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The Eagle Eye 1
The Eagle EyeBeverly Composite Squadron May 2008
Massachusetts Wing Civil Air Patrol Volume 2, Number 5
Promotions & Awards
Awards continues on Page 6
CadetsWe have more than just a few cadet promotions toacknowledge this month. The large number of awards andpromotions pushed the closing formation over time by morthan a few minutes inspite of an early start to theproceedings
Cadet Anthony Scicchitano Promoted
Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Scicchitano was
promoted to Cadet Second Lieutenant this month. The
presentation of his Mitchell certificate will in the very near
future. Very Well Done Lieutenant Scicchitano, and
congradulations from the Eagle Eye.
Cadet Second Lieutenant Scicchitano
Danvers teen Cadet Second Lieutenant Anthony
Scicchitano has been a member of the Civil Air Patrol sincJuly of 2006. Cadet 2
dLt. Scicchitano recently completed
his General Emergency Services training and can now
pursue specialized ES training. He is a sophomore at
Danvers HS. Outside of school and Civil Air Patrol
Sergeant Scicchitano enjoys extreme physical training,
biking and gaming. He is employed at Heritage Danvers
Cadet of the MonthC/AMN Sauer was selected as the Cadet of the Month
for April 2008 based on the accumulated points.
Cadet Airman Firs Class athaniel Sauer
The competition for Cadet of the month was a tight
race this month, the top two cadets were tied all month
as the points mounted higher and higher. Points for
attendance, points for testing, physical fitness testing
and for academics at school.
This month it came down to meeting night. When the
last points were tallied up, Cadet Airman First Class
Nathanial Sauer had edged out his closest rival for the
Cadet of the month award. Deputy Commander for
Cadets Greg Carter told the assembled Squadron that
the deciding points were earned in Uniform Inspection,
“Cadet Sauer’s high marks in Proper uniform care and
wear made the difference.”
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Staff
DCC continues on Page 8
DCS continues on Page 10
Commander’s MessageBy Tom Lyons, Major CAP
Squadron Commander
It's been very busy at the squadron the past couple of
months. We are planning to be even busier in the
upcoming months.
We have had a cadet accept an Appointment to West
Point, and another cadet officer has joined the
ranks. Well done to both cadets.
The squadron participated in the MAWG EVAL, and a
few missions including the Boston Marathon.
Pilots are getting up to speed and getting ready for
their Form 5 check rides. E.S. classes are being prepared
for instruction, and BCUT has been taught. I would like
to thank all those who are teaching classes. I need to
single out CPT Mike Rieker for his commitment to the
flying side of the program. He has spent countless hours
flying cadets and seniors. He is always there to fly with
anyone wants to go. Thank you Mike, we all appreciate
the effort.
Cadet promotions are going well. Keep up the good
work!
Great job on the raffle sales, too. We did very well.
One of the biggest changes you'll see at the airport is
the color of the tower. The siding project is almost done,
and it looks really good. The Essex County Sheriff's Dept.
was incredibly helpful in finishing the project.
We are in the process of picking a date for an Open
House/ Ribbon Cutting ceremony. Once everything is
cleaned up we'll be ready.
Be ready to help out July 12th, it's the Cystic Fibrosis
Fly-Day here at Beverly. We have been asked to lend a
hand again this year.
And the WWII Dance is looking like it's going to be in
September. Once again, we will need everybody's help.
Keep up the good work, the squadron is moving ahead
and it shows by the results of everyone's hard work.
DCS Message
By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAP
Deputy Commander of Seniors
Helicopter Raffle
Thanks to everyone who sold raffle tickets. Because of
YOU we raised enough to pay the rent for at least one
third of the year. Congratulations to Cadet Kent Parsons
on having the lucky ticket. Enjoy your flight cadet!!! Also
congrats to Cadets, Jason Swallow, Nathan Sauer, Ian
Johnston for selling the most tickets.
Operation Troop Support
A BIG Thank You to all the Cadets for helping myself and
Operation Troop Support at there annual Yard Sale on
Saturday 26th
. I would like to share this email from an
Operation Troop Support Team leader regarding the
DCC MessageBy Greg Carter, Major CAP
Deputy Commander of Cadets
Memorial Day – The True Meaning
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a
day of remembrance for those who have died in our
nation’s service. Officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868
by General John Logan, National Commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order #11,
was first observed on May 30th
of that year whenflowers were placed on the graves of Union and
Confederate Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
The first state to recognize the holiday was New York
in 1873. By 1890, it was recognized by all of the
northern states. The South refused to recognize the
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Emergency
Services
ES Continues on Page 19
SAREX Schedule
Joel Heusser, Captain CAP
Emergency Services Officer
008 SAREX Schedule
Schedule subject to Change; Contact Lt Col Mottley
19 & 20 January 07:30 17:30 SAREX1: DONE
16 & 17 February 07:30 17:30 SAREX2: DONE
19 & 20 April 07:30 17:30 SAREX3: Done
17 & 18 May 07:30 17:30 SAREX4: Rescheduled
21 & 22 June 07:30 17:30 SAREX5:
23 & 24 August 07:30 17:30 SAREX6:
20 & 21 September 07:30 17:30 SAREX7:
18 & 19 October 07:30 17:30 SAREX8:
22 & 23 November 07:30 17:30 SAREX9:
From the Desk of…
Joel Heusser, Captain CAP
Emergency Services Officer
AMY S. COURTER, Brigadier General, CAP, Interim
National Commander issued a memo dated 10 April 2008
with the subject: National Incident Management System
(NIMS) Training.
