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C/A1C Modert, MichaelC/SMSgt Modert, VincentC/AB Rigge, DavidC/Amn Shrontz, Stephen

This year, the Civil Air Patrolpresented their color guard andmembers by participating in theprocession of the Grand Haven

Memorial Day Parade and cere-

monies saluting the veteranswho sacrifice their lives. Theevent reminded us of what aprivilege and honor it is to be apart of our community of thisnational fabric.

Lakeshore 119th Composite

Squadron attendees to march inthe parade:

C/CMSgt Marciniak, Mark

Returning to the city that wasonce its home for over fivedecades, The Lakeshore 119thComposite Squadron, formerlyknown as the Muskegon 119th

Squadron, found a place tomeet after losing their meetinglocation in Grand Haven,Michigan late last February

2010.

West Michigan Flying Club'sPresident, Mr. GregoryMcCabe, contacted Lt Mary JoDerenzo, the Public AffairsOfficer for the Civil Air Patrol

Squadron nearest to Muskegonto see if the club could have hercome to one of their meetingsto present the club with theCivil Air Patrol's mission in

general and information regard-ing the local unit in particular.Lt Derenzo was accompaniedby the squadron's Safety Offi-cer Capt DerekStewart, who is

also a veteran private pilot, aswell as Maj Jim Cloutier, theDeputy Commander of Cadets.At the completion of Lt Der-enzo's presentation, she was

Grand Haven, Michigan- TheNational Memorial Day Paradein Grand Haven, Michiganpays tribute to the pride, sacri-

fice and service of America's

Veterans. Memorial Day,which was originally known asDecoration Day, has a historystretching back to the CivilWar and serves as an importantreminder of those who died inthe service of their country.

On this special day, citizenswho take their freedom forgranted that includes most ofus, commemorate the day byattending the local parades, orby paying more personal re-spects to the memory of lovedones.

The first Memorial Day 145years ago holds lessons fortoday. It exemplifies the earli-est attempts at healing a warwe're still fighting, and thisgrace-filled effort was under-

taken almost as soon as ourancestors lay down the arms

they used against each other.

Lakeshore 119th Composite Squadron, marches in local

Memorial ParadeMary Jo Derenzo, Lt, CAP

Lakeshore 119th Composite Squadron's Public Affairs Officer

West Michigan Squadron Returns to its RootsDavid J. DArcy, Capt, CAP

Newsletter Editor Story continues on pg 9

Inside this issue:

Squadron CommandingOfficers Call

2

Squadron Awards 5

Safety Brief for theSummer 6

From the Deputy Cmdrof Seniors

7

Squadron Returns toMuskegon

9

Special points of interest:

MIWG SAR AcademyStaff Training, Pg 2

MIWG SAR AcademyStaff Training , May2010 at Alpena, Michi-gan

41st Anniversary of theFirst Moon Landing, Pg 8

10 June 2010

Newsletter Executive Publisher:

Captain Antonio C. Gutierrez,

Lakeshore 119 Composite Squadron

Squadron Commander

Newsletter Editor:

Captain David J. DArcy

Volume 4, Issue 6

LAKESHORE 119TH

COMPOSITE

SQUADRONS E-NOTAMS

C/Amn David Rigge converses with

Sergeant Jay Kirstein, a member of

the Battle Creek Air National

Guard intel unit who is also served

two tours in Afghanistan.

119th Composite Squadron

members form up before the

parade

L-R: C/CMSgt Marciniak, C/AB

Rigge, C/SMSgt Modert, C/Amn

Shrontz and C/A1C M. Modert


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could be awarded and theyare: highly successful, suc-cessful, marginally suc-cessful, and unsuccessful.Our squadron received thegrade of Successful. Asa squadron commander Iam very pleased to hearthat. The senior staff at the119th is the best in ourWing! Without each of you,our squadron would not beable to function as well asit does. I would like to per-sonally thank all of the sen-iors who participated in theSUI on 9 January 2010.Great Job!

As always, thank you all foryour time, effort, and dedi-cation to CAP!

Be Safe!

I leave you with this:

Nothing is a waste of

time if you use the ex-

perience wisely.

