File #956: "CAPNews-JUN1995.pdf"

Newspaper of America's Air Force Auxiliary

New CAP-USAF vice commander
Col. Dennis Parkhurst, the former commander
of the Pacific Region, has assumed responsibilities as vice commander of CAP-U.S. Air Force.
The former vice commander, Col. Robert L.
Brooks, officially retires from active duty Aug. 1
and is planning to remain in the Montgomery,
Ala., area.
Read more about the Colonel Parkhurst D his
experiences and background D in the July issue
of the Civil Air Patrol News.

Aircraft designer, wife dies in crash
Crews and aircraft from the Alabama Wing
participated in the late-April search for veteran
pilot and aircraft designer Steve Wittman, 91, of
Oshkosh, Wis.
Mr. Wittman was reported missing April 28
after he and his wife, Paula, failed to arrive in
Oshkosh in his home-built plane.
Sixteen planes and crews from different CAP
units throughout the state participated in a search
near the Bridgeport, Ala. That area was targeted
because the Federal Aviation Administration
received reports from different people saying
they had observed a plane in difficulty. At the
time, it was unclear whether that involved the
missing plane.
Mr. Wittman did not file a flight plan and his
aircraft had no emergency locator radio.
The wreckage was finally spotted by the pilot
of an Alabama State Police helicopter April 29.
The plane had crashed into a rocky bluff overlooking the Tennessee River about 5 miles from
the Bridgeport Airport.
Dennis Flowers, operations director for the
Alabama Wing, and members of the Jackson
County Rescue Squad repelled over the face of
the bluffto where the wreckage was wedged. The
Wittmans did not survive the crash.
Evidence at the crash site and surrounding
area suggested the plane may have sustained
structural damage while in flight which led to a
loss of control and the ensuing crash. The plane
was a high-wing, fabric covered, two-seat airplane designed and built by Wittman.

Uniform debate "over"
National Executive Committee approves
uniform committee's recommendations .... 7
Star Wars comes to CAP
High tech hardware, software
puts search and rescue in the
Star Wars mode ................. 10
News
Missouri Wing works V-E Day celebration ............. 2
Cadets participate in leadership forum .................. 3
Freedom Flight America ....................................... 1 3
Features
Leukemia victim soars with Maryland squadron...11
Maryland Wing Band hitting high notes ..............3
1
Headquarters
Chief, Chaplain Service ......................................... 5
Commander, CAP-U.S. Air Force .......................... 6
Chief, Marketing & Research..... ............................ 6
Cadet Programs ..................................................... 8
S~eclal Sections
upinion ...................... ............................................ 9
Awards & Decorations ......................................... 1 6
1
In Search Of .......................................................7
Coast to Coast ................................................ 17-20
Classified Advertising .......................................... 2 0

Serving CAP membership since November 1968

CAP fights proposed $ $M budget cut; "
leadership working at highest levels
SASC subcommittee reconsiders cutting CAP from DoD budget
" The Senate Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, chaired by Arizona Sen. John McCain, has reconsidered its original recommendation to cut the Civil
Air Patrol completely out of the Defense Department's
fiscal 1996 budget and is now recommending a $5
million reduction.
According to a June 12 news release issued by
Senator McCain, he is concerned about the burden
nondefense and lower-priority military programs place
on an already inadequate military budget. As a result,
he now wants to "reduce the CAP budget by $5 million;
less than the GAO's (General Accounting Office) recommendation." (At this time, CAP is unaware of the
GAO's report).
On June 7, information reached CAP officials that
the senator was considering the elimination of CAP's
funding from the DoD readiness budget. If this were to
occur, Civil Air Patrol's programs and services to
America could cease to exist.
It now appears upon further review of CAP's roll,
Senator McCain is recommending the reduction in,

rather than total elimination of the budget request.
However, CAP officials continue to believe the senator's
posture is based upon some confusion and misunderstanding of the CAP-U.S. Air Force budget request. As
CAP already operates in a very efficient manner, it
cannot fully perform its congressionally assigned charter tasks without its full request.
According to CAP's national commander, this reduction would be disastrous. "It could possibly kill the
CAP program and deprive the Air Force and country of
a vital service," stated Brig. Gen. Richard L. Anderson.
Of the total requested funding for fiscal 1996, CAP's
request represents only 58 percent of the total $27.5
million budget. From this amount, CAP operates all
aspects of its mission (search & rescue, cadet programs, aerospace education and the counter drug program). This also includes a National Headquarters
staff of less than 200 people administering the 1,600
See

Budget . . , P a g e 4

Plans fo National Board Meeting going well
Civil Air Patrol's 1995 National Board Meeting will be
held Aug. 17-19 at the Washington Sheraton Hotel in Washington, D.C., and according to
senior leaders, the expectation
is that attendees will have a
great deal to get excited about.
"Our goal is for everyone who
attends this national board
meeting to leave Washington, D.C.,
more excited about serving in CAP
than when they arrived," said CAP
National Commander Brig. Gen. Richard L. Anderson. "We have the
widest selection of guest speakers
and seminars than we have had in
years."
"We really will have something
to offer every member," added CAP
Executive Director Col. Paul J.
Albano Sr.
According to Don R. Rowland,
CAP's national board meeting
project officer and director of Plans

and Requirements at National
Headquarters, the hotel is situated
in an ideal location. "The Washington Sheraton is in the heart of the
D.C. district, about four blocks from
the National Zoo and only about a
half block to the city's renowned
Metro subway service."
Within 10 minutes on the Metro,
people can be on the Mall, visiting
the national museums and monuments, or tour the National Air and
Space Museum. Fifteen minutes
and a short walk from the Metro
stop and people can be in

Georgetown sitting in one of the
area's famous outdoor restaurants along the Potomac River.
Airlift to the board meeting
will be provided by the U.S. Air
Force and "should be plentiful
t h i s y e a r ' " a c c o r d i n g t o M r.
Rowland. The arrival days will
be Wednesday and Thursday of
that week.
The board meeting kicks offAug.
17 with the National Board Session
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The day will
open with a meet-and-greet coffee
at 7 a.m. In addition, exhibits will
be open and registration will continue all day.
A no-host reception will be held
that evening in the Sheraton's Exhibition Hall. The reception will be
a great opportunity to meet and
greet the attendees from across the
country.

See Board ... Page 4

Flight
encampment
Left to right* Cadet SSgt. Ch~stopher Petrullo, Col, Edward
Lewis, Pacific Rag ton vice com.
rnander, and CadetTSgt. Adaryl
Wakefield preflight a C-172 before takeoff. The three Civil Air
Patrol members attended the
first of four national flight encamprnents in Oshkosh, Wis..
from June 4-16. More than 170
CAP cadets and senior mere.
bers are scheduled to participate In the summerencampments at Oshkosh. Sea the
special flight encampment feature In the August CAP News.

Civil Air Pat~l. Newl 0 June 1995

C P o..............
AN.
I Jill

NEC meets at Maxwell AFB

Missouri Wing cadets work
K a n s a s C i t y V- E D a y c e l e b r a t i o n
Capt. Gary W. Gregory
Public Affairs Officer
Richards-Gebaur Composite Squadron

CAP Executive Director Col, Paul J. Albeno 8r. (standing) looks over the
National Executive Committee agenda items with (from left) CAP-U.$. Air Force
Commander Col. Garland W. Padgett Jr., CAP National Commander Brig. Gen.
Richard L, Anderson, CAP National Vice Commander Col. Paul M. Bergman,
and CAP National Chief of Staff Col. James C. Boblck. The 15-member NEC
gathered at Maxwell AFB May 11-13 and accepted theFinance Committee
report and recommended the budget be submitted for approval before the
national board. The council also accepted and recommended for approval the
report from the Uniform Committee.

CAP involved in Oshkosh fly-in
This year the Civil Air Patrol will be
In addition, CAP will have booths and
proudly displaying aircraft at the 43rd
stands at several points at Oshkosh this
Experimental Aircraft Association Flyyear providing all of the details about
In Convention July 27-Aug. 2 at the
CAP and its future.
Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh,
Detailed information forthe fly-in is
now available through a fax-on-demand
Wis.
Display aircraft on recognition row
system. The new system will save time
will include ones that flew on submarine for those requesting information on
patrols back in the dark early days of
highlights, housing, transportation, admission prices and much more.
World War II, when America's losses of
merchant ships -- even within sight of
The EAA OSHKOSH fax-on-demand
this country's shores-- were very heavy. system will allow instant access 24 hours
These aircraft -- some restored to a day to convention information. It will
their original colors -- with unit markalso feature the convention's highlights
ings and dummy bombs, will be tied
during and after the event.
down at the special Fairchild aircraft
To access the fax-on-demand system,
fly-in area at Oshkosh '95.
call (402) 220-2073 from any touch-tone
They will probably be the oldest war telephone.
~irds on the field and all were flown by
The system will be available through
civilians in those early days.
Sept. 1.

In 1945, the Allies were celebrating a victory in Europe while keeping
up the fight in the Pacific. The Civil
Air Patrol, only four years old, was
remaining vigilant on the home front.
Yo u n g m e n s u c h a s E d w a r d
Rychlec, of Kansas City, Kan., were
joining other teenaged volunteers in
the Army Air Corps - Civil Air Patrol,
prior to military enlistment.
From May 5-7, a 50-year full circle
was completed in Kansas City, Mo.,
as the city celebrated V-E Day festivities.
Members of the Harry S Truman,
Northland and Richards-Gebaur composite squadrons assisted with
flightline management, crowd control,
aircraft security and CAP recruiting
at the Kansas City Downtown Airport.
Cadet members from Charles R.
Long Composite Squadron served in
a color guard as part of 150-unit parade made up of military members,
veterans and civilians.
Maj. John Rockey, commander of
t h e H a r r y S Tr u m a n C o m p o . s i t e
Squadron of Independence, Mo., related that about every third person
passing the National CAP Public Affairs booth in the terminal at the
Kansas City Municipal Airport would
relate how a friend, family-member
or they, themselves, were CAP members during World War II.
It was during one such visit that
Edward Rychlic stopped and spoke
with Capt. Gary Gregory and cadegs
Derek Louthain and Adam Teer, of
the Richards-Gebaur Composite
Squadron, about the 12 months he
spent as a cadet in the Kansas Squadren #751.
In fact, Mr. Rychlec presented his
CAPF 91-4, Army Air Corps govern-

ment identification card (with photo)
while talking about his experiences.
An estimated 50,000 people visited
the various displays during the threeday event looking at old uniforms,
nose art and unit pictures.
Vintage aircraft from Stinsons to
L-2s, Texans to T-34s, P-38s to P-51s
and C-46s to B-29s were available for
viewing and, for some, to charter rides.
Fly overs by a B-2 bomber, an F-117
Stealth Fighter and four A-10 Thunderbolts from Whiteman Air Force
Base, Miss., were also featured.
Historically, the Midwest provided
many colorful parts to World War II.
Harry S. Truman, of Independence,
Mo., had recently become president
(later to sign the public law making
CAP a corporation and an Air Force
A u x i l i a r y ; D w i g h t D . E i s e n h o w e r,
from Abilene, Ks., was commander in
Europe; and Lt. George S. Whiteman
was the only pilot to get airborne and
then shot down at Pearl Harbor.
The end of the war came with the
release of the atomic bomb on Japan
from the Enola Gay, a B-29 in the
509th Bomb Group. The 509th Bomb
Wing (formerly Group) is based at
Whiteman AFB and flys the bat-wing
B-2.
The cadets and senior members
received special treatment throughout the course of their duties by pilots
and crews of the Confederate Air Force
and Experimental Aviation Association with personalized tours of such
aircraft as the B-25 Mitchell bomber,
C-46, Super Constellation, B-17 Liberator and B-29 Super Fortress.
"It makes the material on history
in the aerospace books easier to understand, but it wasn't an easy time,
then, either", said Cadet Brian
Watling.
"I don't think people back then
thought of these (vintage) aircraft as
being as cool as we do, today," stated
Cadet Derek Louthain.

Maryland Wing search team locates ELT; state police hold three on $ I 0,000 bond
At 5 a.m. Maj. Robin Vest received a
call at her home in Columbia, Md., from
the Air Force at Langley AFB, Va.
As a qualified mission coordinator,
she was asked to find and silence a
marine emergency locator transmitter
that had been reported stolen and was
intermittently transmitting.
The source, according to satellite data,
was somewhere on the Delmarva Peninsula, a 214-mile long strip of land between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The northern part is the
State of Delaware. In the middle is the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and the
southern tip is part of Virginia.
: Major Vest called 1Lt. Pare Green, of
Deal Island on the Eastern Shore, at
about 5:15 a.m. She was asked to form
a ground search team to locate the device. Instructions were not to track the
device until the team had contacted the
Maryland State Police.
A rendezvous was set up for the police
station in Pocomoke City, Md., about 5
miles north of the Virginia state line.
But no state troopers could be seen when

the team, which had formed at the hang a r i n S a l i s b u r y, M d . , a r r i v e d a t
Pocomoke in the van.
Representing the Wicomico Squadron were Lieutenant Green and cadets
Eric Tiso, Steve Austin, Jason Harrison,
Justin Green, Aaron Kleiman and Richard Robles.
Finally, after about an hour of waiting, Trooper First Class J. D. Bozman, of
the Princess Anne barracks, noticed the
van and the uniformed group that was
near it. He stopped to see what was
going on. It took some doing to convince
the skeptical lawman that our team, led
by a petite 5-foot-4-inch woman with
young people ranging in age from 13 to
18, wasn't out there for fun and games.
More time was spent getting authorization for the trooper to work with the
ground team.
Meanwhile, back in Salisbury, a group
of shade-tree mechanics were preparing
to move the fuselage of a Piper PA 22
aircraft on a trailer to a location just
s o u t h o f t h e M a r y l a n d - Vi r g i n i a l i n e
called Captain's Cove. The plane had an

ELT and nobody thought to turn it off
prior to transport.
The mission coordinator was on the
western shore, nearly 100 miles away.
An aircraft and crew were launched to
circle the area at 7,000 feet where it
would be in contact with both the ground
team and mission base.
As the trailered aircraft reached its
destination a bump in the road set the
ELT off-- passing less than a half mile
from the ground team.
The search plane was flown by Capt.
Bob Chango with 2nd Lt. Elliott Corn in
the right seat. They started a methodical search to locate the source of the
signal. Finally they were able to use the
direction-finding equipment in the plane
to locate the source of the ELT signal in
Captain's Cove, a restricted community
just south of the Virginia state line.
The ground team made the long drive
down to the area, acquired the signal,
but again were forced to wait. The guard
at the entrance to the development would
not give them permission to enter the
property.

Calls to theAccomack County Sheriffs
Department and the Virginia State Police proved fruitless and frustrating. It
wasn't, until Major Vest asked the .Air
Force people to help, that a call was
placed to the Virginia State Police and,
about 10 minutes later, a trooper showed
up.
Once inside the gate, the ground team
made short work of locating the ELT on
the second floor of a rooming house and
silencing it.
As a result, three people were held on
$10,000 bond and two more were still
being sought. A previously skeptical
state trooper was heard to comment,
"Just like Star Wars."
The air crew, which had returned to
Salisbury for fuel, came back to relay the
information back to mission base. Finally, the ground team s'tarted the long
trip home. The van was out for more
than 10 hours. It logged 157 miles.
The airplane spent 5.3 hours in the
air. By the time Mission Coordinator
Vest closed out the mission, 13 hours
had passed.

"June 1995 0-Civil Air Phtrol News

3

150 CAP cadets participate in
N a t i o n a l Yo u t h L e a d e r s h i p F o r u m
B

One hundred and fifty Civil
Air Patrol cadets participated
in three recent National Youth
Leadership Forums on Security
and Defense held in Washington, D.C. this spring.
Forum participants spent one
week in thenation's capital with
access to a variety of defenserelated activities not available
to the public and were exposed
to many high-level speakers.
One activity was a half-dayvisit at the National War College where students sponsor
seminars specifically for forum
participants and host a lunch
for the forum attendees. The
National War College is the premier joint senior service school
for all military services.
Other activities included
special Pentagon tours, and visits to the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Capitol Hill, and
other defense-related points of
i n t e r e s t i n t h e Wa s h i n g t o n ,
D.C., area.
In all cases, forum presentations are designed specifically
for forum participants who are
given the opportunity throughout the forum to ask questions
and seek information on careers
in security and defense.
Forum participants are
identified through high school

interest surveys and membership in defense-related organizations such as the Sea Cadets,
Air ForceJROTC programs and
CAP. Because of the complexity of subject matter covered
and the high visibility of the
youth involved, only those students recommended by their
unit commanders with an aca-

CAP National Vice Commander
CoL Paul M. Bergman talks with
Adm. William J. Crowe Jr. (U.S.
Navy ReL) at the National Leadershlp Youth Forum Seminar In
Washington D.C. Admiral Crowe,
former chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, was a keynote
forum speaker.
demic grade point average of B
and above are eligible for the
program.
The forum contacts potential

cadet participants directly with
informational packets to unit
commanders.
According to Robert B.
McManis, the NYLF's director
of admissions, the CAP cadets
attending this year were some
of the forum's top attendees. In
a May 8 letter to Renova Williams, director of CAP Personnel and Human Resources and
developer of the joint initiative
w i t h t h e f o r u m s t a f f , M r.
McManis wrote: "We are delighted to say that the program
was an overwhelming success
thanks to the participation of
Outstanding students like yours.
They were among the brightest
and most promising attending
the 1995 forums."
Critiques from the CAP cadets who attended this year's
forum were %verwhelmingly
positive~ according to Ms. Williams. ~Cadets rated the forum
as an outstanding event and
highly recommended it for other
eligible cadets,~ she said.
C A P N a t i o n a l Vi c e C o m mander Col. Paul M. Bergman
also attended as a guest of this
year's forum. Colonel Bergman
agreed with the cadets' assessment of the event. ~It was a
stellar event-- fast paced, well
organized, and something the

A CAP cadet looks th rough the scope of a weapon on display durln9
the National Youth Leadership Forum on Security and Defense in
Washington, D.C., this spring. The cadet was one of 150 CAP
cadets who took part In this year's forum. Forum participants spent
one week In the nation's capital where they visited a variety of
defense-related activities.
cadets will remember for a lifetime," he said.
Cadet participation was one
of several membership initiatives developed by national
headquarters staffto make CAP
membership more meaningful.
It began as a test program and
was later endorsed by the National Executive Committee.
In view of the overwhelming
success of the activity, Ms. Williams stated staff responsibility for the program is being
transferred from the Personnel

Directorate to the Cadet Programs Directorate "where the
forum will be endorsed as yet
another outstanding national
special activity available to eligible CAP cadets."
More than 500 cadets have
participated since the forum was
established in 1993.
The National Youth Leadership Forum is an independent
nonprofit educational organization not affiliated with or sponsored by any federal agency or
the U.S. government.

~ : ' ~ W h e n T h e i r L i v e s D e p e n d o n Yo u r
/ ' P r e c i s i o n , Yo u N e e d S A R N AV .
~ ; : ~ ' ~ . A. . R .e. v "~ : ' l u ~ i 0 n.:.~~' r y N e w M o v i n g M a p t o H e l p Yo u L o c a t e S u r v, v o r s .
a
'
.
.
.0

! i i i : :

Specifically d.esigned for search and rescue,
SARNAv moving map software harnesses
with the
the
I to save lives.
feat1

w

, Simplify navigation-spend more time looking
outside the aircraft for survivors and less time
looking at your charts.
SARNAV runs on any IBM-compatible computer
(including liP Paimtops with yoke mount) with your
GPS receiver or the latest PC-card GPS. SARNAV"
featut~ Jeppesen NavData" including all restricted
airspace and communication frequendes.
Call today for a free DEMO diskette. Ask about
SARNAv" Squadron Leader, an option that allows you
to review your ground track on digital topographic
and satellite imagery.

