!
5. A recent 3 X 5 photograph
taken full length in CAP uniform
(a CAP only requirement); and!
6. Letters of recommendation
(limited to four).!
A board of Air Force and CAP
senior ofﬁcers will convene at
CAP National Headquarters to
select cadets to recommend to
the Preparatory School. The
board will speciﬁcally evaluate
the following: i. Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT) or
American College Testing
Program (ACT) test battery
results:!
2. Academic record of high
school work as applicable.!
Evaluated are grade point
averages, type and level of
courses, attendance record,
and applicable scholastic
achievement;!
3. Performance as a CAP cadet
including achievement level,
participation in activities,
demonstrated leadership, and
physical ﬁtness;!
4~ Extracurricular activities and
community involvement outside
of CAP including youth and
church organizations :: schooI
and sports ‘activities.!
5. Personal appearances as
shown in photographs (a CAP

only requirement); and 6. Other
factors including unit and wing
commander endorsements, letters of
recommendation, and demonstrated
leadership potential. Applicants are
limited to four letters of
recommendation.!
Potential sources of the letters are
schoolteachers, counselors,
administrators, coaches, community
ofﬁcials, CAP members, and military
personnel.!
Applicants will be notiﬁed of their
status after board proceedings are
complete. Packages receiving CAP
recommendations will then be
forwarded to the USAF Academy by
31 January each year where ﬁnal
consideration and selection will be
made.!
Every applicant must fzrst apply
directly to the USAFA. CAP Cadets
must complete the USAF Academy
Application of Admissions. Students
may obtain this application by writing
to USAFA/ RRS, 2304 Cadet Drive,
Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO
80840-5025.!
Deadline for requesting the USAF
Academy application is 31 December
of your senior year. Applications must
be received no later than Jan. 31 of
the year entering the USAFA.!
Any offer of appointment or
nomination is at the sole discretion of
the US Air Force Academy.!
CAP is not an Academy appointment
or nomination source.!
We encourage unit commanders to
urge outstanding CAP cadets to take
advantage of this valuable
opportunity. We look forward to your
application this year!!
Flight-related scholarships Current
cadet members (who have completed
the Billy Mitchell Award) can apply for
the ﬂightrelated scholarships listed by
completing a CAP Form
95, .Application for CAP
Scholarships.!
Completed applications must be sent
to NHQ CAP/CPR and postmarked
no later than 31

January (unless otherwise noted).!
Some of these scholarships are
also available to current senior
members (who have completed the
Billy Mitchell Award as a cadet or
have completed the Cadet
Programs Specialty Track senior
rating). We have noted those
scholarships that are open to senior
members in the descriptions below.
Seniors should follow the same
application procedures and
deadlines as the cadets.!
Maj, Gen, L~cas V. Bec~u Flight
ScholarshiJ): The Order of
Daedalians, a national fraternity of
military pilots, awards ﬁve $2,100
seholarships to cadets ages 15 ½
to 18 ½ with uncorrected 20/ 20
vision, demonstrating a desire for a
career in military aviation (must be
indicated on application).!
These scholarships provide
ﬁnancial means to receive ground
and-ﬂight training leading to a FAA
private pilot license. Note: HQ CAP/
CPR must receive the application
no later than 1 March of each year.!
General Aviation: To keep up with
the demand on ﬂying schol: arships,
we will offer a General Aviation
Scholarship. This scholarship is
available to all cadets interested in
getting a private pilot's license.!
For this particular scholarshi p
(unlike the Daedalians
scholarships) cadets do not need to
aspire a career in military aviation.!
Cadets who do ~hould apply
speciﬁcally for the Daedalians
scholarships. Those cadets who are
not selected for the Daedalians
scholarships will be automatically
included in the list of applicants for
the General Aviation scholarship.!
The number of scholarships and the
amount will depend on the funds
available. Complete .!
applications for this scholarship
should arrive by March 1 to NHQ
CAP/CPR.!
: Dowling College annually
sponsors one one-year full tuition
scholarships (valued at about
8.000) and two one-year half tuition
scholarships (valued at about
1,000) for cadets

enrolled in the Dowling College
School of Aviation. Also open to
senior members;!
Spartan School of Aeronaut:
Spartan School of Aeronautics
offers up to twenty $2,500
Scholarships to CAP cadets
attending their facilities in Tulsa,
OK. There are 26 different
aviation education programs to
choose from. Also open to senior
members. To ﬁnd out more about
Spartan School of Aeronautics
and their programs visit
www.spartan.edu/ main.htm.!
Col, Louisa SDruance Morse CAP
Scholarships: Annually, EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University
makes three $1,000 scholarships
available to students who are
enrolled at an Embry-Ridd le
Aeronautical Uni~zersity campus
and have completed the ﬁrst
semester of AFROTC. See your
AFROTC instructor for information
and applications. Do not apply for
these scholarships through CAP
National Headquarters. Also open
tosenior members.!
U.S, Air Force Chief Of Staff
Scholarship: This $I~500
scholarship is automatically
awarded to the outstanding Cadet
of the Year as outlined in CAPR
39-3. The money is sent to the
educational institution or training
facility of the cadet's choice.!
Clara E. L~v~n~ston Cadet
Scholarship: This $4.000
scholarship named after an
aviation pioneer -- a CAP member
during World War II and the
former Puerto Rico wing
commander -- is available to
Puerto Rico Wing cadets only (as
stated in Clara's will).!
Puerto Rico Wing cadets are
encouraged to apply for this
award to advance their
preparation and training for any
ﬁeld such as ﬂying, the
professions, academiC, business
or manual art or for travel directed
toward an expansion of his or her
horizons. Contact the Puerto Rico
Wing for more information

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in Bay St Louis, Miss., will feature programs
on robotics, remote sensing and global positioning systems. Introductory Robotics (grades
5-8) explores the basics of robotics with LEGO
Mindstorms TM educational kits. Find out about
sensors, programming; gears and motors, and
learn how to incorporate robotics into your
science classroom. Educators will construct,
program and operate their own robot;
Near Earth Achievable Remote Sensing
introduces a low-cost method of capturing and
using aerial images. The NEARS Project is a
set of hands-on activities designed to engage
students in learning the fundamentals of
remote sensing. Participants will learn to
build camera platforms using inexpensive
foam and disposable cameras and how to loft
the platform using kites or helium ﬁlled
balloons;
From a Distance is a program designed
for grades K-12 that really brings technology
into the classroom utilizing remote sensing,
Geographic Information Systems, and Global
Positioning System techniques. From a
Distance stresses standards in math, science,
social studies, language arts, technology, and
geography. To learn more about these programs log on to the Stennis web site at: http://
wwwedu.ssc.nasa.gov/erc/workshops.htm;
We hope you can join us in Florida as we
celebrate the h~story of aviation and view the
launch of the space shuttle!
New Space Day partner
The Civil Air Patrol recently became a new
Space Day partner so start thinking now how
your unit can join together with your community to participate in this exciting yearly
event. Go to the Space Day Web site at
www.spaceday.com and click on "In your

Neighborhood" for ideas on how other communities have celebrated this day in the past.
Space Day launched its year-long educational initiative introducing students, educators and families to the wonders of the "Red
Planet." Space Day 2002 ... Adventure to
Mars! is designed to capture young people's
imagination about Mars, the only other planet
in our solar system that has the potential for
human inhabitance.
By focusing on Mars, this award-winning
initiative will bring together people of all ages
to advance education in science, math and
technology, and realize the vision of our space
pioneers. Space Day 2002 ... Adventure to
Mars! will take place on May 2, 2002, with
celebrations and educational activities
throughout the United States and around the
world.
"So much of what we have accomplished in
space has been a potent combination of curiosity, imagination and the human spirit -- the
fuel that p~opels us to reach out to universes
still unknown," said former Senator John
Glenn, co-chair of Space Day.
Now entering its sixth year, Space Day has
expanded into a truly global celebration.
Millions of students, teachers and space
enthusiasts in 21 countries, all 50 U.S. states
and seven Canadian provinces participate in
this innovative program. Earlier this year,
Space Day was honored with the prestigious
Space Foundation Education Achievement
Award given to organizations involved in
exemplary education initiatives.
More than 70 Space Day Partners including prestigious nonproﬁt, educational,
governmental and youth organizations; major
school districts and leading cable, media,
technology and aerospace companies - will
organize local events in communities throughout the world using Mars as the focus.
Several national polls reveal that Mars is
the planet that most captivates kids' interest 2002 IACE/COUPON #2

2002 IACE/Coupon #1

C I V I L A I R PAT R O L N E W S 0 O C TO B E R 2 0 0 1

"I'm thoroughly
convinced that the ﬁrst
person to set foot on
Mars is participating in
Space Day ... "
- - D r. S a l l y R i d e - America's ﬁrst woman astronaut in space

both for its mystique and because it is the only
one that has potential for human inhabitance.
Over the coming months students will have
the opportunity to participate in an engaging
array of Space Day programs and activities
around Mars--"the fourth rock from the sun."
These will include: Design Challenges, a
collaborative program to create solutions for
living and working on Mars; Student Signatures in Space, a program which carries
digitized student signatures on a shuttle
mission to space; and the Cyber Space Day
Webcast, the only annual online event devoted
to space, science and math, broadcast globally
over the Internet.
The ofﬁcial Space Day Web site -www.spaceday.com -- offers teachers, kids and
the public a wealth of resource information
that will be continually updated as Space Day
activities develop worldwide in the months
ahead.

