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The EagleEyeBeverly Composite Squadron April 2008

Massachusetts Wing Civil Air Patrol Volume 2, Number 4

Promotions & Awards

Awards continues on Page 12

CadetsWe had no promotions to acknowledge this months,however we do have some cadet news.

Cadet Accepts Appointment

C/2d

Lieutenant Kelly Buck has accepted an appointment

to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

C/2d

Lieutenant Kelly Buck

Reading teen Cadet Second Lieutenant Kelly Buck is a

Senior at Austin Preparatory School in Reading

Massachusetts and has accepted an appointment to the

United States Military Academy at West Point, Class of

2012, she will report for basic training on 30 June 2008.

During her four years in Civil Air Patrol C/2d

Lt Buck has

attended encampment, served on two Wing ChampionColor Guard teams, attended National Cadet Special

Activities Honor Guard Academy for three years in

Westminster, Maryland where she earned Honor and

Pride cadet Eagle Flight 2007. She has earned the Cadet

Recruiter Ribbon with clasp for recruiting four new member

to CAP including her Father and her Churchs Associate

Pastor.

A member of the Beverly Composite Squadron of the Civil

Air Patrol, C/2d

Lt Buck is the Deputy Cadet Commander.

Outside CAP and School, Cadet Second Lieutenant Buck

enjoys playing the piano, puzzles, and 22 cal target

shooting as a member of the Massachusetts Junior

Olympic team. She is currently has her NRA Expert

Rating and is working on her NRA Distinguished Expert

rating.

In addition to the Unit Citation C/2d

Lt Kelly Buck hasearned the Curry, Arnold, Feik, Wright Brothers,

Rickenbacker, Lindbergh, Doolittle, Goddard, Neil

Achievement, and Mitchell Achievement Awards, Red

Service Ribbon, Cadet Community Service Award, three

National Cadet Special Activity Awards, Two Cadet

Recruiter Awards, Two National Color Guard Competition

Awards and one Encampment Award.

Cadet of the Month

C/AMN Sears was selected as the Cadet of the Month for

April 2008 based on the accumulated points.

C/AM Sears


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Squadron Commander continues on Page 10

Commanders Message

By Tom Lyons, Major CAP

Squadron Commander

For a while now folks have been asking me what my

goals are with the squadron. I guess I can best sum it up

like this:

1. Attain a long-term lease at the airport.Get the

building into shape;

A. Exterior siding and landscaping.

B. Interior necessities.

2. Get an emphasis back on the Emergency

Services Program.

3. Have more pilots get their Form 5 check-ride.

4. Have more Orientation flights for the cadets.

5. Continue the successful program of cadet

advancement we have.

6. Have more Seniors get promoted.

7. Have an Open House/Ribbon Cutting ceremony

in the Spring.

8. Develop long-term goals and plans for the

squadron.

9. Continue a positive relationship with the Airport

Commission.

All of these goals are achievable with a little work and

support from everyone.

At this time Captains Heusser and Buck are working on

a training curriculum for ES. It looks like we will have

some good classes and exercises coming our way. I am

looking forward to this training. These will include cadets

and seniors, as well as air crews.

The emphasis is to train together so we understand

everyones job. You may want to get a jump on the

training by downloading the material ahead of time. See

CPT Heusser for the regulations you will need.

On the advancement issue, I would like to see more

promotions. The cadets are doing well, the seniors may

need a little help. CAP is a self-motivated program, so if

you need some help please ask. And remember to check

the calendar for CLC's and SLS's or conferences. We

DCS Message

By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAP

Deputy Commander of Seniors

There are only 20 more days to sell your raffle tickets and

collect money. This is a very important fundraiser to help

pay the rent for our new building. Also we are still in need

for siding the building. We have the labor set-up for the

spring but need the material! There will be a work partycoming up in early May to get ready for the siding; further

information to follow in the next few weeks.

Right now the prize is costing us more than we have

taken in, making it a fund lowerer. Lets all make a big

push to sell all the tickets we have, and get that money

turned in.

Get Well

By Andrew Buck, Captain CAP

PAO

Senior member 2nd

Lt Tom Lucet is back home after a

short hospital visit and a two week convalescence at amanaged care facility. Tom was having some balance

problems and need a little professional looking after. He

is home now and Im sure a get well card or two might

cheer him up.

Tom was our PAO once upon a time, and is now our

Squadron Historian. Get well soon Tom, I need that draft

of the squadron history.

Tom Lucet

35 Ashton St

Beverly Ma, 01915

Factoid:During the 18 Months of Coastal patrols during WWII

CAP Pilots flew 86,865 Missions over coastal waters for

a total of 244,600 hours, which approximates 24 million

miles. Twenty-six aircrew were lost on these missions.