1-800-255-9411
FAX: (407)369-0750

PR G N
AAO

Technologies, Inc,
Boca Raton, FL 33427

4

i! t i~ i ! ! i ! ~ i i i ~ l i i ~ i i® i i i i~ i ! ~ / i / i } i~ i i ! l ~ ~ i i i i i i i
~
l t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ / ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
i ~ i ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ i~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~~ i t i ~ ~ i ! ~ ~ ~
~
~
i
i!iiiiili

Civil Air Patrol News O June 1995

i

l Budget ...

, o ~,
~ o .~

units across the United States operational contributions do not
and its 51,000 members. The " stop atjust flying SARmissions.
r e m a i n i n g 4 2 p e r c e n t o f t h e During this same time frame,
requested budget is that of the
CAP pilots also flew more than
Air Force for its operation and 34,000 hours for counter drug
oversight of CAP functions.
efforts authorized by the Air
The Air Force is tasked to Force in support of the U. S.
provide support to the AmeriCustoms Service, Drug Enforcecan people in a variety of areas.
ment Administration, U. S. ForTo do this they use our nation's est Service, and many other fedcitizen-airmen in the Air Naeral, state, and local law entional Guard, Air Force Reserve forcement agencies in an effort
to help stem the flow of drugs
and Civil Air Patrol
According to the 1995 Air
into the United States. AlForce Issues Book "these groups though laws preclude the milimake community contributions t a r y f r o m b e out of proportion to their num- c o m i n g i n bers and stand as a shining ex- v o l v e d i n l a w
Flyi
ample for us all. Last year ...
enforcement ...........
they provided critical relief dur- a c t i v i t i e s ,
,O
S
ing earthquakes and floods in
CAPs involvement in the
California, snowstorms in the
~o
Northeast, and floods in the
n a t i o n ' s
Southwest. All this was accom- counterdrugef~o
I
plished while providing an un- f o r t h a s b e e n
I
precedented level of support to l i m i t e d
to
oo I
active duty forces in peacetime a e r i a l r e c o n operations around the globe."
naissance, airO0 I
The reductions in the DoD borne commu]
$o,
budget is the very reason that nications support and trans¢J
CAP should remain in the budAIfc
get, accordingto General Ander- portation Even
Sd
son. "To replace the Air Force s o , C A P ' s i n assigned services provided by volvement has
CAP with Air Force personnel
saved the American taxpayers
would cost more than tr!ple the
more than $52 million in 1994.
$28 miUion currently allocated
In addition to supporting Air
to CAP," the general stated.
Force SAR and counterdrug efforts, CAP volunteers fly a variSenior Air Force leaders
throughout the nation are sup- ety of other vital missions for
porting CAP on the premise that
the Air Force, including lowit is a vital element in the Air level safety survey flights over
Force equation of Active, Guard,
routes flown by Air Force tactiReserve, and Auxiliary forces,
cal aircraft and orientation
In 1994, CAP volunteers flew flights for Air Force ROTC stumore than 10,000 hours in sup- dents to enhance their training
p o r t o f A i r F o r c e - a s s i g n e d and entry into the Air Force. All
search and rescue, disaster re- of these missions provide a siglief, and other emergency ser- nificant savings to the Amerivices missions. However, CAPs can taxpayer and the Air Force

Board
Dinner that evening will be an individual event, with plenty of restaurants
from which to choose. Many of them just
outside of the Sheraton Hotel Restaurants include Italian, French, Indian,
Greek, Lebanese and an English Pub
just across the street from the Metro
stop.
Friday morning starts with a complimentary continental breakfast in the
Sheraton Exhibition Hall.
General Assembly begins at 8 a.m.
with a selection of military marches performed by the Air Force Ceremonial
Band. Following opening remarks by
General Anderson, your new National
staff will present the goals and objectives of their directorate. Guest speakers will follow until about noon.
Lunch will be on an individual basis.
The hotel will have quick "take-away"
lunches available or you can try the
several sandwich shops across the street
from the hotel. The afternoon offers a
wide selection of seminars: Aerospace
Education, Cadet Programs, Check Pilot, Communications, FECA, Finance,

amendments since 1984 to the
1948 law, all of which further
enhanced Air Force support for
CAP to perform its mission.
since they are provided by CAP
volunteers, not active duty Air
Force personnel.
According to Col. Robert V.
Payton, director of CAP's Marketing and Public Relations Directorate, CAP missions mean
significant savings to American
taxpayers. "CAP aircraft fly at
a cost of $60 per hour versus a
cost of $1,600 per hour for a CH60 Air Force helicopter or $2,200
per hour for an Air Force C-130
Hercules aircraft. The amount
of money saved by the Ameri-

can taxpayer when CAP flies
44,000 hours in support of Air
Force and other federal agency
missions is quite significant. If
this funding goes away, it most
likely will be the individual
states responsibility to fly and
pay for these search missions."
CAP was designated an Air
Force Auxiliary in 1948 by 10
USC 9441 which specifically
authorizes Air Force funding
support for CAP. The subcommittee initiating this action is
part of the Armed Services Committee which has approved five

from Page 1
Logistics, Team Work Towards Quality,
Personnel, Senior Training and Chaplain.
The newest addition to the National
Board schedule is the Town meeting
that General Anderson will host on Friday afternoon from 1530-1700. A nohost reception from 1800-2000 end the
days planned activities. Several CAP
bands will provide the entertainment.
Saturday begins with a complimentary breakfast in the Sheraton Exhibition Hall. General Assembly begins at 8
a.m. and the traditional awards presentation day; but this year the awards
presentation will have a new, updated
"snappy" look. A prominent Congressman plans to be our guest speaker. More
details to follow in the next issue of the
Civil Air Patrol News.
Saturday afternoon will again have a
wide selection of seminars. Check the
schedule on Page 14 for details.
Spaatz Associates plans to meet again
this year. Capt. Elizabeth Dunn says
she hopes to build on the momentum
that Lt. Col. Blascovich generated at

Letter writing campaign
The following is letter prepared by CAP's senior leaders.
Please write to your state's representatives in Washington,
D.C., as soon as possible and
paraphrase from this letter.
Dear Senator...
This letter is being written
on behalf of the 51,000 CAP
members, including some 5,000
pilots who proudly wear the Air
Force-style uniform. Ithasbeen
reported that the Senate Armed
Services Readiness Subcommittee is consider) W n ] 1 i n g a dation to m e n r e c o m reduce
........
CAP's FY 96
O&M funding
on the basis that
it is a low-prior,
ity, nondefense
program.
We strongly
urge CAP's
funding not be
reduced.
CAP's National Head)rFed.
quarters is locraft
cated at Max350
well AFB, Ala.,
under the jurisdiction of Air University and
AETC at RandolphAFB, Texas.
The Air Force is designated as
the executive agency responsible for conducting the National
SAR Plan and fulfills this responsibility mostly through
CAP which as its auxiliary performs over 85 percent of all inland air search and rescue in
this country each year. CAP's
SAR missions are tasked by the
Air Force Rescue and Recovery
Center located at Langley AFB,
Va., and operated by active duty
Air Force personnel.

last year's inaugural meeting. Col. Dave
Spenner is planning a meeting for a new
association, The National Association of
Past Wing and Region Commanders.
More details to follow in the next issue.
The highlight of the National Board
meeting will be the evening banquet
Aug. 18. Gen. Russ Dougherty,Air Force
retired, will be the master of ceremo-

On SAR missions, CAP aircraft are frequently supplemented byactive duty Air Force
C-130s or military helicopters.
On rareoccasions CAP has flown
SARs for Air Force aircraft. It
is emphasized that CAP participates as an Air Force asset
in SAR missions tasked by
AFRCC.
CAP performs a variety of
other missions for the Air Force
including low level safety surveys over routes flown by Air
Force tactical aircraft. CAP now
flys AFROTC students on orientation flights to enhance their
training and entry into the Air
Force. CAP also helps train
tomorrow's Air Force leaders
since 10% of each entry class in
the Air Force Academy has had
CAP cadet training. There
are many other missions and
activities performed by CAP,
including extensive counterdrug
reconnaissance missions.
The law which designates
CAP as the auxiliary of the Air
Force also designates CAP as
an instrumentality of the United
States while serving on Air
Force missions and provides liability coverage.
Under 5 USC8141, CAP
members are covered for Federal Employees Compensation
Act benefits if injured or killed
on Air Force authorized missions. These liability and workerscompensation ¢overagesare
available to CAP and its members only on Air Force authorized missions and are essential for CAP to perform its missions.
A significant reduction of an
already shoestring budget
would be inappropriate since it
could literally kill the CAP program and deprive the Air Force
and country of a vital service.
We urge your favorable consideration of this vitally important matter.

nies. General Anderson is making the
final arrangement now for the guest
speaker.
This year's chicken dinner is guaranteed to look unusual, but will still taste
like chicken. The Air Force Band "High
Flight" will provide entertainment and
provide dance music.

STAY ON COURSE FOR YOUR FUTURE!
At Miller School, our cadets chart
their own course for life. As the
only military boarding school
organized as a C.A.P. Cadet
Squadron, we practice
leadership every day.

The different mililary school
Why?
call (804) 8234805
B o y ' s b o a r d i n g a n d d a y. G i r l ' s d a y.
College prep and life prep. Grades 5-12.

~

The

. Miller
[School

CHARLOTTESVILLE
VIRGINIA 22903-9328

Small academic
classes in a values
oriented environment
can make tht difference
for your future. Bring your
C.A.P. experience, we are always
looking for "a few good leaders."

June 1995 0 Civil Air Patrol News

5

We need to see our youth as a resource"
The Civil Air Patrol has its origins particular moment in history. The chalw i t h t h e b e g i n n i n g o f Wo r l d Wa r I I . lenge was before them.
What they found were volunteer
Organized just 6 days prior to the attack
on Pearl Harbor, CAP found itself imme- Americans full ofresolve and patriotism
diately on the cutting edge of service to
country in the midst of war.
The very survival of democracy, as we
know it, depended largely on our citizens working together to achieve the
goal of defeating the enemy on two fronts
--in Europe and in the Pacific. Freedom
loving people in the United States and
around the world were united in the
elimination of those who were threatening freedom's existence.
The founders of the CAP movement
had keen insight as to what civilians to meet this time of despair and chalcould do to support their nation in that lenge. These volunteers were full of
determination and motivation to assist
in anyway possible in giving America
the strength to overcome this aggressive
evil.
History will tell you that the CAP
volunteers proved, over and over again,
their usefulness and high degree of skill.
You know the rest of the story ...
This sI~ring and summer our nation
and her veterans will mark the occasion
of the 50th anniversary of the ending of
that great war. The entire nation will
pay tribute and recall the ending of that
chapter of history; the event that would
forever change the course of our nation
and her people's lives.
We indeed walked away from World
War II with altered values and morals
that would shape and influence generations to come. CAP and her members
will not forget.
History changes. We change. And as
we reshape our CAP there is a challenge
before us. We must go back to what we
know.
As we remodel and redesign CAP,
going back to the basics is essential to
our influencing the future.
I believe that every person in CAP
Since 1928, over 70,000 aviation profesis gifted and has something to offer. "I
sionals have chosen Spartan. And no
have never met a person yet who does
wonderl Three campuses on 26 acres - a
n o t h a v e a g i f t , " s a i d D r. J o h n P.
fleet of aireralt for flight rmdents - and
some of the best instructors aroundl Plus
Private Pilot ground aahool for Technical
students at no additional charge.

Kretzman. Know matter who you are
you have something to offer CAP which
will make it greater and stronger than it
is today.
@ A gift is not a gift
until it is given away. The
leadership of CAP knows
that no one is going to be
safe from giving of their
gifts in CAP. In fact, the.
gifts of the most vulnerable can be the most powerful.
@ We a r e a l l a b o u t
building an organization
that cares. In otherwords,
let us mobilize what we have rather
than focusing on what we don't have.
(Does that sound familiar, troops?). Our
hope for beingviable in the future doesn't
come from Washington, D.C., or National Headquarters at Maxwell
AFB,Ala. It comes
from the people
"~'A~A~n~
within our organization, stretching
their imaginations
W~
and skills and resources; doing it
~ ' ~ W e ~
better, faster, and
more efficiently.
Our CAP will be
~ ~ ,
rebuilt from the
squadron level up.
~,~ ~/Dp~
We have no
choice to go back

It is like you will never be healthy if you
rely only on the health/medical professionals to make you well.
And one more thought. There is no
such thing as apathy? I do not believe in
apathy. People who appear apathetic
have had their hope squashed. They feel
they can not change the shape of the
future. The very core of their humanness has been damaged. Let us build on
the idea of their giftedness and fullness
and see what will happen.
Our cadet program is so important to
the core of CAP, I want to share some
thoughts (at random) concerning our
youth:
We will tell too many of our youth,
~You have nothing to give." Rather, we
need to see our youth as a resource.
This is the fLrst generation in our
society to define young people as universally useless. (
Don't believe that
for one moment.)
Sometime the
'
most important
thing we ask our
young people to do
~ ~ - ~o
is to take out the
trash, if even that.
(The youth I have
been associated
r
,~ a
with are truly
smart, caring, intelligent people.)
~ ,
What would
happen to Civil Air
Patrol if we looked
~
~
what problems are
at our cadets as
f f
genuine treasures?
appropriate to be
pr '1U~ f/~ /' ~F
~ V ~ I D
I think we would
solved from within
move from scarcity
the organization.
These are the
to abundance.
I
problems of huThere are always more gifts there than you thinkl
mass.
"You will never be an excellent orga- And, if you ask, you will get more than
nization if you rely on someone else to do you ever expected.
Dr. Daryl Hobbs said, ~You can't learn
it. You will never have a well, highlytrained group of dedicated volunteers if ~ values without an opportunity to be of
value.~
you only rely on headquarters to do it."

From The Top

IF YOU'VE. :..:.::..:.:, :~:
....,' ,:.
C O N S I ~ D

A ,

YOURSELF TO:
FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT

1-800-433-1755
@ o o o o o o o o o e @ e o o o o o o o
S PA R TA N ~ O F A | H O H A U l l C L
I~Mkxud Akport.
~ MZLt4
M~O Eut I.~0o ~rool. P.O. Box M2833.
Tulu. OK 74158
rm~ me k@~ml#on on r.anm~ checked:
(3 F~ht Training
13 Instrumon! Rel~r
O Avla~m El~ronlcs [3 C~JW Cont~
[3 Communicagon Tochni~m
0 N~ MochaNc

A~

ol~o

Addcus

~
Ph~o

Stm
Zip

Include Infocmmlon on:
O GI Benofb O Federal ~udont Loan Pmoram
l,ltm'amlW~kmzd~ll'z'~,~Sm"als
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O

"History ~v~s.

Wechange.And,
Cs'~, there is a

ch~~b~f~s.

and rediscoverWe must go back to
Wc

~ o
~ we know, "

Accountnng changes have major impact on all units
Three recent accounting developments have had a significant impact
on the methods and p~ceclures used
by the regions, wings, dnd units below
wing level.
I
Changes in the fiscal year for 1995
and the reporting standard changes
under Financial Accounting Standards
Board Statement Numbers. 116 and
117, the Office of Management and
Budget circular A-133 have an impact
on the changing environment of financial reporting for the Civil Air Patrol.
The NEC voted in November 1994
to change thei fiscal year end from
June 30 to September 30. This will
require an unaudited adjusted trial
balance for June 1995 and a year-end
audit for September 1995. This means
the fiscal year --ending September
1995 D will be a 15-month year.
On June 30,1995, all regions, wings,
and units below wing level will be
required to provide information
whereby National Headqfmrters can
file an annual tax return 990 for the
group.
The most significant change to af-

fect the reporting requirements for all , extensive audit than we presently
nonprofit organizations is a result of have if our funding meets certain
FASB Statement No. 116 and 117 and criteria as defined in the circular. If
potentially OMB circular A-133. The the corporation's funding since the
Financial Accounting Standards Board reorganization does fall under OMB
no longer allows fund accounting for Circular A-133, the r e q u i r e external reporting purposes. They now , ments could extend to the regions
and wings. You need to make your
require reporting for the entity as a
auditor aware that this is a possibilwhole. This has a significant impact on
ity for the current year audit. Your
the chart of accounts and financial stateauditor should be familiar with cirment presentation.
FASB Statement No. 116 was issued cular A-133 and can explain this in
in June 1993 and is effective for fiscal detail.
As we prepare for ~he end of fiscal
years,beginning after Dec. 15,1994. This
statement establishes accounting stan- 1995, the changes in that come with
dards for contributions and applies to all it, and the requirements of FASB No.
entities that receive or make contribu- 116 & 117 and OMD circular A-133
tions. Generally contributions received
have a significant impact on the
planning process. It is important
are recognized at their fair market value.
FASB Statement No. 117 establishes that allnnit auditors are aware of
standards for general purpose external the changes as early as possible in
financial statements provided by non- order for them to plan ahead.
Additional information regarding
profit organizations. It requires these
statements provide a statemen~ of fi- these developments is available from
nancial position, a statement of activi- your auditor or you may call Damon
DiPofi, chief of accounting at Naties and a statement of cash flows.
OMB circular A- 133 could potentially tional Headquarters, at (334) 9532635.
require the corporation to have a more

6

Civil Air Patrol News 0 June 1995

Professionalism: Learning to teach yourself

C

ivil Air Patrol's unique humanitarian ser- to learn new things, both on your own and from others,
making affordable mistakes along the way to test,
vice to our society places its operations in a
very similar realm as the military's, requir- improve and convert that learning into practical leadership experience. This generates an environment
ing a strong understanding of professionalism and its
that supports developing independent problem-solvrole in an individual's development.
Whether handling an emergency, assisting school ing'skills, innovation and improved leadership, that is
teachers or leading cadet or youth activities, CAP passed on to others -- not held secret or captive by an
members are serving people -- people who are count- individual.
It's not enough to learn a new skill: a true profesing on us to be experts in our area. This public
sional and leader passes that information on to benefit
expectation may thrust us into situations for which we
his team. Then we can all
may have no trainavoid being caught unpreing or experience,
pared while trying to
but it still requires
serve people who depend
us to develop and
on us.
carry out successful
The catch is, profesresolutions.
sionalism is much like
For those who are
Col, Garland W: Padgett Jr'
preparedness: It's a selftruly service-oriCommander,
taught skill, developed
ented and self-motiahead of time, mostly
CAP-U.S, Air Force
vated, a thorough
from our own motivation.
prior understanding
This is also why it's a founof professionalism
dation for our core values, which together act as a
can help us to "think on our feet", and figure out
guide to our individual development.
solutions to these more challenging circumstances.
In order to better serve our country, military officers
Many leadership scholars have written extensively
on professionalism. One of the best known works is the and enlisted members are taught very early to learn
not only from others, but on their own as well. This is
book The Soldier and The State, written in 1957 by
Harvard Professor Dr. Samuel P. Huntington. Using done by developing a strong sense of professionalism,
Huntington's guidelines, the three elements of profes- and in our more recent Quality Air Force culture, their
sionalism that people need to teach themselves through- core values. This could easily apply to the members of
out their careers are Technical Expertise, Teamwork the Air Force Auxiliary, too.
Early this spring, the Air Force's six core values
(specifically the ability to work with all personality
were simplified to three by Secretary of the Air Force
types), and Commitment to Service.
Ideally, professionalism promotes self-motivation Dr. Sheila Widnall; Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.

From the Top t

Col. Garland W. Padgett
Commander, CAP-U.S. Air Force
& Senior Air Force Adviser to CNII Air Patrol
i

Ronald Fogleman; and the Air Force Quality Council.
The values are now integrity first, service before
self, and excellence in all we do.
The other core values have not been discarded, but
simply recognized as important components of these
"new" ones. Our values are much the same as the ones
we started with, though evolving into a sharper focus
as the Air Force continues its Quality Journey. rll talk
about these core values and their impact on our missions in future editorials.

