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ICS300Maj.BrianSchmuck,
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It has come to our attention that some of
our members are taking an online USDepartment of Agriculture ICS 300 course
that is designed as a prep course for the
required classroom portion. The online
course description does not specify that it
is a prep course for ICS 300 (it should!)
but the opening welcome slide clearly
states this. Some of our members are
taking this prep course, printing the
certificate (it says completion of ICS 300
but there is no instructor signature and it
does not state it is simply a prep course)and submitting it as documentation to
meet CAP's ICS 300 training requirement.
It shows the full ICS 300 course is 18
hours in length and is available from
certified State Training Officers.
NIMSMaj.BrianSchmuck
Effective 1JAN09 NIMS courses are
required by federal mandate foremergency responders. Four courses are
offered free, online at
(IS
100, 200, 700, and 800); two courses are
inresidence (ICS 300 and ICS 400). ICS
400 must be completed by incident staff
NLT 31SEP09, so ICs and mission staff
should begin to seek out this course now,
prevent a repeat of the situation we
http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp
to
find ourselves in now.
On 1JAN09 those personnel that have
not completed the required courses losttheir operational specialties. We went
from over 40 GTLs to 17. We dropped to
four ground teams to cover the entire
wing. All because personnel did not
complete the required courses and lost
their qualifications. All personnel are
urged to go to the above URL and
complete the courses required for your
specialty (see CAP/CC letter "National
Incident Management System Training"),
once this is done and the courses arevalidated byyourunitCC your
qualifications will return. Personnel
assigned to IN001 must send their course
completion proof to me at
[email protected]. Contact me for
a mailing address if you prefer to use US
Mail. I do not need an email from
individual members not assigned to wing
HQ for every course you complete. As
members complete these courses they
should print the certificate and take acopy to their unit for inclusion in their
master record. They member should also
enter their completion information in the
SQTR for the course completed in e
services (ops quals). AFTER the unit
commander or unit ES officer verifies
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course completion (see the certificate)
they can go online and validate.
ersonnel with questions can contact meP
for guidance.
All of this training is valuable andrequired by the US Government for all
responder agencies (other agencies are
going through the same thing, just ask
your friends on the volunteer fire
departments). I encourage personnel to
take all the courses; this will get it out of
the way if they plan to move up in the
incident command system. CAP does not
offer or instruct the inresidence courses,
these must be instructed by state certified
instructors (through INDHS) and arealwaysinresidence (if you tooksomething online claiming to be ICS300,
it does not count).
UnexpectedIncidentCapt.AaronPietras
LT Col Larry Lopshire, LT Col Dan
McDaniel, Capt Jim Neher and Capt
Pietras decided to meet at a local Arbys
for lunch immediately following their
regular meeting. Just after finishing their
meal, they heard glass breaking and trays
hitting the floor. Capt Pietras turned
around to witness a man running to the
bathroom, leaving his two young kids
behind at the dining table. Capt Pietras
went to investigate and noticed blood on
the floor and two terrified children both
girls about 8 and 3 years old. He then
went and checked on the father anddetermined that he had broken an
overhead light with his head when he
stood up from the table. He was bleeding
profusely as he was trying to stop the
bleeding himself by sticking his head in
the sink with running water. Capt Pietras
had his officers collect the kids and keep
them occupied while he obtained latex
gloves and a first aid kit from the Arbys
manager.
Using the supplied materials, Capt Pietras
applied pressure to the injured manshead and had him positioned on a chair so
he would not be standing. The Arbys
manager called 911 once he explained the
seriousness of the situation. Through the
eldest girl, we were able to contact the
mother via cellular phone. The
Greenwood Fire Departments
paramedics and ambulance arrived and
transported him to St. Francis South for
treatment. The paramedics assessed the
gouge in his scalp and think that he willneed a couple of staples.
Interestingly enough, the Arbys workers
did not have sufficient first aid supplies to
service such an injury, although they
probably never expected such an event
even though they were discussing a
workmans comp injury where one of
their own sliced a finger on the
mechanical slicer requiring sutures. They
were also oblivious to the fact thatsomeone had injured themselves, even
with the commotion of glass and trays
hitting the floor.
Excellent job Lt Col Lopshir, Lt Col
McDaniel, Capt Neher, and Capt Pietras!