Paper copies of the memo will be available in the Senior office area for review, or members can down load copies
from the National headquarters eServices web server. In
knowledgebase, search for NIMS Training, and select
answer #1984. The memo in its entirety can be
downloaded by clicking on the link following the word
SUBJECT: in the answer.
The purpose of the memo is to outline the recent vote of
the national board to implement NIMS training for all ES
personnel. The memo outline the current understanding
and time lines for all NIMS training.
By incorporating NIMS training into our ES program we
will be able to better serve out ES clients and fit into the
matrix of agencies responding to large scale disaster
operations.
Classroom options are available as well as online training
and testing for some of the classes. The more advanced
courses do require in residence training. The memo
includes a matrix of the courses required for the different
ES Qualifications from Mission Staff Assistant to IC.
Instructor qualifications are also listed as an attachment
to the memo.
I know there are going to be a few grumbles out there,
some of you are really good at grumbling, but we should
look at this change as a positive step forward. Once
NIMS is fully integrated into CAP ES training we can be
sure that those folks from other agencies that we might
ES Training
Joel Heusser, Captain CAP
Emergency Services Officer
The second BCUT class of the year was held and four
members completed the training. C/AB Michael Pelletier,
C/AB Kent Parsons, C/MSgt Freeman Condon, and
Captain Andrew Buck attended the class taught by 1st
Lieutenant Brian Eaton and 2d
Lieutenant Derek
Morrison. Well done to the instructors and students.
Anyone needing this training should make that need
known to the professional Development Officer 1st
Lt Dan
Parsons, who is coordination all squadron training
activities.
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Aerospace
Top Gun 2008Bill Frisbee, 2d Lt CAP
Assistant Aerospace Education Officer
As most of you know (or will know), I’m very much into
Radio Controlled or RC aircraft models and flying. This
past week I had a chance to attend Top Gun 2008
http://www.franktiano.com/TopGunFrameset.htm, which
is the largest scale RC aircraft competition in the world.
About 130 scale RC pilots attend, with about 5000
spectators. I attended with two fellow RC modelers,one who was to fly a ¼ scale P-51D and the other flying
a 1/9th scale B-17G.
P-51 named Prudence VII
B-17
For those wondering a ¼ scale P-51 has a wingspan of
around 98 inches, and the 1/9th scale B-17 has a
wingspan of 138 inches. Neither are small! And both
looked just like the full scale plane they were based on.
The B-17 model was based on the Collings Foundation
Nine-O-Nine VII
B-17 dropping some bombs
We got to Lakeland, Florida on Monday night, crashed
(Us, not the airplanes ) for the day and woke up early
Tuesday morning to get some test flights in on the P-51.
However, after its third test flight, the airplane stalled and
crashed, completely destroying the model. Never-the-
less the three of us pressed on to Top Gun 2008.
Planes of all types were present, from World War II
German Fw 190’s to the latest and greatest in jets.
There was a Bf 109G6 flown by a good friend of mine.The Bf 109 was awarded the best flying trophy.
In the next photo which is of his plane, his business
partners P-47D Thunderbolt can be seen in the
background.
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Ribbon Fun
By Andrew Buck, Captain CAP
The first ribbon bar:
1. Loaded with Senior member ribbons, hint, hint.
2. The ribbon one step below the unit citation is the colorfu
Grover Loening award, so we know the wearer is either a
senior Captain, but most likely a Major, most likely not a
Colonel, because no Paul E. Garber ribbon ( Lt Col ).
3. There is a meritorious Service, and two commanders
commendations in the top row.
4. Command service ribbon indicates a past squadron
commander, ( no stars, so not region or national ).
5. SAR ribbon and a Find ribbon indicate ES activity.
6. and the give away, 30 years plus active service, tells us
the officer is non other than the ever youthful, debonair
Major James McIntosh.
Second ribbon bar:
1. Lots of cadet ribbons, hint, Jump to the bottom two rows
of ribbons, Starting with the last one:
2. Recruiter w/ clasp = at least 4 members recruited
3. Encampment ( lots of those around )
4. Three National Cadet Special Activities (Big Hint)
5. Color Guard Competition Wing Champion (Big Hint)
6. A community service ribbon
7. At least two years service but less than 5
8. and the give away, Top row, we only had one active
Mitchell cadet last month, C/2d Lt Kelly Buck.
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1. What was the first "ribbon" authorized for wear on the
CAP uniform?
2. What were the First CAP Awards for heroism?
3. What is the heraldry behind the CAP Clasp?
Answers next month. I hope we do better this coming
month, no one I know got the “owners” of the ribbon bars
from last Month, I thought they were easy to guess.
Attention All MAWG CC & MAWG
CHECK PILOTS
FORM 5
Our pilots are using the outdate Aircraft Questionnaire
and not the NEW “AIRPLAINE QUESTIONNAIRE” which
can be found in 60-1 attachment 3.
The NEW “AIRPLAINE QUESTIONNAIRE” must be
submitted for all the aircraft you are submitting with your
Annual Standardization form five package.
On the Form 5, there is a box “AIRCRAFT” we are
looking for C-172, C-182, and C-182TNav lll. Using the
CPF# in the “AIRCRAFT” box on the form 5 is an
automatic,”return to sender”.
C-182TNavlll
Regarding C-182TNavlll:
The last time I spoke to National regarding a C182T and
a C182TNav lll, the National DOV informed me that yes
C182T and C182TNav lll are two different aircrafts for
completing a CAP Form 5 check ride. Please identify the
G1000 correctly as a C182TNav lll.
Check Pilots please help clear up these problems before
they get to Wing.