-Rodin (1840 - 1917)

I hope everyones spring/summer is going well! Iknow the last few weekshave been very hot. I dontknow about all of you, but Ienjoy this weather. Justkeep in mind during thesewarm days you must keephydrated!

As most of you may know,Colonel Mike Saile wasrelieved of his duties as

Wing Commander. At thistime Colonel William Webbwill be the interim WingCommander until the Re-gion Commander finds apermanent replacement.Business for our squadronshould not be directly af-fected by this. It will bebusiness as usual.

Please be keep in mind,we have two major cadetactivities coming up. TheGLR Summer Encamp-ment which is going to be10-17 July 2010 at the Al-pena Combat ReadinessTraining Center. For moreinformation please go to

http://encamp-ment.miwg.cap.gov/.

Remember, our squadronis offering money to offsetthe cost of Encampment. Ifyou are interested in usingsome of these funds,please submit a CAP re-sume and Letter of Intentto Capt Gutierrez no laterthan 15 June 2010.

The second cadet activityis the 2010 MIWG SARAcademy which is going tobe held 30 July 7 August2010 at Camp Grayling.This is a great place tobecome qualified as aground team member. Formore information, pleaseg o t o h t t p : / / www.miwg.cap.gov/es/ SARA/SAR/Welcome%

20.html

In May, I finally receivedthe Subordinate Unit In-spection (SUI) report fromthe Wing IG. There arefour grades a squadron

focus. The cadets re-ceived one mission creditfor participating in multi-p l e p ra c t i ce EL Tsearches. This was thesecond cadet staff train-ing held this year inpreparation for the Acad-emy.

Meanwhile the seniorstaff worked on pre-

Eight cadets along withnine senior membersfrom around the Wingattend the 2010 MIWGSAR Academy StaffTraining held in GraylingMichigan at the CampGrayling Training Centeron 14-16 May 2010. Thiswill be the first year since1994 that SAR Academywill not be held inLurzerne. Instead it will

be held in one of themany training areas atCamp Grayling.

The staff training wasgeared mainly for the ca-det staff so they couldhone in on their skills.Many skills were covered,however instructing,teamwork, DF, CPR, andnavigation were the main

MIWG SAR Academy Staff Training , May 2010 at Alpena, Michigan

Continued on Page 3

From the Unit CommanderAntonio C. Gutierrez , Capt, CAP

Commanding Officer, Lakeshore 119th Composite Squadron

He who has never learned

to obey

cannot be a good

commander.

Aristotle

Lakeshore 119th Composite Squadrons E-NOTAMsPage 2

Captain Antonio C. Gutierrez,

Squadron Commander of

Lakeshore 119 Composite Squadron


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are interested in attending

the 2010 MIWG SARAcademy, go to http://www.miwg.cap.gov/es/SARA/SAR/Welcome%20.html.

planning and site location

for the Academy. Sincethis is going to be the firsttime in Grayling, it wasvital the senior staff fo-cused on finding a basecamp and scout the train-ing area for additionaltraining sites. The seniorsworked hard on gatheringas much information aspossible during the courseof the weekend.

The 2010 MIWG SAR

Academy will be held 30July 7 August 2010 atCamp Grayling. The costof SAR Academy will be$65.00. SAR Academy isa great place to learn moreabout SAR and gain quali-fications as a ground teammember. SAR Academyoffers a Basic Course, Ad-vanced Course, MedicCourse, Senior Course,and Expert Course. If you

Do not follow where the

path may lead.

Go instead where there is

no path and leave a trail.

Harold R. McAlindon

MIWG SAR Academy Staff TrainingContinued from Page 2

Volume 4, Issue 6 Page 3

Cadet Cortright and Hanley performing CPR

on manikin

Cadet Staff performing a team building exer-

cise called the helium stick

Major Jason Sherwood, Group ES

Officer

**ATTENTION**

CADETS AND SENIORS

Are you interested in learning radioprocedures that could ultimately lead

to you being licensed to operate CAP

Radios?

If you would like to begin this train-

ing, please use your chain-of-

command to make your wises known.

Summer is a great time to learn new

mission skills!


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motion routines that groups of

people practice together everymorning in parks around the

world, particularly inChina. It is a very low impact

exercise that helps with mus-cle tone and proper breath-

ing. It also improves balance.