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Secretary Roche discusses terrorism, AF mission
Senior Airman Oshawn Jefferson
Air Force Print News
SAN ANTONIO -- Secretary of
the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche
touched on several topics during
his visit to Lackland Air Force
Base, Texas, on Oct. 5.
T h e S e p t . 11 t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s
on America, the Air Force's role in
President Bush's war on terrorism,
the service's future, and his
thoughts on the victims and famil i e s a ff e c t e d b y t h e a t t a c k s w e r e
the main focus of Roche's visit.
The issue of the Air Force's role
in the president's war on terrorism intensiﬁed when Bush announced Oct. 7 that the U.S. military launched attacks on al Qaeda
training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Knowing this is just the
beginning of a long campaign,
Roche discussed what airmen can
expect in the next six to 12 months.
" We a r e n o w e n t e r i n g a n e r a
in which we need to anticipate and
prepare for asymemetric attacks,
incliiding but not limited to terrorism," Roche said.
%Ve heard the president say this
will be a long campaign, and it will
be conducted with both traditional
and nontraditional means, with coalition partners and through diplomatic, ﬁnancial, intelligence, economic and other tools. The Air Force
will play a role, above all, by apply-

ing our global reconnaissance and
strike assets when called upon by
the president."
Roche also talked about how
the aerospace expeditionary force
ﬁts into any military operations
and how the system was designed
to meet changing world crises and
will continue to work as planned.
"In 1994, we started the AEF
as an experiment of how to deal
with ourselves in the contingency
w o r l d t h a t i s m u c h d i ff e r e n t t h a n
the Cold War world we used to live
in," Roche said. "(Former Chief of
Staff of the Air Force Gen. Michael
E. Ryan) formalized it in 1997 and
made it into a construct for our entire Air Force. The contingency
world we live in now dominates our
activity. As we embark on yet another contingency, we have conﬁgured ourselves for this sort of
thing."
T h e S e p t . 11 t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s
on the United States have shown
America's vulnerability to an attack. With America now in a bombing campaign in Afghanistan, and
t h e Ta l i b a n r e g i m e c a l l i n g f o r
"jihad," or holy war on any country attacking them, Roche discussed the importance of the Air
Force's role in homeland defense.
"(The Air Force) has had a traditional role in the air defense mission of the nation, and we will continue to perform that mission, as
well as others related to our air

and space capabilities," Roche said.
"Reﬂecting the reality that homeland defense goes beyond military
issues, the mission of the (ofﬁce of
homeland security) will be to develop a coordinated, integrated,
comprehensive, national strategy
to combat domestic terrorism by
strengthening our preparedness
and homeland security at all levels. In the Department of Defense,
the Army will have the lead in our
homeland defense mission, with
other services providing support to
that effort."
In light of recent events, Roche
said that the Air Force has entered
into an era in which it is compelled
to rethink its defensive posture in

WASHINGTON -- After the
Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, people from around the country picked up paper and pens to
show their support to the military.
Letters offering prayers, hope,
praise, thanks and encouragement
were delivered to the Pentagon
within days after the incidents.
While all are different, each has a
common theme: pride in Arherica.
An excerpt from one poem written by a student begins, 'TWnat will
we do, they have all our fears. Will
they take us as hostage and laugh
at our tears? I say they won't for I
know as a fact, America is strong

and it's still intact."
Another high school student
wrote, "I will be thinking and praying for you. I will never forget this
day for the rest of my life."
One girl, expressing wisdom
beyond her years, wrote, "I can't
imagine what you are going
through, but I wanted you to know
that my thoughts and prayers are
w i t h y o u . Yo u a r e n o t a l o n e .
Through everything, this has not
made us weaker, only stronger as
a nation. We will get through it."
"I am grateful that you feel for
people as though you are an angel," another student said.

Dr. James G. Roche

a changed environment.
" We m u s t d e v e l o p a s t r a t e g y
for a different era," he said.
Although, he added, the recent
world events have not changed his
initial goals and initiatives since
he tool~ ofﬁce as secretary of the
Air Force.
"(Recent events) do not change
our priorities because as a contingency force, and as an expeditionary air and space force, we are already conﬁgured to deal with any
contingencies that arise," Roche
said. "We will continue our transformation into an even better force,
with superb systems and leaders,
as we contribute to this campaign."
As the Air Force tries to look
to the future, Roche discussed his
top priorities and goals for 2002.
"I have four priorities (for ﬁscal 2002)," he said. "(The ﬁrst is)
people. We must be able to attract
and retain the very best individuals to serve (in the Air Force).
"(The second is) strategy. We
must continue, or rebuild, a force
structure that, when teamed in
joint or combined operations, will
be effective in keeping peace and
preserving freedom in this century.." he said.
" ( N e x t i s ) e f ﬁ c i e n c y. We m u s t
accelerate our drive to become
more modern and more efﬁcient as
an organization," Roche said. "The
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Letters from
across
America
pour into
Pentagon

Young children sent in letters
offering words of comfort quoted
from the Bible, such as Genesis
50:19, "Don't be afraid. Am I in
t h e p l a c e o f G o d ? Yo u i n t e n d e d
to harm me, but God intended it
for good to accomplish what is
now being done, the saving of
many lives."
Others sent in poems, handmade cards and posters. As
people walk by the pictures hanging on many of the Pentagon's
walls, they walk just a little
taller, proud to serve their count r y, k n o w i n g A m e r i c a ' s c i t i z e n s
support them.

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are doing today, standing united with our sister services, backing our president and formulating the appropriate response for the American people to seek justice to these unspeakable
Air Force will never be a business, but it can
leader in the world.
and shocking terrorist attacks on our nation's
be more businesB-like.
As the Air Force prepares for an uncertain soil. Although our enemies haven't seen or felt
"(Finally, the fourth priority is) innovation future, Roche addressed Air Force family mem- our brand of resolve before now, they are about
and the industrial base, (because the Air Force
bers directly affected by the recent tragedies, to learn."
needs) to reform, in a constructive manner, (its) with airmen deploying to meet the president's
As the Air Force prepares for the future
acquisition policies and processes so as to en- call to duty.
challenges ahead, Roche Baid, "I want all of
sure innovation and competitive vibrancy
"FirBt of all, our heartfelt prayers and conyou to know that, even as we mourn for our
within the defense industrial base," he said.
dolences go out to the families and friends of fallen countrymen, we will not be deterred from
Roche added that promoting innovation each and every American struck down by these carrying out our global responsibility aB
within the defense industry will help ensure (tragic) assaults," he said. '~[t takes a full mea- America's expeditionary aerospace force power.
the Air Force acquires the technology neces. sure of patriotiBm, dedication, and sacriﬁce to
We will continue to perform our noble work in
sary to maintain its position aB the aerospace do what the men and women of the Air Force the days ahead."

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COAST TO COAST

Nationwide
Reporting achievements of CAP members

MASSACHUSETTS -Several members of the
Pilgrim Composite Squadron
joined other groups to provide
a day of fun to more than 50
disabled children from area
hospitals.
The cadets and senior
members helped set up tents,
tables, chairs, cooking facilities
and audio equipment for the
entertainment.
Once the guests were
there, the squadron members
helped transport them to the
picnic area and serve them
food, and then they cleaned up
the area when the picnic was
over.
Alpha-!, the local airport,
provided a plane and pilot to
give the children rides. Pilgrim
cadets helped load the children
in the airplane and maintained
a ﬂying roster.
The cadets who participated were: Dan Kujanpaa,
Tom Melucci, Chris Bertrand,
John Yaeger, Rob Yaeger, Ben
Marble, Matt Marble and Geoff
Monks.
Senior members who
assisted were: Maj. AI Rufﬁni,
1st Lt. Robert Yaeger and Sr.
Mbr. Chris Querze.
The other organizations
who were represented at the
day included: the Handicapped
Sponsorship Association,
Alhpa-1, Plymouth Disaster
Preparedness, local entertainer
Bobby Gage and the Plymouth
Aero Club.
State Representatives
Vinny Demacedo and Selectman Chairman Kenneth
Tavares were also on hand.

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Cadets and senior
members of the Pilgrim
Composite Squadron helped
area children learn about ﬂying
during a special day at a local
airport.
The Pilgrim squadron
members arrived at the
facilities early in the morning,
in preparation of "Kid's Day" at
the Alhpa-1 Airport. The event
was sponsored by the airport,
along with the local aero club.
The cadets who participated were: Matt Marble, Ben
Marble, Adam Nawoichik,
Chris Bertrand, Geof Monks,
Adam Woodworth, Alex Currie,
Justin Seggelin, Rob Yaeger
and Johr~ Yeager.
Senior members who
supervised were: Maj. AI
Rufﬁni, Capt. Lee Woodworth,
and 1st Lt. Robert Yaeger.
In the afternoon, the
cadets put on color guard
demonstrations and used an

emergency services display to
teach the young people about
CAP and safety.
The most popular events of
the day, however, were the
model rocketry construction and
launch. The squadron pre-cut
ﬁns from cardboard and
provided dozens of two-liter
soda bottles.
The kids, with help and
supervision from the Pilgrim
squadron members, assembled
the soda-bottle rockets, and
then launched them outside.
Prizes were awarded to those
children whose rockets had the
best ﬂights.
1st Lt. Robert Yaeger
NEW HAMPSHIRE -About 100 members of the New
Hampshire Wing participated in
the wing's 2001 summer
encampment in Center Strafford, N.H.
The encampment, held for
the third consecutive year at the

New Hampshire National
Guard Training Center, was
directed by Maj. Curt LaFond
with assistance from Maj.
Terry Terry, commandant of
cadets.
The highlight of the
encampment for many cadets
was spending time in a KC135 Extender simulator at
Pease Air. National Guard
Base, N.H.
The cadets also had the
opportunity to tour various
systems at the Air National
Guard Base, including the
ﬁrearms training system, life
support service and the
readiness group, where they
saw the mission-oriented
protective posturing gear.
Some of the MOPP gear
protects soldiers from
chemical, nuclear and
biological agents.
The life support service
also sponsored a bivouac in
Greenland, N.H., where they

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U.S. Air Force It. Col. Paul T. Johnson, commander of the 75th Fighter Squadron "Tigersharks"
and recipient of the Air Force Cross for his service during Desert Storm, right, poses with Cadet
MaJ. Sun Gavin of New York Wing's Rlchardell Cadet Squadron. Johnson presented the Earhart
award to Gavin at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., during the Freedom Feet 2001 air show.

