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More Than Quarter entury o
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Col Virginia Nelson Col Larry Myrick Col Byron Brammer
Col Angelo Porco ol Ernie Pearson ol Ed Lewis
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Eagle all
is an authorized
publication, published in
the interest of the members
of
the California
Wing of
the Civil
Air Patrol. It
is
published by a private flrm
in no way connected with
the Department of
the Air
Force or the Civil Air Patrol
Corporation. The
appear-
ance
of advertisements in
this
publication
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including
supplements
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se rts
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doe s not constitute an en-
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sement by the Civil
ir
Patrol Corporation
or
the
Department
of
the Air Force
of
the products and services
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Materials for publication
should be mailed to:
California Wing
Civil Air Patrol
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Col Virginia Nelson,
Wing ommander
Capt Brian Stover,
Editor
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please call
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Commander s
Comments
olonel Virginia Nelson
YOU KNOW TIDS FEELS GOOD Many of you who knew me as a
cadet probably would have considered me least likely to ever be wing
commander. I m surprised too I feel that I have been in training the last
four years, had a great coach, and now feel I m ready.
As you may know, part
of
the wing commander selection process is
for each candidate to form a plan or vision for how they would like to
change the wing. It seems only fair to tell you, the members
of
Califor
nia wing, what I told the board. First, I told them that CAWG is in great
shape - outstanding shape. Under the direction of Col Myrick, our seven
Gp CCs a
nd
the wing staff we have righted many problem areas, devel
oped solid programs, have good working relationships with our custom
ers and are striving for excellence
in
all we do.
So, the situation does not call for a dramatic heading change. We just
need to fine tune a little and stay on course.
There are two areas I want to emphasize next year. The flfst involves
mentoring. I feel extremely blessed to have had many exceptional men
tors and good role models. They helped shape me (but should not be
held accountable for the results). I would like to mention a few: Marilyn
Rodger
s,
Betty Decker
,
Delight Miller, Marjorie Bessemer
,
Billie
LeClair, Jean Fitzpatrick, Catherine Murphy, Shirley Timm, D Fringer
and especially Mary Knorr. I would also like to thank the two people
who have taught me the most about leadership - Col Ernie Pearson and
Col Larry Myrick.
Seniors, you are role models for our cadets. You may think that be
cause you do not work directly with cadets that you do not have an im
pact on them. That's wrong. They are watching you - at the squadron, n
the parking lot, on the flight line and here at this conference. Cadet offic
ers -
li
sten up: the other cadets really look up to you and want to imitate
you . Are you a good role model? Are you mentoring younger cadets at
your squadron ?
We need to be better mentors to our new members. I don t think any
one left to
hi
s
or
her own devices would stay in CAP. We all need a help
ing hand , be it with paperwork, getting ready for a form 91 flight, learn
ing to run a radio net, logging
n
to the WMU, with paperwork, tracking
an ELT for the first time, launching a model rocket , deciphering regula
tions and with paperwork. Senior members who drop out of
CAP
usu
ally do so during their first two years - primarily due to frustration with
either the inability to get the training they need to participate in missions
or with paperwork. I
don t
have a solution right now for the paperwork
problem but we are going to make getting required training easier.
ontinued on page 3 . . .
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Commander s Comments
Continued
That is
my
second area
of
em
phasis. I have charged our new di
rector of Operations, LtC
Steve
Asche, with developing a series
of
primarily "hands on" training pro
grams for the entry level ES rat
ings. Everyone, senior and cadet,
pilot and non-pilot should train as
a UDF
team member.
The
Ops
section will be working on training
curriculum that can be used at the
group and squadron level for ES
ratings. Maj Wayne Stuart is de
veloping a training
program for
potential ICs. We will have a series
of
flight clinics devoted to
some
"back to basics" flight training. All
our pilots are encouraged to par
ticipate
in
the
FAA wings pro-
gram.
Our Director
of
Gliders ,
Maj Dave Widrig, has been tasked
with holding power pilot transition
course in our sailplanes. The days
of
the ya ll
come massive
SAREXs are over. Instead we need
to focus on smaller scale quality
training that our members need to
obtain an ES rating, maintain the
one they have and to keep learning
something new and useful.
Thank you for all you do at
your home units.
You
are the mem
bers, working together, who have
made CAWG the best wing
More than
a
quarter
Century of
California Wing Commanders L-R):
Col Virginia Nelson Col Larry Myrick
Col Byron Brammer
, Col
Angelo
Porco,
Col
Ernie Pearson,
Col Ed
Lewis,
Col
Warren Barry,
Col
Jack Ferman, Col Howard Brookfield.
alifornia Wing
hange o ommand
y Major Alice Mansell
ON 18 OCTOBER 2003, COMMAND of the California Wing
passed from Col Larry Myrick to Col Virginia Nelson at an annual
Wing Conference attended by 45 members.
The National Vice Commander,
BG
Dwight Wheless, presented
Col Myrick with a Distinguished Service medal in recognition of his
outstanding work leading the Wing for four years exemplified by the
"Excellent" ratings the Wing earned from the U.S. Air Force on its
evaluated exercise and Wing-wide inspection in recent months. Col
Myrick will join the Pacific Region staff
as
the vice commander.
Col Nelson
is
a long time member of CAP, having joined as a teen
ager in 1973. As a cadet in California Wing, she earned the rank of ClLt
Col and participated in the 1977 lACE exchange to Great Britain. She
has most recently served as the Vice Commander of California Wing.
She earned her
CAP
observer wings as a cadet in 1976 and her solo
wings in 2003.
She holds CAP emergency services ratings
in
scanner and finance/
administration. Col Nelson obtained the Gill Robb Wilson Award in
1985 and has received five Meritorious Service and two Exceptional
Service Awards.
The morning after she took command, she hosted a meeting for the
seven Group Commanders and a meeting for the 70+ squadron com
manders attending the annual convention with the latter open to the en
tire Wing. She spoke about how the Wing would work
to
improve upon
the legacy
of
excellence left by Col Myrick and how she looked forward
to traveling throughout the State and visiting many squadrons and ac
tivities.