Lt Col Frank Roldan received

an award from the local chap-ter of the United Way for his

volunteer teaching of Tai Chiat the Grand Haven Commu-

nity Center. State SenatorWayne Kuipers attached his

congratulations letter with the

United Way commendation.

Tai Chi is an ancient form ofTai chi chuan

(literal transla-tion "Supreme Ultimate Fist")an Chinese martial art oftenpracticed for health reasons.A multitude of training formsexist, both traditional andmodern. Some of tai chi

chuan's forms are well knownto Westerners as the slow

8. In 1818 Congress declared

that the number of stripeswould henceforth be reduced

and restricted to 13 repre-

senting the original states

while a star would be addedfor each subsequent state.

This law still stands today.

9. Captain William Driver

gave the name Old Gloryto the flag on August 10,

1831, after the ladies of Sa-

lem presented him with a 24

star American flag they hadmade for his next voyageaboard the Charles Dog-

gett. As he saw it swell inthe lofty winds above his

ship, he declared, OldGlory!

10. Francis Bellamy wrote

the original Pledge of Alle-giance in September of 1892

for a magazine in Boston: I

pledge allegiance to my flag

and the republic for which itstands, one nation, indivisi-

ble, with liberty and justice

for all. In 1923 the first Na-

tional Flag Conference inWashington, DC voted to

change the words my flag

to the flag of the United

States of America.

We (hopefully) all know the

basic composition of OldGlorythe iconic 13 alternat-

ing red and white stripes

representing the original

colonies paired with a sea of50 stars representing the

states of our union. But here

are 10 details you might not

now about our flag.

1. Much insight has been

made in regard to the colors

chosen for the flag. Gener-ally speaking, the red standsfor valor, zeal and fervency.

The white symbolizes hope,purity, cleanliness of life and

rectitude of conduct. Theblue represents the color of

heaven, reverence to God,loyalty, sincerity, justice and

truth.

2. George Washington thus

explained our flags signifi-

cance: We take the starsfrom heaven, the red from

our mother country, separat-

ing it by white stripes, thus

showing that we have sepa-rated from her, and the white

stripes shall go down to pos-

terity representing liberty.

3. Congress approved the

first American flag on June14, 1777, which is the date

we celebrate as Flag Day

throughout America.

4. The flag made its flyingdebut on August 3, 1777 at

Fort Stanwix, near where

Rome, New York, stands

today. This same flag thenflew under fire for three days

in the Battle of Oriskany,

which started a few days

later.

5. The flag was first carried

into battle by rebel patriotsat the Brandywine on Sep-

tember 11, 1777. The Britishmarched away with a defini-

tive victory that day.

6. The flag first flew overforeign territory January 28,

1778, at Nassau in the Ba-

hama Islands after Ameri-

cans captured Fort Nassauduring the Revolutionary

War.

7. Admiral LaMotte Piquetof France gave the first for-

eign salute to the American

flag at Quiberon Bay on Feb-

ruary 13, 1778.

Celebrating Flag Day: 10 things you might not know about Old GloryJune 7th, 2010, by [email protected]

Lt. Col. Frank Roldan has been recognized for his service to the

community of Grand Haven, Michigan

You cannot plough a field

by

turning it over in your

mind.

Author Unknown



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Awards for May 2010

3 May Captain Tony Gutierrez wasawarded a Senior Recruiter ribbon.

11 May C/ABs Stephen Shrontz andJacob Wilson were promoted to C/Airman.C/Amn Shrontz earned his Curry Achieve-ment on 23 April and C/Amn Wilson earnedhis on 29 April.

11 May FO Michael Cassar was pre-sented with a Certificate of Completion forcompleting the Level One program in Feb-ruary 2010.

