Minnesota Wing - Oct 2005

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The Official Publication of Minnesota Wing, Civil Air PatrolOctober 2005

Three Generations of Lieutenants

From Left, 2d Lt Julie Daly, C/2d Lt Annie Daly and 2LT Patricia Crooks, US Army Nurse Corps (Ret).

When Cadet 2d Lt. Annie Dally of the Owatonna Composite Squadron received her Mitchell Award onOctober 18th she was the third generation to achieve the rank of Lieutenant in her family.

Cadet Dallys mother, Julie Dally is also a 2nd Lt. in Civil Air Patrol in the senior member program and CadetDallys grandmother, Patricia Crooks, was a 2nd Lt. in the Army Nurse Corps making Cadet Annie Dally thethird generation of Lt. in her family. Patricia Crooks served, as a 2nd Lt. in the United States Army from1960 until 1962. She was stationed in El Paso, Texas as an Army nurse.

As is the tradition in the United States Army, Cadet Dally was presented her Lt. rank from her grandmotherfor good luck. Although, she cannot wear them on her CAP uniform she cherishes these Lt. bars from her

grandmother.

FOCUS ON TRAININGThis issue of Wingtips focuses on training that all members receive in order to be better leadersand to develop skills to accomplish CAPs missions of Aerospace Education, Cadet Programs andEmergency Services.


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October 2005 MINNESOTA WINGTIPS Page 2

Commanders ColumnCol Steve Miller, Minnesota Wing Commander

Always Ready Are We Really?In the past month Florida experienced a tremendous amount of bad weather.Civil Air Patrol was there to help in many ways. Several Wings were called to

assist in the disaster relief efforts there. Most of them were in close proximityto Florida. What if Minnesota has a winter season like Florida had for itshurricane season? Are we prepared? Do we have extra food, water,batteries, firewood and other necessities?

Even Minnesota was affected by the latest hurricane, Wilma. We were supposed to take possessionof our new Gippsland aircraft. However, due to weather in the southeastern United States, the tripwas postponed. Meanwhile, the new hangar for the Gippsland aircraft waits ready to accept it. Thismonth we received the Certificate of Occupancy for our new maintenance facility. Look for a GrandOpening event in the near future.

October Big Training Month

October has been a very active month. The first Training of Cadet Leaders class was run at CampRipley. To our knowledge, this was the first such class offered in the country. The class is arequirement for the Cadet Programs Senior Specialty Track

Close to 100 cadets participated the annual Cadet Leadership Academy which includes the BCOCand NCOS courses and was also run at Camp Ripley. Cadets who attend this activity learnleadership skills they will take with them throughout their CAP careers and beyond.

MentoringOne of the responsibilities of the Wings Vice Commander, Lt Col Thomas Kettell, is the successionplan for the groups and squadrons. Several months after a commander takes command he/she isrequested to provide a name of a member who will be the next commander. The idea is to mentor

members so they are ready to take command at the end of the current commanders tour of duty.Each person within a squadron should look at their job and try to mentor another member. By doingthis members learn various jobs within the squadron new members are assured of mentors to helpthem in their first jobs within the squadron.

Semper Vigilans

WingTips is a publication of theMinnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol,

U.S. Air Force AuxiliaryP.O. Box 11230, St. Paul, MN 55111

www.mncap.org

[email protected] views expressed, either written or implied, are not

necessarily those of the U.S. Air Force, the Civil Air Patrol orMinnesota Wing. Submissions should be sent to the above

email address.

Wing Commander: Col. Steve MillerWingtipsEditor: Maj. Shannon Bauer

Bauer Returns to WingTips in November

WingTips Editor Major Shannon Bauerreturns next month after her tour in the GulfRegion is support of hurricane recoveryoperations with the US Army Corps ofEngineers.

Welcome back Shannon!!!!


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Focus On Training

Commanders Workshop

The wing conducted the

Annual CommandersWorkshop and NewCommanders OrientationCourse at the BreezyPoint Resort this pastOctober.

The annual workshop is afour-day intensiveprogram designed toeducate squadroncommanders fromthroughout Minnesota. Itsmission is to provide

practical education andexercises to enhance themanagerial competence ofCAP officers in leadingtheir members throughoutMinnesota Wing

This year's workshop incorporated a wing executive committee meeting, an orientation for new commanders,the workshop for 40 leaders and the semi-annual Wing Commander's Call.