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Lt Col Mike Prusak C Wing Liaison OffICer
LE DERSHIP
Aim High Endless Potential
Years ago I sat
in
the cockpit
of a T-38 awaiting the start
of
a
"familiarization" flight while at
AFROTC summer encampment
at
Platt
s
burgh
AFB in ups
tate
New York. Until then I had never
been near ANY airplane let
alone a supersonic jet. I sat there
exhilarated and petrified think
ing that someday the Air Force
will want me to actually fly one
of these jets alone I had set
two goals for this fljght - not to
get
s ick and to keep my eyes
open the entire time. Well I got
sick
but
kept
my
eyes
open
-
well
most of the time.
I se t
higher goals for myself after that
flight. I did solo the T-38 and I
ended up back at Platts
burgh
flying the FB-ll1 .
Several years
later the Air
Force
put
on a multi-media re
cruitment campaign whose slo
ga n was entitled "Aim
High
" .
The slogan is one that may have
been given to the biblical hero,
David, before
hi
s encounter with
Goliath
but in today s
world
those words are meant to unlock
the potential in all of us. I firmly
believe the job of any leader is
to communicate motivate nd
recognize
potenti l
as we ll as
reach teach
nd
inspire.
Every
commander
and su
pervi
sor mu st
make informa
tional tran
sfer
a top priority
if
they are to succeed. The com
municate/reach
phase
is where
you clearly identify the goals of
the organization to all con
cerned. Information is the life
line of any organization and
as
a
leader, you are the conduit of
that
information.
Thi s is not a
one-way street either. Informa
tion must flow up and down the
organizational st ructure , con
stantly
and consistently. You
w ll
fail as a leader
if
you don
t
believe this is true.
Motivating and recognizing
potential
go hand
in
hand. In
CA P, like the Air
Force,
we
challenge our people to discover
that potential by providing skill
training
and
then valuable
hands-o n experience. Whether
it' s in operations, logistics or ca
det
program
s, we are all given
the tools to excel. It
s
up to the
commanders and supervisors to
instill the
confidence
and pro
mote se
lf
esteem that allows
subordinates to excel. It 's not re
ally hard to do .
You
will be sur
prised how far a little recogni
tion can go to bolster someone's
se lf image. Pride
goes
a long
way and once our people have it,
they can
se
t
goals for them
se lves and their organization.
Take
the time
to shake some
hands and
in
spire some dream
s.
All our folks should be treated
like potential leaders.
When aiming high , don t be
in a hurry. Instant communica
tions sometimes leads to in stant
gratification
which
so
metime
s
leads to cutting comers to the
point of violation of personal
or
institutional integrity. Don t go
at a snails pace either. It is po -
sible to lose sight
of
our
goa
ls
along the
way
. Whether you
come from operations or logis
tic
s
guide your folks to accept
challenges rather than being re
pelled by complexity. Individu
als should focus primarily on
opportunities and not dwell on
problems. f you are in a leader
ship position , setting your goals
high just for yourself is selfish
and
certainly not
beneficial to
your organization. Help your
folks set their goals by sharing
some of the leadership functions
with them. Then give them your
support when they make deci
sion
s.
Your organization will be
come healthier as you all
en
deavor to "AIM HIGH". tar
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ncampment
2 3
By Major lice Mansell
On
August
31,2003,
the
Commander
of
Civil Air
Patrol s California Wing, Col Larry Myrick, presided
over a graduation ceremony pass and review
of
more
than 180 Civil Air Patrol cadets who had completed a
nine day
encampment at California National Guard s
Camp San Luis Obispo.
An
encampment is one
of
the most demanding and
cballenging programs in the Civil Air Patrol. It is an in
tensive experience in physical training, drill, aerospace
education and drug
demand
reduction education with
electives such as orientation to a flfing range. Gradua
tion from an encampment is a requirement for promo
tion in the Civil Air Patrol s Cadet Program.
The
Cadet Commander
was
C LtCol
Gavin
Woodman from the San
Carlos Composite Squadron
192. He led a staff of 33 cadets tasked with duties rang
ing from sergeants for cadet squadrons and flights to lo
gistics and administration.
The Encampment Commander, LtCol Tony Upton,
oversaw a staff of 25 senior Civil Air Patrol members
assisted by two medics from Travis Air Force
Ba
se, two
CAP-Air Force Re
serve
Assistance Program
officers
and a senior Air Force non-commissioned officer from
the Western Regional Counterdrug Training Team at
Camp San Luis Obispo.
An MTV video crew attended the fInal day s
of
the
encampment to fIlm two
of
the Cadet Training Group s
Squa
dron commanders, Cadet Captain
s
Jeremy
and
Jo
s
hua Pemberton for
an
upcoming
MTV program
about twins.
The
Encampment Distinguished Graduate
CIUCol Gavin Woodman, California Wing s Cadet Training
Group Commander.
was C AIC
Cami
Bu shem.
The Commanders
Award
for Academic Excellence went to C SSGt David
Stateler.
CICapt
Brian Jensen won the
Commandant s
Award for Leadership.
The Cadet Commander s
Award for Staff Excellence went to
C 2Lt Robert Gibson. The Cadet
Training Group presented
the
Chaplain LtCol Loren
Brown
Award for
Out
standing Leadership
to Major
Scott Englund. The En
ca mpment Commander gave
his
award for
Outstanding Leadership
and
Performance
for
a cadet to
ClLtCol Gavin Woodman.
On
3 August 2003, CICMSgt Gregory Magram inspects CISSgt Daisy Bugarin of
Los Angeles Cadet Squadron
38
and the Encampment s Delta Flight as the 95th
Cadet Training Squadrons First Sergeant, CIMSgt Todd Rassmussen looks on
A fInal special award from the
Cadet Training
Group was pre
se nted
to Chief
Ma
s
ter Sergeant
Norman MarOllS for his service to
the
Encampment
as
a
Drug De
mand Reduction instructor and his
41 years of service to the Air Force.
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Change.
It s
inevitable. The
most noticeable and
recent
change has been the Change
of
Command for California Wing.
After four very productive and
s
ucce sful years, Col
Larry
Myrick has stepped down as
Wing Commander. Col Myrick
may have
stepped
down
from
California Wing, however he has
stepped
up to
Pacific
Region
Vice Commander Kudos to the
Colonel on his move to Region .
I ve
enjoyed an outstanding
relationship with
Col
Myrick.
