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THE
U.S. A I R F O R C E
AUXILIARY

APRIL

2000

28 pages

Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters

Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
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Vol. 32, No. 4
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National
headquarters
enters into new
partnership
Partnership with
Who's Who Among
American High
School Students
'outstanding
opportunity' for CAP
cadets
Page 5

Texas Wing
cadets respond
to crash during
Kingsville NAS
air show
17 cadets of the
|ugarland Composite
Squadron work
=rowd control, assist
spectators after
deadly F-16 crash
Page 2
National Perspective ......8
F i t t o S e r v e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Aerospace Education... 10
S e n i o r Tr a i n i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cadet Programs ............ 12
C o m m e n t a r y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Air Force .................. 16-17
Recognition ................. 19
Coast to Coast ........ 20-28

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California Wing visit Assistant secretary of the!
Air Force for manpower,!
Reserve affairs,!
installations and!
' environment talks with cadets, seniors Page
4

Registration forms
At your service n
registration forms for
2000 National Board &
Annual Conference in
San Antonio Aug. 16-19
Page 18

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Texas Wing cadets work crowd control
after F-16 crashes during demo flight
TEXAS -- Seventeen cadets
of Texas Wing's Sugarland Composite Squadron were on hand
to assist when tragedy struck
during an air show at Naval Air
Station, Kingsville, near
Kingsville, Texas.
The cadets were taking a
break from their crowd-control
duties during the second day
of the "Wings Over South
Texas 2000 Airshow" when an
F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed
north of the base, killing the
pilot, U.S. Air Force Maj.
Brison Phillips.
"The kids had been relieved for lunch, and the crash
happened just before they were
going to head back for crowd
control. You could feel the hit,"
said Capt. Robert Wolin,
squadron commander.
Immediately after the
crash, Wolin and the cadets relieved base police from the
crowd-control line so they

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Sugarland Composite Squadron cadets work crowd control for the
Wings Over South Texas Airshow at the Kingsville Naval Air Station.
The cadets also assisted with emergency response efforts after an Air
Force F-16 crashed during a flight demonstration on the second day,
could respond to the crash site
and clear the way for emergency vehicles. They also
helped the spectators depart
the base when the show was
ended ahead of schedule.
The pilot killed was from
their community and had spoken with the cadets about fly-

AK members help find musher
ALASKA I A missing dog musher and his 10
dogs were found alive and in fair condition after six
days in Alaska's Caribou Hills on the Kenai Peninsula.
The man was competing in the annual
Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race when he became lost
after making a wrong turn during a raging early
morning blizzard.
Once the weather improved, Alaska Wing's
Kenai Composite Squadron, along with the Alaska
State Police and the Caribou Hills Cabin Hoppers
Snow-Machine Club, began the search. The search
was concentrated on the trails in the direction the
musher was last seen traveling. He was finally
located about 10 miles from that point.
The squadron flew approximately 12 hours in the
rugged area, skirting frequent snow showers and 45knot winds.

ing F-16s just hours before
the crash.
"The kids did a tremendous job responding to the
crash. We talk about these
things and how you respond, if it does happen,
and they did it according to
the plan," said Wolin.

A Louisiana Wing aircrew that had been preparing to depart for a brush fire in the area overheard the
transmission and immediately headed for the
aircraft's last-known position. Just after it took off, the
downed plane's emergency Iocator transmitter began
transmitting, which allowed the aircrew to quickly
narrow the search area down.
Shortly after that, ground team member 1st Lt.
Robert Kingham effectively used direction-finding
equipment to lock in on the crash site located on the
bank of the Calcasieu River.
Other members involved were: Lt. Col. Rock
Palermo, mission coordinator; Capt. Rick Owens,
observer; and 1st Lt. James Blanchard, pilot.

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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 Natiorlal Headquarters, 105 South Hansell St., Building 714, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
36112-6332, and printed by the Opelika News, P.O Box 2111, Opelika.
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expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the CAP or the
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More than 90 senior members and cadets took
part in the exercise, which involved using a new
SARBASE computer system developed by Maj. Mike
Krenz. The system links the mission coordinator with
air and ground operations, communications and
administration, and identifies the status and availability of manpower and other assets throughout a
mission.
The exercise involved dealing with tornado
damage in Peosta, Iowa, and four ELT searches. A
large contingent of senior members also received
"land and hold short operation" and flight release
officer training from Iowa Wing's chief of standardization and evaluation, Capt. George Cobley.

Dubuque unit first to exercise
IOWA- The Dubuque Composite Squadron
hosted the first exercise in the Iowa Wing for 2000.

LA members locate crash site
LOUISIANA I A pilot and his passenger were
quickly located alive after their single-engine aircraft
crashed near the Isle of Capri Casino in Lake
Charles, La.
The Cessna 150, which was en route to Lake
Charles from Fort Worth, Texas, reported problems at
about 8 p.m. and then dropped off radar about five
miles north of the Lake Charles Regional Airport.

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California units help search for former wing member
Maj. Alice Mansell
Public Affairs Officer
California Wing
CALIFORNIA -- Members of the California Wing helped locate the crash site of a
Cessna Skylane 182S Feb. 14.
Killed in the crash was a former wing sen i o r m e m b e r, W i l l i a m C . D a v i d s J r. , a n d h i s
wife, Janet. Davids had been a member of the
wing's Long Beach Senior Squadron. Earlier
this year he transferred his CAP membership
to the Washington Wing.
Once notified by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and California Office of
Emergency Services, mission coordinator Lt.
Col. Frank Brown of Fresno, Calif., coordinated
the launching of a wing aircraft with special
emergency beacon direction-finding equipment.
The aircraft was crewed by pilots Capts. Chuck
Frank and John Lewis of the San Jose Senior
Squadron.
The aircraft was airborne by 7:15 p.m. and
flew toward the Sierra Foothills since the Air
Force reported the satellites were picking up a
signal somewhere between Columbia and
Yosemite. As the aircrew approached the foothills about 24 miles west of Pine Mountain
Lake, they heard a strong signal and then flew

Historian in search of information
NEW JERSEY -- The former Civil Air Patrol
national historian, It. Col. Greg WeJdenfeld, is
gathering information for a historical research project
and needs the help of the membership.
The project involves a study of CAP's distinctive
markings and paint schemes of corporate and
privately owned aircraft with CAP markings from the
entire span of CAP's history.
The goal is to write a monograph or other such
document, and the construction of models and
dioramas that feature CAP aircraft from various
historical eras. Data will also be used to continue the
series of graphics and color renderings done by Lt.
Col. Robert Rioux.
Weidenfeld is particularly interested in obtaining
documents, copies of regulations and color photographs from the 1950, '60s and '70s. Some examples include the white and orange scheme used
by the Texas Wing, the gray and orange scheme
used by the New York Wing and the dragon flies
flight formation colors used by the New Jersey Wing.
Submit materials via fax at (732) 493-1099 or
mail to Lt. Col. Gregory F. Weidenfeld, 1402 Rustic
Drive, Apt. 2, Ocean, NJ 07712-7427.

NV businesses lend a hand
NEVADA -- The Twin Creeks Mine in Nevada
donated a 1994 Ford Explorer to the Nevada Wing's

straight toward it.
Meanwhile, Brown dispatched ground
teams in three vehicles into the search area.
Each team carried direction-finding equipment.
The ground team members were: Maj. Gary
Mitchell; Lt. Col. J.W. Powers; 1st Lt. Eugene
Carlson; and Cadet 2nd Lt. Griffin Bartman
(all members of the Fresno Composite Squadron); and Capt. Pat Harrington (California
Wing); and 1st Lt. Adam Black (Central Valley
Group 6).
By 9:30 p.m., the aircrew determined the
exact location of the beacon and then landed to
await the ground teams and a sheriffs deputy.
B y 11 : 4 5 p . m . , t h e g r o u n d t e a m s a n d a M a r i posa County Sheriffs deputy had linked up with
the once again airborne CAP aircraft and were
being vectored to the site.
Aided by a full moon, the aircrew was able
to help the ground teams navigate through the
back roads and into the crash-site area by 1
a.m. The aircrew could clearly see that "something was out of place" on the side of a mountain slope where the emergency signal was the
strongest. Members of the county's search and
rescue team and wing ground teams used flashlights to look for the wreckage throughout the
night.
At dawn on Feb. 15, a Mariposa County

Sheriffs volunteer, fixed-wing pilot Alan Haigh,
spotted the wreckage about 100 yards from
where the searchers spent the night. It was
scattered over a 30- x 100-foot area.
"I want to extend the wing's appreciation
for the outstanding performance by Captains
Lewis and Frank in locating the electronic target and coordination with the ground team. I
also want to thank the ground team for their

Humboldt County Composite Squadron.
Trent Temple, the mine's general manager,
presented the vehicle's keys to Lt. Col. Leon Franklin,
squadron commander. "Twin Creeks is involved in
community activities, and supports the Humboldt
squadron and its search and rescue and disaster
relief missions," said Temple.
Franklin said the vehicle will be used for administrative and operational requirements.
Another local business, Dan's Auto Shine, also
made a donation -- restoring the vehicle to a nearnew condition with a complete interior and exterior
detailing service, and adding official Civil Air Patrol
seals to the vehicle's doors.
Dan Dixon, company owner, said he was happy
to provide the detailing service and emblems and was
appreciative of the squadron's activities in the
community.

LaCrosse squadron receives $500

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Once notified by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center and
California Office of Emergency
Services, mission coordinator Lt. Col.
Frank Brown of Fresno, Calif.,
coordinated the launching of a wing
aircraft with special emergency
beacon direction-finding equipment.
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a l l - n i g h t e ff o r t . A s p e c i a l t h a n k s g o e s t o t h e
Mariposa County Sheriffs Office and their
s e a r c h a n d r e s c u e c o o r d i n a t o r, S g t . D o u g
Binnewies, for their excellent cooperation,"
Brown stated.

WISCONSIN -- CenturyTel's Midwestern Region
presented a donation of $500 to Wisconsin Wing's
LaCrosse Composite Squadron.
Carp Heyer, the company's public relations
manager, made the presentation to Capt. Frank
Roldan, squadron commander.
According to Roldan, the money will be used to
buy a new laptop computer, which will be used in
conjunction with the unit's global positioning system
equipment to provide detailed maps for ground
teams. The computer will also be used for cadet and
senior training, and educational and recruiting
presentations.
CenturyTel provides integrated communications
services to more than 2 million customers in 21
states.

SWR to hold SAR school in June
SOUTHWEST REGION m The Southwest
Region will conduct a ground search and rescue
school June 11-18 at Camp Gruber, Okla., 60 miles
southeast of Tulsa.
The school is open to cadets who have attended
at least one encampment and senior members who
have completed Level I and cadet protection.
For more information, contact Capt. James
Campbell at (918) 341-1264 or Capt. Don Wyatt at
wyattdj @ silverback.gorilla.net.

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Air Force assistant secretary
visits with California members
CALIFORNIA -- Approximately 100 Northern California cadets and senior members gathered
at Moffett Federal Airfield near
Sunnyvale, Califi, Feb. 12 to meet
the Honorable Ruby Butler
DeMesme, assistant secretary of
t h e A i r F o r c e f o r m a n p o w e r, R e serve affairs, installations and environment.
DeMesme's office includes responsibility for overseeing the Air
Force Reserve, Air National Guard
and Civil Air Patrol.
The assistant secretary had
seen the Civil Air Patrol in action
on other occasions and requested
an opportunity to speak with wing
members, especially the cadets.
DeMesme suggested members
stay involved in the community, develop their potential and live up to
the high standards required of individuals who wear the uniform of
the U.S. Air Force. She stressed
that, as citizens, members should
strive to make a difference and con-

tinue to work together to complete
the CAP mission. She issued ~i
challenge to senior members to
help build the future by supporting the cadets, and challenged the
cadets to stay in school, get good
grades and get involved in activities that help their communities
such as CAP.
The assistant secretary also
talked about the Air Force and how
its missions have changed, and
about recruiting and how the Air
Force still needs the best and
brightest to carry out its mission.
After her presentation, the assistant secretary took questions
from the audience. In response to
one about the Air Force-CAP relationship, the secretary explained to
the group that discussions were ongoing in Washington, D.C., and she
expects a new understanding and
balance of influence between the
Air Force and CAP to be the result.
DeMesme was asked many

Honorable Ruby Butler DeMesme, assistant secretary of the Air Force for
manpower, Reserve affairs, installations and environment, talks with Cadet
Suzanne Bulichi of California Wing's West Bay Composite Squadron during a
recent visit to Northern California.
other questioris about a number of
topics that included questions
about serving in the Air Force. She
talked about the number of ways a
person can serve in the Air Force
-- from ROTC to the Air Force
Academy to enlisting.
After the question-and-answer
session, the assistant secretary presented Cadet 2nd Lt. Michael
Blackey with his Gen. Billy

M i t c h e l l Aw a r d a n d c o m m e m o r a tive medallions from the secretary
of the Air Force to Cadet Airman
1st Class Ellie J. Constantine, commander of the Group 2 color guard,
and Capt. Joseph E. Lawrence,
Group 2 cadet programs officer.
Maj. Paul Groff, Group 2 commander, presented DeMesme with
a plaque commemorating her visit
to Northern California.

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Col. George Boyd, right, salutes Col. John J. Lehr, vice commander of the North
Central Region, during the Kansas Wing change of command ceremony Feb. 19.
Boyd assumed command of the wing after Col. Timothy Hansen, who served as
commander for three years, stepped down. Boyd, a retired Air Force major and
former Tuskegee airman (Class 45-G), is a World War II, Korea War and Viet Nam
veteran. While on active duty with the U.S. Air Force, he served as e jet fighter
radar intercept officer, and set the record for most flying hours in a one-month
period -- 58 hours, 28 minutes -- as an F-94 Starfire combat radar observer.
Hansen intends to get more involved with CAP's Blue Beret program.