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taught water survival, compass
use, signaling, and escape and
evasion skills.
Cadets also received
tethered hot-air balloon rides,
thanks to balloonist Ray
Fournier, who was sponsored
by the Drug Demand Reduction program.
The following cadets were
honored during the encampment: Senior Airman Alex
Dudley, honor cadet; 2nd Lt.
Lauren Laquerre, most
outstanding cadet ofﬁcer;
Tech. Sgt. Dana Merrill, most
outstanding cadet noncommissioned ofﬁcer; and Chief
Master Sgt. Timothy White,
honor ﬂight commander.
NEW YORK -- A cadet
member of the Syracuse
Composite Squadron became
the ﬁrst cadet from the New
York Wing to earn master
musician certiﬁcation.
2nd Lt. Robert Ostrowski,
a 17-year-old cadet from
Warners, N.Y., received the
honor during the 2001 National
Military Music Academy at
Camp Frettered, Md.
The music academy,
which was established three
years ago as a CAP band
program, was designed to
educate CAP members
interested in being musicians.
To participate in the academy,
cadets must be at least an
airman ﬁrst class and moderately proﬁcient with a band
instrument.
"They must also be ready
to learn and be able to accept
constructive criticism since its
all about working toward
perfection," Ostrowski said.
Academy attendees follow
a military-like regimen and stay
busy with classroom and
hands-on, outdoor lessons.
This year's academy focused
on developing a drum and ﬁfe
corps. The cadets spent most
of their time performing at
various locations near the
home of the school. On days
when they were not travelling,
cadets spent seven hours
rehearsing for future performances.
Highlights of their travels
included performances: for
patients, staff and visitors at
Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md.;
with the "Ancient Muster," an
international gathering of ﬁfe
and drum corps; as ceremonial
brass at the Korean War
Memorial; at Arlington National
Cemetery for a gathering in
memory of fallen soldiers; and
as a ﬁfe and drum corps with

the Mount Airy, Md., squadron
in a ﬁreﬁghter's parade.
During the ﬁreﬁghter's
parade, the group won second
place overall and ﬁrst place in
the non-ﬁre apparatus category, as well as a check for
$400 which was donated to the
local squadron.
Ostrowski is proﬁcient with
the tuba and the ﬁfe. He hopes
to organize a band within his
squadron to perform at special
events as part of CAP's special
music program.
2nd Lt. John W. Luebs
NEW YORK -- A Fort
Drum Composite Squadron
cadet became the squadron's
ﬁrst Amelia Earhart Award
recipient during a squadron
commander's call.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col.
Louis G. Bochain, commander
of the 20th Air Support
Operations Squadron at Fort
Drum, N.Y., presented the
Earhart to Cadet Capt. Joshua
Schlotterbeck.
Schlotterbeck has been a
member of the Fort Drum
squadron for more than four
years, during which he has
ﬂied every cadet leadership
position within the squadron.
Schlotterbeck's parents
and brother were present for
the presentation, as were all
the members of the 20th
ASOS, the Fort Drum squadron deputy commander and the
senior programs ofﬁcer.
Schlotterbeck, a 2001
graduate of Sackets Harbor
High School, recently enlisted
in the U.S. Army and leaves for
basic training in October. His
father retired from the Army.
Capt. Karl Hauser
PENNSYLVANIA -- The
Amelia Earhart Award was
presented to a cadet member
of the Latrobe Composite
Squadron during an awards
ceremony at a Latrobe, Pa.,
armory.
Pennsylvania Representative Jess M. Stairs presented
the Earhart award to Cadet
Benjamin A. Frantz, Latrobe
squadron's cadet commander.
Stairs also presented a
citation from the Pennsylvania
congress. The citation recognized Frantz for the "exceptional ability, commitment and
dedication which he has
consistently displayed ..."
Frantz is a student pilot
and has received ribbons for
his work in disaster relief and
community service. He has
also participated in more than

15 ﬁnds of both aircraft
crashes and missing persons,
received the ranger qualiﬁcation in winter and summer
survival, and has advanced
communications/ground team
leader ratings.
He served as the deputy
commander of the Oshkosh Air
Show in Oshkosh, Wis., in
2001.
As he presented the
Earhart award, Stairs spoke
highly of the Latrobe cadet.
"It is a pleasure to be here
to honor Ben. I have followed
this young man's career over
the last few years, and he is
the type of quality young
person that our nation will
depend on in the future," Stairs
said.
Frantz, a senior at Latrobe
Area High School, plans on
enrolling in an ROTC program
in college and wants to ﬂy jets
in the military.
Capt. Larry Danka

MARYLAND-- More than
140 cadets and senior members Of the Maryland Wing
assisted the Confederate Air
Force with an air show in
Frederick, Md.
The members helped with
the CAF's Wings Over Frederick Air Show, an annual event
featuring static displays as well
as aerial demonstrations.
The Maryland Wing was
asked to assist the CAF with
keeping the air show running
and the visitors safe.
The participating wing
members were divided into 17
teams. Each team consisted of
several cadets led by one
senior member who served as
team leader. The teams were
then sent to work in different
areas of the air show.
Some teams maintained
crowd control along the ﬂight
lines, other teams helped park
cars, while still others worked

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The teams were rotated
throughout the day so all
members had the opportunity
to work at various stations.
Many of the members stayed
the night at the Frederick
Composite Squadron's
meeting location so they could
be on site late in the evening
and return early in the morning.
The CAF provided lunches
to the Maryland Wing volunteem.
A ride in a B-17 Flying
Fortress bomber was rafﬂed off
to one lucky air show visitor.
The money raised in the rafﬂe
was divided among each of the
wing squadrons whose
members assisted at the
airshow.
The Confederate Air Force
is dedicated to preserving and
showing historical combat
aircraft, many of which ﬂew
during the airshow. A variety of
modern and aerobatic aircraft
also ﬂew during the air show.
Sr. Mbr. Roxanne Oakley
SOUTH CAROLINA-Members of the Coastal
Charleston Composite Squadron visited the Wando High
School Junior ROTC class in
Mount Pleasant, S.C.
The visit, the second of its
kind in two years, was designed to introduce the JROTC
cadets to the advantages of
being in both ROTC and CAP.
Membership in CAP allows
the cadets ﬂight time they
would not get in JROTC. It also
allows the students to learn
about search and rescue,
something the cadets do not
study in Air Force JROTC.
Many cadets from ROTC
and JROTC programs in South
Carolina also belong to CAP.
The South Carolina Wing
routinely offers orientation
ﬂights to ROTC cadets from
several colleges and universities around the state.
The Coastal Charleston
squadron members who
participated in the event were:
U.S. Air Force Capt. Steve
Snelson, 1st Lt. Warren
Williams, Flight Ofﬁcer Dan
Cohn and Cadet 2nd Lt. Travis
Storey.
SOUTH CAROLINA-Four senior members and 1.1
cadets from the Blue Ridge
Composite Squadron took part
in a reality-oriented physical
experience course at the
Carolina Center for Behavioral
Health near Greer, S.C.

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The ROPE program
involved a variety of activities
that included games, group
interactive problem-solving
challenges and individual
challenges.
The squadron members,
led by Sr. Mbr. Ross A. Collins,
approached every part of the
program with 100-percent
effort, a focus on safety as the
primary concern, a positive
attitude and the desire to have
fun.
The day began with a
warm-up game, then went
directly to problem solving, in
which cadets faced a variety of
difﬁcult scenarios and a clear
goal that could only be
achieved by working and
thinking as a team.
The ﬁnal event tested the
groups' teamwork and trust, as
each person had to climb to
the top of a ﬁve-foot platform,
then fall backward into the
arms of the remaining cadets.
1st Lt. Ted Carmichael
VIRGINIA-- A cadet
member of the Winchester
Composite Squadron received
the Amelia Earhart Award in a
ceremony during the
squadron's regular cadet
meeting.
Lt. Col. Biff Genda, U.S.
Air Force liaison for the
Winchester squadron, presented the Earhart award to his
son, Cadet Capt. Jeffrey
Genda, during the meeting at
the Winchester Regional
Airport.
In order to earn the
Earhart award, Cadet Genda
had to earn the Gen. Billy
Mitchell Award and complete
11 other speciﬁc achievements. He also had to pass a
100-question exam.
The exam included
questions or~ aerospace
education, leadership theory
and general staff topics.
Cadet Genda joined about
10,000 other CAP cadets who
have earned the Earhart award
in the past 30 years.
1st Lt. Patricia Stanton
VIRGINIA-- Thirteen
cadets completed the National
Powered Flight Academy at
Fort Pickett in Blackstone, Va.
During the two-week
academy, 92 percent of the
participants made their ﬁrst
solo ﬂight, each making his or
her ﬁrst solo with 11 hours or
less of training.
The ﬂight instructors for
the academy were: Col. Gene
Hartman, Middle East Region

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Flight instructor Bob Hawkins performs the ritual cutting of the
shirt back on Cadet Ben Smith of the Maryland Wing during the
2001 National Powered Flight Academy, held in Blackstone, Va.
commander and retired U.S.
Air Force ﬁghter pilot; Lt. Col.
Jimmie Kilbourne, retired Air
Force colonel and Silver Star
recipient; Maj. Bob Hawkins;
Capts. Thomas Riﬂe, Tim
Brindle and Jim McEachern:
and Air Force Reserve Maj.
Dave Garafallo, US Air pilot,
who served as ground team
instructor.
The maintenance ofﬁcer
was Maj. Tom Stanley. Lt. Col.
Val Andrews served as the
academy's operations ofﬁcer,
and 1st Lt. Todd Bible acted as
commandant of cadets.
Bible was assisted by
Cadets Brian Maisler, Anna
Andrews and Diana Andrews.
When they weren't ﬂying,
the cadets received brieﬁngs
from members of a local U.S.
Navy SEAL detachment,
toured a C-17 Globemaster,
and witnessed Army National
Guard airborne assault training
and the live ﬁring of a TOW
missile system.
Special guests during the
academy graduation celebration were: Dr. Kathryn Thornton, former astronaut and
current director of the Center