CAPP 50-4


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Welcome New Members

CadetsC/AB Parson, Kent South Hamilton, MAC/AB Veatch, Christian Danvers, MA

Seniors

No new Seniors in March

Helicopter Ride RaffleTime is running out, a small $5.00 donation could win

you and 3 of your friends a hour flight in a Eurocopter

EC120.

Win a hour flight in this Helicopter for yourself and three others.

Photo Courtesy of Helicopter Services Boston

This awesome prize has a Retail value over $700.00

Donated by: Helicopter Services Boston

Drawing to be held on Wednesday April 30th, @ 8PM atthe Beverly Composite Squadron Beverly Airport.

Winner need not be present to win.

Winner will be contacted by telephone after drawing.

Raffle Tickets are selling for the low price of$5.00 each

or 5 for $20.00, what a deal!

Anyone whishing to buy a ticket is encouraged to

contact any cadet or senior member of the Beverly

Composite Squadron, they would be delighted to sell

you as many ticket you would like to purchase.

How cool would it be, to have your friends and family

watch you climb aboard this state of the art jet

Helicopter for a once in a life time sight seeing tour.

DCC Message

By Greg Carter, Major CAP

Deputy Commander of Cadets

I am pleased to announce that we have reinstituted

the cadet of the month award. Our first award winner,

Cadet Airman Jason Sears, was announced at closingformation on April 2

nd.

The cadet of the month award has been reinstituted,

to help motivate our cadets to excel in Civil Air Patrol

and generate a Spirit of Competition. The award is

determined almost entirely by objective criteria using

a point system. By limiting any personal opinions that

normally affect this type of award, our cadets will

know what to expect and can reliably compute their

own scores.

The evaluation items are organized around three maincategories which encompass the whole of the cadet

experience. These are Participation, Achievement and

Service. Cadets will be awarded points for attending

meetings, activities and renew their CAP Members.

As well they will be awarded points for passing

achievement tests, physical fitness tests, uniform

inspections and being listed on their schools honor

roll. Additional points can be earned for recruiting a

new member or earning a community service ribbon.

Demonstration of leadership qualities will be used as

a tie breaker and points will be awarded as

determined by the Deputy Commander for Cadets,

Squadron Leadership Officer and Cadet Commander,

ultimately determining our cadet of the month.

Cadets who are awarded our cadet of the month will

receive a special award certificate and the honor of

wearing a special black shoulder cord during all

squadron meetings, functions and activities. This cord

will allow the award winner to stand out among the

rest.

All cadets are eligible to become our cadet of the

month with the exception of cadet NCOs or Officers,

since they have already shown their motivation and

commitment to the CAP Cadet Program.


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the initiative and work at it.

Conclusion

The Civil Air Patrol needs effective followers who are

willing to contribute to the overall effort of the

squadron/unit. Therefore, it is important to understanding

the basic principles of followership, and apply them in all

that you do. This will not only improve your working

environment, but it will make you a better person as well.

Remember, the first step in becoming a better leader is

mastering the concepts of followership.

Food Poisoning

By William Frank, 2d Lt CAP

Safety Officer

Im going to spend a few minutes this month discussing

what food poisoning is and how to prevent it.

There are many different causes of food poisoning, but

the most frequent culprit is a variety of the salmonellae

bacilli. There are over 1400 different types of salmonellae

bacteria, but its a small sub-set of this group that causes

serious trouble in humans.

The primary symptom of salmonellae poisoning is

diarrhea. This is often accompanied by stomach pain and

possibly a mild case of vomiting. In some cases the

bacteria can spread into the bloodstream and cause a

feverish illness similar to typhoid. Even rarer are cases of

infection of the membranes of the brain or an infection in

the bones.

Salmonellae live naturally in the intestines of many

animals, including poultry, rats, cattle, frogs, shellfish,

and birds. Poultry is especially likely to carry the disease

and eggs can also be infected. Its possible for

vegetables to be infected if they have come in contact

with infected water or animal waste. Salmonellae alwaysenters the body through the mouth.

Salmonellae are killed by being heated. Freshly cooked

food is safe if its been heated through to 165.5 degrees

F or higher internal temperature. Freezing food does not

kill the salmonellae, although it does slow its growth.

PDO Message


Professional Development Officer

What is followership?

Youve heard it time and time again, "Before you can

lead, you have to learn to follow." The West PointTheory says, "able leaders emerge from the ranks of

able followers." So we recognize that the concept of

followership is important, but what exactly is it? The Civil

Air Patrol defines followership as reaching a specific

goal while exercising respect for authority, a positive

attitude, integrity, and self-discipline. As a member of the

Civil Air Patrol, you will have many opportunities to

practice followership. This lesson will help you be the

best follower you can be with the ultimate goal of helping

you be the best leader you can be.

