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U.S. AIR FORCE
AUXILIARY
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters O Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

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Texas Wing
receives credit
for 3 saves
Aircrew locates
Bonanza crash site;
mission occurs
during three-day
mountain-ﬂying clinic
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CA, NV wings
scour desert for
downed pilot
Crash site of Piper
Super Cruiser ﬁnally
located in Ivanpah
Mountains
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Kentucky Wing
helps prepare
AFROTC cadets
Members train, ﬂy
cadets under Air
Force ROTC
Orientation Program
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National Perspective.. ........ 12
Focus on Service ................13
Fit to Serve ......................... 1 4
Senior Training ................... 1 8
Cadet Programs ................. 19
Air Force ....................... 2 0 - 2 1
Recognition ....................... 2 2
Coast to Coast ............. 23-32

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CAP counterdrug telecourse
Leonard Luke, special
agent in charge of
DEA Aviation Division,
sits on telecourse
panel
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Learn about key survival
equipment item that
could mean the
difference between life
and death
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Texas Wing receives credit for 3 saves;
locates downed Beechcraft Bonanza
Maj. Patricia A. Petosky
Public Affairs Ofﬁcer
Group 16, Texas Wing
TEXAS -- When the Texas
Wing scheduled a mountainﬂying clinic for April 14-16 in
Alpine, Texas, little did the attendees know they would be
involved in an actual mission
before the weekend had ended.
On the morning of April
16, as numerous wing members were standing outside the
hangar at the Alpine Municipal Airport watching the activities, a Beechcraft Bonanza beg a n i t s t a k e o ff r o l l d o w n t h e
runway paralleling the airport
ramp. When the aircraft rolled
past the CAP hangar, it
sounded to the observers that
the aircraft's engine was not
developing full power.
It soon became obvious the
aircraft was having difﬁculty
reaching lift-off speed. As the

Bonanza reached the end. of
the runway, its nose lifted into
the air and it struggled to get
airborne.
Apparently operating in
"ground effect," the aircraft
gained very little altitude and
soon disappeared on the other
side of a small rise about onehalf mile from the end of the
r u n w a y. I t a p p e a r e d a g a i n
brieﬂy as it topped a second
rise and then appeared to go
down about two miles from the
airport.
Wing members on the
ground quickly formed a
ground team and dispatched
two vehicles in the direction of
the aircraft, while the mission
base communicators contacted
the "high bird" to send them
to the vicinity.
In a short time, wing aircrews spotted the downed Bonanza and were able to direct
the ground team to the crash

Hoium commander of MN Wing
MINNESOTA -- The former Minnesota Wing vice
commander assumed command
of the Minnesota Wing and was
promoted to colonel during a
recent wing change of command
ceremony.
Lt. Col. Dale Hoium accepted
command of the 1,200-member
wing from North Central Region
Commander Col. Sheila Waldorf.
Hoium has been a member of
the Civil Air ~atrol for 15 years.
He played an instrumental role in
Col. Dale Hoium
the Red Wing Composite Squadron obtaining and refurbishing a permanent home and
meeting place for the squadron at the Red Wing
Municipal Airport.
Hoium, who is the owner of Red Wing Optical, an
eyeglass provider, is a community leader as well. He
has served on the Red Wing City Council and as the
Goodhue County radiologJcal ofﬁcer.

Who's Who nominees sought
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS -- The Cadet
Programs Directorate is taking names -- names of
cadet nominees, that is, for submission to Who's
Who Among American High School Students.
"CAP cadets will receive a lot of value by

site. Wing personnel were then
able to relay directions through
mission base to the city rescue
units and facilitate their arrival upon the scene.
F o r t u n a t e l y, t h e t h r e e o c cupants of the Bonanza were
unharmed and there was apparently only minor damage to
the aircraft.
Texas Wing members participating in the mission were:
Maj. Gwynn Grogel, Capt.
D a v i d K i n n e y, 1 s t L t . D o n n a
Schloss, 1st Lt. George Sandel,
Lt. Col. Jim Gates, 1st Lt. Joe
Fernandez, Lt. Col. Bobble
Daniels, Maj. Greg Malone,
Capt. Stacey Kotrla, and Capt.
Keith Rutherford.
U.S. Air Force observers
who were on site for the mountain-ﬂying clinic gave high
praise to the Texas Wing personnel for their rapid and professional handling of the incident.

participating in this program," said Ray Bean, Cadet
Programs director at CAP National Headquarters.
"Cadets selected for inclusion will be eligible for
additional college scholarships not available to other
youth groups. Moreover, their selection will enhance
their resumes and applications for college admission
(as well as CAP national activities).
As far as the submission process is concerned,
information sent to Who's Who will be limited to only
names and addresses of cadet ofﬁcers between the
ages of 15 and 17 (as of Feb. 1 annually).
If a unit commander wishes to have a cadet
ofﬁcer considered fornomination who is outside of
the targeted age range (and is in high school and

Civil Air Patrol
National Commander
Brig. Gen. James C. Boblck

CAP-U.S. Air Force Commander
& Senior Air Fome Adviser
Col. Dennis D, Perkhurst

Executive Director
Col. Robert L. Brooks

Director, Marketing & PR
Mary Nell Crowe

Civil Air Patrol News Editor
James F. Tyrian

CAP News Assistant Editor
Daniel P. Meredith

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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 Air Force Base, AL
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meets the GPA requirement), the commander should
forward this information to the wing commander for
approval. The wing commander submit the approved
names to the CP Directorate no later than June 23
this year to be added to our list of nominees.

AK members in Interior Exercise
ALASKA -- Twenty-six Alaska Wing members
participated in Interior Exercise 2000 at Circle Hot
Springs north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Members participating, which included six cadets
from the Eilson Composite Squadron, were from the
Arcturus, Birchwood and Fairbanks areas.
Exercise events -- many which took place in
subzero temperatures -- included six sorties,
mission base operations and crash response.
While en route to the exercise, one group wound
up snowbound for six hours on Eagle Summit. They
managed to make contact with a radio operator in
Portland, Ore., who contacted authorities.
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Indiana Wing members assist at ﬁery crash scene
fuselage.
Capt. Norman Chance,
Johnson County squadron
commander, along with senior member Ron Hughes
and Cadet Airman William
INDIANA - Members
of Indiana Wing's Johnson
Anderson rushed out to the
crash site immediately and
County Composite Squadhelped the three pilots get
ron helped minimize injury
w i t h t h e i r s w i f t r e s p o n s e c l e a r. M o m e n t s l a t e r, t h e
when a plane with three on r i g h t f u e l c e l l i g n i t e d a n d
b o a r d c r a s h e d a n d c a u g h t destroyed the plane.
Once everyone was
ﬁre during a ﬂy-in at an
clear of the wreckage,
airport in Greenwood, Ind.
squadron members worked
Squadron members
were helping with crowd
with law enforcement and
control and other activities emergency medical profesduring the Greenwood Airsionals to make sure nobody else was hurt and the
port Fly-In when things
Greenwood Fire Departt u r n e d b a d q u i c k l y. W h i l e
ment put the ﬁre out.
attempting to land, a
Shortly after the crash,
Beechcraft Sundowner with
t h r e e p i l o t s o n b o a r d the airport was closed so
crashed while attempting to
the scene would not be disl a n d . T h e p l a n e s k i d d e d turbed until investigators
completed the initial stage
across the runway and then
of the investigation.
stopped suddenly in the
The ﬂy-in, which was
grassy median. Flames
originally held to showcase
were visible underneath the

2nd Lt. Elaine Rainey
Public Affairs Ofﬁcer
Johnson County Comp. Sq.
Indiana Wing

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1st Lt. Stephanie Schene of Indiana Wing's Johnson County Composite Squadron looks over the
wreckage of a Beechcratt Sundowner that crashed during the Greenwood Airport Fly-In.
Squadron members were working the ﬂy-in when the plane crash landed.
the airport's ﬁxed-base operations building, attracted
many local ofﬁcials and the
Johnson County Emergency Management Group.
After the incident,

Chance said of the squadron, "I am very proud of our
members who were on the
scene. They handled themselves very professionally.
We could not have had a

Nebraska Wing receives donations

Members complete search school

NEBRASKA -- Recent donations of equipment
and services to the Nebraska Wing will provide for
improved search and rescue and disaster relief
response throughout the state.
Alan Ramsier and Bradley Curtis of Cellular One
donated three Trimble GPS units and eight cellular
phones with service for use during SAR or relief
missions. The GPS units allow vehicle tracking by
satellite and will be installed in wing vehicles in the
rugged western part of the state. The units will
provided for more accurate and thorough area
coverage during search activities.
The cell phone donation was the second to the
wing by Cellular One. The phones will enable all wing
vehicles to have direct long-distance communication
from remote areas to the mission base.
In addition, Metro Medical Services of Lincoln
has donated a 1991 Ford ambulance to the wing. The
vehicle is currently being modiﬁed and will serve as
the wing's new mobile communications command
post. The vehicle will allow for a much more rapid
response and better communications capabilities to
coordinate with other responding emergency agencies throughout the state.
The wing has also received a new Cessna 172
from CAP National Headquarters. The aircraft will
replace an older model, which will be reassigned.
The Nebraska Wing currently has about 500
members.

GREAT LAKES REGION -- Ten Great Lakes
Region members completed a Ground Search
Training Course here at Wright Patterson Air Force
Base, in Dayton, Ohio, April 15-16.
The course was presented by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and was sponsored by
the Miami Valley Fire and EMS Alliance, and Group
VII Civil Air Patrol.
Students learned search techniques developed
by the National Parks personnel in the United Kingdom which increased probability of detection to
above 70 percent.

Leadership School set for August
GREAT LAKES REGION -- The 2000 Great

better public relations demonstration for the other
emergency service groups
in Johnson County."
The pilots on board received only minor injuries.

Lakes Region Leadership School has been scheduled for Aug. 5-12 at the Alpena Combat Readiness
Training Center in Alpena, Mich.
The school will be held in conjunction with the
Michigan Wing Summer Encampment.
The cost of this year's school is estimated at $95.
Cadets should send a completed CAP Form 31 (with
unit commander and wing commander approval) to
the following address: GLR CLS 2000, 4624 Sycamore Dr., Ypsilanti, MI 48197-8210.
For more information about the school, including
speciﬁc application procedures and deadlines, visit
the GLR Cadet Leadership School Web Site at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ephelka/cls

Apostle to lead AFA in Maryland
MIDDLE EAST REGION -- A member of the
Middle East Region was elected to serve as the state
president of the Maryland Air Force Association.
Lt. Col. George Apostle, director of operations for
the region, has been chosen to represent more than
7,000 AFA members at the national level.
One of Apostle's ﬁrst duties will be to host a
breakfast for the Maryland congressional delegation
Sept. 12 in Washington, D.C.
In addition to his AFA involvement, Apostle also
serves as the ﬁrst vice chairman of the Citizens
Advisory Council to the Montgomery County (Maryland) Department of Public Works and Transportation.

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California, Nevada wings scour desert for downed Piper
Maj. Alice Mansell
California Wing
PACIFIC REGION -- For almost a week in early March, more
than 250 members of California
and Nevada wings scoured the
Mojave Desert for a Piper Super
Cruiser missing with one aboard
between North Las Vegas Airport
in Nevada and Chino Airport in
California.
The pilot had been towing banners for Tom King Aerial over the
CarsDirect.com NASCAR race in
Las Vegas. On March 6, he and
another TKA banner tow pilot departed Las Vegas in tandem. Their
plan was to follow Interstate 15
back toward their home base and
land at about 7:30 p.m. As they approached the Ivanpah Mountains
on the California/Nevada border,
the Piper pilot reported he was going to go to a lower altitude due to
th~i~ol t. The other tow pilot never
he ~rL~ :om him again.
.~e pilot was not reported
missing until the next morning
when stormy weather was all
around Southern California, but an
opening in the eastern Mojave
Desert allowed the search to begin
in coordination with the California

State Ofﬁce of Emergency Services.
Nevada Wing aircrews kicked off
t h e s e a r c h f r o m J e a n , N e v. , t o
Baker, Calif. California Wing aircrews began searching from Chino,
Calif., to Baker once the weather
opened over the 10,000-foot high
mountains between Chino and the
Mojave Desert.
The Federal Aviation Administration was unable to ﬁnd any
radar data to narrow the search
area for the Piper PA-12. (The aircraft did not use a transponder because it was in a tandem ﬂight and
it was a small fabric aircraft, which
frequently does not provide radar
returns from its skin.)
The California Wing opened a
mission base at what used to be

George Air Force Base and is now
Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, Calif. More than
180 cadets and senior members became involved in the search and
49 aircraft logged 228 hours on the
mission.
The Nevada Wing had a base
outside Las Vegas and used about
24 aircraft during the search. The
wing did not use ground teams.
Several probable targets in the
California desert were identiﬁed by
aircrews and investigated by the
ground teams, California Highway
Patrol, San Bernardino County
Sheriff, and friends and family of
the missing pilot.
A site found by pilots Capt.
Alan Merha and 1st Lt. George

Holder of California Wing's San
Bernardino Senior Squadron, was
conﬁrmed, after a nearly 9.6-.mile,
10-hour round-trip hike traversing
more than 1,000 vertical feet by
San Diego Composite Squadron's
C a p t . I a n To l e n t i n o , 1 s t L t .
Michaele Holickova, 2nd Lt. Mark
Criswell, and 2nd Lt. Patrick Witt,
as an unrecorded crash of a small
plane with orange on its tail.
Another highly probable target
of a burned aircraft below the
Ivanpah Mountains along Interstate 15 was found late in the afternoon on the last full day of the
search by a TKA pilot and friend
working in an area designated for
the friends and colleagues of the
missing pilot at their request.
Around noon on March 11, the San
Bernardino Sheriff and Coroner
conﬁrmed the TKA site as most
likely that of the missing Piper.
The pilot did not survive.
"It's kind of disheartening
when you have to give up and it
turns out that way," said Lt. Col.
Doris North, who led the Nevada
Wing search at the start of the miss i o n . " Yo u a l w a y s h a v e h o p e .
Maybe there was survival gear on
board. Maybe he put it down in one
piece."

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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Ryan, fourth from the right, poses for a picture with Florida
Wing members, from left, Maj. John Lynch, Cadet Senior Master Sgt. Michael Hein, Cadet Airman
1st Class James Dirdoff, Cadet 2nd Lt. Michael Francis, Cadet Maj. Michael Tier, Cadet 2nd Lt.
Samantha Maddy and 1st Lt. Judy A. Bennett. Ryan met with the members during the Air Force
Association's 16th Annual Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando.

12-year California Wing member
rece,ves FAA's ﬁrst STC in 2000
Dan Meredith
CAP National Headquarters
CALIFORNIA -- A
California Wing member
received the ﬁrst Supplemental Type Certiﬁcate for
modiﬁcation issued in 2000
by the Federal Aviation Administration for a Cessna
replacement panel he designed.
1st Lt. Norm Ellis, a 12year CAP member, came up
with a design to make the
right lower-front cowling
panel removable to access
t h e t u r b o c h a r g e r, w a s t e gate and exhaust systems
of several Cessna turboprops.
The result of the panel
installation is a reduction
in component access time
from about 6 hours to about
30 minutes, which means
less down time and reduced
maintenance costs.
The project began ﬁve

years ago while Ellis was
working at Southern California Aircraft Data and
Maintenance, Inc. A friend
approached him about
modifying the panel on
Cessna T210F. After giving
it some thought, he realized
that ﬁnding a solution
could potentially beneﬁt
Cessna owners. When another 210 owner asked him
to do the same type of
work, Ellis decided to seek
a multi-aircraft supplemental-type certiﬁcate for modiﬁcation instead of a certiﬁcate for each individual
plane.
Once he had the basic
plans on paper, Ellis began
the process of acquiring the
STC. In order to get approval for the modiﬁcation,
detailed plans had to be
submitted, followed by tests
and reports on those tests,
then more forms and reports, tests and retests. He

h a d t o c o n v i n c e t h e FA A
the modiﬁcation would not
make the aircraft less safe
or less dependable than the
factory panel. Ellis said of
the application and design
process, "It should be noted
that the weight and thickness of the paper work far
exceed the weight and
thickness of the panel."
According to Ellis,
about 12,000 Cessna aircraft could be ﬁtted with
this panel. The panel is sold
by Aircraft Spruce and Spec i a l t y C o m p a n y, a n d t h e
company expects the product to be a success. Ellis
said the representative
from ASSC advised him
they are sending press releases to companies across
the globe and plan to feature the panel at the ExAircraft
perimental
A s s o c i a t i o n ' s A i r Ve n t u r e
2000 in Oshkosh, Wis., July
26-Aug. 1.