He has been extremely helpful
with matters involving Public
Affairs and agle Call. I also
appreciated his interest in per
so nal issues, such as honoring
my so n by presiding
over
his
first officer promotion to Cadet
2nd
Lieutenant
and handling a
few promotion and paperwork
issues for me. Colonel , I have
truly enjoyed working for you. It
Capt Brian Stover CAp Editor Eagle Call
has not only been a pleasure, but
an
honor to have served on your
Wing Staff.
Stepping
up
to the plate now
is the new
Wing
Commander,
Col
Virginia Nelson.
Many of
you know her as the Vice Com
mander.
Col
Nel so n
was
se-
lected from among three candi
dates
by
the
Pacific Region
Commander to head our Wing
for
the next
four
years. Col
Nelson
assumed command
at
the Wing
Conference
this past
October. (Please see her column
for her welcoming address).
I
look forward
to working with
Col Nelson as part of her Wing
Staff.
Still other changes
are
oc
curring.
CAP
is moving closer
in its relationship with the Air
Force. By the time you read this,
the
CAP
Seal that was worn on
our flight suits will
no
longer be
authorized. e now have a com-
mand
patch that
is s
imilar
to
those
of
other Air
Force
major
commands such as Air
Combat
Command,
Air Force Material
Command, etc. Reportedly new
ID cards are
in
the works, simi
lar to those being issued to the
regular
Air Force.
More and
more we
are
referred to as the
Air
Force
Auxiliary; recogniz
ing who we are associated with.
Some believe
the
changes
are good, others are not so sure.
Time
will tell whether the
changes
wi
be good for tho se
of us
towards the bottom
of
the
food chain.
Whether
good or
bad ,
there
will
continue
to
be
change. As one of the finest or
ganizations in America, I be
lieve we are up to the task . Not
only that, California Wing is the
finest
Unit
within
all
of
CAP.
Kudos to you all for the out
standing
job
you do.
Semper Vigilans. a r
I
suPP nT
un
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CAP National
Board
Meeting
and
Conference Notes
THIS WAS A VERY GOOD and informative meeting and confer
ence.
Many CAWG
members attended. I have no idea of how many
but
I saw
our
members everywhere I went. It was great. I want to
thank all
who
attended.
The
following are
the
NB
meeting
agenda items.
Agenda 1:
Election
of
the
National Vice Commander. This
is a vote by the
National Board
members each year at the Sum
mer Board meeting. The
Vice
Commander term is a one-year
term.
There were
3
candidates,
BG Dwight Wheless (the current
Vice
Commander),
Col. Tony
Pineda, (the current SE
Region
Commander)
and Col.
Angelo
Porco. The vote results were: BG
Wheless - 46 Votes; Col. Pineda -
19
votes; Col.
Porco
- 0 votes.
BG Wheless was reelected to his
third
term.
As
a
side
note: The
current National Commander,
MG Richard Bowling's term is up
at the summer 2004 National
Board meeting. Whenever a Na
tional Vice has been elected to 3
consecutive terms he has always
been elected the National Com
mander the following year.
Agenda 2: Confirmation
of
the NHQ CS, JAG, Controller, IG,
FM and Chief
of
Chaplain Ser
vices. All were approved.
Agenda 3: This was a pro
posal to allow an alternate signa
ture element to the title block of
official documents of USAF
Aux
or
the current
CAP
. This
failed by a 2/3 or so vote. Signa
ture
blocks remain
the same as
previously published.
Agenda
4:
This
was
about
looking into getting glider tow
aircraft exclusively for towing
gliders. This
fai
led. The board felt
getting AC to just tow gliders
(like a Pawnee) is not feasible.
Agenda 5: Regulations ap
provals. The following Regs .
were approved: R70-J CAP Ac
quisition of Regulation Introduc
tion. R77-1 Operation and Main
tenance
of CAP
Vehicles. R60-6
CAP
Counterdrug
Operations.
R900-5 Civil Air Patrol Insur
ance/Benefits Programs.
R60-3
and
R60-5 were pulled
and
not
voted on. They are at the
AF
for
comment.
Agenda
6: This was to estab
lish that all regulations will be
published electronically as well as
in paper form. The electronically
published regulations shall be up
dated with in 30 days of
final
adoption
of any
regulation
change.
As
soon as the regulation
appears electron ica lly it will be
considered to be in effect. This
was approved.
Agenda 7: This was a pro
posal to put a large
CAP
decal
on top
of
vehicles that participate
in
GT
activities. This was sent to
committee
for study and will be
reported back to the NB at a later
date.
Agenda 8:
This was a
pro
posal
to rename Composite
Squadrons to Squadron as the
default names for a squadron.
There would still
be
Senior and
Cadet squadron names. Nobody
liked this so it failed .
Agenda 9: This
was
a
pro
posal to change the designation
Senior member to simply
member and cadet member to
Cadet . Nobody liked this either
so it failed.
Agenda
10: This was a pro
posal to have the
NHQ
Profes
sional Development department
study
and
recommend require
ments
which would
change the
qualifications for duty perfor
mance in field grade promotions
(Maj. and LtC) to make them
much more restrictive. This had
the
same
fate as agenda items 8
and 9, it failed too. The Develop
ment committee will be examin
ing this issue with possible rec
ommendations
in
the future.
Agenda 11: Proposal to con
sider
having
the 05 and
06
Na
tional Cadet Competition held in
Washington DC. A committee
will report back with a recom
mendation at the
Winter
Board
meeting. This was approved.
Agenda
12: This was a pro
posal to have the CAP ID card be
an all-in-one card to have your
ROP
CAP driver's permit and ES
ratings all listed on your member
ship card. This failed. The AF and
NHQ are still trying to figure out
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Continued
how
to
have a military type ID CAP card with your
picture on it Not sure when or if this will bappen.
Agenda 13:
Pulled from the meeting. Went
to
committee.
Agenda 14:
This was a proposal
to
drop the
re-
quirement for a unit ops officer in specialty track
211 to be a CFI. This was approved.
Agenda 15, 16
and
17
were pulled and went
to
committee.
Agenda 18:
This was a proposal
to
have a vote
of no confidence in the MIMS system. This was
tabled. The short story
is
that we are going
to
keep
using the WMU for a while. The long story is too
convoluted
to
go into here.