New marketing efforts will bring growth
R e q u i r e s a g g r e s s i v e , p r o a c t i v e r e s p o n s e f r o m r e g i o n , w i n g , u n i t PA O s

A

fter applying for the position
of chief, Marketing and Re
search at National Headquarters Civil Air Patrol, I was somewhat
puzzled to learn that CAP was a not-forprofit organization. You see, I had spent
the last fifteen years as a marketeer for
large, national not-for-profit organizations.
As such, it was necessary for
me to stay abreast of happenings
in the not-for-profit world. I had
never heard CAP mentioned by
my peers as I traveled throughout the nation nor had I read
anything about CAP in industry
periodicals.
"Who is the Civil Air Patrol?
What is the Civil Air Patrol?" I
wondered. Numerous inquiries
about Civil Air Patrol of family,
friends, business associates and even
the World Book Encyclopedia revealed I
had plenty of company. CAP is indeed
the best kept secret in the world.
Since accepting the challenge of assisting Col. "Bud" Payton, director of the
Marketing and Public Relations Directorate, in the direction of marketing and
research for CAP less than 60 days ago,
my learning curve has been intense.
Today I know the answer to both questions and firmly believe the rest of
America deserves to know and should
know the "who and what" of CAP.
So much is happening right now in
the developmental stages of marketing
and research that space limitations prevent me from sharing it all with you at
this time. However, as space allows in
the future, I will use your CAP News as
a forum to keep you informed of marketing activities, including, but not limited
to, development of new recruiting bro-

chures, PSA's, media avenues available
to you and fund-raising opportunities
and techniques.
The past few weeks have been spent
in research. The research was conducted
to ascertain the needs of the organization and the membership. Unknowingly, many of you in the field have
assisted me tremendously in this effort

reason, we will be mailing a survey to
randomly selected CAP members and
former members in the next few weeks.
The survey will enable us to identify
who joins CAP, why they join, why they
stay or why they do not stay. With this
knowledge, we will be better prepared to
produce targeted marketing tools for
you.
Therefore, we need your
help. If you're selected to receive the survey, please respond
as soon as possible. The sooner
we receive your response, the
sooner we can share the results
with you. Remember -- this is
a team effort and you have the
b a l l . We c a n ' t d o i t w i t h o u t
you.
In light of the recent developments in Washington, D.C.,
our task may seem daunting at times.
But, as CAP National Commander Brig.
Gen. Richard L. Anderson stated in his
recent message to us, "(together) we
shall prevail."
The challenge is before us. I am
excited and can hardly wait to get the
ball rolling on this end and see our results. I hope you share my excitement.
Please know that I consider it a privilege to be able to represent you as chief,
Marketing and Research to my peers in
the direct response marketing industry
throughout the nation. However, the
opportunity to be of service to you-- the
volunteers who are out there on the
front lines -- is an even greater privilege. I look forward to receiving your
input, your help and your support.
Be sure to come by and say "hi" if you
are plannidg to be at National Board.
Join me in sharing the best kept secret in the world. Until next time ...

I Marketing
& Research
M.~N~n c~ow~
Chief, Marketing
& Research

through your telephone calls to headquarters and sharing what you're doing
and what you need.
Since taking a close look at CAP, it is
my opinion that our long range marketing objectives must have a twofold focus:
Increased visibility and enhanced image. The result of our efforts will be
threefold -- better recruitment, increased retention, and additional funding sources. In one word -- growth for
CAP.
However, this growth will not be accomplished without everyone's support.
An aggressive and proactive response
will be required from all unit, wing and
region public affairs officers, if we are to
meet our objectives. As a team, we can
e ff e c t i v e l y m a r k e t a n d s e l l C A P a s
charged.
To initiate an effective marketing program we must first identify our market
y o u , t h e C A P m e m b e r. F o r t h a t

New ,posters
for recruiting
being sent out
Attention all unitsl Look for
the three new Civil Air Patrol
recruiting posters this month
designed by the winner of the
National Cadet Advisory Council
poster contest and produced by
the Cadet Programs department.
Each squadron is scheduled to
receive three of each design in
June, according to CAP's director
of Cadet Programs, Douglas G.
Isaacson.
The posters highlight ~ in a
dynamic and artistic fashion ---the varied and challenging opportunities that exist in CAP.
They were designed to motivate
young people to join up.
The contest winner was Allan
Izzard, a free-lance artist from
New York. Mr. Izzard has been a
m e m b e r o f C A P ' s N e w Yo r k
Group since 1993. He has an
extensive art background in illustration, product and concept
rendering, embroidery design,
and model making. The artist is
also an aviation enthusiast. According to Mr. Izzard, a private
pilot, he has had a "lifelong obsession with airplanes."
The artist recently won another design contest. His rendering of a new New York Group
patch was also accepted and
adopted.
For his time and effort, Mr.
Izzard won a U.S. Savings Bond
and a $100 CAP Bookstore gift
certificate.

June 1995 0 Civil Air Patrol News

7

ea .quar e s E

National Uniform Committee submits report to NEC
Common thread: everyone needs to be more aggressive meeting weight, grooming standards
The National Uniform Committee presented its report and
recommendations in May to the
National Executive Committee
and according to CAP's national
commander the uniform debate is now over.
"One of my major goals has
been to lay our national uniform debate to rest once and for
all," said National Commander
Richard Anderson. "Because of
the vision and support of our
region and wing commanders, I
believe we have done precisely
that.
" M y h a t i s o ff t o N a t i o n a l
Vice Commander Col. Paul M.
Bergman, the committee's chair,
Renova Williams, director of
CAP Personnel, and Susie
Parker, chief of CAP Personnel,
for the roles they played in closing this final chapter," the general said.
Though a large number of
agenda items were presented to
the council, only those which
were "passed" by the NEC
the highlights -- are being reported in this article.
A common thread which kept
surfacing in many of the agenda
items considered was that of
the commander's and the general membership's need to be
more aggressive in supporting
the weight and grooming standards as already published in
CAPM 39-1. The National Uniform Committee agreed it is indeed important our senior and
cadet members and national
leadership meet established
weight and grooming standards
when wearing the Air Forcestyle uniform.
General Anderson reminded
all that General F0gleman's approval for CAP senior member's
to place the U.S. insignia on the
new service dress uniform more
than ever before demands compliance to the CAP weight and
grooming standards. If these
standards cannot be met, the
CAP distinctive uniform or civilian clothing, must be worn.
Another common suggestion
was that of reducing the number of uniforms so there is less
confusion as to which uniform
to wear and all members can
have at least one common uniform. However, due to the various mission requirements, CAP
activities and the fact that CAP
distinctive uniforms have been
created for senior and cadet
members not meeting the
weight and grooming standards,
the number of uniform combination items became a very complex, and sensitive issue.
Some members expressed the
opinion that the Air Force
Nomex flight suit should be the
only approved uniform for use
in flight operations. While others felt the white aviator shirt
was the best uniform to fly in,

particularly if the member
doesn't meet the weight and
grooming standards. Others felt
the golf shirt (some even voiced
color preference) was the best
flight uniform, particularly on
extended missions.
Obviously all of these comments have merit and warranted the NEC's consideration.
It became obvious during this
part of the discussion, the more
active and involved a CAPmember is in the different CAP missions, the greater the need for a
wider variety of uniforms to fit
the situation.
Though an easy solution
to the number of uniforms
and when to wear what
was not reached, GeneralAndersonreminded [
the uniform committee
and NEC that CAP
Manual 39-1 already
provides some relief.
The manual outlines
that the basic CAP uniform is the blue shirt/
blouse, blue pants/skirt
and black shoes. Additionally he has previously directed that all squadron, wing,
region and national activities
should have the uniform of the
day specified for both the Air
Force style uniform and CAP
distinctive uniforms. Further
all SAR/DR operations plans
should specify the acceptable
uniforms based upon mission
function and assignment.
Due to the number ofagenda
items the CAP Uniform Committee met for quite some time.
All items were considered by
the NUB and
their recommendations for each
item were submitted to the
NEC for their review, consideration and action.
We will only
cover the agenda
items which
"Passed" and
t h e i r e ff e c t o n
our members.
m- As reported
in theApril CAP
NEWS, General
Fogleman approved CAP senior members
transitioning
into the new Air Force service
dress uniform. Cadets will not
begin the transition into the
new SDU for awhile. The start
date for their transition was not
decided by this NEC. The transition for senior members is tied
to the both the availability of
the new gray shoulder marks
and the new SDU. While some
clothing sales stores have the
new SDUs, with the shoulder
epaulets in stock, others do not.
It is anticipated that all cloth-

der marks and gray name tag
expects to have these available
in time for the Washington National Board meeting. Seniors
electing to continue wearing the
old service dress uniform may
do so until Oct 1999 however,
they must switch to the new
gray shoulder marks, name tag
and U.S. insignia by Oct. 1,
1996.
It was also decided by the
NEC, in another action, that a
new senior member would not
wear the Air Force style uniform until completing the Level
I training course.
[] Senior members without rank and NCOs wearing the current service
dress uniform will continue to wear the CAP
cutouts and either the
gray or blue name tag.
Everything else remains the same.
[] Cadets will continue
to wear the current service dress uniform. The
Air Force has offered to
supply 10,000 old style service coats per year for the
next four years at no charge.
The coats will be available for
both cadets and seniors.
[] Light blue shirt/blouse for
senior members. The gray
shoulder marks and gray name
tag are optional until I Oct 96.
shirt must also be worn with Again, the Bookstore expects to
have the new gray shoulder
the gray shoulder marks and
gray name tag. (Note: The com- marks and name tag available
missioning stripe, tie and hat by the Washington National
Board. For region and national
are a different material when
wearing this uniform)
members the shoulder rockers
will change to gray.
[] The current service dress
[] Light blue shirt/
blouse for cadet
members.
No
c h a n g e will c c u r .
s o
The blue shoulder
~f v
marks are ref @~ v
tained. Cadets
without rank and
cadet NCOs will
wear the CAP cutouts.
~ [] Though a number of changes
were proposed to
the fatigue uniform
for both senior and
cadet members,
there are no
CAP National Commander
tmander
changes. The CAP
Iderson
Brig. Gen. Richard L. Anderson
cloth cutout is still
required on tl~e collar.
uniform, for senior members,
may remain as presently con- [] Outer-garments for senior
figured. The phase out date for m e m b e r o f fi c e r s . T h e g r a y
shoulder marks replace the
the maroon shoulder marks and
blue name tag is Oct. 1, 1996.
maroon shoulder marks on the
epaulets. Optional until Octo[] The current service dress
uniform may be worn with the ber 1996.
10. Outer-garments for senew gray shoulder marks, gray
name tag and U.S. insignia (in
nior-member NCOs, senior
members without grade and caplace of the CAP cutouts) as
det members. No change - the
soon as the shoulder marks and
name tag are available from the
CAP cutouts are retained where
Bookstore. If all goes well, the
appropriate.
supplier of the new gray shoul- [] Highly polished badges and

ing sales outlets will have the
new SDU available sometime in
September. Senior members
can begin wearing the uniform,
if they have the new gray shoulder marks to accompany the
uniform. As previously written,
the new SDU will be worn without the new gray name tag and
wing patch. Additionally, when
the new SDU is worn, the blue

i

~i~

devices. Approved. Mandatory
wear date is 1996. Highly poli~shed and oxidized CANNOT be
mixed. If the senior member
switches to highly polished U.S.
insignia, then all badges and
devices must also be highly polished. Bookstore should have
highly polished badges and devices in inventory by National
Board.
[] The Air Force Coat of Arms
tie tack/cuff links, tie tack/tie
bar grade insignia is now approved in addition to the CAP
tie tack.
[] It was recommended the
NEC adopt"official" gray slacks
to preclude wear of Dockers,
Levis, etc. The NEC agreed and
approved slacks are defined as
medium gray, commercial dress
slacks - no labels showing.
[] Aviator shirt is now approved
for the optional wear of the
gray shoulder mark grade insignia to be worn on the epaulets.
Wearing the gray shoulder
marks also means the gray
name tag and theAir Force blue
or maroon tie or CAP blue tie
(no Air Force coat of arms tie
tack or regimental tie) worn
with this uniform. Additionally,
when this combination is worn,
an aviation badge and one additional badge of choice are
worn. Short-sleeve shirt without tie is OK.
[ ] Av i a t o r s h i r t - i f t h e g r a y
shoulder marks are not worn,
then the current black name
tag with a distinctive CAP or
regimental tie will be worn,
without badges. The blue and
maroon CAP ties will be phased
out as the Bookstore stock is depleted. Short-sleeved shirt
without tie is OK.
[] CAP blazer will continue to
be worn as approved and configured.
[] The guayaberra shirt will be
phased out as the current Bookstere stock is depleted.
[] Silver Medal of Valor - some
suggestions in upgrading the
importance and recognition of
those who have earned - or may
earn - the Silver Medal of Valor
were approved by the NEC. It
was agreed the recipient will receive a annual waiver of dues.
It was also suggested, that
whenever possible, recognition
during banquets, etc., at which
the recipient attends be given.
Also, the awarding if the SMV
will require NEC approval. One
other proposal on the configuration of the medal was tabled
until further coordination with
the Air Force.
[] Cadet Programs Badge - In
three levels (technician, senior,
and master) were approved.
The badge will be approved at
the unit level and will be retroactive where applicable. (ProSee

Board... Page 12

Civil Air Patrol News 0 June 199S

8

Participation in national activities continues to grow
All of the current national activities
have grown beyond the Cadet Programs'
greatest expectations for this year, according to Douglas G. Isaacson, program
director.
. ;
"Unfortunately, applications for this
year's national activities are no longer
being accepted," stated Mr. Isaacson.
At least 300 more cadets are attending this year's national activities
compared to last
year. The National
Flight Encampment accounts for
a great majority of
this increase with
182 participants from 43 wings and sev- I
~
eral overseas squadrons over the four
sessions. Additionally, Blue Beret participation is now up to 233 participants,
compared to last year's total of 125.
Unfortunately, the problem associated with this growth is that National
Headquarters can only select so many
people for these activities, and thus
some requests will be turned down,
"The good news, though, is that the
Cadet Programs staffis already making
major changes for next year so activities
can continue to grow and more cadets
will be able to participate, stated Maj.

Christopher Shaw, Cadet Programs
manager.
Cadets selected to participate in national activities should receive notification soon, if they have not already. Those
who have been rejected for slots to the
1995 National Blue Beret or other national flight encampments will also receive notification by mail.
If cadets receive

and instructions. It will be sent to all
Bottom line: CAP training pays big
squadrons this month.
dividends.
All essays must be postmarked by
A great showing for a great organizaSept. 1, 1995.
tionl

Ranger school scheduled

Cadet Phoenix alive, well

Operation Cadet Phoenix, a concept conceived at the National Cadet
Program Summit last summer, is alive
and well, and beginning to take shape.
a rejectiOn letter'
The phoenix is represented by a federal
it as proof. When
eagle with a shield rising from the ashes
they apply next
through the flames to take flight.
year they will be
Much like the eagle, our cadet program is also taking off. Membership in
given first priority
for the same activithe cadet program is up over 18,000.
ties.
Enrollments in National Special Activities have increased by 67 percent
from last year with the addition of the
Vho's Your Hero?' contest Cadets soar at academy
National Flight Encampment and the
Several organizations affiliated with
When it comes to U.S. Air Force Acad- reintroduction of the National Blue Beemy appointments, CAP cadets are pull- ret Encampment. Slots available to cathe National Collaboration for Youth,
including Civil Air Patrol, are partici- ing their own weight, as far as some Air dets increased from 454 last year to 763
this year.
pating in the "Who's Your Hero?" essay Force officials are concerned.
contest.
This year, 131 CAP cadets have acYou will seeOperation Cadet PhoeThe top 50 to 100 essays with pictures cepted appointments to the academy. In n i x u n t i l N a t i o n a l C o m m a n d e r B r i g .
Gen. Richard L. Anderson relinquishes
of the heroes will be included in a book all, CAP cadets presently make up about
on heroes of American youth.
10 percent of the academy's enrollment command Aug. 10, 1996. Until then, it is
T h o s e i n t e r e s t e d i n p a r t i c i p a t i n g with a total 453 cadets enrolled.
the symbol the Cadet Program shall
rally around to raise the cadet program
should be on the lookout for the flyer
As of June 1995, there were 18,260
detailing who is eligible,judging criteria
from the ashes and take it to full flight.
cadets in CAP.

ALICE EQUIPME g

Pennsylvania Wing's 1995 Summer
Ranger School will be held July 8-'16.
The school offers courses in basic and
advanced ground search and rescue as
well as an advanced field medic course
for cadets.
Interested personnel should contact:
Lt. Col. Betty Jones
1331 Armstrong Dr.
M o n o n g a h e l a , PA 1 5 0 6 3
(412) 483-1537

G! ISSUE FIELD EQUIPMENT KITS

SLEEPING EQUIPMENT
QTY

NEW

USED

1

$69.95

$30.50

PAD, SLEEPING, POLY FOAM

$0.50

$3.00

PART NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

QTY

NEW

USED

CAP731JA

ALICE FIELD PACK, medium
~ptclfv medium or large

1

$30.50

$15.50

CAPTSSAA

SLEEPING BAG, INTERMEDIATE
Used bags have been commercially
sanitized.

CAP731LB

FRAME, W/PADS & STRAPS

1

$30.50

$15.50

CAP758P

CAP716AA

EQUIPMENT BELT
sDeclfy medium orlarge

1

$9.95

$5.50

CAP718BA

SUSPENDERS, EQUIP. BELT

1

$10.95

$5.50

C A P 7 1 0 A A # CANTEEN, 1 QT PLASTIC

2

$1.75

$1.75

CAP710CAA

CUP, CANTEEN STAINLESS

2

$6.95

$3.50

CAP710CAB

STOVE/STAND, CUP SS

2

$2.95

$1.50

CAP712AA

COVER, CANTEEN NYLON

2

$6.95

$3.50

CAP731AM

FANNY PACK

1

$12.96

$6.50

CAP736AC

CASE, AMMO M16 NYLON

2

$6.50

$3.50

PART NUMBER

CAP758PMA

#

MATTRESS, PNEUMATIC

$6.50

$5.50

CAP75SPB

#

PILLOW, PNEUMATIC

$3.50

$3.50

CAP758EAT

#

BLANKET, WOOL OD

$12.50

$12.50

CAP75eCA

#

COVER, SLEEPING BAG

$4.50

$4.50

CAP758HSB

#

HOOD, SLEEPING

$2.50

$2.50

CARRIER, SLEEPING BAG

$3.5O

$1.75

INDIVIDUAL DEPOT PRICE

$109.45

$70.75

DEPOT PACKAGE PRICE

$89.45

$60.75

$20.00

$10.00

QTY

NEW

USED

CAP758AMA

SAVE

IP INDICATES NEW PRODUCT IN ALL KITS.

CAP738AD

#

CASE, AMMO M9 NYLON

1

$3.95

$3.95

CAP676AA

#

FIRST AID KIT, NYLON

1

$21.95

$21.95

CAP736BA

#

CASE, COMPASS NYLON

1

$1.50

$1.50

CAPT08AA

#

FLASHLIGHT, WlO GUARD

1

$4.50

$4.50

CAP739__

PARKA, SIZES XXS-XL

1

$22.95

$6.50

OAP648CA

KNIFE, SURVIVAL, USAF

1

$18.95

$9.00

CAP739__

TROUSERS

XXS-XL

1

$19.95

$6.50

OAP687AOA

SHOVEL, TRI FOLD

1

$19.95

$9.50

CAP739__ #

OVERSHOES

4 TO 14

1

$5.50

$5.50

CAP687AOD

COVER, SHOVEL PLASTIC

1

$5.95

$3.00

CAP739EE

SUSPENDERS, TROUSERS

1

$2.95

$1.50

CAPSg2AAB

MESS KIT, Wl UTENSILS

1

$9.50

$4.50

INDIVIDUAL DEPOT PRICE

$51.35

$20.00

OAP722GAA #

GOGGLE, SUN/WIND/DUST

1

$7.50

$7.50

DEPOT PACKAGE PRICE

$41.35

$15.00

CAP755B

VEST, SAFETY ORANGE

1

$6.50

$3.00

I INDICATES NEW PRODUCT IN ALL KITS.