18 May - LtCol John Panning was pre-sented with the Red Service Ribbon for20yrs of service to CAP.

25 May - Captain Tony Gutierrez com-pleted his Level III and earned theGrover Loening Aerospace Award.

1 June C/A1C Lindsay Chandler waspromoted to C/SrA. C/SrA Chandlerearned her Feik Achievement on 6 May.


AWARDSAWARDSAWARDSAWARDS

June 14 - Flag Day

June 14-18 - Operation Vigilant Guard

June 19-20 - Operation Go @ Sparta

June 20 - Fathers Day25 June - 60th Anniversary of the start

of the Korean War

June 29 - Sq Beach Party and Family

Day

July 4 - Independence Day

July 10 - 17 - GLR - Michigan SummerEncampment @ Phelps Collins CRTC,

Alpena, Michigan

July 20 - 41st Anniversary of the 1st

Moon Landing by Apollo 11

July 28 - Aug 8 - SAR Academy,

Camp Grayling

August 7 - 14 - Operation Look Up

August 28 - 29 - ES/Ops Training @

Mason Jewett AP, Mason, Michigan

UPCOMING EVENTS

June:D'Arcy , David J

Miller , Patrick E

Modert , Vincent L

Siegert , Ryan A

July

Sherwood , Jason H

Wilson , Jacob B

August

Gajdos , Derek R

Matheny , BobbiJo

Redeker , Jack H

Rigge , David M

Tiles , Brett A

There is still no cure forthe common birthday.

John Glenn

June - August Birthdays

Cadet Jacob Wilson Cadet Stephen Shrontz

Cadets Wilson and Shrontz being presented with their Curry Achievement Certifi-

cate from their Squadron Commander, Captain Antonio C. Gutierrez,

FO Michael Cassar was presentedwith a Certificate of Completion for

completing the Level One program inFebruary 2010.

Awarded to Senior Members who success-fully complete the Level I CAP OrientationCourse. Completion of Level 1 is a prerequi-site for participation in most areas of the

CAP mission and for duty performance pro-motion to Second Lieutenant in the CAP.


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mer, simply ask: What is goingon? What can go wrong? Couldsomeone be hurt? What actions

can be taken to reduce or elimi-nate the risk?

Personal risk management is allabout personal leadership. Al-though last year was one of theAir Forces safest summers

ever, it still lost many Airmento preventable mishaps.Throughout the summer, expect

to be reminded of key safetytips through commanders calls,

base newspapers, publicationsand supervisors. Use these tips

to save lives.

For more information regardingSummer Safety, visit the AirForce Safety Center portal page

and the local safety office.

Airmen are the Air Forcesmost valuable resource. Staysafe this summer by maintain-ing situational awareness. Havethe courage to intervene beforea mishap occurs and save a life

this summer!

(Courtesy of the Airmens RollCall Online)

Historically, the period be-tween Memorial Day and La-bor Day is a period of high risk,

since people are heavily en-gaged in outdoor activities.Sunny days, vacations andbarbecues with family andfriends significantly increaseexposure to risk. Thats why, inthe early 1970s, Air Force

leaders introduced the safetycampaign called 101 CriticalDays of Summer as a way toraise safety consciousness andreduce the large number of AirForce off-duty fatalities during

the summer.

Why is summertime safety soimportant in effort to savelives? From 1997 to 2008, theAir Force alone lost an averageof 24 Airmen each summer.Last year, 17 Airmen werefatally injured; 5 to motorcyclemishaps, 4 to automobile acci-

dents, 4 to sports and recrea-tional activities, 3 were pedes-trians and 1 occurred whileperforming vehicle mainte-

nance.

Now that warmer weather ishere, Airmen should keep the

following themes in mind when

planning activities:

Make safety a habit. Alwayswear seat belts and make surepassengers wear theirs as well.

So far this year, 4 fatalitieswere passengers in automobilesand 1 passenger was killed on amotorcycle. When riding mo-torcycles, scooters, ATVs or

bicycles, and in other activitieswhere there is a potential toimpact immovable objects,

wear all protective gear. Planroad trips well, take frequent

rest breaks and dont be in ahurry to reach the destination

it is better to arrive late than tonot arrive at all.

Be a good Wingman. Dontdrink and drive, offer to be thedesignated driver, and have thecourage to intervene whenseeing behaviors or activitiesthat might jeopardize the safety

of Wingmen. This means pro-viding top cover to preventinjury or loss of life. A goodWingman has situationalawareness and the courage to

speak up!

Manage risks. Prior to eachactivity or endeavor this sum-

Air Force Safety Center: 101 Critical days of summer

How a man plays a game

shows something of his

character, how he loses

shows all of it.

- Anonymous


southern constellations notvisible from North America

were pointed out.