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DEA participates in CAP Counterdrug Telecourse
John Kittle
Chief, Counterdrug Plans
CAP National Headquarters
N AT I O N A L H E A D Q U A R TERS -- Leonard Luke, special
agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Aviation
D i v i s i o n i n A l l i a n c e , Te x a s , m a d e
opening comments during the
March 18 Civil Air Patrol
C o u n t e r d r u g O r i e n t a t i o n Te l e course.
"This is the ﬁrst time the DEA
A i r W i n g o r Av i a t i o n D i v i s i o n h a s
p a r t i c i p a t e d w i t h C A P, a n d i t i s
truly a privilege to be on the
panel," said Luke, a two-star-general equivalent.
In 1999, the DEA Air Wing
ﬂew 8,718 missions totaling 21,528
hours. Forty percent of their support was in the foreign arenas of
South America, Central America,
Mexico and the Caribbean. Missions consisted of taskings for personnel and equipment transport,
air-to-ground surveillance, intelligence gathering, marijuana eradication and medical evacuation.
The Air Wing supports 21 other
ﬁeld divisions and several foreign
country ofﬁces.
"So, as you panel members can
see, DEA needs and counts on CAP
assistance," said Luke.
CAP's ﬁscal 1999 counterdrug
support numbers to the DEA were
signiﬁcant with 2,702 missions,
6,815 sorties -- totaling 13,764 ﬂying hours. "CAP has done an outstanding job in supporting DEA,"
said Luke. "Thank you again to all
CAP members, to CAP management, CAP pilots and to CAP support personnel -- who are critical
in the success of all operations.
DEA will be counting on your support again this year."
Luke explained the reason for
the new procedures for counterd r u g s u p p o r t p r o v i d e d b y C A P.
"Recently in 1998, the DEA Air
Wing received an internal inspection by our ofﬁce of inspections
with the assistance of the U.S. Air
Force. That resulted in a directive

the memoranda of understanding
and operations between the CAP,
DEA, U.S. Forest Service, and
Customs Service. It also discusses
recent changes to regulations, CAP
forms, and counterdrug policies
and procedures. The format includes panel discussions, video
clips, PowerPoint slides, and question-and-answer sessions.
The telecourse is a mandatory
orientation for prospective CAP
members selected to participate in
CAP's counterdrug program. It also
serves as refresher training for
CAP members currently participating in the program and fulﬁlls the
mandatory requirement to attend
a C D O r i e n t a t i o n Te l e c o u r s e a t
least once every two years.
Attendees have the opportunity
Four of the panel members for the March 18 Civil Air Patrol Counterdrug
to communicate with the panel
Orientation Telecourse were, from left, Leonard Luke, special agent in charge m e m b e r s b y c a l l i n g , f a x i n g o r e of the Drug Enforcement Administration Aviation Division, Sam Harrison, chief
mailing during the program. They
of counterdrug operations at CAP National Headquarters, John Kittle, chief of
counterdrug plans at CAP National Headquarters (Washington, D.C.), and are also asked to send in student
Norm Edwards, an enforcement aviation specialist with National Aviation s u r v e y s a f t e r t h e t e l e c o u r s e t o
Center, U.S. Customs Service. (Video capture photo)
make recommendations for
changes or improvement.
t o d e v e l o p a t r a c k i n g p r o c e s s f o r tral point for contact for DEA misAnd the surveys are taken sesion numbers for CAP air support.
all ﬂight hours and missions ﬂown
r i o u s l y. 1 s t L t . R a y C r a n d a l l o f
by other agencies on behalf of DEA. D E A A i r W i n g w i l l v a l i d a t e a l l r e New York Wing's Rochester ComThat directive includes support
quests for CAP support to be ﬂown
posite Squadron sent in a threeprovided by the CAP.
on behalf of DEA."
page critique from a September
"The air wing does not intend
The counterdrug orientation
1999 telecourse on recommendat o i m p e d e a n y s u p p o r t b y C A P t o telecourse, which is a cooperative
tions for improvements in instrucDEA or to state and locals, but this
e ff o r t b e t w e e n C A P, t h e C u s t o m s t i o n . T h e c o u n t e r d r u g p l a n s s t a ff
inspection required changes to proService and DEA, is broadcast live was so impressed by his comments,
cedures by which we have been isnationally on the National Guard
he was asked to participate as a
suing mission numbers in the
Bureau's "Warrior Network" at
new panel member on the March
past," said Luke.
McGhee Tyson Air National Guard
18 telecourse.
L u k e a l s o b r i e f e d a d r a f t p r o - B a s e , Te n n . F u n d i n g c o m e s f r o m
Panel members are selected
posal to change the procedures for a p p r o p r i a t e d c o u n t e r d r u g d o l l a r s
based on their knowledge and exobtaining DEA mission numbers.
earmarked by Congress.
perience in the counterdrug arena,
"The DEA Air Wing at AOC, Fort
The course explains CAP's
and include DEA, USCS, and CAP
counterdrug program, and reviews
Worth, Texas, will become the cencounterdrug members from the
Illlm
wing, group, region and national
level. Panel members for the March
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enforcement aviation specialist
with the National Aviation Center,
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special agent and marijuana eradication coordinator with the Tennessee DEA: Col. Scott Hamilton, as

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Middle East Region to conduct prototype honor guard academy
Lt. Col. Karen L.
Copenhaver
Director, Public Affairs
Middle East Region
MIDDLE EAST REGION -- The Middle
East Region will conduct
a prototype honor guard
academy at Camp
Pendleton in Virginia
Beach, Va., June 19-July
1.
The purpose of the
academy is to provide

extensive, standardized
training that will ensure
knowledgeable and professional honor guards.
"Known as ambassadors for Civil Air Patrol, the
honor guard reﬂects high
standards in appearance,
education, conduct and professional aptitude for cere m o n i a l d u t y, " s a i d A c a d emy Director Lt. Col.
Amanda Anderson. '~rhat's
why a course like this is
critical."

sistant executive director for CAP
National Headquarters; Col. Stan
Leibowitz, general counsel for CAP
National Headquarters; Sam
Harrison, chief of counterdrug operations for CAP National Headquarters; John Kittle, chief of
counterdrug plans for CAP National Headquarters (Washington,
D.C., detachment); Lt. Col. Ernie
Bilotto, Southeast Region
counterdrug director; Maj. Charlie
Clement,
SER
assistant
counterdrug director; Maj. Jay Holland, SER administrative assistant;
and 1st Lt. Ray Crandall, New
York Group counterdrug ofﬁcer.
Planning and producing the
telecourse is a monumental undertaking. Months of planning and
preparation precede each broadcast. Kittle and Jeri McLaughlin,
counterdrug plans, are the project
managers. They orchestrate most
of the planning and coordination
of the downlink sites and program
along with each CAP wing
c o u n t e r d r u g o f ﬁ c e r, B i l o t t o , a n d
Brent Wiley from the National
Guard Multijurisdictional Counterd r u g Ta s k F o r c e T r a i n i n g i n S t .
Petersburg, Fla.
Wing counterdrug ofﬁcers and
liaison ofﬁces locate and coordinate
downlink sites to accommodate the
expected number of attendees for
each wing.

About 25 subjects will
be covered during the
course and the distinctive
responsibilities of all four
elements -- demonstration/
c e r e m o n y, c o l o r s , f u n e r a l
and drama -- will be addressed.
The staff will consist of
approximately 12 members;
p o s i t i o n s i n c l u d e d i r e c t o r,
curriculum coordinator and
d r i l l m a s t e r. A s a s p e c i a l
beneﬁt, members of the
U.S. Air Force Honor

N o r m G i n t h e r, C A P a s s i s t a n t
with counterdrug operations, and
Sandie Gaines, administrative assistant for CAP counterdrugs, ﬁeld
questions during the planning and
coordination process.
Several segments of the program are prerecorded for airing
during the broadcast. Wiley, Lana
Beck and Dan Gerson from the
MCTFT provide this support and
ﬁnal-production support out of
M c G h e e Ty s o n . T h e M C T F T a n d
CAP telecourse staffs also produce
a booklet for each telecourse. The
CAP site coordinator at each downlink site is responsible for making
copies of and distributing the booklets, and for overseeing the training at each site.
Other key behind-the-scenes
people include: Master Sgt. Mavi
Smith and Tech. S~. Kevin Conroy
o f t h e Ty s o n A i r N a t i o n a l G u a r d
Base Technical Education Center,
as well as all the National Guard
technicians at each of the downlink sites.
The March 18 telecourse was
CAP's ﬁfth such broadcast. A
record number of 81 downlink sites
from across the nation including
Hawaii and Alaska were registered
for this telecourse. More than 2,000
attendees were poised in front of
TV monitors to view the six-hour
program.

Guard will instruct the
many complex honor guard
movements.
The academy will be
limited to 120 members and
will include both senior
members and cadets. A portion of the fee will include
a complete set of honor
guard equipment for each
participant and a Student
Honor Guard Training
Guide that provides more
than 600 pages of detailed
information.

In order to be considered, a cadet must be
familiar with Chapters
1-5 of the Drill and Ceremonies Manual, attended an encampment
and be a Phase II cadet.
A senior member must
have completed Level 1,
the Extension Course Institute 13 Ofﬁcers
Course and be familiar
with Chapters 1-5 of the
Drill and Ceremonies
Manual.

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of
elected ~ s :ii~S one of:thre~:
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San Antonio ~ serve

as th~ or~i~atio~S;::
~ause ~ofﬂeer positi0ns ~:a:re
held on a Qne~year.
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progressive " basis,
- re:i:
Kirtle ~ll serve :as secretary/~
treasurer for one year and then:
automatically: move; :uP ~o vice :
president and then~ president. : :
The ASIA, which is an
ternationat nonproﬁt o~ganiza.
tioni was founded in the late
1970s. The association's goals:
are to promote the exchange and::
dissemination of information
and: :intelligence pertaining: to
narcotic trafﬁcking.
The association is made up
of federal, state, county and municipal drug enforcement agents
responsible for the investigation
of illicit drug smuggling and

:|~lei~:;i;"-: : tiesi::He~::~o:: serves
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: as: CA~:: ~iSo~:~to
relate~ govemrner~t~l ~gencies;

the:U:S.

~erves and Air National Gun,l),
Federat Emergency M:anagement: ~gency~ Feder~I~:Gommu~
nica~ion :Commission, ~ederal
Aviation Administration, Ameri~
~an :Red Crossi~::~::,:S~:~ :Customs
U~S, Border::: Pstrol, ::and :::Drug
Enforcement Administration,
From February 1994 to October 1998; Kittle served as commander of :the. CAP.U,S.: Air
Force Middle East Liaison Re~
gion, He assumed his present
position in October 1998.

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Kentucky Wing members
help prepare ROTC cadets
Capt. Jayson Altieri
Kentucky Wing

To d a y, y o u ' l l b e h e l p i n g m e p r e ﬂight the airplane, avoid trafﬁc and
learn the fundamentals of ﬂight,"
K E N T U C K Y - - T h e A i r F o r c e said the pilot.
ROTC cadets listened intently as
The pilot is not an Air Force
the pilot of the orientation aircraft ofﬁcer. It is Kentucky Wing senior
conducted the preﬂight safety briefm e m b e r To m C l a r k o f P e e W e e
Va l l e y, K y.
ing and inspv-qons.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you
Clark is ﬂying the cadets as
may not be rated aviators, but you part of the Air Force ROTC Oriena r e s t i l l p a r t o f t h i s c r e w t o d a y. I f tation Program, sponsored by the
at anytime you see an unsafe con- Air Force and CAP. The nationwide
d i t i o n s p e a k u p a n d l e t m e k n o w. program, which has been in existence for more than two years, uses
CAP members to train future Air
Force pilots and navigators on the
fundamentals of aerodynamics,
navigation, aeromedicine, radio usage and mechanics.
The program has three missions: recruit new members for
CAP, share Air Force and CAP resources, and provide funding for
CAP aircraft activities.
"This is a very beneﬁcial program in that the Air Force has
come up with a low-cost method of
training Air Force cadets," said Lt.

Kentucky Wing pilot T.J. Clark and Air
Force ROTC Cadet Jamle Shane conduct a C-172 preﬂight inspection.

Col. Tom Schmitt, vice commander
of the Kentucky Wing. "As a former
active duty service member, I know
this training gives future second
lieutenants some important insights into the duties and respon-

Air Force ROTC cadets take time out for a group picture during a ﬂight
orientation session put on by the Kentucky Wing at Bowman Field in Louisville,
Ky. The Air Force ROTC Orientation Program, which has been in existence for
more than two years, is sponsored by the U.S. Air Force and Civil Air Patrol.
sibilities of a military ofﬁcer and
aviator."
In the Kentucky Wing, the cadets ﬂy out of Bowman Field in
L o u i s v i l l e , K y. B u i l t a f t e r W o r l d
War I, the ﬁeld was used as a training site for many of the Army-Air
Forces glider pilots and aeromedical nurses who ﬂew missions in
Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Squadrons that support the

program with aircraft, pilots and
support personnel include:
Danville, Frankfort, Fort Knox,
London and Louisville.
For this session, the ROTC cadets who participated were: Alan
Brockman, Colleen O'Connor, Robert Porter, Jamie Shane and Corey
Waldrop from the University of
Louisville; and Michael Williams
from the University of Kentucky.

New Florida Outreach Program
receives donation from hospital
FLORIDA -- The Florida Wing
received a $4,000 donation for its
new Civil Air Patrol Florida Outreach Program.
The donation was received from
members of the Physical Therapy
and Fitness Management of Miami,
I n c . , i n c l u d i n g D r. L u i s R . P a g a n ,
Dr. (Lt. Col.) Gerald G. Glass, John
E. & Gail M. Zvijac, Dr. Richard L.
L e v i t t , L i n c o l n S . M e n d e z , D r.
Keith S. & Llien M. Hechtman,
J o h n W. U r i b e , a n d D r. P a u l
Zimmerman.
On hand to accept the money
was Col. Antonio Pineda, wing comm a n d e r, a n d m e m b e r s o f W e s t
Broward Composite Squadron, in-

cluding Capt. Charles Soriano,
squadron commander, 1st Lt. Edw a r d Vi l l a l b a , d e p u t y c o m m a n d e r
of cadets, 2rid Lt. Diane Reid, and
cadets 1st Lt. Scott Schaefer, 2nd
L t . Te r r y R e i d , a n d 2 n d L t . S a r a h
Gebo.
The new program is designed
to reach "at-risk" kids, involving
them in CAP during an after-school
type program.
"The caring and generosity of
these people will enable us to
implement an important program
-- one that will undoubtedly have
a positive impact on many at-risk
c h i l d r e n i n o u r c o m m u n i t y, " s a i d
Pineda.

Ofﬁcials with Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters and CAP-U.S. Air Force look
over a Maule MXT 7-180 during a recent a visit to the manufacturer's plant in
Moutrie, Ga. CAP ofﬁcials are considering the purchase of several Maule
aircraft for use in glider towing and other CAP ﬂying missions.

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only those with a reﬂective signal strength of 70 percent.
For a look at what glass and plastic signal mirrors
are currently manufactured, with prices, sources and
impartial evaluations, refer to aviation writer Douglas
Ritter's Web site at http://www.equipped.org/sigral.htm.
Here are some other useful signal-mirror selection
tips:
~' Unless for legal reasons your intended use
requires a 4x5-inch U.S. Coast Guard-approved signal
mirror, e.g., certain passenger-carrying boats operated
for hire avoid this size. It is awkward for many people to
grasp properly, and is unnecessarily large. The 3x5-inch
size ~s usually the most practical. The best ones typically
produce at least a 20-mile signal with high sun and clear
a~r. If no speciﬁc signaling target is in sight, sweep the
horizon 360 degrees. This covers 1,200 square miles in
about one minute. The 2 x 3-inch size, useful when
carrying space is limited, is usually good for 10 miles
under similar conditions, but with a less intense reﬂection.
If you anticipate traveling on or ﬂying over water,
get a buoyant mirror. If such water exposure can be ruled
out, you can sometimes reduce cost and space requirements by getting a nonbuoyant mirror.
Once you acquire your signal mirror, what then?
Do not immediately pack it into an emergency kit and
forget it. Instead, on the ﬁrst sunny day, take it outdoors
1 S T LT: M A L C O L M M L I R R AY , , , L I B E R T Y C O M P O S I T E S Q U A D R O N T E X A S W I N G
and try using it following the instructions provided.
Typically, it takes about 15 minutes practice to become
proﬁcient. Like riding a bicycle, the skill is retained for
The signal mirror is a key item of survival equipexcessive warpage, which diffuses the reﬂection and
life. Learning this way, under relaxed, non-emergency
ment that should be carried by pilots and passengers,
reduces signal strength and range. So how can we avoid
conditions, is far better than trying to learn during the
hikers, mountain climbers, scuba divers, sailors and
the pitfalls and get a good signal mirror? Just follow
emergency. Here are a few suggestions on proper use:
others who might need to signal for help in an emerthese steps:
X If wearing a cap with a visor, remove it or turn it
gency. Many cases are on record in which wilderness or
,f Do not base your choice on price. Prices vary
around, so as not to shade the mirror.
sea-mishap survivors saw potential rescuers in the
from about $7 to $32, with the best choice usually near
X Grasp the mirror by its edges, using your ﬁnger
distance, but were unable to attract their attention. A
mid-range. Obviously, any that you
tips. Do not let your ﬁngers
signal mirror might have improved the outcome.
choose is affordable. Your life may
protrude over the front, partially
Aimable sunlight signaling dates back at least to
depend on the mirror working
blocking the reﬂective surface.
the 13th century, when the emperor of China was made
properly, and you may not get a
X For a one-hand aimer,
aware of the Italian traveler Marco Polo's arrival by
second chance.
which is all you should consider,
sunlight signals reﬂected between mountaintops along
Avoid metal mirrors. They
ﬁrst reﬂect the sun onto your
his route. In the 19th century, military messages were
require two hands to aim, which is
outstretched hand, then slowly
sent by heliograph, a tripod-mounted sunlight reﬂecting
awkward. This is especially true
bring the back of the mirror to your
device capable of interruption for dot-and-dash code
where you need one hand to hold
eye, while keeping the reﬂection
messages -- by the British Army in northern India and
onto a bouncing life raft or to a tree
on your outstretched hand. Look
Afghanistan, and by the U.S. Army in the Southwest.
you have climbed to get a clear line
through the back window and ﬁnd
During World War II, signal mirrors were used extenof sight. Some metal mirrors corrode
the aiming light spot, lower your
sively by survivors of ship sinkings and airplane
easily. Their signal strength is
outstretched hand and put the spot
ditchings. Cases are on record of such signals being
relatively poor for a given size -- 10
on your target. If instead, you
spotted from the air at distances exceeding t00 miles,
percent to 30 percent that of a glass
immediately look through the
although 20 miles is more typical. The U.S. and many
mirror.
window, you will probably not see
foreign military forces still carry signal mirrors, despite
A glass signal mirror is worth
the aiming light spot.
the development of high-tech radios and other alternaconsidering. It gives the strongest
Signal mirrors are not toys.
tives.
signal for a given size and is the
Keep them away from children and
A good signal mirror is compact, lightweight, easy
most scratch resistant. Most modern
irresponsible adults. Misused, they
to use and effective over long distances. There is a wide
glass signal mirrors have one-hand
can cause accidents, death and
array of choices available, but getting the best one for
aimers. On the negative side, glass
property damage. For example,
your purposes may take more effort than you anticipate.
breaks easily on impact, is relatively
using one to accurately reﬂect the
Such mirrors are available in three material
heavy and does not ﬂoat.
sun into the eyes of an approachcategories -- metal, glass and plastic. Three common
If you're considering a glass
ing motorist at short range or an
sizes are made -- 2 x 3 inches, 3 x 5 inches and 4 x 5
mirror, buy one in a shock-resistant,
airplane pilot just before landing
inches. Buoyant and non-buoyant plastic models are
reusable buoyant package or provide
touchdown, can cause momentary
available, as is reusable buoyant packaging for nonsuch a package yourself. Get one
blindness. This can lead to
buoyant mirrors of all materials.
with a sealed lamination.
undesired consequences.
For aiming, the mirrors vary from having no aimer,
~' Plastic signal mirrors have
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Regardless of other signaling
to an aimer that looks good (but does not work) to one
the advantages of good breakage
Wi n g ' s L i b e r t y C o m p o s i t e S q u a d - and communications equipment
that works (but requires two hands) to the best -- which
resistance, being lightweight, and
ron demonstrates the proper use of
you have, get a good signal mirror
works well and requires only one hand.
good corrosion and water-damage
an aimable signal mirror.
using the guidelines provided.
Exposure to water (especially salt water) can cause
resistance. Many of them are
Learn to use it under noncorrosion of mirrors whose reﬂective metalizing is not
buoyant. They are available from several sources in a
emergency conditions. Carry it with you whenever the
well sealed. In some glass signal mirrors, water can
variety of designs and sizes. They range from semipossibility of needing it exists. And remember -- those
penetrate the unsealed lamination and cause the aimer
useless to very good. To avoid the former and get the
who prepare for emergencies are more likely to survive
to stop working. Some plastic signal mirrors have "
latter, avoid "signal" mirrors that have no aimer, and use
them!