$10.00

$5.00

CAP739AE

PONCHO,NYLON 65X83 OG

1

$23.95

$9.50

OAP73gAH

PONCHO LINER, CAMO

1

$23.95

$9.50

OVERSHOES, SIZED TO COMBAT BOOTS. WOMEN ORDER TWO SIZES SMALLER.
NOTE: All Items may be ordered by KIT (package prices) or by Individual line Item as priced.
Plu freight.

OAP731DGA

BAG, (LAUNDRY)

1

$4.95

$2.50

INDIVIDUAL DEPOT PRICE (MEDIUM PACK)

I

DEPOT PACKAGE PRICE (MEDIUM PACK)

is.,, l $155.65

~$208.151 $125.65

DEPOT PACKAGE PRICE (LARGE PACK)

# INDICATES NEW PRODUCT IN ALL KITS.

15218.151 $135.65
SAVE ~ $90.00 ~ $30.00

WET WEATHER EQUIPMENT
PART NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

SAVE

Civil Air Patrol Supply Depot
14400 Airport Blvd
Amarillo, Texas 79111-1207
Toll Free !-800-8$8-4370 Fax 1.806.335-2416
MINIMUM CREDIT CARD ORDER IS $10 EXCLUDING FREIGHT. DEPOT FREIGHT POLICY:
Continental U.$. add 90.75. Hazardous materials fee $8.00. All others call for prepayments with mail
orders. Open Mon.oFrl. 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. CST

June 1995 0 Civil Air Patrol News

9

AFRCC coordinator upset over "misrepresentation"
CAP News Editor
I am writing in response to an article
that appeared in the April 1995 edition
... "Five wings participate in search for
downed Cessna," written by Lt. Col. Hal
Griffin, Kentucky Wing public affairs
officer.
While it is good to see CAP portrayed
in a positive light and its SAR efforts
highlighted, it should not be done at the
expense and misrepresentation of those
of us here at the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center.
It appears that recent missions and
coordination between us, CAP and other
agencies (such as the Federal Aviation
Administration, emergency management agencies, etc.) have led the reading
public to incorrect assumptions about
and faulty perspectives of us here at
Langley AFB, Vs.
Specifically, I would like to point out
the paragraph which states that "At
2:23 p.m., Colonel Schmitt received a
call from an FAA official in Indianapolis.
He said they had a last location different
from what the AFRCC had reported ...
Colonel Kavich stood and said 'That is
close to the tower!'." The article continues from there and the aircraft is found
at the location given. To understand
why this bothers us, and me in particular, let me outline what happened from
our log and my memory.
On Feb. 3 my crew came on duty for
the swing shift (2:45 p.m. to 11 p.m.
local/7:45 p.m. to 4 a.m. Zulu). We were
briefed on a QALQ, an initial inquiry on
an aircraft issued before an INREQ, for
N 7 5 4 K V. D u e t o t h e e x p a n s e o f t h e
proposed SAR area (Illinois to North
Carolina) the day shift had begun working this issue long before it became "re-

NEWS..r

Patrol

quired."
When the ALNOT was finally issued
Feb. 3 at 8:36 p.m. Zulu, we had been
working the incident for over two hours.
The gentleman with the handle on the
situation at the time was SSgt. Bill
Garms. Things moved very quickly, and
there was a lot of area to cover. He
literally did not leave his seat for over
eight hours.
As shift supervisor, I was monitoring
this incident as well as
the approximately 24
other incidents and missions open at the time.
So many calls were
made and received by
Sergeant Garms that it
became necessary for
me to work alongside
h i m . We k e p t s e p a rate log sheets, making references to each
other's phone calls
in them.
One of the greatest difficulties facing
us was acquiring an NTAP. The aircraft
was not on a flight plan and was not
"squawking" a discrete code. At our
request, the airport manager at Parks
Airport had come in on his own time to
review the tapes, and was able to get us
an exact takeofftime, runway and direction of flight. We made a total of five
calls to the Kansas City ARTCC attempting to get NTAP information, and with
this latest exact information we made a
sixth request. When the response was
not sufficient, and after consultation with
the director of the AFRCC, I made the
decision to use our FAA point of contact
in Washington, D.C. Within a matter of
minutes, the ball was rolling to track

Serving CAP
membership
since November 1968

National Commander
Brig. Gen. Richard L. Anderson
Executive Director
Col. Paul ~1. Albano Sr.
CAP-U.S. Air Force Commander
& Senior Air Force Adviser
Col. Garland W. Padgett Jr.
Director, Marketing & Public Relations
Col. Robert V. Payton
Editor
Mr. James F. Tynan
Civil Air Patrol News (ISSN-0079-7810) is an official publication of the Civil Air Patrol Corp., a private, benevolent corporation and U.S. Air Force Auxiliary.. It is published monthly by
National Headquarters CAP, Building 714, 105 S. Hansell St.,
M a x w e l l A F B , A L 3 6 11 2 - 6 3 3 2 , a n d p r i n t e d b y t h e A u b u r n
B u l l e t i n , P. O . B o x 2 111 , A u b u r n A L 3 6 8 3 0 . O p i n i o n s e x pressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the CAP
Corporation or the U.S. Air Force.
Subscriptions= Annual subscription - $5. To subscribe, write
t o : E d i t o r, C A P N e w s , B u i l d i n g 7 1 4 , 1 0 5 S . H a n s e l l S t . ,
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332 the address above or call (205)

953-5700. Back issues may not be available.
Advertising= CAP does not endorse or warrant any of the
products or services advertised in this publication. To place an
advertisement, write to Kevin Denison, P Box 1537, Boise,
.O.
ID 83701 or call 1 (800) 6356036.
Editorial Submlnlons" Submissions for publication in the
Civil Air Patrol News should be sent electronically by way of
the Intemet (jtynen@cap.au.af.mil) or the CAP BBS at (334)
953-7515. If electronic transmission is not possible, please
send file on 3 1/2" disk to: Editor, CAP News, Building 714,
105 S. Hensell St., Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332.. Preferred
formats for all files are: Word for Windows, Microsoft Word,
Word Perfect or ASCII text.
poltmutec For chwtge of o~ddreu, forward lISPS
Form 3679 to Nattonal ~artw= Clvll Nr Patro~gP,
BuildlngFf4.105S;Han~nSt..MaxwdAFBAL361126332. Se~nd~pomMgepWdWAubum.AL Sg830.

[q~J~
~m~m,~i,~,,,
m

this aircraft.
What does all of this mean? It means
that two of us worked this for 13 hours
nonstop. It means that within'hours we
had an NTAP track from Parks Airport
to Evansville, Ind., approach. Within 11
hours we had a projected estimated
time of arrival for Louisville.
During this same time, we alerted
appropriate CAP and emergency management agencies and they were beginning to "gin up."
In less than 20
hours, we had an
NTAP that gave
us a position of
37-14.18N and
084-52.5W, approximately four
miles
from
where officials
located the ~irc r a f t . We n o t i c e d
this was very close
to the Mintonville,
Ky., tower, which showed on our sectional, but is apparently not on low-level
charts or approach plates.
At the 23-hour point, we received another NTAP, which we had requested
from the Atlanta ARTCC. This point
was at 37-10.13N and 84-49.24W, which
put it right on top of the tower. This
information was faxed to Kentucky CAP,
Major Carter, Feb. 4 at 9:20 p.m. (Zulu),
a full 24 hours before the Feb. 5 phone
call at 9:23 p.m. (Zulu) reported in the
article. According to the final 122 report,
these "lat/longs" are exactly the location
of the wreckage.
My concern is that, in this mission
and in others, it is unclear to folks exactly how much work and sincere effort

the controllers here put into the missions. I am especially proud of our enlisted personnel who work a rotating
shift schedule that, in essence, makes
activities such as school, sports, time
with family, etc. near to impossible.
They deal with training meetings and
commanders' calls that fall in the "middle
of the night." They adhere to the mission and code of the AFRCC, putting
personal desires and comforts aside "So
that others may live."
When others and I read this article,
we were dismayed and rather upset our
efforts Were being portrayed as both
incorrect and useless. I do not know why
it took CAP over 24 hours to realize and
react to obvious information that we
gathered so quickly and efficiently.
Trust me. We appreciate the work
that CAP does. We recognize the importance of their volunteer status and their
professionalism and expertise. As an
active duty officer who has had her own
share of"tough missions" and "real world
scenarios," it is disheartening to see the
lack of reciprocation by CAP.
We are all on the same team; we are
all in the same business. We need to
work together and not resort to bad
press and rumors.
Capt. Patricia E. Powers
AFRCC SAR Coordinator
Langley AFB, Va.
Got a gripe~ Want to state your case? Feel the need to uent?
Want to publieize a kudoF Then writetoLetters to the Bdltor
-- the perfect forum for voieinE your opinian. Send your letter
uiaoneofthefollowingways: E.mailittojtynanecop.au.afmil
or send via modem to the CAP BBS at (334) 953.7515 or mail
it via computer disk to -- Editor, CAP News. 105 South
tiansell Ave., Bldg. 714, Maxwell AFB, AL 86112.

We~come to your new newspaper
That's rightl Welcon)e to your newspaper m the
new Civil Air Patrol News.
I use the term your because I'm deeply rooted in
reality. Although you may not sign my paycheck, I
know full well the reason for publishing this newspaper is to serve you m the more than 50,000 CAP
members across America and overseas. Coincidentally, that also happens to be the same reason I'm here.
So what does this mean to you? It means a promise
from me -- t~ print as
many of your accomplishments worldwide, each
and every month, in a
dynamic publication that
reads and looks like it
was produced for professionals.
My use of the term
"new" might be a bit more
presumptuous. I know
the newspaper has been serving the CAP membership
since November 1968. And from what I've read so far,
it's readily apparent the editor's who tapped the keys,
sized the photos and proofread the galley before me did
an excellent job.
I use the term new because of the way I view the
process ofputtinga newspaper together. Like building
a new custom home, every editor pieces a newspaper
together in the same fashion -- word by word, story by
story, photo by photo, page by page -- each piece
lending itself to a newspaper's value and design. Each
issue new and different, yet still managing to retain an
editor's unique writing and layout style.
So there you have it. My phllosephy on newspaper
editing. Now let's get down to the nuts and bolts of how
you can get your material published in the CAP News.
For about a year now, the CAP News has been laid

out and designed electronically -- by way of desktop
publishing software and state of the art hardware. A
"hat's off' to MSgt. JeffMelvin, your former editor, who
brought the newspaper into the DTP age. Sergeant
Melvin is now working for the Public Affairs Directorate at Headquarters Air Force ROTC here. Thanks for
a job well done, Jeffl
The end result of this conversion is that your job of
getting published has been simplified (aside from actually having to sit down
and write the article, of
c o u r s e ) . N o w, a l l y o u
have to do is send it to me
electronically-- on a 3~inch disk, via the BBS or
through E-mail. When
you do that, it requires
l e s s e ff o r t a t t h i s e n d
because it no longer has
to be re-keyed or scanned.
H e r e ' s h o w ? M a i l : M a i l t o E d i t o r, C A P N e w s ,
National Headquarters CAP, 105 S. Hansell St., Bldg.
7 1 4 , M a x w e l l A F B , A l a . 3 6 11 2 ; E - m a i l : s e n d t o
jtynan@cap.au.af.mil; CAP BBS: dial (334) 953-7515
and upload the file into the Public Affairs section. (If
you use the BBS, please call me at (334) 953-5700 and
let me know the file name, or leave me a message on the
BBS. Otherwise I may not find the file.)
Here are some other tips: If you're interested in
writing somethirig other than for Coast to Coast,
please call and discuss the idea with me first. That
way, I know what to expect and perhaps I can give you
some advice on the story's focus. Also, when you send
in photos, please put the cutline information on the
back of each one. You can use a label or sticky nots
paper. Otherwise, we may not be able to use them.
Until our keyboards cross next month ...

10

Civil Air P.atrol News 0 June 1995

STUn

n EomEs TO

r - : , R P . . . . ., E.qlq, U E
Attention mission c ....... , ,~
~
, ~ers and ground team members!
;kly findaf
}c~rescue people, here's wonderful news.
If you ever hoped you coul
As in Desert Storm, new technology gives you your precise location information,
detailed database information and the ability to see in the dark.

I

maginary scenario: It was a
dark and story night. A CAP
Cessna was heading southwest for
a search and rescue satellite hit of an
ELT in New York's Catskill Mountains.
Time: 2 a.m. Altitude: 6,000 feet, between cloud layers. Situation: "Ops normal."
Virg and Bill were up front in the
Skylane; Mike was in the back with a
bunch of newfangled equipment.
As soon as they had departed from
Albany, Mike had connected the
portable electronics. The GPS was
feeding into the notebook computer, as
was the portable compact disk player
and Delorme's MapExpert program.
Power was provided by a portable
12-volt battery (due to the incompatibility of the plane's 28-volt system).
On the screen, a trail of
"breadcrumbs" showed their exact
path over the ground at scales as large
as 1" = 400', plus ground speed,
altitude, course and exact latitude and
longitude.
With half an hour to go before
they'd arrive over the site, Mike
plotted the exact SARSAT hit and
found it was near a small village in
the mountains west of Catskill, N.Y..
He then opened the SAR-Viewpoint
program, plotted the point, created a
10-mile circle and noted all the
published airports and known wrecks
within that area as possible items of
interest.
Returning to the Delorme program,
Mike determined the zip codes of the
area. He then removed the Delorme
CD and inserted the Aviation Locater
CD, which contains the entire listing
of U.S. pilots and aircraft owners.
Running a search for the zip codes in
question, he came up with 3 aircraft
owners and 17 pilots. He then
changed to the SelectPhone CD and
looked up the telephone numbers for
those people, changed back to Delorme
and plotted their address locations,
usually accurate to within a half-mile
stretch of road or city blocks in metro
areas.
By now, Virg was picking up the
ELT signal on the direction finder. He
gave the heading and signal strength
to Mike, who plotted it on the computer. The plane was turned 450 to
the right for five miles, then aimed
again at the signal. This created a
triangulation which showed the target
was a few miles northwest of the
SARSAT hit. That information was
radioed to both the mission coordina-

tor and the ground team, which was
still about one hour away by van.
As the plane neared and overflew
the loudest area of the signal, there
was no way to descend due to the high
terrain and IFR weather. So, a series
of cloverleaf turns were made and the
inbound tracks successively narrowed
until Virg and Bill felt they had the
ELT located within a 500- to 1,000foot area.
In the back, a smile came over
Mike's face. All the track lines were

Capt. 13hoppqljElicher
Rlloanq Senior Squadron
clearly shown on his computer. They
repeatedly crossed very close to the
junction of Route 13 and Pond Hollow
Read. Even from 6,000 feet up in the
cloudy night, Mike knew the ELT was
coming from the area of Terry Smith's
house. Terry, 47, was a private pilot.
Mike looked up the phone number,
radioed the MC and three minutes
later the ELT was shut off.
On the way back to Albany at about
3 a.m. the weather started to clear.
Suddenly, a second ELT was picked up
north of Little Round Top mountain.
Virg and Bill again accurately narrowed the search to a forested area,
but there were no houses or pilots
living conveniently nearby. From a
safe altitude of 1,500-foot AGL, the
pilots could see nothing but black
forest below.
While the pilots circled, Mike uncased his surplus Russian tank
commander night vision goggles and
scanned the area. (Note: it is obviously unsafe for a pilot to use these for
the kind of flying we do, but if the
pilots are night flying at a safe VFR
altitude, there's no harm in the
observer using them.) With their 1:1
viewing magnification, there was no
tendency to create nausea and scanning was easy.
Soon, he spotted a large white "T'
in the trees -- an airplane. The
ground crew, along with local sheriff
and other rescue personnel, was
diverted to the spot. They found a
downed C-172 and saved the life of the
injured pilot.
Today's reality?
Same as above! We currently have

all of this equipment and have demonstrated its usefulness and safety. We
have found a few glitches and are
working on improvements. It's also
expensive -- $2,700 and up for the
computer and map equipment -- but
we see some ways to bring costs down.
We are early in the process, but
expect to soon have detailed suggestions and recommendations which
others might wish to try. For now,
we'd be interested in hearing from
other SAR innovators from around the
country. Are you working on similar
concepts? Let's get our heads together
and see what we can come up with.
In upcoming articles, we'll show
how this map equipment is being used
to improve pilot training and provide
mission air operations with precise
reports of areas searched.
For now, we see the value of this
map equipment as follows:
~, In aircraft on night ELT search,
where a back-seater can operate
In ground team van at mission
base for data only, possibly tied with
Arizona-style remote location feedback
from field units (using GPS and
Packet)
In aircraft during day operations, as a reference only (back-seater
should normally be looking outside the
plane at all times)
In aircraft as a "black box" flight
path recorder for pilot training or to
provide disk for air operations to
record actual search coverage

Equipmen~ costs
Here's your cost for equipment and
how to get in touch with us
$1,000 and up, notebook computer; units two to three times that
would work best; numerous brands;
units with built-in CD-ROM start at

$o_,t95

$750 for GPS receiver & antenna, DeLorme's MapExpert database CD, GPS interface software (Map
Info and others are also working on
moving map programs). Delorme
Mapping Company, Freeport, ME.
Telephone: (207) 865-1234
$280 for portable CD-ROM
player; may need an SCSI adaptor for
about $140
$99 for Aviation Locater CDROM software: list of all pilots and
aircraft. (Anybody know where to find
boat owners for EPIRBs ? Harder to
find because their by state not country.)
$139 for SAR Viewpoint software: mission management tools,
maps, wrecks, airports, etc. (Several
other CAP-member programs available; good subject for a comparison
article?).
$139 for telephone numbers of
all residences and businesses on CDROM;
$100 for batteries, converters,
connector cords, etc.
$700 - $900 for surplus Russian
NVG goggles, 1:1 optics, 30K amplification (magnified ones are widely
available; not for continuous viewing
but OK for confirming).
Compare notes
Let's compare notes. Send me a
card or letter. We can discuss in
detail the equipment listed above,
where to purchase it from and how to
use it.
Write to:
Capt. Choppy Wicker
Albany Senior Squadron
271 Baum Rd.
Johnsonville, NY 12094

The heavy black line shows an aircraft's flight path during a grid search. The map Is
what is seen on screen using DeLorme Mapping Co.'s MapExpert program.

June 1995 0 Civil Air Patrol News

| |

14-year-old Maryland boy flies high;
spirits lifted to well over 4,000 feet
B A LT I M O R E , M d . - - J o h n
O'Malley has never been seated
in the cockpit of an aircraft, yet
he has became fascinated with
the idea after of flying after it
was presented to him by his
home-care nurse.
John, the 14 year old son of
Michael and Gina O'Malley, of
Phoenix, Md., has acute lymphocytic leukemia, a cancer of
the blood. This disease is treatable and John's leukemia is now
in remission.
The harshness of the chemotherapy drugs, however, left
John's immune system extremely weak. The weakness
has allowed an opportunistic infection to develop, which has
become as serious as the leukemia.
Because the infection has not
responded to any of the standard drugs, John is now receiving an experimental drug to
combat the disease.
Recently, John was taken to
Glenn L. Martin State Airport

to experience first hand the
thrill as part of the squadron's
project "Air Wish," a special air
mission of the squadron.
Dressed in a flight suit and
an electric-blue baseball cap,
John was greeted by Lt. Col.
Ralph Vogt, group commander
of the Maryland Wing, and introduced Capt. Walter Coats,
Glenn L. Martin Squadron commander and his pilot.
As John climbed into the aircraft cockpit, Captain Coats
explained the myriad of instruments and dials. John's seat
belt was fastened and the engine was started. Radio clearance was given by ground control for the aircraft to taxi to the
runway. The tower gave clearance for take off and with a
quick push on the throttle John
was airborne in seconds.
John was given an aerial tour
of northern Baltimore County,
circling the Loch Raven Reservoir and then on to Phoenix
where John lives. They flew over

John's house where he wasiable
to pick it out from the air. J
The aircraft then climbed out
to a safe altitude with a c~ising speed of 100 mph Where
John was able to take the control of the aircraft under the
command of Captain Coats.
Resuming control, Captain
Coats turned the plane south
for a tour of the Inner Harbor of
Baltimore City, after which they
turned north and returned to
Glenn L. Martin State Airport.
There was a second aircraft
which roared down the runway
just a few seconds after John's
plane broke ground and flew as
the chase aircraft for this mission.
Aboard this aircraft, which
was provided by Steinman Aviation, Baltimore, was Colonel
Vo g t , S M S g t . D a v i d L y e l l ,
squadron public affairs officer,
a camera crew from WMARABC TV, Baltimore, and John's
nurse, Capt. Raymond Wagner,
the squadron's assistant medi-

Phoenix, Md., native Joh, O'Mslley (bottom left) poses fora picture
with Maryland Wing's G commander, Lt. Col. Vogt (top left),
Capt. Walter Coats (top right), commander of the Glenn L. Martin
Squadron, and Capt. Raymond Wagner, the squadron's assistant
medical officer. The 14-year-old leukemia victim flew with Captain
Coats recently as part of the unit's special program called "Air
Wish."
cal officer and the person who
helped arrange this flight.
"This flight couldn't have
happened without the support
of our CAP commanders m
Maryland Wing Commander

Col. Eugene L. Przybylowicz,
ColonelVogt and Captain Coats,
and I'm extremely grateful for
their help in lifting John's spirits to well over 4,000 feet," said
Captain Wagner.