The evening was a success forthe cadets met one of their

AEX program requirementswhile learning a lot about as-tronomy and senior membersalso enjoyed getting a bettermore understanding about theheavens. This was the squad-

rons first trip to this wonderfulfacility but certainly will not be

the last.

On Tuesday, 25 May, the

squadron didnt meet at itsheadquarters in Muskegoninstead; we all traveled to theMacatawa Bay Middle School

in Holland. The purpose of the

trip was to meet the two-hourevent requirement for the Aero-space Education Excellence(AEX) program. Lt ColRoldn, who is a lifelong ama-teur astronomer, explained thepurpose of the planetarium and

its projector and showed how itworks and how it is controlledby the operator at the control

console. This was followed bya talk about the celestial coordi-nate system. The celestialequator and the ecliptic wereexplained and the planetarium

was used to demonstrate whyand when the equinoxes and

solstices take place.

The evening ended with a tourof the nighttime sky as seenfrom Holland, the north andsouth poles and the southern

hemisphere. The apparentmotion (rising, setting, etc) of

the stars was demonstrated and

Squadron Visits Local Middle Schools

Planetarium


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report and obtain our award.

Cadets remember that youmust participate in all sevenactivities in order to receive a

2010 AEX certificate.

At the 11 May meeting the

cadets choose the six activi-ties for this years AerospaceEducation Excellence (AEX)program. They are as fol-

lows:

Air Power Rocket

Back to Basics, paper

airplanes

The Fizzy Flyer

Lockheed SR-71

Final Approach

Pop Bottle Rocket

Some of these activities will

require cadets to bring somesupplies. Cadets will begiven instructions the week

prior to the event.

The two-hour special eventwas a trip to the MacatawaBay Middle Schools plane-

tarium in Holland.

We will concentrate more inthe AEX activities so that wecan complete them by late

August or early September intime to submit the completion

chairs. There seems to be anample supply of chairs at theHQ. Just remember . . . placeeverything back were youfounded once you are done

with it.

We will soon be movingsome of our file cabinets toour new headquarters. Thiswill allow the different staffmembers to bring files kept attheir home to the headquar-ters so that they are more

readily available. The squad-rons supply of uniforms andfield gear will also be moved

and inventoried.

Our folding tables will also berelocated but not the folding

A good deed is never lost:

he who sows courtesy

reaps friendship; and he

who plants kindness

gathers love.

Basil

LOGISTICS

AEROSPACE EDUCATION


From the Desk of

Lt Col Frank Roldan, CAP

Pictures from the Macatawa Bay Middle Schools Planetarium:

Photos taken by Lt Mary Jo Derenzo, CAP, Sq PAO

Lt Col Roldan teaching and explain-

ing the solar system to the squadron.

Squadron members lying on mats as they

gaze up at the stars.

Cadets and Senior Members

of the Lakeshore 119th Com-

posite Squadron


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reaching the moon before theSoviets by the end of the 1960s,which he had expressed duringa 1961 speech before theUnited States Congress: "I be-

lieve that this nation shouldcommit itself to achieving the

goal, before this decade is out,of landing a man on the Moonand returning him safely to the

Earth."

Five additional Apollo missionslanded on the Moon from 1969

1972.

The Apollo 11 space flightlanded the first humans onEarth's Moon on July 20, 1969.The mission, carried out by theUnited States, is considered a

major accomplishment in hu-man exploration and repre-

sented a victory by the U.S. inthe Cold War Space Race with

the Soviet Union.

Launched from Florida on July

16, the third lunar mission ofNASA's Apollo Program (andthe first G-type mission) wascrewed by Commander NeilAlden Armstrong, CommandModule Pilot Michael Collins,

and Lunar Module Pilot EdwinEugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. OnJuly 20, Armstrong and Aldrinlanded in the Sea of Tranquilityand became the first humans to

walk on the Moon. Their land-ing craft,Eagle, spent 21 hours

and 31 minutes on the lunarsurface while Collins orbitedabove in the command ship,

Columbia. The three astronautsreturned to Earth with 47.5pounds (21.55 kilograms) of

lunar rocks and landed in the

Pacific Ocean on July 24.

Apollo 11 fulfilled U.S. Presi-dent John F. Kennedy's goal of

History of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Houston, Tranquillity Base

here. The Eagle has

landed.