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[] Who's Who Among American High School Students

New CP partnership an 'outstanding opportunity'
N AT I O N A L H E A D QUARTERS -- Civil Air
Patrol National Headquarters has partnered with the
publishers of Who's Who
Among American High
School Students to provide
an outstanding opportunity
for CAP cadets.
"CAP cadets will receive a lot of value by participating in this program,"
said Ray Bean, director of
CAP's Cadet Programs Directorate. "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)."
The Cadet Programs
Directorate will nominate
annually all CAP cadet ofricers between the ages of
15 and 17 (as of Feb. 1) to
be considered by Who's
Who. CAP may modify this
criteria after evaluating its
Success.

Because CAP National

Headquarters currently
does not track a cadet's
year in school or gradepoint average, both of
which are required by
Who's Who, the nominations submitted will be followed up by a letter from
Who's Who. This preliminary letter will clearly
state their additional requirements that CAP cadets will need to be high
school students with a
grade-point average of"B"
or better.
CAP's partnership with
Who's Who is based upon
the publisher's adherence
to standards and ethics for
its student-recognition programs, which are audited
yearly by an independent
public accounting firm.
(Who's Who's standards
and ethics statement is at
www.honoring.com.) Following are some of the
highlights:
-~ Information printed
in the publication will only
include the student's name,
high school, home city and
state, year in school, class

rank (if available), accomplishments and future
plans. CAP cadets selected
by Who's who will be sent
a Student Data Form requesting this information.
This information will not be
released unless authorized
by the student.
Criteria for students
to be selected to Who's who
will be clearly defined and
reflect high personal
achievement.
-~ CAP will be able to
recommend students to
who's who without releasing confidential data.
=~ CAP will limit the information sent to who's
Who to only include the
names and addresses of cadet officers between the
ages of 15 - 17 as of Feb. 1
annually.
~ A listing in Who's
Who will not require purchase of any items or payments of any fees.
-~ Home addresses will
not be published in the
book or made public.
=~ Cadets are not required to participate.

=~ Cadet information
will never be sold or released by Who's Who.
CAP will limit the information sent to Who's
Who to include only the
names and addresses of
nominated cadet officers.
~¢e regret that we cannot pre-screen our cadet list
for younger or older cadets
in high school, nor can we
pre-screen for a cadet's
GPA," said Bean. "In the future, if a wing commander
wishes to have a cadet ofricer considered for nomination who is outside of the
targeted age range (and is
in high school and meets
the GPA requirement), they
can send a note to the Cadet Programs Directorate
no later than Feb. 1 annually to add the cadet to the
list of nominees."
Cadets will receive an
additional benefit as a result of this partnership. The
Who's Who Educational
Communications Scholarship Foundation provides a
grant each year that will be
awarded to one of the top-

scoring cadets in CAP's annual scholarship program.
The grant recipient will
also be eligible to have his
or her picture included in
the Who's Who publication
under the special grants
section.
Because the cadet information will be protected by
who's Who and never sold
or released, and given the
publishers' long-standing
adherence to their standards and ethics of information, CAP Executive Director Col. Robert L.
Brooks, in coordination
with CAP National Commander Brig. Gen. James
C. Bobick, has given his
written approval for the release of the limited information noted earlier in accordance with the CAP National Executive Committee
guidelines outlined in November 1996.
"There's no doubt, our
nominated cadet officers,
and at least one of our
scholarship applicants, will
come out the clear winners
here," said Brooks.

25 YEAuS A~o ~
C ~ w L A x u PAT n O L N E w s
g Mississippi Wing leaders honor John Stennis with a life-sized bronze bust
for his support of Civil Air Patrol. The wing had recently been selected
as the number-one wing in CAP for 1974.
g Idaho Wing members receives a 'save' for helping save the life of a
hospital patient in critical condition. Wing pilots Tom McLaughin and Jim
Holman ferried badly needed blood from Spokane, Wash., to a hospital
in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho.
Wyoming Wing receives credit for a 'save' after aircrews locate the crash
site of a light aircraft with two souls on board. The two were airlifted to
safety shortly afterward.
g Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David C. Jones, during a CAP-hosted dinner
in Washington, D.C., for military and congressional dignitaries, stated
that CAP should be thought of as more than an auxiliary of the Air
Force. "Uke the Air National Guard and Air Reserve, CAP performs a
vital role in the total-force picture," the general said.

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CAP destined to be stronger volunteer organization
ivil Air Patrol has enjoyed
a long and valued history,
one that steadfastly
confirms the worth of
CAP to every American. Each
CAP member can take pride in
our organizational service to our
nation, states and communities.
Today, our members continue
to make daily and weekly sacrifices of their time and talents to
ensure that our many diverse
missions are fulfilled. They do so
because of an extreme sense of
accomplishment collectively and
personally. As your commander,
your service to the CAP missions
and your commitment to me
continually amaze me as to the
level of sustained professionalism
that is demonstrated on a regular
basis. You are the mainstay of our
continuing history and our future!
I am pleased to reaffirm this
month that the actions of our CAP
Winter 2000 National Board have
confirmed and paved the way for a
bright future. We are destined to
be a stronger and more viable
civilian volunteer-service organization in this new millennium.
Such is the case because our
national board has wisely posi-

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tioned CAP for change that has
been methodically prepared to
guarantee the ultimate success
and productivity of all CAP
members in all three of our
primary missions of aerospace
education, cadet programs and
emergency services.
This change also
ensures that the
U.S. Air Force is
guaranteed success
in the accomplishment of their noncombatant missions
for which CAP has
provided support
throughout its
history. For the first
time in the history
of CAP as the
official Auxiliary of the US Air
Force, all three CAP primary
missions are documented and
recognized as areas requiring Air
Force support in our new US Air
Force-CAP Cooperative Agreement. The cooperative agreement
paves the way for a strong, cohesive and productive CAP future.
We must all agree that change
is not easy regardless of its
nature. It is human nature to be
comfortable in set routines that
are known, understood and used
regularly. Yet, as you have so
often heard, the only true constant
is change.
CAP, as well as any other
organization, must embrace wellplanned and meaningful change in
order to thrive. Especially today in
our ever-quickening pace, we can
no longer view our future by
reviewing the past and projecting
a similar pattern based on that
past. Such practices only limit or
stifle true potential.
Some changes are inevitable,
but the vast majority are those
changes that shape and determine
the future. They come as a result
of our own creative efforts, efforts
that make sure the future is
acceptable to all involved and that
make sure the organization as a
whole is successful rather than
just some individuals. I believe we
truly do have the capacity to

unchanged. Your region and wing
commanders will continue to
represent your interests on the
national board.
What does not change is the
fact that CAP is most productive
in our communities throughout
the nation. As our new structure
evolves, the inherent
design will provide no
noticeable difference in
the performance of our
missions that have
always been and will
continue to work best
at the squadron or local
level.
The greatest
noticeable changes will
be in the approved
long-term objectives.
The national board will become
strategic and tactical planning.
the keystone for implementation
The new governing structure
of our long-term objectives. These
serves two important functions:
objectives will position our organi-- It brings together key
zation for a most-productive
partners (Congress, Air Force,
future.
industry, CAP) into the decisionStrategic or long-range plans
making process; and
are vital to the success and
It ensures CAP members
viability of every organization,
have a voice in CAP policy.
especially volunteer organizations.
An innovative concept for this
CAP is no different. Even though
governing board and one we
we are all volunteers, we must
believe critical to our future is
embrace the fact that organizadirect participation by all memtional success is only assured
bers mentioned above. We are
through the continuing use of
fortunate that we have many
friends in Congress and with their good business practices.
Good business practices are a
support we have received signifipowerful communication as well
cant federal dollars to assist us in
as an implementation tool. For
the performance of our missions.
CAP, they will demonstrate to
The Air Force has diligently
Congress, the U.S. Air Force,
administered those federal dolindustry and, most importantly,
lars. Now both Congress and the
the nation who we are, and what
Air Force will have direct representation in the establishment of a we can and will do. Long-range
planning helps us to focus our
long-term, strong financial founefforts in order to ensure we are
dation and interested, involved
industrial representatives will add using all resources legally, wisely,
productively and to the advantage
continuity to the process. This
of all.
partnering with industry will
Your Strategic and Tactical
strengthen CAP as we enhance
Evaluation and Planning Commitour contributions to society
tee has done an outstanding job in
through industrial and educational ties, especially in the fields capturing the needs of the future.
They specifically addressed what
of aviation and space.
CAP will face in the next 10 years.
Equally important is that our
The essence of their nine longCAP National Board structure is
retained. Your voice in the way we
See Perspective ... Page 9
conduct our daily business is

shape our own future -- our own
destiny.
Two significant changes were
endorsed at our last national
board meeting that will indeed
shape our future: a new governing
structure and specific CAP longterm objectives as a part of our

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Poisonings can affect anyone, including our pets
s I write this, it is National Poison
Prevention Week. We have this
annual reminder that there are a lot
of potential dangers where we may least
expect them.
What's a poison, you ask? It is anything
that one may
ingest, breathe or
put on (or get on)
one's skin which
can cause illness,
injury or even
death. The word
"poison" should
evoke fear,
because a poison ::
is dangerous to
life.
Of course, we
need to avoid any poison, but sometimes we do
not recognize one. For example, we may not
recognize that a plant, a spoiled food or some
everyday household product is poisonous. We
may not know that medicines, herbs and
vitamins may also be poisonous, if taken in
larger doses than needed or prescribed, or by
someone for whom they were not intended.
Each year, there are about a million
poisonings with about 5,000 deaths. Children
and the elderly are most at risk, but poisonings can affect anyone, including our pets.
Childhood poisoning, especially, remains a
significant problem. Parental awareness,
safety packaging and poison control centers
have all helped reduce the numbers and
effects, but there are still far too many.
Is your home safe from potential poisonings? Most poisonings are entirely preventable,
if a few common precautions are taken. We
need to "poison proof' our homes, workplaces
and campsites. Here are some ways:
***° Store products properly. If there are
small children in the home, be sure to get all

range objectives is: We are likely
to see leaps in technology and
reliability, which will probably
mean fewer search and rescue
missions. Natural disaster occurrences will remain constant with
hurricanes and earthquakes
projected to be more intense.
Youth will have more demands on
their time and their future will be
more challenged by technology

household products "up and off the floor level," checked for lead paint, and have your water
so they cannot be gotten into when crawling.
checked, as well.
o**o Know what plants you have around the
Medicines, vitamins, herbs, etc., should be
stored in cabinets that are locked or have
house, both inside and out, and which ones are
safety latches on them. Remember, kids are
potentially poisonous. When you are camping,
curious!
learn what potentially poisonous plants are in
o,'* Don't
the area.
confuse children
**** Keep ipecac syrup at home for use as an
by calling mediemergency treatment for poisoning, but always
cines "candy,"
contact your poison control center first! Hence,
and teach them
you should keep the PCC's telephone number
never to take
easily at hand, and have the container at hand
medicines unless
when you call. And, if you do need to go to a
you give it to
hospital or emergency center, bring the conthem.
tainer with you.
o*** Wash hands after using household
*** Keep
medicines in
products before preparing food.
their original
So, now go check your laundry room,
containers.
bathrooms, kitchen, bedrooms, garage, storage
shed/bin I in effect, your whole house -- for
Dispose medicines no longer needed (flush
'em!); do not save old prescriptions.
poison safety.
Remember, "an ounce of prevention is
o:° Buy products in child-proof containers
and close them
immediately after
use. Keep all products
and medicines in
Childhood poisoning, especially, remains a
sight when using
them; do not set them
significant problem. Parental awareness,
down when answering
safety packaging and poison control nters
the phone or doorbell
or doing something
have all helped reduce the numbers and .....
else.
e f f e c t s , b u t t h e s e ia lr l . . f. a r " o o . . .. .. .
r t
e
. t .
***o Leave original
labels on all products,
medicines, etc. If an
worth a pound of cure"! Semper vigilans!
accidental poisoning occurs, you will need to
know exactly what was in the container.
Editor's note: Please remember that the
intent of this column is to generate basic
**° Read labels carefully; follow directions.
o**o Do not store products in containers that guideines for good health. It is not intended to
take the place of personal clinical advice or
could be confused with food.
care by a physician. The doctor can be reached
°**° Use aerosols with plenty of ventilation,
via e-mail at padredoc@juno.com or telephone
and use appropriate masks if necessary.
*.'° If you live in an older house, have it
at (815) 398-8094.

in light of creating a larger, more
efficient organization, better able
to serve the needs of America, the
Air Force and our communities,
advancements. Adults will work
and provide a rewarding atmosphere for youth and adult sersmarter and also will demand
more satisfaction from their
vice.
volunteer time. Finally, as has
Without doubt, we are positioning for the future. The CAP
been the inevitable fact, funds
available to perform our missions
"history" of the future is beginning, and I am looking forward to
will continue to be limited.
With this predicted future,
serving with you in a stronger,
how may we best employ our
viable, more efficient CAP -- one
resources and talents? Each CAP
that is better able to serve our
mission for the future is addressed nation while providing a genu-

inely rewarding experience for our
ever-growing membership. Remember, our success depends
entirely on a dedicated and
positive thinking group of individuals continually working
together as a team -- you! Without you, there is no CAP future.
Let's all continue to embrace and
live by our motto, "Semper
vigilans" - always vigilant. Your
vigilance and that of every member is needed to ensure our future
-- a future that is now brighter
than ever.