Senior Members Complete Local Training Courses

On the 22nd

and 23rd

of October Major Jay Craswell of the 130th

squadron conducted a Squadron LeadershipSchool. The 2 day course focused on skills that new CAP Senior members need to be effective in the squadronand provides an in depth indoctrination into the Civil Air Patrol. The Squadron Leadership School is required forthe completion of Level 2 and promotion to Captain

The graduates of the SLS were: Gary Schaedler, Joseph Yenkosky, Heather McNevin, Bill Larson, EmilyHeimerl, Robert Lambert, Nick Modders, Jason Suby, Theodore Rogers, Paul Markegard, David Manshefferand Jon Speck.

On the 29th and 30th of October, Minnesota Wing conducted its annual Corporate Learning Course. Directed byLt Col Tom OConnor and the Wings Professional Development Staff, this course is a series of high levelpresentations on the functions of the Wing HQ. Senior wing staff officers briefed on their missions andprograms.

Senior members come out of this course with a greater understanding of how the wing supports the units andwhat resources are available to units to aid them in completing CAPs Missions for America.

Members who completed the CLC were: Catherine Cooksy, Richard Emery, Dalen Kruse, Robert McDonald,Alan Matson, Nathan Case, Conrad Peterson, Nash Pherson, Michael Bordonaro, Ronn Winkler,Don Vahlsing,Gary Isker, Ryan Brovold, Delores Kirchner, Todd Walters, Jayne Collins, George Lhotka and Rob Carlso


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Developing Tomorrows Leaders at the Minnesota Leadership AcademyCapt Janelle Gates & NCOS/BCOC Public Affairs Staff

Left, NCOS C/Commander - C/1st Lt Lanessa BastianRight, BCOC C/Commander- C/Lt Col Brian Anderson

NCOS/BCOC Commander- Capt Janelle Gates

The 2005 Minnesota Leadership Academy (MLA)was held at Camp Ripley MN from October 20

th-

23rd

. The MLA consisted of the Non-CommissionedOfficer School (NCOS) and the Basic CadetOfficers Course (BCOC). NCOS is a course whichintroduces the cadets to basic leadership andresponsibilities after Encampment. BCOC is acourse designed to develop better leadership skillsto equip students to be constructive officers at theirhome squadrons and in CAP. 130 Seniors, andCadets attended this years MLA. It was the NCOSs

7

th

year and BCOCs 6

th

year. Training Leaders ofCadets (TLC) was also held at Camp Ripley forseniors from all over the wing that specifically workwith cadets.

Col Miller presents the NCOS Distinguished Graduateaward to C/SSgt Jordan West

Cadets who attended NCOS had the opportunity tolearn crucial information about how to manage agroup of people, being organized, and publicspeaking. They learned skills on supervising,

prioritizing, juggling resources, and establishing thetone and purpose of the group by using practicalexperience. The students were required to give atotal of two speeches in front of their Seminars, andthey each had a chance to be in charge of theirseminars and learn to improve drilling a group ofpeople with instruction from the NCOS staff.

BCOC Distinguished Graduate:C/CMSgt Nathan Schwartzbauer (Center)

This year at BCOC the students attended classesthat would be beneficial to them in their officercarrier including Whole Brain Leadership, PrincipledLeadership, Effective Supervision, EffectiveCommunication, and Accomplishing the Mission. Allof the BCOC cadets had the opportunity to gothrough a tank simulator. The students were giventheir mission and had to do all the plotting andnavigation for the mission. By doing this theylearned how to work together and take charge in

their own areas. Most of the subjects they learnedabout in classes, they could relate to the simulator.The BCOC students were also able to competeagainst each other. One of the main things that theBCOC cadets worked on were projects that wouldmake them think about how they could improveboth Minnesota Wing and their home squadrons.


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Hutch Hosts Ground Team Member TrainingCapt Joe Bradfield

ELT searches during the Hutch GTM weekend wereconducted by night and by day.

Cadets built shelters in the woods, explaining why theychose a particular location & the benefits of the method they

used.

Hutchinson Squadron hosted an emergency services training weekend at a squadronmember's farm Saturday, 17 September.

Of the several squadrons who were invited to join in the event, two sent participants. Lt. Col.Joel Dale, MN Wing CAP-RAP Officer also attended.

Members were allowed only what they carried within their 72 hour packs. They camped insmall tents, ate MREs, used a trench latrine, and moved from training session to trainingsession at a pace that accommodated even the newest cadets, some whose name tapes hadnot even arrived yet.

Training included camp site selection, shelter building, knots, compasses and orienteering,search line, several ELT searches, night time operations with ELT searches, securing a site,working with law enforcement and press personnel, outdoors safety issues, litter carries, andmore.

Rain began Friday evening and continued off and on throughout the weekend, with powerfulthunderstorm activity Saturday night.