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volunteers in providing
recruiting assistance to the
U.S. Air Force at the request of
CAP National Headquarters.
The volunteers were from
27 squadrons from the Virginia,
West Virginia, Maryland, South
Carolina, National Capitol and
Illinois wingS.
During the nine-day
jamboree, the CAP volunteers
assisted the 60,000 Scouts
and Scout leaders in several
areas.
Several CAP pilots, adult
leaders and cadets shared
their aerospace knowledge
with the Scouts by teaching a
two-hour initial aviation merit
badge class to 1,540 Scouts.
In order to earn the
badge, the Scouts had to pass
written and oral tests, and
interview a pilot. More than
500 Scouts earned their
aviation merit badges because
of help from the CAP Jamboree Support Group.
The CAP members also
assisted the U.S. Army 2290th
Field Hospital personnel in
teaching material for the ﬁrst
aid merit badge to more than
1,200 Scouts.
Cadets and senior
members also provided the
majority of the staff necessary
for the Air Force Experience
exhibit, which included a 50foot trailer with a brieﬁng room
and six F-16 Fighting Falcon

simulators. The simulators
were the highlight of the
jamboree for about 2,500
Scouts who passed through
the exhibit.
While the Scouts were
waiting in line for the exhibit,
CAP members took the
opportunity to pass out
thousands of CAP membership
ﬂiers and other literature, 2,000
balsa wood plane kits, 7,000
airplane-shaped erasers, and
2,000 "Virginia is for Flying
Lovers" pins and bumper
stickers, obtained by CAP
jamboree support group
memt)ers from the Virginia
Department of Aviation.
The Air Force also
maintained a recruiting activity
at the Learning for Life Center.
Included was an F-15 Eagle
simulator. While Air Force
personnel engaged visitors
with an interactive game,
question and answer session
and giveaways, CAP cadets
assisted with the simulator.
A CAP display was kept
right next to the Eagle simulator, and the joint exhibit was
visited by more than 10,000
Scouts and their family
members.
Qualiﬁed CAP radio
personnel also provided
mission-essential radio
communications among ﬁve
separate areas during daylight
hours.

Many of the CAP personnel rotated in and out, with an
average strength of 25
members on hand at any one
time. While the event lasted
nine days, Davis spent a total
of 12 away from home supporting the event.
The jamboree took four
years to plan. The next one will
be held in 2005.
1st Lt. Hope Reisenwitz
and Lt. Col. Glen Davis

ILLINOIS -- Members of
the Illinois Wing gathered at
the Williamson County Airport
for a Squadron Leadership
School.
Twenty-ﬁve senior
members attended the two-day

for Science and Technology at
the University of Virginia; and
Larry Palmore, Blackstone
town manager.
The cadets who completed
the academy were: Andrew
Ehler, Zak Kent, Blake Waycaster, Otto Romero, Ben
Smith, Jonathon Sutton, Jeff
Wingﬁeld, Robert Taylor, Jerry
Seeber, Mike Kieloch, Elliott
Kipp, James Adams and Josh
Mundy.
Mundy was chosen as the
academy's outstanding cadet
and received a scholarship
from the Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association for further
ﬂight training.
VIRGINIA-- Senior
members from across the
Middle East Region assisted
CAP National Headquarters,
the U.S. Air Force and thousands of Boy Scouts during a
national Boy Scout jamboree.
The jamboree, held once
every four years, took place at
the U.S. Army's Fort A.P. Hill,
Va.
Retired U.S. Army Col.
and CAP senior member Glen
Davis led about 90 CAP

Four members of IIIInola Wing pose for a photo during the wing's Squadron Laadarshlp School,
held at tha WIIIiamaon County (111.) Airport, Pictured are, from left, It. Col. Thomas Pickaring,
director of admini~, MaJ. Randy Mitchell, b-~, Maj. Paul Hartel, SLS dirsctor and MaJ.
Rickey Oeth, i~. Not pictured is LL ~ Jomq~ Pate, U.$. Air Force Reserves, Illinois
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leadership and managerial
training session, in which they
received lessons on all aspects
of CAP.
Speciﬁc topics covered
during the weekend included
the function and role of various
squadron staff positions,
aerospace education, operations, senior programs and
cadet programs.
The section on aerospace
education was taught by Maj.
Greg Krempasky, Illinois Wing
aerospace education ofﬁcer.
Maj. Randy Mitchell taught the
class on cadet programs and
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joe
Pate taught a session on the
function of the U.S. Air Force
liaison ofﬁcer.
The SLS was conducted
by the staff of Illinois Wing's
Group 12. Staff members
included: Maj. Paul Hertelm
program director; Lt. Col. Tom
Pickering, registrar; and Maj.
Rick Oeth, deputy director.
Several squadron members
worked as instructors and
support staff.
All CAP members must
attend SLS as part of the
senior training program.
Maj. Paul Hertel
KENTUCKY -- Sixteen
members representing three
wings met in Elizabethtown,
Ky., for a four-day aircrew
training course.
Capt. Robert Nesbit of the
North Carolina Wing, the
school's organizer, described
the purpose of the school: "The
school is designed to train
competent and professional
aerial observers to serve on
CAP search and rescue
aircrews."
All the instructors for the
course were active duty U.S.
Army personnel who were also
members of CAP. Included
were: Maj. Jayson A. Altieri of
the 4th Cavalry Brigade, 85th
Division and North Carolina
Wing; Capt. Robert Nesbit, B
Troop, 3rd Squadron, 16th
Cavalry Regiment and North
Carolina Wing; and Specialist
Robert Lynton, Kentucky Wing.
All were stationed at Fort
Knox., Ky.
The four-day school was
broken down into two phases.
Phase I was ground school
and exercises, and lasted 1½
days.
Phase II was the ﬂight
portion of the school and
lasted 2½ days.
Each student ﬂew a
minimum of three graded
sorties or ﬂights. Each sortie

was graded by a rated CAP
instructor observer. The lOs
graded each student observer
on a pass/fail basis.
The sorties were progressive in nature and designed to
teach the student observer
new skills with each sortie.
More than 20 ﬂight hours
were ﬂown during the school.
Each student received an
aircrew school student packet
that contained several items to
help familiarize the student
with CAP aircraft and equipment, as well as the forms
used by observers.
In addition to the aircrew
training, students received
classes in crash site identiﬁcation, survival equipment and
radio operations.
The students who graduated the course included: Maj.
Michael McGill and Capt.
Darrell Williamson, both of the
Indiana Wing; Capts. Ph!llip
Fowler and David Allen, 1st
Lts. Steve Wolfe, Gary
Pranger, Robert K0ok, Tony
Koeing and Walt Binkley, 2nd
Lts. Dennis Hadison and
Herbert Cornett, Sr. Mbrs.
Linda A. Duncan and Aubrie
Duncan, all of the Kentucky
Wing.
The school was a success, thanks in part to the
Elizabethtown Flying Services,
who provided facilities and.
ground support throughout the
school.

Col. Loretta Holbrook,
Kentucky Wing commander,
said, "This was excellent
training and I hope we can do
it again next yead"
MICHIGAN -- Members of
the Selfridge Cadet Squadron
helped direct and park planes
during an area festival and ﬂyin.
The Selfridge members
helped direct airplane trafﬁc on
the ground during the Romeo
Peach Festival breakfast ﬂy-in
in Romeo, Mich., about 32
miles north of Detroit. The
event was part of Romeo's
annual Labor Day weekend
festivities.
The cadets aircraftmarshalling mission developed
into a search mission when an
unidentiﬁed aircraft's emergency Iocator transmitter was
accidentally activated.
A departing pilot brought
the ELT signal to the attention
of a Selfridge cadet, who
reported the signal detection
up the chain of command.
Because the group at the
airport had no radio directionﬁnding equipment readily
available, several cadets and
Capt. Rick Thalmann used a
hand-held scanner brought to
the event by Cadet Chief
Master Sgt. Kenneth Beaupre
to check signal strength from
different directions.
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among the pilots, asking each
to check their ELT unit.
The search eventually
involved several taxiing pilots
and airport management, who
used truck- and plane-mounted
radios to try to pinpoint the
signal source.
The broadcasting unit was
ﬁnally found in an unattended
aircraft three hours after the
search began. The pilot
returned to deactivate the unit.
"The cadets put in extra
effort due to this search, which
required them to stay more
than two hours after the event
was supposed to have ﬁnished. They sacriﬁced some of
their holiday weekend to help
keep pilots ﬂying safely," said
Terri Couls, squadron commander.
Capt. Rick Thalmann said
cadets marshalled more than
60 ﬁxed-wing aircraft including
historic warbirds and 10
helicopters during the event.
In addition to their work
with pilots, the cadets also took
shifts directing trafﬁc and
parking for several hundred
cars bringing ﬂy-in enthusiasts.
Bill Decker, Romeo airport
manager, said the cadets were
a critical part of the ﬁy-in's
success.
The cadets who participated included: Kenneth
Beaupre, Bryan Boykin, David
Clark, Jamie Dorset, Jason
LaBrecque, Matthew Light,

Shawn Marks, Kevin Mitchell,
Theo Moran, Emmett Thaimann, Greg VanHamme,
Steven Van Hamme, and Kyle
Witkowski.
Senior members who
participated were Capts. Terri
Couls and Richard Thalmann.
2nd Lt. Tim Moran
OHIO -- Cadets and
senior members of the Dayton
Aero Cadet Squadron helped
put a smile on the face of a
child with a terminal illness.
The squadron members
provided support during an air
show at the Phillpsburg (Ohio)
Airport. The proﬁts from the
show went to the Make-a-Wish
Foundation, which helps grant
the wishes of young people
who have incurable fatal
diseases.
The air show featured
helicopter and airplane rides, a
variety of static aircraft displays
and a car show. The cadets
helped set up displays, post the
colors and provide general
public assistance.
One four-year-old child
attended the airshow courtesy
of the foundation and was
allowed to ﬂy in an airplane and
ride in the cabs of a military M35, 10-wheel drive, 2½-ton
truck, known as a "deuce-anda-half," and an M-998
"Humvee."
/st Lt. Julie Edwards