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Mars Polar Lander: Was it a step on road to success?
t was 5 a.m. local Martian
Time -- the first day on the
surface for the Mars Polar
Lander. On Earth it was Friday,
Dec. 3, 1999, and scientists and
citizens crowded together to hear
the first transmissions from the
Mars Polar Lander expected at
12:20 p.m. PST. These transmissions would contain critical
information about the spacecraft's
health, meteorological data and
possibly compressed photo images.
No sound from Mars. The
tension mounted as, day after day,
scientists and fans focused on
every possible window for Mars
Polar Lander transmission. Like
the heartbeat of someone who has
died, the signal from Mars showed
a flat line as the Tuesday window
came to a close. With sinking
hearts, scientists were forced to
conclude that hope was dim for
ever hearing from the polar lander
and its Deep Space 2 probes.
Graphic representation of the Mars Polar Lander on Mars.
This odyssey began on Jan. 3,
seeing as so many of our Discov1999, on a gray day with a cloud
climate, atmosphere and soil of
ery missions have failed, especeiling scarcely a thousand feet
Mars through samples and photos,
cially the ones to Mars, we should
above the ground at Cape
as well as to transmit the sounds
discontinue the Discovery Proheard by way of the microphone.
Canaveral, Fla. Thousands of
gram. They believe we should
people stood waiting on the pier
Now that the lander has disapspend more on fewer missions, but
across from Cape Canaveral Air
peared, has the mission failed?
Station's Launch Complex 17B.
"Exploration is not only about
missions we know would work.
Air Force Col. William Pogne,
At 3:21 p.m. EST, the lander
success. It is about tryinga former Skylab astronaut, sees it
was on its way aboard a Delta II
because we learn so much as it is
differently. He explained, "The
rocket. All heads turned upward
conducted," said Dr. Louis Friedfor a glimpse before the rocket
Poisson Distribution describes
man, executive director of the
how low-probability events clusdisappeared into the clouds,
Planetary Society. "The great
Antarctic explorer, (Sir Ernest
ter. Losing a spacecraft is a lowheaded for an unexplored region
near the South Pole of Mars. The
Henry) Shackleton, failed in many probability event; the clustering of
grand finale came with the sonic
of his endeavors to explore the
these two losses does not necessarily mean everything is going to
boom and smoke billowing off the continent -- yet, read his story.
pad. After this dramatic send-off,
He contributed greatly to the
heck in a hand-basket. It does not
who would have dreamed anyexploration of the continent and to necessarily mean we have sudden
degradation in the performance of
thing could go wrong?
the annals of exploration, despite
the mission specialists."
The polar lander is part of
not achieving objectives. He said,
'Men go out in the void spaces of
Imagine you want a reliable
NASA's Discovery Program with
car that can go where no other car
the world for various reasons.
the motto, "Faster, better,
Some are actuated simply by a
can. You go to the dealership; they
cheaper." Discovery probes are
draw up a car designed just for
new, "faster and better," reusing
love of adventure, some have a
you. The price is outrageous! You
old technology, which would be
keen thirst for scientific knowlleave unhappy. Why doesn't any
cheaper than developing new
edge, and others again are drawn
one else want the same car you
technology. The instruments on
away from the trodden path by
want? This is very similar to the
board, other than the Mars
the lure of little voices; the fascidilemma of government-funded
Microphone, were not specifically
nation of the unknown.' Our
deep-space missions. NASA
designed for this mission.
morale is good, there is a lot to do
functions on a very tight budget.
The polar lander's main
and we are part of the trying."
Many critics are saying that,
Program managers must either
objectives were to examine the

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pay high costs to design, test and
retest a probe to make sure there
are no problems, or they must
trust a technology to work the
first time. They must balance
potential high gain for low cost
against more certain small gains
for high cost.
What effect does the loss of
the Mars Polar Lander have on
the future of space exploration?
Friedman said, "There will be
changes. Some will call for slowdowns and pause, others will say
let's do more because of all the
unknowns. I hope for the latter; I
fear the former."
Several investigations of the
polar lander are underway. NASA
administrator Daniel S. Goldin
has instituted the Mars assessment team to review several
recent successful and unsuccessful
missions. There will also be an
internal peer review of the lander
failure at NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory at the California
Institute of Technology and the
results will be given to the Mars
assessment team.
Pogue cautions, "Review
meetings are necessary to learn
the lessons that are appropriate,
but if you indulge in too much
self-flagellation, it is self-defeating. You need to go on. You can't
sit there for six months, berating,
wailing and gnashing your teeth."
On Dec. 3, 1999, millions of
people from Planetfest and JPL
and elsewhere around the world
stood tensely waiting to hear from
the Mars Polar Lander. Now time
has run out. The Mars Polar
Lander appears to be gone. Yet
the mystery remains. The choice is
ours: Will the loss of the Mars
Polar Lander be a stumbling block
leading to failure or a step on the
road to success?
Editor's note: This article was
written by Cadet Master Sgt.
Annika Fitzpatrick of Arkansas
Wing's Northwest Arkansas
Composite Squadron. It had
previously been submitted as an
essay in the 1999 NASA Student
Involvement Program Aeronautics
and Space Science Journalism.

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lit, concept of'core values has
pernmated the military
services. In addition, most
businesses have articulated what
they believe to be a framework for
acceptable behavior and performance. So too has Civil Air Patrol.
CAP's set of core values are as
follows: integrity, volunteer
service, excellence and respect.
These core values have been set
forth as "fixed stars" to guide us in
our conduct as we perform our
vital public service. But more
importantly, adhering to these
core values (or the similar core
values of your place of worship
and workplace) will enrich your
life and those you interact with on
a daily basis.
The role of core values is very
important in the military. The
Department of Defense holds the
annual Joint Services Conference
on Professional Ethics to discuss
the implications of ethics on the
military services. Core values is
always a featured topic, because of
its focus on the articulation of
ethical codes within the military.
Academic papers are submitted
for presentation to the conference
by all of America's armed services,
including the Coast Guard, as well
as from other allied nations.
Core values establishes a
common set of expectations of
conduct for all members. The
meaning and power of the values
CAP has chosen are easily inferred by all who read them.
These words effectively replace
dozens of pages of directives and
simply articulate what's right and
what's wrong. They form a tool by
which conduct is measured. They
are the embodiment of how CAP
members are expected to treat
each other and the people they
come in contact with -- of man's
expectations of fellow man.
You expect the people you do
business with to be honest with
you (integrity) or you don't do
business with them. You expect
them to go out of their way to
meet your needs (voJunteer
service). You expect quality and
reliability from their products

(excellence). And, you expect them
to recognize and appreciate the
fact that you don't have to buy
from them (respect) if they provide a poor level of service.
The application of core values
into daily life is just as easily
applied to personal relationships,
dealings at school and time at play
with other people.
Core values have very real
implications. It is not a vague
concept or a mantra to be repeated in hopes that someday they
will catch on. Core values require
a cultural commitment to decency,
a personal commitment to treat
others as you would like to be
treated and an organizational
commitment to deliver services of
the quality you would expect to
have for yourself. They require
you do the best you can to embody
their principles, even, as former
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.
Ronald Fogleman said, "When no
one else is watching."
Senior member activities
CAP's senior member activities for 2000 has a wide variety of
training activities during the
summer and fall of 2000. Some
activities, like Squadron Leadership School and Corporate Learning Course, are held at wing level.
Others, like National Staff College
or the new National Inspector
General College, are administered
by CAP National Headquarters.
Below, you'll find a brief description of many senior activities
available this year, along with the
dates of the national-level schools.
Squadron Leadership School:
The SLS is a 16-hour wingadministered course designed to
enhance a senior member's
performance at the squadron level
through the examination of
squadron operations. To attend,

seniors must have completed
Level I and be enrolled in a
specialty track.
Corporate Learning Course:
This is a 12- to 16-hour course
exploring wing-level operations,
and the wing's relationship to the
squadron. To attend, seniors must
have a Technician rating in a
specialty track and have attended
an SLS.
Region Staff College: RSC is a
one-week residence program
designed to prepare selected
officers to execute duties and
responsibilities associated with
CAP command and staff assignments. The course's main focus is
on leadership and management
topics, and its application at the
wing and region level. To attend,
seniors must have completed
Level III of the senior member
training program and presently
hold a command or staff assignment. Contact your wing for more
information on the RSC to be held
in your region.
Chaplain Service Region Staff
College: This course is designed to
provide chaplains and moral
leadership officers with training
necessary to make them more
effective spiritual representatives
in CAP. Contact your region
chaplain, the CAP homepage, or
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Ken Colton at
headquarters for more information on attendance requirements
and course sites near you.
Unit Commanders Course:
Presently in field tests in selected
wings across the country, UCC is
a wing-administered 16-hour
course designed to give new and
future squadron commanders with
a basic understanding of command
functions. The course presents an
overview of squadron command
issues as well as basic leadership
and management orientation.
Attending seniors must have

corn p leted Sq uad rot Lemh q:drip
School. Though not mandutory,
seniors should also complete ECI13, CAP Senior Officer Course
before attending.
National Inspector General
College: The new IGC is a oneweek national-level course (held
biannually), and is being conducted this year at Kirtland Air
Force Base, N.M., from June 13 18. It is designed to give CAP
Inspectors General and investigating officers a comprehensive
understanding of the inspector
general system and associated
operations. Contact Becky Lee,
CAP Legal Assistant at 334-9536019 for more information and
attendance requirements.
National Staff College: NSC .s
the executive-level, one-week
residence course for senior members who aspire to CAP's highest
leadership positions. It is held
annually at Maxwell Air Force
Base, Ala., and designed to give
field grade officers the types of
developmental experiences required to manage complex programs.
The college also contains
advanced studies in management,
communications and leadersh,p.
Attendees must hold the grade of
major or above, and have completed a Region Staff College (or
equivalent). Commanders at all
levels who meet the prerequisites
are encouraged to apply. This
year, NSC will be held at Maxwell
Air Force Base in Montgomery,
Ala., from Oct. 21-28.
More information on these
courses, including application
procedures and course prerequisites, can be obtained from the
January 2000 edition of the Civil
Air Patrol News, CAP's homepage
at www.capnhq.gov, CAP Regulation 50-17, CAP Senior member
Training Program or by contacting
your wing senior programs officer.
We hope you will take advantage of these outstanding programs. The small investment you
make by attending will pay off
large dividends by making you a
more effective CAP member.

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AOPA offers $500 'Top-Pilot' scholarships for cadets

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Vo u c h e r s y s t e m h a s b e g u n
CAP National Headquarters is
now including a Free Cadet
Uniform voucher in every new
cadets' membership card envelope.
Unfortunately, vouchers for
cadets prior to 1 April or after 31
August cannot be provided.

Pilots Association will

fun~ eight AOPA Top Pilot
scholarsh;[bt for "adets attending
Civil Air :' ~atrol s four national
powered i.ight and four national
glider academies this summer.
Flight instructors at each
academy will select the best
student pilot in their program,
and each "Fop Pilot" will receive
$500 in additional training at a
flight school back home.
The scholarships represent an
increase in support for CAP by
AOPA's 355,000 members representing the nation's general
aviation pilots.
Ere, llent advisory council OI
'1he North Central Region
Ca Jet Advisory Council has
developed an excellent operating
instruction in accordance with
CAP Regulation 52-16, Chapter 3.
Anyone interested in a copy
may contact the NCR director of
Cadet Programs, Col. Burgess
Rennels Jr. at Brennels@aol.com
or the NCR CAC representative,
Cadet 1st Lt. Col. Levi Heller at
Seirra2@aol.com.

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have been sent. All others have
been placed on a waiting list and
will receive a letter indicating their
status.
RCLS funds available
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mum of $500 for regions holding a
cadet leadership school.
Region project officers may
request the funds by writing to
CAP National Headquarters
(CAP/CPC). Include a syllabus of
planned cadet leadership school
instruction, along with course
content and desired learning
outcomes.

C F I s n e e d e d f o r N FA s
CAP's national flight academies this summer may need both
glider and powered certified flight
instructors to assist in ground and
air instruction.
Contact the following activity
directors for details:
Lt. Col. Charlie Meason,
NFA (Glider)-GA, (770) 482-5065;
Lt. Col. Doug Jones, NFA
(Glider)-OR, (503) 284-2478; Lt.
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W a g n e r, N FA ( G l i d e r ) - U T, ( 8 0 1 )
5 8 2 - 1 9 1 7 ; L t . C o l . R o b i n Ve s t ,
N F A ( P o w e r e d ) - N Y, ( 7 0 3 ) 4 7 6 4 3 0 3 ; L t . C o l . M o n t i l l e Wa r r e n ,
N FA ( P o w e r e d ) - T N , ( 9 0 1 ) 9 2 6 4 1 0 0 ; { 2 o l . R o l a n d B u t l e r, N FA
(Powered)-VA, (202) 584-0935; Lt.
C o l . M a r c i a C u n n i n g h a m , N FA
(Powered)-WI, (414) 383-2533.

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"We have been making some major
changes to the Shelbyville Composite Squadron Web site and we want
everyone to know about it," said I st.
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 action!

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sites.netseape.net/
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Take a look at Vermont Wing's
Catamount Composite Squadron through this website. You
can see pictures of their latest activities, meet the squadron commander and staff,
learn about the squadron's
history or see into the
squadron's future with their
posted calendar. There are also
several links to CAP and U.S.
Air Force websites.
Webmaster Lt. CoL Martha Stuart

http://welcome.to/INWG-FCS
"Lots of squadron information, pictures
and a record of the missions we've been
on. Also includes great information for
possible recruits, a calendar and a squadr o n r o s t e r. C o m e b y a n d s i g n o u r
g uest book!"
Webmaster Cadet 2nd Lt. Keith Harbeson

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What better time than NCASE to test fly a new
motorized Styrofoam airplane.

A CAP member proudly displays the organization's drug demand
reduction emblem on the back of a T-shirt.

Dr. John Kllne, keynote speaker at the Crown Circle
banquet, talks with attendees in the exhibit hall..