Attending from Hutchinson were Maj Chet Wilberg (Commander), C/TSgt Colin Schaffer andC/A1C Andrew Heisel. From Wesota, members in attendance were Maj Ruth Hoffman

(Commander), 2d Lt Linda Dilley, SM Tammy Luschen, C/Amn Gabrial Turner, C/AB AmandaLuschen, C/AB Alyssia Rice, C/AB Erin Osterbauerand C/AB Skyler Larson. FromWorthington, Capt Joseph Bradfield (Deputy Commander, Cadet Programs).


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Emergency Services Leaders to Meet in St Cloud

Minnesota Wing will hold its annual ES Leadership Conclave on December 10 th in HeadleyHall at St. Cloud State University.

Squadron and group ES officers (or, in their place, unit commanders), wing duty officers, anypersonnel that are active leaders in the ES program and qualified incident commanders areinvited to attend this ES leadership event.

Every unit should be represented by at least one person!

The Conclave will include material suitable for beginning and advanced ES officers. Majortopics include:

- 2005 mission and training recap- Qualification renewal requirements

- The MIMS computer system- The ARCHER Hyper-spectral imaging system- Training money management- Goals for the next year- ES Training plans for 2006- New computer tools for ES

There will be an opportunity for unit ES officers to interact with the Wing ES staff, askquestions, and offer suggestions.

Bring $5 per day to cover the cost of breakfast rolls and refreshments that will be provided.

(A low-carb option will be provided this year.) Lunch is on your own.

Please contact Lt Col Stan Kegel at [email protected] by December 4th to confirmattendance.

es.mncap.orgYour Online Emergency Services Resource


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Group 2 Conducts Search and Rescue ExerciseTuesday, August 30, 2005By Judy Otto, Staff Writer, The Hutchinson Leader

"I need an aircrew," shouted Bernie Knutson,operations officer for the Hutchinson Squadron ofthe Civil Air Patrol.

That one command was repeated dozens of timeslast weekend at the Hutchinson Municipal Airport asmembers from the Civil Air Patrol practiced air andground search and rescue missions during theiryearly training exercises.

The Civil Air Patrol was formed in the early 1940sby civilian pilots who wanted to help during WorldWar II. While most people knew about CAP in the1940s and 50s, people don't know much about theorganization anymore, said Lt. Col. Barney Uhlig,Mission Information Officer.

"We're the best-kept secret in the nation," headded.

The training exercises last weekend, according toUhlig, were to accomplish three tasks: Conductsearch and rescue sorties, learn how to use newaerial imaging equipment and work with airlink

medical helicopters.

Search and rescueWhen a plane's emergency transmitter emitssignals, a search and rescue team is dispatched,Uhlig said. The transmitter will send signals if theplane has landed hard or "sloppy," if thetransmitter's battery isn't changed as needed, or ifthe plane crashes. The weekend training exercises

helped pilots keep their search skills sharp and

helped ground teams practice sweeping an areaindicated by an air search team.

CAP Ground Teams and local firefighters practiceevacuating casualities with the Lifelink Helicopter

based at Hutchinson Airport.

The team of rescuers practiced finding two downedplanes one northeast and one northwest ofHutchinson and rescuing the passengers duringthe training exercises. If searchers don't use asystematic method, chances are the person introuble will be in the small area that was missed.

"The trick is to not over-fly areas without searchingthem," Uhlig said. Once the crash site or victim isfound, local rescue teams and CAP ground searchteams are called in.

Airlink and aerial imagingWhen CAP is successful in finding its victims, thenmedical airlink sometimes transports patients tolocal or metro hospitals.

"Of course, airlink is not part of us, but we'reworking together," Uhlig said.

Image of simulated crash site showing the Life-LingHelicopter and CAP Ground Team at work.

Aerial imaging equipment packed in metalsuitcases were distributed to several of theCAP squadrons during the training sessions. A


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communication radio, laptop computer, digitalcamera and transmitting equipment are housed ineach plane and at each ground base. When anaerial photo is taken, the equipment transfers thephoto into sound then transmits it back to theground base. The equipment on the ground thentransfers the sound back into a photo. The photoscan be e-mailed or posted on the internet, Uhlig

said.

"So they are very useful for Homeland Security," headded.

Other purposes of CAPCadet programs are a large part of the Civil AirPatrol. Teens ages 12 to 18 usually train as groundsearch teams, radio operators or flight marshals.Some are looking at military careers, others are not,Uhlig said.

CAP also assists the Army or Corp of Engineers

during disaster relief operations. They often servecommunities during floods or natural disasters, hesaid. When CAP members fill sand bags alongsideNational Guard members, they often are consideredpart of the National Guard, he said.

