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~SPRING 2009~
OREGON
WINGSPAN
As Cadets present the Colors the spotlight is on the American Flag and on the Cadets
in front of more than 10,000 fans.
~ Washington County Color Guard Wing Champions page 3 . . .
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OREGON WINGSPAN
The OREGON WINGSPANis the authorized publication published three times
a year in the interest of the members of the Oregon Wing of Civil Air Patrol. It
is published by a private rm in no way connected with the Department of the
Air Force or Civil Air Patrol Corporation. Opinions expressed by publishers
and writers are their own and are not to be considered ofcial expressions by the
Civil Air Patrol Corporation or the Air Force. The appearance of advertisements
in this publication, including supplements and inserts, does not constitute an
endorsement by the Civil Air Patrol Corporation or the Department of the Air
Force of the products or services advertised.
HEADQUARTERS
Oregon Wing Civil Air Patrol
Auxiliary of the United States Air Force28735 Grumman Drive Eugene, OR 97402-9542
(541) 688-9408 Fax: (541) 689-9509
www.orwg.cap.gov
Col. Brian L. Bishop, Wing Commander
Lt. Col. Tom Traver,Director of Public Affairs, Oregon Wing
Scott Maguire, Editor
For information on advertising rates and space, please call 1-800-635-6036Continued on page 10 . . .
CommandersColumn
Brian Bishop, Col., CAP
Wing Commander, Oregon Wing
As this issue of the
Wingspan is being read-ied for the printer, Im
returning from a wonderful visit
I enjoyed a beautiful drive downthe Oregon Coast.
Ive visited eight of our
seventeen units since assum-ing command of the Wing last
October, and Ive noticed a
common theme. People are hav-ing fun! The folks at Brookings
were kind enough to invite anumber of wing staff members(including the Vice Commander,
Major Larry Kendrick; the Chiefof Staff, Capt. Sonny Adcock;and the Metro Senior Squadron
Commander, Major Ted Tanory).The dinner was fun and exciting,and we all had a large number oflaughs at Scotts expense. Whileall of that was fun, it was obvi-ous that the squadron enjoyedbeing together as friends. Those
of us who visited were all happyto be a part of the camaraderie.
Please dont think that a
jovial time is required for a unit
to work well together. But whenpeople are mad at each other,
its pretty clear that they wontwork well together. What warmsmy heart so much is that whenI travel around the state visiting
units, I see our members enjoy-ing each others company. With
to the South Coast CompositeSquadron. I was privileged toattend their Annual AwardsDinner, where I also officiated
at the Change of
Command whereCapt. Scott Bakkerhanded the reigns
of the squadronover to Lt. James
Metcalfe. I hadhoped to fly to the
event, but snowdown at 500 ft. orso means a good
chance of ice in the
clouds, so instead
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Oregon Wing has a newchampion Color Guard Team.It hails from the Washington
County Composite Squadron andis composed of Cadets Teresa
Gray, Garrison Jensen, Abagail
Merkel and Bill Brady.Capt. George Long, who
coordinated the Wing compe-tition, stated that the contest,
between Washington County
and the Aurora Cadet Squadron,came down to a tie, broken by thewritten tests taken by the cadets.It was a very close contest.
The Washington County
team had made a brief stop the
morning the competition began
Close Contest Names Washington
County Cadets as Wing Champions
Capt. George Long presents the winning Color Guard team at the end ofa full day of competition.
Washington County Composite Squadron cadets present the flags at a Portland Trail Blazer basketball game. Thesquadron got some additional cadet members to march with the Color Guard onto center court for the presentationof the colors. Cadet Platman is in front on the left and Cadet Dylan Hallums leads the Color Guard.
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Colonel Brian Bishop, the Commander of the
Oregon Wing of the Civil Air Patrol honored the
members of the Wings newest unit, the CampAdair Composite Squadron, during a dinner andchartering ceremony Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at theAmerican Legion Hall in Albany.
Col. Bishop and Chief of Staff Capt. Winton(Sonny) Adcock spent time with cadets and officersof the new unit over dinner, getting to know them,learning about how things were going, and whatwas working well. They also visited with a numberof guests visiting the unit.
After dinner, Col. Bishop gave a short speech
about his goals for the Wing and where he sawthe new unit fitting into those goals. FollowingCol. Bishops talk, Capt. George Long, unit com-mander, spoke about the units strengths and weak-
nesses and his goals for where the unit should be ina couple of years. Col. Bishop then presented Capt.
Long with the units Organization Charter.
Wing Commander HonorsOregons Newest Unit
By Christopher H. Johnson, 2nd Lt., CAPPublic Affairs Officer,
Camp Adair Composite Squadron
Deputy Public Affairs Officer, Oregon Wing
Although all CAP members were in dress bluesor the corporate dress uniform, the mood was jovialas officers from the unit celebrated a years worthof hard work getting this unit started. The CampAdair Composite Squadron was chartered as theCamp Adair Flight in October of 2008, after a coregroup of officers living in Linn and Benton counties
noticed community needs for youth education and
leadership development, citizen emergency service
volunteers, and an aerospace education program.This occurred after nine months of working underthe command of the Salem Composite Squadronto develop community relations and create a func-tional unit.