SAN DIEGO -- Like so
many congresses before it, the
Civil Air Patrol's National
Congress on Aviation and
Space Education 2000 demonstrated clearly that educators
across America understand
the value of aerospace education in their classrooms.
This year, more than 700
educators descended on the
Town and Country Convention
Center in San Diego to participate in what turned out to be
one of CAP's most exc!ting
and dynamic educational
programs.
From rocket scientists and
astronauts to Crown Circle
winners, from an array of
stimulating concurrent sessions to an exciting exhibit hall,
this year's congress had it all
and then some.
Opened by master of
ceremonies Jack Barker, "Day
One" began with NASA rocket
scientist and bestselling author
Homer Hickham addressing

NASA rocket scientist and bestselling author Homer Hickham signs autographs,

Russell Watson of Wichita, Kan., and CAP National
Commander Brig. James C. Bobick proudly display
the Brewer trophy awarded to Watson.

Attendees "network" in the exhibit hall.

NASA astronaut U.S. Army Lt. Col. Douglas Wheelock addresses the general as- Crown Circle winners (sitting) an=
Col. Douglas Wheelock; Dr. Tho~
sembly at NCASE 2000.
CAP National Commender Brig. J
of the Air Force Association.

ne audience. Hickham, the
Luthor of The Rocket Boys,
:aptivated the audience with
~is stories about growing up in
;oalwood, W.V., and overcomlg all odds to live the "impos;ible dream" of one day
)ecoming a rocket scientist.
Hickham's message to
eachers was unwavering
1is teachers played a vj,tal role
n helping him achieve his
tream, and teachers today
~ave to recognize they play
ust as vital a role in the lives
)f their students.
Also on the first day was
he National Aeronautic
~,ssociation's Frank G. Brewer
.uncheon where Russell
Natson of Wichita, Kan., was
twarded the Brewer trophy for
fis significant contributions to
]erospace education in the
Jnited States.
Day Two was highlighted
)y a stirring presentation by
~IASA astronaut U.S. Army Lt.
.3ol. Douglas Wheelock.

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS ~ APRIL 2000

Wheelock talked at length
about his experiences as lead
engineer for the joint U.S.
space shuttle and Russian
space station Mir mission.
Wheelock became quite
emotional when he too spoke
about the important role
teachers played in his life and
how today's teachers must
understand that they are
viewed by their students in the
very same way.
Later that night, attendees
were treated to the Crown
Circle Induction Ceremony and
Banquet. Not only did they
have the opportunity to hear
Dr. John Kline speak, but also
to meet one-on-one with this
year's four Crown Circle
winners. Kline, an educator,
lecturer and motivational
speaker, is the provost of Air
University at Maxwell Air Force
Base, Ala.
Not to be outdone, "Day
Three" had its share of major
headliners as well. Andy

Baumgartner, National
Teacher of the Year for 1999,
talked about his life as a
teacher and the shock of being
selected as teacher of the
year. Professional aviation
speaker, motivator and author
Ron Machado entertained the
audience with his clever wit
and years of experience as an
aviator, and emphasized the
value of aviation education in
America's schools.
Perhaps summing up
best the value of NCASE
2000 was Katherine
Eldredge, an aviation management student at Central
Missouri State University in
Warrensburg, Mo.
"All of it has been so very
inspiring -- especially getting
to hear the astronaut, Doug
Wheeler. My 14-year-old
daughter, JoAnn, attended with
me and, after listening to his
presentation, said to me, '1
wonder if I could do something
like that!'"

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Crown Circle
winner
Dianne Martin
addresses
the general
assembly.

The NCASE registration team takes a quick break.

Jimmy Chapman and Joy Darwin of CAP National Headquarters
conducts a concurrent session.

:heir escorts, from left: Dr. Charles H. Stow and Deborah Daniels; Sandy Armstrong and U.S. Army Lt. Attendees look over the vast array of items in the exhibit hall.
s J. Connolly and Barbara Connolly; and Dianne S. Martin and Dr. Elizabeth F. Martin. At the fat left is
nes C. Bobick and far right is Maw Anne Thompson, a trustee for the Aerospace Education Foundation

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Cohen, others stress importance of
passing emergency supplemental bill
Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WA S H I N G TO N ( A F P N )
-- "You have to pay the people,
and you have to pay the light
bill," said Warren Hall, assistant deputy comptroller for
programs and budget. "One
payment you can defer -- but
it's not a great idea -- is you
don't have to perform training."
That will be the training
situation if Congress doesn't
pass the $2 billion fiscal 2000
Emergency Supplemental Appropriation Bill before it goes
on Easter recess April 17. The
bill funds Kosovo operations
for fiscal 2000, and the Army
is the service needing the
supplemental most.
In a letter to congressional
leaders, Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said if bill pas-

sage is not assured, the Army
would have to start canceling
movements to the National
Training Center at Fort Irwin,
Calif., and other readiness-related training exercises.
Cohen said other actions
the Army would have to take
include reducing home station
training and delaying procurement, promotions and bringing
people into the service.
He said the Navy and Air
Force face lesser, but still serious risks, he said. "Additionally, essential intelligence activities and defense agencies
support would be degraded,"
Cohen wrote.
The supplemental also covers the increase in the cost of
fuel. Pentagon spokesman Ken
Bacon said about $1.56 billion
will go to cover higher fuel
costs in fiscal 1999, 2000 and
2001.

"The reason for this is the
way the Defense Logistics
Agency 'sells' oil to military users is at a fixed price for a
year," Bacon told reporters
March 28. This allows the services to plan their costs for the
year.
In fiscal 2000, the DLA is
selling oil to the services at
$26.04 per barrel. The actual
costs are about $31 per barrel.
The Defense Department budgeted just over $4 billion for
oil in fiscal 2000 and $3.35 billion in fiscal 2001.
The supplemental would
also cover some shortages in
defense healthcare programs,
especially in prescription
drugs, Defense Department officials said. It also puts some
money into base housing.
"Prudent managers will
plan on the worst case," Hall
said.

Boeing develops stealthy "topcoat' for F-22
at a very modest cost.
S E AT T L E
Boeing has developed
It is applied in a twoa new paint that will
tone camouflage deincrease the F-22
sign, patterned after
Raptor's stealthiness,
the F-15 "Mod-Eagle"
thereby reducing vulpaint scheme.
nerability to infrared
Boeing began dethreats.
veloping the new
The paint, repaint during the early
ferred to as a "topstages of the F-22 procoat," was applied to
gram. Since that time,
Raptor 02 at Edwards
a small team in Seattle has worked to
Air Force Base, Calif.,
March 23.
refine the paint and
To meet F-22 reimprove its applicaq u i r e m e n t s , B o e i n g Following application of the F-22 Raptor's stealthy tion characteristics in
developed the topcoat
new "topcoat" of paint at Edwards Air Force Base, the production envito protect the aircraft Calif., a worker reapplies U.S. Air Force markings on
ronment.
the aircraft. Boeing developed the new paint, which
against threats that
F-22 teammate,
use a broad range of will reduce vulnerability to infrared threats.
Lockheed Martin, will
wavelengths. The new
paint the first few airpaint replaces conventional topcoats, perform- craft by hand, however, robotic application is
ing all the required environmentally protective planned in the future. Raptor 04 will receive
functions while reducing vulnerability to deits new topcoat next. Each application is extection.
pected to take one to two days. (Courtesy of
Air Combat Command News Service and Boeing
The new topcoat does not add to the F-22's
weight, and provides performance enhancement Company)

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AF, Germans act vain training center

AF outlines usage of
new "updated" symbol
WASHINGTON
(AFPN) -- Air Force officials released guidelines March 23 that outline appropriate uses for
the new Air Force symbol.
The symbol, which is
being tested by Air Force
leaders, will be used in
a variety of ways, including outreach communication and advertising,
to promote recruiting,
retention and general
public awareness of the
Air Force and its value
to the nation.
The guidelines represent the latest step in
the testing of a new program to tell the Air
Force story to airmen already in service, to
young people considering military service, and
to people who influence
retention and recruiting
decisions. Several versions of the design and
the guidelines are available to the military and
public on the World
Wide Web.
The new symbol,
which was introduced in
January, is an update of
the classic Hap Arnold
Army Air Corps wings,

which were re-introduced in 1994. Looking
both like a bird of prey
and a medal, the new
symbol can now be used
on "perishable" items
such as stationery, presentation slides, hats, Tshirts and coins, officials
said. The symbol should
not be applied at this
time to "nonperishable"
uses such as aircraft, vehicles, buildings, and
base entrance gates.
"This symbol is one
part of an effort to more
e ff e c t i v e l y t e l l t h e A i r
Force story and present a
consistent Air Force image," said Brig. Gen. Ron
Rand, Air Force director
of public affairs. "Eventually, when someone sees
this symbol, they should
immediately identify it
with the Air Force.
"We recognize that
change causes turbulence, and if this symbol
is eventually adopted
formally, the long-term
cultural change we envision will take years,"
said Rand. "Meanwhile,
we'll continue to test it
... and we'll pay close attention to the feedback
we get.

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE,
N.M. (AFPN) -- The German Air Force
Flying Training Center was officially activated here March 31.
Presiding over the ceremonies was
Gen. Michael E. Ryan, U.S. Air Force chief
of staff and Lt. Gen. Rolf H. Portz, German air force chief of staff.
The flying training center was established here in May 1996 as a tactical training center. At that time, there were about
325 German military people and 12 Tornado aircraft assigned.
At present, there are about 600 German military people and 25 Tornadoes
here. Those numbers will continue to grow
until the end of 2001 when there will be
approximately 750 German military personnel, 125 civilian employees and 42 Tornadoes.
German aircrew training for the F-4F
Phantom II and Tornado is now centralized here. German aircrew members come
here from undergraduate pilot training at
Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and Joint

Service Undergraduate Navigator Training at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla.
Fighter weapons instructor courses for
both aircraft are also taught here, along
with advanced tactics training for Tornado
aircrews.
"It's a pleasure to be here today for
the grand opening of this flying training
center," Ryan said. "It's a superb facility
and has important meaning for the United
States and Germany. It's not just a symbol of the strong bonds between our air
forces. It means better operability, the key
to any combined effort. It means a better
understanding of how our air forces will
fight and win together in future conflicts,
as we did just last year," Ryan continued.
As part of the ceremony, Portz presented Ryan the Knight Commander's
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal
Republic of.Germany in honor of his support to the German military as both Allied Air Forces Central Europe (and U.S.
Air Forces in Europe) commander and as
the chief of staff.

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AIR FORCE BASE HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa (AFPN) --A U.S. Air Force MH-53M "Pave Low IV"
helicopter assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron, Royal Air Force Mildenhall,
England, flies over flooded central Mozambique near the town of Chibuto as it refuels from an
MC-130P "Combat Shadow" from the 67th Special Operations Squadron, also from Mildenhall.
The Pave Lows are operating from Air Force Base Hoedspruit where they are deployed in support
of Operation Atlas Response, a multi-national humanitarian relief mission helping displaced
people in central and southern Mozambique that have been devastated by recent floods.

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COAST TO COAST

Nationwide
Reporting achievements of CAP members

CONNECTICUT -- Senior
members from several
Connecticut Wing squadrons
came together at wing headquarters for a corporate
learning course.
The course, required for
level three of the senior
training program, was directed
by Capts. Len and Sue
Schindler.
The course was taught by
Col. Karen Payne, Connecticut
Wing commander; the Connecticut Wing Reserve
assistance officer and liaison
noncommissioned officer; and
numerous current and former
wing and region staff members, chosen because of their
expertise in specific areas.
Fifteen students graduated from the course, including
three squadron commanders,
five Connecticut Wing staff
members and one Northeast
Region staff member.
The graduates were:
Capts. Howard Aronson, Lucy
Morris, Robert Gray, Robert
Provost, James Ray, David
Rosati, Matthew Valleau and
Daniel Wrobel; 1st Lts. Judson
Graves, Michael Pienkosz,
John Siebert and Jack
Shapiro; 2nd Lt. David
Oestreicher; and John Brophy
and Glenn Evans.
The graduation ceremony
was attended by the graduates, teachers and directors,
as well as Col. Lloyd Sturges,
Northeast Region senior
programs officer, and his
Connecticut Wing counterpart,
Maj. Andrew Marteka.
1st Lt. Michael T. Pienkosz Jr.

MAINE -- Cadets from all
over Maine came together as
the Maine Wing held a winter
survival school at the Bangor
Maine Air National Guard
Base.
Instructors for the threeday course were full-time
instructors of the U.S. Navy's
survival, evasion, resistance
and escape school.
Members of these
squadrons attended the
course: Sundown, Cumberland
County, Machias Valley,
Bangor-Brewer, Augusta,
Downeast Patrol and St. Croix
Composite squadrons.
The outstanding flight
honors went to Alpha Flight.
The cadets honored for
outstanding achievement
during the school were: 1st Lt.
Jennifer Fitts, Cumberland
County, and 1st Lt. Thomas
Imlay, Sundown.
Cadet Staff Sgt.
Stephen Sou/e

participated were: Lt. Col.
Lester A. Dutka, squadron
commander; Capt. Jerry
Vinokur, emergency services
instructor; and 1st Lts. Keith
Davis and Charles Cross,
ground instructors.
Lt. CoL Lester A. Dutka
NEW JERSEY -- The
Amelia Earhart Award was
presented to a cadet from the
Lone Eagle Composite
Squadron during a ceremony
held at the Morristown National
Guard Armory.
Lt. Col. Donald
Blumenfield, a New Jersey
Wing Group commander,
presented the Earhart award to
Cadet Capt. Erin Crum.
Crum, who serves as the
cadet commander for the Lone
Eagle squadron, is a junior at
Morris Catholic School in
Denville, N. J.
Maj. Jerry Beaudry

the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration's early
missions. She discussed the
Mercury, Gemini and Apollo
missions, and told them of
stories from the astronauts that
are not often seen in basic
history books.
Cadets were also part o~
the program, as they were
assigned research questions
ahead of time and gave five
minute presentations as part of
the program.
Earley's son, Mark, is a
squadron cadet. It was his
interest in the space program
which sparked Mrs. Earley's
interest. After going with her
son to NASA space camp, she
applied for the NASA program
to bring aerospace into the
classroom. She was accepted,
then trained in the presentation and security of a set of
samples collected on the
moon.
Mrs. Earley was issued a
Iockable metal attache, and
she created her presentation
around it. With help from her
son, she has delivered the
presentation to several area
classrooms.
The cadets who participated in the program were:
Staff Sgt. Joe Mufford, cadet
commander; Tech. Sgt. Mike
Scordato; and Airmen Amanda

NEW JERSEY -- The
Sussex Skylands Composite
MASSACHUSETTS -- Six
Squadron hosted a presentacadets from the Phoenix Bay
Path Composite Squadron
tion on a period of the U.S.
Space Program, complete with
participated in a squadron fly
samples of meteorites and
day held at Westover U.S. Air
moon rocks from NASA.
Force Reserve Base in
Guest Irene Earley worked
Chicopee, Mass.
with eight of the squadron's
Three of the cadets took
their first orientation flight in a
cadets, telling them little
known facts and stories about
CAP Cessna 172 and all of the
cadets were
trained in various
aspects of flight
planning.
The cadets
who participated
in the training
were: Tauren and
Jaren Choinski,
Matthew Kelly,
Shane Schimker,
Glenn Kenyon
and Erik Larsen.
Cadets
Kenyon, Larsen
and Schimke took
their first orientation flight during
the day.
The pilots
were 1st Lt.
William"
Kirkpatrick and
Lt. Col. Walter
Forbrush.
A cadet with the New York Wing's Col. S. Francis Gabreski Squadron gets
Other senior
instructions on the use of a fire extinguisher from firefighter Brian Deedy of
members who
the North Patchogue, N.Y., Fire Department.