I am available to answerer any question you may have.
Thank you ALL for your help.
Chris
////Signed///
Christopher P. Camuso Lt. Colonel, CAP
Assistance Director of Operations
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Awards continues on Page 7
and helps out at the Beverly High School Marine Corps
Junior Reserves Officer Corps program. Cadet 2d
Lt.
Scicchitano is currently the Cadet First Sergeant for the
Beverly Composite Squadron.
In addition to the Unit Citation Cadet 2d
Lt. Anthony
Scicchitano has earned the General J. F. Curry
Achievement, General Hap Arnold Achievement, Mary
Feik Achievement, Wright Brothers Achievement,
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker Achievement, Charles
Lindbergh Achievement, General Jimmy Doolittle
Achievement, Dr. Robert H. Goddard Achievement, Neil
Armstrong Achievement, Mitchell Award, Red Service
Ribbon, Cadet Recruiter Award, one encampment award,
and the VFW Civil Air Patrol NCO Award.
Cadet Alex Ortins PromotedC/MSgt Alex Ortins was promoted to Cadet Senior
Master Sergenant at closing formation at this past
Wednesday night’s meeting.
Cadet Senior Master Sergeant Ortins
Beverly teen C/SMSgt Alexander Ortins is an Honor Roll
freshman at Beverly High School in Beverly
Massachusetts where he is also a member of the cross
country team and a Private First Class in the Marine
JROTC program. When not busy with school work, Civil
Air Patrol or JROTC advancement, C/SMSgt. Ortins
enjoys paintball. C/SMSgt Ortins has been a member of
the Civil Air Patrol since July of 2006, and is currently the
squadron’s Echo Flight Commander." Beyond Civil Air
Patrol, accepting an appointment and becoming a plebe
at the US Military Academy, West Point is a goal
Sergeant Ortins has set for himself.
In addition to the Unit Citation, C/SMSgt Ortins has
earned the General J. F. Curry Achievement, General
Hap Arnold Achievement, Mary Feik Achievement,
Wright Brothers Achievement, Captain Eddie
Rickenbacker Achievement, Lindberg Achievement and
the Doolittle Achievement.
Cadet Freeman Condon Promoted
C/Master Sergeant Freeman Ortins was promoted to
Cadet Senior Master Sergeant at closing formation at this
past Wednesday night’s meeting.
Cadet Senior Master Sergeant Condon
Salisbury teen C/SMSgt Freeman Condon is a
sophomore at the Philips Exeter school in Exeter New
Hampshire. Outside of School and CAP Sergeant
Condon enjoys paintball, wrestling, basketball and
lacrosse. Sergeant Condon has been a member of the
Civil Air Patrol since January of 2005, attended a week
long encampment in the summer of 2005. He is the Flight
Commander of the squadrons Eagle Flight, and has
served as the Cadet Administrative Officer.
In addition to the Unit Citation C/SMSgt Freeman Condonhas earned the General J. F. Curry Achievement,
General Hap Arnold Achievement, Mary Feik
Achievement, Wright Brothers Achievement, Captain
Eddie Rickenbacker Achievement, Charles Lindbergh
Achievement, General Jimmy Doolittle Achievement, Red
Service Ribbon, and one Encampment Award.
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Cadet Jason Sears Promoted
C/Amn Jason Sears was promoted to Cadet Airman First
Class at closing formation at this past Wednesday night’s
meeting.
Cadet Airman First Class Sears
Cadet Airman First Class Jason Sears is an 8th
grader at
Holton Richmond Middle School in Danvers
Massachusetts where he is a member of the jazz band.
Cadet Sears has been a nmember of the civil air partol
since October of 2007. When not busy with school and
home work Airman 1st
Class Sears enjoys building model
aircraft and playing the drums.
In addition to the Unit Citation, C/A1C Sears now wears
the General J. F. Curry Achievement and the General
Arnold Achievement.
Cadet Nathan Sauer Promoted
C/Amnt Nathan Sauer was promoted to Cadet Airman
First Class at closing formation at this past Wednesday
night’s meeting.
Cadet Airman First Class athan Sauer
Danvers teen Cadet Airman Nathaniel Sauer is an 8th
grader at Holton Richmond Middle School in Danvers
Massachusetts. Cadet Sauer has been a member of the
civil air partol since November of 2007. When not busy
with home work, Cadet Airman Sauer enjoys Tennis,
Swimming, Surfing, skiing and working on his Radio
Controlled vehicles.
In addition to the Unit Citation, C/A1C Sauer now wears
the General J. F. Curry Achievement and the General
Arnold Achievement.
Cadet Nathan Boeske Promoted
C/AB Nathan Boeske was promoted to Cadet Airman at
closing formation at this past Wednesday night’s
meeting.
Cadet Airman Boeske
Chester New Hampshire teen C/Amn Nathan Boeske is astudent at the Chester Academy in Chester NH where he
was Student of the month for November 2007. Airman
Boeske has been a member of the Beverly Composite
squadron since December of 2007.
When not doing school work or working on Civil Air Patrol
advancement, Airman Boeske enjoys skateboarding, 4
wheeling and building models. He is active in both
baseball and basketball.
In addition to the Unit Citation C/Amn Nathan Boeske has
earned the General J. F. Curry Achievement.
Cadet Kent Parsons Promoted
Cadet Airman Basic Kent Parsons was promoted to
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day, honoring their dead on separate days until after
World War I, when the holiday changed from just
honoring those who died fighting in the Civil War to
honoring Americans who died fighting in any war.