The unit achieved squadron status by Januaryof 2009, when it reached the requisite membershipof 5. It recently hosted an open house and expects
to add several new cadets and officers to its ranksin the near future.
Since chartering, the unit has held an emer-gency service drill day, assisted the City of Adair
Village by removing snow and ice from sidewalksand street gutters after the storm of December16-19, hosted a community Aerospace EducationExercise, and brought Santa Claus to visit the chil-dren of Adair Village, in addition to participating
in Wing level activities.
This has been an ongoing learning experience
for all of us, said Capt. Long.
Col. Bishop presents Capt. Long with the unitsorganization charter.Photo by Cheri Long.
Col. Bishop, Capt. Long, and Lt. Cheri Long visit withunit members during dinner. Photo by Christopher
Johnson.
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Nine squadrons from Northto South in Oregon and onefrom the East participated from
their home bases in January
in a decentralized Search andRescue Exercise. This variedfrom the normal operation of
gathering air and ground crews
at one base.We were able to operate
from five bases, said st Lt.
Richard Ouellette, Oregon WingDirector of Emergency Services.The weather prevented anyflights out of Bend. We did
fly out of Salem, Medford,Brookings, and Aurora.
The exercise was intendedto refine Emergency Locator
Transmitter (ELT) search pro-cedures and team coordination.
Air crews worked with groundteams to guide them to a find
and lead them in. It also diversi-fied the mission base duties so
that Mission Radio Operatorsand Flight Release Officers wereneeded at multiple locations.
We were able to launch sor-ties (12 in all that day) from mul-tiple locations while centrallymanaging and monitoring all of
the activity using the Incident
Management Utility. Teamsreviewed ELT location tech-niques for both air and groundcrews. Training and practicewas also provided on the use ofthe IMU, the Wing Management
CAP Conducts SimultaneousSearches from Five Airports in
Search and Rescue DrillUtility, WMIRS and eServices,all computer utilities that help
support CAP.
In all there were 463 peoplehours on the part of 64 people.Five aircraft were utilized and21 vehicles. There were 10.2hours flown on the 12 sorties.
Units that participatedincluded: Ashland, Brookings,Medford, Bend, Salem, CampAdair, Northwest Coastal,
Columbia, and Metro. Wingstaff members also participated.
Specific reports were filedby Public Affairs Officers for
two of those bases:SALEM
From the Salem base,members of the Camp Adair
Composite Squadron, theNorthwest Coastal Flight, andthe Salem Composite Squadron
1st Lt. Greg Sebastian from the Camp Adair Composite Squadron, workswith Cadet C. Menken from the Salem Composite Squadron on trackingradio communications during the SAREX.
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ALBANY, Ore.On Monday,November 11, 2008, membersof four Oregon Wing Civil Air
Patrol (CAP) units gathered inAlbany to honor veterans of the
United States Armed Forces.
Despite cool temperaturesand steady rain, members
of McMinnville CompositeSquadron, Salem CompositeS q u a d r o n , L i n n - Be n t onComposite Squadron, and CampAdair Flight, waited, stood andmarched for more than three
hours in the parade heralded
as the largest Veterans DayParade west of the Mississippi.
According to Tim King ofSalem-News.com, this yearsparade drew more than 40,000participants and spectators.
The Civil Air Patrol forma-tion was led by a two person cadetColor Guard from McMinnvilleComposite Squadron, fol-lowed by a format ion of twelvecadets under the command of
Cadet Sgt. Sams and CadetSgt. Paul Vasta of the SalemComposite Squadron.
Two officers marched behindthe cadet formation. They werefollowed by a CAP groundsearch and rescue vehicle, a
member-owned vehicle, and aCAP van.
The CAP formation was
Four Oregon Wing Units
Participate in Largest Veterans Day
Parade West of the MississippiArticle and photo by 2nd Lt. Christopher Johnson,
PAO, Camp Adair Squadron
third-to-last in a long line ofveterans, community, youth, and
military groups.
This was the first timethat the cadets from the four
units had marched together in
a parade. The cadets kept in
step with the cadence beingcalled by Sergeants Sams andVasta, thereby presenting a
professional image of CAP to
spectators from across the state,
nation, and world.
Following the parade, cadetsand officers gathered at the Linn
County Courthouse to watchthree veterans from three dif-ferent wars receive a variety ofawards for their service.
This was an excellentopportunity for cadets to learn
about the value of service to
country. They did well, saidOregon Wing Cadet Programs
Special Activities Officer MajorChris Wade.
Cadets Samantha Baldwin and Teven Stone carry the flags at the head ofthe CAP marching unit in the Albany, Ore., Veterans Day Parade.
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to present the colors at a Tai
Kwan Do tournament.Washington County Color
Guard members practiced threenights a week to prepare for theWing competition and they con-tinue at that pace to prepare for
the Pacific Region CompetitionApril 24-26 near Fort Lewis inWashington. March 13th and14th the Oregon State UniversityROTC will meet with the Wingchampions in Lebanon to reviewwhat they saw at the competition
and give pointers on areas forimprovement. The ROTC teamjudged the Wing competition.