WreathsAcrossAmericaLt
Col
Darrel
Williamson
MembersoftheJasperCadet,Falcon
Composite,andIndianaWingHeadquarters
SquadronsparticipatedintheWreaths
AcrossAmericaCeremonyattheNew
AlbanyNationalCemeterytohonorour
nationsveterans. Theceremonywas
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conductedbyLtColDarrelWilliamson,who
hasheadedtheeventforthepastthree
years.EachyeartheWoesterWreath
Companydonatesasetofwreathstoeach
NationalCemeteryallacrossthe
nation.They
provide
awreath
for
each
branchofthemilitary,theCoastGuard,
MerchantMarines,aswellasonefor
POW/MIAremembrance.Thisceremonyis
conductedattheexactsamemoment,
12:00PM,ineveryNationalCemeterythat
participates. Thisyear'sceremonyincluded
theBlueStarMothers,ThreelocalVFW
Posts,andtheirLadiesAuxiliary. Although
therewerenotverymanypeoplethatcame
toattendtheceremony,itisimportantto
recognizethesacrificesthatourveterans
havegiveforourfreedom,byCAP's
involvementinthisceremonywedosoas
anorganization. TheNewAlbanyNational
Cemeteryisoneofthefirst16thatwas
authorizedbyPresidentLincolnnation
wide."Iamveryhappytohavethecadets
onhandtohelpoutwiththeceremony,
everyyeartheydoanoutstandingjob,and
representourorganizationverywell.said
LtCol
Williamson.
ColorGuardCompetitionMaj.JeffYoung
The deadline to register for the Wing
Color Guard Competition has passed. I
will say this years competition looks to
be just as exciting as last years
competition. We have a few more teams
to enter than we did last year. I want tothank those squadron who are
participating and GOOD LUCK to you all
as well. Final directions will be emailed
out next week.
Please look at M524 for final
preparations. Again this is a color guard
competition, this means no honor guard
movements accepted this will cost your
team points, and cadet officers CAN NOT
e on a color guard team.b
Thefollowingteamwillcompete:
1) Weir Cook Cadet Squadron Last
years winners
2) Anderson Composite Squadron Last
years runner up
m3 Titan Cadet Squadron returning teafrom last year
4) Jasper Cadet Squadron Fairly new
Squadron
5) River City Cadet Squadron This team
won Cadet Olympics
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL
NationalCommander
Commendation
TFOJessicaCaplan
Congratulations to Lt Col Dodson for
being awarded the National Commander
Commendation Award!
For those of you who do not know, Lt Col
Dodson is the wings legal officer. He has
edone so much for Indiana Wing and w
are very glad to have him here!
Lt Col Dodson was awarded the NCC
award recently, authorizing him to now
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wear the Commanders Commendation
ribbon with a silver star.
The Commanders Commendation award
can only be issued by the Wing, Region, or
National Commanders, and is awarded to
those members with an outstanding duty
performance. Their achievements and
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services are undoubtedly incomparable to
those duties performed by members of
similar responsibility and rank.
Again congratulations and Thank You Lt
Col Dodson for everything you have done
or Indiana Wing and Civil Air Patrol.our service has not gone unnoticed!
fY
ELTFindMajJeffYoung
On December 28th 2008 INWG had an
ELT mission in the Warsaw area, Maj.
Young was contacted by the IC to get in
touch with a ground team up north. He
as able to get a team made up ofw
members from South Bend and Warsaw.
This opportunity is going to be taken to
thank the South Bend members and the
Warsaw members who took time away
from their families during that Holiday
period to accomplish this mission. It is
members like these who make INWG
successful. The paperwork is very
important and we want it turned in as
quick as possible, but we should never get
to wrapped up in it that we forget tohank those responsible for executing the
ission. Great job everyone!
t
m
C/LtColDieckmannPresented
EakerAwardCaptAlexWhitacre
Evansville,Indiana Brigadier General
Goodwin presented C/Lt Col Daniel
Dieckmann the Eaker Award during
Rivercitys annual awards banquet on 5January 2009.
C/Lt Col Dieckmann is attending Indiana
State University with an AFROTC
scholarship. He has been to National Blue
Beret and also served as a staff member.