O
GEORGIA A cadet
member of the Calhoun
Composite Squadron received
the Gen. Carl A. Spar tz Award
during a ceremony at d'~e
Forum Civic Center in Rome,
Ga.
Congressman Bob Barr of
Georgia's 7th District presented the Spaatz award to
Four-year-old Miles and his father ride in the cab of a CAP M-35 "deuce-and-a-half" driven by a
Cadet Lt. Col. Lewis Patterson
member of the Dayton Aero Cadet Squadron during an air show at the Phillipsburg (Ohio)
at the ceremony sponsored by
Airport. The show was held to beneﬁt the Make-a-Wish Foundation, which helps grant the
the Calhoun squadron and
wishes of children with terminal illnesses like Miles.
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Cadet Airman Cedric Hayes of Mississippi Wing's Jackson
Composite Squadron sits in the front seat of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during an exercise with the Mississippi National Guard.
Composite Squadron.
Barr was joined in the
presentation by retired U.S. Air
Force Maj. Gen. George
Harrison, retired Air Force Brig.
Gen. Michael Alexander, Capt.
Alan Cunningham, Calhoun
squadron commander, Georgia
Wing and Group 1 staff
members.
Also in attendance were
members of Patterson's family,
members of the Calhoun and
Rome squadrons, and representatives of the Georgia Wing
2001 summer encampment,
where Patterson served as
cadet commander.
The three diamonds were
pinned on Patterson by two
members of his executive staff
from the encampment.
Patterson currently
attends Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, Tenn., and is in the
Navy ROTC program.
Lt...CoL Jim Belzer
MISSISSIPPI -- Cadets
from the Jackson Composite
Squadron participated in a
Mississippi National Guard
exercise, during which several
national guard promotions

were given out.
During the exercise, the
cadets were given a ride in a
UH-60 Blackhawk piloted by
Chief Warrant Ofﬁcer 2nd
Class Brian Sanders, with crew
chief Omero Calderon. The
ﬂight took place from Jackson,
Miss., to Vicksburg, Miss.,
along the Mississippi River,
and then to Jackson and the
unit's normal practice area.
The ﬂights were arranged
by Warrant Ofﬁcer 1st Class
Robin A. Crawford of the
Mississippi National Guard.
The Jackson squadron
cadets who participated were:
Tech. Sgt. David Crawford;
Staff Sgt. Chris Ellis; Senior
Airman Jarrett Little; and
Airmen Will Thomas, Cedric
Thomas, Nadeleine Little, and
Anna Thomas.
The senior members who
participated were: Niles
Hooper, squadron commander,
and 2nd Lt. Sue Baron.
2nd Lt. David Danehower
TENNESSEE -- More
than 20 members of the
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ron gathered for a work day at
squadron headquarters.
Cadets and senior
members built planting beds,
installed drainpipes and moved
topsoil as part of a new
landscaping project.
Area business members
donated the supplies for the
project.
Also during the work day,
trim was painted, carpets
cleaned, and a general,
thorough cleanup was completed.
"We are fortunate to have
good support from the community, and our members really
accomplished a lot of work
here today," said Lt. Col. G.
Barry Melton, Cleveland
squadron commander.
The TVA donated the
original facility and its transformation into the squadron
headquarters has been a work
in progress. With more than 70
members, the squadron makes
good use of the facility.
Tennessee Wing's Group
2 also shares headquarters
space in the triple-wide trailer.
The local school district
has allowed the facility to be
placed on their property and
the local emergency management agency also provides
support for the facility.
"We have a unique
partnership with the community
in Cleveland and work hard to
keep a positive image of our
members and this facility,"
Melton said.
Melinda M. Lord

WISCONSIN -- The
governor of the state of
Wisconsin signed a proclamation declaring the week
beginning Dec. 1, 2001, as
CAP Week in Wisconsin.
Governor Scott McCallum
signed the proclamation in the
governor's conference room at
the state capitol. With him for
the signing were several

Wisconsin Wing members.
lACE cadets, four members of
the Alaska Wing who ﬂew in a
Included were: Col. Larry
Nack, Wisconsin Wing comBeaver to put on display, as
well as other CAP personnel
mander; U.S. Air Force Master
Sgt. Terry Norby, liaison
and U.S. Air Force Reservists,
for a total of 182 CAP personnoncommissioned ofﬁcer; 1st
Lt. Chris Villareal; Cadet
nel.
Master Sgt. Jerrod Fletcher;
Many of the cadet and
and Cadet Staff Sgt. Abby
senior member volunteers and
Vandersheuren. All except for
directed aircraft and vehicular
Nack are members of the
trafﬁc, searched for overdue
Daniel Klitzman Memorial
aircraft and emergency Iocator
Composite Squadron.
transmitters, and protected
antique aircraft on display.
The proclamation signing
In 1998, the CAP personwas held in conjunction with
the governor's recognition
nel were sent on 125 sorties
program, which is designed to
during the air show; in 1999,
publicly recognize individuals
that number dropped to 108; in
2000, the number dropped
who and organizations that
again to 103 sorties; and in
contribute to citizens of the
state and country at all levels.
2001, only 75 sorties were
necessary, with a total of 33
McCallum commented on
the proud history of CAP as he
ﬁnds.
signed the proclamation and
In one unusual ELT
presented it to Nack. A signed
search, a signal was detected
copy of the proclamation will
and tracked to the south ramp,
be kept on display at wing
but then it stopped. A bit later,
headquarters.
the signal was back again,
Lt. Col. Don Winkler then stopped abruptly. It
continued to come and go on a
seemingly random basis.
WISCONSIN -- About 140
When the source of the
signal was tracked down, it
cadets and senior members
from the North Central Region
turned out that it was an ELT
gathered at Steve Wittman
on a plane. The wiring on the
ELT was frayed, and was
Field, Oshkosh, Wis., for the
shorting out every time the
2001 Blue Beret.
Thirty-one senior memdoor opened. When the door
bers accompanied 106 cadets
was open, the signal was
to Oshkosh, the site of the
activated. When the door was
Experimental Aircraft
closed, the signal would be
silent, making discovery more
Association's AirVenture 2001,
to help with the annual air
difﬁcult.
show.
Patty Wagstaff ﬂies an
"Extra 300S" in many air shows
The area cadets and
senior members were joined by and competitions throughout
visitors which included 21
North America and around the

Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum, right, presents a proclamation to Col. Larry Nack, Wisconsin Wing commander. The
governor signed a proclamation declaring the week beginning
Dec. 1, 2001, as CAP Week in Wisconsin.

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initiating the program. According to Boyd, "support from the
wing commander is essential,
along with that of the squadron
leadership and individual ﬂight
instructors."
Bismarck cadets receiving
ﬂight instruction are: Senior
Master Sgt. Jeffrey Boyd, 2nd
Lt. Garrett Nikiforoff and Senior
Airman Matt Stroh. All three
have been active in squadron
activities and demonstrated a
long-term commitment to CAP.
Sr. Mbr. Connie Nikiforoff

Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Jeff Boyd, left, and certiﬁed ﬂight instructor MaJ. Fred Wooten, both of
North Dakota Wing's Bismarck Composite Squadron, perform a pre-ﬂight Inspection on a CAP
Cessna 172 prior to taking off on a training ﬂight.
world. She performed several
times during this year's show,
and, in front of a crowd of
thousands, accepted a CAP
blue beret, showing her
support for CAP.
"1 will be proud to wear the
blue beret!" she said as she
accepted it.
Capt. Kathleen Wiley, Blue
Beret public affairs ofﬁcer,
along with Cadet Lt. Col.
Rhiannon Auld, the cadet PAO,
were interviewed about the
event by AVweb columnist Rick
Durden, Family Radio Station
94.5 in Fundulac, Wisc., and
AirVenture Today.
More than $2,000 worth of
merchandise was donated by
the show vendors such as
Cessna, Ford, Hobby Lobby,
WaI-Mart, aviation artist
Virginia Bader and the Airplane
Owners and Pilots Association.
The items were given out for
contests and for door prizes to
some of the participating
cadets.
Capt. Kathleen Wiley
NORTH DAKOTAThree cadet members of the
Bismarck Composite Squadron
have begun ﬂying lessons
offered by senior members.
The ﬂying lessons are part
of a formal program of ﬂight
instruction offered by the
squadron for cadets interested
in learning to ﬂy.
"This program is something we have been working
toward for more than a year or
so," said Capt. Jim Boyd,

squadron commander.
"Some of our cadets, while
taking part in the CAP orientation ride program, wanted to
take on the extra effort and
cost of learning to ﬂy."
One of the most important
components of the program
dealt with ﬁnding a qualiﬁed
ﬂight instructor within the
squadron who was willing to
donate his or her time to teach
the cadets to ﬂy.
Maj. Fred Wooten, a long
time CAP member and
certiﬁed instrument ﬂight
instructor, volunteered to
oversee the education program
and to provide the ﬂight
instruction.
Wooten was assisted in
ground school instruction by Lt.
Col. Cathy Ruebel, who also
has a ﬂight instructor rating.
"We are very fortunate to
have both of these individuals
as members of this squadron,"
said Boyd.
The two instructors began
by identifying the costs
associated with attending the
instruction so families could
know ahead of time what they
were getting into. Some of the
potential costs included: ﬂight
physicals, instructional
materials, airplane fees, fuel,
and the costs associated with
the written and practical tests.
The cadets meet about
once a week at the squadron
meeting room for ground
school instruction. The ground
school is also open to senior
members who want a refresher

or who are taking ﬂight
instruction elsewhere.
The cadets are encouraged to schedule ﬂights with
Wooten to build proﬁciency. All
of the instructional ﬂights are
conducted in CAP Cessna
172s.
Col. Thomas Weston,
North Dakota Wing commander, was consulted prior to

ARKANSAS -- Two cadet
members of the Twin Lakes
Composite Squadron received
scholarships to help them
pursue ﬂight education.

Maj. Jim Stevens, Twin
Lakes Squadron commander,
presented ﬂight scholarships to
cadets Sgts. William Johnson
and Sam DeMass.
The scholarship money
can be used for ground or ﬂight
instruction, up to and including
the ﬁrst solo ﬂight.
Johnson joined the
squadron in October 1999, and
DeMass joined in March 2000.
Both have participated actively
in the squadron's cadet
programs, emergency services
training and aerospace
education.
Johnson is a junior at
Mountain Home High School,
and is a member of the Future
Farmers of America, the school
golf team, Navy JROTC, and
the Aerospace Club.
DeMass received the
Frank (White) Bielawski Solo
Scholarship, donated to the
Twin Lakes squadron by Maj.
Walter Bielawski in memory of
his brother.
Bielawski initially joined
the squadron as a cadet during
World War II before enlisting in
the U.S. Navy. He previously
served in the Twin Lakes
squadron as the public affairs
ofﬁcer and the squadron
commander.
DeMass is a junior at
Mountain Home High School,
and is a member of the Bomb
Squad, French Club, and

Cadet members of the Oklahoma Wing learn about the aircraft and crew members of the famous
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. The "T-birds" were in Muskogee, Okla., for an air show. When rain
and large hail were reported in nearby areas, the planes were pulled into an old military hangar.
The cadets were invited into the hangar to escape the weather and watch the Thunderbird
mechanics prepare the team's F-16 Fighting Falcons for an air show scheduled for the following
day. Due to the rain, the demonstration was ultimately cancelled.