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CAP assumes larger role in war on illegal drugs
he Civil Air Patrol Counterdrug
Program has changed dramatically
since its inception in November 1985.
,\t that time, our ﬁrst large-scale
operal:": with the U.S. Customs Service
primarily involved their reconnaissance of
suspicious watercraft off the East and Gulf
coasts.
With the budget cuts in federal agencies
over the past several years, CAP assumed a
much larger role in counterdrug ﬂight operations. Our counterdrug ﬂying hours have increased from 500 in 1986 to nearly 42,000 in
1998. We are currently tabulating the 1999
hours, which are also extensive.
Of course, CAP is involved in combating
both the supply of and demand for illegal
drugs. Our CAP Drug Demand Reduction
Program is waging the battle against the
demand for drugs. Recently, at the annual
National Guard Bureau Counterdrug Conference in Washington, D.C., Col. John C.
Mosbey, chief of the NGB Counterdrug Programs, stated that DDR is equal to or even
more important to successful drug eradication
than supply reduction in that "supply reduction by itself cannot win the battle."
Our national headquarters counterdrug
staff has made great strides to improve the
program. John Kittle, chief of CAP's
Counterdrug Plans at our detachment in
Washington, D.C., spearheaded an immense
undertaking to develop a new CAP
Counterdrug Operations Handbook. Such a
publication has never been attempted in the
past. It is a compilation of procedures, techniques and guidelines designed to aid newly
assigned CAP counterdrug volunteer and staff
members in rapid, timely and proﬁcient
orientation to CAP counterdrug program
requirements and operations. The handbook

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tion to the CAP counterdrug program. Equally
important, it is refresher training for existing
members and updates everyone on changes to
the program. The program is a premier part of
CAP's emerging distance-learning program.
In ﬁscal 1999 and 2000, Congress provided
$300,000 to CAP for implementation of our
distance-learning program. We now have a
commercial company developing
the most cost-effective strategies
for program implementation,
commercial procurement of offthe-shelf software and methodology to make modules available on
the CAP Web site for the widest
Brig.Gen.JamesC.Bobick
variety of training and tasking.
CAPNationalCommander
The ﬁrst module, digital camera
training, was available on the
ﬁrst of August 1999.
What does this mean to you,
the member? Ultimately this
concept will be an important part of all phases
counterdrug and emergency services missions.
of CAP training. Naturally, the initial efforts
This SVD technology provides incident comhave been directed toward the counterdrug
manders and law enforcement ofﬁcials near
program since that was and remains of utmost
real-time pictures upon which signiﬁcant lifeimportance. As the distance-learning concept
or property-saving decisions may be made.
progresses and implementation expands, you
CAP developed a standardized SVD-system
may expect our CAP National Headquarters
prototype for each of its eight regions. Our
Professional Development Directorate to
downlink pictures have resulted in rapid
assume responsibility for the future use of the
actions being taken by emergency services
program. To this end and for the ﬁrst time,
agencies during disasters and by law enforceCAP has budgeted and requested funding for
ment agencies during counterdrug missions.
distance-learning projects with full implemenThe CAP SVD has demonstrated such an
tation in ﬁscal 2002.
increased capability in so many sectors across
As many of you will be interested in more
the nation that its visibility has spirited
details concerning CAP distance-learning,
interest at planning and executive levels
information is available on the CAP Web site.
within emergency services and counterdrug
To access it, just click on the "Distance Learnagencies, the Department of Defense and
ing" button located in the lower left of the
Congress. Our goal is to develop a production
page. Also, continue to access that location for
system model for each of our 52 wings. This
future developments as they develop.
will greatly increase our capability to provide
The national headquarters counterdrug
needed airborne SVD support to our customstaff members also took a leadership role in
ers anywhere in America. As we begin the
the counterdrug community by co-hosting the
21st century, a CAP SVD capability fulﬁlls
1999 Air Smuggling Investigators Association
that important and signiﬁcant need for
Conference with the Virginia State Police. The
current and, most importantly, future disaster
conference was held Oct. 25-28 in
relief and counterdrug operations.
CAP National Headquarters now conducts Williamsburg, Va. The international membership of ASIA consists of federal, state, county
a nationwide semiannual Counterdrug Orienand municipal drug enforcement agents as
tation Telecourse using the National Guard's
well as service providers, notably CAP and the
Warrior Network on the third Saturday of
National Guard. As conference coordinators,
each March and September. This televised
Kittle and Jeri McLaughlin were responsible
distance-learning course is a cooperative effort
for the all conference programming and
between CAP, the U.S. Customs Service and
logistics. More than 160 participants from
the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The course provides a centralized training throughout the United States, Canada and
Great Britain enjoyed dynamic speakers and
program with standardized course material,
an exciting international forum for the discus
and interactive question and answer sessions.
The program gives new CAP members who
See Perspective ... Page 13
are counterdrug applicants an overall orienta-

will also serve as a reference book in the dayto-day counterdrug operations. It is currently
undergoing a one-year test at various locations throughout CAP. This will provide
maximum feedback prior to formalizing the
handbook into a CAP publication.
CAP has developed an airborne singleframe video downlink capability for our

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M, 2000

Words of King David could be foundation for all in CAP
~,:. ~{~; ins David of Israel asked the age-old
integTity will do what is ri~ht even it'lhe
question in Psalm 15:1 "l,ord, who
I)eVsonal c~,st is hi~'h. They will not cover Ul~
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violations m" fnlsit~' d.cumonts. They tam
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shall abido in th3: tahern:wh,'.' Who
~¢" slmll (Iw<ll in thy holy hilr?" Fh,
responsibility for their itctions. They do not
answers in verse 2: "'He that walketb uprightly shift the blame or try to take the credit for
something
and wm'keth
righteousness and ....................~ .......................
that they did
speaketh the truth
not do. A
in his heart."
person of
Was King
integrity does
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David speaking to
not behave in
:~ ~,1,~ "
religious clergy?
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a manner that
No, he was speakChaplain (Col.) James Moore
will bring
ing to everyone,
disgrace upon
Chief, CAPChaplain Service
and using words
himself or the
CAP organizathat could well be
the foundation for
tion.
all of us in Civil
Service
Air Patrol.
before self means that professional duties take
We are known by the high moral standards precedence over personal desires. It means we
we adhere to in "service before self' and
follow the rules.
As a leader we are expected to put the well
"integrity ﬁrst." Our cadets are instructed in
moral values and speaking the truth in heart
being of others ahead of our own. We are
[and to all others]. Integrity ﬁrst is the willingexpected to exercise discipline and self-control.
This means we refrain from displays of anger.
ness to do what is right even when no one is
around.
We do not take our frustrations out on others.
Integrity is the basis for our moral ﬁber. It
We realize that religious choice is a matter of
includes traits such as courage, honesty,
individual conscience and we respect others'
responsibility, accountability, justice, openchoices. Just as we must realize that by
ness, self-respect and humility. People with
becoming a CAP member we make a commit-

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sion of counterdrug intelligence,
exchanging ideas, predicting
trends and establishing networks
in the "War on Drugs." By cohosting the conference, CAP
increased its visibility as a key
player in the counterdrug arena
and demonstrated our commitment to the all-encompassing war
on drugs. The conference success
conﬁrmed the recognition, respect
and credibility CAP has earned
from the international
counterdrug community.
Many letters of appreciation
and newspaper articles have
highlighted the effective work of
our counterdrug program. Here
are just a few examples:
A letter of appreciation from
the Pennsylvania adjutant general
commended the Pennsylvania
Wing counterdrug efforts. In part,
the adjutant general stated: "Due

to their effort, over $20 million of
marijuana was located and eradicated this year alone."
A letter from the Georgia
Governor Task Force recognized
the exceptional support the
Georgia Wing provided to the
Georgia Marijuana Eradication
Program that led to 10 arrests and
the seizure of more than 11,000
marijuana plants.
A letter from the Gulf Coast
High-Intensity Drug Trafﬁcking
Area thanked the Louisiana Wing
for its assistance in the seizure of
11 vehicles, 8 kilograms of cocaine, 26 pounds of marijuana,
more than $100,000 in cash as
well as 22 arrests.
These are but a few of the
many and continuing examples of
successful missions our CAP
volunteers have performed. Yet,
the most signiﬁcant point is that

merit. I)tlt lit th(' saint time understand our
nwnll)c, rship is a I)rivilc'M(' I]lll ai I'ig'ht.
MLOs achieve 'master' rating
Tw() CAI) moral leadership ofﬁcers have
completed their senior training "master" rating
by successfully demonstrating during a Chaplain Service region staff college their ability to
teach moral leadership.
Maj. Michael T. Marrion, Georgia Wing,
and Lt. Col. Virginia M. Cullity, Florida Wing,
were certiﬁed by Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Ronald
Greene, chaplain of the South East Region, at
Maxwell Air Force Base May 13 during the
Southeast Region Chaplain Staff College.
In addition, 40 chaplains and MLOs
received certiﬁcates of completion during the
college from Chaplain (Col.) James Moore,
chief of CAP Chaplain Services.
About 80 MLOs in CAP are in the process
of completing their training in the 255 track.
(By the way, the complete #225 study guide
should be ready soon.)
Note to all chaplains and MLOs: Please
remember that each CAP chaplain and MLO is
expected to attend one of eight region chaplain
service staff colleges this year. The subjects
are selected to help develop military professionalism and to provide an update on regulation changes.

you -- our CAP volunteer members involved in these programs -are effective professionals and you
may properly take great pride in
your accomplishments. As your
national commander and as an
individual citizen, I am deeply
thankful to each of you for making
our nation a better place to live.
Finally, we must remember
that the sensitivity of the
counterdrug program necessitates
an abiding need and desire for
stringent program supervision,
control and oversight equally at
all levels within the CAP and
CAP-U.S. Air Force structures.
The overriding requirement is
professionalism and accountability. There is no tolerance for any
form of abuse whether it takes the
form of individualism, personal
gain or just a desire to do something different. As volunteers, we
have been empowered with the
responsibility to ensure our
missions are properly executed
and our funds are expended in the

most efﬁcient manner. This means
we must strive to ensure all our
counterdrug efforts and support to
our customers achieve maximum
efﬁciency and effectiveness. I am
conﬁdent everyone in every region
and wing will dedicate themselves
to sharing the load of the
counterdrug mission in an atmosphere of team spirit, working
together as one. I encourage every
member involved to strive for
closer involvement with our own
members, our customers and the
Air Force as we ensure our
counterdrug operations meet and
exceed the needs placed upon us
in our society today and in the
future. It is our obligation as CAP
members to maintain the continued trust and respect of our
customers. We are an outstanding
force-multiplier that is providing
signiﬁcant assistance in stemming
the ﬂow of illegal drugs.
Keep up the ﬁne work you are
doing. And never forget, you are
what makes the CAP great!

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Good nutrition guidelines
answer to best-diet question

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a~r frequently asked what
}:~nd of diet is the best. Is it
i~r. Atkins or The Zone or
Pritikin or Mediterranean or high
protein or high carbohydrate or
low fat or extremely low-fat (e.g.,
the Ornish Program diet) or low
chole,, terol or low salt or vegetarian or what?
The
word "diet,"
however,
seems to

speak of a
special need
or condition,
ouch as
ight loss,
diabetes,
peptic ulcer/
GERD, etc.
Special diets
are for special eeds.
I prefel to ~hink in terms of
what's good nutrition, rather than
what's a good diet. So here are
my 10 guidelines for good nutrition.
1. Stay away from fast-food
establishments. Fast-food fare is
get erally high-fat, high cholesterm and high sugar. Not good
nutrition!
2. Eschew fad diets, as well.
Most of them will come, have their
adherents and go.
3. Eat processed foods sparingly, as well as oils and sweets
(donuts, ice cream, cake, pie,
candy, etc.).
4. Eat fresh foods as much as
possible. Frozen is OK, but fresh
is better.
3. Base your daily nutritional
intake on plants, not meats or

dairy products. Whole grains,
fruits and vegetables are the
mainstays. Get lots of ﬁber. Eat in
accordance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture food pyramid.
6. Daily calories should be in
the following percentages: 20-30
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Good leadership means not yelling at your peop)e
isregard what you saw watching
"Gomer Pyle, USMC" and "Full Metal
Jacket" -- leadership is not about
D
yelling at people. Yelling doesn't accomplish
anything and usually does more harm than
good.
Inexperienced or unskilled leaders will yell
at their people when their people do something
wrong. They yell because they're trying to
impress upon their people that a mistake was
made and that the leader would prefer if they
didn't make that mistake again.
But keep in mind that when
your people make mistakes, it's
either because they don't know
better, simply forgot or don't
care.
If your people don't know
better -- that is, if they don't
know how to do something right
or forgot the correct way to do it
-- yelling at them isn't going to
help because they already feel
bad about being wrong. Your
people don'twant to make mistakes, but
mistakes sometimes happen to the best of us.
In this case, the solution is not to yell, but to
remind them what needs to be done, how to do
it right and why it's important.
Most of the time, people just need a reminder of what is expected and then a chance
to try again. If you yell at them for making an
honest mistake, you'll only make them feel
stupid and useless. This will make them resent
and dislike you. And no one enjoys being
around or having to work for someone who

makes them feel stupid and useless.
Mistakes aren't always the fault of those
doing the job. In some cases, they may even be
yours! If you don't properly train the people
responsible for a task or supply them with
complete information as to what is expected of
them, the fault rests with you -- and your
people will know that! Again, yelling would
accomplish nothing.
Finally, what good does it do to yell at
someone who doesn't care to do the right

thing? If they don't care enough about what
they're supposed to do in the ﬁrst place, then
they certainly won't care about you yelling at
them. In fact, your even bothering to take the
time to yell may be giving them a thrill. You're
certainly giving them a lot of attention, true?
There are times when yelling is appropriate, but mostly those times are when you want
to get someone's attention when their mind is
wandering; for instance, if Cadet Jones is
staring at the birds during drill. But this type
of yelling is merely an attention-getting

routine. Once the cadet is aware, you explain
the problem in a normal tone and get on with
the job at hand.
So remember, good leaders don't yell at
their people for making mistakes, only'bullies
do -- and there's no room in an organization
like ours for bullies.
Editor's note: Capt. Shawn Stanford
started out as a cadet in the Connecticut Wing
(1977-'81) where he competed in the National
Cadet Competition in 1980 and '81. After an
eight-year stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, he
served as a senior member in the Missouri
Wing (1991-'98). Presently he is the deputy
commander for cadets with Pennsylvania
Wing's Wyoming Valley Composite Squadron.
Stanford is also a recipient of the Brig. Gen.
Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager Aerospace Education Achievement Award.

25 Y AnS Ago
C I V I L A I R PA n O

NEWS

X Three missions in Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon save 10 lives -bringing Civil Air Patrol's 1975 total to 26.
X The May 1975 issue of the Civil Air Patrol News marked the "end" of
the monthly publication. To save money, the CAP National Executive
Committee directed that the newspaper be published every other month.
X Two California Wing members receive credit for a ﬁnd after spotting a
downed DeHavilland DH-IO at the 3,500-foot level on Noon Peak.
X A Minnesota Wing aircrew scores a ﬁnd when it spots the wreckage of
a downed aircraft on Beaver Island in the Mississippi River.
X More than 70 members of Maryland Wing's Towson Composite Squadron ﬂew on a C-5A Galaxy courtesy of the U.S. Air Force. At the time,
the transport aircraft was the largest of its kind in the world.
X 1st. Lt. Bruce Homer of Virginia Wing's Herndon Composite Squadron
designed a unique 4585 kilohertz radio antenna for a fellow squadron member using Iwo Slinkys.

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Senior Programs now CAP Professional Development

C

ivil Air Patrol Senior Programs has changed its
name to Professional Development. Proposed and recently
adopted by CAP's National Board,
the name change reﬂects CAP's
evolving philosophy about senior
member educational development.
With this name change, CAP
Professional Development moves
beyond mandatory training for promotion and awards, to value-added
education to meet the needs of
today's senior members.
"The courses and training we
offer have moved beyond the basic
requirements for senior member
advancement," said Mark Wilkinson, chief of Professional Development. "Over the past several
years, our offerings have expanded
to include education tailored to the
specialty of the member, executive
leadership and management skills,
and general career advancement."