The cadets and many senior
members worked hard andshowed a lot of commitment toachieve this honor. This squaddates back almost a year ago whenit was formed. The first eventwas the Hillsboro Air Show. Theteam started with nine interested
cadets. SM Teresa Boyd andSM Greg Brown took the adultleadership roles in managing
and training the cadets to learn
the basics of presenting the col-ors for squadron meetings. Thesquad started practicing twohours a night twice a week withsome weekend practices. CadetGrays father made their first
practice rifles out of a 2x4 andduct tape.
Boyd changed jobs and
moved and Brown became ill sothey turned the team over to SMMark Organ, who was a CAPcadet, served in the U.S. MarineCorps, and is a college student.
Cadet Dylan Hallums was
part of the original squad upuntil a few months ago. Heturned his rifle and braid over to
Cadet Brady so he could focuson advanced placement courses,
sports, and getting ready to
take his place at the U.S. AirForce Academy, to which he hasaccepted an appointment.
Before the team could get
decent equipment, then squad-ron commander Capt. Winton
Sonny Adcock required theColor Guard to show commit-
ment and dedication to the teambefore the squadron spent theapprox $1000 dollars it took topurchase all the supplies requiredto make the team competitive.
SM Brown, former leader ofthe team, gives kudos to Cadet
Gray for helping make the team
a success.
I cannot tell you how goodof a leader Cadet Teresa Gray
has been in this whole up anddown cycle and learning curvefor the squad, he said. And ontop of it all she is also a college
student with a full load at PCCand is active in many other time-consuming events in here life
- but she has always maintainedher role as the oldest member
and the squads leader.He also credits SM Organ
with the experience and senseof detail that makes the team a
winner. The team has presentedcolors at a national Tai Kwan Dotournament and at two PortlandTrail Blazer games at the RoseGarden Arena.H
Commanders Column . . .
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Color Guard Wing Champions . . .
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all of the important work thatwe conduct on the behalf of ourcommunity, state and nation, its
good to see that we dont forgetto have fun!
P.S. You may have noticed thata couple of wing staff membersseem to have been promoted.
In Brookings, it was my honorto promote two dedicated andcapable members to the rank of
Major Larry Kendrick and TedTanory. Both offer their time,
energy, and talent with distinc-tion and provide incredible
service to our wing. Please joinme in thanking them for all that
they do.
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Those who expect
to reap the blessings
of liberty must
undergo the fatigues
of supporting it.
Thomas Paine
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PORTLAND, Ore.On Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, members of the ColumbiaComposite Squadron, Oregon Wing, Civil Air Patrol, marched and carried
colors in the Hollywood District Veterans Parade in Portland, Ore.
(L to R) Cadets Ian Cummings, Josh Schneider, David Owings and CullyKeene were at the head of the marching unit as the Oregon Wing ColorGuard. They were followed by about a dozen marching cadets and seniorofficers. Two other cadets carried a banner for the Women Marines in theparade.Photo by Maj. Ted Tanory
This parade has been honoring veterans for 34 years. Columbia Compositehas marched in this parade for at least 5 of those years, according to Lt. Col.
Lori Duffy, squadron member who marched in this parade when she was acadet in this squadron. Ross Hollywood Chapel, a local funeral home, startedthe parade in 1974 and has been its major sponsor ever since.
Cadets heard speeches by veterans and dignitaries honoring the
service of veterans. Many veterans marched in the parade. Some rodein historic military vehicles, others in classic cars.
Cadets Honor Veteransand 25-year Tradition
TILLAMOOK, Ore.Cadetsand Officers will gather at theTillamook County Sheriffs offroad training facility near the
Tillamook Air Museum at theend of July for the 2009 RocketryTraining Weekend.
This will be the third year in
a row that Oregon Wing is host-ing a rocketry weekend. Cadetshave the opportunity to build and
launch three or four rockets of var-ious types during the weekend, aswell as learning about rockets andwatching rocket-related films.
The event begins on Thursday,
July 30 with check-in from 1500to 1900. Dinner and watching themovie October Sky follows.
On Friday, July , rocketbuilding begins after breakfast.
Cadets will build and launch popbottle rockets. An afternoon lab
time continues the rocket building.
That night there will be a movie:In the Shadow of the Moon.
On Saturday, Aug. 1, workcontinues on a cargo rocket.
That afternoon these rockets willbe launched. Later in the after-noon a repair and rebuild lab is
scheduled. There is a possibility
of a tour of the Tillamook Air
Museum, but funding must besecured first. That nights movie
is Failure is Not an Option.
After dark launches are planned.
On Sunday, Aug. 2, a chapelservice is scheduled. After that
AE TeamSchedulesRocketry
Weekend
everyones program requirementswill be checked and additionallaunches may be done as time
and motors permits.
To register, download thenecessary form from the Oregon
Wing website at http://orwg.uscap.us/. Cadets are required to fileCAPF 31 and CAPF 60. Cost foreach participant including staff is
$65. Forms are due by June 19.Payment is due by July 30.
Capt. Nick Ham, Oregon
Wing Director of AerospaceEducation, will be program direc-tor. Cadet Maryssa Yeager willbe Cadet Commander. Questionscan be addressed to Capt. Ham
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contributed to operations. The
base operated from 1100 untilabout 1630.