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Predmore, Justin Gronbach,
Erin Foran, Chris O'Keefe,
Mike Camerlingo and Mark
Earley.
NEW YORK -- Members
of the Col. S. Francis Gabreski
Squadron visited the North
Patchogue Fire Department for
a fire safety seminar.
The seminar included
classroom instruction on
general fire safety and the
proper use of fire extinguishers.
The cadets also went
outside the class to the
training facility, where instructor firefighter Brian Deedy
demonstrated the proper use
of an extinguisher on a live
fire. Cadets were given the
opportunity to use the extinguisher under Deedy's
direction.
Cadets saw several
firefighting demonstrations,
toured the facility and learned
about firefighting equipment.
Explorer Mike Kaan,
emergency medical technician
Gerry Roeloffs and probationary firefighter Chris Nickel
assisted at the facility. Assistant Chief Richard Feren was
the host.
Roeloffs, a former CAP
cadet, joined the squadron as
a senior member a week after
the visit.
2nd Lt. Thomas C. Brady
NEW YORK -- There was
a change of command within
the Schenectady Composite
Squadron.
Capt. Steve Dempsey,
who served as squadron
commander for two years,
turned over the position to
Capt. Donald Brown at a
squadron meeting.
Dempsey, who resides in
Cobleskill, N.Y., has been a
CAP member for nine years.
Brown has been a CAP
member for two years, during
which he served as squadron
personnel officer and aerospace education officer. He is
employed at Knolls Atomic
Power Laboratory.
Frank Hackert
NEW YORK -- More than
20 cadets and senior members
from two squadrons participated in the Rockland Cadet
Squadron's first emergency
services bivouac of the
season.
Participants from
Rockland and the East
Ramapo Cadet Squadron
gathered at the Boy Scout's

Camp Bullowa for the weekend
ground team training event.
The event's main focus was
navigation.
The Rockland squadron is
commanded by Maj. Albert
Bangs. The commander of the
East Ramapo squadron is
Capt. Lawrence Model.
The event's project officer
was 1st Lt. James Burpo, and
Jack Sabba served as cadet
commander.
Capt. Albert Bangs
PENNSYLVANIA -Family and guests joined
members of the Northeast
Philadelphia Composite
Squadron at the squadron's
annual awards banquet.
Banquet guests included
Col. Fredric Weiss, Pennsylvania Wing commander, and Lt.
Col. Eugene Egry, Pennsylvania Wing's Group 3 commander.
Weiss presented awards
to several cadets, including the
Amelia Earhart Award to Capt.
Steven Blitman and Maj. Keith
Miller; and the Gen. Billy
Mitchell Award to 2nd Lt. Chris
Ferrero.
Capt. Robert Suplee,
squadron commander,
presented most-improved
cadet honors to Senior Airman
Dianna King, and cadet of the
year awards to Staff Sgts.
Jason Kelly and David Ewing.
Representatives of the Air
Force Sergeants Association
presented the outstanding
noncommissioned officer of
the year award to Ewing.
Several members of the
squadron were presented with
community service ribbons
during the banquet.
Members of the squadron
completed a combined total of
more than 3,600 hours of
community service in 1999.
Cadet Capt. Steve Blitman
PENNSYLVANIA -- Two
Pennsylvania Wing senior
members travelled to China to
teach at a university in
Shanghai.
Maj. Walter V. Powell and
Capt. Nancy J. Powell went to
China as part of a faculty
exchange program which
involves students and faculty
from Shanghai International
Studies University in China
and Slippery Rock University
in Pennsylvania.
The two will be teaching at
the Shanghai university for the
spring semester, which ends at
the end of June.
Maj. Walter V. Powell

subjects.
He showed the group 20
or more images that spanned
about 10 years of observations. The presentation
culminated with images of the
Persian Gulf area taken during
the Gulf War. Individual
ordnance craters and oil fires
showed up in detail on the
images.
Boyce also described the
characteristics of images from
various platforms and instruments, including multispectral
imaging systems and thematic
mappers.
1st Lt. Robert E. Terry
MARYLAND -- Highresolution pictures of earth
taken from orbiting satellites
were part of a presentation on
satellite imaging made by a
NASA employee for members
of the Howard Composite
Squadron.
Steve Boyce, a 13-year
employee of the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration, spoke to the
squadron members on satellite
imaging in support of environmental studies.
Boyce showed some highresolution images he collected
during his time at NASA. The
images come from different
platforms and give scientists
information on a variety of

MARYLAND -- Members
of the Maryland Wing honor
guard have been preparing for
the 2000 Middle East Region
conference and other upcoming events.
The 24-member honor
guard spent long hours
practicing their close-order drill
for the regional conference to
be held in Williamsburg, Va.
The team's dramatic unit also
practiced skits which they will
be putting on at area schools
and civic functions as part of
the team's drug demand
reduction mission.
Maj. Johnetta Mayhew,
honor guard project officer,
directed the drill practice and
helped the dramatic unit

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rehearse.
The DDR skits are used to
remind young people of the
dangers of drug and alcohol
abuse.
To help the members of
the team understand the
effects of drug and alcohol, the
team took part in a class given
by Maryland Army National
Guard officer candidate
Patricia Jones-Johnson,
Maryland Army National Guard
DDR representative. She
visited the team during their
practice and watched the team
rehearse before beginning
class.
After class, JonesJohnson allowed the cadets
and seniors to try walking and
performing certain tasks while
wearing special goggles
designed to emulate the
effects of drugs, alcohol and
marijuana.
In addition to the visit from
Jones-Johnson, Gen. James
Jaeger, commander of the
1998 National Encampment
East and the 2000 MarylandDelaware-Nations Capital
Encampment, also visited the
team and encouraged them.
Capt. Don Haines
VIRGINIA -- Twenty-six
members of the Burke and
Fredericksburg Composite
squadrons toured the U. S.

CADETS TAKE FLIGHT

Cadets of Virginia Wing's Winchester Composite Squadron pose in front of the C-130 Hercules
in which they made an orientation flight. The plane was flown by Majs. William Dorman Jr. and
William Clark, and 1st Lt. Brandon Takaa of the West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift
Wing. The flight departed from and landed at Martinsburg West Virginia Air National Guard Base.

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Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va.
The tour covered three of
the base's major attractions:
Marine Helicopter Squadron
One; the Quantico Fire. Crash
and Rescue squadron; and the
Marine Corps Museum's
aircraft restoration facility.
Marine Helicopter Squadron One is best known for
providing transportation for the
president and vice president.
During the tour, which was
directed by Lt. Col. Frank
Miner, the squadron's executive officer, cadets and senior
members watched a video and
presentation on the mission,
and had the chance to view
one of the VH-3D Sea King
helicopters used to transport
the president.
The Quantico Fire, Crash
and Rescue Squadron, based
on the airfield, demonstrated
their abilities by staging a
simulated helicopter crash.
The facility is equipped with a
mock-up of a typical fleet
helicopter with propane
burners, which are used to
create a fully involved, highheat fire. The fires were lit, the
alarm sounded, and four fire
vehicles responded, including
a 5,000-gallon water tanker.
The crew put out the fire.
rescued the crew members
and began CPR
The final tour of the vJs~t
was of the aircraft restoration
tacdlty, where the members
saw various restoratpor~
projects in progress, including
World War I-. World War IIand Vietnam-era aircraft.
Lt. Col. George Thomas
and Ist Lt. Robert Stuber
VIRGINIA -- Col. H. Click
Smith, Virginia Wing commander, presented a retirement certificate to a member of
the Newport News Composite
Squadron during a ceremony
held in Newport News, Va.
Capt. Robert G. Tadlock
retired after more than 20
years of active CAP service.
His certificate of retirement
was presented by Smith and
Lt. Col. Richard Caton,
commander of Virginia Wing's
Group 5.
Tadlock enlisted in the
U.S. Air Force as an aircraft
mechanic, and became a
maintenance technician
instructor. He transferred to
the U.S. Army aviation
program and retired as a chief
warrant officer 3 aviation
maintenanr~, officer.
He served w;th CAP in

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Texas, Illinois and Virginia.
Prior to his retirement, he
served as deputy commander
for cadets and squadron
communications officer.
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of the Newport News Composite Squadron visited the U. S.
Air Force Rescue Coordination
Center at Langley Air Force
Base, Va.
Eleven members who
went on the tour were from the
Newport News squadron, and
they were accompanied by one
senior member of the Aviation
Academy Cadet Squadron and
one senior member of the
Xenia Cadet Squadron from
Xenia, Ohio.
Capt. Julie Eubanks, a
senior controller at AFRCC,
gave the group a briefing on
the facilities and how they
operate.
The group was then taken
on a tour of the facility and
received a detailed briefing on
actual searches which were
being conducted by the
controllers.
Controllers also explained
how satellite equipment
operates and how emergency
Iocator transmitters are
tracked.
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Change of command
ceremonies were held as the
Newport News Composite
Squadron welcomed a new
cadet commander
Col. H. Click Smith,
Virginia Wing commander,
presided over the ceremony, at
which Cadet Lt. Col. Andrew
G. Cullipher turned over
command to Cadet 2nd Lt.
Daniel Tomaino.
,~,s Smith transferred the
command to Tomaino, he
encouraged the new cadet
commander to continue with
the superb leadership example
which Cullipher displayed in
the previous 19 months.
Cullipher became cadet
commander of the squadron in
August 1998. He turned 21 in
February and relinquished the
position to become a senior
member.
Because Cullipher
completed the requirements
for the Amelia Earhart and Ira
Eaker Award, he was eligible
for increased grade as a senior
member.
After the change of
command ceremony, Smith
presented Cullipher with a
promotion to the rank of first

lieutenant.
Maj. Robert I George
WEST VIRGINIA -Two West Virginia
senators were presented with certificates
of membership and
commissions by officials
of the Wheeling Composite Squadron.
Col. Bernard E.
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Dalton, Wheeling
squadron commander,
presented the certificates and commissions
to West Virginia state
senators Andy
McKenzie and Ed
Bowman. The two were
Lt. Col. Fred Hershelman, left, Illinois Wing Group 9 commander,
given the rank of major.
poses with Maje. Paul Rothe, Springfield Composite Squadron comAfter the ceremony,
mander, and Michael Curtis, squadron safety officer, after the three
Dalton took the two men
received the Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager Award.
on an orientation flight
through the districts they
Sgt. Danny O'Sullivan.
commander; Maj. Paul Rothe,
represent.
The cadets who attended
Springfield squadron comWhen the flight was done,
the school were: Airmen Kyle
mander; and Maj. Michael
the senators told local media
Mclntyre, Chris Berry, Mike
Curtis, squadron safety officer.
representatives that they were
Gripp, Mark Griffen, Rick
The presentations were
proud of their CAP memberMangrum and Metja Monroe;
made during a regular squadship. They also said that the
and Airman 1st Class James
ron meeting.
assets of CAP can be a
Thompson.
Karen Woods
significant help to the senators
The school's honor cadets
and the people they serve
were Airmen Ashlee Warning
KENTUCKY -- Several
during a crisis.
members of the Kentucky and
and Alex Best.
1st Lt. Amelia G. Brooks
Cadet Staff Sgt. Danny North Carolina wings particiO'Sullivan pated in the American Red
Cross's Marathop Caro~op,J~monary Resuscitation CertifiILLINOIS -- Three senior
members of the Springfield
cation Course ~n El=zabetbComposite Squadron were
town, KV
presented with the Brig. Gen
The course was des,.].~eJ
Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager
to teach people what to do ¢
Aerospace Education Award
medicai emergency uefo.'~.
by a retired U. S. Air Force
medical help arnves Pa, t,: general.
pants received mstruchons o"
Maj. Gen. Harold G.
handling breathing emerge;,'Holesinger presented the
cies, symptoms of 3 bea *
Yeager awards to Lt. Col. Fred attack and administering CPR.
Hershelman, Group Nine
Cadets and senior

ILLINOIS -- The Clinton
Scott Composite Squadron
hosted a cadet advisory
council-sponsored weekend
airman's school.
On Saturday, cadets
attended classes on subjects
such as military customs and
courtesies, aerospace education, and uniform standards.
Cadets toured Scott Air
Force Base Security Force
offices on Sunday.
The cadets who served on
the school's staff were: Capt.
Johll; 1st Lts. Michelle Aidridge, Nichalous Kimutis, Gary
Hall and Jesse Weeks; Master
Sgt. Justin Hudgins; Tech.
Sgt. Jeremiah Miller; and Staff

Cadet 2nd Lt. Jonathon Stouffer of Illinois Wing's Springfield
Composite Squadron poses with Lt. Col. Fred Hershelman,
Group 9 commander. Hershelman, also a retired member of the
Illinois Air National Guard, presented Stouffer with the Gen.
Billy Mitchell Award during a Springfield squadron meeting.