Maryland Wing Band hitting the high notes
Staeey Sherle
Staff writer

The Maryland Wing Band played at
the Middle East Region Conference June
3, with approximately 30 members
The Maryland Wing Band was put
present.
together starting in April 1987 by Lt.
The band was awakened for a 5 a.m.
rehearsal Saturday before the conferCol. Dennis Ira Ruck, band commanence. "We played reallywell because we
dant.
weren't paying enough attention to mess
The membership roster has grown
up," said clarinet player Lauren Hopfrom eight to about 40 in just eight years
per, 14.
and continues to grow.
Hopper said the best thing about beMembership in the band is open to
ing in the band is the sense of teamwork.
both seniors and cadets and has mem"If one person messes up, it affects evbers from all over the state and even
eryone. So it teaches you teamwork. You
some from the nearby National Capitol
learn that every single person is imporwing.
tant."
Colonel Ruck said, "Anyone with perThe band has annual performances
mission from their wing is welcome to
at the Holly Hill Memorial Gardens lojoin the band."
cated north of Baltimore and at the
The band only gets one day a month of
Maryland Wing Conference.
rehearsal time because of the diversity
The band also performed Christmas
of its membership.
music on Andrews AFB, Md., near WashLast summer, the band inaugurated
ington, D.C., at the base's newly built
what was one of its most successful ac- Members of the Maryland Wing Band participate in a pass-in-review ceremony during
the week-long Maryland Wing Encampment/Band Academy held at the Aberdeen
base exchange complex and at a shoptivities m a week-long band academy,
Proving Grounds, Md., in the summer of 1994. Academy attendees received training
ping center near Annapolis, Md. Colowhich paralleled the Maryland Wing
in music and military band arts and received credit for the regular encampment.
nel Ruck hopes these performances will
Encampment.
become a yearly event.
The cadets who attended the acadregular encampment, including airplane campment was good experience; he enThe Maryland Wing Band is so sucemy received full encampment credit
joyed the band rehearsals and the band- cessful that plans are now on the drawwithout enrolling in the regular encamp- and helicopter rides.
style marching. "And Colonel Ruck was ing board to expand the program to
Cadet Robert Wille, 16, the first cadet
ment and supplied live music for the
to graduate from band encampment and the perfect guy for commandant because
include a string orchestra and a chorus.
regular encampment.
receive the Mitchell Award, will be this you have to have a lot of patience to get Members from other wings and the NaAttendees received training in music
year's encampment commander.
a group of cadets together once a month
tional Capital Wing are invited to parand military band arts and attended the
to play musical instruments," he said.
Cadet WiUe said the first band enticipate in any of the band's activities.
required classes and activities of the

I
Postal
Service
honors
POW/MIAs

I

First-day-of-issue ceremonies for a new stamp honoring
America's POW/MIAs took place
on Memorial Day in Washington.
The stamp features a pair of
military identification tags embossed with "POW/MIANever Forgotten," displayed in
front of the U.S. flag waving
against a blue sky.
"It's a symbol of accounting

for and caring for .......... .......... '~
overseas addresses for
r
~ I
military perw l ° u r n un a
a lo m e n im e n i - n d I ~ ~ , , ~ ~ .~x~ ~.~,, b~.
form. It's a symsonnel and De~,~ i~ ~
fense Departbol commemorating and reE '~_~ ,'"'~'
membering all
~'~Iees.ment employPostal offio u r P O W s a n d[ . . ~. . . .~. . . - - - , . . . . . . .
.
cials coordiMIAs," said
nated the stamp's design with
Postmaster Marvin Runyon.
The stamps will be delivered various veteran and family oronly to U.S. addresses and to ganizations.

Licensing and royalty fees
have been waived to IRSqualified nonprofit organizations allowing them to reproduce the stamp design on Tshirts, sweat shirts, coffee
mugs, key rings, etc., and use
them for fund-raising purposes, postal officials said.
Contact the Postal
Service's licensing agency at
(212) 684-4388 for details.

| 2

Civil Air Patrol News 0 June 1995

Women's aviation scholarship
established in pilot's memory
pion Patty Wagstaffand airline/air show
pilots like Joann Osterud and Julie Clark
are prime examples of the great career
opportunities available to women within
the industry," explained Mr. Rux.
Jones, 42, of Red Thunder Air Shows,
died May 9 of injuries sustained in an
The International Council of Air
Shows Foundation recently announced
accident on May 8 in Wellington, Ohio.
establishment of the Jan Jones Memo- Enroute to a Philadelphia press event
rial Scholarship Fund to assist women and then to a New York air show, Jones
was apparently experiencing engine
in pursuit of aviation careers.
problems when she attempted a precauIt was instituted by John Rux, widower of aLL show and competition pilot
tionary landing at the Bottsford Air Strip
near Cleveland.
Jan Jones', to help young women overThe cause of the accident is still being
come some of the financial barriers assoinvestigated by the National Transporciated wit.h flight programs.
"Jan wanted to show young women tation Safety Board.
"Jan had a bright future in air shows,"
that theylcould do things beyond their
said Gary McMahon, chairman of the
wildest imaginations," Mr. Rux said.
~P'nis scholarship is to help womeh get Foundation's Board of Directors. "We
are honored that her husband decided to
into aviation and follow their dreams.
"Air shows and aerobatic competition e s t a b l i s h a s c h o l a r s h i p f u n d i n h e r
memory through the ICAS Foundation."
are one avenue. Instruction is another.
Tax deductible contributions may be
Instructdr/performers like Montaine
sent to the Jan Jones Memorial ScholarMallet, of the French Connection
ship Fund, 1931 Horton Rd., Suite 5,
Airshow, performer/competitors like
three-time National Aerobatic Cham- Jackson, MI 49203.