The base had a fully staffedoperations section, which ranout of out the Salem Air Center.Capt. Nick Ham served as
Operations Chief. Capt. Bill Rust(trainee) and 1st Lt. Doug Alveyran communications using a
portable fixed-base VHF radio.Cadets from Salem Compositeassisted with communicationsby tracking the ground team
and the aircraft, maintaining acomm log and a status board.
The comm team was unable totransmit on any repeaters from
its location at McNary Field, soall radio traffic was conductedon simplex frequencies, sharingradio time with Aurora base.
A Cessna operated
from the base with an air-crew provided by members
of the Salem Composite.A ground team led by st Lt.
Greg Sebastian successfullylocated an ELT at Independence
State Airport in tandem with theair crew. Two officers and twocadets received UDF trainingduring this exercise.
The air crew was forcedto return to base immediately
after locating the target due to
the lowering cloud ceiling. Twomore sorties had been planned,
but the base was shut downearly due to the low ceiling,increased wind velocities, andwinter precipitation.BEND
Senior and Cadet Membersof the High Desert Composite
Squadron, based in Bend,gathered at the Bend Airport.
Professional Air permitted the
use of their training facilities to
squadron members for this edu-cational opportunity.
Lt. Ouellette traveled to
Bend for the event to serve as
the sites trainer. The training
consisted of the many differ-ent aspects of operating and
accomplishing a successful
search and rescue mission. Dueto weather conditions the coursewas restricted to land.
During the session, CAP
SAREX . . .
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they worked together to developplans about how to address dif-ferent problems that their units
were currently facing.The course offered a unique
way for officers from around the
Wing to get to know each other andto learn about each others units.This year, the school was
taught exclusively by officers
from the Salem CompositeSquadron. Lt. Col. Charles(Chuck) Fandel was thelead instructor. Capt. John
Barringer, Capt. William
(Nick) Ham, Maj. John(Doc) Holliday, Capt. Dennis
Wyza, and Capt. Paul Gilmanalso served as instructors.
Salem CompositeSquadron Hosts
SquadronLeadership SchoolSALEM, Ore.On Saturday,January 10 and Sunday, January, officers from across the
Oregon Wing, and an officer
from the Idaho Wing of the Civil
Air Patrol gathered at Leslie
Middle School in Salem to par-ticipate in this years SquadronLeadership School.
The officers learned about
how CAP is supposed to func-tion at the unit level and howunits are supposed to work withofficers within their respectivewings. Officers also discussedpublic trust, professional devel-opment specialty tracks, commu-
nications, and problem solving.Toward the end of the course,
members learned about posi-tions and duties that are
required to run a mission fromthe ground. These modules
were Incident Commander,Operations, Logistics,
Planning, along with Financeand Administration.
Several software programswere introduced that are usedin mission base operations. This
training offered excellent insight
into their many uses and possible
applications within the missionsoperated by and with the HighDesert Composite Squadron.
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The 800 members of theOregon Civil Air Patrol joined
the 57,000 members nationwideof the CAP as they observed the
organizations 67th Anniversaryservice to America on Dec. 1.The anniversary was celebratedacross America by the orga-
nizations 52 wings and morethan 1,500 squadrons. Oregonis home to 18 squadrons locatedthroughout the state.
The all-volunteer, nonprofitorganization was founded onDec. 1, 1941, less than a weekbefore the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor led to Americas
involvement in World War II.
Its members soon proved their
worth by conducting aerialpatrols that discouraged, and
eventually stopped, deadly
German U-boat attacks on ship-ping along American seacoasts.
Fifty-nine CAP members diedduring World War II, 26 werelost at sea and seven others wereseriously injured while carryingout CAP missions.
Our citizen volunteers have
a proud legacy of selfless service
Oregon Civil Air PatrolCelebrates 67th Anniversary
Article byLt. Col. Thomas Traver, Wing PAO
to their country and their com-munities. They truly go above
and beyond each day, giving
their best as needs arise, said
Maj. Gen. Amy Courter, CAPsnational commander.
As the official auxiliary
of the United States Air
Force, todays CAP performsa variety of missions in com-munities throughout the 50states and Puerto Rico. CAPresponds when planes areoverdue and emergency loca-tor transmitters go off. Its
volunteers perform 90 percentof continental U.S. inlandsearch and rescue missions,
under control by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center.In August, three members
from CAPs Oregon Wing
- Capt. Scott Bakker, Capt.Tom Moore and 1st Lt. JamesMetcalfe - were honored withthe AFNORTH CommandersAward for their rescue of a pilotwho crash-landed his plane in theCascade Mountains in southwestOregon. Such rescues are typical
for CAP, which was credited by
the AFRCC with saving 90 livesso far in 2008.
CAP provides disaster relief
during hurricanes, floods, wild-fires, earthquakes, tornadoesand countless other emergen-cies. Last December, aircrewsfrom the Oregon Wing flew
Tillamook County emergencyofficials to shoot high-defini-tion photographs to document
the massive early winter stormdamage and to guide rescuers.
CAP also performs homeland
security and counter-drug mis-sions at the request of federal,state, and local agencies.
CAP plays a leading role in
aerospace education and mentors
nearly 22,000 young Americansthrough its cadet program. Its
cadet programs stress leadership
and moral responsibility as they
teach aviation and emergency
response skills. One of the Civil
Air Patrols former cadets, Air
Force Col. Eric Boe, currently
is piloting the Space ShuttleEndeavour during its 15-daymission to the International
Space Station.