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members practiced on lifesized mannequins in simulations of life-threatening
emergencies.
Six members of the
Golden Armor Composite
Squadron participated in the
course: Lt. Col. Don Bunnell;
U.S. Air Force Reserve Staff
Sgt. Matthew Burg; anc~ cadets
Justin Burg, Mike Mortiz,
Phillip Padron and Cody
Willett.
North Carolina Wing
member Shelle Alti,.,ri also
participated in the ira~ri~ng
Capt. Jay,~on Altieri

FLORIDA -- The West
Broward Composite
Squadron's color guard
performed in a ship-naming
ceremony for a luxury cruise
liner.
Several representatives of
the Florida Wing were also on
hand as Renaissance Cruise
Lines named their new luxury
cruise ship the R4.
Attending the ceremony
were: Col. Antonio Pineda,
Florida Wing commander; Maj.
Ed Wasserman, wing staff;
Capt. Eileen Parker, wing staff
and Renaissance Cruise Lines
employee; 1st Lt. Eddie
Villalba, West Broward
squadron deputy commander
for cadets; and Diane Reid,
West Broward squadron public
affairs officer.
The cadets on the color
guard were: 2nd Lt. Scott
Shaefer, honor guard commander; Master Sgts. Terry
Reid, Sara Gebo, Alex Perez
and Janet Silverman; Senior
Airman Victor Berriel; and
Airman Hercules Allen.
Diane Reid
FLORIDA -- A cadet from
the Marion County Composite
Squadron made her first solo
flight in a CAP Cessna.
Cadet Senior Master Sgt.
Heather Day flew solo in a

Cessna 172 after completing
18 hours of flight instruction.
Capt. Ron Towater, a
certified flight instructor II, was
Day's instructor as she made
her flight.
Towater, with help from
Maj. Paul Sova, and Capts.
Paul Blystone and Ron
Arrowsmith, performed the
traditional shirttail cutting
ceremony.
FLORIDA -- Members of
the Pasco Cadet Squadron
attended a Boy Scout banquet
in Tampa, Fla.
The banquet's guest
speaker was Capt. Scott
O'Grady, a U.S. Air Force pilot
who was shot down while
flying over Bosnia.
O'Grady, a former CAP
cadet, described his experiences being shot down,
avoiding capture for over a
week and being rescued by
personnel from the U.S. Navy,
Marines and Air Force.
CAP members who
attended the event included:
Lt. Col. Doug Andrews, East
Pasco Flight commander; and
2nd Lt. Valerie Andrews, East
Pasco Flight personnel officer;
Maj. Mario Bartoletti, Pasco
squadron commander; Roger
Jackson, communications
officer; 2nd Lt. Lili Bartoletti,
public affairs officer; and
Cadet Airman Brian Picardo.
2nd Lt. Lili Bartoletti
FLORIDA -- Several
awards were presented to
members of the SRQ Composite Squadron at an awards

ceremony held at a Bradenton,
Fla., school.
About 35 cadets received
promotions and awards at a
ceremony held at Halle Middle
School. Two cadets received
the Gen. Billy Mitchell Award.
Brig. Gen. Jerry G. Neff,
retired U.S. Army officer,
presented the Mitchell awards
and helped with promot=ons.
Mitchell awards were
presented to Andrew Emory
and Jenifer Hart, and both
were promoted to second
lieutenant.
Other cadets who received awards included:
Airman Ashley Spence, the Vic
Chambers Memorial Award,
which goes to the doolie of the
year; Hart and Staff Sgt. Sean
O'Key, the Col. Sidney
Brockman Memorial Leadership Award.
The Chambers award was
named after a former CAP
member who helped get the
squadron started. The
Brockman award was named
after the father of Maj. William
F. Brockman, squadron
commander. Sidney Brockton
was a medical officer in World
War II, and was taken prisoner
in North Africa.
The guest speaker was
Perry G. Snell Jr., the first
cadet in Florida. He spoke on
the beginning of the squadron
and recounted some of his
experiences during World War
I1.
Snell retired from CAP in
1995.
Other guests included: Lt.
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Wing vice commander; Maj.
Steve Bell, Group 5 commander; and Dr. Ron Hirst,
Halle Middle School principal.
1st Lt. Robert P. Bayless
FLORIDA -- Several
cadets and senior members
of the Tallahassee Composite
Squadron travelled to the
aviation museum at Fort
Rucker, Ala.
The group toured the
base, despite inclement
weather. The cadets and
senior members saw several
different types of military
helicopters on the flightline.
No helicopters were flying at
the time, however, due to the
weather conditions.
The tour group also saw
several lines of heavy
equipment, trucks and tanks.
The cadets who participated were: Airmen William
Langley, Tommy Langley,
Jonathon Finer, Andrew
Burnham, Katie Pratt and
John Nolan; Master Sgt. Chris
Tolia; and Tech. Sgt. Robert
Wrightl
The cadets were accompanied by Capt. Kevin and Lt.
Wendy Vislocky.
+ + ,-)Members of the Tallahassee Composite Squadron
teamed up with members of
the American Red Cross in a
tornado disaster exercise.
The purpose of the
exercise, according to Chris
Floyd, the local American Red
Cross director, was to test the
Jefferson County Emergency

Response Team.
Several organizations
participated in the drill, including local fire and police departments as well as the red cross
and CAP. The exercise was
evaluated by personnel from
the state division of emergency
management.
According to the exercise
scenario, a large tornado
touched down in the morning,
traveled on the ground for more
than 30 miles and hit more than
100 homes. The scenario was
based on a tornado that hit a
nearby state a few years ago.
Squadron members played
the role of the victims and
refugees of the tornado. The
members represented the head
of a household and were to
report to a red cross shelter
established at the Jefferson
County High School. They were
told to construct fictional
families and behave as if a
disaster had actually struck.
The members went into the
shelter a few at a time, acting
out such problems as mental
illness, health problems,
concern for lost family members, livestock and possessions, and hunger.
Members eventually
returned to the county office
which was designated as the
mission base for lunch and a
debriefing.
According to 1st Lt.
DeWayne Carver, the exercise
helped build a relationship and
trust between the local American Red Cross personnel and
the squadron, as well as
gaining exposure for the
squadron in the emergency
services community.
The cadets who participated were: Tech. Sgt. Robert
Wright; and Airmen Scott
Sparkman, Brandon Murphy,
Steven Beasley and William
Langley. The senior members
were Carver and Nick Contos.
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Several members of the
Tallahassee Composite
Squadron joined members of a
local Navy Junior ROTC unit for
an orienteering exercise.
1st Lt. Keith Howell, a CAP
member who is also the coach
of the Navy JROTC unit's
award-winning orienteering
team, conducted the exercise.
Ten cadets participated in
the exercise, as well as 1st Lt.
DeWayne Carver, squadron
deputy commander for cadets.
Florida's first CAP cadet, Perry Snell, Jr., surrounded by cadets from Florida Wing's SRQ The exercise was held at the
Composite Squadron, poses during an awards ceremony at Halle Middle School in Bradenton, JROTC team's practice course
at Eleanor Phipps Klapp Park
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procedures. The instructors
were: Maj. John McLaughlin,
Cobb Composite Squadron's
deputy commander of cadets;
Maj. Ronald Straub, squadron
communications officer; Maj.
Michael Houston, squadron
logistics officer; Martie Kelly,
emergency services officer;
and 1st Lt. Ben Wilkes, Group
1 safety officer.
The training was complemented by a compass course
set up by cadet staff members
Chief Master Sgto Marcus
McGrath, Sgt. Justin Sullivan
and Airman 1st Class Christopher Brown. The ground team
finished the day with a fourmile navigation hike.
Rockdale County Sheriff's
Department Deputies Jay
Repetto and Jason Payne,
along with a working dog,
joined the ground team in a
practice search and rescue
scenario. The team formed a
search line and, after 45
minutes, the subject was
located.
Two CAP aircraft, flown by
mission pilots Capts. Joe
GEORGIA -- Thirty
Nichelson, Group 1 operations
members of the Cobb Comofficer, and AI Schimmelman,
posite Squadron gathered in
Georgia Mountain Composite
the Georgia woods for a
Squadron commander, worked
search and rescue exercise.
with the ground teams.
The aircraft and ground
The weekend exercise,
held at Arrowhatchee Farms
team practiced communicating
east of Covington, Ga., was
by radio and visual signals,
the first the squadron has had
and using search and rescue
equipment. The two pilots
since the ground team was
were assisted by crew memformed.
During the exercise,
bers Lts. Todd Whelan, Dani
cadets were trained on such
Soban and Annette Schimmeltopics as use of a compass
man, Georgia Wing's Group 1
public affairs officer.
and search patterns and
Use . . . . .
v . . .of the
land for the
exercise was
donated by
Dudley Moore,
an Atlanta-area
businessman,
and Richard
Moore, his son.
The Cobb
Composite
Squadron has
plans for two
additional
search and
rescue exercises later in
the year.
Members hope
to have four
fully functional
ground teams
by the end of
Rockdale County, Ga., Sheriff's Department 2000.
2nd Lt. Annette
Deputy Jay Repetto and dog "Arys" help
Schimmelman
members of Georgia Wing's Cobb Composite Squadron during a search and rescue
GEORGIA
exercise.

in northeast Tallahassee,
Fla.
Cadets who participated
received field experience on
navigating with topographical
maps, and they came to better
understand how different
navigating in the woods is from
navigating on paper in a
classroom. Many of the cadets
were still in the field when a
thunderstorm came in and the
event was ended a few
minutes early.
The cadets conducted the
exercise with full ground team
gear on and operating in two
man teams.
The cadets who participated were: Tech Sgt. Robert
Wright, Senior Airman Ric
Demontmollin, Airman Dylan
James, Scott Sparkman, Kyle
Mahoney, John Nolan,
Brandon Murphy, Justin
Rogers, Ryan Phillips and
Jonathan Finer.
There were nine Navy
JROTC cadets and five Boy
Scouts.
Capt. Christie Mathison

-- Cadets from the Powder
Springs Cadet Squadron
toured several of Florida's
biggest aerospace and
aviation sites during a trip to
the "Sunshine State."
Cadets visited Patrick Air
Force Base, Cape Canaveral
Air Station, the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration's Kennedy
Space Center, and Florida Air
Academy.
While at Patrick Air Force
Base, cadets boarded a C-130
Hercules to learn about search
and rescue procedures. The
tour of the C-130 was cut short
by an emergency landing of an
incoming airplane. Cadets
watched as the emergency
vehicles were brought out and
the personnel prepared for the
landing. The plane landed
without complications.
Before leaving the base,
cadets toured the control tower
to observe controllers and
watch planes take oft and land.
At Cape Canaveral, the
cadets learned about aerospace history and saw modern
and historical rockets, missiles
and landing pads.
The tour group moved on
to Kennedy Space Center,
where they saw one of the
space shuttles, and Florida Air
Academy, an all-male military
school where cadets learned
about the daily routine of those
in the school.
Cadets who attended the
tour were: Airmen Rebecca
Reese, Chris Reese, Matt
Wells Jason Wells, Chris
Grogan and Steven Telano;
and Senior Airman Michael
Bovingdon. The cadets were
accompanied by Capt. Michael
Wells, squadron commander,
and Diane Reese.
Three cadets from the
Peachtree Falcon Field
Composite Squadron also
participated. They were Airmen
Ashley Matcheck, Steven
Piasta and Aaron Thomas.
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Several cadets of the
Powder Springs Cadet
Squadron participated in the
squadron's first cadet boot
camp.
During weekend camp,
cadets were taught military
discipline and etiquette,
leadership skills, drill, and
physical training.
The following cadets
attended the course and
received the Curry Award:
Airmen Rebecca Reese, Matt
Wells, Chris Reese, Jason