CAP's professional development programs are designed to
help members develop the skills
they need to carry out their CAP
duties, and develop the managerial
skills necessary to succeed, not only
i n C A P, b u t a l s o i n t h e i r c i v i l i a n
career.
"Members train when they feel
their time is well spent. Our
courses are developed with this in
mind," said Wilkinson.
"Members taking professional
development courses will ﬁnd that
in the end they will actually have
more time to participate in CAP
activities because the courses will
show them how to work smarter

a n d f a s t e r. T h e w e e k e n d s t h a t
members spend at a squadron leadership school or a unit commanders course, for example, will pay
big dividends for them when they
return to their units and operate
in the ﬁeld environment.
"Members will also ﬁnd that
the interpersonal skills they learn
by way of CAP courses will help
them in their civilian careers," continued Wilkinson. "The management, communications, leadership,
and other topics we teach are in
demand by employers."
The evolution taking place in
senior member professional development also includes how CAP's

courses are delivered. "We will be
incorporating more online training," said Wilkinson. "Online training has great advantages for the
members. They can take an online
CAP course anywhere, anytime
they have access to a computer and
Internet access. This makes it very
easy for members to schedule training. Online training will not replace in-residence courses or some
paper-based correspondence training, but will augment the training
already being offered."
CAP members should ﬁnd that
the name change from Senior
Training to Professional Development and the evolution in thinking that the change represents, is
indicative of the high quality of
training that CAP provides to all
its members.
Take a close look at CAP Professional Development, and ﬁnd
out for yourselﬂ

Shelbyville Composite Squadron
www.geocities.com/cap12184
"We have been making some major changes to the Shelbyville Composite
Web site and we want everyone to know about it," said 1st Lt. Jeremy
Reynolds, the squadron's deputy commander for cadets. New pages include a recruiting page with CAP history, National links and information on
cadet programs, and a new contacts page with squadron addresses and
an online question form. Check out the Mission Log on the Emergency
Services page for photos of members in actionll

Pah'Jd Com osjfe Sq on
home.cﬂ.rr.com/pcscap
"The site contains photos of all
recent activities including Fly Days,
SAREX, Camp outs, etc. Cadets can
access the Chain of Command and
other information needed for
Promotion Board. Contains great
links to related sites, current
calendar as well as an online order
form for our Bronze Florida Wing
Collector's coin available to all CAP
Members." Web site is maintained by 2nd Lt. Bryan
Ambrosio.
Site submitted by 2nd Lt. Melissa Campion, Public Affairs
Ofﬁcer, Patrick Composite Squadron, Florida Wing.

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This Web site has all you could want if you are a fan of fantastic
ﬂying feats, military precision, naval aviation, great Web sites, or _
just like to see what American aviators can do! Features include:
Action movies; great photography; accurate history; information
on crew members.

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www.capnhq.gov

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS -~ MAY 2000

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Washington Wing cadet wins cadet-of-year award
fter careful consideration,
a board of senior Civil Air
Patrol and Air Force
ofﬁcers and employees have
recommended one of the eight
region cadet nominees for the
coveted CAP Cadet of the Year
award.
Following the guidelines of
CAP Regulation 39-3, CAP's
executive director selected Cadet
Zachary J. Miller of Washington
Wing's Tri-Cities Composite
Squadron as the 2000 CAP Cadet
of the Year.
Cadet Miller's outstanding
leadership, academics, community
involvement and cadet participation also earned him the Air Force
Association's CAP National Cadet
of the Year Award and U.S. Air
Force Chief of Staff $1,500 college
scholarship.
Presentations will be made at
the annual conference in August.
Our congratulations to all of the
region nominees. Their excellent
record and achievements made the
task of selecting just one cadet very
difﬁcult. The other cadets were:
Emma C. Tucker, Kentucky; John
W. Hedrick, Delaware; Peggy E.
Schnack, Minnesota; Francis
Condon III, Massachusetts; Sean
M. Williams, Colorado; Reinaldo
Otero Jr., Puerto Rico; and Paul M.
Wilson, Texas.

New CP team member
The Cadet Programs Directorate is pleased to announce the
hiring of our new program support
manager, John Cato. John has a
wealth of experience managing
high-level programs, a strong Air
Force background (he's a retired
chief master sergeant), a bachelor
of science degree and he enjoys
working with youth.
John is the person to call if
you have a question about any of
the CAP National Cadet Special
Activities. His telephone number
is (334) 953-6473 and his e-mail
address is cps@capnhq.gov.
Welcome aboard, John!

Scholarship winners
Listed below are the CAP

corporate scholarship 2000 winners. The competition was very
tight, as there were many qualiﬁed applicants.
Letters, along with the checks,
will be sent to these members
shortly. Those who did not receive
a scholarship will also receive a
letter.
A board of senior-level Air
Force and CAP ofﬁcers independently scored each of the applications received. The top ﬁve scores
receive the USAA scholarships,
the sixth highest score garners the
Who's Who scholarship and the
remaining receive a share of our
standard corporate scholarships.
These scholarships are available for this academic year only.
All CAP members must apply
annually for the scholarship
programs.
This list does not include the
U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School, Dowling College,
Spartan School of Aeronautics,
Clara Livingston, Louisa Morse
(Embry-Riddle) or Order of the
Daedalians scholarships. For
details about these scholarships,
visit the CAP Web site at
www.capnhq.gov (click on "Cadet
Programs" and then on "Scholarships 2000."
The following ﬁve CAP members have been awarded a $1,000

USAA scholarship: Lauren
Emerson, Alabama; Barnaby
Dillon, California; Richard
Muffoletto, Louisiana; Ryan
Wallace, North Dakota; and Bryce
IIerkert, Oklahoma.
The following CAP member
has been awarded the $1,000
Who's Who scholarship: Sarah
Lamkin, Michigan.
The following CAP member
has been awarded a $1,000 corporate scholarship: Kevin Ratcliff,
Indiana.
The following CAP members
have been awarded a $750 corporate scholarship: Timothy Spink,
Alabama; Christopher Wiesinger,
California; Royce Lippert, Colorado; John Hedrick, Delaware;
Richard Hunter, Georgia; Kyle
Patten, Georgia; Matthew Wroten,
Louisiana; Matthew Adams,
Maryland; Gloria Moran, Michigan; Mitch Ehresman, Minnesota;
Mollie Gustafson, Minnesota;
Stacy Holthus, Nebraska; Amanda
Colleary, Ohio; Jenny Toigo,
Virginia; and Teri Becker, West
Vi r g i n i a .
The following CAP members
have been awarded a $500 corporate scholarship: James Davis,
Alabama; Aaron Kleiman, Colorado; Joseph Sikorski, Colorado;
John Christian, Georgia; Justin
Hoch, Illinois; Renee Allard,

Michigan; Sarah Massung, Michigan; Tiffany Erwin, Mississippi;
Robert Wilson, Ohio; James
Outland, Tennessee; and Jarad
Wire, Texas.
The following CAP members
have been awarded a $250 corporate scholarship: David Krautter,
Alabama; Kristen Emerson,
Alabama; Jonathan Anderson,
Arkansas; Ivan Acosta, California;
Jonathan Fox, California; James
Balutowski, Colorado; Daniel
Dunn, Colorado; Erica Schindler,
Connecticut; Jason Glanovsky,
Connecticut; Brian Eurice,
Florida; Matthew Israelson,
Georgia; David Haugen, Georgia;
Marcia Cunningham, Great Lakes
Region; Josie Beckman, Illinois;
Genevieve Witte, Illinois; Michael
Makaryk, Illinois; Raymond
Walden, Illinois; Stacia Lewis,
Indiana; Morgan Osterloh,
Kentucky; Michele Robichaux,
Louisiana; Richalie Grifﬁth,
Massachusetts; Stephen
Donaghey, Massachusetts;
Jonathan Johnson, Maryland;
Brian Hughes, Maryland; Ashley
Neboschick, Maryland; Frederic
Smalkin, Maryland; Joshua
Broder, Maine; Andrea Wenzlaff,
Minnesota; Nathan Case, Minnesota; Nicholas Busse; Minnesota;
James Chevalier, Missouri; Alan
Meyer, Missouri; Michael
McCloud, Mississippi; Michael
Garman, Montana; Malcolm
Dickinson, Northeast Region; Curt
Lafond, New Hampshire; Nancy
Strothers, New Jersey; Matthew
Mayer, New York; Brian Fallon,
New York; Stephen Grusendorf,
Ohio; Dan Gray, Ohio; Laura
Thompson, Ohio; Aaron Wardlaw,
Oklahoma; Kelly Curtin, Oklahoma; Joe Cavett, Oklahoma;
Michael Schiefer, Pennsylvania;
Sonja Dewing, Pennsylvania;
David Gaulin, Rhode Island;
Anthony Swallow, Tennessee;
Sarah Roy, Tennessee; Aaron Roy,
Tennessee; Terry Donaldson,
Texas; Kevin Fromm, Texas;
Frank Urbanic, Texas; Erin
Cramer, Virginia; Dustin Jones,
Washington; and Michael
Reynolds, Wisconsin.

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Ig GPS accuracy to improve up to tenfold

U.S. discontinues selective availability
Maj. LeWonnie Belcher
Air F(wc(, Spat!t' Command Public At'fair,~
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.
(AFPN) -- The White House announced May 1
the United States will discontinue "selective
availability" of the global positioning system
signals available to the public.
SA is the intentional degradation of signals
transmitted by Navstar GPS satellites, providing civilian users with accuracy less than what's
used by the military. With the removal of SA,
GPS accuracy improves up to tenfold, according to Air Force Space Command ofﬁcials. The
new policy went into effect immediately.
GPS is a dual-use, satellite-based system
that provides accurate location and timing data
to users worldwide. The 24-satellite GPS constellation is operated and controlled by Air
Force Space Command's 50th Space Wing at
Sehriever Air Force Base, Colo. GPS provides
24-hour navigation services to military and civilians users worldwide.
In his announcement, President Bill Clinton
said that in his goals for GPS he wanted to
"encourage acceptance and integration of GPS
into peaceful civil, commercial and scientiﬁc applications worldwide; and to encourage private
sector investment in and the use of ... GPS
technologies and services. To meet these goals,
I committed the U.S. to discontinuing the use
of (selective availability) ... "

Air Force Staff Sgt. Barbara Bozeman demonstrates
one of the operational checks she performs on
hand-held Global Positioning System unlts used by
her squadron at Osan Air Base, South Korea.
Clinton said the decision was based "upon
a recommendation by the secretary of defense
in coordination with the departments of State,
Transportation, Commerce, the director of Central Intelligence, and other Executive Branch
departments and agencies. They realized that
worldwide transportation safety, scientiﬁc, and
commercial interests could best be served by
discontinuation of SA."
He also said the decision was "coupled with
See GPS ... Page 21

AFRL research may transform "telemedicine"
ROME, N.Y. (AFPN) -- The patient may burgh School of Medicine and the University of
be in an Appalachia mining town. His medical
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
records and a renowned specialist in the ﬁeld
'~rhe focus of this research will be to establish NGI connectivity and develop enabling Next
may be hundreds of miles away -- in opposite
Generation Virtual Private Network
directions. An accurate and instantaneous diagnosis may be in his fu~of several applications," said Daniel
ture.
J . Hague, program manager in the
The Air Force Research Labo~
ratory Information Directorate and
directorate's Information Grid Di~
vision.
SAIC of San Diego, Calif., have ~~
e n t e r e d i n t o a t h r e e - y e a r, n e a r l y ~ ~
$7 million agreement for re- ~~
i : l ~ i ~ i n t e l focusing r on i radiology l imagery
ligent a ch ving app ication
search t, hat will develop technol-,, ~~
o g y f o r v i r t u a l p r i v a t e n e t w o r k s ~ l ~ t e c h n O l O g yand other p O r t d e v ebiomedical
t O s u p multimedia l O p m e n t
data," said Hague. "This technology
in future internets. The research is
e s e a r c e r s w i l d e seamless acbeing funded by the Defense Advanced Re- ~ ' ~ R will providehauthorizedl users v e l o p a n
search Projects Agency of Arlington, Va., un- cess to distributed data for patient care and
disaster recovery. In addition, they will develop
der its "Next Generation Internet" program.
SAIC will establish network inter-connec- a collaborative telemicroscopy application, with
tivity between medical schools and hospitals, the capability to electronically share three re
including the University of Pennsylvania, Johns
See AFRL ... Page 21
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Shot down over former Soviet Union

AF honors legacy of U-2 pilot
Capt. Francis Gary Powers
The Distinguished Flying Cross
is awarded to those who distinguished themselves in actual combat in support of operations by
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, heroism or extraordinary achieveC a l i f . ( A F P N ) - - T h e l e g a c y o f ment while engaged in an aerial
Capt. Francis Gary Powers and the ﬂight. The Prisoner of War Medal
present-day importance of the U-2 is awarded to any person who was
Dragon Lady program were cel- t a k e n p r i s o n e r o r h e l d c a p t i v e
while engaged in an action against
ebrated here May 1.
Powers, a U-2 pilot, was shot an enemy of the United States and
down on a reconnaissance mission whose conduct during captivity was
over the former Soviet Union May honorable. The National Defense
1, 1960, and was held prisoner for Service Medal is awarded for hontwo years. This incident strained orable active military service as a
r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e U n i t e d member of the armed forces of the
United States.
States and the former Soviet Union
"I want to thank the Powers
and is widely regarded as one of
the most important events in Cold family for allowing us to recognize
Frank's contributions. It's so imporWar history.
O n t h e 4 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f tant for the nation to remember hePowers' fateful mission, his son, roes and what they contributed to
Francis Gary Powers Jr., soared n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y, " s a i d J o a n
above 70,000 feet in the back seat Dempsey, director of Central Intelligence for Community Manageof a U-2ST piloted by Lt. Col.
Bryan Anderson, commander of the ment, who presented the posthumous awards to the Powers family.
1st Reconnaissance Squadron.
While many of the activities
The ﬂight was followed by a
recognized the history of the U-2
ceremony in which the Powers family accepted the Air Force Distin- p r o g r a m a n d P o w e r s ' a c h i e v e guished Flying Cross, Department ments, speakers seized this event
of Defense Prisoner of War Medal as an opportunity to highlight the
a n d N a t i o n a l D e f e n s e S e r v i c e U-2's ongoing importance.
"The U-2 program is one of the
Medal in the senior Powers' honor.

Airman 1st Class Kevin Brennan
9th Reconnaissance Wing
Public Affairs

... continuing efforts to upgrade the military
utility of our systems that use GPS, and is supported by threat assessments which conclude
that setting SA to zero at this time would have
minimal impact on national security."
The president also indicated that future
threats could be dealt with by applying SA on
a regional basis as needed. "We have demonstrated the capability to selectively deny GPS
signals on a regional basis when our security is
threatened," Clinton said.
Originally developed by the Department of
Defense as a military system, GPS is now used
around the world in many applications, including air, road, marine, and rail navigation, telecommunications and emergency response.

Brig. Gen. Kevln Chilton presents the Distinguished Flying Cross to the family
of Capt. Francis Gary Powers during the May Day ceremony honoring the Cold
War hero. (Courtesy photo)
best government and corporate
sponsored pregrams the U.S. has
ever produced," Dempsey said.
"The U-2 was designed, developed
and ﬁrst ﬂew in the shadow of the
Cold War. But it outlasted the Soviet Union, and today, from Korea
to Kosovo, the U-2 is still providing the vital intelligence that's necessary to protect U.S. lives and to
promote U.S. interests."
"(It's) amazing, over 40 years
ago, Francis Gary Powers Sr., ﬂew
that mission over Russia. And today we're still ﬂying this aircraft
-- highly modiﬁed and providing
critical intelligence both to our national command authorities, and to
our war ﬁghters around the world,"
said Brig. Gen. Kevin Chilton, 9th

gional telemicroscopy centers
among four regional medical
institutions."
"Success in the 21st century -- in nearly all ﬁelds -will depend on the ability to
collaborate electronically," said
Hague. "While the Department
of Defense is speciﬁcally interested in this technology to support ballistic missile defense,
there are numerous potential
civilian applications, primarily
in education and the medical
ﬁeld.
"We will be looking at us-

Reconnaissance Wing commander
" B u t t o d a y, w h a t w e ' r e a l l
about is honoring Frank Powers
Sr., and the service he did for the
United States of America. The
mind still boggles at what we asked
this gentleman and his teammates
to do back in the late 1950s, to literally ﬂy over downtown Moscow
in an aircraft very similar to the
one you see here today -- alone,
unarmed and unafraid -- an incredible feat.
"Powers suffered the rigors of
being a prisoner of war, the Cold
Wa r, a w a r t h a t w e w o n , a w a r
that had many casualties and prisoners. And to come back with his
head held high knowing that he did
exactly what was asked of him."

records and high quality radiology information across a virtual network with complete security," Hague said.
ing advanced networks and exThe government's NGI
panded bandwidth for intelli- program, under which the Degent archiving, which is the partment of Defense will instoring of medical information vest $50 million, is part of an
and the ability to access dis- interagency effort to advance
tributed medical records accu- networking technologies and
rately," Hague said. 'The other new applications through demajor ﬁeld is teleradiology,
ployment of national-scale
where x-rays and MRIs can be testbeds that are vastly suarchived and accessed by a p e r i o r t o t o d a y ' s I n t e r n e t .
medical expert somewhere else F i r s t d e m o n s t r a t e d b y t h e
for an interpretation and diag- m i l i t a r y i n t h e 1 9 7 0 s ,
Internet technology is the
nosis."
"A primary goal for medi- foundation of today's military
and commercial network syscal purposes will be to develop
the ability to access patient tems.