'Jan wanted to show women
they could do things beyond
their wildest imaginations'

~~~~ ~ :
: : : o ~~
i i

Ki~

~ i:?
? ~~
~

! ~flghti Cad~ ~stibian~i Ldts edUdgU~ A!eja.dm o
Thel ~lute was al~ a~e6d~ by th~S~cpe~:~f:~he AI~ F~e; Sheila Widniiii ::
~nlo r Offi~e~ ffo~ ~th~ bmn~heS ad d a~ro~pacilh dl)st~ ::leadePi~:,

Louisiana's Response "95 exercise becomes real
posite Squadron, produced visual imBaton Rouge, La. -- A funny thing plan gave Louisiana Wing an important
happened to the hurricane response ex- role. A small contingent led by Wing ages. They completed their sortie by
ercise. It was a wash out, so to speak.
Commander Col. Colin Fake was sta- flying directly to this city's airfield and
Executives from key emergency re- tioned at the EOC to coordinate aviation delivering their video tape to an awaiting EOC messenger. Within minutes,
sponse agencies throughout the nation, activities. The wing was tasked to proCivil Air Patrol among them, came to vide air transportation as needed, to emergency response managers had in
this city on May 9. They expected to conduct aerial surveillance of evacua- their hands a visual presentation of acobserve or play a part in Response 95, an tion routes and impacted sites, and to tual flood conditions.
A second airplane was equipped with
exercise conceived jointly by Louisiana's demonstrate the potential usefulness of
airborne video and still photography. It
a swivel mounted video camera and a
Office of Emergency Preparedness and
video transmitter. This system was set
the Federal Emergency Management was also called upon to provide the EOC
with real time intelligence via video
up to broadcast live amateur television
Agency.
The exercise was designed to test transmissions from an aerial platform. (ATV) to receivers at the EOC. Throughout several sorties over the flooded arstate and federal response to a simu- All wing aircraft were prepared for poslated hurricane striking the gulfcoast at
sible participation in the exercise.
eas, aircrews gathered and transmitted
L ~4~I,A- ~AAAA~ y V AO~U,A ~A~L'~A AAA~'~A~A~
real-time, visual information to
New Orleans. What the parthe emergency management
ticipants and observers got
staff in Baton Rouge, as much
was a real emergency m the
as 60 miles away
flood of a century in South
On one sortie, an infrared
Louisiana.
camera was successfully comThe evening before the exbined with the ATV system. An
ercise began, a large weather
expert in the application of I-R
system settled over the cenvideography was authorized to
tral states, and the tail of an
join the aircrew.
accompanying cold front
Although the equipment is
stalled out over the Louisiana
very expensive and some traingulf coast. A classic clash of
ing is required to set up the
cold air and warm, moisture
camera and interpret the imladen air occurred along the
ages, I-R showed great potenstagnant front. For almost 48
tial as another source of inforhours, a train of massive thunmation for emergency managderstorms battered New Orleans and nearby parishes.
~ :i~i:~ i ers.
With as much as 29 inches of
iii!iiiii~i !i~i~ !i i i !i~~i!~ i!i{ ] i~~~~~~ 11 i ! !! !~~ ~ ~~~ ~ r ~ ~~ i i ii i Asethed flooddwatersm e r g e n toy
i!! i~! ! i ~ ~! i !i i !!i i ! ! ! ! i i i { ~ ~i~ ! A p ! : n od a tor,~
! ~ ~ ! ~ ~~ ! ! ~ ~
!~
i i ~ ~ r c e e a n t h e e began c
rain falling in some areas,
abated, Louisiana Wing perwidespread flooding occurred.
sonnel reviewed the results of
The management team astheir efforts. ~vVe reaffirmed
sembled in the state's EmerWhen the focus of the emergency re- CAP's value in a crisis situation," said
gency Operations Center made a valiant
effort to run a simulated and an actual sponse efforts turned to actual flood Colonel Fake. "The wing has played a
key role in the response to this terrible
emergency simultaneously. However,
impacts, CAP planes and their crews
too many actions and messages intended
were already awaiting orders for the flood."
Major Raymond agreed. ~We demonas part of the exercise became entwined new mission. As weather permitted,
Maj. Terry Raymond, CAP mission coor- strated to OEP and FEMA and all these
with the real thing D and vice-versa.
other agencies our air mobility and our
B e f o r e l o n g , R e s p o n s e ' 9 5 w a s dinator at the EOC, launched and vecscrubbed, and the team turned its full tored aircraft to critically flooded areas. capability to quickly deliver hard copies
attention to dealing with the overwhelm- There they made video records of the of visual information. Best of all, we
ing problems caused by the flooding and degree and extent of the flood impacts. demonstrated a capacity to transmit realOne aircraft served as an aerial plat- time intelligence directly from impacted
CAP assets became an integral part of
sites to remote emergency operations
this effort.
form for a hand-held video camera. Its
The original Response 95 operations
crew, members of Ascension Parish Corn- centers," he said.

!i !ii!
i!iiii~iiiiii~iiii !ii:i ~!i!
iiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!}!!iiiiiii iiiii! !! i! ~i~i ii~!
~
ii }
!iii !1! ~i~!~ i i~ ii

June 199~ 0 Civil Air Patrol News
i~i~!~i~i~!~i~i~~ii'~~~i~i~U!,i~!~i~i/~~i~i~i~'~"~!~i,%i!i~i~i~i~~

Freedom Flight America

World War !1 aircraft fly coast to coast
(Dallas, Tex.)-- The most unique dora Flight Commemorative CerAug. 1 -- Glendale Airport, Glenevent planned to commemorate the tificate Program. Certificates ("In
dale, Ariz.; Aug. 1-2 -- Biggs Army
50th Anniversary of the end of World
Honor of ...", "In Memory of ...') Airfield, E1 Paso, Texas; Aug. 2-3
Wa r I I w i l l h a v e a s i g n i fi c a n t ~ - bearing the names of active service Alliance Airport, Fort Worth, Texas;
pact on veterans in communities members or veterans m living or
Aug. 3-4 -- New Century Air Cenacross America this year.
deceased m will be carried on board ter, Olathe, Kan.; Aug. 4-7, ChiFreedom
Flight
cago/Aurora Airport, Aurora, Ill.; Aug. 7-9
America, an aerial armada of 300 -500 World
Wr i g h t - P a t t e r s o n A F B ,
War II-era Allied aircraft
Dayton, Ohio; Aug. 9-11,
flying from California to
Andrews AFB, WashingNew York from July 28
t o n , D . C . ; A u g . 11 - 1 4 ,
through Aug. 14, will
McGuire AFB, N.J.
honor all veterans and
Points of contact:
civilian workers who have
Freedom Flight Headserved our country.
quarters -- (800) 687Freedom
Flight
4800, Morey Darznieks;
America is the only event
Long Beach, Calif., (310)
which brings a physical
499-1696,
Lovetta
commemoration of the
Kramer; Glendale, Ariz.,
P-40 W
Warhawks (pictured above) are scheduled to
led
end of World War II to the
(602) 931-5555, Jim
participate In this summer's Freedom Flight America.
particlp
~efica.
American people from
McCue; E1 Paso, Texas,
Other aircraft flying Include P-38 Lightnings,, F-4U
a
F-4U
coast to coast. This mas(915) 568-4505, Donita
Corsairs, P-51 Mustangs, B-25 Mitchell.s, PV-2 Har2 Harsive effort by patriotic air- Corssln
Schexnaydre; Fort Worth,
poons, I
poons, DC-3 Dakotas, and a B-17 Flying Fortress.
|s.
craft owners and pilots
Texas, (817) 890-1000, Alvolunteering their aircraft and time
t h e a i r c r a f t p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n t h e liance Air Services; 0lathe, Kan.,
is expected to stir the emotions of flight.
(913) 782-5335, Lee Metcalf; Au~
an entire nation, not just the comThe flight is recognized as an rora, II., (800) 477-4369, Sue Vos;
munities hosting the warbirds or official commemorative community
Dayton, Ohio, (513) 257-6206, Maj.
cities along the flight path.
event by the Department of DeFrancis; Andrews AFB, Md., (301)
Veterans groups, cities, civic or- fense World War II Commemora568-5995, Lt. Nipper; McGuire AFB,
ganizations and individuals across
tive Committee. This designation
N.J., (609) 724-4073, Maj. Jack
t h e c o u n t r y a r e p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n was officially presented to the orgaSvoboda; NewYork, (718) 507-5220,
Freedom Flight by sponsoring air- nizers of Freedom Flight America M o r t A r k e n ( W o r l d W a r I I
craft to honor veterans in their com- by congressman, former fighter piSkytypers); and sponsorship remunity. All the warbirds are prilot and highly decorated veteran, quests, (414) 780-0100, Jim Van
vately owned and no tax dollars are Sam Johnson.
Eerden.
involved.
Dates and locations:
For further information on the
July 28-31 -- Long Beach Air, Freedom Flight call 1 (8~0) 687Specific individuals will be personally honored through the Freeport, Long Beach, Calif.; July 31- 4800.

posed by National CAC).
[] Phase IV completion - The NEC approved the award
of the Ira C. Eaker certificate and ribbon for completion of Phase I~. (Proposed by National CAC).
[] COP Miniature Medal - Previous to the current
cadet program leading to the Spaatz award, the old
cadet program offered as its highest award the Cadet
Certificate of Proficiency ribbon to those cadets earning it. Since the number of senior members who earned
the COP as cadets is small there is no miniature medal
for wear on the mess dress to represent earning this
distinction. Due to the small quantity needed the book
store felt it cost prohibitive to cast a medal for the few
remaining senior members earning the COP. Lt. Col.
Ted Chavez, of PACR, agreed to pay the cost of casting
and manufacturing the COP medal if approved by the
NEC. The NEC accepted the offer and approved the
motion with the added stipulation that the first COP
medal cast be given to Lt. Col. Chavez.
[] It was recommended that CAP reinstate the distinctive Walt Disney designed "Pluto" Emergency Services patch. The NEC agreed and this patch will be
optional until the current ES patch is phased out as
the Bookstore stock is depleted. This patch retraces
some of CAP's heritage and will eventually be included
in other designs and publications.
[] Cadet Community Service Ribbon - was approved.
Design is to be decided and accomplished as soon as
possible. Cadets providing 60 hours of community
service, verified by a volunteer coordinator, will be eligible for this award.
[] National CAC recognition - it was approved that
members of the National CadetAdvisory Council place
a gold star on the basic CAC ribbon. Active members
of the National CAC will also wear a gold shoulder
cord in place of the red or blue cord. (requests that
senior members be allowed to wear cords of various

types were disapproved.) (Proposed by National CAC).
[] Optional removal of cadet ribbons was approved.
Cadets earning the Mitchell award, at their option,
may remove the Curry through Goddard ribbons when
wearing the light blue shirt/blouse. (Proposed by National CAC).
[] The NEC approved the Orientation Pilot Ribbon
to recognize orientation pilots. The award is retroactive. The basic ribbon is for 50 orientation flights with
a clasp for each additional 50 flights. Design of the
ribbon and order of precedence will be determined by
National Headquarters. (Proposed by National CAC).
[] Wear of USAF buttons on mess dress. This has
been previously approved and includes the wear of the
newer Hap Arnold buttons.
[] National Disaster Ribbon. The NEC approved adding a "V" device to denote volunteerism to the current
disaster relief ribbon for those members working a
disaster of national scope. Application for the award
can go back to Jan. 1, 1990, if the national commander
approves the disaster as having been national in scope
(e.g. Andrew, Midwest floods, Mt. St. Helen, California earthquakes, Oklahoma Bombing). Once the disaster is approved for recognition, the on-scene commander will request the award With approval by the
appropriate wing/region commander. For future
awards the disaster will be defined by the National
Commander, and the wing or region commander will
approve the award.
[] Lastly, the NEC confirmed continuation of its policy
to mirror USAF uniform changes and wear policies.
For example, CAP will mirror recent AF changes on
the V-neck sweater policy and scrambled eggs on the
service hats and visors for majors.
General Anderson has stood down the National
Uniform Committee for the remainder of his term as
national commander, mirroring the actions of Air
Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald Fogleman.

Clearing Canadian customs
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is
applauding the U.S. Customs Service decision to
allow qualified aviators crossing the U.S. border
from Canada to clear customs by telephone. The
program is scheduled to start later this summer.
AOPA has been negotiating streamlined procedures directly with top Customs officials since
1991.
New ADCUS (Advise Customs) procedures for
the northern border will permit most preregistered pilots to arrive at any U.S. public-use airport after obtaining customs clearance by telephone.
~This telephone ADCUS and selective inspection program will be a major improvement for
everyone," said Bill Dunn, AOPA vice president
of regional affairs.
"It' s the honest pilot wlm notifies customs.
Now the U.S. Customs Service can concentrate
resources on their real problem: those who try to
evade them."
To participate in the program, pilots must
complete a onetime"program registration" which
can be accomplished by mail or telephone.
Cleared flights can arrive at any public-use
U.S. airport, not just traditional customs-designated port-of-entry airports. U.S. Customs reserves the right to meet and inspect any returning aircraft and does intend to perform random,
complete inspections to ensure the "honor system" is working.

Publishing new CFI checklist .....
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Air Safety Foundation is publishing a new quarterly specifically for the nation's 73,000 flight
instructors. CFI Checklist will be sent free to
every Certificated Flight Instructor.
"CFI Checklist gives flight instructors the
tools they need to provide top-notch instruction,"
said Bruce Landsberg, ASF executive director.
"CFIs are a critical link in the aviation safety
chain. That's why ASF is devoting new resources
to help CFIs better teach the skills and knowledge all pilots need to become and remain proficient."
The inaugural issue of CFI Checklist includes
articles on how to use computerized DUAT briefings to enhance student training, "tuning up"
students for spring weather flying, and improving the pass rate for CFI applicants.
CFI Checklist is the successor to ASF' s Flight
Instructor Quarterly.
"Our new publication features improved graphics and a tighter focus on teaching techniques,"
said Don Koranda, ASF vice president of training. "CFIs will find something new in every issue."
CFI Checklist will include both teaching tips
and ideas for attracting and keeping students.
CFIs will also be updated on Air Safety Foundation activities directly affecting instructors and
students.
AOPA Air Safety Foundation pioneered the
16-hour CFI refresher clinic launched last year.
In an efficient two-day weekend course, ASF's
experienced teachers use multimedia to update
flight instructors on changing rules, airspace
requirements and teaching techniques.
AOPA's"Project Pilot II" is offering free educational and motivational resources to the nation's
flight instructors and their students. More than
1,500 CFIs are already enrolled.
All Certificated Flight Instructors will receive
a copy of CFI Checklist automatically each quarter. Single copies can be obtained by calling 1800-638-3101.

Civil Air Patrol News 0 June 199S

C I V I L A I R PAT R O L
N AT I O N A L
BOARD MEETING

&
EXHIBIT
Aug. 17-19, 1995
Sheraton Washington Hotel
Washington, D.C.
National Board Schedule
(Schedule subject to change)
T h u r s d a y, A u g . 1 7
0800 - 1700 National Board Session
(Associated Activltles)
Meet and Greet Coffee
0700 - 0800
Exhibits Open
0700 - 1900
0700 - 1900
1200 - 1700
1300 - 1700
1300 - 1700
1800 - 2000
1800 - 2000
1300- 1700

National Board Registration
Banquet Registration
Cadet Advisory Council
Region Communication Meeting
No-Host Reception
Region Chaplains Meeting
Spaatz Association

Sheraton Ballroom
Exhibit Hall C
Exhibit Hall C
A/B Registration Desk
Colorado
Virginia B
Virginia A
Exhibit Hall C
Vermont
Vermont

Friday, Aug. 18
General Assembly
Sheraton Ballroom
0800- 1200
Nat. Cadet Program Committee Embassy
1300 - 1500
Cadet Advisory Council
Ethan Allen
1300 - 1500
Maryland C
Aerospace Education Seminar
1300 - 1400
1300- 1500
1300 - 1500
1300- 1500
1300 - 1500
1300 - 1500
1300- 1500
1300 - 1500
1300 - 1500
1300 - 1500
1400- 1500
1530 - 1700

Cadet Program Seminar
Chaplain Seminar
Check Pilot Seminar
Communications Seminar
FECA Claims Seminar
Finance Seminar
Logistics Seminar
Personnel Seminar
Quality Seminar
Senior Training Seminar
National CC's Town Meeting

(Associated Activities)
0700 - 0800 Meet and Greet Coffee
Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
0700 - 0800
Exhibits Open
0700- 1900
0700- 1900
National Board Registration
0730 - 1700
Banquet Registration
Chief of Chaplain Luncheon
1130 - 1300

Delaware A
Maryland A
Virginia B
Virginia C
Kansas
Maryland B
Vermont
Virginia A
Wisconsin
Maryland C
Sheraton Ballroom
Exhibit Hall C
Virginia A & B
Exhibit Hall C
A/B Registration Desk
Colorado
Cotillion Ballroom

Friday, Aug.
1300- 1500
1730 - 1830
1800 - 2000

18 (Cont.)
Spaatz Association
Jewish Service
No-Host Reception

Nathan Hale
Vermont
Exhibit Hall C

S a t u r d a y, A u g . 1 9
General Assembly
Sheraton Ballroom
0800 - 1200
Nat. Cadet Program Committee Embassy
1300 - 1700
Cadet Advisory Council
Ethan Allen
1300 - 1700
Airborne Television Seminar
Delaware B
1300- 1500
Chaplain Seminar
Maryland A
1300- 1700
Computer Seminar
Virginia A
1300- 1500
Drug Demand Reduction
Delaware A
1300- 1500
Virginia B
Health Seminar
1300- 1400
Legal Seminar
Kansas
1300- 1500
Maryland C
1300- 1500
Marketing & PA Seminar
Maryland B
Operations Seminar
1300- 1500
Quality Seminar
Wisconsin
1300- 1500
Maryland B
Counterdrug Seminar
1500- 1700
Digital Communications Seminar Virginia A
1500- 1700
Historical Seminar
Vermont
1500- 1700
Inspection Seminar
Thomas Paine
1500- 1700
Kansas
1500- 1700
Legislative Liaison Seminar
Membership Development
Delaware B
1500- 1700
Virginia B
Safety Seminar
1500- 1700
(Associated Activities)
0700 - 0800
Meet and Greet Coffee
0700- 1600 Exhibits Open
0700- 1300 National Board Registration
0730- 1200 Banquet Registration
Spaatz Association
1300- 1700
Protestant Service
1730 - 1800
Catholic Service
1730 - 1830
No-Host Reception
1800- 1845
Banquet
1900 - 2300

Exhibit Hall C
Exhibit Hall C
A/B Registration Desk
Colorado
Nathan Hale
Maryland C
Maryland A
Sheraton Ballroom Foyer
Sheraton Ballroom

June 1995 0 Civil Air Patrol News

I 5

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION FORM
There are a limited number of exhibit booths
available for the 1995 National Board Meeting.
This year's rate per display is $450. Each additional booth is $350.
All booth spaces include a fully carpeted and
draped 10' X 10' exl3j~it.booth, 6' draped table,
plus two chairs. Also included will be a 7" X 44"
sign with company name, city, and state. Exhibitors also receive one free National Board registration, which includes evening cocktails Thursday and Friday; plus morning coffee breaks Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; and one Saturday
evening banquet ticket.
Applications and payments are due July 17.

r m m n m m m m m m mllmnmmm m m m mm m m m m m m mm mmmmmmmm mm mummmmmmmmm mm m m m m mmmmmI

m

m

SHERATON WASHINGTON RESERVATION REQUEST

I

m
m Arrival Day:
,
| Arrival Date:

Check.in J
p,m,I

time3

m

m

Arrival Time:

m
II
, Departure Day:

'
m

(Circle Applicable Rate)
One Bedroom Suite
T h e Wa r d | a n To w e r
T h e C e n t e r To w e r
T h e P a r k To w e r
(Check Appropriate Box)
B e d Ty p e R e q u e s t :
Smoking Room:

1 Person
2 Persons
$149.00 - $1,90000
S125.00
$145.00
$90.00
$90.00
$90.00
$90.00

m
I

m

I
II

Te l e p h o n e :

City:

I Address:
SharlngRoomWlth:

Departure Time:

m

Tw o D o u b l e B e d s E l
Other Request:

Name :

lt l m e N o o n

$30.00
$30.00
$30.00

|

II
One King Bed r7
No El
Ye s E l

I Check.out I Organization/Firm:

Departure Date:

I

All guest rooms have one king
size bed or two double beds.
There is an additional charge for
roll-aways.
Note: If rate selected is not available, next available rate will be
confirmed

~

State:

Zip

II

m

ADVANCE DEPOSIT: Since all reservations at the Sheraton Washington Hotel require I nlghi's deposit or credit card
~ ~
guarantee (in©ludlng 13% tax plus $1.50 o¢¢ui~noy tax), I hmv¢.
(A) Enclosed a check or money order for $
(B) enclosed credit card Information authorizing my reservation to be guaranteed In the amount of $
!
m ....
Carte Blanche
Credit Card Used: ____ American Express ___ Diners Club
__ MasterCard
Exp. Date:
Discover
Credit Card Number
VISA
m
P-~nt Nameasl---~ppserson Card:
~ _ _ ~ _ ~ _ _ . . . . . . . ~
I I
The Sheraton Washington can only conf rm your reservat on rocluest when accompanied by one night s deposit (room rate plus
13% tax and $1.50 occupancy tax). This deposit may be made by check money order or credit card.
= "

:
|

m
m
~.

m

Cut and send form to:: Sheraton Washington Hotel, 2660 Woodley Rd. at Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C~ 20008: : .' ~:::. ": ., . :

. _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . ,

r "
II

m
m
,

I
II
II
|
,
I
I

II
II
,
II

. . . . . .

ATTENDEE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM

Civil Air Patrol's 1995 National Board Meeting
has something to offer every member. In add|tion to the National Board's business meeting
Aug. 17, the general assembly session Aug. 18
will feature program updates from your new
national staff, comments from Brig. Gen. Richard
Anderson, CAP national commander, and a pro|inent guest speaker. General Anderson will also
host a town meeting that same afternoon.
SeminarswillbeheldAug. 18&19. Thisyear's
evening banquet on Aug. 19 will feature entertainment bythe U.S. Air Force High Flight combo
and dance music following the banquet.
Airlift to the National Board meeting appearsto
be promising. Plan to attend! And look for articles
in the July CAP News.

II

,
I
,1
1

S u bruit one reg istration form
per person!

o Early Attendance Registration ONLY ............... $55 (postmarked by July 14)
o Early attendance AND Banquet Registration... $95 (postmarked by July 14)
El Early Banquet Registration ONLY ...................

II
II I
|

II

$45 (postmarked by July 14)

II

Q Late Attendance Registration ONLY ............... $ 6 5 ( N o t e : C u t o ff d a t e f o r
Q Late AttendanceAND Banquet Registration... $115 registration at National