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Aerospace Club, and plays
golf.
The squadron gives out
two ﬂight scholarships every
year. In order to be eligible for
the scholarship, cadets must
be active members in good
standing, 16 years old, able to
obtain the Federal Aviation
Administration class three
physical exam, be recommended by the deputy commander of cadets and selected
by the solo scholarship review
board.
The board is comprised of
senior member pilots.
Many previous scholarship
recipients went on to earn their
private or commercial pilot's
licenses, then on to careers in
military or commercial aviation.
OKLAHOMA -- Several
Oklahoma Wing cadets
watched a U.S. Air Force
Thunderbird mechanic prepare
one of the team's F-16 Fighting
Falcons for an air show
performance.
The "T-birds" were at
Davis Field in Muskogee,
Okla., to perform as part of Air
Show Oklahoma. Because of
rain and predictions of large
hail the day before the show
was to open, the team's
Falcons were pulled into an old
military hangar.
The cadets were invited to
go indoors to get out of the rain
and, while they were there,
they watched team mechanics
perform routine maintenance
so the planes would be ready
to ﬂy the following day.
The rain and low ﬂight
ceiling carried on into the next
day and the Thunderbirds'
performance was cancelled.
The CAP cadets spent much of
the day inside one of two C-5
Galaxies "hiding" from the rain.
The weather was much
improved on the third day.
Clear blue skies provided the
backdrop for aerial exhibits,
stunt planes, warbirds, and
modern military aircraft.
The Thunderbirds had to
move on to another air show,
though, and were not able to
make up the cancelled
performance.
A total of 70 cadets and 10
senior members from the
Oklahoma Wing provided ﬂight
line control for the air show.
They were directed by Maj.
Ted Vogt of the Will Rogers
Composite Squadron.
The cadets were billeted
at the U.S. Army Armory in
Muskogee, Okla.
1st Lt. Phil Patterson

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN
REGION -- Pilots from across
Colorado and Utah gathered
near Four Corners, Colo., to
sharpen their mountain-ﬂying
skills.
A total of 55 pilots from the
Colorado Wing and two from
the Utah Wing attended the
Rocky Mountain Flying Clinic.
Fifteen instructors were on
hand for the clinic, along with
18 aircraft from Colorado and
Utah. They ﬂew more than 150
hours of sorties.
The clinic was sponsored
by members of the Cortez
Senior and Anasazi Renegade
Composite squadrons, led by

Lt. Col. Rod Holton, Cortez
squadron commander.
Holton found speakers to
cover several topics, ranging
from general safety to the
concerns of mountain ﬂying.
The pilots were fed during
the three-day course by local
cadets, who cooked the meals.
Capt. Ross Taylor of the
Utah Wing commented several
times on the hospitality shown
by members of the two hosting
squadrons. He said to Holton,
=your hospitality is great; we
love Colorado and have
learned a lot. This is a great
place for a clinic!"
Col. Jack Buschman,
Colorado Wing commander,
also praised the staff of the
clinic.
"A job well done should go
to the Cortez Senior and the
Anasazi Renegade Composite
squadrons, and especially Rod
Holton for putting on an
outstanding training weekend,"
Buschman said.
Three U.S. Air Force
Reserve liaison ofﬁcers
provided support for the clinic.
Lt. Col. Tom Meyer provided a
weather brieﬁng for the pilots
and Majs. Don Kuchanski and
Gary MacFarquhar provided
ofﬁcial oversight for the

weekend clinic.
COLORADO -- Members
of the Mustang Cadet Squadron received the squadron's
ﬁfth consecutive Aerospace
Excellence Award.
The award was presented
to the squadron by Dr. Ben
Millspaugh, Rocky Mountain
Region director of aerospace
education.
The squadron is the only
one in the Colorado Wing to
receive the award ﬁve consecutive years.
Lt. Col. Barbara Gentry,
Mustang squadron commander, commended Capt.
Russell Grell, the squadron's
aerospace education ofﬁcer,
for his efforts in seeing that the
squadron participated each
year and earned the award
every year since its inception.
Millspaugh agreed, saying
that Grell is "one of the best
aerospace education ofﬁcers in
CAP."
COLORADO -- Fifteen
members of the Douglas
County Composite Squadron
helped state park ofﬁcials with
a balloon festival near Denver.
The cadets and senior
members helped park cars and
assisted visitors for the 2nd

Annual Rocky Mountain
Balloon Festival at Chatﬂeld
State Park, south of Denver.
More than 20,000 visitors
in about 5,500 cars came in
during the three-day event.
A total of 55 hot-air
balloons launched during the
festival and provided cadets an
up-close look at this facet of
aviation. The balloon crews
were friendly and happy to
interact with the cadets.
Debbie Pfauntsch, event
coordinator, thanked and
praised the cadets and senior
members for their efforts. "You
and the guys were incredible!"
she said.
Jim Smith, assistant park
manager, also praised the
group for their work. "Without
volunteers such as yourselves
and your organization, we
would not have been able to
pull this off efﬁciently and
effectively like we did. Your
professionalism and attention
to duty were outstanding," he
said.
In addition to their work
with trafﬁc and crowd support,
the cadets also assisted with
the recovery and packaging of
an "Energizer Bunny" balloon
that was 166 feet tall and
weighed 1,170 pounds.
While the cadets and

Members of Colorado Wing's Mustang Composite Squadron pose with their ﬁve Aerospace Excellence Awards. Pictured with the
cadets are Capt. Russell Grell, left, Mustang aerospace education ofﬁcer, and Dr. Ben MIIIspaugh, right, Rocky Mountain Region
director of aerospace education.

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senior members were not on
duty, they practiced emergency Services procedures
such as ﬁrst aid and working
with direction ﬁnding equipment.
The Douglas County
squadron members were
assisted by a member from the
Foothills Cadet and Broomﬁeld
Composite squadrons.
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an extended mission in a
space shuttle mock-up.
Additional activities during
the all-expense paid trip
included a tour of the Marshall
Space Flight Center and
Space Museum.
The Montana Wing cadets
were accompanied by Capt.
Kaye Ebelt, Montana Wing
aerospace education ofﬁcer
and Missoula, Mont., teacher,
who attended a concurrent
session at the center for
adults.
2rid Lt. Karen Semple

MONTANA -- A cadet
from the Lewis and Clark
Composite Squadron took
second place in a NASAsponsored contest.
Cadet Master Sgt.
Elizabeth Semple, a member
of the Helena, Mont., Lewis
and Clark squadron, won
second place in the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration's Earth Observation Satellite Education
Project at the University of
Montana.
The contest was open to
Montana Wing cadets and the
second-place prize was worth
ABOVE -- 1st Lt. Andy
$1,800.
Coykendall, left, and inSemple's entry was a
structor Capt. Mlck Green
project that integrated emergof the Alaska Wing talk and
ALASKA -- Members of
ing satellite technology in
work together on a Dethe Southeast Composite
search and rescue techniques.
Havilland Beaver on the
Squadron held a clinic deThe prize for the ﬁrstwater near Juneau, Alaska,
signed to enhance proﬁciency
through third-place winners
during a ﬂoat plane clinic.
among the pilots of the Alaska
was an all expense-paid trip to
Coykendall, who appears
Wing's ﬂoat planes.
NASA's Advanced Space
to be walking on water, is
The clinic, organized by
Academy in Huntsville. Each
actually standing on a line
cadet got their choice of
Lt. Col. AI Hazelton, lasted four that goes from one pondays, two of which were spent
mission assignments for their
toon to the other.
in the classroom and two of
time at the academy, with ﬁrst
which were spent ﬂying.choice going to the ﬁrst-place
RIGHT m Alaska Wing seBaranof Composite
winner, second choice to the
Squadron members ﬂew in the nior members pose for a
second-place winner, and third
photo during a ﬂoat clinic
squadron's DeHavilland DHCchoice to the third-place
held by the Southeastern
2 Beaver on Whipline ﬂoats to
winner.
Composite Squadron to
attend the clinic and provide
The ﬁrst place winner,
enhance the proﬁciency of
another Beaver for squadron
Cadet Jordan Schatz, chose
the pilots who ﬂy CAP's
attendees to use.
the pilot position, Semple
ﬂoat planes, Behind the
The instructors for the
chose to be payload specialist,
pilots are two of the wing's
event were: Lt. Col. AI
and Don Bauer, third-place
DeHavilland Beavers.
Hazelton; Capts. Mick Green,
winner, chose mission specialDave Frederick, Ken Nestler
ist.
groups met for a ﬂight o,,'- =as
and Boyce Bingham; and 1st
Semple said she chose
Vegas
- Lt. Scott Watts.
the payload position because it
L .! ' ~ PD . ~ J K L U n O
The students who atincludes space medicine. She
;^~~..3,~i who ﬂew bombers
,
tended were: Hazelton; Capts. over- China as part of the
plans on attending nursing
Ron Knowles and Jean Sztuk"
school after graduation.
Fi~ng Tigers, and Capt. Jim
1st Lts. Matt Felix, Mar,';Activities at the Advanced
. Jlschlager, a former member
Adams, Dlckil= and Andy
Space Academy included time
of the U.S. Air Force Thunderat NASA's Aviation Challenge.
birds air demonstration team,
S.~andOnaall; 2nd Lt. Gordon
Attendees participated in ....
y; Sr. Mbrs. Patrickj~soe~
ﬂew a Piper Cherokee over
Larry West, Stacie F~' '
Las Vegas. Accompanying
model rocketry, clasj,~H~
. . . . t .. . o ~,v er h ; a
r
L;OOK ana, Nun aMOVIla n d
space ﬂight, trsir~g for a
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them were Dave Wells, a
Dan Weme ."
certiﬁed ﬂight instructor, and
shuttle misgi0n and space life
in the international space
Brian F," .,~;ick and Scott
Cadet 2nd Lt. Barney Ales.
W.... Capt. Jean Sztuk
station, and zero gravity
Lund has been involved
training.
with CAP for 34 years and
The participants also
Olschlager for nine.
- ,NEVADA- Two Nevada
spent time in a G'fq-r/A.,, _..-18
During the preﬂight
Wing members who previously
belorJged to well known ﬂying
accelerator a~,~. ^.,~ w°nt on
inspection, Olschlager talked
Hornet ~" .,o~v/, ,~,,u ,~