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PAUL A. BRYAN
MARC C. MESCHER

BRIG. GEN.
CHARLES E. "CHUCK" YEAGER
A E R O S PA C E E D U C AT I O N
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
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MAJ GILBERT L GAVITT
MAJ DONALD A HAARUP
MAJ RUSSELL N SHELLHAMMER
LT COL RICHARD P SWANSON

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MAJ THEO P SHAFER
LT COL JOSEPH ROCK PALERMO
MAJ ANDREW B FELIX
MAJ DONALD A HAARUP
MAJ JOHN A TARPY
MAJ ROBERT G BERRINGTON
CAPT STEPHEN J MARSDEN
MAJ STEVEN B RITTER
MAJ RODERICK L O'FLAHERTY

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LTCOL BRYAN J. SEALE
SR MBR LARRY MOORE
SR MBR PATRICIA A.L. FACQUET
CAPT HENRY L. ROJAS
SR MBR KATHLEEN DIXON
CAPT STEPHEN DIXON
2ND LT ALBERT HENDERSON
2ND LT HELEN HENDERSON
1 ST LT DARLENE J. BENJAMIN
2ND LT DAVID W, BENJAMIN
CAPT THOMAS SODEMAN
2ND LT THOMAS L, URBAN
CAPT STEPHEN GARA
MAJ JULIO A. CHACON
CAPT JERRY L, DENSMORE
FO MICHAEL S. JOHNSON
2ND LT MICHAEL MAJOR
SR MBR THOMAS J, MUTH
SR MBR ANTHONY STEENSGAARD
CAPT DANIEL R. WILCOX

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BILLY M. DANIEL
DANIEL E. UPSHAWN
BRANDI L. HARRIS
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SHAUN E. MURPHY
RAYMOND M. JARBOE
BRIAN J. FRESEMAN
PATRIX H DUENAS
TREY STARNES
GORDON A. MARTY
BRENT T. MITCHELL
JARED D. FUSSELMAN
NATALEY S. RISNER
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NEMECHET OTERO
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JUAN SANCHF-.Z
JASON W. THOM
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GREGORY A. CHAPLIN
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CAPT STEVEN P SCHULTZ
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CAPT VERNON D NELSON
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CAPT GREGORY A HOAG
CAPT SUSAN H FAULKNER
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CAPTAIN ROY A. KAUER, CAP, DISTINGUISI"I/I~
HIMSELF BY C O N S P I C U O U S , H E R O I C A C T ~
ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1999. WH LE DR V NG' ~"
HOME FROM THE CARD AIRPORT AT 10:15
PM, CAPTAIN KAUER NOTICED A MOBILE
HOME ON FIRE. HE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED
THE FIRE AND TOLD THE DISPATCHER THAT
HE WAS GOING TO ENTER THE HOME TO
ENSURE THERE WAS NO ONE INSIDE. WITH
COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN
PERSONAL SAFETY, CAPTAIN KAUER KICKED
IN THE FRONT DOOR AND ENTERED THE
BURNING TRAILER, CALLING OUT FOR
OCCUPANTS. HE REMAINED IN THE LIVING
ROOM UNTIL DRIVEN OUT BY THE FLAMES
AND SMOKE. CAPTAIN KAUER THEN WENT
TO THE BACK DOOR, AND AGAIN ENTERED
THE DWELLING, CALLING OUT FOR OCCUPANTS, AGAIN HE WAS DRIVEN OUT BY
FLAMES AND SMOKE, UNABLE TO RE-ENTER,
HE WAITED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,

~Ii~ECTING TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE AREA
B~-~ USE OF A 500 GALLON FUEL TANK AND
A ~OPANE TANK ADJACENT TO THE HOME.
DURING THIS TIME, THE FATHER OF THE
OCCUPANTS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND
FEARING THE WORST, BECAME DISTRAUGHT. CAPTAIN KAUER CALMED HIM,
NOTING THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN THE
DRIVEWAY, AND THAT NO ONE ANSWERED
HIM WHEN HE CALLED OUT. AT THAT TIME,
THE OCCUPANTS RETURNED HOME TO FIND
THEIR HOME ENGULFED WITH FLAMES,
REMAINING ON THE SCENE CAPTAIN KAUER
OFFERED HIS ASSISTANCE AND COMFORT
WHILE THE FIREMEN WORKED TO BRING
THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. CAPTAIN
KAUER'S QUICK THINKING, HEROIC ACTION,
AND COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN
PERSONAL SAFETY REFLECTS GREAT
CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE MICHIGAN
WING, AND CIVIL AIR PATROL

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Nationwide
Reporting achievements of CAP members
scientists must understand cryogenics when
selecting materials to use
in outer space. In space,
the side of a craft facing
the sun can reach over
100 degrees Fahrenheit,
but the side away from
the sun may go down to
as low as minus 400
degrees.
Other modern
applications for cryogenics, according to
McClellan, exist in
electronic, industrial and
medical settings.
2nd Lt. Paul Monaco
CONNECTICUT -Members of ﬁve Connecticut
Wing squadrons came
together with members of the
Connecticut Army National
Guard for a search and rescue
exercise.
The exercise involved
training and practice in
locating the source of emergency Iocator transmitter
signals.
Eight cadets and two
senior members of the 169th
Composite Squadron were
assigned to locate the source
of one ELT signal by mission
headquarters personnel at
Brainard Airport in Hartford,
Conn.
The 10 followed the signal
to Storrs, Conn., and stopped
to take readings periodically as
they tried to track down the
source. They travelled west of
the University of Connecticut
campus, then lost the signal.
They then returned to the
agricultural area of the campus
for additional readings and to
wait for headquarters to
assess the situation and offer
further instructions.
After pursuing the signal
and getting assistance from
headquarters, the team got
news that a team from the
103rd Composite Squadron
found the source minutes
away.
Once they arrived at the
site, participants rendered ﬁrst
aid and arranged transport
away from the site.
The exercise was concluded after everyone returned
to mission headquarters.
The 169th squadron
cadets who participated were:

NEW YORK -Several members of the
New York Wing's Finger
Lakes Group joined other
emergency services
groups in a search and rescue
exercise at a Boy Scout camp
in Naples, N.Y.
About 45 Finger Lakes
Group members participated in
the weekend exercise at Camp
Cutler, along with K-9 units
from the Ontario County
Sheriff's Department and the
Massasauga Search and
Rescue Team.
The exercise was hosted
by the Canandaigua Composite Squadron of Canandaigua,
New York.
Those who participated
received training in several
areas. The training began on a
Friday evening with instruction
on ﬁrst aid, safety, communication and team equipment
needs from Capt. Robert Frost.

Cadets from Connecticut Wing's 169th Composite Squadron apply
ﬁrst aid to a simulated crash victim during a search and rescue
exercise with the Connecticut Army National Guard.
Airman Dave Gacek; Airmen
1st Class Daniel Turek and
Brandon Lanier; Senior Airman
Joel Grout; Staff Sgts. Matthew
LeRoux and Robert Allen;
Tech. Sgt. Stephen Magurany;
and Master Sgt. Allison
Gawlinski.
The seniors who participated were Capt. Jeanne
Magurany and Senior Master
Sgt. Gerry Guay.
Senior Master Sgt. Gerry Guay
MASSACHUSETTS -- A
15-year-old cadet of the Essex
County Composite Squadron
won ﬁrst place in two different
contests during the Massachusetts Wing Conference held in
Pittsﬁeld, Mass.
Cadet 2nd Lt. Victoria
Britton won a ﬁrst place trophy
for a hand-sewn quilt in the
ﬁrst of the competitions, and
then for an essay she submitted for the second competition.
The quilt, which Britton
started in midsummer 1999,
had scenes which depicted the
three missions of CAP: cadet
programs, aerospace education and emergency services.
The essay contest topic
was "CAP in the 20th Century."
Britton, a freshman at
Andover High School, also
won second prize during last
year's wing speech competition and third prize in the
region competition.
Capt. Antoinette Fischer
NEW YORK -- Members

of two squadrons were invited
to attend a demonstration on
cryogenics hosted by the TAK
Composite Squadron.
TAK squadron members
invited members of the
Lockport Cadet and Niagara
Falls Composite squadrons to
attend the demonstrations on
the "Cold, Cold Wodd of
Cryogenics."
Robert A. McClellan,
technologist at the control
systems engineering department of Praxair, Inc. gave the
hour-long demonstration on
the science of cryogenics.
During the presentation,
McClellan used visual demonstrations of the effect of
extreme cold on ordinary
objects.
McClellan said that

Cadet Airmen Andrew Szarek and Jonathan Hark of Massachusetts Wing's TAK Composite Squadron discuss cryogenics
with Robert A. McClell:n of Praxair, Inc. during a presentation
on the "Cold, Cold World of Cryogenics."

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On Saturday, Cadet
Master Sgts. Jeff Radcliffe and
Jason Frost taught members
how to build emergency
shelters. Capt. Steve Skrabut
gave instruction on navigation
skills. 1st Lts. John Bradley
and Rick Deschau provided
instruction on methods for
conducting team searches and
ground-to-air signals.
Robert Frost and Maj.
Mark Jones trained others on
extraction equipment and dryriver crossing methods.
Throughout the day,
aircrews practiced locating
emergency Iocator transmitters
and interacted with and
responded to the ground-to-air
signals laid out during the
day's classes.
Ground team members
concluded the day's exercises
by participating in a night
exercise.
On Sunday morning, the
canine teams joined in the
exercises. Deputy Sheriff John
Peck of the Ontario County
Sheriff's Department brought
dogs Rosie and Penny, and
Bob Brody and John Grifﬁth
brought dog Cory from the
Massasauga Search and
Rescue Team.
The canine units provided
instruction on the use of dogs
in search and rescue operations. Each team's dogs then
demonstrated their abilities
and quickly found a person in
hiding.
Both demonstrations
illustrated the value of properly
trained dogs working as part of
the search and rescue effort.
PENNSYLVANIA -- An
all-out communications
campaign conducted by
members of the Erie Composite Squadron resulted in
increased community awareness and membership numbers.
The squadron gained 30
members after their latest
communications campaign.
The campaign goals were: to
create community awareness
of the squadron, to educate
the community on the mission
of CAP and to recruit new
members.
The entire squadron of 12
cadets and 19 seniors were
asked to help during the onemonth campaign. The local
high school guidance counselors were contacted and told
about the squadron and an
open house they planned. A
recruiting station was setup at
a local shopping mall and a

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front page feature article
focused on the squadron prior
to the open house.
The open house was held
in a hangar provided by North
Coast Air, a major supporter of
Erie CAP units. The
squadron's new Cessna 172R
was on display in the hangar.
More than 65 people
attended the open house. After
an overview of the features
and beneﬁts of joining CAP,
squadron cadets and seniors
shared their personal views
and experiences they've had
with CAP.
Squadron members say
they met all three of their goals
and recruited 25 new cadets
and ﬁve seniors.
Capt. Ronal S. Mangine

MARYLAND -- Eight
members of the Prince
George's Composite Squadron
toured the National Security
Agency's Cryptology Museum
in Fort Meade, Md.
A group of four cadets
and four senior members from
the Prince George's Composite Squadron, including
Maryland Wing Emergency
Services Ofﬁcer Major John
Kilgallon, visited the NSA
Cryptology Museum to get
both a glimpse into ou"
country's past and a look at
what our friends in the intelligence community do. Capt.
Bob Turner of Prince George's
Squadron planned the trip.
On the morning of the
tour, Kilgallon led the group.
The group was treated to a
two-hour tour of the premises,
including static displays of two
of the aircraft types that NSA
used in the past for the
gathering of intelligence data.
Some of the displays in the
museum included the U2
reconnaissance aircraft ﬂown
by Francis Gary Powers, and
the German ENIGMA machine
used during World War I1.

Interactive displays were also
present to give visitors handson experience with new and
old intelligence equipment.
MARYLAND -- A cadet
from the Carroll Composite
Squadron was selected as the
Maryland Wing cadet of the
year.
Cadet Lt. Col. Brandy
Malachowski of Hampstead,
Md., received the honors at the
Maryland Wing conference.
She is an honor student in her
junior year at North Carroll
High School and is the Carroll
squadron's cadet commander.
Malachowski hopes to
major in physics in college and
then become an Air Force jet
pilot.
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Eleven members of the
Carroll Composite Squadron in
Westminster, Md., participated
in a weekend search and
rescue training session at
Hawk Mountain Ranger School
near Reading, Pa.
During the weekend, the
squadron members participated in outdoor exercises and
lectures on such topics as
search patterns, navigation
and compass reading.
The cadets who participated were: Airman 1st Class
Jason Zabetakis; Senior
Airmen Matt Ensor, Pat LeDuc,
Chris Livermoore, Jeremy
Moore and Jonathon Sutton;
Staff Sgts. Daniel Cook and
Logan Wolf; Tech. Sgt. Brian
Wolf; and 2nd Lt. Dave Wolf.
The victims for the search
and rescue exercise were
members of a Boy Scout troop
from Olney, Md., who pretended to be lost for the
exercise.
Donna Jordana
NORTH CAROLINA -The commander of North
Carolina Wing's Group 2
retired after more than 11
years in the position.
After 24 years in CAP and
two terms as Group 2 commander, Lt. Col. Tony E.
Wright retired.
Wright joined CAP in
1974. During his career, he
served in a number of squadron- and group-level positions
which included: squadron
public affairs, leadership and
activities ofﬁcer; squadron
commander; group public
affairs ofﬁcer; group deputy
commander.
During his time as group
commander, he earned both

Cadet Matthew Draper of the Virginia Wing's Prince William
Composite Squadron poses with U.S. Air Force Gen. John
Gordon, deputy director of central intelligence for the CIA.
Gordon presented Draper the Gen. Billy Mitchell Award.
unit citation and meritorious
service awards.
Wright also served in
several North Carolina Wing
staff positions and as an
instructor in several CAP
ﬁelds. He has also received
the Gill Robb Wilson Award.
Maj. Tony Dale Bass
VIRGINIA -- The deputy
director of the U. S. Central
Intelligence Agency presented
an award to a cadet of the
Prince William Composite
Squadron.
U.S. Air Force Gen. John
Gordon presented the Gen.
Billy Mitchell Award to Cadet
2nd Lt. Matthew D. Draper of
Manassas, Va.
Draper joined the squadron in 1997. He is currently a
sophomore at James Madison
University. He received the
award while home for spring
break.
Other guests at the
awards ceremony included:
Deborah Dunn Draper, the
cadet's mother; Lt. Col.
William D. Draper, squadron
leadership ofﬁcer; Lt. Col.
Jennifer Toigo, squadron
deputy commander for cadets;
and 2nd Lt. Walter Donath,
squadron cadet programs
ofﬁcer.
The ceremony was
coordinated by the CIA's ofﬁce

of protocol at the request of a
Prince William squadron
member who works at the CiA
headquarters at Langley, Va.
Lt. Col. William D. Draper
VIRGINIA -- Hundreds of
Middle East Region members
gathered in Williamsburg, Va.,
for the annual region miniconference.
Conference guests
included: Brig. Gen. James
Bobick, CAP national commander; Col. Gene Hartman,
Middle East Region commander; Charles Glass, Middle
East Region chief of staff; Col.
non Quander, Middle East
Region vice commander; and
Lt. Col. John Grigsby, U.S. A~r
Force region liaison ofﬁcer.
Bobick discussed the
three missions of CAP and
described the current cadet
and senior programs.
After a morning break,
awards were presented and a
skit was held to illustrate the
dangers of using inhalants.
At the end of the general
assembly, everyone was
invited to move to the parking
lot for a demonstration by the
honor guard. Part of the
performance included Lt. Col.
Ray Lyon, Middle East Region
deputy commander and
emergency services ofﬁcer,
standing in the middle of a

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riﬂe-tossing demonstration.
The conference used a
new format after the lunch
break. In the past, break-out
seminars were held for those
interested in speciﬁc areas.
This time, however, region
staff members set up booths
with information and remained
at the booth to answer questions and distribute information.
Awards were presented
during the evening banquet.
Cadets who received
awards were: 2nd Lts. Kevin R.
Writt and Benjamin N. Kimes,
West Virginia Wing, Gen. Billy
Mitchell Award; Stacy L.
Englert, Virginia Wing,
commander's commendation;
Lt. Col. Marshall T. McGurk,
South Carolina, honor cadet;
Col. John W. Hedrick, Delaware, cadet of the year; and
Col. Jonathon Dodd, West
Virginia, Gen. Carl A. Spaatz
Award.
Senior members who
received awards were: Lt. Col.
Lucy H. Davis, North Carolina,
administration ofﬁcer of the
year; 1st Lt. Robert J. DeVere,
West Virginia, aerospace
education ofﬁcer of the year;
Maj. Arlie Watson, Maryland,
unit chaplain of the year; Lt.
Col. Robert J. Magee Jr.,
National Capital Wing, senior
wing chaplain of the year; Lt.
Col. David E. Crawford,
communications ofﬁcer of the
year; Capt. Harold Bishop,
Maryland, historian of the year;
Lt. Col. Linda J. Utting,
Virginia, public affairs ofﬁcer of
the year; Lt. Col. Mildred L.
Dragonir, West Virginia,

personnel ofﬁcer of the year;
and 1st Lt. Gordon E. Long Jr.,
Virginia, safety ofﬁcer of the
year.
Also during the banquet,
the cadet speak-off winners
repeated their winning
speeches. The winners were:
Lt. Col. Charles Wille, Maryland, impromptu category; 2nd
Lt. Francis Zaborowski,
Virginia, basic category; and
Airman Scott Simmerman,
South Carolina, advanced
category.
Lt. Col. Linda J. Utting
VIRGINIA -- Fifteen
cadets from two Virginia Wing
squadrons came together for a
ﬁeld training exercise at Fort
Eustice, Va.
Nine cadets from Langley
Composite Squadron and six
from Newport News Composite
Squadron participated in the
weekend exercise.
The exercise began on a
Friday evening with the cadets
setting up camp and then
having a ﬁre-starting class.
On Saturday, cadets
attended litter and orienteering
classes, which included
obstacle leadership reactionary courses.
Saturday night, the cadets
worked their way through the
night navigation course. The
goal was to ﬁnd an injured
victim, then transport that
person to safety.
Moral leadership and
emergency Iocator transmitter
training was held on Sunday.
After the cadets found the
ELT, they transported another
crash survivor to safety.
Food for the
event was
provided by
squadron senior
members.
Maj. John
Grubb

VIRGINIA -Twelve senior
members of the
Newport News
Composite
Squadron visited
the Norfolk
International
Airport's control
tower and radar
approach control
facility.
Upon arrival,
the tour group
was briefed by
Cadet Jon Nikkel of the Virginia Wing's Michael Clark,
Clinch Valley Composite Squadron takes a the senior
ride in a Stokes litter during a search and controller and a
member of the
rescue ﬁeld exercise,