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used to mark the anniversary of the U.S. MarineCorps, the cadet Color Guard escorted an especially
decorated sheet cake to the front of the meeting
room. Oregon Wing Commander Col. Brian Bishop
Squadron Ceremony CelebratesCAP Anniversary
Photos by Capt. Scott Maguire, PAO
Col. Brian Bishop, Wing Commander, cuts thefirst slice of cake with a combat knife as Capt. JohnBezayiff, squadron commander, and C/2nd Lt. DanielKnox look on.
The cake features two CAP aircraft, the CAP motto, and theCAP seal.
Color Guards David Owings, Josh Schneider, IanCummings, and Cully Keene pass Capt. Ted Tanoryon the way to the front of the meeting hall. Cadet JoshLyon, the youngest member of the squadron, is alsopart of the ceremony.
by Senior Member Robert Marty Martin. Coffee,punch, and cake were served to the entire squadronto celebrate the anniversary.
P O R T L A N D ,Ore.The young-est cadet in the
squadron, JoshLyon, and the
oldest officer
Commander John
Bezayiff, helped
the Columbia
C o m p o s i t eSquadron mark the67th anniversary ofthe Civil Air Patrol
recently.
In a ceremony
inspired by the one
cut the cake with acombat knife. The
youngest and old-est helped celebrate
the heritage of
CAP and the newblood that is con-stantly joining the
organization.
The ceremonywas crafted by 1stLt. John Julian.
After Col. Bishop
cut the first piece,
the remainder of
the cake was served
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(Image on Right)Evergreen Aviation Museum
education specialist RobertJordon explains pilot
clothing from the WorldWar I era. Cadet AsaCummings tries it on.
ColumbiaCompositeSquadron
VisitsEvergreenAviationMuseum
Photos by
Capt. Doug Herman,
Aerospace Education Officer
Columbia Composite Squadron,CAP, visited Evergreen AviationMuseum, McMinnville, Ore.,recently to learn about aircraft.
Robert Jordon talks about thedynamics of propellers and thequalities of the wood used.
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Oregon Wing Civil Air PatrolAuxiliary of the United States Air Force
28735 Grumman Drive Eugene, OR 97402-9542
(541) 688-9408 Fax: (541) 689-9509
www.orwg.cap.gov
1-800-FLY-2338 www.gocivilairpatrol.com
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BROOKINGS, Ore.The SouthCoast Squadron of Civil AirPatrol celebrated CAPs anni-versary at City Hall here.
It was great, we had sixSenior Members and four Cadetsat the City Hall Meeting, said1st Lt. Ron Griswold, Public
Affairs Officer.Mayor Larry Anderson
and the City Council passed
a Proclamation. BE IT
RESOLVED by the BrookingsCity Council, that the City of
Brookings recognizes the Civil
Air Patrol this December 2008for the 67 ears of Service. It hasprovided much service to this
country and this community, and
asks the citizens of Brookings tojoin with us in this observance.
The Brookings CAP
Squadron, No. 105, has the onlyairborne Public Address system
in a fixed wing aircraft. With thissystem the South Coast squadroncan warn people of Tsunami andfloods upriver. This squadron hasparticipated in over 5 missions
this year. Three Members ofthe Brookings unit received the
first Air Force most meritorious
Aviation Award for the Nation atthe National Board in Florida.
The squadron also receivedthree letters of commendation
for the development, deploy-ment, and implementation of
the Airborne Public Address
CityHonorsLocal
Squadron
System from the U.S. CoastGuard and U.S. Air Force.
The members of Squadron105 are: Capt. Scott Bakker,Commander; 1st Lt. JimMetcalfe, Deputy Commander;1st Lt. Ron Griswold; RossDuncan; Ray Forsberg; WarrenGlaze; 2nd Lt. Dave Homes; 2ndLt. Don James; 1st Lt. CharlesKresa; 2nd Lt. Ron Lindley; Capt.Tom Moore; Larry Mostachetti;2nd Lt. Pete Peters; Maj. MikeRupert; Chris Swick; HowardTingley; Dr. Doug Walker; Capt.Fred Wright; and Mike Watson.
BAY CITY, Ore. This winter,cadets, and seniors from the
Northwest Coastal CompositeFlight worked for hours assist-ing Bay City United MethodistChurch with its annual fooddrive for the Tillamook area
food bank.
With the donations from BayCity residents and Tillamooks
CAP Unit Helps Make
Food Drive a SuccessArticle by 1st Lt. Wendy Flett, PAOCivil Air Patrol, they collected
more than 630 pounds of non-perishable food items. This is a
record breaker for the church.
On the day of the collection
drive, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008,even the weather cooperated.Capt. William Rust, commander
for the Tillamook Flight, said:Last year the rain was comingat us sideways.
David Hurd, pastor of BayCity United Methodist church,was thankful for the supportfrom Civil Air Patrol, we havean older congregation and it can
be hard for them to reach out to
the community in this way. Wereally appreciate the partnership
we have developed with CivilAir Patrol these past three years
and look forward to their help inthe future.