about his experiences as a
Thunderbird. He assisted the
"T-birds" as they switched from
the T-38 Talon to the F-16
Fighting Falcon. He discussed
the importance of aircraft
maintenance and said the
Thunderbirds have never had
to cancel a show due to
maintenance problems, a
remarkable achievement since
the team has been performing
for about 50 years.
Schoﬁeld demonstrated
the piloting skills acquired in
more than 2,400 ﬂight hours.
He performed several maneuvers during the ﬂight, and even
avoided a potential midair

collision when another plane
came too close to the Cherokee.
As part of the 14th Air
Force, 22nd Bomb Squadron,
in Kunming, China, Schoﬁeld
ﬂew bomber missions throughout World War II and helped
ground the Japanese Air
Force.
After the ﬂight, the two
aviators discussed the Piper
Cherokee and its ﬂight
characteristics. They also
visited a new school which
was named after Schoﬂeld.
The school's mascot is a ﬂying
tiger.
Schoﬁeld currently serves

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airplane wings.
The group also went to the
Oregon coast to visit the
Tillamook Naval Air Station
Museum/Blimp Base.
The hangar is the largest
clear-span wooden structure in
the world and is more than
three football ﬁelds in length,
OREGON -- Cadets and
about a football ﬁeld wide, and
23 stories high. It covers the
senior members from across
the nation gathered in North
history of Naval Air Station
Tillamook and lighter-than-air
Plains, Ore., for a National
Glider Academy.
technology. It also houses the
The academy was held at
largest collection of ﬂyable the Willamette Valley Soaring
warbirds in the Paciﬁc Northwest.
Club Field, and was attended
by 15 cadets from 10 different
The cadets who attended
wings, as well as seven senior
included: Brad Nystrom and
members who served on the
Shaun Wicks, California
academy staff
Wing; Taylor Olson and
During the academy, the
Vincent Garzone, Colorado;
cadets received 16 hours of
Glen Pusey, Maryland; Shane
ground school Topics covered
Schimke, Massachusetts;
included aerodynamics, glider
Parker Smith, Montana;
performance, instruments,
Brandon Scott, Paul Keckley
weather, airspace, glider
and Jesse Rodriguez,
assembly and disassembly and. Nevada; Jacob Weiser,
introduction to oxygen systems Oklahoma; Tony Touch,
Oregon; and Michael
used in gliders
Langiano, Nathan Williams
Each cadet attendee ﬂew
at least 15 instruction ﬂights in
and Justin Wilkens, Washingany of three Schweizer 2-33 or ton.
Blanik L-23 gliders. During the
The senior member
instructors were: Lt. Col. Alex
ﬂights, they learned about
using checklists, safety
Hazelton, Alaska Wing; Capt.
considerations, how to take off
Dave Bowden, California;
Capt. Tom Hird, Minnesota;
and land, and aero-tow
procedures.
and Lt. Col. Laird Smith,
Oregon.
The cadets took a break
Other senior members on
from their instruction to visit the
famous Spruce Goose in the
staff were: Col. Virginia
Thompson, Oregon, academy
new McMinnville (Ore.) Air
Museum. The plane was still
director; Lt. Col. Jim Holland,
being reassembled and was
Oregon, ground operations
without wing tips, trailing edges director; and 1st Lt. Bruce
and ﬂaps The plane's ﬂaps
Olson, Colorado.
Capt. Jean Sztuk
alone are as large as most
as the Nevada Wing government relations advisor and
Olschager is the NeUis Air
Force Base Cadet Squadron
commander. Ales is the cadet
commander for the Clark
County Composite Squadron.
Cadet 2nd Lt. Barney Ales

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Cadets from the California Wing's Sacramento Composite Squadron pose with Assemblyman
Anthony Pescetti from California's 10th Assembly District. Several Sacramento squadron
cadets and senior member visited the assembly and senate chambers inside the capitol building
to learn more about how bills and laws are enacted at the state level. While there, the group gave
Pescetti information about CAP.

The Final Salut8
Lt. Col. Lawrence N. Atwell
Jersey Village Composite Squadron
Texas Wing

Lt. Col. William A. Murphy
Cleveland County Composite Squadron
Oklahoma Wing

Lt. Col. David A. Beckman
Farmington Composite Squadron
New Mexico Wing

Lt. Col. James E. O'Brien
Allegheny County Composite Squadron
Pennsylvania Wing

Lt. Col. Amy Ruth Boxwell
Florida Wing

1st Lt. Gary Procopenco
Redwood Empire Composite Squadron
California Wing

Capt. Phyllis C. Crenshaw
Weber Minuteman Cadet Squadron
Utah Wing

Capt. Donald L. ~le
Gateway Senior Squadron
Missouri Wing

Donald L. Foley
Squadron
2nd Lt. Odil~
~%',,,~r thington
Minnesota

Maj. Dean H. Ryther
Shawnee Mission Composite Squadron
Kansas Wing

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1st Lt. Jerry M. Sansing
. Bessemer Composite Squadron
~ouisiana Wing

Capt. Andrew N.
Erie Composite Squadron
Pennsylvania Wing

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AIR FORCE SPACE COM~ND
FAMILIARIZATION COURSES

NATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY GLIDER TRACK
CA: June 27-July 7 - $700
CA: June 23-July 3 - $700
147[: June 21-29 - $700
NM: July 21-Aug. 3 - $700
CO: TBD - $700

NATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY POWERED TRACK
NE: June 14-29 -- $700
OK: June 21-29 - $700
VA: July 14-28 - $700
Wh June 21-July I - $700
Interested in becoming an aviator? Ready to take the ﬁrst step? Get into the pilot's seat with the National Flight
Academy!
This course, for students 16 and older, is based on the US Air Force's Flight Screening Program and offers real
ﬂight time in a Cessna 172. With a Certiﬁed Flight instructor by your side, spend ten hours behind the yoke learning
the basics of ﬂying a powered aircrafL Take wl~at you have learned in ~ t~enty-ﬁve hours of ground instruction and
put it to use during your additional ten ﬂight hours as an observer.
Be prepared ~ be further immersed in aviation as you visit Aviation Museums, Aircraft Reconstruction Hangars,
and an Air l"rafﬁc Control Tower, depending on which location you attend. Many NFA graduates continue their ﬂight
training for their FAA private pilot's license after this course.

The Cadet Programs team is pleased to announce the 2002 National Cadet Special Activities schedule. Listed inside ace the activities being offered and the
prerequisites to attend. All of the NC8As raquiro a cadet have encampment credit prior to being selected, if CAP National Headquarters does not have a record
o f e n c a m p m e n t c o m p l e t i o n p r i o r t o t h e d a t e o f t h e a c t i v i t y, t h e n c a d e t s w i l l h a v e t o s h o w t h e a c t i v i t y d i r e c t o r t h e i r e n c a m p m e n t c o m p l e t i o n c e r t i ﬁ c a t e . C a d e t s
will be sent home without proof of encampment completion and their activity fees will not be refunded.

Interested in ﬂying like an eagle? Then soar above your peers at
a National Flight Academy track!
Each course gives selected students, 14 and older, the
opportunity to get in the cockpit of a sailplane. With your Certiﬁed
Flight instructor, learn the ,basics of skillfully maneuvering a nonpowered aircraft. Enjoy the quiet wonder of "the¢malling' as you
develop skills that you can take into powered ﬂight training. This is a
unique ﬂight experience for cadets.
For those who previously completed this course or received
equivalent training elsewhere, an advanced track is available.

CADET
EXCHANGE

SPECIAL

2002 CAP NATIONAL CADET SPECIAL ACTIVIITIES

CADET OFFICER SCHOOL July
5-14- $150

C~detOfﬁ~rSchoolispa~t~meaaftertheUiS.AirFolc~s
~uadron Ofﬁcer School and is an academically Challenging :course
for Cadets 16 and older. It is an in:depth Study of the skills of
leadership;
The course is divided into lecture, seminar, and hands,on ::
training. Instructors guide cadets ~ough the Air Force approach to
psychology of leadership, problem solving techniques, effective
writing, effective speaking, and group dynamics. In addition to
classes and seminars, a wide Variety of top military and industry
ieaders come as guest speakers to discuss their experiences with the
cadets. Topics include human relationS~ Critical thinking, leadership
and national security issues. Notei Since COS has its own award
ribbon for uniform wear (a silver star onthe Mitchell:ribbon), tills:
does not award the NCSA ribbon.

NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES A~DEMY
Optional Pre-courses: Varied dates between July 29 and Aug. 2 - Varies from $40 to $80
Basic NGSAR: July 28-Aug. 3 & Aug. 4-10 -- $150
Advanced NGSAR: July 28-Aug, 3 & Aug,. 4-10-- $150
Basic MBSS: July 28-Aug. 3 -- $150
Advanced MBSS: Aug. 4-10--$150
MAS - Mission Scanner/Observer Track or t~ssion Pilot T~aek: Aug. 2-10- $150
NESA Staff: Dates vary based on assignment ~ $40

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OTHER SU~ER ~DET A~IVITIES
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Headquar~rs DOES:NOT handle the: application procedures for these activities, and will
~tum such applications to your wing headquarters (which may delay your application
beyond the deadlines mentioned).