Agenda 19:
This was committee reports. Notes
on the various committees follow later in this report.
Agenda 20:
Old Busi ness. CAP Finance offic
ers: Provides for promotion to a higher grade for
work experience and higher education and being a
CPA This passed. Exact wording will be in CAPR
50-17.
Agenda 21:
New
Bu si
ne
ss:
1
Adopted a policy that when a member logs
into a CAP internet based service using a name and
unique password that
it
would be considered equiva
lent
to
a paper form signed
by
the individual if it is
considered as non-sensitive.
2
The senior member Leadership ribbon will
be renamed the Gen. Benjamin O Davis ribbon if
hi
s family agrees.
3 The wear of the CAP grey nameplate on the
service dress uniform is approved pending Air Force
approval. DO
NOT START
YET
- I
WILL LET
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN.
4
Region Vice-Commanders who were not pre
viously colonels will revert to the grade of lieutenant
colonel when they step down.
5 Proposal to add an additional day to summer
national board meetings was sent
to
committee for
study.
OTHER NEWS:
CAWG was awarded a "Unit Citation" for our
participation in the Columbia shuttle recovery effort.
This means that all CAWG members can wear the
"Unit Citation" ribbon
if
you were
in
CAWG at the
time the mission was done - 0 I Feb 03
to
04 Mar 03.
If you were not a member during that time you can
not wear
it
CAWG
won the Aerospace Education award for
PACR
We
placed second
in
the nation for aerospace
excellence.
CAWG also won the Counterdrug award for
PACR.
CAP affiliation with NASCAR will end at the
end of this season Our driver, Ashton Lewis Jr was
at the meeting and gave a speech on how much he
appreciated CAP and all we do for our country. He
thanked
us
for our sponsorship and said how lucky
he was to have such a wonderful sponsorship.
NHQ
has placed orders for 21 C-182 s and 2
GA-8. We are slated to get a GA-8 and 2 C-182's
and the
NVWG Maule
when they
get their
new
C-182.
The Executive
Director,
Col.
Allenback,
briefed the Board on some recent developments. He
has decreased the number
of NHQ directorates from
9
to 6
and reduced the national HQ staff from 193
to
153.
That
is a $1.8 million payroll savings. CAP
membership is up 5.2% from last year with 37,583
seniors and 27,142 cadets. (CAWG membership is
up approximately 8% - good job Keep it up). There
have been 48 million newspaper and magazine ar
ticles about CAP nationally
in
the last year. 112 lives
have been saved so far this year. Over $2 million
worth
of
radios and 8 satellite digital imagining sys
tems have been sent to the field. CAP currently has
513 Cessnas and is sla ted to get an additional 28
next year. 72 vehicles will be purchased next year
2004. Check out the new homepage www.CAP.gov.
CAP memberships can now be renewed on line and
the bookstore has been converted to an on line store
called CAPMart.
You
can now order uniform items
on line.
The
CAP-USAF
CC, Col Vogt, stated that the
Air Force
is
proud of its auxiliary. The loss
of
CAP
deputy state directors was part of a personnel reduc
tion mandated by the Secretary of the
AF
CAP Cor
poration is working on replacing them with adminis
trative assistants.
National Commander, MGen Bowling gave
an
update on CAP.
We
are making good progress in
safety, teamwork and accountability.
We
have a
good partnership with the AF CAP
is
studying many
advanced technologies for possible use. We are fly
ing weekly
HLS missions in the Washington DC
area. For the first time ever we were asked
to
partici
pate in war games this year in Alabama. CAP has
signed an agreement with the
US
Citizens Corps.
There are over 700 local councils in the US and units
are encouraged to make
contact
with their local
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council. NCASE will be
in
Atlanta next year with
the theme of Planning for the Future. Cadets have
several new special activities including one on AE
careers and one on the legislative process. CAP
chaplains can now take USAF chaplain continuing
education courses. Accountability is important to
credibility. CAP
is
implementing
an
Asset Tracking
System.
We
are in year two of a five-year program to
provide all squadrons with a laptop computer.
Chairman of the Board of
Governors, Col
Bess, commented that CAP is made up
of
great
people doing great things for a great purpose and
having a fun time doing it. The BoG has resolved
CAP budget issues and has changed CAP's constitu
tion and bylaws regarding adverse membership ac
tions. The BoG has directed the NEC to fix BoG re
moval procedures. The word is spreading within the
Air Force about how great CAP is.
We
need to be
careful not to tum off new members with CAP poli
tics and the failure to work with each other.
Mr.
Gary Woodsmall,
the NHQ director
of
safety, spoke on safety. In 2002 there were 9 JC ac
cidents. 2003 has 5 so
far.
In 2003 there have been
12
vehicle accidents and 11 bodily injuries. The only
trend
is an
increase
in
cadets hurting themselves on
LRCs. The AF will soon be sharing their safety on
line courses with CAP and they will be on the CAP
website. A new pamphlet, CAPP62, CAP Accident
Response Plan is being written.
USAFIXOH, BGen David Cleary reported on
HLS. Terrorists have no rules and no boundaries.
CAP's role in HLS
is
primarily prevention. Plan
ahead and make contacts with city and county gov
ernments now rather than during a crisis. The AF
is
having quarterly practice WMD exercises and may
include CAP
in
the future. AF would like to use ca
det s to play victims. Be patient. HLS has lots
of
moving pieces, the AF is still learning and defining
its
role.
We
all need to work for the greater good.
Be
a
Pilot
Foundation representative spoke
about its marketing campaign to interest the general
public in flying. Nationally 2,000 FBOs are partici
pating. 35,000 people respond annually with 75%
starting flying lessons. CAP cadets who participate
will get a free logbook. Cost to participate
is
49.00.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Development - A new cadet officer shoulder
board is being designed. A Region Staff College
Challenge coin is being developed. Region com-
manders are the approving authority on local unit
coins. A command badge for squadron and group
CCs was approved. t will only be worn while serv
ing as a unit commander.
Paperwork
Reduction - Suggested that the use
of programs be authorized as soon as they become
available in lieu of paper forms and electronic filling
of
forms be approved. PASSED
Posse Comitatus - reported on proposed legisla
tion that would exempt CAP aircrews and remote
base personnel on type A B HLS missions.