Civil Air Patrols Core Values
are; Integrity, Volunteer Service,Excellence and Respect. Projectslike this help promote all four of
these values, Rust said.
Displaying food turned in by the North Coastal Flight are C/Amn. AnthonyHarris, 1st Lt. Wendy Flett, Pastor of Bay City United Church David Hurd,2nd Lt. Karen Rust, C/SMSgt. John Flett, and Capt. William Rust.
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PORTLAND, Ore. Freezingtemperatures and falling snowwerent enough to stop volun-teers from distributing holiday
food baskets to 4,000 fami-lies in the Portland area on
December 20th.The annual event, coordi-
nated by the Portland Polices
Sunshine Division, gathersdonated food items, which are
then delivered by communityand agency volunteers. Each
basket contains enough food to
prepare a holiday meal; bread,turkey, and dry goods, which aredonated by local businesses and
individuals throughout the year.
These citizens never really
get to know us as normal people,said Portland Police DetectiveBob Clevenger, coordinator for
the annual event. So when we
CAP Squadron Assists PortlandPolice in Getting Food Boxes Out
go and deliver this food to them,and they baked us some cookies
or have a Christmas card for us,
it touches your heart.
Columbia Composite cadets
and adults joined volunteers from
the Oregon National Guard, the
Portland Police Bureau, and other
volunteers who donated theirtime and the use of their vehicles
to deliver the food baskets.
The Oregon Air NationalGuard assists with transporta-tion and storage, with each ofthe Portland Police precincts
serving as distribution sites.
Toys and stuffed animals werealso distributed to households
with children.Volunteers packed boxes
with food items in the weeksleading up to Dec. 20, with much
of the work being completed the
night before.Deliveries were coordinatedout of the Sunshine Divisionswarehouse and at the PortlandPolices Northeast Precinct.
Clevenger said the food is
important to the recipients, but
the most important thing they
remember is the act of giving.
This is the season of giving, and
you cant give any more than giv-
ing yourself, Clevenger said.These people may not
remember the food that was inthe boxes, but theyll never forget
that you cared.
To get involved with thePortland Polices SunshineDivision and its various commu-nity giving events, please visit
the Sunshine Divisions websiteat: sunshinedivision.org.
CAP members C/1stLt. Heather Treanor,
C/Airman Cully Keeneand 2nd Lt. Carl
Keene help an OregonNational Guard
volunteer to load food
boxes into vehicles.(U.S. Air Force photosby Tech. Sgt. Nick
Choy, Oregon MilitaryDepartment Public
Affairs Office)
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MEDFORD, Ore.The MedfordComposite Squadron, Civil AirPatrol, hosted a double-duty cel-ebration recently.
On Nov. 4, 2008, Medfordconducted a Change of Command
Ceremony. Capt. Larry Kendrickturned over command to Lt. Col.
Mark Herrett.The event also formalized
the appointment of Capt. Larry
Kendrick, Medford Squadronsretiring commander, to the posi-tion of Vice Commander for
Oregon Wing of CAP. Kendrickhas served as commander of
Medford for 2 years.Newly installed Oregon
Wing Commander Col. Brian
Bishop was the Presiding officer
Kendrick Installed as ViceCommander, Hands Off
Reins to Medford
and Maj. Henry Florip was theMaster of Ceremonies. Specialguest speakers were MedfordAirport Operations DirectorRobert Russell; Jackson CountySearch and Rescue CoordinatorLt. Pat Rowland; and MedfordsChief of Police Randy Schoen.
Medford is one of the
Wings larger squadrons with29 seniors and 24 cadets. Theevent took place at the MedfordSquadron hangar.
Col. Brian Bishop, Wing Commander, transfers command from outgoingcommander Capt. Larry Kendrick to incoming commander Lt. Col.Mark Herrett.
The squadron showed its appreciation of Capt. Kendricks leadership andservice by presenting him with a specially decorated cake at the event.
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E.E. WILSON WILDLIFE
AREA, ADAIR VILLAGE,ORFebruary 28th broughtabout a typical Oregon day;wet, a little cool, and early. Twomembers of the Camp Adair
Composite Squadron of theCivil Air Patrol joined withmembers of Benton County
Search and Rescue and MarysPeak Search and Rescue tohone their skills and share their
experiences while learning theins and outs of the new L-tron-ics Elper, the LL-16.
Capt. George Long and st
Lt. Greg Sebastian joined otherSAR workers with the latest tech-nology. After a morning briefing
in Corvallis, the group moved to
the staging area in E.E. Wilson
Local Unit Joins in with Othersto Hone ELT Search Skills
Capt. George Long stands ready with his team on the morning of 28February. Capt. Longs team was the first on target for the first exerciseand second on target for the second exercise.
1st Lt. Greg Sebastian works on getting his gear and team together in thestaging area, located in a parking area inside of E.E. Wilson.
asked if they would be willingto split up their team and spread
the experience to others. Both
agreed and were assigned a teameach to work with. Soon they
were sent to the field to find thepractice beacon. Once located it
was relocated and teams weresent out again.
This was too easy, saidCapt. Long during debriefing.