El Late Banquet Registration ONLY ....................

CAPSN/SSN

Wing/Region

II

II

Grade/Rank

$50

Headquarters is July 14.)

II
II
II

Name
Street
city
CredltCard: VISA MasterCard
Card Number

State

II
II

zip

(Credit card users may fax this form to HOCAP/FM at (334) 953-4285) II

Expiration Date

I
II

Card Holder Signature
!
"Amount
Rcvd by
Check #
OFFICIAL USE ONLY: Date Rcvd
I
Make checks payable to "NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS CIVIL AIR PATROL" and mail to HQCAP/FM, 105 S.
|
Hansell St., Bldg. 714, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332. To receive a full REFUND, cancellations must be postmarked
:
not later than July 14, 1995. A $15 fee will be assessed after this date. "The banquet fee of $45 ($50 late registration)
represents the value of the banquet meal furnished. Under the Internal Revenue Code that amount is not deductible m
as a charitable contribution to CAP for federal income tax purposes.

Cut and send form to: HQCAP/FM, 105 S. Hansell St., Bldg. 714, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332

j

| 6

Civil Air Patrol News 0 June 1998

i !iiiii!ili!!iii i!iii ii i iiiiii!!i ii!!: i¸I¸

i il i!¸¸¸ !i¸¸ i¸ ! ! i iiiii!! !

Brig. Gen.
Charles E, "Chuck" Yeager
Aerospace Education Achievement
Awards
Name
Col. Dennis R. Kumm
Lt, Col. Charles H. Deaton
Lt. Col. Arthur B. Lumley
Lt. Col. Michael A. Marchand
Lt. Col. Fredrick Pangburn
Lt, Col. Richard H. Pickens
Maj. Alexander S. B. Koomen
Maj. Arlene M iozzi
MaJ. William C. Ricker
IMaj. Martha H. Stuart
Capt. Hoda Allen
Capt. Andrew B. Atkin
Capt. Deborah K. Atkin
Capt, Lester G. Basham
Capt. Elaine Bond
Capt. Darryl Choy
Capt. Steven M, Clary
Capt. Joseph A. Condon
Capt. James J. Davidson II
Capt. George H. Doersch
Capt. Samuel I. Dolnick
Capt. John P. Haynes
Capt. Jennifer J, Homing
Capt. Marie G. Johnson
Capt. Wolfgang A. Liebe
Capt. John F. McManus
Capt. Sharon L, Medlock

Name
Miller, Brad J.
Suderno, Steven M.
Reynolds, Matthew E.
Hall, Andrew M.
Back, Adam R.
Stiles, Brad I.
Champlin, Michael E.
Olson, Kyle D.
Titshaw,' Christopher M.
Spredley, Christopher G.
Raimundi, Doris M.
Stadling, Jeffrey D.
Leiseoa, Brandon J.
Murphy, Aubri B.
McNamara, Ryan P.
Clennon, Patrick M.
Webb, Jacob E.
Wascom, Damon R.
Broder, Josh B.
Forman, Robert M.

Ch. #
26001
51057
36053
16022
29002
51066
"01098
29002
17001
44007
16010
44007
44007
36037
29002
51081
36105
08023
29088
36001
02107
51060
16005
29002
36007
08023
34044

Ch. #
01118
04292
04295
05023
05173
05173
08028
08028
08116
08133
08243
08243
08301
09109
11274
12036
15050
16010
17058
18089

Decorations
Bronze Medal of Valor
Capt. Jerome F. Karels, Minnesota Wing
1Lt. Theodore McLaughlin, Vermont Wing
Dlstlngulshed~ Service Medal
Col. Charles H; Tollett, Kansas Wing
Lt. Col. Alice Fr. Noble, Great Lakes Region
Col. Roy P. Gibbens, Mississippi Wing
Col. Merle V. Starr, Washington Wing
'Military Outstanding Volunteer
8orvJce Medal
Capt! Wes Hedges, New York Wing
Meritorious Service Award
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Ran Tottingham, North
Centt'al Region
Unit Citation Award
Clay Memorial Cadet Squadron,
Georgia Wing
Soutl~ Coast Cadet Squadron,
Oregon Wing
Gate ,way Senior Squadron,
Missouri Wing
Went#ville Composite Squadron,
Missouri Wing
Misawa Cadet Squadron,
Misawa AB, Japan
Cadet of the Year Award
Matthew Mainieri, Vermont Wing
Patrick Harriman, Vermont Wing

Capt. Leonard C. Pratt Jr
Capt. Charles E. Sharp
Capt. Chester A. Troy
Capt. Marvin O. Werline
Capt. Donald L. Young
1st Lt, John K. Bryan
1st Lt. Thomas C. Dansby
1st Lt. Treva M. Driscoll
1st Lt. Donald W. Foley
1st Lt. Karl Hargrave
1st Lt. Kenneth J. Lemke
1st Lt. Edwin A. Loucks
1st Lt. Mark A. Mainetti
1st Lt. Michael K. McGuire
1st Lt. Wayne C, Shanks
1st Lt. Harry C, Stafford
1st Lt. James L. Thompson
1st Lt. Ronald E. Turner
2nd Lt, Herbert E. Anderson
2nd Lt. Claire E. Ayers
2nd Lt. Dianne E. Ayers
2nd Lt. Orliss W, Clevenger
2nd Lt, Ryan J. Cormier
2nd Lt. Robert C, Davis
2nd Lt. Raymond A, DeForge
2nd Lt. Irene M. Goff
2nd Lt. Melissa D. Grider
2nd Lt. Douglas A. Kerr

16019
14031
08023
36053
01118
01098
16019
01098
01098
36007
36053
36037
16010
01098
34277
16022
36037
01118
08023
36003
36003
01118
16014
44037
02107
08023
01118
29097

2nd Lt. John H. Kingston
2rid Lt. Charisse D. Lyle
2nd Lt. John F. Martin
2nd Lt. Danny L. Mason
2nd Lt. Helene G. O'Cain
2rid Lt, Jonathan F, Ohlund
2nd Lt. Patrick D. Pierce
2rid Lt. Joe M. Prior
2nd Lt. Maryann Studer
2rid Lt. Anthony A. Scoggins
2nd Lt. Maria T. Wascom
2nd Lt. Keith R. Wood
Barry J. Allen
Darold F. Ames
Tressie A. Buckheister
Jerry A. Burton
Love B. Davis
Hans D. Gray
Jack A. Huffman
Dareen M. Ledet
Lewis S, Levin
Scott Meyer
Kerrie E. Nolan
Tamera Ohlund
Shawn P. Rials
Paul G. Short
Patrick M. Yglesias
Suellen A. Yglesias

~

20176
20274
20274
21016
23098
23119

Paul E.
Garber
Awards

Name
Bolin, Tresa S
Easel, Bruce H
Franklin, Stephen A
Frost, Lyle F
Graf, Chades B
Grossman, Hayyim A
Hams, Richard S
Holmes, Stanley C
Jaques, Allen C Jr
Kirkwood, Robert =W
Marek, John J
Mason, Sally G
Pundsack, John M
Rapp, Robert J
Reed Gary L
Robinson, Lynda C
Schnabler, Ernestur S
Wolfe, Carlton M

Rank
Maj.
Maj.
Maj.
Maj.
Maj.
Maj.
Maj.
Capt.
1Lt.
Col.
Lt. Col.
Capt,
Capt.
Maj.
Capt.
Maj.
Capt.
Maj.

Wing
TX
ND
AK
ND
MN
WA
PA
AZ
VA
RMR
NY
CA
OK
GA
DE
UT
WA
AL

02107
01098
44007
01098
16022
36007
17056
01098
34261
01118
16010
02107
16010
17075
16012
01098
44037
01118
02107
16076
02107
34197
02107
36007
16012
36007
16010
16010

Luebbert, Stephen J.
Moraes, Jason P.
Sirois, Joseph J.
Osborne, Todd G.
Warne, Kelly L.
Dading, Eric A.
Fay, Christina A.
Berg, Anthony O.
Robinson, Jessica L.
Palmer, Danette R.
Schelle, Christopher A.
Lee, Angela N.
Cucchiara, James J..
Momot, Peter
Neiger, Steven J.
Phelan, Hannah D.
McDowell, Dale B.
Calhoun, William J.
Moses, Aaron W.
Aguilar, Victor J.
Barbosa, Thamaraly ~

Billy Mitchell
Awards

Muller, RyanW.
Pelkola, Ryan J.
Taylor, Nathanael A.
MacDonald, Michael A.
Ellerbrock, Kacey C.
Thompson, Tim N.

! ~ ! ~~ ! ~ ~ ! !l~ ! ! ! ~ ! ! ! ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ! ~~~, !~ !
~ ~ i ! ~~ ! i ~ ii ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ , , i!i~ ! ~
i i i i~ i i 'i i i~ i ~ i~ i~ i ~ ~ i i i i i i~ i i i ' i ~
'
i l
'i

26002
29080
29092
29058
29067
31158
31388
33021
34037
34051
34282
35008
37026
37214
37239
37239
40050
42007
49067
52034
52139

,

i;i:

Gill RobbWilso,
I

Awards
Name
Battles Fred=C
Burks Jerry Y
Dalton Bernqrd E
Fullerton Miqhael J
Giacoletti Pe~nolope
Kirkwood Robert W
Lazarus Monte
Wojtowicz Di~ane L

Rank
Lt Col
Major
Col
Major
Lt Col
Col
Major
Lt Col

Wing
WV
TX
WV
AK
AZ
RMR
FL
NY

i
=

I

Amelia Earhart
Awards
i;; 1
: ,

i

Name
Looper, Amy R.
Willis, William S.
Creswell, Brawdi L.
Orricic, Russell S.
Hernandez, Noe C.
Carroll, Ben L.
Brandyberry, Christian A.
Van Helden, Christian J.
Parrish, Jennifer K.
Attinger, Jason T.
Hartling, Jason S.
Noldin, Steven D.
Dyer, Stacey L
Kerekes, Hans M.
Yamamoto, Kai T.
Mayberry, Brian R.

Ch. #
03083
03083
01113
01113
04334
06014
08051
08242
10049
12218
19026
21016
25033
29082
31219
39014

Grover
L o e n a n g
Awards
Name
Rank Wing
Capt. OR
Anderson Gina L.
Bronsdon Paul E
Maj.
OH
Butter Craig L
Capt. KS
Carrison Jonathan D
Capt. NE
Cubano Luis A
Capt. L A
Capt. CA
Cunningham David C
Cutbirth Patdcia A
Capt. AZ
Daigle James A
Capt. VT
Capt. MD
Duke William F
Ericson Edward C
Maj.
CO
Capt.
NY
Fisher Ari J
Forman Jack J
Maj.
MA
Gmssman Hayyim A
Maj.
WA
Maj.
Hardwick Ellen H
DC
Holden John E
1Lt.
NJ
Capt.
Jadwin Richard A
MN
Kirkwood Robert W
Col.
RMR
Knutson Sever B
Maj.
MN
Korody Mathew D
Capt. KS
Kostroski Russell J
Maj.
CO
Capt. WV .=
Lusk Carol L
Capt. CA
Mason Sally G
Capt. Wl
Moss Harvey A
Mucoi Joseph P
Capt. OH
Pajuelo-Sohwartz, Mamel 1Lt.
CA
Capt. M I
Phelka Eeward D
Pundsack John M
Capt. OK
Rugar John M Jr
Capt. NY
Capt. WV
Russell Nadine A
Capt. MN
Schloe Evon
Capt. CA
Seymour John R
Capt. KS
Sharp Charles E
Capt. MN
Sinks Scott C
Capt. ' AZ
Van Ells Clifford E
Westphal Gary D
Capt. L A
Capt. F L
Wonson Richard E Jr
,1Lt.
TN
Wood Michael C

June 1995 0 Civil Air Patrol News

|7

III I I IIIII

Reporting the accomplishments of CAP members worldwide
Candidate School, Northeast
Region Staff College and is
emergency services qualified as
===~a mission coordinator, air
operations director, ground
Massachusetts- Col.
operations director and mission
Thomas DIMilla, Massachusetts pilot with more than 200 sorties.
Wing commander, had the
Major Desfosse has earned
privilegeOf announcing that the
three Meritorious Service
Essex County Composite
Awards, nine Commander's
Squadron had been selected as
Commendations, the Chuck
the Massachusetts Wing CAP
Yeager Award, Grover Loening
Squadron of the Year.
Award, Paul E. Garber Award,
The colonel also had the
Communicator of the Year Award
pleasure of presenting the award
(Rhode Island), Senior Member
jointly to the squadron's former
of Distinction (Massachusetts),
commander, Maj. Donald
as well as numerous training and
Desfosse, and present comemergency services awards.
mander, 1Lt. Paul F. Watterson,
Major Desfosse served as
during the wing's annual conferdeputy commander for cadets in
ence in April.
the 102nd Composite SquadCriteria used in the
selection of squadron
of the year include
squadron membership
and retention, squadron recruiting activities
and success, cadet
achievements, cadet
encampment attendance and cadet
orientation flight
completion during the
calendar year.
Massachusetts -MaJ. Donald
Desfosse, a recent
addition to the Massachusetts Wing's
headquarters staff as
Left to right, 1Lt. Paul F. Watterson, Col.
director of Senior
Programs, was
Thomas DIMilla and MaJ. Donald Desfosse
from the Massachusetts Wing.
selected as the
Massachusetts Wing CAP Senior ron, Rhode Island Wing, and
Member of the Year and Squaddeputy commander for Group I,
ron Commander of the Year.
Massachusetts Wing, before
Col. Thomas DiMilla,
taking the position of Essex
Massachusetts wing commander, County Composite Squadron
presented Major Desfosse his
commander in 1993.
plaques commemorating both
Holding an instrument-rated
achievements during the wing's
commercial pilot's license and
April annual conference in April.
certified flight instructor-instruA resident of Westford, Mass., ment (CFII), Major Desfosse is a
Major Desfosse first joined CAP
qualified CAP pilot and CAP
in 1988 and earned his present
check pilot. His many sorties
grade in October'1994. He holds
include search and rescue
a master rating in communicamissions, cadet orientation
tions. He has completed Squadflights, ELT search, and ROTC/
ron Leadership, Corporate
CAP cadet flights.
Learning Course, ECI Officer

CAP UNIT AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES PATCHES: Need CAP unit
and special activities patches to be part of the CAP display each May
at the Andrews AFB, Md., Armed Forces Day Open House. The twoday open house is the "nation's largest and attracts more than 900,000
people. Be sure your unit is represented! For more details, please call
Lt. Col. A. William Schell Jr. at (410) 273-6610 or write to Colonel Schell
at 403 Grayslake Way, Aberdeen, Md. 21001.
INFORMATION ON WILLA BERNICE BROWN: Need information on
Willa Bernice Brown, the first Afro-American 1 st Lieutenant in CAP, for
a special report. Write to Virginia VanHoose, 3105 Seymore St.Kennard, Cable, Ohio 43009.
FORMER CADETS WITH OLD STYLE "PLASTIC" CADET RIBBONS AND METAL "CAP" NAME PLATES: In search of former
cadets who have old style "plastic" cadet ribbons and metal CAP name
plates (particularly the lACE, Goddard and Wright Brothers ribbons or
name plate). Contact Maj. Jayson Altieri, at (919) 876-7536 or write to
4717A Walden Pond, Raleigh, N.C. 27604.
In search of a friend, special item or information? Write to In Search Of...
and have your request pub/ished in the Civil Air Patrol News. Mail request
to: In Search Of .... Editor, CAP News, 105 S. Hansell Ave., Bldg. 714,
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112.

New Jersey -- The Lone
Eagle Squadron planned and
executed an interesting trip to
the NASA Research Center at
Wallops Island, Va. The facility is
located approximately 180 miles
from the squadron.
Captain Ospina, squadron
commander, indicated the trip
objective was to obtain aerospace material for squadron
classes.
The center contains a large
collection of videos, slides,
pictures, and aerospace materials.
The squadron enlisted the
help of five members who own
aircraft plus the use of two CAP
aircraft.
An excellent camaraderie
resulted from the experience in
which seven airplanes participated (known as the "Magnificent
Seven"). Twenty people joined
the activity.
The extremely live radio
transmissions during our flight,
the friendly and courteous NASA
employees, excellent Navy
dining facilities adjacent to
NASA, and beautiful weather
made this activity one to remember for a long time.
The squadron appreciated the
help provided by Col. G. T.
Redfern and Col. R. McCrum,
who helped coordinated with
National Headquarters CAP and~
the U.S. Navy.
Jack Elliot, editor of Wings
Over New Jersey, published the
story of the squadron's trip the
following day in the Sunday StarLedger.
New Jersey -- Cadet AlC
Jennifer Princip6, of the Jack
Schwelker Composite Squadron, has reported to the U.S. Air
Force Academy to join the Class
of 1999.
Cadet Principal is the third
cadet in six years from the
squadron to attend a service
academy.
New Jersey- Lt. Col.
Harold Thorp, encampment
commander, held the first of five
staff.meetings this spring. This is
Colonel Thorp's seventh year as
encampment commander.
There are 20 cadets on the
command & support staff this
year. They are: MaJ. Joseph
Neiklrk, commander, Capt.
Samuel Morgan, deputy
commander, Capt. Jessica
Kratz, operations officer; First
Squadron -- 2Lt. Chris
Rozansky, commander, CMSgL
Eric Johnston, operations
officer, SSgt. Michael Kane, first
sergeant; Second Squadron
Capt. Michael Cavey, commander, CMSgt. Cheryl Blonski,
operations officer, and MSgt.
Heather Thomas, first sergeant;
and 2Lt. Richard Webb,
commander, Alpha Flight, FO
Philip Picazio, commander,
Bravo Flight, FO Scott Bruck,
commander, Charlie Flight, FO
Todd Osborne, commander,
Delta Flight, MSgL Kristine
Tobias, aide de camp, SSgL
Dean Woeller, and Sgts.
Kathryn MacQueen and Brian

LaBarre, logistics support, 2Lt.
Jason Gleason, medical
assistant, and AlC Marsha
Benowitz, cadet public affairs
officer.
The wing's Encampment '95
shows a return of many senior
staff from last year and some first
timers with 1Lt. Stacey
Zlmmermann, operations and
finance officer, MaJ. Mark
Mulhern, commandant of
cadets, Capt. Made Johnson,
medical officer, MaJ. Arlene
Miozzi and ILt. Kevin Chase,
tactical officers, Chaplain John
Lupoll, Capt. Charles
Seiferman, logistics officer,
Capt. Rolene Lupoll, public
affairs officer.
This year the New Jersey
Wing encampment will be held in
August.
New Jersey -- Capt. Andy
Schwartz, an Air Force liaison
officer assigned to the Lone
Eagle Squadron, arranged an
aerospace class at Stewart AFB,
N.Y.
Capt. Raphael Ospina,
squadron commander, requested
the assistance of the squadron's
pilots to fly the cadets in five
aircraft. The activity not only
became an aerospace class, but
also a long-range flight orientation class.
The cadets received facility
tours at both bases. They v~lslted
a jet engine shop, electronics
repair facility, sheet metal shop,
survival shop, and walked
through a C-5 Galaxy.
New York -- The Gp.nesee
Valley Chapter #308 of the Air
Force Association held it's
annual awards banquet in May.
Every year the AFA chapter,
headed by
Kenneth
Beaman,
presents an
award to the
year's
outstanding
CAP and Air
Force ROTC
cadets.
This
Cadet 2Lt.
year's award Alan M. Calhoun
recipients
were CAP Cadet 2Lt. Alan M.
Calhoun CAP and Air Force
ROTC Cadet Col. Omar A.
Vikin. Each of the cadets
received a plaque and a $100
U.S. Savings Bond.
Lieutenant Calhoun is a
member of the Batavia Composite Squadron and is currently serving in the squadron as
leadership officer, assistant
communications officer, and
assistant logistics officer. He has
also been appointed the Finger
Lakes Group representative to
the Cadet Advisory Council, New
York Wing.
Lieutenant Calhoun lives in
Pavilion, N.Y., and is currently a
junior at Pavilion High School.
Cadet Colonel Vikin is a
member of Detachment 538 at
the Rochester Institute of
Technology and is currently
serving as cadet group commander. He will graduate from

RIT later this month with a
bachelor's degree in industrial
engineering.
Cadet Colonel Vikin will be
commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the Air Force in
May. He and his wife, Larisa, are
originally from Coming, N.Y.

Middle East Region -- More
than 250 members of the Middle
East Region took part in a
weekend search and rescue
training program at Fort Pickett,
Va., recently.
The training mission was
coordinated by both CAP and Air
Force personnel.
Extensive training was
completed by more than 150
members who were seeking
qualifications in their field of
service to the organization, either
in ground team search and
rescue, or air search and rescue
procedures.
Eighteen corporate aircraft
were available for aircrew
members working toward
becoming mission qualified as a
pilot, scanner or observer.
There were three types of air
search mission training scenarios for aircrew members, with
each member having an option
to train in more than one area.
Visual grid searches, vectoring sorties and emergency
Iocator transmitter searches
gave air crew members the
opportunity to become more
proficient. Also, at least 12
corporate ground vehicles from
throughout the region were
available for use during the
weekend training.
One "out-of-the ordinary"
event held during the training
session was a presentation by
Buzz McKenzle, of the North
Carolina SAR Dog Association.
The dog and his trainer were
transported to Virginia by a
North Carolina Wing aircraft
piloted by Bruce Ponder,
Asheville Composite Squadron.
The frequent takeoffs and
landings of a Black Hawk
medivac helicopter thrilled
members of the ground SAR
classes for several hours. The
aircraft was assigned to Fort
Bragg, N.C., and was assisting
with Fort Pickett training activities.
The hulk of a Coast Guard
helicopter was airlifted into the
search area around Fort Pickett
and used as a target for air
search teams. MaJ. Dan
McFadden, a Virginia Air Force
Reservist, was responsible for
coordinating the arrangements
for airlifting the wreckage in and
out of the search area.
Another added feature to this
"SAR college" was a presentation by the Maryland Wing
Honor Cadet Drill Team.
Members watched in amazement
as these young people put on a
perfect performance
Middle East Region personnel from seven states took part in

| 8

Civil- Air Pit;el News 0 -June 1995

both the learning and training
phases. MEn is made up of
South Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware and Washington, D.C.
The CAP portion of the training
program was directed by MaJ.
Andy Varonls, a region staff
member.
Virginia -- Members of the
Burke Composite Squadron
recently visited the West Wing of
the White House and the Old
Executive Office Building.

N

Cadet TSgt. Cory Cilia In the
White House press room.
The members were given a
tour by Squadron Commander
Lt. Col. Wendy Webster, a
former White House staff
member.
In the West Wing, the visitors
were able to see the Oval Office,
Roosevelt Room, Rose Garden
and press briefing room. They
also were able to see many

historic rooms in the old Executive Office Building, next door to
the White House.
Vi r g i n i a - - C a d e t P e t e
Pradhan, of the Fredericksburg
Composite Squadron, accepted
an appointment to the U.S. Air
Force Academy Prep School.
Since joining CAP in 1991,
Cadet Pradhan has become a
solo pilot and risen to the rank of
cadet first lieutenant. He is a
member of the Virginia Wing
Vanguard team and an Eagle
Scout.
Cadet Pradhan has maintained a 3.3 grade average at
North Stafford High School,
where he is a member of the Key
Club, Young Republicans and
captain of the debate team.

Florida -- The Patdck
Composite Squadron, based at
Patrick AFB, Fla., held its annual
Family Day celebration at the
Survival Area.
In addition, the Squadron
recognized 18 individual personnel from various active duty and
reserve squadrons at Patrick
AFB for their participation in
training CAP cadets in areas
such as emergency services,

~ C i v i l A i r. P a t r o l S u p p l y D e p o t
14400 Airport Bird
Amarillo, Texas 79111-1207
Toll Free 1-800-8584370 Fax 1.806.335-2416
MINIMUM CREDIT CARD ORDER 18 $10 EXCLUDING FREIGHT,
DEPOT FREIGHT POLICY: Continental U.S. add $5.75 per order. All others call

, ,o. ,mn,,~o'r
o r . , , ,.,
o

Open Mon.-Frl. 8 A.M, to 4:30 P.M. CST

r'~ ~ ii

REPELLING GLOVES. Heavy weight leather for tactical rope
operations. Reinforced double palm reduces heat and provides
extra protection to the hands. GI Issue cream sizes from X-SMALL
to X-LARGE. PMI black sizes from SMALL to X.LARGE.
CREAM CAPee0GD E-l, A-2,B-3,C-4,D-5, $12.95
BLACK CAP660GAn
A-2,B-8,C-4,D-5, $16.95
BATH SET. Two OD 22x42" bath towels and two 12x12" wash cloths.
They are military contract "reJacte".Great for summer camps. New,
thin and fast drying. Leave mom's towels at home. CAP722AF $4.95
FOOT POWDER, GI ISSUE. Cools, dries and protects feet. 2.5oz. OD
plastic bottle with shaker cap. CAPe76CB $1.75
TRAIL TENT, 2 PERSON. Blue nylon taffeta with
waterproof polyurethane coating. Flame
retsrdant. Meets CPAl-04 specifications. "T"
style zippered mesh door and window with
flaps. 1000 Denier rip-atop waterproof poly easy
to clean 6x?' floor. 8' Three section slum. pole,
stakes, ropes and storage beg. 31be CAP750TAB $28.95
WALL TENT, 8 PERSON. Same as 2 person tent but with a 12" wall
around tent base. 20x08" Rear window and e larger 7'x7' floor with e
4' ceiling. CAP750TAV $29.95
TENT, 2 MAN "EUREKA TIMBERLINE" The Timberline utilizes
mesh door & window w/self healing zippered flaps, an abrasion
resistant floor and the rain fly has extra reinforcements.
Condensation Is minimized using 1.9oz breathable nylon for the
roof. Floor 5'3" X 7'2" Height 3'0" CAP750TAO $111.95

involved with the Cadet Program, senior-member training.
search and rescue, and aeroThe squadron also had
space education.
said that it was the squadron's
way of saying thanks for the help outstanding performances in
Additionally, the unit presented a plaque to Col. Patrick
and showing the families of the
Squadron Leadership School,
Carr, Patrick AFB's vice wing
Cadets that the Air Force really
Corporate Learning Courses,
commander, in
recognition of the