Tidewater Composite Squadron. Clark spoke on the
operation of the two facilities,
how aircraft are controlled at
the airport, and Norfolk
airport's radar coverage of the
Virginia and North Carolina,
including the altitudes they
control.
The senior members were
then briefed on career opportunities with the Federal Aviation
Administration.
After the brieﬁngs, the
group was led on a tour of
each facility, which included
the tower, where the group
watched planes takeoff and
land.
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The commander of
Virginia Wing's Group 5
presented the Amelia Earhart
and Gen. Billy Mitchell awards
to cadets from the Newport
News Composite Squadron
during a regular squadron
meeting.
Lt. Col. Richard Caton
presented the Earhart award to
Cadet Capt. Ted German.
After presenting the award,
Caton encouraged German to
keep working hard and to
complete the requirements for
the Eaker award.
Caton presented the
Mitchell award to Cadet 2nd Lt.
Daniel Tomaino.
The awards were presented at the squadron's
headquarters at the Newport
News/Williamsburg International Airport.
Maj. Robert I. George
VIRGINIA -- Several
members of the Clinch Valley
Composite Squadron participated in a one-day search and
rescue exercise at the
Tazewell County Airport.
Senior members who
participated were: Maj. Pat
Beavers, 1st Lt. Phil Mohon,
Angela Kee, Buford Cordle,
Chuck Nikkel, Jerry Richardson, John Taylor, B. J. Smith,
n.J. Patton and special guest
Capt. Kenneth Johnson.
Cadets who participated
included: Cassie Sparks, Jon
Nikkel, Jeremy Richardson
and Chris Hale.
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Members of the Clinch
Valley Composite Squadron
had an opportunity to learn
about helicopters during a
presentation on ﬂight physiology.
Capt. Kenneth C. Johnson
of Lone Eagle Aviation

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Services, spoke to the squadron members about helicopter
ﬂight services and physiology.
Following the presentation, members had the
opportunity to do a preﬂight
inspection on a Bell Helicopter
that was at Tazewell County
Airport temporarily.
Maj. Pat Beavers

KENTUCKY -- The
commander of the Campbell
County Composite Squadron
pinned solo wings on a cadet
during a squadron meeting.
Cadet 1st Lt. Michael
Strady ﬂew a Cessna 150 from
Lunken Airport in Cincinnati to
his home airport in Kentucky.
He went directly from the
airport to the squadron
meeting, during which 1st Lt.
Tim Henn, squadron commander, presented him with
solo wings.
Strady is the Campbell
County squadron's cadet
commander, as well as the
squadron's primary representative to the Kentucky Wing
cadet advisory council.
Strady was the recipient of
the squadron's ﬁrst Albert J.
Enzweiler Memorial Flight
Scholarship, which is a
scholarship donated by
squadron pilots.
The Einzweiler scholarship helps defray the cost of
ﬂight training through the ﬁrst
solo.
2nd Lt. Mary Pranger
KENTUCKY -- The
Golden Armor Composite
Squadron held a change of
command ceremony at
Godman Army Airﬁeld.
The ceremony was
attended by squadron members, their family, friends
representatives of the Kentucky and North Carolina Wing
staffs, and local Navy and
Army units.
Guests of honor were:

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Col. John Price, Kentucky
Wing commander; Lt. Col.
Kolin Lester, Kentucky Wing
U.S. Air Force Liaison Ofﬁcer;
Lt. Col. Chris Mayer, U.S.
Army Reserve's 100th Infantry
Division; and retired Air Force
ofﬁcer Lt. Col. Keith Green.
During the ceremony,
command was ofﬁcially passed
from Lt. Col. Albert Carter,
acting commander, to
Mortenson, a Iongtime CAP
member.
Mortenson ﬁrst joined
CAP in 1976 as a cadet in a
North Dakota Wing squadron.
He graduated from Dakota
Aero College in 1984, then
worked for several aviation
contractors in the U.S. and
Venezuela.
Mortenson is married and
has four children, the oldest of
whom is a CAP cadet.
Capt. Jayson Altieri
OHIO --Cadets from
across Ohio gathered at the
Clarion Hotel in Columbus for
the 2000 Ohio Cadet Conference.
The weekend conference
was sponsored by the Ohio
Wing Cadet Advisory Council
and included leadership labs,
intensive aerospace studies,
interactive forums and presentations from guest speakers.
The cadet staff arrived
Friday night for the ﬁnal staff
orientation. The cadets on staff
were an essential part of the
conference and served in
positions which ranged from
seminar leaders to security
team leaders.
The cadet executive staff
was made up of: Lt. Cols.
Amanda Colleary and Jeff
French and Maj. Steve Jones.
The senior conference
coordinator was 1st Lt. Cynthia
Jones.
On Saturday the cadet
attendees arrived. During the
day they attended classes on
public speaking, Ohio Wing
emergency services and other
opportunities within the wing
cadet programs.
Saturday evening a
semiformal banquet and dance
were held. The guest speaker
for the banquet was retired
U.S. Army Col. Ernest Hollo,
who spoke on self sacriﬁce.
After the meal, awards
were presented, followed by a
dance.
The conference concluded
Sunday after breakfast and
moral leadership training
sessions.
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OHIO-- An award '
established by two senior
members of the Clermont
County Composite Squadron
in memory of a former cadet
was presented at the 2000
Ohio Cadet Conference.
The Adam F. Shively
Memorial Emergency Services
Award was presented to Cadet
Maj. Steve Jones during the
2000 Ohio Cadet Conference,
held in February at the Clarion
Hotel in Columbus.
The award was established by Capts. Steve and
Sylvia Shively of the Clermont
squadron in memory of their
son, a former Clermont County
Composite Squadron cadet
commander who passed away
in October 1997.
According to 1st Lt. Tom
Johnson, Clermont County
squadron public affairs ofﬁcer,
when Cadet 1st Lt. Adam
Shively passed away, "not only
did the cadets lose a great
friend and commander, but the
squadron lost a great cadet."
To keep his memory and
mission alive, the parents are
presenting annually the
Shively award to one cadet in
the Ohio Wing who demonstrates the most dedication to
the emergency services
program through active
participation in EMS activities.
The award included a
plaque and a $200 check to be
used toward any national
activity, including the International Air Cadet Exchange
program.
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Three cadet ofﬁcers from
the Clermont County Composite Squadron participated in
the 2000 Ohio Wing Cadet
Conference held in Columbus.
Cadets Capts. Steve Boan
and Josh Raake, and 2nd Lt.
Jason Vinson represented the
Clermont County squadron at
the weekend conference.
During the ﬁrst few
sessions of the conference,
the three demonstrated that
they can work as a team with
other cadets in order to
accomplish more than they
could alone.
With help from Cadet
Warne of the Columbus Cadet
Squadron, they created an
aerodynamic vehicle they
called "X-39."
After the creation of the
vehicle, the three cadets went
on to other subjects and
learned all that they could so
they could share it with the rest
of the Clermont County cadets.

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In the evening, the cadets
attended a semiformal awards
banquet with a guest speaker,
followed by an awards ceremony and a dance.
According to 1st Lt. Tom
Johnson, the conference not
only gave cadets several
opportunities to learn, but also
gave cadets the chance to
"maintain proper customs and
courtesies while performing to
the best of their abilities."
1st Lt. Tom Johnson
WISCONSIN -- High
winds hampered a weekend
search and rescue training
exercise held at the Dodge
County, Wis. airport.
Members of the Col. R.C.
Jaye Composite Squadron
served as hosts for the event,
during which nine aircraft and
seven ground teams from
central and south Wisconsin
participated, along with one
team from Illinois.
During the ﬁrst day of the
exercise, the aircraft were
called back to the airport
base due to wind gusts up to
42 mph. Ground teams,
however, continued the
search exercises until late
Saturday afternoon.
Speciﬁc areas of training
included radio operations, airto-ground search techniques,
electronic searches using
direction-ﬁnding equipment,
emergency Iocator transmitter,
and searches with dogs.
Searches were conducted
in Jefferson, Dodge, Rock,
Sheboygan, Winnabego and
Columbus counties.
The annual ground
operations award for the best
team went to the members of
the Waukesha Composite
Squadron. They had 16
members on the ground team
and four on the aircrews.
Capt. Paul Hertel
WISCONSIN -- Model
plane builders from Iowa,
Wisconsin and Minnesota
gathered at the La Crosse,
Wis., Municipal Airport for a
model plane-building contest
sponsored by the La Crosse
Composite Squadron.
The contest, designed to
promote model building and
aviation, was broken down into
several categories, which
included: historical and
modern and space craft. Each
category was then divided into
three age groups.
2nd Lt. Joseph
Immerman, senior contest
leader and model builder, said

the activity introduced the
cadets to model building and
helped promote aviation in
general.
Prizes for the winners
were donated by a local hobby
shop, and the squadron
provided trophies, medals and
certiﬁcates.
La Crosse squadron
cadets were involved in the
event, which also helped
increase community awareness of CAP.
Maj. Stuart Mcllraith

FLORIDA -- British and
American youth were brought
together by their interest in
aviation during the 26th Annual
Sun 'n Fun Fly-in held in
Lakeland, Fla.
Hundreds of aircraft of all
types and a total of more than
900,000 people participated in
the week-long aviation event at
the Lakeland-Linder Municipal
Airport.
The ﬂy-in featured a full
spectrum of aircraft, ranging
from the newest to the historical. Visitors had an up-close
look at the past and the future,
military and civilian, luxury and
bare bones, all at one show.
Members of the Lakeland
Senior and 8089th CAP
squadrons worked together to
provide logistical support for
the various CAP participants.
They were joined by about 30
cadets and senior members
from Atlanta, Ca, under the
command of Maj. Roy Good.
Lt. Col. Gene Patterson
headed the CAP mission
operation, assisted by Capt.
Raymond Spengler, who also
served as ﬂight line ofﬁcer.
Peterson has served as a Sun
'N Fun volunteer for more than
25 years, and was able to get
his squadron involved in more
than half of those years.
During the week of the
event, a CAP ground team,
under the leadership of 1st Lt.

Don Smith, located more than
ﬁve emergency Iocator
transmitters which were left
turned on in aircraft in and
around the airport.
Smith also monitored
radio communications around
the clock.
2nd Lt. Alex de Quesada
directed the public affairs
efforts during the event, during
which a recruitment tent was
erected and more than 550
CAP brochures and ﬂyers were
distributed.
A Cessna 172 from the
Gainesville Composite
Squadron was put on display
next to the tent for the week.
CAP members from around the
country stopped in and visited
the tent and display, and two
World War II-era members
came and expressed a desire
to rejoin.
During the week there
were a few accidents, ranging
from a moving plane that
clipped the wing of a parked
PT-17 Stearmann to a nonfatal
crash of a light aircraft near
the ﬁeld. A helicopter was also
overturned as it was preparing
to land, and the pilot, who was
rushed to the airport, suffered
minor injuries.
During the week of the ﬂyin, Good and Peterson
presented a plaque to Mr.
Gleim of Gleim's Publications
in appreciation for his contributions to aerospace education.
A book entitled, 'qhe
Royal Air Force Over Florida"
was presented to the British
commander of the Royal Air
Force cadets on behalf of the
Lakeland and 8089th squadrons. The book was written by
a senior member of the
8089th.
The British cadets, under
command of Royal Air Force
Flight Lt. Cliff Mullins, have
been attending the Sun 'n Fun
Fly-in for more than 10 years.
Many British cadets have paid
their own way across the
Atlantic for the event.
The CAP and Royal Air
Force cadets stood out among
the crowds because of their
military-style uniforms. They
worked together to perform
services such as recording
aircraft tail numbers, providing
assistance in crowd and trafﬁc
control, and in emergency
services.
2nd Lt. A. M. de Quesada
FLORIDA -- Ten cadets
and senior members of the
Lantana-Lake Worth Cadet
Squadron attended the Florida

Wing, Group 6 awards
banquet.
The squadron's color
guard opened the event with
the posting of colors.
Guests for the event
included Col. Antonio Pineda,
Florida Wing commander, and
Lt. Col. Robert Masiker,
Florida Wing director of cadet
programs.
Awards were presented to
the following cadets: Chief
Master Sgt. Thomas Miller,
Group 6, Phase II outstanding
cadet; 2nd Lt. Dylan McVeigh,
Group 6, Phase III outstanding
cadet; and Lt. Col. Brian
Aguila, Group 6 cadet of the
year.
Commander's commendations were presented to each
member of the 1999 color
guard for their work during the
last year. Color guard members were: Master Sgt.
Jaqueline Broedell, Senior
Master Sgt. Erin Killian, Chief
Master Sgt. Thomas Miller,
Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Obranic
and Senior Airman Hans
Sharp.
1st Lt. Edithgail Miller,
Lantana-Lake Worth squadron
commander, accepted the
Group 6 1999 squadron of
merit award for the squadron.
1st Lt. David C. Leaﬁ
FLORIDA -- A cadet from
the Boca Raton Cadet Squadron was accepted into the U.S.
Air Force Academy.
Angelia Silicato, who will
go to the academy as part of
the Class of 2004, is a senior
at St. Andrews High School in
Boca Raton, Fla., and is active
in several extracurricular
activities.
Some of the organizations
she was involved in and
positions she held during high
school included: Model United
Nations, president; varsity
cheerleading squad, captain;
Boca Raton Youth Service
Council, president; Key Club,
chapter treasurer; and gymnastics team member.
She joined CAP in 1998
and served as Boca Raton
squadron ﬁrst sergeant and
cadet commander.
Silicato decided she
wanted to attend the Air Force
Academy early on in high
school, after she talked with a
representative from the
academy and read some of the
literature he gave her.
"1 believe that the academy is a place where a
person's potential can be
turned into a reality," she wrote

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in an essay she submitted with
her application for the academy. "1 would like to be part of
that reality, to contribute, and
to become an ofﬁcer of the Air
Force."
Silicato plans on studying
biochemistry, and was also
attracted to the Air Force
Academy because they offer it
as a major.
Silicato's father, 1st Lt.
Paul Silicato, is the squadron's
logistics ofﬁcer and served in
the Air Force.
Her grandfather served in
the U.S. Army Air Corps.
GEORGIA -- The Georgia
Wing's 1999 cadet squadron
of the year award was presented to the Powder Springs
Cadet Squadron at the
Georgia Wing conference.
About 300 people attended the conference at
Warner Robins Air Force
Base, near Macon, Ga.
Included in the 300 were
representatives of the various
Georgia units, the Southeastern Region and the U.S. Air
Force.
In 1999, the Powder
Springs squadron was active in
several activities, including:
monthly ﬁeld training exercises; ﬁeld trips to Pope, Eglin,
Warner and Tyndall Air Force
bases, Dobbins Air Reserve
Base, and the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration; and community
service activities.
Capt. Michael Wells
GEORGIA -- A cadet
basic training weekend was
held at the headquarters of the
Gwinnett Composite Squadron
in Lawrenceville, Ga.
The event, which is held
twice a year, was supervised
by Maj. Dan Willmann and 2nd
Lt. Marie Vann.
The training began on a
Friday evening, when cadets
gathered for an introductory
course.
The students were
awakened at 4:30 a.m.
Saturday for physical training.
Subjects of training for the rest
of the day included: customs
and courtesies, uniform wear,
ﬁrst aid and drill.
A pizza party was provided by the senior and cadet
leaders Saturday night.
Cadets began training with
a short march Sunday morning, and concluded with a
teamwork-building exercise.
The cadet staff members
were: 1st Lt. Rachel Meason,

Gwinnett squadron cadet
commander; Capt. Matthew
Israelson; Master Sgt. Jason
Rush; Staff Sgts. Brendan
Fowler and Andy Armento;
Senior Airman Sylvester
d'Agrella; and Airman 1st
Class Andre Ducote.
The cadet students were:
Martha Allen, George Brunner,
Jonathon Harper, Blake
Hoffmeyer, Tyler Jennings,
Jonathon Mercado, Jenna
Onken, Luis Rivera and Glenn
Tanner.
Ist Lt. Tom Schmid
PUERTO RICO -- A
squadron in the Puerto Rico
Wing has changed its designation from a cadet squadron to
a composite squadron and
accepted senior members.
The former Juana Diaz
High School Cadet Squadron
changed to a composite
squadron earlier this year.
The squadron changed its
name and ofﬁcial designation
due to an increase in membership numbers. The squadron
has 140 cadet members and
six senior members.
According to 1st Lt. Maria
Santiago, the secret to building
such big member numbers is
providing the proper motivation.
Maj. Julio A. Chacon
PUERTO RICO -- Fortythree cadets and senior
members passed a ground
team school held by the
Puerto Rico Wing's Group 4.
The school, supervised by
Maj. Julio Chacon, was held in
two separate phases. The ﬁrst
one was held in September
1999 and the second phase
came earlier this year.
During the course,
students learned about mapreading, tracking emergency
Iocator transmitters, communications techniques, ﬁrst aid
and search and rescue.
Ofﬁcials from at least six
different agencies participated
in the school, which was held
at the U.S. Army's Camp
Santiago training facilities in
Salinas, Puerto Rico.
The school's project
ofﬁcers were Chacon and
Capt. EIvin Osorio.
Maj. Ju/io A. Chacon
SOUTH CAROLINA -Two cadets of the Greenville
Cadet Squadron received
appointments to U.S. service
academies.
Cadet 1st Lt. Matt Dahlin
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Members of the Kansas Wing's New Century Composite Squadron pose with the crew of the C130 Hercules that took them on an orientation ﬂight. The C-130 pictured is attached to the
Missouri Air National Guard's 139th Airlift Wing based at Rosecran Memorial Airport in St.
Joseph, Mo. Cadets also heard a brieﬁng on college funds available through the Air National
Guard.
U.S. Air Force Academy at
Colorado Springs, COlOo, and
Lt. Col. Marshall McGurk
received an appointment to the
U.S. Military Academy at West
Point, N.Y.
Both cadets are former
cadet commanders of the
Greenville squadron and have
attended many activities
throughout the United States
while in CAP. Among the
activities they participated in
were: Cadet Ofﬁcer School at
Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.,
leadership school at Seymour
Johnson AFB, N.C., the
National Youth Leadership
Forum in Washington, D.C.,
and various training activities
in South Carolina.
Each of the cadets
participated in actual search
and rescue missions, as well
as community service functions.
Dahlin is a senior at
Mauldin High School in
Mauldin, S.C. His extracurricular activities during high school
included: high school soccer
and swim team; National
Honor Society; coaching a
local elementary school's
intramural soccer and basketball teams; and leading in his
church youth group.
McGurk, a high school
senior, has participated in the

following activities: academic
team captain; student council;
and two years on the wrestling
team. He was also selected
this year's Middle East Region
honor cadet.