Wells, Chris Grogran, Steven
Telano, Crystal Keith, Brad
Jordan, Jeffery Wells, James
Hare, Walton Doyle, Alex
Neville, Shawn Tripodi, David
Head, Robbie Martin, Norman
Hare, Jeff Waters, Charles
Marbury, Jonathon Cromer
and Christopher Kearny;
Airman 1st Class Jonathon
Cook; and Staff Sgt. Seen
Bergstrom,
Senior members who
participated included: Capt.
Michael Wells, squadron
commander; 2nd Lt. Mary
Wells; and Diane Reese and
Geri Grogan.
Cadet Airman Rebecca Reese
GEORGIA "Two cadets
from the Walton County
Composite Squadron received
the Gen. Billy Mitchell Award.
Georgia State Rep. Len
Walker presented the Mitchell
award to 2rid Lt. Aaron
Bignault, and Lt. Col. William
Bacon presented the Mitchell
award to 2nd Lt. Jason
Stribling.
The presentation of the
award marked the last official
act of Bacon, who retired from
CAP shortly after presenting
the award.
+ + +
Several members of the
Walton County Composite
Squadron boarded a C-141
Globemaster III heading for
Charleston, S. C., as part of an
airlift exercise.
The flight made two stops
in North Carolina, and all those
on the tour had the chance to
go into the cockpit between
stops.
While in Charleston,
cadets toured several vessels
which included: the USS
Clamagore, a diesel-powered
submarine; the USS Laffey, a
destroyer; the Ingham, a Coast
Guard cutter; and the USS
Yorktown, an aircraft carrier.
The group also toured Fort
Sumter, where the first shots
of the Civil War were fired.
Capt. Dolores Thrash
GEORGIA -- A new
commander has been named
for Georgia Wing's Group One.
Lt. Col. James H. Parks, a
member of CAP for eight
years, assumed the position of
Group One commander earlier
this year. He replaced Lt. Col.
Jim Belzer, who had the
position for two years.
Belzer, who joined CAP in
1980, has taken over the
position of Georgia Wing

director of cadet programs.
Parks was a member of
the Cobb Composite Squadron
previously, and is qualified as
a mission pilot and operations
officer at all levels, including
wing level. He has served as a
mission coordinator and
mission pilot.
Parks said his objective as
Group One commander will be
a "unified structure with all the
squadrons working together to
support the three focus areas
of CAP; cadet programs,
aerospace education and
emergency services."
He went on to explain that
he was in the process of
evaluating each unit to
establish long-range plans for
development.
Parks has already made
several group staff appointments, which included: Lt. Col.
Walt McKinney, deputy
commander; Lt. Col. Alex Mills,
chaplain; Capt. Joe Nickelson,
operations officer; Lt. Ben
Wilkes, safety officer; Capt.
Kerwin Day, check pilot; and
2nd Lt. Annette Schimmelman,
public affairs officer.
+ -)- +
A Iongtime CAP member
with a distinguished record of
service was named deputy
commander for Georgia
Wing's Group 1.
Lt. Col. James Parks, new
Group 1 commander, appointed Lt. Col. Walt McKinney
deputy commander for the
group.
McKinney has been a
CAP member since 1982. He
has previously served in
squadron, group and wing
commander positions, and
recently served as Georgia
Wing assistant chief mission
coordinator.
McKinney is qualified in all
aspects of emergency services, including mission
coordinator, and is counter
drug aircrew qualified. He has
also received the Gil Robb
Wilson Award.
McKinney is employed as
a resident engineer/construction manager with the southern
Division Naval Facility Engineering Command based at
Marietta Naval Air Station.
2nd Lt. Annette Schimme/man
TENNESSEE -- The
Hardin County Composite
Squadron hosted the Mobile
Team Challenge in Savannah,
Tenn.
Lt. Col. Montille Warren,
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Squadron commander, and
Maj. Don James, Humphreys
County Composite Squadron
commander, attended the
event.
U.S. Army Spc. Rebecca
Tune, along with U.S. Air
Force Staff Sgt. Beverly Hood
and Senior Airman Tammy
Herremans, all with National
Guard units in the Memphis
area, served as instructors.
The Mobile Team Challenge was designed to build
teamwork within an organization by developing trust with
other team members and
stressing the importance of
team communications.
The instructors present
the various teams with
problems, and the only way
the problems can be resolved
is through total teamwork.
Problems given included the
"A-Frame Walk," in which
participants can only complete
the course by supporting and
trusting each other.
If either person lets go,
neither could complete the
walk.
One subject of the
challenge was threats to
teamwork, such as alcohol
abuse.
The Hardin County
squadron provided lunch for
those attending the challenge.
Maj. Donald W. James and
2nd Lt. Sanders W. Hunt

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. Col. Mike Beason
MINNESOTA -- Twentytwo cadets and senior members representing six squadrons and the Minnesota Wing
attended a ground team
training seminar at the
headquarters of the St. Croix
Composite Squadron.
The one-day seminar,
organized by the Minnesota
Wing, was planned to provide
training for ground team
members and leaders. Four
instructors and 18 students
participated.
The squadrons represented included: the St. Croix,
North Hennepin, St. Paul,
Anoka County and Viking
Composite, and the Valley
Cadet squadrons.
The subjects covered
included: electronic search
techniques, map reading, use
of safety and survival equipment and techniques and first
aid.
The four instructors were:
Maj. Stan Kegel, Minnesota
Wing emergency services
training officer; Capt. Doug
Killiam, Viking squadron
deputy commander for cadets;
Cadet Maj. Rachel Davis,
former squadron cadet
commander and graduate of
the CAP National Ground
Team School; and 2nd Lt.
Marcel Derosier, North
Hennepin squadron disaster
preparedness officer.
1st Lt. Deborah Fei/

turned on the squadron radios
and heard the signal, he
quickly contacted Minnesota
Wing headquarters. Maj. Scott
Sinks, wing duty officer, issued
a mission number.
Using a direction finder
and a hand-held ham radio
that picked up the aviation
band, the signal was tracked to
a hangar at Lake EImo Airport.
After 1st Lt. Bill Reiners
found that the owner was out
of town and had rented the
space out to another person,
the renter was tracked down.
Eventually the hangar was
entered, and the ELT was
located in a Cessna 172. The
batteries in the ELT had an
expiration date of September
1998.
The ground crew members were: Rutten, incident
commander and ground team
leader; Capt. Lee Owings; 1st
Lt. Deborah Fell; Reiners,
ground team leader; Lt. Col.
Roger Brogren; and cadets
Nathan Bliss, Brett Kubat,
Kevin Kroll, John Valinkas and
James Lauria.
The aircrew members
were Maj. Marvin Peterson and
Capt. Paul Prior. Communications were handled by Capt.
David Kenan.
1st Lt. Deborah Fell

MINNESOTA -- Members
of the Anoka County Composite Squadron got a lesson in
the history of aviation and
racism in America during a
presentation by one of the
surviving members of the
famed Tuskegee Airmen.
Ken Wofford, who joined
the Tuskegee unit in 1944, told
the group of the period before
the war, when blacks were not
allowed to fly planes.
Wofford explained that
MINNESOTA -- A senior
even blacks who were educated at the West Point
member from the St. Croix
Composite Squadron was
Military Academy could not get
surprised by a signal from an
into flying programs because
emergency Iocator transmitter
of the War Department's
during a routine radio check
segregation policy.
He said that an experithe night of a squadron
meeting.
ment designed to prove that
When Maj. Bill Rutten
blacks could not fly was
started at the
Tuskegee
Institute, a
black college
in Alabama.
After the
right leaders
were in
place, the
program
proved that
The red tail on this World War II fighter identifies the pilot as a member of the 99th Negro blacks could
fly.
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Former Tuskegee Airman
Ken Wofford
In 1944, Wofford, who had
been told there were no
vacancies when he volunteered to join the military, was
processed into the unit at
Tuskegee Airfield.
He became a member of
the 99th Negro Unit, which was
a fighter unit under the
direction of Benjamin O. Davis,
a black graduate of West Point
who was also previously
denied entry into the U.S.
Army Air Corps.
According to Wofford, the
black fighter unit earned a
reputation for staying with the
bombers no matter what and
protecting the bombers rather
than chasing kills to earn Ace
status.
The success of the
Tuskegee Airmen, and the
loyalty they demonstrated,
helped bring integration to the
military and opened the doors
for pilot training for those
qualified, regardless of race.
Joyce Langdon

ARIZONA -- Several
cadets from the Prescott
Composite Squadron received
awards at the squadron's
annual awards banquet.
At a meeting organized
and directed by the cadets,
U.S. Air Force Col. Richard
Hopewell, commander of the
Air Force ROTC unit at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University

at Prescott, presented the
awards.
The following cadets
received awards: Capts. John
Rhoades and Matthew
Claridge, Amelia Earhart
Award; 2nd Lt. Adam Hoffman,
the Gen. Billy Mitchell Award;
Henry Stanton, most improved
cadet; and Staff Sgt. David
Burkitt, noncommissioned
officer of the year.
Rhoades, who is the cadet
commander, also received
cadet of the year honors.
Cadet promotions were
presented to Burkitt, Jeff
Cordes, Jason Guy, Errol
Reed, Joshua Rodarte and
Jared Willis.
Wayne R. Fiscus
ARIZONA -- Cadets from
the Glendale Composite
Squadron collected more than
3,200 pounds of food for an
area food bank.
When a local food bank
expressed a need for nonperishable food items, 2nd Lt.
Jerry Weiers, Glendale
squadron senior member and
15roject officer, challenged the
cadets to collect their body
weight in food. The 3,200
pounds of food was almost
twice their weight.
The cadets gave the food
to Bruce Haffner, a helicopter
pilot for a local television
station. He flew the station's
news and traffic helicopter into
the Glendale Municipal Airport,
picked up the food and flew it
to the food bank.
The cadets who participated were: Staff Sgt. Chrissy
Weiers; Senior Airman Jay
Lamb; Airman 1st Class Eric
Lane; and Airmen Caitlyn
McLelland, Amanda Parcieu,
Raul Ramirez and Jason
Weiers.
Capt. Kenneth Fox
NEW MEXICO -- Members of the Thunderbird
Composite Squadron joined
forces with the National Atomic
Museum for several events
held at Kirtland Air Force Base
near Albuquerque, N.M.
The squadron's color
guard presented colors at a
receptions for Col. Polly Peyor,
the new base commander, and
Congresswoman Heather
Wilson, and the opening of the
National Atomic Museum's
"Women in Aviation" exhibit.
Capt. Olivia Bourne, a
Thunderbird squadron senior
member, participated in a
panel discussion during
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The members came from
the Brownsville,
Corpus Christi
and Victoria
Composite
squadrons, as
well as the Texas
Wing headquarters.
The instructors were: Capt.
Chris Bujanos
Jr., Brownsville
Composite
Squadron
commander; 2nd
Lts. Juan
Arredondo and
Ariel Merrell; 1st
Lts. Gloria
Atchison and
John Rios; Majs.
James West and
ARIZONA -- Several
Ivan Atchison;
cadets from the Verde Valley
and Lt. Col.
Composite Squadron helped
Harry Shannon,
make a drug-demand reducTexas Wing
tion video.
Tucson Cadet Squadron cadets march during the Arizona Wing drill compepersonnel officer.
The video was being
tition. Shown are: (from left) Staff Sgt. Christine Hansen, Master Sgt. Paul
The program
produced by Arizona National
Sheehey, Airman 1st Class Lance Swentesky and Staff Sgt. Mario Vittorio.
o
was directed by
Guard Specialists Joe Grant
The team placed first in the competition.
Maj. Edmundo
and Mike Tellez. Both are
Arizpe, with help from Majs.
made up two teams for the
then use the money to send
members of the Arizona
exercise.
Ofelia Galvan and Frances
cadets to encampments, and
National Guard Joint Counter
The Pennsylvania Wing
Garza. West and Rios made
possibly to the wing color
Narcotics Task Force Drug
the room arrangements.
guard competition.
cadets who participated were:
Demand Reduction Unit based
The school was held at
Capt. Nell Macdougall Matt Atwood, David Baker,
in Phoenix.
Corpus Christi Naval Air
Jonathon Blumenfield,
The cadets were then
Station.
Matthew Boclan, Brandon
coached on how to act when
TEXAS -- Several cadets
Capt. Nell Macdougall
Cunning, Jeremy Falletta,
the cameras were on. They
and senior members from four
Kevin Gall, Steven Gundy, lan
Texas Wing squadrons joined
then spoke - on the video Hannah, Ken Hardy, Elizabeth
TEXAS -- Four cadet
with members of the Pennsylabout various drugs and their
Hoimbach, Tyler Karg, Betsy
members of the Thunderbird
vania Wing for a search and
effects on human physiology.
Kealey, Tyler Ochs, Paul Price, Composite Squadron received
rescue exercise.
They outlined some of the
awards at a squadron awards
Eric Tamburino, Philip Terhost
The exercise took place in
immediate and Iongterm
ceremony.
and Logan Wolf.
Government Canyon State
effects of alcohol, cigarettes,
At the ceremony, Col. Hal
The senior members who
marijuana, heroin, cocaine,
Park, west of San Antonio.
Parker, Texas Wing chief of
Maj. Jarad Wire arranged
served as advisers to the
methamphetamine, LSD and
Pennsylvania teams were: Maj. staff, presented Amelia Earhart
for the cadets to use the 700inhalants.
William Guth; Capt. Harry
awards to three squadron
acre facility. Wire also planned
One of the specialists told
cadets: Kyle Brenholm,
Hannah; 1st Lts. Robert Brady,
the cadets of his personal
the exercise and acted as the
Rich Courtright and Scott
Frederick Fields and Caitlin
ground-search coordinator for
experiences with drug use and
Cima.
Fillar; and 2nd Lts. Chris Rose
the hurt it caused his family, as the simulated mission. Maj.
Parker also presented the
and David Wolf.
well as other consequences,
Ray Callahan provided
Gen. Billy Mitchell Award to
The teams competed in
equipment and overnight
such as lower performance in
Angelique Hopkins.
three timed events which
school.
accommodations, and 2nd Lt.
included a lost-person search,
Sandra Huffstutler, the
Lt. CoL Mike Sue Robert Melgosa, a former
squadron commander's wife,
grid search, and a search for
cadet, provided logistical
an emergency Iocator transmit- was also honored at the
support.
TEXAS -- 2nd Lt. Ariel
ceremony. She was presented
ter.
Merrell, former deputy comThe Texas cadets who
with a certificate of recognition
The joint exercise was
participated were: Robert
mander of cadets for the
for her work for the squadron.
made possible because of the
Brownsville Composite
Wilson, Caitin Cima, Dane
Lt. Col. David Picketing,
Money, Aaron Sanchez, Bo
work of several people,
Squadron, is now the acting
primarily Maj. Brian Watson,
commander of the Texas
Kennedy and Doug Nash. The
squadron commander.
Merrell, who has been with cadet leaders of the team were the pilot of the C-130, Maj. Jeff Wing's Group 13, was present
at the ceremony, as were
Master Sgt. Jonathon Moore
Riley of the Pennsylvania
the CAP since 1993, served in
several members of the Group
Wing, and Wire.
the U.S. Army in Germany,
and Caitlin Bryant.
2nd Lt. John M. Bryant 13 staff.
Hungary and Macedonia.
The Texas cadets were
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Squadron members also
TEXAS -- Seventeen
2nd Lts. J.M. Bryant and
worked at the unit's biggest
Randy Money.
members from Texas Wing
An officer from the
fund-raising event of the year,
Thunderbird Composite
squadrons came together to
The Pennsylvania Wing
an annual professional rodeo
Squadron conducted a course
attend Squadron Leadership
held in Los Fresnos. Squadron
members flew in on a C-130,
School at Corpus Christi Naval which covered a number of
members collect money and
along with two members of the
Air Station, Texas.
topics of importance for ground
park cars at the event, and
Maryland Wing. Together they