Neil Armstrong


41st Anniversary of the First Moon Landing

Sunday, July 20, landing day

Portrait of the Apollo 11 crew: Neil Armstrong, commander (on left);Michael Collins, command module pilot (mid); and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin,lunar module pilot.

Here men from the planetEarth first set foot upon

the Moon. July 1969 AD.

We came in peace for all

mankind.

Neil Armstrong


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fortunate to be able to useclassrooms located on the 2ndfloor of the U. S. Coast GuardsHeadquarters Building. Even-tually the unit spent the sum-

mer months at the Grand HavenAirport and from September toMay the unit was able to usethe warmer facilities at theCoast Guard Station. In 2009,the Muskegon 119th CompositeSquadron, officially changedtheir name to the Lakeshore

119th Composite Squadron,and signed a two-year lease tomeet at a local business office

building in Grand Haven,Michigan. However, with thedownturn of the economy spacewas needed and the squadronhad to find another home. A

local church in Spring Lake,Michigan allowed us to meet atone of their fellowship hallsuntil we could find a permanenthome. Mr. Khatri's graciousofficer to help this unit and

provide a home brings thissquadron back home to where

they started from some 68 yearsago, the community of Muske-

gon, Michigan.

Club members, Mr. Ratan Kha-tri, what type of assistance theirflying club could provide.Having just lost the squadron'shome of almost a year and a

half she was quick to share thatif anyone had knowledge of abuilding they could use onenight a week, the squadron

would be most grateful.

Mr. Ratan Khatri runs a Prop-erty Management company inthe Muskegon area. With thedownturn of the West-

Michigan economy, some ofhis properties are underutilized.Looking for a way to continueto help the community, he of-fered his company's headquar-ters building which also has anunfinished wing. This wouldallow room for the Civil Air

Patrol Cadets to drill or providecover for formations when theweather is poor. The Lake-shore 119th Composite Squad-ron gratefully accepted theoffer to use this facility for one

night a week and moved into

their new home in April 2010.The 119th Composite Squadronhas been active on the west

shore of Michigan since thebeginning of World WarII. For the vast majority of theunits history the squadron hasbeen located in and near the

City of Muskegon. Cecil R.Sinnie Sinclair, the foundingfather of the 119th, contactedthe War Department soon afterwar was declared on the Em-pire of Japan to try to get in-volved with the newly createdCivil Air Patrol (which was

created on December 1, 1941).By the end of January 1942, asquadron was started to help

aid and train pilots who wenton to fight on every front of thewar. In 1943, the Civil AirPatrol added the cadet program,and hundreds of teens flocked

to area Civil Air Patrol squad-rons to do their part for the war

effort.

Following the war years, the119th found themselves collo-cated with the Naval Reserve indowntown Muskegon, finallylanding a home at the Muske-gon Airport. Soon after the

9/11 Terrorist Attack on ournation, the unit had to find

another home and they were

"You must love soldiers in

order to understand them,

and understand them in

order to lead them."

-Henri Turenne

West Michigan Squadron Returns to its Roots

Continued from Page 1


New Squadron Hq Buildings Location Address:

1478 E. Ellis Rd, Muskegon, Michigan


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1312 Marianne Ave

Muskegon, MI 49441

Lakeshore

119th Composite Squadron

Were on the web:

http://glrmi119.miwg-cap.org/

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit

organization with 58,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 90 per-

cent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked

by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the

AFRCC with saving 91 lives in fiscal year 2008. Its volunteers also per-

form homeland security, disaster relief and counter-drug missions at

the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a

leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the morethan 23,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet pro-

grams. CAP has been performing missions for America for 68 years.

For more information on CAP, please visitwww.gocivilairpatrol.com

Semper Vigilins

CIVIL AIR PATROL, OFFICIAL AUXILARY OF THE

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than

56,000 members nationwide. CAP performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue mis-sions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving

90 lives in fiscal year 2008. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter-drug

missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace

education and serve as mentors to the nearly 22,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet

programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for more than 68 years.

Squadron Contact Information

Capt Antonio C Gutierrez, CAP

Unit Commander

[email protected](231) 578-2870

Publishers Phone:

616-786-4220

Editor Email:[email protected]

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