Why is followership important to you as a

volunteer?

When you joined the Civil Air Patrol, you agreed to be

professional, act morally and responsibly, complete your

tasks to the best of your ability, and serve the public.

These are not easy to do if you do not understand the

basics of followership. How good a follower you become

will largely determine your personal growth while you

serve in the Civil Air Patrol.

If the squadron or unit is going to be the best it can be

then it needs members to step up to the plate, accept

the responsibilities they have been given, and do it with

respect and enthusiasm. Remember, your individual

contributions are valuable, and a critical component to

the effectiveness of the CAP team. Ideally, we all want

to be an effective follower. The challenge is to make the

effort to develop characteristics that promote

followership.

Effective Followership

There are specific characteristics we can work on tobecome better followers. These include, but are not

limited to, being enthusiastic, being proactive, owning

the territory, being versatile and flexible, avoiding the

complaining trap, and practicing the CAP Core Values.

These characteristics represent only a small sample of

the areas you can focus on to grow as a follower. No

one can force you to be a better follower; you must take

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IT Continues on Pg 9ES Continues on Pg 9

Laptop vs Desktop

By William Frisbee, 2d Lt CAP

IT Officer

Ive been getting a lot of questions as of late about the

value of a laptop versus the value of a desktop computer,

so I want to talk about it this month.

Over the past year technology has started a rather large

shift away from the desktop computer to the laptop, in

both the consumer market (home computers) and the

work place. In fact at my office we have determined that

we are no longer going to buy desktop computers,

instead a laptop with a docking station and a larger flat

panel monitor will be deployed. Why? Laptops cost more

right? Yes they do, but in the work place it is much easier

to work with only one type of computer, in this case Dell

Latitude D620s, than it is to support two different types ofhardware. It also makes it easier for the road warriors,

those employees who work from home, to do so.

How about the home?

Todays laptops are just as fast as todays desktop

systems, within reason. Sure you can get incredible

desktop systems fitted out with dual video cards, dual

quad core CPUs, but most people just dont need that

kind of power. Most people just want to be able to browse

the internet, do email and maybe some basic gaming like

Solitaire, or limited online gaming. That easily puts mostpeople in the realm of the laptop at home.

Why?

They are smaller and lighter. They take up a lot less

space and are easy to carry from room to room and can

be locked up quickly for security reasons. Laptops are

more convenient for the most part too. If you need to look

up something in the kitchen for a recipe, bring it with you,

look it up instead of going back to the office or the den

to look it up.

Why not?

Laptops are more expensive. While prices are getting

closer, laptops are still more expensive than the desktop

equivalent. Laptops are more fragile, not many people

drop a desktop system as it is sitting in once place, a

laptop typically moves around meaning it can be

From the Desk of

Joel Heusser, Captain CAPEmergency Services Officer

We are suppose to be a composite squadron, which

means that we support The Cadet Program, The

aerospace Program and the ES Program. As the ESofficer I have been looking over the member mission

qualifications, and I think we have some work to do. Right

now we have 30 Senior members on the books. Some of

these members are patron members, or due to health,

age, CAP participation goals ( AE Education only

members) or employment constraints, not able to

participate in an Active ES program. This slims us down

to a pool of officers that are ES candidates; we have 14

members who COULD participate, and get qualified to

help out during the next 9-11.

Of the 14 Officers, seven, or one half, are ES qualified in

one or more specialty. Out of the 33 specialties we have

members qualified in 10 different ES jobs. The least

qualified member has one qualification, and the most

qualified has 5 qualifications ( Way to participate Captain

Rieker ). Collectively we hold 22 qualifications or just a

little better than 3 per qualified Senior.

We are pretty well split between ground teams and air

teams with zilch for mission base staff. This is a big

weakness in our squadron's ES Organization, and one

we need to start fixing in the next twelve months.The Assistant ES officer and I are working on an ES

training program with Captain Buck that we will spring on

you in the near future. We have some details to work out

and some preparation work to complete before we try

and get the Squadron Commander to approve the plan.

In broad term our goal is to provide ES training in all

three areas at an entry level, as well as more advanced

training.

Where we can use your help is in signing up for the

classes, going on the training missions, and getting those101 cards updated, and then signing up as an instructor

to help pass on what you have learned to newer

members.

If you can't go on the call roster, you can go on some

SAREX missions to hone your skills and keep yourself

ready to participate if and when a major need arises.