TIDS
IS ONLY BEING
LOOKED
AT NOW.
Finance - Reviewed the suggestion of allowing
multi year renewals but found a number
of
prob
lems. Instead suggested option of automatic renewal
charge on member's credit card. PASSED
Cadet - cadet officer specialty tracts are being
rewritten. Many units have reported having trouble
with the new cadet physical fitness test. The com
mittee feels that the problem
is
with the testing tech
nique. Florida wing has developed a video (available
on their website) showing how to administer the test.
The AF dictated the physical fitness standards for
the Mitchell level. Next March there will be a Civil
Leadership Academy in Washington DC for cadet
officers
3
per region)
in
conjunction with the winter
board meeting.
Strategic
Tactical
Evaluation
and Planning
is
working to map CAP's flight plan into the twenty
first century America.
CAP's
mission and vision
statements have been modified.
Advanced Technologies - Searchers Edge Pro
gram received 6 million from congress (over 3
years) to develop a visual computing network. Be
yond the Eyeball
Program involves hyperspectral
imaging. This is using a moving platform AJC) to
detect man-made or natural (marijuana) objects . Sat
ellite Digital Imaging System is funded by the Air
Force and so far is considered 100% success rate
during tests.
CAP is working with Raytheon using
first responder vehicles. CAP-Raytheon gave a joint
presentation to the US Council
of
Mayors. Raytheon
was the corporate sponsor for the Advanced Tech
nology Academy for Cadets this past summer.
Chaplain (Col) Maloncon reported on the CAP
chaplain program. Nationally
CAP
has 639 chap
lains and 222 Moral Leadership Officers. 577 units
(28.5%) are without a chaplain or MLO. The aver
age chaplain spends 126 hours annually serving
in
the chaplain role.
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California Wing Commander Lectures
t Unit Commanders Course
By Maj. Stanley L. Katten Sqdn. 129 PAO
Col. Larry Myrick, retiring
California
Wing Commander,
was the final lecturer at the Unit
Commanders
Cour
se presented
to
18
new
and soo n-to-be
CAWG s
quadron co mmander
s
at the API Flight Training Cen
ter on Fullerton Airport on Au
gust 2 and 3. Despite the perfect
flying weather and the continual
hum of aircraft engines outside
both days , the num erous
pilot
rated attendees managed to stay
in
the exce
ll entl y
facil
itated
classroom the entire time.
Organized and
coordinated
by Lt.Col. Pat Okawa , addi
tional lectures and presentations
were given
by
Lt.Col. Wally
Jaynes, Director of Safety; Cpt.
Dan
Ol so n,
Deputy
Legal Of
ficer; LLCol. Virginia Nelson ,
Deputy
Commander
; Lt.Col.
Stephen Huss, Assistant Inspec
tor General ; LLCol. Mark Will-
jams,
Deputy
Director Cadet
Programs; LLCol. Pat Okawa ,
Director Professional Develop
ment; LLCol. Jim Crum,
Chief
of
Staff
; ILt. Jennifer Brenner,
Director
of
Finance; and LLCol.
Peggy Myrick, Director
of
Lo
gistics, a
ll
of California
Wing,
and
Ltc.
Dan Dyer, PACRN
Chaplain,
Attending the two day inten
sive
program
were: Maj . Brian
Billing
,
Maj. Gordon Domin
g
ue
s, Capt. Earl Greenia, Maj .
James Hay den ,
Maj
.
Stanley
Katten , LLCol. Patrick Malone,
lLt. Cathy Neubauer, ILt. Rich
ard Rals
ton
,
Capt.
Charles
Russell
,
Capt.
Malise
Schole
field, Maj. Michael Skullr, ILt.
Keith Thomas, Capt. Jo
se ph
Toth, ILL Paul
Wienold
, lLL
Howard
Willey
,
ILt. George
White , Maj. Euge ne Wolf and
ILL Denise
Van
Loo.
The first day program cov
ered: safety, dealing with diffi
cult people , legal
affairs
,
commander's resource
s
inspec
tion
s
cadet program
s
and pro
fessio nal development. The sec
ond day material included: re
ward
in
g
member
s, admini tra
tion, finance, logistic
s
and com
mand role and responsibilitie .
In closing, Col. Myrick em
phasized that the squadron level
is where
the rubber hits the
road and
CAP
's mi
sso
ns are
accomplished. Groups and Wing
are organized to support and as
sist the squadron operation and
personnel. All attendees agreed
that the two day course was ex
cellent a
nd
extended their appre
ciation to the course staff and to
API Flight Training Center man
agement for the use of their ex
ce
ll
ent classroom facility.
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Determined
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03
y
Major Alice Mansell
During the last two weeks of
August 2003, the Civil Air Patrol
partici pated
in
the Determi
ned
Promise '03 exercise for the U.S.
military
s
Northern
Command ,
U.S.
Department
of Homeland
Security s Federal Em ergency
Management
Agency,
State
of
Nevada and
Clark County. The
scenario called for a terrorist re
lease of pneumonic plague on Au
gust
15
on the Las Vegas Strip to
be contained by a quarantine and
assistance from scores of local ,
State and federal response agen
cies and organizations. In addi
tion, tabletop responses occurred
for
an airplane highjacking , a
train derailment and a hurricane
in other parts of the country plus a
flash flood
in
Las Vega
s
On Augu st 19 , the State of
Nevada s Department
of
Emer
gency Management alerted the
Civil Air Patrol's Nevada Wing
as
a State resource in accordance
with the State disaster res
pon
se
plan. Wing aircrews were tasked
on 20 and 21 August to patrol
highways
in
anticipation
of
move
ment of Strategic National Stock
pile pharmaceuticals and medical
equipment
to a di spensing site
where more than 100 volunteers
stood in lines to receive treatment.
At the same time Nevada
Wing aircraft
were
patrolling
highways for Determined Prom
ise ' 03, four other Nevada Wing
aircraft were airborne on an actual
multi-state missing aircraft search
between Phoenix and Las Vegas.