The Red Poppy came to symbolize the holiday in 1915
inspired by a poem from Moina Michael:
We cherish too, the Poppy Red
That grows on fields where valor led
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
The poppy has been adopted by France and Belgium
as well. Poppies have been sold to raise funds to
benefit war orphaned children and widowed women. In
1922, poppies where first sold by the VFW. In 1924,
the VFW “Buddy” poppy program was selling artificial
poppies made by disabled veterans. (I, to this day still
remember my Grandfather, a veteran of WWI sellingand wearing proudly his red poppy every year until his
passing back in the early 1980s).
The Memorial Day holiday is celebrated in almost every
State on the last Monday in May (in 1971 Congress
passed the National Holiday Act (P.L.90-363) ensuring
a three day weekend for Federal Holidays). The
traditional observance of Memorial Day has diminished
over the years. Many Americans have forgotten the
meaning and the traditions of the holiday. At many
cemeteries the graves of the fallen are increasingly
ignored and neglected. Most people no longer
remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. While
there are towns and cities that still hold Memorial Day
parades, many have not held parades in decades.
Even still some people believe the holiday is to
remember all dead, not just those who have fallen in
service to our country.
To help re-educate people and remind Americans what
the true meaning of Memorial Day, the National
Moment of Remembrance resolution was passed in
December of 2000 which asks that at 3pm local timefor all Americans to voluntarily and informally observe
in their own way a Moment of remembrance and
respect pausing from what they are doing for a moment
of silence and listening to Taps.
Many feel that when Congress turned the day into a
three day weekend with the National Holiday Act, made
it all too easy for people to be distracted from the spirit
and meaning of the day. As the VFW stated in its 2002
Memorial Day address:
“Changing the date merely to create three-day
weekends has undermined the very meaning of the
day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the
general public’s nonchalant observance of Memorial
Day.”
So why have I taken the time to explain a little bit about
the history of Memorial Day? Because I strongly feel
that the meaning of the day is completely lost in all but
a few.
As a grew up, Memorial Day meant more than having a
three day weekend and a day off from school, a day off
of work, or a trip to go camping to start the summer
season. It was a time for us to remember those who
gave their lives for our country so that each one of us
can be free. Free to choose. Free to speak. Free towrite. Free to come and go. We would spend our
weekend as a family. Gather for the Barbeque, and to
enjoy the spring days. But most I remember that we
always attended the town or city where we were
gathered, parade. We would follow to the local
cemetery and pay respect along with all the others, to
those who gave their lives. Listening to Taps being
played by the local high school trumpeter, and standing
quietly wondering what the tear was for in my
Grandfathers eye.
Although now long passed, I have learned through the
years what that tear was for. It was for his
remembering. Remembering friends who were lost and
never to come home fighting in a war so far away. It
was remembering that those friends gave their lives so
that he could return home and pass along to others the
meaning of Freedom. He did not let down his friends,
for I know what it means to be living in Freedom and
the price that was paid by others for us to have this
Freedom.
I have come to realize through the years, participatingas a member of Civil Air Patrol in the late 1970’s and
early ‘80s and from 1998 on, in Memorial Day
parades, attending the family gatherings and taking
time to honor those who have paid the ultimate
sacrifice that indeed the true meaning of Memorial Day
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Vista or not?
By William Frisbee, 2d Lt CAPIT Officer
Should I upgrade to Windows Vista?
I seem to hear this question a lot; “Should I upgrade to
Vista?” After all, it is the latest and greatest desktop
operating system from Microsoft. The question, while
simple, involves a bit of thinking, and perhaps a bit of
money, so for this month’s article I’m going to do my best
to help answer this question.
First a brief talk about Windows Vista itself. Windows
Vista is Microsoft’s newest desktop operating system
(OS). It was released in November of 2006 without much
fanfare to the business and OEM world, and to the retail
market at the end January of 2007. Windows Vista differs
quite a bit from Windows XP, Microsoft’s last generation
Cadets during this event.
Dan,
Good afternoon, hope you were able to rest a bit
after Saturday.
I can't thank you enough for everything that youand your boys did.I don't think we would have been in half the
shape we were had we not had the muscle toaccomplish so much in such a short time. I was
very impressed by their polite manner, and hard
work.
Hope you and your cadets will be able to come toour wrappings and I promise the only heavy lifting
will be that of wrapping paper!!!
YOU and Your Cadets ROCK !!!
Take care,
Donna:-)
You have made our Squadron PROUD!!
PDO Message
By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAP
Professional Development Officer
CORE VALUES
This lesson will cover the USAF and CAP Core Values
with specific emphasis on how these apply in command.
It will start with a brief definition of each and how they
apply to command. It will conclude with the meat of the
lesson which uses actual case studies to illustrate how
core values apply in command.
Col Timothy Timmons wrote in his book, Commanding
An Air Force Squadron, "Commanding a squadron is the
only time in your career when you are simultaneously
close to the mission and in command. Any duty below
squadron command may be close to the mission, but the
mission is being accomplished somebody else’s way.Duty above squadron command may involve command
and doing things your way, but you are too far removed
from the mission and the people. Squadron command is
the one point in time when you have the best of both
worlds.
Commanding a squadron is not an easy task—a
commander is fully involved in every aspect, nook, and
cranny of the unit. The duty encompasses every second
of every day the commander holds the unit flag; he must
eat, sleep, and drink his squadron, full time. The
commander’s job is unique in the unit; no other job
approaches it in scope—the commander exists on his
own turf" and must use the Core Values as the
foundation for all squadron efforts.
Core Values Defined
Below you will find each CAP Core Value with a brief
definition and a corresponding application to command.