MINNESOTA -- Eighteen
members of the Minnesota
Wing heard tips on recognizing
the work of terrorists during a
seminar for emergency
services personnel held at
Minnesota Wing headquarters.
The safety of CAP
members responding to the
mission is a priority. First
responders are frequently the
victims of secondary terrorist
actions; they may be the
intended targets.

"Some terrorist stuff is
designed for public safety
people," said Robert Berg,
certiﬁed trainer for the Minnesota Division of Emergency
Management who taught the
National Fire Academy's
Course on the basics of
terrorist actions for emergency
services. 'q-hey lure them in."
"Even though CAP isn't
directly involved in preventing
or investigating terrorism, we
could ﬁnd ourselves involved
in a search and rescue or
disaster relief situation that's
actually the result of terrorist
action," said Maj. Scott Sinks,
Minnesota Wing emergency
services director. "For our own
safety, we have to be aware of
the possibility ... This training
gives us the information we
need."
Members of the following
Minnesota Wing squadrons
attended the seminar: the St.,
Croix, North Hennepin, St.
Paul, Northwest Minnesota,
Anoka County, Hutchinson and
Worthington Composite
squadrons.
Emergency services
personnel from the Minnesota
Wing headquarters and the
U.S. Air Force Reserves were
also at the seminar.
During the course, the
instructors discussed the

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history of terrorist activity in the
United States, some recent
examples of terroris~n, expected trends in terrorism and
examples of terrorist weapons.
Instructors also described
how to recognize terrorist acts,
scene control, incident
command, tactical considerations, implementing selfprotective measures and
shielding, and addressed
technological hazards.
The course was also
designed to help CAP responders communicate with
the authorities involved in
handling terrorist attacks
These agencies include local
organizations such as ﬁre,
emergency medical services
and law enforcement agencies, as well as federal
agencies such as the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and
the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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Several members of the
St. Croix Composite Squadron
took honors at the Black Cap
Emergency Services College,
held at Red Wing Municipal
Airport in Bay City, Wis.
During the conference,
several search and rescuerelated subjects were discussed and practiced. Some
topics of instruction included
ﬁrst aid, extraction protocols,
compass reading and shelter
construction.
Awards for outstanding
performance during the
conference went to the
following squadron members:
Brett Kubat, fourth highest
cadet in the drill down competition; Colleen Rivard, squadron
senior member, was a part of
the ground team which won
the innovative drill competition;
Meghan EIIwanger was a
member of the team which was
runner-up in the innovative drill
competition; Nate Bliss and
Brent EIIwanger were members of the honor ﬂight, which
also took third place in
innovative drill competition.
In addition to the training,
attendees participated in a
chocolate chip baking contest,
dance, spaghetti dinner and
other social events.
About 123 cadets attended the event.
1st Lt. Deborah Feil
MINNESOTA -- Twentythree members of the Red
Wing Composite Squadron
watched a demonstration by
physics professors from the

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University of Minnesota.
The demonstration was
held at a University of Minnesota auditorium by the "Physics Force," a group of ﬁve
professors who use stunts and
unusual tricks to demonstrate
how physics works in the real
world.
For the show, the professors demonstrated how
atmospheric pressure can
crush a 50-gallon barrel, how
Newton's law works around us
everyday, and how Bernoulli's
Principle affects our everyday
lives.
The physics professors
have taken their show to
Europe and Disney World's
Epcot Center in Orlando, Fla.,
and have been on the television show "Newton's Apple."
Maj. Todd Mandel
MINNESOTA -- Cadets
from three squadrons participated in the Minnesota Wing
stealth poster research
contest.
Col. Kevin Sliwinski,
Minnesota Wing commander,
presented ﬁve prizes to cadets
for their presentation of
research on the F-117A
Nighthawk and B-2 Spirit.
The contest was organized by 2nd Lt. Michael
Derosier and Cadet Scott
Meskimen and held at wing
headquarters. The purpose
was to promote self-study
beyond the basic CAP aerospace text.
The stealth aircraft were
chosen as topics because of
their Iongtime secret status
and late entry into the U.S.
aircraft arsenal.
Lt. Col. Don Mikitta,
Minnesota Wing director of
cadet programs supported the
event and obtained funding for
the prizes of framed and
unframed posters of the
planes, as well as F-117A
keychains.
The cadets researched
the basic speciﬁcations of the
aircraft, then worked to
uncover certain "secrets", such
as information on pilot training,
and the locations of bases
where the aircraft are stationed.
The information obtained
was put together in science fair
exhibition format, in which
cadets put the information they
obtained on posterboards
however they chose. They also
kept a research binder with a
bibliography
Senior members and
family members turned out for

the event.
The contest was divided
into two categories based on
the type and depth of information the cadets looked for. The
categories were "Secret" and
"Top Secret."
The winners of the secret
category were: Ben Banwart,
ﬁrst prize; and James Hartzell,
second prize
Winners of the top secret
category were: Ryan Hilger,
ﬁrst prize; Isaiah Sieg, second
prize; and Ben Hartzell, third
prize.
Mikitta and Derosier were
the judges
The Minnesota Wing
cadet programs staff is
planning a broader aerospace
research contest next.
MISSOURI -- Twenty-four
cadets from nine squadrons
attended the Missouri Wing's
Spring 2000 Cadet Noncommissioned Ofﬁcer school.
The school was held at
the Ike Skelton National Guard
Training Center in Jefferson
City, Mo.
The cadets who received
honors for their performance
during the school included:
Master Sgt. Joel Poindexter,
Lee's Summit Composite
Squadron, the Peer Award,
distinguished cadet for drill
labs 2 and 3; Alex Rodriquez,
Vanguard Composite Squadron, distinguished cadet for
drill lab 1; Staff Sgt. Michael
Richars, River City Composite
Squadron, distinguished cadet
for inspection lab; and Senior
Master Sgt. Andrew Stauffer
Vanguard Composite Squadron, distinguished cadet for
presentation.
The cadets who served as
members of the school's cadet
staff included: 1st Lt. Heather
Woller, cadet commander; and
2nd Lts. Samantha Gilbert,
Lynn Miller, Michelle Myers
and Neil Tornblom.
Senior staff members
were: Capt. Bonnie Myers; 1st
Lt. Connie James; 2nd Lts.
Rob Patterson, Bob Stusse
and Allan Tornblom; and
Christopher Schley, Dana
Stusse and Barb Lewis.
Dana Stusse
MISSOURI -- Members of
the Missouri Wing worked with
members of two other wings
during search and rescue
exercises.
During the exercises,
mission bases were established at the Spirit of St. Louis
and Butler airports. Each base

had different scenarios to work
on.
At the Spirit of St. Louis
Airport, the scenario involved a
lost-person search, electronic
searches using an emergency
transmitter Iocator and
direction-ﬁnding equipment,
and earthquake-damage
assessment ﬂights over the
locks and bridges on the
Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
Thirty-three senior
members and 18 cadets
participated in the Spirit of St.
Louis exercises.
Three of the senior
members were from the Illinois
Wing's Scott Composite
Squadron. One senior was
from the Wisconsin Wing's
Col. R C. Jaye Memorial
Composite Squadron.
Six aircraft and 14
automobiles were available for
the exercise, and 13.5 ﬂight
hours were logged in. All of the
exercise's objectives were
met.
Capt. Paul Hertel
NEBRASKA -- Leadership and aerospace were the
focuses of the Nebraska Wing
Conference held in Grand
Island, Neb.
Col. Barry Bruns, vice
commander of the Nebraska
Air National Guard, former
CAP member and recognized
expert in the ﬁeld of leadership, presented a seminar on
situational leadership About
200 cadets and seniors were
in the audience.
As part of his presentation, Bruns discussed examples of both good and bad
leadership styles and showed
how they could be adjusted to
any situation to provide
effective leadership
Also during the conference, Diane Bartels of Lincoln,
Neb., presented a seminar
concerning the topic of her
book entitled "Sharpie." The
book is about Nebraska-native
Evelyn Sharpe, the ﬁrst female
to ﬂy ﬁghter aircraft during
World War I1.
Various organizations had
displays and/or representatives present during the
conference Some of these
included Cellular One, U.S. Air
Force ROTC, the Nebraska
Air National Guard and the Air
Force Association.
Bruns was also the
featured speaker at the
evening banquet and spoke on
what could be achieved by
those who set goals, stay with
them and stay out of trouble

SOUTH DAKOTA -- A
representative of the Federal
Aviation Administration was
the guest speaker at a safety
meeting hosted by the Rushmore Composite Squadron.
About 34 cadets and
senior members gathered to
listen to guest speaker Steve
Hoogerheide, who recently
took over an FAA position in
Rapid City, S.D.
Hoogerheide described
the various types of pilot
licenses the FAA issues and
the criteria required for each
type. He also discussed his
background in aviation and the
responsibilities of his job.
The session closed with
Hoogerheide testing the
cadets by asking them
questions about ﬂying at night.
Lt. Co/. Mike Beason

ARIZONA -- Two of three
Arizona Wing cadets of 1999
were members of the Phoenix
Sky Harbor Composite
Squadron.
Adrian Hawtin was the
wing's noncommissioned
ofﬁcer of the year for 1999,
and Anna Price was cadet
airman of the year
Several members of the
Arizona Wing and Group 3
staff came to present the
awards to the cadets Among
the guests were: Lt. Col. Pete
Feltz, Arizona Wing vice
commander; Lt. Col. Art
Bornstein, Arizona Wing chief
of staff; Lt Col. Steve White,
Group 3 commander; and Maj.
David Marsh, Arizona Wing
cadet programs.
Capt. Frank Franta, Sky
Harbor squadron commander,
and 1st Lt. Adam Such, deputy
commander for cadets, also
participated in the awards
ceremony.
A reception followed the
ceremony, with a cake
decorated to honor both.
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ARIZONA -- Several
members of the Arizona Wing
staff and the Cochise Composite Squadron presented an
Arizona county sheriff with a
certiﬁcate of appreciation for
his support of CAP.
A certiﬁcate "in recognition
of the outstanding support"
was presented to Cochise
County Sheriff Larry A. Dever
by eight CAP members.
In response, Dever said of
CAP, "My hat is off to you folks
who put your life on the line all
the time. We can always count
on the CAP whenever we have
a search and rescue mission."
Members who represented
the Arizona Wing for the
presentation were: Lt. Cols.
Peter Felz, Morris Courtwright
and Arthur B. Bornstein,
Arizona Wing chief of staff;
Maj. Patricia Bowers, Arizona
Wing public affairs ofﬁcer; and
Capt. Hartley Gardner.
Representatives of the
Cochise squadron of Sierra
Vista, Ariz., were: 1st Lts.
Richard Homer, squadron
communications ofﬁcer, and
Robert Hebert, aerospace
education ofﬁcer; and 2nd Lt.
Judi McCann, public affairs
ofﬁcer.
2nd Lt. Judy McCann
ARIZONA -- Seven
members of the Arizona Wing
completed the "Train-theTrainer" course held at Kirtland
Air Force Base, N.M.
The course is part of the
emergency ~ervices curriculum
and is designed to teach those
who will be teaching others.
The Arizona Wing
members present for the
course were: Robert
Breakiron, Hartley Gardner,
Capt. Gerald Godwin, William
Hawke, Richard Laherty,
Russell Sturgeon and Mike
Sue. They became certiﬁed
instructors under the new
program, which requires that
those serving as instructors be
certiﬁed as such.
The course was also
attended by 10-15 members of
the New Mexico Wing.
The course was presented
by Maj. John W. Desmarais,
national emergency services
plans ofﬁcer. He was assisted
by members of the New
Mexico Wing staff and retired
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.
George R. Miller III, New
Mexico Wing liaison noncommissioned ofﬁcer.
Those who completed the
course will have their names
and photographs included in

the national registry of certiﬁed
instructors.
Lt. Col. Mike Sue

C,V,L A,R PATROL NEWS , MAY 2000 29

Administration's
Space Camp to be
held in Huntsville,
Alabama.
Squadron
ARKANSAS -- A cadet
cadets competed for
from the Northwest Arkansas
the scholarships by
Composite Squadron has
received an appointment to the writing essays on
the aerospace topic
U.S. Air Force Academy at
Colorado Springs, Colo.
of their choice,
attending at least
Cadet 1st Lt. Jonathan
one wing encampAnderson, who recently
received ofﬁcial notice of the
ment and participatappointment, has been active
ing in at least two
in CAP for three years. He was fund-raising events.
the Arkansas Wing cadet of
Part of the
the year in 1999.
funds for the
Anderson's fellow squadscholarships was
E
l
presented to Capt.
ron members honored him and
Freya Fitzpatrick,
helped him celebrate the
Duane Futch, WaI-Mart Stores aviation director, presents a check to Capt.
Duane F
squadron aerospace
achievement by presenting
Freya Fitzpatrick, aerospace education ofﬁcer of the Arkansas Wing's
F
him with a cake during a
education ofﬁcer for
Northwest Arkansas Composite Squadron. The funds will help pay for
Northw(
squadron meeting.
cadets, by Duane
Space Camp scholarships for several squadron cadets.
Space C
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Futch, WaI-Mart
Stores' aviation
Skybolt and Greg Shelton in
director. Futch presented a
became the ﬁrst to use slowAn Arkansas senator
an AT6; ﬂy-bys from a U.S. Air
check for $4,000 during a
scan television via high
presented the Gen. Billy
ceremony in March.
frequency radio during a New
Force KC-135 Stratotanker
Mitchell Award to a cadet
The funds presented were
Mexico search and rescue
and Oklahoma Air National
member of the NOrthwest
Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons
matching funds for a grant
exercise.
Arkansas Composite SquadThe Eagle squadron,
from the Tulsa-area; maneuron.
from NASA's Experimental
verability demonstrations by
Program to Stimulate Competi- based at Kirtland Air Force
Arkansas State Sen. Dave
two A-10 Thunderbolt II
Base in Albuquerque, N.M.,
Bisbee presented the Mitchell
tive Research. The combination of the grants made the
sent a ground and communica- "Warthogs"; and various static
award to 2nd Lt. Nathaniel
displays.
eight scholarships to NASA
tions team to the exercise.
Sohl during an awards
Stillwater squadron
ceremony in March.
Space Camp possible.
Once there, they set up a
Other squadron cadets
remote communications center members assisted with crowd
Sohl was also one of eight
control, gate security and
who received the scholarships
equipped with an AM, FM and
squadron cadets to earn a
aircraft parking. They also set
scholarship for the National
were: Master Sgts. Sean
single sideband radio.
up a display inside their
Waiters and Annika FitzAttached to the SSB
Aeronautics and Space
terminal, parked their Cessna
patrick; Staff
Micom 2 high-frequency radio
172 on the ramp for public
Sgts. Catherine
was a laptop computer and
viewing, and made themselves
Scott and
printer. Once set up with a 50Heather
foot tower-mast and 60-foot
available to answer CAPrelated questions.
dipole HF antenna, the ground
Heilman; Airmen
1st Class Abby
team went out for their practice
The members who
attended were: Ryan Cost,
Wise and Brady
mission.
Bryan McNeil, Brandon
Delperdang; and
While treating the simuPhillips, Jeremy Upshaw,
Airman Brad
lated injuries, a member of the
Nystrom.
ground team, led by Cadet Lt.
Jarren Lawler, Carl Bell, Levi
Capt.
Col. John Grassham, used a
Ferrell, Eric Colemen,
Jonathan Ferguson, Matt
Fitzpatrick will
Kenwood VC-H1 Slow Scan
accompany the
TV unit to take and send live
Baum, Frank Edwards, Robert
cadets to space
low-resolution photographs
Carlson, Joe Cavett, Kelly
Curtin and Kathy Curtin.
camp.
back to the remote communi2nd Lt. Kathy Curtin
Capt. Marina cations sender by way of
and 1st Lt. Kelly Curtin
Scott another Micom 2 HF radio.
Once received by the
TEXAS -- A small group
NEW
communications center, under
of cadets from the Ellington
MEXICO -the direction of Cadet Master
Composite Squadron were
Members of the
Sgt. Kay-Cee Gilbert, the
selected to participate in a
Eagle Composcommunications team printed
weekend ﬁlled with mental and
ite Squadron
out the pictures and delivered
physical challenges.
participated in
them to the mission base.
Capt. John Choc
The event was called a
the New Mexico
Challenging Outdoor Personal
Wing search and
Experience or "COPE,"
rescue ﬁeld
OKLAHOMA -- Fifteen
weekend, and was sponsored
members of the Stillwater
Cadet 1st Lt. John Anderson of the Arkan- training exercise
by the Boy Scouts of America.
Composite Squadron assisted
in Las Cruces,
sas Wing's Northwest Arkansas Composat the Airfair 2000 air show at
The weekend started with
No M., and made
ite Squadron poses before cutting a cake
team-building exercises on a
wing history as
the Stillwater Regional Airport.
during a celebration in hie honor. Anderprimary ground course, but the
they did.
Special highlights of the
son was one of several CAP cadets to
participants were soon seeing
During the
show included: Acrobatic
receive highly sought after appointments
how far they could push
presentations by Ray Gill in a
exercise, the
to U.S. service academies for the Class of
Eagle squadron
Pitts Special, Randy Harris in a
2004.