positive attitude
toward the CAP
mission by all
personnel.
In his remarks,
Colonel Carr said the
base is fortunate to
have such a dedicated CAP group and
noted CAP had
helped the local
community while
assisting in many
base activities.
The cadets joined
forces with the base
security police for
parking and crowd
Members of Georgia's 1994 Squadron of the Year -- Peachtree City-Falcon
control during the
Field Composite Squadron.
base's recent air
and the cadet program
show, assisted the officers' wives
cares about "its cadets".
club during their annual craft fair,
Georgia m At the recent
sending 6 cadets to the Air Force
provided honor guards at base
Annual Georgia Wing banquet,
Academy encampment and five
activities and various other
the Peachtrea City-Falcon Field
to the Georgia Wing encampComposite Squadron was
individual squadron and group
ment.
awarded the 1994 Squadron of
activities.
The number of cadet orientaThe event was attended by
tion flights and cadet honors also
the Year Award.
The Peachtree City-Falcon
reflected the interest and desire
more than 130 people including
the parents of cadets.
Field Composite Squadron
by the cadets for advancement in
Cpt. Meda Allan and LL
showed outstanding performance 'he aerospace field.
Martall, CAP, who are primarily
in 1994 in the areas of cadet and
During the summer floods, the

H AW K M O U N TA I N A C C E S S O R I E S

Sweater, Gl'lssue 5 button pullover. 100% wool OD.
CAP740m SAA-sm, SAB.med, SAC-Ig, SAD-xlg. $12.50
SEWING KIT, GI ISSUE. 20 asst. dress and utility buttons In
seven sizes of OD, black and white. 22 Safety pins and needles;
138' of thread In four colors. Seam cutter. Great for camp.
CAP070AA $6.50
LENSATIC COMPASS. Current military. W/nylon
lanyard. Induction dampened needle stops In 6
seconds. Hinged metal case. Magnified lens In
sighting bracket for dial reading. Dial graduated In
degrees and In mills. Compass has a ruled scale to
plot a course. With tritium dial. Can be used In "TOTAL
DARKNESS" with out a light source. CAP642AAA $64.95
LENSATIC COMPASS, IMPORT. Engineer'style In a plastic case.
CAP642AB 14.95
COMPASS, POLARIS TYPE 7. The most popular compass in
general use. Excellent value for schools and scouts, needing
superior performance at a low price. Base plate has Inch and
millimeter scales, dial graduated In 2 degree Increments. 2x3"
loz CAP642CB $7.95
EYEGLASS RETAINER. Blue nylon blend tube styles with white
nylon adjusting bead. 'CIVIL AIR PATROL' printed on one side
and 'CAP' on the other. For medium to standard size frames.
CAP722ERB $2.50

SHOE SHINE KiT. Exce(lent kit from KIWI. Contains two
1.125oz Cans of black polish, one 7" soft buff brush, one 1.5"
handled tight area brush, one finish cloth. Zippered carry
bag. CAP720AF $7.95
'REPEL 100' Maximum strength Insect repellent. Repel Lyme
ticks. Contains 100% N, N.DIETHYL-META, 95% TOLUAMIDE
and 5% other Isomers. Ground teams,...."DON'T LEAVE
HOME WITHOUT IT Illl" CAP676CKC $3.95
PARACHUTE CORD. 550# TEST, 3116", 100'. US
government issue nylon braided sheath with seven Inner
strands. Use for all types of emergency and survival
including, fishing and sewing, etc. Rot and mildew resistant.
CAP667BDA WHITE CAP667BDD RED $8.95
CAP667BDE BLACK CAP667BDC OD $4.95
RANGER WEBBING. 1" tubular nylon. Spiral weave for
'SWISS SEATS'. MIL-SPEC TYPE MIL-W-56't5. Approximately
4000# test strength. PMI MODEL NR 060101 orange. 1" Wide,
14' long with 'HOT CUT' fused ends. CAP660EE $6.95
MEAL-READY-TO-EAT (MRE) CURRENT MILITARY. Keep
handy for back packing, search missions, special activities &
emergency situations. 6 Different meals consisting of 8oz
entree, vegetable Ifrult, candy, cookie/cake, cheese spread,
peanut butter or jelly, cocoa or fruit drink mix and crackers.
Each meal has an accessory packet of coffee/cream/sugar
/salt/matches/gum Itolletking, beefspoon.diced turkey & bbq
ooked beef, chicken sis tissue & stew, Ham & potatoes,

meatballs are examples of different entrees. GOOD 'HOT OR
EYEGLASS RETAINER. You will really stand out with these
COLD.' CAPS85AC (PER MEAL)$4.75
bright colors. Nylon blend tube style. For metal and wire frames.
CAP722ERC $3.95
MRE HEATER NEW US MILITARY ISSUE. Consists of a
5.75x14" Plastic bag with a 4.5x5.5" fist chemical pack which
"HAWK MOUNTAIN" FIRST AID KIT,INDIVIDUAL. GI STYLE. 48 activates with 1.5oz Of water. Will heat any entree In 10-15
items In an DO belt pouch. Good selection including: 2x2's,
minutes, Can be used to thaw a frozen entree. 12 Heaters per
bands/de, tylenol, lip balm, cough drops, sunburn prevention
pack with each heater weighing 1oz. NSN 6970-01-321-9153
and, moleskinkit, 2pr latex gloves. CAP578ACH $12.95
CAP625AAA $5.95

MIRROR, EMERGENCY SIGNALING. W/grid & operating
Instructions painted on back and padded case.
Gi ISSUE 2x8" CAP636AA $9.95
GI STYLE 2x3" CAP639DA $8.95
GI ISSUE 8x5" CAPe36DD $15.95
GI STYLE 3x5" CAP636DC $12.95
GI ISSUE 2x3" ACRYLIC WITHOUT CASE CAP636AAA $0.95
WET WEATHER PONCHO, GI iSSUE. Rip-stop nylon. Multi-purpose
rain garment with hood. Use as a ground cloth, tent or sleeping bag GI ISSUE 3X5" ACRYLIC WITHOUT CASE CAP638BBC $9.95
cover when used with poncho liner. 83x06"
WHISTLE. Polystyrene wide mouth with lanyard. GI ISSUE, OD.
CAP789AB CAMO new $28.95, used $11.00
CAP664AAA $1.00
WHISTLE, BRASS. Chrome plated wide mouth Import w/chain.
Blanket, OD wool 66X84" OAP75SEAT $12.50
CAPee4B $1.50

SHELTER HALF/PUP TENT, OD. GI ISSUE. Water repellent, mildew
resistant cotton/rayon duck. Tapered flaps with 5 stakes and 8
section pole. Use as a lean-to for shade, shelter or Join to another
shelter half, snapped together to form a 2-men tent. 50x64x160" 51be
Soz OAP750TAA $16.60

BOOT LACES. 100% nylon, 72" w/sealed ends. CAP720AA blk
CAP720AC white $1.(~

POCKET KNIFE, GI ISSUE. 4 blade
all stainless steel. Can & bottle
opener with screwdriver and 2.5"
Blade. Belt hook. 3.5", 3oz
CAPe4ePK $9.95
TREE HOOK. The safe and easy way to hang gear. The 00"
all-weather fabric belt with nylon quick release buckle won't
harm trees. 6 Nylon moveable hooks which attach easily and
slide to desired spacing. Each hook holds up to 15 Ibs.
Adjustable to different size trees, posts, etc. Great camping
companion. CAP720THC $4.95

June 199S 0 Civil Air Patrol Rews | 9

squadron assisted In disaster
relief -- receiving the Humanitarian Award from the Georgia
National Guard and Governor
Zell Miller.

Texas Wing corporate aircraft -Cessna 172s and Cessna 182s
-- flown in to train pilots in
mountainous terrain flying.
The main focus of the training
program was safety in and
around aircraft. The safety officer
for the practise mission was
Capt. Fred Pmno, commander
of the Comanche Springs
New Mexico -- Cadet Flight
Flight.
Officer Michael Lawson, of the
MaJ. Bobble Danlels,
Falcon Composite
commander of the
Squadron, was
Big Bend
recently honored,
Composite
along with other
Squadron, was
members of local
the mission
high school ROTC
coordinator for
units and the
the training
University of New
program with over
Mexico Army and
25 flights flown in
Air Force ROTC
the mountains
units.
around Alpine
These outstandand Marfa to train
ing cadets received
mission pilots in
Certificates of
2Lt. Don Lawson, 1Lt. mountain flying.
Appreciation from
Judy Lawson, and Cadet
There were also
Congressman
Flight Officer Michael
five cadets from
Steven Schiff, the
Lawson from the New the Eagle
U.S. Air Force and
Mexico Wing.
Mountain
Greater Albuquerque Chamber
Composite
of Commerce.
Squadron in Azle being trained
Cadet Lawson is a junior at
by MaJ. Carol Delaney on safe
Hope Christian High School and
hopes to start a career in
medicine at UNM. He joined the
Falcon squadron three ~ears ago
and has risen steadily through
the cadet ranks.
His parents, Donald and
Judy, are senior members of the
squadron.
Oklahoma -- Lt, Col. Oral
Glen Slzemore retired from Civil
, Air Patrol in May.
Colonel Stzemore had been a
~member since he was assigned
~as reserve assistance coordinator.
:, He began his connection to
the military in the U.S. Army in
1945. He was also a member of
the Oklahoma National Guard
and U.S. Army Reserve. He
retired from the Reserves in
1984 and was awarded the Air
Force Commendation Medal for
s~Jpport of CAP in 1981.
The colonel has had an
extensive career in the field of
education, from junior high level
to: Northeastern State University
at: Tahlequah.
At his retirement, he was
d~puty commander for seniors of
the Muskogee Composite
Squadron. Prior to that he
founded and was responsible for
the Tahlsquah Cadet Squadron
for 17 years andserved as
squadron commander for nine
years.
Colonel Stzemore says he still
intends to pay dues and be
useful whenever needed, but will
not be as active as in the past,
only missed about 12 regular
meetings in all his CAP career.
Texas - Members from The
Big Bend Composite Squadron
of Alpine and the Comanche
Springs Flight of Fort Stockton
hosted a Mountain Flying Clinic
for members of the Texas Wing
in April.
Sixty-one senior members
and five cadets from across the
state of Texas flew or drove to
Fort Stockton to take part in the
training program. There were 14

for Female Senior Member of the
Year. Lt. Col. Danlel ~'~¢ker of
Midland received the Male
Senior Member of the Year and
Cadet Kenneth Brlsn Fedor of
San Angelo received the Cadet
of the Year award. The Squadron of the Year award went to the
Mldland Composite Squadron
-- commanded by Lt. Col.
James R. McMlchael.
The recipients of these
awards will be considered for the
Texas Wing awards which will
be given out at the Wing Conference September.

California -- Twenty-five
fortunate cadets from the
Santiago Composite Squadron
and Beach Citlea Cadet
Squadron gained firsthand
knowledge of the FA-18 Hornet ..
from the cockpit of a Hornet flight
simulator.
Thanks to former CAP cadet
now U.S. Marine 1Lt. David
Berke based at the Marine
Corps Air Station El Toro, the
cadets
experienced an
orientation
they won't
soon
forget.
Lieutenant
Barks,
formerly d'
cadet with
the
Santiago
Compos1Lt. David Barks, a Marine Corps FA-18 pilot and
Ita
former CAP cadet, answers questions about fighter Squadfrom Cadet Katie Boyle end Cadet TSgt. Gene ron,
Bastnagel, both from the Santiago Composite Squad- started
ron.
with a tour
of his
flightline operations.
squadron's FA-18s. Each cadet
Communications training was
had a chance to climb up
conducted by 1Lt. Joe
alongside the aircraft cockpit.
Detlveaux, Group 16 communiThe cadets then went to the
cations officer. Capt. Linda
high security Operations Training
Yeager, commander of the
Center, home of the FA-t 8 flight
Marauder Composlta Squadsimulator. Each cadet spent time
ron of Kingwood used the new
in the cockpit, facing off against
computer administration program an opposing jet driven by
with the help of Lt. Col. Lloyd
Lieutenant Berke.
Delaney, commander of the
Callforn la -- Northern
Eagle Composite Squadron.

Texas -- The Odessa
Composite Squadron hosted
the annual Group 16 Awards
Banquet in Aoril. Ten cadets and
40 senior members from squadrons in Group 16 and across the
state attended the banquet to
recognize outstanding members
and the squadron of the year.
Group 16 includes squadrons
in Abilene, Alpine, El Paso, Fort
Stockton, Lamesa, Midland,
Odessa, and San Angelo.
Col. Tom Todd, Southwest
Region commander, introduced
the special guests, including Col.
Dottle Warren, past Southwest
Region vice commander, Maj.
Lynn Owen, Texas Wing
assistant director of Operations,
anti featured speaker Col. Orlan
Scott, Texas Wing commander.
1Lt. Victoria Detivsaux of
Odessa received the award for
Communicator of the Year and

California squadrons converged
the Anchorage Air Force Assoon Reid Hillvlew Airport, to take
ciation chapter meeting there.
part in an earthquake preparedColonel Stark is the chapter's
ness exercise in May.
president.
Under the scenario practiced,
an earthquake centered in the
East Bay caused damage to
buildings and infrastructure from
Fremont to San Leandro.
The day began with a discusMinnesota -- The Minnesota
sion of emergency management
Wlng conducted its annual
principles, by Lt. Col. Bob
search and rescue exercise at
Fields, California Wing.
Colonel Fields
is also the
emergency
services
manager of the
Santa Clara
Office of
Emergency
Services.
Volunteers
respondeo to
requests for
emergency
Cadets participate in a dry river crossing during
services from
the Minnesota Wing's annual search and rescue
the Santa Clara ' exercise In May.
and Alameda
counties OES.
the Willmar Municipal Airport in
CAP aircrews flew aerial
May.
surveys to assess damage to
Training included a search for
bridges and water supplies, and
a downed aircraft between Sioux
transported medical teams and
Falls, S.D., and Duluth, Minn.
emergency radio equipment for
Cadets and seniors from
the Red Cross and OES.
several squadrons throughout
A radiolcgical medical team
the state participated.
was flown to eastern Alameda
Ground training included a
County in response to a simudemonstration of dry river
lated radioactive materials spill.
cro,~sing proc~lures by Capt.
According to Mission CoordiSteven Niederloh, deputy
nator Lt. Col. Don Towse, San
commander of cadets, North
Jose Squadron 80, the exercise
Hennepin Squadron.
showed that disaster relief
Wing pilots were also provolunteers have the ability to
vided the opportunity to fly much
provide a coordinated and timely needed CAPF 5 check rides.
response to a disaster should
one occur.
Squadrons from Marin Sq. 4
to Monterey Sq. 60 joined the
Red Cross and the Santa Clara,
and Alameda Sheriffs offices in
Ohio -- I~ocal media reprethe exercise.
sentatives were anxious .to
return to the scene of a recent
Alaska -- Lt. Col. Doug
RED CAP and compare an
Stark, director of Administration
actual mlssio.n with an Ohio
and Senior Programs for the
Wing practic~ search and
Alaska Wing, recently presented rescue.
Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Air
Mission base on both occaForce chief of staff, with a
sions was Bolton Air Field in
certificate of welcome form the
southwest Columbus. Scenarios
governor of Alaska and mayor of for both missions were similar.
Anchorage.
More than 70 cadets and
General Fogleman attended
senior membe.rs participated

Wa i t i n g f o r a r e a l t o w

An slrcrew from CAP Squadron 41, LOs Alamltos, Calif., waits for the squadron's C- 182 tow plane
as Air Force One taxies out tothe end of the LOS Alamitoa A~ Air Field runway and pre~)aru
for takeoff; The squadron trains cadets to fly gliders year-r0und st the sir field.

20

Civil Air Patrol ~lews 0 June 199S

m

each day in the weekend
practice.
Hosted by Group VIII. this
practice was described by one
guest as "the best organized
mission base I've seen in several
years."
Although the weather frequently vacillated between VFRIFR conditions, 32 air sorties
were launched and numerous
ground team sorties deployed.
Media representatives
interviewed and filmed several
members who had participated i
the RED CAP and had returned
to practice and refresh their
skills.
With the assistance of Col.
Jacqueline Hartlgan, Ohio
Wing commander, approval was
obtained for television reporters
and cameramen to participate in
the simulated air and ground
searches. Reports were aired on
prime time by three Columbus
TV stations.
Mission Coordinator MaJ. ,=
Jerry Pearsall said, "Overall, a
great deal of valuable training
was accomplished. In spite of the
weather, I would deem this
mission successful in meeting."

an idea and the students responded
with great questions," said Colonel
Keenan.

A group picture of the chap
lalns who recently attended
the Great Lakes Region Chap
lains Staff College at Youngstown Air Reserve Base May
15-18. The four-day staff college, held at Youngstown for
the first time, featured noted
author, psychologist and
cleric Dr. Richard D. Dobbins
as a guest speaker.

Ohio -- Two years ago a
Cleveland bishop called the Ohio
Wing to ask for assistance in
organizing some 100 people who
expressed an interest in joining
CAP.
This groul~ of faithful people
receNed their unit crtarter in 1~4
and became known as the
Cuahlte Composite Squadron
#407.
The founder and organizer for
the new unit was Chaplain (Capt.)
J. Delano Ellis II. Chaplain Ellis
was introduced to CAP as a teen, in
Philadelphia and from that experience Chaplain Ellis remembered
the positive influence of the organiEIGHT REGION DIRECTORS
zation and worked to "return the
OF AEROSPACE EDUCATION
favor."
!POSITIONS
The squadron was organized to
Eight Liaison Region Directors
give inner-city, underprivileged kids
of Aerospace Education
a chance for excellence. In planning (Pacific Region, McClellan
the unit, some 30 adults gathered
AFB, Calif.; Rocky Mountain
from every walk of life within the
Region, Denver; Southeast
community. Doctors, attorneys,
Region, Maxwell AFB, Ala.;
educators, clerics, law enforcement Great Lakes Region, Wright
personnel, housewives, ex-military,
Patterson AFB, Ohio; Middle
East Region, Andrews AFB,
laborers and the retired now make
Md.; Northeast Region,
up the senior squadron.
McGuire AFB, N.J.; North
Michigan -- The Bay City
These seniors also became the
Central Region, Minneapolis;
Cadet Squadron #20261 held a
benefactors for the unit. Each one
spaghetti dinner recently to raise gave and solicited from businesses, and Southwest Region, Dallas).
Will direct Civil Air Patrol's
funds for unit activ~ies.
churches and individuals who
Aerospace Education regional
wanted to see change.
News of the event was
programs, both internal (CAP
publicized in the local media. A
Since the charter ceremony, the
cadets and senior members)
support group made up of
squadron has enjoyed unusual
and external (for the general
growth. The unit is numbering and
cadet's parents wer~ pivotal in
public). Must be able to
setting up the all-ydu-can-eat ~
processing some 150 members
interface with aerospace,
(seniors and cadets) and expects to e d u c a t i o n , b u s i n e s s a n d
fund-raiser.
reach the 200 mark before
industry
leaders and
Ohio -- Independence
summer's end.
organizations. A bachelor's
Elementary School in Butler
The strength of the unit is found
degree in education is required
in it's demand on the and; master's degree desired.
young people to
Experience as a teacher or
better themselves.
administrator in the public
school system is-a plus.
Parents have come
and reported their
Knowledge and experience in
children's grades are CAP's aerospace education
program, civilian aerospace
improving at an
programs and/or military
alarming rate.
education programs are
Most of the
desired. Travel is required for
cadets who applied
each position.
for membership,
Please submit resumes and
could not afford the
salary requirements to:
registration fees or
their uniforms. The
Human Resources Manager
chaplain's parish
National Headquarters CAP
provided the money
105 S. Hansell St.,
to cover these initial
Maxwell AFB, AL
costs, provided the
36112-6332
children began to
No Phone Calls Please
Capt. Sharon Medlock & Col. DavidKeenan
dd Keenan
behave at home, on
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
the streets and in
EMPLOYER
school.
County had a special visitor in
April -- Lt. Col. David Keenan,
The newly appointed unit
assigned to the Great Lakes
commander, 1Lt. Wesley Weeden,
Liaison Region.
has led the squadron in the direction which leads to productive
The visit was arranged by
Joan EIIIott, the liaison region's
behavior.
director of aerospace education,
in response to a request by
Great Lakes Region -- The
Great Lakes Region Staff College
Capt. Sharon Medlock, the
external aerospace education
was held in May at Youngstown Air
officer with Group 1 and a
Reserve Base, More than 40
library-media specialist at the
chaplains from a nine-state area
attended the week-long training.
school.
This marks the first year that
The purpose of the visit was
Youngstown hosted the college,
to compliment the school's
which had previously been held at
vehicle day as part of their
Career Week. Colonel Keenan's
Grissom AFB in central Indiana.
Youngstown is slated to become the
presentation focused on an Air
Force pilot's typical day.
college's permanent home.
The colonel discussed the
The Rev. C.Michael Levelle,
various types of aircraft which he pastor of the Lakeview Assembly of
had piloted, including the KC-135 God Church at Lake Milton, was
appointed the new director of the
and Cessna 172.
chaplains staff college.
"All I had to do was throw out

CHIEF, PUBLIC/MEDIA
CUSTOM DESIGNED
RELATIONS & PROTOCOL
EMBROIDERED PATCHES,
Wanted: Chief Public/Media
BRASS PINS, MEDALS & RIBRelations and Protocol. Will
BONS Free information
author various
articles for
Lane 4 Awards
youth, aviation, consumer and
Box 45191 CP
military magazines about Civil Air
Sunrise, FL 33345
Patrol, its activities and missions.
(305) 742-8609
Will direct efforts of outside PR
firm and coordinate interviews with FILMS & VIDEOS
media. Establish an external and "How to Fly J-3 Piper Cub"
internal media outreach program. 1-hour videol CAP Speciall
Send $12.50 plus $2.50 shipCoordinates with Chief of
Marketing fund raising and grant ping to:
programs. Develop publicity
Seminar Publishers
releases to correspond with the
210 Fifth Ave., Suite 1102,
d i ff e r e n t w i n g a n d n a t i o n a l
Dept. 2089
headquarters activities occurring
New York, NY 10010
t h r o u g h o u t . t h e y e a r. A l s o ,
responsible for all military and VlP
GROUND TEAM EQUIPMENT
p r o t o c o l r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d The ultirr~te backpack, newest
coordination for national meetings
military-i~sue CFP-90: Adjustand activities. Individual must able interhal frame, large capacpossess outstanding written and
ity, retails for $349.00. Our price
$179.00. Ground team signal
oral communications skills and be
proficient in desktop publishing smoke: German military issue,
(Adobe PageMaker preferred) and high-codcentration white, 2Mlcros0tt Word. Final candidates - minute b~n, excellent ground to
wLl.I be interviewed at National ~ air, $12.00, 10 for $99.00. RusBoard Meeting in Washington,
sian pilot issue survival maD,C., in August 1995. All resumes
chete: Highest quality chromed
must reach CAP by July 30, 1995.
blade, handy short length, chops
S u b m i t r e s u m e s a n d s a l a r y like crazy. $56.00. Everything
postpaid.
requirements to: .
Human Resources Manager
For more information, send
National Headquarters CAP
SASE for complete list, includ105 S. Hansell St., Bldg. 714
ing other specialty items.
Elite Supply
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6332
No phone calls please
4904 Rlverview Ave.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Middletown, OH 45042
EMPLOYER