SPAC CAMP :
U.S. SPACE CAMP@ is a ﬁve-day program jam*packed with astronaut training for
young people. Activities include simulated space shuttle missions, IMAX® movies,
training sinautatorS (like the 1/6th gravity chair), rocket building and launches, and
lectures on the past, present, ~nd fuiure 6f space exploration. Kids stay in bunk-bed style
dorm rooms in three loc~tions -- Alabama (Huntsville), California {Mountain View), and
FlOrida (Titusville). Tuition ranges from $550-$875, and includes all meals, lodging and
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program materials. It does not cover transportation,
SPACE ACADEMY® is for young people in Grades 6-8 (6th graders must have
previously attended SPACE CAI~IP tO upgr'ade to SPACE ACADEMY®) and
A D VA N C E D S PA C E A C A D E M Y ® i s : f o r s t u d e n t s i n G r a d e s 9 - I 2 . '
To apply, follow procedures found at the SPACE CAMP@ Web site at
www,spacecamp~com/main.htm or Call (800) 538-7281. Cadets who complete wither
program can wear the NCSA ribbon~

AV I AT I O N C H A L L E N G E
" AVIATION CHALLENGE®is a ﬁve-day program packed with aviation training for
young people. Activities include intense ﬂight simulation, land survival training, water
survival activities and aviation academies. ~ssons include aeronautics, aerodynamics,
propulsion, ﬂight physiology, aviation history, aircrew equipment and ejection
procedures. Kids stay in bu~.bed style dorm rooms.in both locations - Alabama
(Huntsville) and California (Atwater)~ Tuition ranges from $550-$875, and includes all
meals, lodging, and pJrograrn materials. It does not cover transportation.
AVIATION CHALLENGE® offers programs for students of all ages. Mach i is for
trainees in Grades 4~6, Mach [I isfor young people in grades 6-8. (Sixth graders must be
attending or have completed sixth grade, be at least 11 years old, and have previously
attended Mach I or SPACE CAMP~). Mach Ill is for students in Grades 9-12. (Ninth
graders must be attending or have completed ninth grade, be at least 14 years old, and
have .previously attended Mach II or SPACE ACADEMY@}.
To apply, follow the procedures found at the AVIATION CHALLENGE@ web site at
http://www.dogﬁte.com/main.htm or call 800-533.7281. Cadets who successfully
complete the program can wear the NCSA ribbon.

HAWK MOUNTAIN S~RCH AND RESCUE SCHOOL
Hawk Mountain SAR School has a proud history in providing emergency
services training. The school is conducted in the mountains of Pe~sylvania t~nder
ﬁeld conditions and is physically demanding
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The school is open to cadets and seniors. For speciﬁc course information,
v i s i t t h e H a w k We b s i t e a t w w w. v o i c e n e t ~ c o m / ~ r i c h l u c e / h a w k . h t m L
For cadets applying to Hawk you will need to submit a fully completed CAPE
31, including your wing commander's signature, postmarked by April 30. Send the
c o m p l e t e d C ~ F 3 1 t o PA W i n g H O ~ ~ l d g 3 - 1 0 8 , F T I n d i a n t o w n G ~ V, A n n Vi t i e PA
1 7 0 0 3 . M a r k t h e o u t s i d e e n v e l o p e " H a w k " t o a i d t h e PA w i n g s t a ff i n g e t t i n g y o u r
application to the right person
For senior members and cadet school graduates applying l, Hawk, simply
f o l l o w t h e s a m e p r o c e d u r e s l i s t e d a b o v e . H o w e Ve r, r e t u r n i n g s
rodents must ~irst
contact Lt. Cot. John Wirth at 4176 Roosevelt Street, Whitehall, PA 18052 or
wirth00@enter,net.
H a w k s t a ff w i l l r e v i e w a l l a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r ﬁ n a l s e l e c t i o n , a n d n o t i f y y o u
according to the timeliness of application. This notiﬁcation will include cietails
about fees and requirements. You may be notiﬁed as late as May, if slots open later.
Hawk requirements for cadets include~i Completed Achievement I ~C~y"
Aw a r d ) ; c u r r e n t C A P m e m b e r s h i p ; C P F T C a t e g o r y 1 ( s e e C A P R 5 2 - I 8 ) a t H a w k
sign-in; be at least 13 years of age (or graduated sevel~th grade)by the start of the
school; and properly completed CAPF 31~
HaWk J:equirements for seniors inctude: Completed Level 1 Orientation Course
and Cadet Protection Policy Training; current CAP membership; since this school is
physically demanding, seniors must also meet the CPFT Category I (see CAPR 5218) at Hawk sign-in; and a properly completed CAPF 31.
Note: Hav~k has a limited nunqber of slots open for the different courses. To
help the staff select the best-suited candidates, please list relevant experience
,ltraining, actual search missions, certiﬁcation, etc.) on your CAPF 31 (Page 2).
[nciude copies of the following documentation: Prior Hawk Mountain SAR
completion card(s); Ranger Grade Card(s); certiﬁcates, dipiomas, letters of
completion for courses such as wilderness, navigation, and SAR training; ﬁrst aid
cards and related certiﬁcations of training; and CAPF I01,101T and CAPF 76.
The $75 Hawk Mountain SAR School fee is not refundable.
Cadets who successfully complete Hawk can wear the NCSA ribbon. Cadets
are not authorized to wear any ranger patches outside of Pennsylvania Wing.

A P P L I C AT I O N P R O C E D U R E S
Please note all deadline and application procedures. Most of our NCSAs allow senior members to apply
as escorts. Some of the NCSAs also allow for full senior member participation. Senior members applying
for any of the NCSAs must follow the same procedures as the cadets. Note: CAP National Headquarters
does not process the applications for the Hawk Mountain SAR School, Space Camp or Aviation Challenge.
Please follow the guidelines for these programs in this insert.

- Applications marked "staff" do not need to be rank ordered and should be forwarded to NHQ immediately
to allow for proper stafﬁng of our activities (when possible). However, if a wing commander feels a member
should not attend an activity as "staff," then the wing commander should not sign the CAPF 31; and
- The wing commander, by signing the CAPF 31, is "selecting" the cadet to attend the NCSA. National
headquarters is responsible for"slotting" these cadets into the activities in as fair and equitable a manner
possible. There is the potential not all cadets "selected" will be "slotted" into an activity. This may be due
The procedures, along with "postmarked by" deadlines for applications to NCSA, are as follows:
to a limited number of cadet "slots" available versus the number of cadets "selected." Note: Please make
1. Cadets' CAPF 31 sent to their wing headquarters (Dec. 31).
sure CAPF 31's are submitted on time and signed by the Wing Commander or designated representative.
2. Wings submit the CAPF 31s to National Headquarters (Jan. 31).
National Headquarters can not act on unsigned applications and must return them to the wing.
3. National Headquarters sends Activity Directors and wing headquarters the slotting lists (Feb. 28).
3. For Feb. 28 (CAP National Headquarters sends out Uslotting" lists):
4. Ca0ets submit their payments in full to National Headquarters for all NCSAs except the NESA* (March - National Headquarters will consider the wing commander's rank order noted on the completed CAPF 31s
31). Activity directors' letters to participants must also be sent by this date. After this date activity directors in "slotting" the cadets to the activities. CAP NatiOnal Headquarters will slot cadets using a "least regress"
may slot additional personnel on a case-by-case basis at their discretion, but personnel must still be
formula (including cadets who request more than one activity);
approved by their wing commander to attend.
- This"least regress" method allows for all cadets to be considered for available NCSA slots while providing
* The NESA academy director coordinates all fees and provides guidance for payment in the slotting letter.
the wing's ﬁrst choice to get the ﬁrst opportunity to be "slotted" (and the wing's second choice the second
opportunity, and so on);
Here are guidelines to follow as you meet each of the deadlines:
- We will forward any =sta~ applications to the appropriate activity director by the deadline. The activity
1. For Dec 31 (Applications to wing HQ):
director will make the ﬁnal selection of their =sta~ for his or her activity;
- Cadets should fully complete a CAPF 31, Application for Encampment or Special Activity. This CAPF 31 - The =slotting" list does not need to be returned to National Headquarters as in previous years (the wing
must be postmarked by Dec. 31 and mailed to their wing headquarters. Be sure to include the phrase
commander has already signed the CAPF 31s granting his or her approval of the cadet's attendance);
"NCSA" on the envelope. (This makes it easier forthe wing staff to send your application to the right
- The =slotting" list will contain the cadets slotted (called =primaries") along with those "selected," but were
person.);
not given a slot (these cadets are called "alternates"). The activity director is responsible for contacting the
- Personnel applying for any "staff" positions are encouraged to contact the activity director as soon as
primaries about the details of the NCSA and for maintaining the =slotting" list from this date. Any late
possible, but still need to also submit a complete CAPF 31 to their wing headquarters within the established
changes or additions will be coordinated with the activity director and CAP National Headquarters; and
deadlines and procedures; and
- CAP National Headquarters will send the ﬁnal "slotting" list to the wing headquarters.
- Cadets applying for more than one NCSA should cleady note their desired preference, in order, dght on 4. For March 31 (Activity fees due to National Headquarters):
the application. Otherwise, National Headquarters will assign the preference order at random (see the - All activity fees must be paid in full by March 31. Because of new accounting rules at national
"least regress" discussion below).
headquarters, checks or money orders for the NCSAs except the NESA*, must be sent to: HQ CAP/CPA,
2. For Jan. 31 (Wing submits the CAPF 31s to National Headquarters):
105 South Hansell St., Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332. The checks should be made payable to "NCSA
- This is the wing commander's opportunity to select (or not select) a cadet to attend NCSA; and
CAP." Ensure the check or money order contains the cadets' name, CAP ID and the activity they are
- The wing commander should note the cadet's rank order within the wing in the space provided on CAPF
attending. Checks returned for insufﬁcient funds or fees not paid in full by the deadline will cause the cadet
31 above the wing commander's signature. Wing commanders should rank order the cadet only once to lose his or her =slot." We also have the capability to accept payment via credit card.
regardless of the number of activities applying for (the wing commander is comparing cadets to cadets, * The NESA academy director coordinates all fees for NESA and will provide guidance for payment in his
not cadet to activity to cadet);
slotting letter.