This is the Readers Digest version and is meant to be
used for reference as you contemplate how you will apply
them in commanding your squadron. Then you can testyour understanding by applying the Core Values to some
hypothetical situations in which Core Values were
challenged.
Integrity is a character trait. It is the willingness to do
what is right even when no one is looking.
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Chief of Staff, Gen Ronald Fogleman)
Respect means we value our diverse membership.We treat each other with fairness, dignity, and
compassion. We work as a team.
The effectiveness of any organization is greatly
dependent upon the environment in which people work.We must create an atmosphere in the CAP where mutual
respect abounds, making way for prosperity, innovation
and excellence in serving this great nation.
"The unfailing formula for production of
morale is patriotism, self-respect, discipline,
and self-confidence within a military unit,
joined with fair treatment and merited
appreciation from without. It cannot be
produced by pampering or coddling an
army, and is not necessarily destroyed byhardship, danger, or even calamity… It will
quickly wither and die if soldiers come to
believe themselves the victims of
indifference or injustice on the part of their
government, or of ignorance, personal
ambition, or ineptitude on the part of their
leaders." (Gen Douglas MacArthur)
Conclusion
The Air Force and CAP Core Values should be
internalized and lived by each member, and much of theresponsibility for their application rests with each person.
However, as a squadron commander, the Core Values
establish the basic framework from which your squadron
will take its direction so there are some unique and very
special ways in which Core Values apply to squadron
command.
Lesson 6 Material
APPLYIG CORE VALUES I ACOMMAD SETTIG
OPR: CAP HQ/ETP
Last Revised 5/13/00
Integrity ordinarily means forthright honesty. It means
being the kind of person others can rely on for accurate,
complete, and timely disclosure of facts. All of this is true
but as a moral ideal, integrity demands more than being
the kind of person who can be counted on to tell the truth.
Integrity also demands we be persons of good character.
This, in fact, is the original sense of the word "integrity"as "integratedness," "wholeness," or "wholesomeness."
"Integrity is the most important responsibility of
command."(A former service chief)
Voluntarily giving of oneself, over personal desires,to provide for the welfare of others.
The Air Force has a similar value called "service before
self." We embrace this core value and reflect it in our
spirit of volunteerism. It is the willingness and ability to
give of oneself, sometimes at the ultimate sacrifice of life. Also, it goes beyond simply giving our time; it extends to
the willingness to obey the rules and regulations of CAP,
the Air Force and our nation. Ultimately, it means we
must have respect for fellow members and practice self-
discipline.
"If the leader is unwilling to sacrifice
individual goals for the good of the unit, it’s
hard to convince other unit members to do
so. At that point, the mission suffers, and
the ripple effects can be devastating."(Former Secretary of the Air Force
Widnall)
This challenges us to develop a sustained passion
for continuous improvement and innovation to
enable the CAP to grow and flourish in serving America’s humanitarian needs
We should always be in continual pursuit of excellence;
there is no room for the "good enough" mentality in the
CAP. Good enough is never good enough and anything
less violates the sacred trust the American public placesin us.
"True quality is embodied in the actions of
the Air Force people who take decisive steps
to improve processes and products; who
capitalize on quality as a leverage tool to
enhance products, achieve savings, and
improve customer service."(Former USAF
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You can find this here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvis
ta/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx?wt_svl=20409a
&mg_id=20409b
Why shouldn’t you upgrade to Vista?
If you don’t like change. Don’t upgrade to Vista if you
don’t like change and are uncomfortable learning a new
Operating System. While there are a lot of similarities
with other versions of Windows, there is also a lot
different which can confuse or frustrate you. If you are
happy with what you have, until there is a reason to
upgrade, don’t! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
If you have older hardware. If your computer is more
than three years old, I recommend upgrading your
computer. Running Windows Vista on older hardware
can sometimes be an exercise in frustration. Yes Vista
will run on older hardware, but you may not get all the
bells and whistles a newer computer would.
If you have a lot of custom software. Not all software is
compatible with Windows Vista. If you are running a lot
of custom applications (mostly in the business world), it
is recommended you keep using what you have today,
as upgrading to Windows Vista may break some of the
applications.
Conclusion
So there you have it, three reasons when you should,
and should not upgrade to Vista. Make your decision
based on what you have and what you need. I’ve been
running Windows Vista since well before its release, as
I beta tested (meaning I work with Microsoft to test
software before it is released) Vista from its early days.
I’ve never had issues with it and run it on all my
computers, at the office, at home and while at Civil Air
Patrol. I can say it works and works well for me, but
make sure it works well for you before taking that
plunge and upgrading.
Please feel free to email me if there are any questions
OS with updated features like a new graphical user
interface (what you see and how you interact with the
computer), lots more features to help the user search for
data, better security and many new and improved
features for media (movies, music and photos). There
are many other features which make Vista a large
upgrade to Windows XP and you can read about themhere:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvist
a/features/details/accessibility.mspx.
I’m sure you have read something in the newspaper or
online about how Vista isn’t so hot, or its not as good as
some other system. The simple thing is Vista isn’t for
everyone. People got used to Windows XP, after all it’s
been on the market for nearly 7 years, people have
literally grown up using Windows XP on computers and
people just don’t like change. Vista isn’t Windows XP, it’s
different, and that in itself is reason for some people to
just not like Vista.
Why should you upgrade to Vista?