Daniel has attended NESA. He is an active
Ground Team Leader and has led
Rivercity Cadet Squadron on many actual
ground team missions. Dieckmann has
also served as Group XII CAC
representative, Rivercity Squadron Cadet
Commander, and will be Mission Iceberg
2009 Cadet Commander.
Also attending the awards banquet were
Lt Col Tom Myers, Group XII Commander,
Maj. Matthew Creed, Wing ChiefofStaff,
and Maj. Brian Schmuck, Wing Director of
mergency Services.E
C/LtColDanielDieckmannandBrigadierGen.
Goodwin.
RiverCityHonoredWithFlagCaptAlexWhitacre
Sergeant TimFerguson presented
RiverCity Cadet Squadron with flag flown
over enem
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y territory
Evansville,Indiana Sergeant Tim
Ferguson with the 1/163rd Field Artillery
presented the RiverCity Cadet Squadron
with an honorary flag that was flown over
Mosul. The flag was presented to
RiverCity in appreciation for the efforts
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made by RiverCity and other units of
Indiana Wing during the Pigeon Creek
Flood in March 2008. The flag was
accompanied by a certificate of
authenticity (Seen Below)
While on his second tour of duty in Iraq,
Sergeant Fergusons house was
threatened by rising flood waters.
Members of the Indiana National Guard
contacted RiverCity and requested help
saving the home of Sergeant Ferguson.
RiverCity, with help from six other
Indiana units, responded and assisted the
Fergusons in saving their house.
Receiving the flag for RiverCity Cadet
Squadron were C/1stLt Kenneth Corman,
C/1stLt Benjamin Baker, C/2d Lt Jacob
Whitacre, and C/2d Lt Timothy Breivogel.
All four Cadets received the Civil Air
Patrol Achievement medal for their
efforts during the flood
SergeantFergusonpresentingRiverCityCadetswith
theAmericanFlag
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INWG Honor Guard
MajJeffYoung
The Indiana Wing Honor Guard
accomplished a lot this past weekend,
part being they voted and selected the
Honor Guard Cadet Commander.
CongratulationsgoesouttoC/Capt
CalebPopp.
The Honor Guard is an elite group of
cadets who serve as the official
ambassadors of Civil Air Patrol. Honor
Guard has four elements: Rifle
Demonstration, Colors, Funeral Bearing,
and Drug Demand Reduction. To be part
of the Indiana Wing Honor Guard,
members must have high standards in
appearance, education, conduct; an
aptitude for ceremonial duty,
professionalism; and the will to make a
difference to the future of America
Honor Guardsmen are held to a higherstandard when taking part and practicing
in ceremonial functions. For this reason,
any Indiana Wing Cadet interested in
joining the Honor Guard team should
know all standard Air Force drill as it
should be taught at the local
squadron. Honor Guardsmen are
expected to remain in good standing at
their squadrons, progress in the cadet
program, attend honor guard practices,
and maintain a C average or higher in
school.
Any cadet interested in joining the INWG
Honor Guard should contact Maj. Young at
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Ihavedecidedtochallenge
themembersofIndianaWing
thisyear. Belowisapicture
thatrequires
ahumorous
tagline. Eachmonth,there
willbeanewpictureforyou
tosubmitwhatyoubelieve
thepersonisthinkingordoing. Cadetsand
seniorsareallowedtoparticipate. Tobe
considered,submityourideato
followingmonthsnewsletterispublished. Be
sureyouincludeyourname,grade,andunit
whenyou
submit
your
information.
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Iamalsotakingsafetyrelatedarticles
forpublicationinthenewsletter. Thisisalso
availabletocadetsandseniorsbutisprimarily
askedtounitsafetyofficers. Thesearticlescan
consistoflifeexperiencesthatinvolveasafety
message,missionrelatedorhealthrelated
safetyissues,oranyformofmishapprevention
measuresthatcouldkeepourmemberssafe.
These
articles
can
also
be
sent
to
the
same
e
mailaddresswiththesamedeadlineasabove.
Pleasekeepthesearticlesaround200250
wordssowemayhaveroomforthepicturesas
well.
Asyoucansee,Iamtryingtogive
everyonetheopportunitytospreadtheword
aboutsafetyandhowimportantitisfor
everyonetothinkbeforetheyact. Iamalso
attemptingtoaddmoreinterestinsafetyby
havingalittlebitoffunwithit. Thisdoesnot
excusetheseriousnessofsafety. Yourlifecan
dependonwhetheryouperformyourdutiesin
asafe
or
reckless
manner.