Girls. " Bourne, an aspiring
astronaut, also worked with
Maj. Robbi Ross and Cadet
Capt. Rebecca Lenberg at an
information booth, where the
trio worked to recruit new CAP
members.
Members of the Thunderbird squadron also participated
in a search and rescue
exercise in Las Cruces, N.M.
Lt. Col. Frank Buethes,
squadron commander, served
as mission coordinator trainee
and other members worked in
operations, emergency
services, communications and
on the flight line.
Capt. Dan Bourne took
advantage of the gathering
and held a ground team class.
Maj. Robbi Ross

team members and leaders.
1st Lt. Charles Brenholm
covered topics such as chart
tracking, proper use of
direction-finding equipment,
proper radio techniques, and
how emergency Iocator
transmitters operate.
Cadets and senior
members from Thunderbird,
Trinity Bay, Marauder and
Sugarland Composite squadrons attended the course.
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A senior member of the
Thunderbird Composite
Squadron conducted a twohour presentation at a monthly
Federal Aviation Administration safety seminar held at
West Houston Airport, Houston.
Capt. Michael Hopkins,
with assistance from daughter
Cadet Angelique Hopkins,
presented on cold weather
survival techniques.
Hopkins served in the
Alaska National Guard and
was involved with the CAP in
Alaska, where he taught and
attended several survival
classes.
The safety seminar was
co-hosted by the Thunderbird
squadron and "The 99s", a
women's aviation group
founded by Amelia Earhart.
Squadron members who
attended the group were: Lt.
Cols. Tom Cuny and Fred
Kossegi; Capt. Dave Busch;
1st Lts. Dave Huffstutler and
Michael Hinchcliff; and Michael
Mettler.
1st Lt. David E. Huffstutler

COLORADO -- Several
members of the Valkyrie Cadet
Squadron received honors
during an awards and promotions ceremony.
A special leadership lab
was held before the awards
ceremony. Capt. Tim Winslow

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of the Colorado Army National
Guard presented the lab.
Winslow is a helicopter
pilot stationed at Buckley Air
National Guard Base.
He told the cadets about
leadership, using experiences
from his 13-year career as
both an enlistee and officer in
the U.S. Army.
The guest for the awards
ceremony was Col. Bill Hines,
Colorado Wing commander.
Hines presented the Gen.
Billy Mitchell Award to Cadet
2nd Lts. Michael McKenna,
Jamison Walsh and Brian
Werner.
1st Lt. Courtney Walsh

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first and
second in
karate and
figure skating
competitions.
Jones
received the
award from the
City of
Northglen,
Colo. He is a
high school
freshman and
plays on his
school's junior
varsity basketball program.
In addition
C a d e t Te c h S g t . B e r n a r d J o n e s , l e f t , p o s e s
to basketball,
with Northglen, Colo., Mayor Don Parsons.
Jones runs
COLORADO -- Three
track, serves as an altar server
All three award recipients
Broomfield Composite Squadfor his church, plays soccer
said they hope to attend the
ron cadets received the
and helps with the Salvation
U.S. Air Force Academy.
Metropolitan Mayors and
Army's emergency services.
Lt. Col. Nancy Hollis
Jones has previously been
Commissioners Youth awards
for their achievements and
honored as a cadet of the
community involvement.
quarter and cadet of the year.
Cadets Airman 1st Class
Swenson received the
Crystal Vigil, Tech Sgt.
award through the Jefferson
County commissioners. He is a
Bernard Jones and 2nd Lt.
high school junior, Eagle
Patrick Swenson received the
awards from different Colorado Scout, member of the Order of
municipal leadership bodies.
the Arrow, and is active in CAP
All three are cadets and
search and rescue. He is also
Explorers.
a student pilot.
Vigil, who is in the 8th
Swenson was honored as
grade, received the award
the Explorer of the year in
from the town of Thornton. She
1999 and squadron cadet of
is active in figure skating,
the year in 1998.
The Metropolitan Mayors
basketball, karate, roller
hockey and swimming, as well
and Commissioners Youth
Cadet 2nd Lt. Patrick Swenas CAP search and rescue.
Award was established to
s o n p o s e s w i t h J e ff e r s o n
She also serves as a volunteer honor young people between
County, Colo., Commissioner
for the Salvation Army emerthe ages of 13 and 19 who
Richard Shehan.
gency services program and
have overcome adversity,
helps with developmentally
disabilities or handicaps to
challenged children.
better themselves through
MONTANA -- Several
Vigil was previously
study, volunteerism, and
members of the Flathead
honored as the 1999 Explorer
helping others to better
Composite Squadron of
of the year, and has placed
themselves.
Kalispell, Mont., were honored
for their work at the squadron's
annual awards banquet.
Family and friends joined
squadron members at the
banquet. Col. Bill Hewitt, a
former Montana Wing commander, was also present.
Awards were presented
after dinner to the following
members: Mary NeilsFennessy, squadron aerospace education officer, 1999
senior member of the year;
Gabriel Jenko, cadet commander, Amelia Earhart
Award, presented by Hewitt;
1st Lt. Brandon J. Adams,
cadet deputy commander,
1999 cadet of the year; and
David Fennessy, flight commander, Gen. Billy Mitchell
Award, presented by Hewitt,
Cadet Airman 1st Class Crystal Vigil of the Colorado Wing's
and 1999 most improved
Broomfield Composite Squadron receives an award from Thorn- cadet.
ton, Colo., Mayor Noel Busck.
Cadet promotions pre-

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sented included: Jenko,
captain; Fennessy, second
lieutenant; and Kevin Kalvig
and Andrew Reindl, airman
first class.
Several squadron cadets
and seniors also received twoyear service ribbons.
Cadet 1st Lt. Brandon Adams

ALASKA -- The commander of the Southeast
Composite Squadron stepped
down after more than three
years in that position.
Capt. Tom Meismer was
replaced by the squadron's
former deputy commander,
Capt. Boyce Bingham.
Bingham was a U.S. Army
aviator for 25 years and is a
certified flight instructor and
inspector.
He works for the Federal
Aviation Administration as an
aviation safety inspector.
Bingham said the safety
of his squadron will be his top
priority, followed by modernization.
Capt. Jean Sztuk
CALIFORNIA -- A change
of command ceremony was
held at the headquarters of the
South Bay Senior Squadron.
During the ceremony, Maj.
Phil Laisure, squadron
commander for four years, was
replaced by Maj. Howard
Mellin.
Maj. Jim Crum, commander of California Wing's
Group 7, presided over the
ceremony.
Under Laisure, the
squadron won Group 7
squadron-of-the-year honors
for two consecutive years.
A member of the South
Bay Senior Squadron was
honored for her enthusiasm.
Capt. June Johnson was
presented with captain's bars,
a certificate of completion for

Level II Technical Training,
and her squadron's "Sparkplug
Award" for enthusiasm and
participation.
Maj. Howard Mellin,
squadron commander, made
the promotion, and Lt. Col. Pat
Faunt, squadron training
officer, presented the certificate.
1st Lt. Norm Zareski
CALIFORNIA -- More
than 110 people gathered at a
banquet held by the Bakersfield Composite Squadron to
celebrate CAP's anniversary.
The banquet's guest
speaker was retired U.S. Air
Force aviator Lt. Col. Dave
Ferguson, director of flight
operations for Lockheed
Skunkworks.
Ferguson joined the
Skunkworks team after retiring
from the Air Force. The
Skunkworks team is known for
their development of topsecret, highly-specialized
military aircraft.
At Lockheed, Ferguson
served as a test pilot of the F117 Nighthawk stealth fighter,
chief test pilot on the F-22
Raptor program, and was the
first man to fly the new fighter.
Ferguson told the crowd
about his experiences as a test
pilot and encouraged cadets to
pursue careers in aviation.
2nd Lt. Valise Scholefield
CALIFORNIA -- Several
cadets and senior members of
the Sacramento Composite
Squadron participated in a
search and rescue exercise in
the Tahoe National Forest.
The exercise was the first
two day SAR exercise in
squadron history, and came
after cadets attended several
weeks of classes.
The classes, taught by
Capts. Robert Fauteux and
Steven Schultz, and 2nd Lt.
Delia Connery, covered such
subjects as emergency
services, search and rescue
procedures, and basic wilderness survival techniques.
Capt. Thomas Pezzetti
and Brian Stone also participated in the exercise.
The cadets who participated were: John Carlson,
Mikel Carlson, Kristine
Giacovelli, Aaron Hilliard,
Michael Hinchee, Hunter
Hoffman, David Ingram, James
Ingram, Zack Kielich, Kelley
Minadeo, Kyle Pezzetti,
Everett Stone, Ryan Wilson
and Jon Wright.
Capt. Steven Schultz

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CALIFORNIA -- For the
first time in seven years, there
was a change of command for
the John J. Montgomery
Memorial Cadet Squadron.
Maj. James H. Sena,
squadron commander since
1992, turned command over to
Lt. Col. Jerry D. Home in a
ceremony presided over by
Maj. Paul F. Groff, commander
of California Wing's San
Francisco Bay Group 2.
Home became a cadet in
1969. In 1971, he received a
U. S. Air Force ROTC scholarship and entered the Air Force
as a second lieutenant in
1975.
He was selected for pilot
training in 1978, and later
became an RC-135 pilot. He
also served as an assistant
professor of physics at the
U.S. Air Force Academy.
Horne transferred to
Reserve status in 1992 and
retired in 1999.
Horne said his initial goal
is to maintain the quality of
programs already in place,
then to increase the number of
participants in cadet activities.
1st Lt. Michael Montgomery Jr.
CALIFORNIA -- The
Tahoe Truckee Composite
Squadron has active cadets
again after 10 years without a
cadet program.
Twenty-two of 25 new
Tahoe Truckee squadron
cadets were promoted a
couple months after the
program began.
Ceremony guests included: Don Beno, Sierra
Mountain Middle School
principal; Greg Smith, local
Veterans of Foreign Wars
commander; and Cmdr. Jim
DeVane, U.S. Coast Guard.
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C-141 flight simulator facilities.
Cadets sat in the cockpit
procedure training simulator, a
stationary simulator used by
pilots to practice procedures.
They simulated engine startup, then handled emergencies
such as engine malfunctions
and cockpit fires.
The group also toured the
Museum of Flight at Boeing
Field in Seattle. The museum
has about 100 aircraft on
display, including a VC-137
Stratoliner that was previously
used as Air Force One.
2nd Lt. Paul Gilman
and 1st Lt. Betty Fennel/
Cadets of California Wing's Tahoe Truckee Composite Squadron check out an F/A-18 Hornet
Strike Fighter from U. S. Naval Air Station, LeMoore, Calif. Two pilots flew Hornets in and spoke
to the cadets about naval aviation.
Thirteen Tahoe Truckee
Composite Squadron cadets
joined cadets from five western
states for a week-long basic
training course at Indian
Springs Auxiliary Air Force
Base., Nev.
Participating cadets were
escorted by Capt. Tony
DeSantis and 1st Lt. Ron Kato,
Tahoe Truckee senior members who served as tactical
officers during the course.
The cadets who participated were: R J. Kato, David
DeSantis, Cameron Bartolini,
Kevin Emley, Scott Gilmore,
Paul Keckley, Chris Little,
Jeremy Moon, Scott Moore,
Josh Reid, Brenton Schneider,
Chris White and Nathan
Whittemore.
Gilmer was the course's
honor cadet and Moon was
most improved cadet.
1st Lt. Ron Kato
NEVADA -- Several
Douglas County Composite
Squadron senior members
were honored at the

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squadron's annual awards
ceremony.
Squadron members,
family and friends attended the
ceremony. The guest speaker
was Lt. Col. Dion DeCamp,
Nevada Wing vice commander. Awards were presented by Capt. John Martin,
Douglas County squadron
commander.
Senior members who
received awards were: 2nd Lt.
Gary Swift, aerospace education officer, most improved
officer of the year; 1st Lt.
Roger Smith, search and
rescue officer of the year;
Capt. Louise Uttinger, observer of the year; Capt. Ard
Heffernan, pilot of the year;
Capt. Dennis Rosenberg and
1st Lt. Ellen Rosenberg, senior
members of the year; and 2nd
Lt. Keri Callison, commander's
award, the year's highest

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A Douglas County
Composite Squadron senior
member was honored by Brig.
Gen. James C. Bobick, CAP
national commander, at the
Nevada Wing's annual
conference in Las Vegas.
Bobick presented a medal
for superior performance to
Capt. Dennis Rosenberg for
his work with cadets and cadet
programs.
1st Lt. Ellen Rosenberg
OREGON -- Eight Salem
Composite Squadron members toured McChord Air Force
Base, Wash., to learn about
U.S. Air Force cargo aircraft.
During the tour, six cadets
and two senior members
toured a C-17 Globemaster III
and C-141 Starlifter, as well as

OREGON -- Members of
the Salem Composite Squadron viewed a restored B-25
Mitchell bomber and heard a
World War II bombardier
speak of his experiences as
part of a famous bombing raid
on Tokyo.
Wayne Cartwright, one of
the plane's current pilots,
spoke on the plane's history
and hosted tours of the plane.
Bill Baskett, squadron
chaplain, brought Jacob
DeShazer, who was a B-25
bombardier, to the airport.
DeShazer, now 86, participated in Gen. James
Doolittle's bombing raid on
Tokyo in 1942.
DeShazer told the group
about being shot clown over
China and captured by the
Japanese, who held him as a
prisoner of war for more than
three years.
DeShazer returned to
Japan in 1948 as a missionary.
1st Lt. Betty Fennefl

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