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W E B P L A C E S

CADET WEB PAGES

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NER-MA-019

SENIOR WEB PAGES

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVYCOMP/

OFFICIAL CAPWEB SITES

http://bvycap.homesite.net/

http://www.mawg.cap.gov/

http://www.ner.cap.gov/

http://www.cap.gov/

https://www.capnhq.gov/default.aspx

Parades

BVY To march in several Parades

The Beverly Composite squadron has been invited to

march in several parades in the coming months. Cadets

and seniors are all invited and encouraged to attend and

march in these events.

Muster time, muster location, and uniform of the day foreach parade will be announced at the meeting night

previous to the parade.

Lets see how many people we can put on the street for

each of these opportunities.

Memorial Day Parades

Beverly - May 25

Danvers - May 26

VFW Convention Gala Parade

Burlington June 7

4th of July

Stoneham/Winchester 4 July

Ribbon Fun


Looking through the PAO biographies I have on file, I

was struck once again how individual our set of ribbons

gets to be after a year or two. I wondered how many of

us know the usual ribbons you find in a particular unit,

and how many know the unusual ribbons. I wondered

how many of us could look at a set of ribbons and know

who they belonged to. And if you didnt know who it was,

what could you tell about them solely from the ribbons

and devices.

Who should be wearing the Ribbon rack above on their

Blues? Were you able to Decode all the ribbons and

devices without looking them up? Try and come up with

five things you can state that you know about the wearer

based on the ribbons.

How about this one?

These two were pretty easy, there is a give away on eachgraphic, but even without it, how sure were you? How

many ribbon bars could you read at the on these ribbon

bars, or at the wing conference?

Next Month Lt Col Bob Thomas of the Texas Wing will

answer some ribbon questions on a semi regular basis.

Lt Col Thomas is an expert on ribbons and has agreed to

answer some ribbon questionsfor us. The first two

questions to be answered, space permitting, are:

1. What was the first "ribbon" authorized for wear on the

CAP uniform?

2. What were the First CAP Awards for heroism?


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SAREX Schedule

Joel Huesser, Captain CAPEmergency Services Officer

008 SAREX Schedule

Schedule subject to Change; Contact Lt Col [email protected]

19 & 20 January 07:30 17:30 SAREX1: DONE

16 & 17 February 07:30 17:30 SAREX2: DONE

19 & 20 April 07:30 17:30 SAREX3: USAF Eval

17 & 18 May 07:30 17:30 SAREX4:

21 & 22 June 07:30 17:30 SAREX5:

23 & 24 August 07:30 17:30 SAREX6:

20 & 21 September 07:30 17:30 SAREX7:

18 & 19 October 07:30 17:30 SAREX8:

22 & 23 November 07:30 17:30 SAREX9:

Boston Marathon

Joel Heusser, Captain CAPEmergency Services Officer

ES Opportunity for Beverly Squadron members. Once

again CAP has been asked to assist with the Boston

Marathon. If you wish to participate contact Major

McIntosh at [email protected], or Major Snow as

soon as possible.

Date: 21 April 2008

Time: NLT 0430 ( If you are late, you get left

behind )Uniform: BDU

Lunch: Bring $10.00 ( You may not need it )

RTB: Sometime in the afternoon

Requirements: GES Rating

Cadets: Must be 16 or older

FOUO

William Meskill, Lt Col CAPVice Commander Massachusetts Wing

Recent changes to government terminology makes this a

good idea to review. There have been many questionswhich this should answer.

SO WHAT EXACTLY DOES FOR OFFICIAL USE

ONLY MEAN?

One of the most commonly encountered questions we

get deals with the real meaning of For Official Use Only

and the implications for storage, transmittal, and

disposal. The following information, while not formal

policy, will hopefully help steer you straight.

FOUO is primarily a Department of Defense

phrase/acronym. Other government departments use it,

but many have also come up with their own, similar

phrases, to include Sensitive but Unclassified, or Law

Enforcement Sensitive, or just Official Use Only. While

this discussion only covers FOUO, it hopefully might also

answer questions relating to these other, similar

markings.

Unclassified//For Official Use Only (abbreviated to

U//FOUO) is a handling instruction, as opposed to a true

classification marking. It is used only for documents or

products which contain material which is exempt fromrelease under the Freedom of Information Act. That is,

U//FOUO cannot be gratuitously placed on any document

simply as a means of better controlling the content.

For any document/product correctly bearing the U//FOUO

handling instruction, certain safeguards must be taken.