Do you want to play Direct X 10 (Direct X helps
programmers write code for games and other
applications) games like Halo 2 on your PC? Then yes,
you should upgrade to Vista. Only Vista can run Direct X
10. You really don’t have much of a choice here!
Do you want to run Windows in 64-bit mode (64 bit
Windows allows access to a lot more RAM and can
speed up some applications written for 64-bit
computers)? Yes, you should upgrade to Vista. Windows
Vista x64 is the first Microsoft desktop OS to fully support
64-bit computing in my opinion. It’s much more complete
than the 64-bit version of Windows XP and there are
thousands of more drivers for Windows Vista x64 than
there are for Windows XP x64.
Do you want the latest and greatest? Yes, Vista is for
you. It’s the latest and greatest from Microsoft.
Mind you before upgrading to Vista, please make sure
your hardware supports it! I cannot stress this enough.
Vista can be a lot more hardware utilizing than Windows
XP, so I highly recommend you confirm you can run Vista
on your system. Microsoft has a tool, called the Upgrade
Advisor which will confirm if your system can run Vista.
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Cap DriversLicenses Records
Andrew Buck, Captain CAP
Public Affairs Officer
During a recent effort to quantify where we stood inmember qualifications it was discovered that there are
only two members who appear to have CAP drivers
licenses, at least according to the data in the National
data bases. I brought this situation to the attention of the
Squadron officers and several of the officers claimed to
hold the ever coveted CAP Drivers License. So, how to
update the National Database to make it match reality? It
took us a while to find out how to update this information
so I thought I’d pass on the magic to all of you. The
original thinking was that the PDO or squadron Admin
had to initiate the update, not so.
First, you have to have an active login account at
National HQ. If you’ve never logged in talk to the IT
Officer, 2d
Lt Bill Frisbee, He can help you out. Log into
the national e-Services web site located at
https://www.capnhq.gov/CAP.eServices.Web/Default.asp
x . Enter your user name or CAPID and your password.
At the top of the logged in user screen over to the right
there is a “My Info” tab that you should take a closer look
at.
Logged in User Window
Select the Review/Edit My Info option on the main login
page. This will result in a new screen that will allow you
to edit all of your on line personal information. Take a
Marathon
James McIntosh, Major CAP
Emergency Services Team
On April 21, 2008, the 112th
Boston Marathon began as
others have in the past, cold, damp, and very early. The
Massachusetts Wing, Civil Air Patrol was tasked withhelping out in Hopkinton, the starting point of the
marathon, to help control the approximate 25,000
runners in three sections of the Hopkinton High School.
Members of the Beverly Composite Squadron met at
0415 at the Beverly Airport to travel to Hopkinton.
Major Dave Snow, Major James McIntosh and 2Lt. Bill
Frank, left the airport at 0430 to arrive by 0600, in
Hopkinton, the time for all CAP Personnel to obtain their
tasks from Major Jack Forman who was acting as the
Incident Commander, along with many police
departments from around Massachusetts as well as the
Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department, with their Mobile
Command Center.
Teaming up with other CAP members from other
squadrons, the personnel were divided up into 4 groups,
as were the 3 fields at the high school. Team 1, Beverly
Squadron and others, were Task with patrolling Sector 1,
while others teams had sectors 2 and 3. After and hour of
walking around and providing information, each team
was rotated to the next sector.
A team of South Korean runners came up to Major
McIntosh and gather around him for a photo op,
something that seems to happen quiet frequently to
others, during a gathering of world proportion.
Once the runners started to assembly at the starting
point, CAP Members made sure that all runners had
eventually left the “holding pens” as they affectionately
got to be known as, and assembled back at the
Command Post.
Once the race had started and all was quiet again,
members were given each a 2008 Boston Marathon
Jacket and invited to have a hot lunch at a nearby
elementary school.
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Welcome New Members
Cadets
No new Cadets in April
Seniors
No new Seniors in April
moment to make sure that the information there is all
correct and take the few extra moments to fix all of the
information that is incorrect.
The View/Change Screen
In the left hand menu, select the PersonalCharacteristics item off the list. Why CAP Drivers
license h=is here is not clear, but it is.
Personal Characteristics Screen
Once you have updated your information, you will feel
a lot better about yourself. Go ahead, have that extra
scoop of ice cream for desert tonight, you deserve it,
after all, you’ve updated your National Database data
to include you CAP Drivers License.
Cadet Airman at closing formation at this past
Wednesday night’s meeting.
Cadet Airman Parsons
Hamilton teen C/Amn Kent Parsons is a 6th
grade student
at the St. Johns in Beverly. Airman Parsons has been a
member of the Beverly Composite squadron since March
of 2008. Kent says his favorite subjects in school are
science and history.
When not doing school work or working on Civil Air Patrol
advancement, Airman Parsons enjoys Swimming, playing
soccer and baseball. His hobbies include astronomy and
collecting Fire memorabilia, with the help of his Fire
Fighting Father.
In addition to the Unit Citation C/Amn Kent Parsons has
earned the General J. F. Curry Achievement.
SeniorsThere were no senior promotions to announce.
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Mower Safety
By William Frank, 2d Lt CAP
Safety Officer
Now that spring is here, many of us are getting back
outside and doing yard work. I’m going to discuss lawn
mower safety. For purposes of this column, I’m going tofocus on safe practices for riding mowers and garden
tractors, but some of the information also applies to walk
behind models.
Protective Gear
While operating a mower, make sure you have hearing
protection, earplugs or ear muffs. It’s critical that you
protect your hearing during prolonged noise exposure.
Wear long pants. They will help protect against flying
debris, skin irritations, and burns from the exhaust.
Wear gloves; they will help prevent cuts, abrasions,
chemicals, and other skin irritants. Be sure that the
gloves fit right and they are the correct type for the job.