California
Wing also
launched
four aircraft on the search . The
6
L -R) On August
27
in the CAP building at North Las Vegas Airport, Nevada Wings
LtCol Charles King nd CAP-USAF Pacific Liaison Region Maj Tim McCourt dis
cuss the estimated time
of
return
of
the Arkansas Wing aircraft after
a
photo recon
naissance sortie.
missing aircraft was located safe
on the ground at Lake Havasu air
port on August 21.
Nevada Wing s LtCol Charles
King sa
id
, This demonstrates we
can easily support both State and
federal taskings without exhaust
ing Civil Air Patrol 's resources.
CAP has more than 60,000 mem
ber
s,
owns 550
a
ircraft and
has
access to over 4,000 member-fur
ni shed aircraft. CAP also owns or
has access to thousa
nds of ground
vehicles plu s radios with a
national-wide repeater network
with frequencies dedicated to ex
clusive CAP use.
On August
23,
Determined
Promise 03 called for State and
local responders to become over
whelmed and ask for federal as
sistance.
On August 25 , Nevada Wing
was tasked
jointly
by the State
and the Joint Ta sk Force
of
U.S.
Northern
Command
to fly aerial
reconnaissance
of
Clark County 's
quarantine border
s
and
of loca
tions
of
crowds and traffic jams
Taski ng
included taking digital
pictures of specific sites such as
medication dispensing locations
at high schools and a hospital fa
cility at the Convention Center.
Wing aircrews were also tasked to
take comparison photos of air
fields to look for quarantine
breakers while the scenario called
for virtually
all
a ircraft to
be
grounded.
On August 26, Nevada Wing
continued with the same taskings
with the addition
of
a demonstra
tion
of satellite downlinks
of
digi
tal imagery to the U.S . Air Force
and
a tran
sport flight
of a U.S.
Coast
Guard
officer assigned to
do an aerial assessment associated
with Coast Guard's role in dealing
with h
azardou
s wastes during
such a di saster. An actual flash
flood
warning cancelled
all the
Wing's afternoon flight
s
On August 27, the final day of
the exercise, Nevada Wing contin
ued its previous taskings and was
joined
by an Arkansas Wing air
craft and aircrew attending the
CAP
Summer Convention in Las
Vegas The Arkansas Wing air
craft is equipped with a satellite
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Wing
2 3
Conference
Photos
Determined Promise 03
Continued from evious page
telephone allowing real-time digi
tal
imagery downlink
s via tele
phone and e-mail connections . A
joint Nevada/Arkan
sas aircrew
took imagery
of
a high school to
demonstrate CAP 's satellite tele
phone capability. Nevada Wing
was also tasked on paper to trans
port FEMA photojournalists and
videographers to take imagery
of
the estimated two-day long traffic
jams leaving Clark County.
Determined Promi
se
'03
ended
new taskings by the
late
morning of August 27 once the
exercise began the transition from
respo nse to recovery mode
and
n
order to have extra time for
debriefings with the participants
for le ssons learned . CAP and
CAP-USAF
officers participated
n debriefings at the Nevada Na
tional Guard Armory for those in
volved in field operations and a
California
Wing officer partici
pated in
the debriefing
at
the
Clark County Government Center
for those working
n
the Joint In-
formation Center at the headquar
ters for the exercise.
Nevada, Arkansas and Cali
fornia Wing an d CA P 's
Pacific
Region tog
et
her contributed about
100 personnel.
Nevada
and Ar
kansas
flew
approximately
30
hours on the exercise. CAP volun
teers were supported by
severa
l
CAP-USAF Pacific Liaiso n Re
gion officers, Nevada Wing 's
State Director
's
office personnel,
and staff from the CAP's National
Operations Center.
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CHP presenting SM Allen with a Certificate o Appreciation
C P Member
Honored
by
HP
Senior Member Michael
J
Allen was honored October 20th
by
the Newhall Office
of
the Cali
fornia Highway Patrol for
hi
s ac
tions at the scene
of
a traffic colli
sion. On September 1, 2003 SM
Allen encountered a rollover traf
fic collision on Route 138. In the
collision two
of
those involved,
both children, were severely in
jured . SM Allen used his EMT
skills
to
minimize the injuries and
assisted the Fire Department until
the injured were airlifted to the
hospital. For hi s selfless efforts,
Michael was prese nted with a
Certificate of Appreciation.
adet Emergency
Services Training
On
the weekend
of
10/31/
2003 to 1111/2003 Squadron 10,
Palo Alto and Squadron 60, Ma
rina cadets participated
in an
Emergency Services training ex
ercise at Henry Coe State
Park.
The bivouac, which is hosted by
Squadron 10 annually, gives ca
dets a chance to train in the field
and get valuable training and ex
penence.
T he purpose of the week-
end s events is
to
give the par
ticipant s ba s ic knowledge
of
emergency services and search
rescue. The training consi ted
of
land navigation basics, commu
nication
procedure
s and
ELT
search basics
y
Lt Keith Stason
In the land navigation train
ing the cadets were taught com
pa ss ba s ics, how to s
hoot
azi-
muth
s, how to
plot azimuths,
how to correct for declination ,
how to
plot
latitude/longitude
and how to use UTM Universe
Transverse Mercator). They
topped off their training in land
navigation by usin g their new
skills to navigate through course
setup by their
in
structors. They
next learned
about
basic radio
communication procedures used
on Search and Rescue
mi
ssion
s
The
final part of their train
ing
was an
introduction
into
ELT sea rch ba sics. The cadets
were shown how the L-Tronics
DF
gear
works and its l
imita-
tions. They were also instructed
in how to triangulate on a dis
tress beacon and how to coordi
nate
their actions with
other
ground teams.
To wrap up their weekend
of
training the cadets participated
in ELT search on Sunday. An
aircraft crash was simulated and
the cadets using the skills they
had been taught earlier located
the simulated crash site. All of
the cadets who participated
in
the weekend events found the
training
both
interesting and
beneficial. The honor
graduate
for the bivouac wa
s C/A1C
Sean Stevenson of Squadron 10.
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Skyhawks Composite Squadron 7
Wins Both Ferman Scholarship wards
Both Col Allison Thompson
and t
Col Kyle McClure
of
Skyhawks Composite Squadron
47
of
Oceanside, California, have
received the prestigious Jack and
Florence
Ferman Scholars
hip
Awards.