SafetyPictureoftheMonth:
SafetyCornerMajor Samuel Hornbuckle
Indiana Wing Safety Director
Gotagood
tagline?
Email
me
at
Taglineinthesubject.
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This month I want to focus on Safety. The definition, paraphrased from
Wikipedia is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf), the condition of
eing protected against events which could be considered nondesirable.b
One event which would be considered nondesirable would be an aircraft
accident. One such accident occurred on December 25, 1998, in Angola,
Indiana in a Civil Air Patrol corporate aircraft. The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed
into a field. The pilot was an upstanding member of the Indiana Wing. He held a private
pilot certificate with a singleengine rating and instrument rating...he did not survive the
crash. I heard about this accident on the evening news. The local news had a news story
with video of the wreckage. I just happened to notice the US Air Force Auxiliary seal on
the tail of the aircraft and said to myself, that is a CAP aircraft. I got word the next day ofy.
WINGCOMMANDERSCORNERColonel Mark Reeves
Commander, Indiana Wing
the loss of a fellow aviator and leadership mentor that CAP had sustained the previous da
Similarly, in 2007 I attended the National Staff College and enjoyed hearing the remarks,
and later speaking with, a former National Vice Commander, Colonel Ed Lewis. Colonel
Lewis, a well known aviator and Civil Air Patrol leader for many years, was flying in Nevada
with the Nevada Wing commander, Colonel Dion Decamp, just weeks after the College and
was killed in a glass cockpit 182the proverbial level flight into rising terrain. The recent
NTSB report noted that the terrain warning system was present in the aircraft but the
damage was so great, there was no way to determine if it was in use.
Any death or other mishap for that matter, in Civil Air Patrol is unacceptable. In all that wedo and the activities that we undertake we MUST put our safety and safety of others first in
our operational planning. Major Sam Hornbuckle, our Wing Safety Officer, has been
working hard to develop our Safety training program within the Wing and ensure that our
training and risk management procedures are in properly managed. Each month every
unit will have documented safety training. Similarly, before each activity, whether ES,
flight, Cadet Programs, Professional Development, etc, there will be a safety briefing.
While groans of, Not more paperwork may be heard from the units, understand that
providing and documenting training is absolutely critical to our operations. Our unpaid
professionals, and the communities which we serve, deserve a Civil Air Patrol where the
volunteers make it home safely
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CadetSmith- I joined for the pure military aspect. I hope to get all of the Search and Rescue
knowledge out of CAP as I can.
CadetEvans- I joined Civil Air Patrol because I was interested in planes, and I had a cousin
in the Air Force. I hope to obtain better leadership skills and knowledge about aircraft.
CadetMoseby- I joined because I am interested in the Air Force and flying. I would like to
get better leadership skills.
Cadet Corman- I joined because it sounded fun. I also hope to get better leadership skills.
CadetShinabarger- I was told by another cadet about Civil Air Patrol, and it seemed like it
would be fun. I would like to be able to get my pilots license through CAP.
CadetYates- I jo greater then myself.ined for the moral leadership, and to be
Cadet
Parsons-
I joined to help advance my education.
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WINGSTAFFVACANCIES
Indiana Wing Headquarters is cu nts for the following positions:rrently seeking applica
DDirector
irector of Operationsof Professional Development
Aircraft Maintenance Officer
ng Chief of Staff atPlease contact Major Matt Creed, Indiana Wi nwg.cap.gov
tenance Officer
Please contact Major Matt Creed, Indiana Wing Chief of Staff atmcreed@[email protected] if you are interested in
any of these positions.
AlsoAvailable
Indiana Wing is accepting applications for the positions of:
1) Emergency Services Training Officer
2) Search and Rescue Officer
Interested officers or NCOs should submit a resume with applicable experiences and a letter of interest to
Major Brian Schmuck, Director of ES at [email protected]. Contact via e-mail.
CALENDARHIGHLIGHTS (CHECKOUTTHEFULLCALENDARATINWG.CAP.GOV)
GotNews? Ifyouhavenews,information,orphotosforpublicationinthenextwing
newsletter,pleasesendthemtothewingsPublicAffairsOfficer,TFOJessicaCaplanat
Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol 3010N.WhiteRiverParkwayEastDrive
Indianapolis,IN46208
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