As the action of a rotary mower can stir up a lot of dust
and particles, it’s a very good idea to wear a dust mask
while operating the mover. Be careful, the masks prevent
respiratory problems, but do not help in exposure to
chemicals or toxic gases.
Lastly, safety glasses should be worn. Be sure that the
lenses are impact-resistant.
Operational safety
A riding lawn mower or tractor is only designed for one
person, no passengers should be allowed. If you need to
leave the seat, you should disengage the PTO (power
take off), stop the engine, and wait for all parts to stop
moving before dismounting.
Do not attempt to adjust anything on the mower while it is
running.
Never refuel the equipment while the engine is running or
extremely hot – potential fire hazard or explosive
situation.
When moving the lawn mower between areas, crossing a
road, path, or sidewalk, or when not mowing, you should
PAO Message
By Andrew Buck, Captain CAP
This month’s news letter is another record setter. Seven
cadet promotions, really nice articles By 2d
Lt Frisbee,
Major Carter and 1st
Lt Parsons have pushed us up to
twenty pages.
One of the new style changes this month is the setting of
a Staff page, an ES page and an Aerospace page. These
pages are the starting places for content in these areas.
This is where you will find the ‘big’ stories in each of
these areas.
What we are missing is the Cadet Programs page. This is
then next area the Eagle Eye would like to address. This
should be a page about cadets and hopefully by cadets. I
challenge to corps of cadets to gather and come up with
enough material to fill one page each month. This would
require about 600 words every month, but I think you
could do it.
One of you needs to step up to the plate and through
your chain of command apply for and take on the position
of Cadet PAO. It would be your responsibility to supply
the senior PAO ( Me ) with the content each and every
month meeting the deadlines. This does not mean you
have to write a three hundred word essay each month,
but you need to organize and coordinate the cadets to
give you the information, on time, formatted to areasonable extent, and reasonably correct. You then
review then material, fact check it, edit it where
necessary, and pass it onto me.
This is extra duty, and you will be expected to continue to
advance in your cadet program in addition to your PAO
duties. Remember cadets can’t be assigned to write a
piece as punishment, that would be hazing, but a cadet
could earn merits by writing a 300 word article on a cadet
activity, uniform care instructions, study habits that work,
school field trip, anything cadet related or of interest to
cadets. There would have to be a connection to CAP, but
I’m sure you could make that connection without too
much trouble.
I would also like to see 150 to200 words minimum from
the Cadet commander in a “From the desk of” sort of
article. Part of being a leader is to communicate to your
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The owner/pilot is a served in the Gulf War. This A-10
model won the best engineering and most accurate scale
awards for the show and nearly won Top Gun overall.
There was also a very nice Vulcan bomber, which was
used by the British Air Force for years. This model in
flight would drop a model of the Blue Steel nuclear glide
bomb. It was very impressive. The fellow that built thisplane is in his mid 80’s.
Vulcan bomber
The detailing on some of the planes was incredible, like
that on a BAE Hawk that was flown.
BAE Hawk Trainer
The BAE Hawk is used by Air Forces all around the
world, including the United States, as a jet trainer of
military pilots.
Bf 109G6
An F/A-18 built and flown by some fine folks from Ireland.
Unfortunately on its first flight, they lost a wheel and on
landing crashed, destroying most of the plane.
F/A-18
A 1/5th
scale A-10 Warthog was the highlight of the show.
The guy that flew the plane is actually a 3 star General in
the US Air Force, based out of the Pentagon
A-10 Warthog
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WWII Dance
By Tom Lyons, Major CAP
Squadron Commander
Everything is still in the preliminary stages for this
dance. I want everyone to have a heads up early. This
can be one of the biggest events in squadron or
perhaps wing history. We will need help from
everybody, that means parents, friends, relatives, your
parents friends relatives and anyone else it takes. This
can be a night of fun and memories for many people. If
we do it right people will be begging to have another one next year. BE READY.
WE MUST ALL HELP. More info will follow as soon as
the details are worked out in the next month or so.
Tentative date is in September.
A-10 Warthog
As you can see, I’m quite into the whole RC aircraft
scene, I had a great time here and hope to be able tohelp some of the cadets and senior members get
involved with RC, it’s not just fun, its educational as well.
BAE Hawk 8 Trainer
In the above shot you can see the instructor pilot and the
student pilot in front of him. With a different background it
might be dificult to tell this model from a real airplane.
BAE Hawk Trainer
The show was a great time, and I made a lot of contacts
that were always willing to share “trade secrets” onbuilding a good looking scale plane.
The highlight of the week came on Saturday when a full
scale A-10 flew in and stole the show.
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W E B P L A C E S
CADET WEB PAGES
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NER-MA-019
SENIOR WEB PAGES
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVYCOMP/
OFFICIAL CAP WEB SITES
http://bvycap.homesite.net/
http://www.mawg.cap.gov/
http://www.ner.cap.gov/
http://www.cap.gov/
https://www.capnhq.gov/default.aspx
Service Members Former Cadet
“The” magnet
SGT. Aaron Cuscuna
C-Trp 2-1 CavFOB Warhorse
APO AE09336
Parades
BVY To march in several Parades
The Beverly Composite squadron has been invited to
march in several parades in the coming months. Cadets
and seniors are all invited and encouraged to attendand march in these events.
Muster time, muster location, and uniform of the day for
each parade will be announced at the meeting night
previous to the parade.