Generally speaking, the material should be treated as if it

were classified CONFIDENTIAL. This means it cannot be

discarded in the open trash, made available to the

general public, or posted on an uncontrolled website. It

can, however, be shared with individuals with a need to

know the content, while still under the control of the

individual possessing the document or product. For

example, U//FOUO material relating to security

precautions during overseas assignments may be shared

with family members at home. The material should then

be returned to the government office and be properly

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Deadlines

For the May Eagle Eye

Columns 4 May 2007

DCS, DCC, Safety Officer, Professional Development

Officer, AEO, ESO, FO, and of course from the Squadron

Commander.News stories 11 May 2008

Promotions, Missions etc. and other late breaking

material.

RECURRENT

COMMUNICATIONS

TRAINING

MONTHLY QUIZ. MARCH 2008

Answers to the March Quiz

REFERENCES: CAP REGULATION 100-3.

3 NOVEMBER 2006.

Communications-Electronics

RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATIONS

INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS IN PARENTHESIS.

1. All are True (1 through 7) (2-19a)

2. False. the separation of the heading and the message text is

marked with the proword BREAK. "BT" is the written

shorthand used in record communications. (2-19 b)

3. True. (100-3. 2-19 c).

4. True. (100-3. 2-19 d).

5. False. In the event "fills or "repeats" are required, the

message must NOT be acknowledged, until the receiving

station is positive that is has copied what was transmitted,

100% (100-3. 2-19 e (1).)

6. True. (100-3. 2-19 e (2).)

7. True. (100-3. 2-19 e (3).)

8. False. Because there are many messages transmitted by

active stations, a referencing system MUST be used. If used,

messages are first identified by their message number and

precedence. (100-3. 2-19 f).

9. True. (100-3. 2-19 g).

10. False. General Message ICS form 213-OS MAYbe used

when working with other agencies using ICS protocol for

tactical messages. (2-20a).

ASWERS TO THE DEFIITIO TERMS.

Special thanks to the American Radio Relay League

(www.arrl.org/) for reference of the definition terms. ARRL

"Now You're Talking" 5th edition. (Glossary of Key Words).

1. Power.

2. Power supply.

3. Receiver.

4. Simplex operation.

5. Short circuit.

March 2008 Squadron Stats

Cadets Seniors

0 0 Promotions

2 0 New Members

0 0 Awards

0 Mission callouts, 0 missions, 0 finds

In 2007 the FAA introduced a radical revision to theWINGS - Pilot Proficiency Program.

The new program closely correlates with CAPs

own training and flight evaluation programs.

Therefore, in cooperation with the FAA we arepleased to announce that WINGS credit is now

available to CAP pilots for completing many of the

existing CAP training and flight evaluationprograms.

For more information on this program we have

copies of the Memorandum from the Director of

Missions at the Beverly Headquarters.


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Food continues from Page 4

NORTHEAST REGION

CADET ACADEMY

By Greg Carter, Major CAP

Deputy Commander of Cadets

TO TAKE PLACE 25 JULY 3 AUGUST 2008The Northeast Region will be conducting the NER Cadet

Academy next summer at Otis AFB, Massachusetts,

which will be comprised of four schools:

NER Cadet Leadership Academy

NER Cadet NCO Academy

NER Honor Guard Academy

NER Basic Encampment

Information on sign ups will be released as they become

available.

WWII Dance

By Tom Lyons, Major CAP

Squadron Commander

Everything is still in the preliminary stages for this

dance. I want everyone to have a heads up early. This

can be one of the biggest events in squadron or

perhaps wing history. We will need help from

everybody, that means parents, friends, relatives, your

parents friends relatives and anyone else it takes. This

can be a night of fun and memories for many people. If

we do it right people will be begging to have another

one next year. BE READY.

WE MUST ALL HELP. More info will follow as soon as

the details are worked out in the next month or so.

Tentative date is in September.

Waiting for the local major disaster to occur before you

start training, is waiting until it is too late. We need to

make sure Massachusetts can field teams to take care

of Massachusetts problems, with enough left over to

help other wings if the need arises.

In the months to come, Ill be looking for cadets and

seniors alike to help out by learning, teaching, and

training.

Food can be contaminated by hands or cooking utensils.

Always remember to wash hands and items for food

preparation thoroughly before coming in contact with

food. Also, any food that is left out should be covered to

protect from flies and other insects.

There is no effective treatment for the salmonellaebacteria itself. All you can do is treat the symptoms with

bed rest, plenty of fluids, and medication to alleviate the

diarrhea. Food poisoning develops within 48 hours of

eating the infected food and recovery typically takes two

days.

Details for this article courtesy of US CAP Safety Officers Briefing Book

dropped. Dropping laptops isnt really good for them.

Laptop screens are typically smaller than most of the

displays found at home, but this is quickly changing

with 17 and 19 screens available on some laptops.