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themselves on an advanced
course.
The advanced "course was
divided into different challenges.
The ﬁrst challenge was
the high rope course, in which
cadets had to walk up an
inclined log which was suspended between two trees;
walk across a wire 15 feet off
the ground; and, ﬁnally, take a
300-foot long ride down a zip
line.
The next challenge was
the power pole, which consisted of a 25-foot climb to the
top of a telephone pole which
was only nine inches in
diameter. Once at the top of
the pole, cadets leaped about
ﬁve feet out to a ring which
was suspended from a
different rope.
The cadets who participated in the weekend COPE
were: 2nd Lts. Tracy Gorman,
Tim Landis and Kiona Smith;
Staff Sgt. Matthew Kingsbury;
Senior Airmen Hans Runk and
Sarah Ripma; and Airman 1st
Class John White.
The senior members who
accompanied the cadets were:
Maj. Sandra Moerbe and Capt.
Jerald Landis.
1st Lt. Terry L. Clancy
TEXAS u The man
responsible for coordinating
the birthday parachute jumps
of former President George
Bush was guest speaker at the
Thunderbird Composite
Squadron's monthly safety
meeting.
AI Saylor of the U.S.
Parachute Association spoke
on issues of safety for both
aircraft and parachutists during
the safety meeting.
Some of the issues he
addressed were: monitoring
radio frequencies by aircraft
pilots near or entering a jump
zone, the responsibility of
jumpers to ensure that an area
is clear of other aircraft before
jumping, and other regulations
which cover both the pilots of
the jump plane and the
jumpers themselves.
Saylor, certiﬁed as a
master parachutist, is well
known for coordinating Bush's
jumps.
The Thunderbird squadron
members who attended the
meeting were: Lt. Cols.
Thomas Cuny and Fred
Kossegi; Maj. John Freese;
Capts. Dave Bush and Mike
Hopkins; 1st Lts. Dave
Huffstutler, Joe Flesch and
Paul Nelson, squadron safety

COAST TO COAST

ofﬁcer; and Angle Hopkins.
1st Lt. David E. Huffstutler

COLORADO -- Three
members of the Broomﬁeld
Mustang Composite Squadron
and a member of the Mustang
Cadet Squadron attended the
opening of a tribute to women
in the military.
Lt. Col. Nancy Hollis, 1st
Lt. Ron Powers and Cadet
Airman 1st Class Alexis
DeJager of the Broomﬁeld
squadron joined Cadet Lt. Col.
Melissa Bland of the Mustang
squadron at the opening of the
"Dressed for Duty" display at
the Wings Over the Rockies
Museum.
Guest speakers were
retired Air Force Brig. Gen.
Wilma Vaught, the ﬁrst female
general of the military and
current president of the
Women's Memorial in Arlington, Va.; Marta Bohn-Meyer,
director of the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration, ﬁrst female SR71 Blackbird pilot crew
member and competition
acrobatic pilot on the U.S. A-1
Olympic team; and Emily
Howell Warner, ﬁrst female
U.S. Airlines pilot and Federal
Aviation Administration aircrew
747 program manager for
United Airlines.
The masters of ceremony
for the evening were local
television and radio personalities.
Vaught gave a history of
women in the military since
before the Civil War to the
present day and listed the
milestones they had to
overcome.
Warner gave a summary
of her career as a pilot and
spoke of the obstacles she had
to get past to become and
airline pilot.
Bohn-Meyer told of how
she became a pilot and of

brought several
rockets of
different sizes
and told the
audience a bit
about how they
make them.
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A cadet
member of the
Broomﬁeld
Composite
Squadron
received the Air
Force
Association's
squadron Cadet
Ofﬁcer of the
Year Award.
The award
Colorado Wing cadets pose on either side of retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen.
was presented t
Wilma Vaught, the ﬁrst female general in the U.S. Military and president of Cadet Capt.
the Women's Memorial in Arlington, Va. With Vaught are Cadet Lt. Col. Nathan Van Dan
Melissa Bland of the Mustang Cadet Squadron (left) and Airman 1st Class by retired U.S. A
Alexis DeJager of the Broomﬁeld Composite Squadron. Both attended the Force Maj. Gen.
opening of an exhibit honoring women in the service.
Ken Hagemann,
president of the
squadron members about the
AFA's Mile High Chapter 127.
going on to become the ﬁrst
Navy and answered questions
Van Horn's parents,
woman to ﬂy the SR71 into
on Navy life. They also brought
Sandra and Howard Van Dam,
space.
water bottles and other
were present for the ceremony.
Many of the women
recruiting gifts for those who
The award is given by the
military veterans present wore
attended.
Air Force Association chapters
their original military uniforms.
Next came another retired
to outstanding cadet ofﬁcers in
The display includes
Air Force ofﬁcer, Maj. AI
each squadron and wing.
military uniforms from the Civil
Meiklejohn, who spoke about
Van Dam, a high school
War to the present with
his time as a B-17 pilot in the
uniforms from all branches of
European theatre during World junior, joined CAP three-andthe military, Red Cross and
War II. He was assigned to the one-half years ago and
currently serves as Broomﬁeld
CAP.
Army Air Corps' 100th Bomb
squadron cadet commander.
The display will be open
Group, 350th Squadron, and
He has been active in
daily at the museum during the received four battle stars,
CAP search and rescue
coming months.
seven air medals, the Distinactivities, as well as.the
,-)- ,-F -)guished Flying Cross and two
Explorer Scouts and the
Presidential Unit Citations.
Salvation Army's disaster
Members of the BroomThe ﬁnal guests for the
collection program.
ﬁeld Composite Squadron had
evening were Todd and
Some other honors he
the opportunity to hear from
Kathleen Williams of the
received over the past three
seven guest speakers at a
Colorado Rocket Association
years were: three time squadspecial squadron meeting and
of Hobbyists, commonly
ron cadet of the quarter;
awards ceremony.
referred to as "CRASH." They
The ﬁrst guest was retired
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Ken
Hagemann, who was at the
meeting to present an award to
Cadet Capt. Nathan Van Dar~
on behalf of the local chapter
of the Air Force Association.
As he presented the
award, Hagemann said the
meeting brought back memories of his own time as a CAP
cadet in Holyoke, Colo. He
also said the experience gave
him his start toward becoming
a bomber pilot in the 8th Air
Force.
The next guests to speak
were Senior Chief Michael T.
Short, a U.S. Navy surface
Cadet Nathan Van Dam (second from left) of the Colorado
warfare qualiﬁed operations
Wing's Broomﬁeld Composite Squadron and family pose with
specialist, and Seaman Recruit retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Ken Hagermann (left), who
Jeremiah A. Anderson, who
represents the Mile High Chapter of the Air Force Association.
are assigned to an area Navy
Hagermann presented the Air Force Association's Squadron
recruiting station. They told
Cadet Ofﬁcer of the Year Award to Van Dam.

squadron cadet of the year,
1999; and Explorer of the year,
1999.
Cadet Van Dam hopes to
attend the U.S. Air Force
Academy.
Lt. Co/. Nancy Hollis

Leadership School in 1998,
and was a member of the 1998
Utah Wing drill team.
Currently, Pack is active at
the wing level and serves as
the chair of the Utah Wing
Cadet Advisory Council and as
the Utah Wing representative
to the Rocky Mountain Region
CAC.
Pack is an honor student
in high school, competes on
her school's cross country and
track team, and is certiﬁed in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
and as a ﬁrst responder.
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UTAH -- A cadet member
of the Provo Composite
Squadron received the Amelia
Earhart Award and a promotion.
Carolyn Pack completed
the requirements for the
EaJ:ha,.-"t A~,rd after a year of
remarkable achievements, and
was promoted to the rank of
cadet captain.
A cadet from the Provo
Composite Squadron received
Pack, who has been in
CAP for about four years, has
appointments to two U.S.
service academies and
held several important posirecently accepted one of them.
tions in her squadron and at
encampments. Three of the
Cadet 2nd Lt. Clayton
Merkley received appointpositions included ﬂight
commander, supply ofﬁcer and ments to the U.S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis and
executive ofﬁcer.
the U.S. Military Academy at
She was the third cadet
from the Provo squadror, ;o-P-- -'¢v~esl Point. He accepted the
appointment to the West
earn ~ihgs during the
~nal Flight Academy at
Point, class of 2004.
Merkley joined CAP in
Oshkosh, Wisc., which she
1996 and was named ﬂight
attended last summer.
honor cadet at the ﬁrst
She also attended the
encampment he attended.
Rocky Mountain Region

Since thenl he has held
several leadership positions,
including ﬂight commander,
training ofﬁcer and squadron
commander.
Kubicz is active in several
organizations, including the
Future Business Leaders of
America, Teenage Republicans and the Model United
Nations. He competed at the
national level in FBLA and in
the "We the People" Constitution competition.
He is a high school senior
and lettered in cross country
and track. He is also president
of the school's FBLA chapter.
Cadet Co/. Annie Yu
WYOMING -- The cadet
commander of the Cheyenne
Composite Squadron received
both an award and a promotion during a ceremony held in
Cheyenne.
1st Lt. Ray Tulier, squadron deputy commander for
cadets, and Capt. Jen
O'Halloran, deputy commander for senior members,
presented the Gen. Billy
Mitchell Award to Cadet
Przemyslaw "P. J." Kubicz.
Kubicz, a ninth-grader at

b

Cheyem
to sec~
the ce, l

ALASKA -- Cadets'of the
Polaris Composite Squadron
got "lost" for the sake of search
and rescue aircrews.
In order to provide realistic
training for the aircrews,
several cadets and their leader
left Anchorage late on a Friday
afternoon to play the role of
crash victims. They drove by
car to a trailhead north of

w t h e

OREGON ~ Members of several Oregon Wing
squadrons joined a U. S. Air Force ROTC unit in a
place few would expect.
Members of the Columbia, Aurora and Salem
Cov~posite, and Wi]lamette Cadet squadrg~s; along
With a group from the University of Portland s
AFROTC unit, spent the night on board the USS
Blueback, a diesel submarine turned Portland
~seum-pmce.
''.- ii The Blueback was one of the last diesel electric
o
_
_
submarines m serwce to the
U.S. Navy, i It was acquired by
the Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry in 1994, after it
was decommissioned by the
Navy.
When the cadets arrived at
the submarine, they were given
an overview of submarine
history, enguneering and terminology by OMSI staff, sol.he of ~,
whom were fbrmer submariners.
They learned about the propulsion systems, sonar, navigation
systems and the science involved
in sub operation.
The groups were broken
down into three crews: gold, red
and blue. Each was taken on a
tour of' the boat and introduced
The USS Bluebeck (SS 581) once roamed the r,o the various compart ments.
depths searching for enemy submarines. One
At the end of the tours, each
of the last diesel-electric subs to be decom- crew went on a 45-minute
missioned, she is now property of the Oregon
Cadet 2nd Lt.
mission, simulating diving,
Museum of Science and Industry in Portland.
Squadron plots a

wood for signal ﬁres and
making messages in the sno~.
with their snowshoes.
~eather at the site
cleared late-Saturday afternoon, but conditions in
Anchorage prevented the
search aircraft from ﬂying.
Cadets spent the day sledding,
During breakfast Sunday
morning, the victims learned
the ﬁrst planes were launching.
The crew began the half-hour
walk on snowshoes, and made
sure everything was ready.
When the ﬁrst plane found
them by homing in on their
practice ELT, the victims set
off the smoke tower, which
was constructed according to
the U.S. Air Force survival
manual. It took one to two
minutes to create a column of
dense black smoke. The
cadets stayed busy cutting
more wood for smoke until the
crew had to head for home.
The hosts at the cabin

. . . . .

surfacing.navigating~
attle stations and
tracking an enemy sh~p. ' ~ ......
All three cl.ews spent the ni~t aboard the sub,
sleeping in t~e actual berthing si~e~, simulating a
24-hour, three,watch-day aboar~._LS..~avy
combat submarine.
The crews have planned a tt~ur~:iTrid~.~t
Class ballistic missile submarine i~t:~e near~'~ future.
Lt. Co,Thomas Traver
at~d. l~t ~t. Betty Fennel

course during a

military ready-to-eat meals.
Throughout the day the
teams conducted additional
direction-ﬁnding exercises to
sharpen their abilities to track
down radio signals which were
bouncing off canyon walls.
They then journeyed to
the next landing zone, where
they were picked up on
schedule by a CH-47 for the
journey home.
According to Capt. Bill
Correll, squadron commander
and mission coordinator for
Saber 99, it is rare for a CAP
unit to be deployed in the
Cadets of Alaska Wing's Polaris Composite Squadron set a r remote wilderness for such an
signal ﬁre during a search and rescue exercise in which the
exercise.
cadets played the part of crash victims.
He also said the exercise
demonstrated the ability of
Root and Cadet 2nd Lt. Erin
Sierra squadron members to
assisted in getting the gear
England.
back to the trailhead by using
work in teams.
Capt. Steve England
sled dogs.
,' Two teams from the Sierra
squadron were taken by
The cadets and their
leader were back in Anchorage !/ National Guard helicopter to a
CALIFORNIA -- About 24
remote point in the Sierras.
early Sunday night.
cadets and senior members of
" The two saber teams then
the Travis Composite SquadThe cadets involved
J
navigated their way to predeincluded: Airmen Brian
,
ron toured the control tower
termined locations to setup
and radar approach control
Sledgister, Quillan Olin and .
Casey Porter; and Airman l~t their direction-ﬁnding equipfacilities at Travis Air Force
ment and triangulate a signal
Class Tom Haydcock.
Base, Calif.
from a practice emergency
The tour was organized by
The senior member who
Iocator transmitter.
served as leader was 1st L~.
2nd Lto Kevin Moses. Participants were divided into two
Carl Siebe.
The team members
"-~_ ~_ 1st Lt. Carl Siebe carried backpacks weighing
groups; one toured the tower
-~.~
about 30 pounds over rough
while the other toured the
terrain. They had no telephone
CALIFORNI~¥-~ Several
RAPCON facilities, and then
service and the only contact
they switched.
cadets and senior meml~rs of
was through CAP radios. Lt.
The duties of tower
the Sierra Composite. Squad=..
personnel, who handle all air
ron participate(,~ in a search -.
~..~o1. Mile Sallidy served as
radio controller and monitored
and rescue exercise with the
trafﬁc within a ﬁve-mile radius,
the radio during the entire
and the devices they rely on,
California Army N1~ional
exercise in case of emergency. were explained.
Guard and t!~_ L~. Department of Forestry
At night, team members
The RAPCON facility
pitched their tents and made
The exercisa, known as
handles aircraft that are
campﬁres in almost total
beyond the ﬁve-mile radius,
"Saber 99," invdved putting
groups from tiW Sierra
darkness. They went to sleep
including trafﬁc from the
squadron into emote areas of
and woke up cold the next day, Sacramento Airport to the
with ice on the tents and
Oakland/San Francisco
the Sierra~ntains where
frozen canteens. When the ~ce airports, both military and
there was littl~ contact with the
thawed, they mixed the water
civilian. The personnel i~th~eoutside wod,. The exercise
with freeze-dried food or
facility handle some 180,000
was planne~ by Capt. Dan
aircraft per year.

At ~ facility, the group
members wer-e~tele to see a
number of consoles, radar
scopes and other equipment.
The lead controller gave a
radar scope presentation and
described how the radar scope
operates. He also described
the different tasks performed
by RAPCON personnel.
1st Lt. Audrey DiGiantomasso
CALIFORNIA -- Cadets
from across the California
Wing met at Travis Air Force
Base, Calif., for training and
practice with model rocketry.
The Travis Composite
Squadron hosted the second
annual model rocketry weekend.
Cadets arrived on a Friday
evening and, after a brieﬁng on
safety, began building their
ﬁrst rockets.
On Saturday, the cadets
began their ﬁrst full day with_= _
instructions on safety and
basic model rocketry principles
and about the different duties
on the launch range.
Late in the morning the
cadets went to the launch pad.
Once the cadets and pad were
ready, the launching began.
During the next four hours,
cadets launched their rockets,
watched others launch and
performed range duties.
Late Saturday afternoon,
cadets built more difﬁcult
rockets and participated in a
class on setting up a proper ,.
launch site.
Work on the rocketry
badge requirements began
again Sunday morning. The
ﬁnal launch was a dramatic liftoff and successful ﬂight of a
scale replica of a BOMARC
rocket weighing nearly three
pounds and propelled by an
engine more than 100 times
more powerful than the basic

engines used by the cadets.
The cadet staff was led by
Capt. Andrew Peters, cadet
commander, and assisted by
Maj. Brian Whitlock, special
advisor.
The senior staff included:
Lt. Col. Richard Bartlett and
1st Lt. Tim Cooney. The chief
instructor was 1st Lt. John '
DiGiantomasso.
The following people
helped instruct the cadets:
Maj. Brian Covi, U.S. Air Force
Reserves; 1st Its. R0be~' "-~-"-'~
Chambless, Ronald Crowe
and Brandy Fuller; 2nd Lts.
Malise Scholeﬁeld, Edwlird
Ferrekk and Steve Maﬂinez;
and Airman Brock Woodward,
California National Guard,
At the end clothe weekend, 41 cadets earned their -~
rocketry badge and learned
safe rocketry practices.
1st Lt. Audrey DiGiantomasso'
W A G O N - - S e v e n"L
c a d e t s o t h ~ ~ . . - ~
Composite Squadron Drill
Team competed in the 2000 ./
Washington Wing Cadet/
Competition h~ld at McCh#rd ,
Air Force Base, Wash.
Cadets competed in
several areas, including
personnel inspections, close-,
quarter drill and a written
exam.
,~ -"
The drill team'~s cadet
commander was~nd Lt.
Matthe,w~irm, k!er. Drill team
inernb~rs were: Lt. i~ol. Zach '
'Miller; Senior Master,~gt. Luke
Hedman; Master Sgt: Zoae N
Scharold; Tech. Sgt. Kevin
Grummer; and Airmen 1st
Class Clayton Townley and
Lisa Deibler.
Maj. Thomas A. Lane is
the Tri-Cities squadron
commander.
Cadet Master Sgt,
Zoae N. Scharold

The Final Salute
D. Beaver, St.
Wing
Maj. Earle C. Cuppy
Wheeling Composite Squadron
~West Virginia Wing
M~iJ~lva Lawrence Cyphers
Clinch Valley Composite Squadron
~'V~nia Wing
Lt. CoL,Leopold M. Hays
North C/i~Olina. Wing

C a p t . T h o m a s C . K e n n a n , J r.
Oklahoma Wing
M a j . J a c k W. M a r t e n s
Paciﬁc Region
Maj. Henry E. Rosenbaum
Wisconsin Wing
C a d e t H o w a r d Va n H o r n
Andrews Composite Squadron
National Capital Wing

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