But it was fun and good expe-rience for even us. It gave us a
chance to get right back downto basics in a relaxed environ-ment. The two have been askedto come back in April to assist
with the county SAR academy,helping with the ELT section. Itis hoped to open up this train-ing to all members of the unit
and surrounding units, to help
provide some good local train-ing for CAP as well as these
local groups.
to start looking for that pesky
training beacon. Given the CAP
members experience, they were
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PORTLAND, Ore.On November 2, membersof Oregon Wings Columbia Composite Squadronparticipated in a special ceremony honoring warveterans. The Color Guard presented the Colors alongwith Color Guards from various local service groupsduring the 45th Annual Military Order of World Wars
Massing of the Colors and Service of Remembrance.
Massing of
Colors
Cadets Cully Keene, Josh Schneider, David Owings, and IanCummings retire the Colors at the end of the ceremony. Photo byCapt. Carl Knox
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Article by Dick Tobiason,
Bend Wreaths Across America
location leader
CAP
CelebratesWreathsAcross
America inBend
Placing wreaths and remembering the veterans are Medford Compositemembers C/TSgt. Damien Northway, hidden behind him is C/Amn. EmilyLopez, and the other is C/SrA. Keith Coddington.
Southern Oregon
BEND, Ore.Thanks to theCivil Air Patrols High DesertComposite Squadron, veteranswere honored in two privatecemeteries in Oregon recently.
As part of the Wreaths
Across America project, the
High Desert squadron conducted
a ceremony at 9:00 hours at theDeschutes Memorial Gardenson Saturday, December 13,2008. This ceremony coincidedwith the simultaneous laying ofwreaths across our nation.
Seven ceremonial wreathswere placed to Remember thoseveterans who served, Honortheir sacrifices, and Teach our
younger generations about the
high price of our freedoms.
Specially made wreaths forArmy, Marines, Navy, AirForce, Coast Guard, MerchantMarines, and POW/MIA wereplaced on memorials located in
the Chapel in Bend and at over
350 participating locations all
Three squadrons helped celebrate Wreaths Across America at the EaglePoint National Cemetery in Eagle Point, Ore. Cadets and officers from theMedford Composite Squadron, the Klamath Falls Composite Squadron,and the Grants Pass Composite Squadron helped place wreaths on gravesin the cemetery and attended the ceremony coordinated by a Patriot GuardRiders unit in the area. Here cadets from those three squadrons stand inthe snow around the cemeterys sign.
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Squadron Hosts CommunityAerospace Day
ADAIR VILLAGE, OROn the morning ofSaturday, Feb. 7, members of the Camp AdairComposite Squadron gathered at the cafeteria ofSantiam Christian Schools in here for a CommunityIntroduction to Aerospace Education.
Squadron members and Capt. Nick Ham, theOregon Wing Aerospace Education Officer, spent
most of the morning having fun talking about and
demonstrating principles of flight and the Civil Air
Patrol with local students, teachers, and parents.Capt. George Long talked about the four forces
of flight: lift, weight, thrust, and drag using a smallradio-controlled helicopter. Capt. Ham discussedBernoullis principle using a fan and beach ball and
an airfoil in a wind tunnel.Bernoullis principle states that as the velocity
of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by that
fluid decreases. When air moves past an airfoil,
the air moving over the top of the airfoil is forced
Article and photos by 2nd Lt. Christopher Johnson
to move faster to catch up air moving underneath
the airfoil, creating less pressure above than below.This creates lift.
1st Lt. Greg Sebastian and Assistant AerospaceEducation Officer, SM Jason Thomas showed par-ticipants how the control stick of an airplane con-trols the elevator during landing using models that
slid down a string, while 2nd Lt. Cheri Long and1st Lt. John Stanley assisted with the construction
of Goddard Rockets. Goddard rockets are modelrockets made of styrofoam tubing that use a rubber
band for propulsion.
This was a great opportunity for members ofthe community to get excited about flying. We plan
to do this again, said Lt. Sebastian.
Capt. Nick Ham demonstrates the principles of flightwith a wind tunnel.
A local student building a Goddard Rocket with hermothers help as Lt. Greg Sebastion looks on.
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PORTLAND, Ore.About 200people participated in the third
annual Wreaths Across America
celebration here recently.
Led by the Columbia
Article by Capt. Scott Maguire, PAO, Columbia Composite Squadron
Photos by TSgt. Greg Neulib, Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Fighter Wing PAO
Wreath Ceremony Grows
in Third YearComposite Squadron, Civil AirPatrol, this event attracted three
CAP squadrons which broughta total of 46 people; a unit of51 Young Marines with parents
and chaperones; a Pathfinderschurch youth group from
Albany, Ore.; and veterans andcitizens of the area.
Over the three years, the
W rea t h b ea rers rep res en t i n g t h e A r m y, N a v y, A i r Fo rce , M a r i n e s , C o a s t Gu a rd , M erch a n tM a r i n es , P r i s o n ers o f W a r/ M i s s i n g i n A ct i o n a n d C i v i l A i r Pat ro l p res en t t h e i r w rea t h si n a ch i l l y o u t d o o r ev en t i n t h e cerem o n y b o w l a t W i l l a m et t e N a t i o n a l C em et ery .
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Continued . . .