Some people also find the lack of a full sized keyboard

or mouse to be an issue, but these can easily be added

but remove some of the portability of the laptop.Who do I recommend for laptops?

I really only recommend two companies for laptops:

Dell and their Inspiron and Latitude line with good low

end, middle end and on the high end the XPS line, and

the Lenovo ThinkPad (formerly IBM ThinkPad) line is

one of the best, but more expensive than most

systems. If you are an Apple user of course there is

only one solution, and that is the Apple laptop lineup

from Apple.

As usual, should you have any questions, please feelfree to email me at [email protected].

ES continues from Page 5

IT continues from Page 5


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Squadron Commander continues from Page 2

Reports Due

James M. McIntosh, Major CAP

Administration Officer

The following reports are due NLT April 10 to Wing

Headquarters.

Monthly Unit Safety Report (SE)

MWF 2-17 A/C Report & NER Flight Log (DOO/FMM)

CAPF 99, Flight Release Log (SD, DO)

MWF 73, Vehicle Inspection (LGT)

Quicken RPT 173-2, Quarterly Finance (FM)

Quarterly Public Affairs (PA)

Flight Release Officer Roster (DO)

MWF 15-3, DDR report (DDR)

A reminder that any reports that are to be submitted to

Wing HQ, especially by the Responsible Department and

IS NOT mailed through the Squadron Admin Office, a

copy must be submitted to Administration for our records.

Wing Training


Professional Development Officer

The MAWG CLC for 2008 will be held at Westover

ARB on 17 & 18 May 2008. Members Interested in

attending should complete a CAP Form 17, have it

signed by the commanding Officer and forwarded toCapt. Mark Jacobs. Forms are preferred in electronic

format, but standard paper works as well. If you were

registered for the 2007 CLC and wish to attend in 2008

there is no need to submit another form. Just send

Capt. Mark Jacobs an email confirming your intention

to attend.

Graduation from CLC is a requirement for promotion to

Major. The trade off is that it is a long hike out to

Westover, but the course is usually not offered more

than once a year.

THIS WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE ONLY CLC

OFFERED BY MAWG IN 2008.

Squadron Leadership School (SLS)

Date(s): 07 & 08 June 2008

Location: Pilgrim Composite Squadron HQ

222 South Meadow Road

Plymouth, MA 02360

Instructors and students please submit CAPF 17 via

email to the undersigned.

Steven Levesque, Lt Col, CAP

Director, MAWG SLS 2008

[email protected]

retained or destroyed. Wherever possible, U//FOUO

information should not be passed over unencrypted

communications lines (e.g., open phones, non-secure

fax, personal e-mails). If no secure communications are

available for transmission, U//FOUO material may be

sent via unprotected means, with supervisory approval

after risk has been assessed.

This information was obtained from the IOSS website athttp://www.ioss.gov/WhatDoesFOUOMean.html

can only guide you in the right direction, what you do is

up to you.

Our building is about to change color. We have a date

for the siding project to start.(May 5) We will be looking

for help before that to do some preparation work. Please

help out!!

After the siding is done we will clean up and do some

landscaping. We will have a nice looking squadron

headquarters after this is done. We all have to remember

that this comes with a cost. We have commitments to the

airport to keep, as well as rent to pay.

When the siding is done and the outside is cleaned up

we will have our Open House/Ribbon Cutting ceremony.

I feel that everything should be in presentable condition

before inviting guests and dignitaries. This will make for

better photos and public relations.

So get ready, big changes are coming! And remember

we all have to pitch in and help.

FOUO continued From Page 7


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CAPM 39-1

By AMY S. COURTER, Brigadier

General, CAP

Interim National Commander

MEMORANDUM FOR ALL CAP UNIT COMMANDERS

SUBJECT: Changes to CAPM 39-1

1. The National Board recently approved several

changes to CAP uniform wear policy. Members may

begin wearing these items immediately. The changes

and mandatory wear dates are listed below.

a. Removal of U.S. Civil Air Patrol tape on the

Battle Dress Uniform and

CAP Blue Field Uniform. Members are now authorized

to return to the Civil Air Patrol tape on the BDUs, field

uniforms and field jackets immediately. The mandatory

wear date for the Civil Air Patrol tape and phase out of

the U.S. version is 1 March 2010.

b. Name tags for new Corporate uniform. Members

are now authorized to return to Civil Air Patrol on both

the silver name tag worn with the new Corporate service

coat and the blue two-line name tag worn with the white

aviator shirt and AF blue pants. The mandatory wear

date for the Civil Air Patrol name tag and phase out of

the U.S. version is 1 March 2010.

c. Blue boonie hat.A dark blue boonie hat may be worn

with the blue field uniform when participating in extended

outdoor operations and authorized by the activity director.