The 5,000
awards
are
given each year to both a deserv
ing
male and female Cadet
Of
ficer within the California Wing
of the Civil Air Patrol. This is the
first time both awards were won
by members of the same squad
ron. Col McClure was also the re
cipient
of
the California Wing Ca
det Officer of the Year Award.
Wing
Commander Larry F
Myrick applauded him as great
example
of
what a Cadet Officer
should be.
The
long list
of
CAP accom
pli shments which earned
Col
Thomp
so n her leadership award
include: Squadron Cadet
Com-
mander from June 2002 - April
2003, being chosen to be an Inter
national Air Exchange Student to
Squadron 47
Celebrates 20
Years
in
CAP for
Major
Peterson
Canada, and holding the position
of
92nd Squadron
Commander
for CA P
's
California
Wing
En-
campment.
Col Thompson is currently a
junior attending Loyola Univer
sity
in
New Orleans, La
.
pursuing
a degree in Communications. She
plans to use at least part
of her
scholarship
money to help with
her plans to study abroad in En
gland this coming summer.
Col Thompson has always ex
emplified what a dedicated officer
should be .
Her
level
of
involve
ment in squadron and other spe
cial CAP activities has been out
standing, and her professionalism
consistently
of
the highest quality.
She is a caring individual, a plea
sure
to
be with, and
is greatly
mi
ssed in the squadron since she
has moved on to complete her col
lege education.
The similarly long list of CAP
accomplishments
which
earned
Col McClure this award include:
Cadet Commander
of
Squadron
47 from June 2001 - June 2002 ,
receiving an appointment to be an
International Air Exchange Stu
dent
to Japan , and a position as
the 93rd Squadron Commander
for
CA P 's California
Wing En-
campment.
Col McClure is extremely ac
tive
in
squadron
activities
and
consistently portrays an excellent
example for the cadets in Squad
ron 47. He
is an
officer
who
strives
for
the
highe
st
of goals,
both in
CAP
and in school. Col
McClure is
currently
in
the pro
cess
of applying to
the United
States Air Force Academy which
he hopes to attend next year. He
plans
on
using
hi s sc holarship
money to help pay for expenses at
the Academy and for achieving
his private pilot 's license.
DORAN Boot Camp Challenge
y t Seelye Day
Braving a three-mile run and obstacle course on Saturday,
October
4 at
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
, San
Diego
,
were
eleven cadets, senior members, and a parent from Skyhawks
Composite Squadron 47.
Major
Ben
Peterson
, a
member
of
Squadron 47 since 1983, was presented
with a National Commander's Commen
da60n for 20 years
of
exceUent service in
Civil Air Patrol. Hi s lovely wife, Alice,
joined the squadron in celebration of his
accomplishments.
The obstacle course is usually something only those privi
leged to be attending boot camp get to experience, but once a
year it is opened to
ll
challengers. Hurdles, hills, pushups, logs
tunnels, pushups, walls, foxholes, pushups, trenches, cargo nets
and , oh yeah, pushups, were a few of the great obstacles that
greeted the squadron members. Along the way were sixty Ma
rine D.L's making sure everyone stayed motivated
The members were also privileged to meet Brigadier Gen
eral Paxton , the Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region.he Major's advice to cadets? "Study
hard Go to the top Take advantage of
the educa60n you have, and
of
CAP - i t' s
the greatest opportunity in the world."
This activity was a great challenge to everyone participating,
but they all finished strong. Hopefully, next year many others
wiJi join them and it will become a new squadron tradition
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Squadron 7
Takes the Honors
By Seelye Day, Senior Member,
Public Affairs Officer, Squadron 47
Skyhawks Squadron 47 was honored to re
ceive many awards at the California Wing Con
ference in November 2003. In addition to win
ning both the Ferman Scholarship Awards and
the Cadet Officer of the Year Award , (see ar
ticle) the following Squadron 47 Cadet and Se
nior
Members
distinguished themselves by
their hard work and dedication to CAP:
Commander s Commendations
Lt Tony Diaz -
Aerial Reconnaissance Imag
Ing
Lt Eric Johannsen -
Aerial Reconnaissance
Imaging
Major Rand
y
McClure
- Nomination for
Group 7 - Aerospace Education Officer
of
the Year
C 2Lt
Tarek Eighoroury - Nomination
for
Cadet NCO
of
the Year
ClLt Col Kyle McClure -
Nomination for Ca
det Officer of the Year
Meritorious Service Award
C/SMSgt
Laura Borenstein,
CrrSgt
Nikki
Kim, C SrAmn Kenneth Beach, C TSgt Eric
Perry and
C/MSgt
Wade Wright for bringing
the first Color Guard victory to California and
for
their outstanding work.
(This award is
rarely given to cadets )
Exceptional Service Award
Captain Eric Gray for his outstanding work
in developing the Color Guard
Unit Citation Award
All CA
WG
Members - February 1 2003
through March 4, 2003 Space Shuttle recovery
efforts.
The Squadron 47 National Championship
Color Guard was honored to post the colors at
both the Saturday General Assembly and the
Awards Banquet. The Color Guard Com
mander, C SMSgt Laura Borenstein also per
formed the Change
of
Command Ceremony for
Cols Myrick and Nelson.
Squadron 47 is exceptionally proud
of
these award winners and
of
all the terrific Ca
det and Senior Members that make up our unit.
Congratulations to all
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t
Major Gregory Dessel
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Civil Air Patrol Week
Proclamation
During a City Council meeting on December 2nd, the
Mayor of Milpitas, the Honorable Jose Esteves, presented a
Proclamation to San Francisco Bay Group
2
Civil Air Pa
trol, proclaiming the week
of
December 1st as "CIVIL AIR
PATROL WEEK in celebratio n
of the
organization ' s
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cember
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Accepti
ng the
proclamation
for
Group 2 was Ma
jor Gregory Des
se
l.
Following the
pre
sentat
ion Ma
jor Desse
l
pre
se nted a sho rt
slide
show
of
the
various mi
ssio ns
of Civil Air Patrol
to the City Coun
cil. Thi informa
tion can
be
view
ed from the city
web site.
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C P Members Help During
California Forest Fires
ON
SUNDAY, October 26th
the wildfire that started
in
Old
Waterman Canyon on Saturday
(known as the Old Fire ) was
becoming a concern in Big Bear.