Wreaths Across America cel-ebration in Portland has grown,starting with eight ceremonialwreaths in 2006, growing to58 wreaths in 2007, to this yearwith a huge increase in publicsupport triggering 360 wreathsplaced. CAP unit involve-ment also increased adding the
Linn-Benton Composite andAurora Cadet squadrons inattendance and wreath solicitingby the Northern Coastal Flight
(Tillamook), Salem CompositeSquadron, Camp AdairComposite Squadron, and the
Washington County Squadron.The event began at 1300
hours at Lincoln Memorial Parkfuneral homes chapel. Eight cer-emonial wreaths were broughtin by members of each branch of
the U.S. military: Army, Navy,Air Force, Marines and Coast
Guard and the Merchant Marine,Prisoners of War/Missing inAction and the U.S. Civil AirPatrol. To honor those who havefallen in service to our nation,
several letters sent home from
war zones by soldiers, sailorsand airmen were read.
The groups then were dis-missed to reassemble at the
ceremony bowl in WillametteNational Cemetery, just across
the street. The outdoor cer-emony began with the eight cer-emonial wreaths being placed atthe front of the ceremony bowlby the bearers, who representedeach branch of the military.
Then the first four wreaths to be
C/2nd Lt. Daniel Knox placed wreath in honor of Civil Air Patrol memberswho have died in the line of duty during indoor portion of ceremony forWreaths Across America.
Audience members carry 300+wreaths to place on graves ofveterans near the flagpole at
Willamette National Cemeteryduring outdoor portion ofWreaths Across America
ceremony on Dec. 13, 2008.
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door ceremony.
We added an eighth wreathto our ceremony to honor those
who have served in CAP, thosewho died while flying in activeCAP service, and those whopresently serve, said st Lt.
Scott Maguire, project officer forthe event. During World WarII many CAP members wereinjured and a 59 killed defend-ing our coast from invaders,
especially German submarines.
Over the years, as accidents
have occurred, a few more aircrew members have died whileserving. And CAP volunteers
should be honored for all of their
unsung help to search for lost
and crashed aircraft throughout
the United States. H
placed on graves were especiallydedicated to the four Medal of
Honor recipients who are buriedat Willamette National. As CAP
cadets and officers read their
accomplishments, teams of CAP
cadets from each of the squad-rons in attendance carried four
wreaths up and placed them onthe Medal of Honor recipientsgraves. Then the 200 people inattendance were asked to pickup the 300+ wreaths laid out in
the ceremony bowl to place themon graves near the cemeterys
flagpole. Once everyone was inplace, a bugler from the Canby
American Legion played Taps
on his bugle while the partici-pants placed the wreaths.
Following the formal cer-emony, the Columbia Composite
Squadron placed about 50 morewreaths on specific gravesites at
the request of people who spon-sored wreaths.
The Oregon chapter of the
National Association of DentalHygienists participated. We
also had a member of PCRstaff Chaplain Major CharlesSattgast, deputy region chaplain,who started and ended the indoorceremony. C/1st Lt. HeatherTreanor presided over the indoor
ceremony and was Commanderof Cadets for the event. Oregon
and SW Washington PatriotGuard Riders, a motorcyclegroup that supports veterans had
a welcome corridor of flags atthe indoor ceremony and created
an honor cordon in the cemetery
ceremony bowl during the out-
Wreath Ceremony
Grows . . .
Continued at Arlington National Cemetery
in Arlington, VA, and the third
year of a national campaign under
the guidance of the not-for-profit
WreathsAcrossAmerica.org thatbrought the same remembrance
wreaths to National and StateVeterans cemeteries, monuments,
private cemeteries, and commu-nity centers all across the Nation.
All of these specially made
wreaths are donated by WorcesterWreath Company in Harrington,
Maine. The full story can beseen and heard online by visit-
ing this website: http://www.wreaths-across-america.org/.
In addition to the seven cer-emonial wreaths, Cadets of theCivil Air Patrols High DesertComposite Squadron for firsttime placed more than 100 spon-sored wreaths on veterans gravesat Deschutes Memorial Gardenslocated at 63875 N. Highway 97in Bend (382-5592). This part
of the ceremony immediatelyfollowed the dedication of theseven ceremonial wreaths in thechapel and transfer of the seven
wreaths to the nearby CentralOregon Veterans Memorial.
The Bend ceremony included
an invocation, singing of the
National Anthem, bagpipe music,
Honor Guard, Rifle Squad, andplaying of TAPS. Master ofCeremony for the first part of the
ceremony is WWII veteran RobertD. Bob Maxwell, the onlyMedal of Honor recipient living inOregon. Master of Ceremony forthe second part of the ceremony
where the graves are decoratedis Major Randy Potter, the CAPSquadrons Chaplain. H
across the Country and
around the world. The Bendwreaths were placed at themilitary flags by local veterans
mostly WWII veterans andwidows of WWII Prisoner ofWar. They will be assisted byCAP cadets.
In 2008 it is projected thatover 100,000 wreaths will beplaced in the Wreaths Across
America to Remember, Honor,and Teach. The ceremony at
Deschutes Memorial Gardens isthe only ceremony at a private
cemetery in Oregon. Wreathswere also placed at the threeNational Cemeteries in Oregon
located in Portland, Eagle Point,
and Roseburg.December 13 marked the 17th
anniversary of Maine wreathsbeing donated to decorate the graves
WAA Celebrated in Bend . . .
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