Grade insignia will be worn as currently worn on the blue

BDU cap.

d. Optional long-sleeved blue golf shirt.A long-

sleeved version of the dark blue golf shirt with

embroidered seal on the right breast has been approved

for wear.

This shirt will be available in both male and female

versions. The female version does not have a pocket.

Females may wear either the male or female version.

This is a special purchase item from Vanguard Industries

and will be available as soon as possible.

e. Wear of senior member NCO grades on the new

Corporate uniform. Senior member NCOs who chose to

wear the new Corporate service coat will wear the 4 inch

Air Force chevrons on the sleeve of the service coat,

black windbreaker or black overcoat. NCOs wearing the

white aviator shirt and AF blue slacks will wear the 3

inch chevrons on the sleeve of the aviator shirt. Females

have the option of wearing the 3 inch or 4 inch

chevrons on the outer garments.

f. Black all-weather coat. The Army-style black all-

weather coat was approved for wear with the new

Corporate uniform. Grade insignia will be worn in thesame manner it is worn on the black lightweight jacket.

g. CAP Command Patch. The CAP Command Patch

was redesigned to remove the U.S. from the design.

The new patch may be worn immediately and the phase

out date for the U.S. version is 1 March 2010. The

emblem on vehicles and aircraft that display the U.S

version will be replaced through attrition.

2. Several other uniform proposals were approved but

require the approval of the Air Force before

implementation. When this approval is received theseitems will be announced. The items listed above will be

incorporated into the next revision of CAPM 39-1.

AMY S. COURTER

Brigadier General, CAP

Interim National Commander

Army All WeatherCoat

Blue Boonie Hat


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DeployedFormer Cadet

The magnet

SGT. Aaron Cuscuna

C-Trp 2-1 Cav

FOB Warhorse

APO AE09336

PAO Message


As far as I know everyone who should be getting the

Eagle Eye is getting it. If you know someone is not

getting a copy, and wants one emailed to them, please

contact me at [email protected] and Ill take care of it.

We are also now on the Beverly Cable TV station in the

Community Bulletin Board. Similar information has been

sent to the Salem cable station and also the Danvers

cable station.

Please check it out and let me know next meeting night if

you saw the notice. You might also want to take note of

the raffle notice that should be running by the time you

read this. Also let me know if you hear anyone talking

about having seen either slide.

Cadets: Cadet participation in the news letter has been

pretty much limited to promotion announcements, or

cadets reading the news letter. I am always looking for

input from cadets, story ideas, CAP related pictures, and

even stories. This newsletter is for cadets too, so if you

pass your ideas, pictures, stories up through the chain of

command they WILL get to me.

The gauntlet has been thrown down, Ill give the cadets

as much room as they need on a monthly basis, now lets

see what you cadets can come up with. Deadline is the

Sunday before the first meeting night, Earlier is better.

Cadet Airman Jason Sears is an 8th

grader at Holton

Richmond Middle School in Danvers Massachusetts

where he is a member of the jazz band. Cadet Sears has

been a nmember of the civil air partol since October of

2007. When not busy with school and home work Airman

Sears enjoys building model aircraft and playing thedrums.

In addition to the Unit Citation, Airman Sauer now wears

the General J. F. Curry Achievement.

Congradulations Airman, Well Done. Congradulations

Second Lieutenant Buck, good luck and well done.

[ Editors note: I sent out an email a hour ago announcing

Kellys appointment to West Point and of her acceptance.

My e-mail in box has been flooded with replies mostly

from CAP folks congradulating her, wishing her well, and

thanking her for wanting to serve her country, all of which

I will forward to Kelly. On behalf of Kelly, Mrs. Buck and

myself, thank you. Andrew ]

SeniorsThere were no senior promotions to announce. However

there was one senior training milestone to take notice of.

Captain Buck, the editor of this fine newsletter,

completed the PAO correspondence course. If you read

the commanders message, (I got a sneak peak at it),

training is going to become a hot topic over the next year.

We have several officers who need to complete the ECI-

13 ( Rumors have it going away back when I signed up

for it two years ago, ant it is still here ).

There are also other courses you can take like, Scanner,

Observer, and Emergency Services officer. There are

also the ICS series of correspondence courses that you

can sigh up for and complete on the FEMA web site.

Take the course, the online test and then bring your

completion certificates to Lt Parsons so a copy can go inyour file.

I challenge all the active officers to check your work load,

and if you can spare the time, sign up for a course. See

Lt Parsons the PDO if you need any help figuring out

what to take or how to sign up for it.