Let’s see how many people we can put on the street for
each of these opportunities. If you are debating if you
really want to go and march or not, reread the DCC
article which starts on page two. Some of you are not
going to be able to mach this year because of family
plans or other obligations. It is never too soon to startplanning on next year, resolve to save the memorial day
and 4th
of July dates for parade participation. See the
calendar at the end of the Eagle eye for muster times
and locations.
Memorial Day Parades
Beverly - May 25
Danvers - May 26
VFW Convention Gala Parade
Burlington June 7
4th of July
Stoneham/Winchester 4 July
disengage the PTO to stop the mower blade. If conditions
in the area to be mowed are questionable – traction or
stability a problem, test drive the mower with the blade
disengaged.
Be very careful when operating on uneven ground. Over
half of all mower/tractor deaths occur because of roll-
overs. If the area is too sloped or the ground is too
uneven to operate safely, use a walk behind mower or a
weed eater.
In summary, safe mower operation is possible if you
observe basic mower safety practices.
Deployed too!
As soon as C/2d
Lt Kelly Buck reports to West Point to
begin Cadet Basic, I will be posting her address to the
Deployed box which has been renamed to Service
Members. All Cadets, former BVY Cadets, relatives of
squadron members, and current members who are
serving our nation in uniform are welcome to have their
mailing addresses posted. You, whoever you are, are
encouraged to write to these people who are taking CAP
service to the next level.
When was the last time you wrote a quick note to Sgt
Cuscuna?
Captain Andrew Buck, CAP
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Deadlines
For the June Eagle Eye
Columns – 1 June 2007
DCS, DCC, Safety Officer, Professional DevelopmentOfficer, AEO, ESO, FO, and of course from the Squadron
Commander.
News stories – 8 June 2008
Promotions, Missions and other late breaking material.
Reports DueJames M. McIntosh, Major CAP
Administration Officer
The following reports are due NLT May 10 to Wing
Headquarters.
Monthly Unit Safety Report (SE)
MWF 73, Vehicle Inspection (LGT)
The following reports are due NLT June 10 to Wing
Headquarters.
Monthly Unit Safety Report (SE)
MWF 73, Vehicle Inspection (LGT)
A reminder that any reports that are to be submitted to
Wing HQ, especially by the Responsible Department and
IS NOT mailed through the Squadron Admin Office, a
copy must be submitted to Administration for our records.
Wing Training
By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAPProfessional Development Officer
Squadron Leadership School (SLS)
Date(s): 07 & 08 June 2008
Location: Pilgrim Composite Squadron HQ
222 South Meadow Road
Plymouth, MA 02360
Instructors and students please submit CAPF 17 via
email to the undersigned.
Steven Levesque, Lt Col, CAP
Director, MAWG SLS 2008
There are seven officers in the squadron who need this
training for their next promotion. So far none of them
have signed up. I would remind the senior membership
that this course is usually only offered once a year, your
next romotion could be dela ed waitin to take this
Factoid:Of CAP’s 35,000 senior members, only about 350 earn
the Grover Loening Award each year. Receipt of the
award and completion of rank and time-in-grade
requirements also makes the member eligible for
promotion to CAP Major.
work with on a large scale operation, will be meeting our
training standards as a minimum, and we theirs.
NIMS training will become a part of our ES Training
program that is planned to start shortly. If you avail
yourself of the on-line training, make an extra copy of
your completion certificates and bring them in so we can
make sure you get credit for al of your training.
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followers. The squadron commander uses the Eagle Eye
in addition to the chain of command and his staff meeting
to communicate to the membership. This would be
passed to the Cadet PAO and then up to me.
I will be available to a Cadet PAO for all PAO related
activities, and will teach you what little I know about the
job. If you are a cadet interested use your chain of
command to request Major Carter to assign you to Cadet
PAO, Beverly Composite Squadron.
Captain Buck
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I N S I D E TH I S I S S U E
1 Cadet of the Month, Promotions 11 PDO
2 Commanders Message, DCC, DCS 12 IT
3 ES Officer, ES Training, SAREX Schedule 13 Marathon, CAP Drivers License
4 Aerospace – Top Gun 14 CAP Drivers License, Promotions, New
Members
5 Pilot Log, Ribbon Fun 15 PAO, Safety
6 Promotions 16 Aerospace – Top Gun
7 Promotions 17 Aerospace – Top Gun, WW II Dance
8 DCC 18 Safety, Web Places, Parades, Deployed too,
Service Members
9 DCC, Stats 19 Report Due, Wing Training, Deadlines
10 DCS, IT, PDO 20 Calendars, this index
Squadron Calendar Night Uniform Cadets Seniors All
21 May 08 BDU ES TBD
28 May 08 Blues Review Boards, Leadership Training ES
4 June 08 Blues AE, Moral Leadership Staff Meeting Promotions & Awards
11 June 08 BDU Testing, PT TBD Safety Briefing
Special Events
Date OIC Event
17 & 18 May 08 Mark Jacobs Capt. CAP CLC Westover ARB
25 May 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP Memorial Day Parade Beverly 1230 Depart from Bev Airport
26 May 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP Memorial Day Parade Danvers 0800 Depart from Bev Airport
7 June 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP June 7 VFW Convention Gala Parade Burlington
07 & 08 June 08 Steven Levesque, Lt Col, CAP SLS Training Pilgrim Ma CAPF 17 required.
4 July 08 TBD 4th of July Parade Stoneham/Winchester
25 Jul – 3 Aug 08 TBD Northeast Region Cadet Academy
Autumn TBD WWII Dance
Beverly Composite Squadron Headquarters
Beverly Municipal Airport
54 L.P. Henderson Rd
Beverly, Ma. 01915
978-921-5454
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