The
Big Bear Valley Fire Safe
Council called a meeting at
1100 hours at the office
of
the
Municipal Water District to dis
cuss the situation . CAP
1st Lt.
Kathy Sawyer, also a member of
the
Fire Safe Council
,
called
members from Composite
Squadron 6750 to let them know
of
the meeting.
The Fire Safe Council asked
if anyone could perform an ar
so n/fire watch in the valley.
Nine members of the squadron
acting
as
private citizens volun
teered for service, six as ground
lookouts and three volunteering
their aircraft to perform the fire
watch from the air. Capt. Ron
Hirzel took the first shift in the
early afternoon , and patrolled
the perimeter
of
the valley at
9,000 feet msl. (The valJey floor
is 6750 msl) . At approximately
1400 hours Big Bear City Fire
Chief
Dana Van Lueven re
quested that Capt. Hirzel land
and attend
a meeting
of
the
Mountain Mutual
Aid
MMA)
that was called for 1500 hours
Mountain Mutual Aid is an
organization of several agencies
in the Big Bear Valley, including
the
fire departments , law
en-
forcement agencies, public
works, utilities, emergency ser
vice agencies including
the
By
C P
Lt Col Joe Orchard
CAP), city and county govern
ments
, the
media
and
others.
Chief Van Lueven is the current
president
of
the MMA, and Ma
jor
Bill Hartmann of Squadron
6750 is the incoming vice-presi
dent. Regular meetings are held
to discuss and plan for emergen
cies, to use the resources of all
members
in
support
of
the emer
gency response effort of what
ever disaster hould occur in Big
Bear.
Members of Composite
Squadron 6750 attending the
MMA
meeting
that
afternoon
included
Lt
Col. Joe Orchard,
Major
Hartmann , Major
Hank
Peralez
, Capt. Hirzel , Capt.
Leonard Weekley,
lLT
Sawyer,
2LT Don
Munroe,
and 2LT
Keith Andren.
Chief
Van
Lueven
briefed
the MMA on where the fu was
and the potential for it to reach
our valley. He called for a meet
ing
of
the Emergency Opera-
tion s Center EOC) for 0800
Monday.
At that meeting
,
the
EOC was
activated at
a level
one, for planning purposes . On
Tuesday
,
the EOC went to
a
level three, and assignments for
members were established. Ma
jor Hartmann became the EOC
Safety Officer, and shared the
duties with other CAP members
during the incident. Lt. Col. Or
chard was the Agency Liaison
Officer
for
CAP
, and Lt. Col.
Mike Prusak, California Wing
State Director, acted as contact
between Lt. Col. Orchard and
CAWG. Major Peralez worked
the EOC Operations desk. lLT
Sawyer worked in various posi
tions throughout the week. 2LT
Munroe served on the adminis
trative desk, ensuring that any
one in the EOC had properly
signed in. Shift teams were set
up to
man
the safe ty de
sk
through the night. Mandatory
evacuation was ordered for resi
dents about 1100.
Wednesday,
October
29th
was the tensest day in the valley.
The smoke was everywhere, and
the fire had advanced to within
s
ix
miles on the west and south
west. The U S . Forest Service,
up to now managing the
fire
from San Bernardino, sent fed
eral Fire Management Team 5 to
Big Bear to establish
an
incident
command post here. All non-es
sential support perso nnel were
evacuated at this time. lLT Saw
yer and 2LT Munroe remained
at the local EOC until it closed
the following Monday.
Although many members
of
Big
Bear
Composite Squadron
6750 were involved in the emer
gency effort, no tasks were ever
assigned specifically to CAP.
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International ir
Cadets
Visit
Edwards
By Capt Brian Stover
U ir
Force Aux. CAP
Thi s past July, Edwards Air
Force Base ho
sted six
Interna-
tional Air cadets as part
of
an ex
change program with the Civil ir
Patrol.
The
cadets,
from Great
Britain and Canada, spent the day
touring Edwards. The cadets were
escorted by CAP Lt Col Elizabeth
Blackey, Cadet Lt Col
Michael
Blackey and Capt Rick Sargent
of
the Edwards
Squadron
. They
were accompanied by cadets from
the Edward s and Tehacahapi
Squadrons.
The
exchange program
pro
vides the teenaged cadets with an
opportunity to switch places with
Civil Air Patrol cadets for a two
week visit. Each summer, cadets
from the Civil Air Patrol are se
lected to participate, visiting avia
tion
facilities
in one of several
foreign countries. In return, avia
tion cadets from those countries
are
ho
sted by the CAP.
Tho
se partici pating from the
UK
were
Cadet
Warrant Officer
Chri s Trace, Cadet Warrant Of
ficer Alex
Beck
and
Cadet
War
rant Officer Jon Williams They
were
accompanied by
Flight
Lieutenant Jeffrey Coker of
the
Royal Air Force
as an
escort.
From Canada were Cadet Warrant
Officer First Class Tara Campbell
and Natalya LeBlanc.
The cadet
s
began their day
with a welcome from Col Harry
Talbot on behalf of Major General
Pearso n
during breakfa
st at the
Joshua Tree Dining facility. From
there, the cadets were briefed on
th e myriad of
activities
at
Edwards by CMSgt Willie
Goodwin of the 412th Test Wing.
A self guided tour of the Air Force
26
Pilot vI
.
ClJ.
o
UK Cadet Warrant Officer Chris race in Test Pilot simulator with Maj Mark Giddings
observing
Cadet Warrant Officer Jon Williams
in
the simulator
Flight
Test Center Museum fol
lowed, givin g the cadets the op
portunity to di scover the rich hi s
tory that makes
Edwards
a pre
mi er facility.
A tour of the Be nefie
ld
An ec hoic
Facility
(BAF and
s imul ato r pr ovided
the
cadets
with a seldom seen look at the one
of
a kind facility and a chance to
fly the F-16 simulator. The
BAF
hou ses the world s largest elec
troni
ca
lly secure
/quiet
environ
ment that realistically simulates
an outdoo r
range.
Major Mark
Giddings
of
the Test Pilot School
gave
th e ca de ts a
bri
ef
in
g
and
video presentation on the Test Pi
lot School along with another op
portunity to show off their skill in
the school s simulator
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