Awards continued From Page 1


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Aerospace

Aerospace continued On Page 14

Old Warrior Finds New RoleThe S-3B Viking was built to take off and land on carrier

ships, fly into enemy territory and take out threatening

submarines. It's rugged, fast and powerful, but its fighting

days are numbered. NASA's modified S-3B Viking aircraft

in flight.

S-3B Viking. Photo Courtesy of Boeing

Though the United States Navy is slowly decommissioning

the fleet, one S-3B is still flying in hostile conditions. Its

next mission? Venture into hazardous weather to study a

phenomenon that has caused more than 100 commercial

aircraft engines to fail, stall or temporarily lose power.Glenn research Center has been studying aircraft icing, the

leading natural cause of airplane accidents, for 25 years

using its Icing Research Tunnel and its Twin Otter research

aircraft. Engineers at the center have helped the aviation

industry to understand how ice forms in flight and how it

affects aircraft performance. They have evaluated de-icing

systems and developed new remote-sensing devices that

warn pilots before flying into icy conditions.

The S-3B will allow NASA Glenn to study the phenomenon

at altitudes, speeds and distances it was previously unableto reach.

Jan Wittry (SGT, Inc.)

NASA's Glenn Research Center

http://www.nasa.gov

Space Station NewsCommander Sergei Alexandrovich Volkov and

cosmonaut Oleg Dmitrievich Kononenko of the 17th

International Space Station crew launched in their

Soyuz TMA-12 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in

Kazakhstan at 7:16 a.m. EDT Tuesday 8 April 2008 to

begin a six-month stay in space.

Atlantis Delivers ColumbusColumbus took its part on the stage of space science

during the STS-122 mission as a crew of seven space

shuttle astronauts worked with three residents of the

International Space Station to add a new laboratory to

the orbiting research facility.

Astronaut Rex Walheim works on the outside of the Columbus

laboratory to make it part of the International Space Station. Credit

NASA

Space shuttle Atlantis was the delivery vehicle of

choice for Columbus, a 23-foot-long cylinder equipped

to host experiments inside and outside the station.

Astronauts will work inside the lab on some of the

research, while other experiments operate

independently to test theories of space science.

Steven Siceloff

NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center


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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

1 Promotions

2 Commanders Message, DCS, Get Well

3 DCC, Raffle, New Members

4 Professional Development Officer, Safety

5 ES, Info Tech

6 Ribbon Fun, Parades

7 SAREX Schedule, Boston Marathon, FOUO

8 Communications Quiz, Stats, FAA

9 IT, Dance, NER Cadet Academy

10 Reports due, Wing Training

11 CAPM 39-1

12 Awards, Deployed CAPM 39-1

13 Aerospace

14 PAO, Calendar, Deployed, Aerospace

Aerospace continued From Page 13

Squadron CalendarNight Uniform Cadets Seniors All

16 Apr 08 BDU ES TBD23 Apr 08 Blues Review Boards, Leadership Training ES BCUT Makeup30 Apr 08 TBD Dunk the DCC Dunk The DCS7 May 08 Blues AE, Moral Leadership Staff Meeting Promotions & Awards

14 May 08 BDU Testing, PT TBD Safety Briefing

Special Events

Date OIC Event19 & 20 April 08 Pavlik Mintz, Captain, CAP SAREX3

21 April 08 James McIntosh, Major CAP Boston Marathon

17 & 18 May 08 Mark Jacobs Capt. CAP CLC Westover ARB

25 May 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP Memorial Day Parade Beverly

26 May 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP Memorial Day Parade Danvers

7 June 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP June 7 VFW Convention Gala Parade Burlington

07 & 08 June 08 Steven Levesque, Lt Col, CAP SLS Training Pilgrim Ma

4 July 08 TBD 4th of July Parade Stoneham/Winchester

25 Jul 3 Aug 08 TBD Northeast Region Cadet Academy

Autumn TBD WWII Dance

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Less than 10 minutes after launch their spacecraft

reached orbit, and its antennas and solar arrays were

deployed shortly afterwards.

With Volkov, a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Air

Force, and Kononenko is spaceflight participant So-

yeon Yi. She is a South Korean flying under contract

with the Russian Federal Space Agency.

Yi will return to Earth with Expedition 16 crew members,

Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri

Malenchenko in their Soyuz TMA-11 on April 19.

Expedition 16 launched to the station Oct. 10.

Expedition 17 crew members will be welcomed by the

Expedition 16 crew, including astronaut Garrett

Reisman, after their docking to the orbiting laboratory,

scheduled for Thursday. Reisman launched to the

station on the STS-123 mission of Endeavour March 11.

He joined Expedition 16 in progress and will provide

Expedition 17 with an experienced flight engineer for the

first part of its increment.

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