Civil Air Patrol members assist in disaster relief byflying Army and Corp of Engineers

officials, as well as CAP personnel, around thoseareas as they are being assessed, Uhlig said.Because Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary organizationunder the supervision of the U.S. Air Force, itsmembers must be military-like, including salutingand addressing each other with military titles. "Wehave to behave like we are members of the AirForce," Uhlig said.

CAP search and rescue teams are called uponabout two times a month. Most of those casesinvolve young children who have wandered awayfrom home or Alzheimer's patients who havedisappeared from long-term care homes, Uhlig said.

The Hutchinson squadron is frequently called uponto find aircraft transmitters, Knutson said. "It's beena quiet year," he added, but the team wasdispatched last summer to assist with a plane crashin the Morris area.

Not every pilot can be a CAP search-and-rescuepilot, he said. Licensed pilots must complete theextra training to ensure their ability to fly rescuesorties, Uhlig said.

"We fly low, slow and accurate," he said. "It'sdangerous."

Encampment News:

Major Todd Mandel of Red Wing Squadron has accepted the position of Encampment Executive Officer.

Captain Andrew Dew has accepted the position of Chief Tactical Officer.

Captains Conrad Peterson of Wing HQ and Daniel Payette of Valley Squadron have been selected asthe commanders of the Encampment Preparatory Schools to be held in March and April of 2006. Watchfor more info on these schools soon.

Encampment is now accepting applications for Support Staff and Tactical Officer Positions. A list of jobdescriptions for these positions as well as the online application can be found on the 2006 Encampmentwebsite at http://www.mncap.org/cp/8ctg. Deadline for applications is 18 December 2005.

The Eighth Cadet Training Group is now accepting applications for cadet staff. The application process

is online only. Please visit www.mncap.org/cp/8ctg for more details. Within the site you will finddescriptions for all open cadet staff positions. If you have any questions about the 8th CTG pleasecontact C/Lt Col Ryan Kenny, 8th CTG Commander.


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St Paul Squadron Cadets Geocach1st Lt Scott Johnson

Using the Internet based game ofwww.geocaching.com The Saint PaulComposite Squadron cadets learned thebasics of using GPSr technology, the

sun, and a compass to navigate to apredetermined location. These basicskills will aide them in performing futuresearch missions for CAP and in workingwith other rescue teams on the groundand in the air.

The Cadets then used their eyes, ears,and hands to find the hidden items in thewoods of Lebanon Hills. Answering thequestions about GPSr technology ateach cache, they then navigated to the

next waypoint (if they answered it correctly, if not...they walked some more until they found the correct answer).

Following our hike we all went to Davanni's for Pizza. Special thank you to Senior Member Gary Schaedler fordriving, and Lt. Tyra Cerny for helping plan the event. We hope to see more cadets and senior members at ournext outing. These are too much fun to miss!

Air Force News: C-141 Flies Last Combat Mission

The C-141 Starlifter aircraft started shuttlingsick and wounded from combat zones morethan 40 years ago. That ended Sept. 30when the plane's last war-time missionreturned home from Iraq.

An aircrew from Air Force ReserveCommand's 445th Airlift Wing left Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 26 totake cargo to Europe and bring militarypatients out of the Middle East.

The flight was the last Operation IraqiFreedom mission for the C-141 crews andaircraft. Medical people will continue their

aeromedical role on other kinds of aircraft.

Wing aircrews will continue flying C-141s, mostly inside the borders of the continental United States, until thespring of 2006 when the last C-141 will fly out of the Air Force inventory and into aviation history books.


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Aerospace News: How We'll Get Back to the MoonFor More Information: http://www.nasa.gov/missions/solarsystem/cev.html

Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will again explore the surface of the moon. And this time,we're going to stay, building outposts and paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond. There areechoes of the iconic images of the past, but it won't be your grandfather's moon shot.

This journey begins soon, with development of a new spaceship. Building on the best of Apollo and shuttletechnology, NASA's creating a 21st century exploration system that will be affordable, reliable, versatile, andsafe.

The centerpiece of this system is anew spacecraft designed to carryfour astronauts to and from themoon, support up to sixcrewmembers on future missions toMars, and deliver crew and suppliesto the International Space Station.

The new crew vehicle will be shapedlike an Apollo capsule, but it will bethree times larger, allowing fourastronauts to travel to the moon at atime.

The new spacecraft has solar panelsto provide power, and both thecapsule and the lunar lander useliquid methane in their engines. Why

methane? NASA is thinking ahead, planning for a day when future astronauts can convert Martian atmosphericresources into methane fuel.

The new ship can be reused up to 10 times. After the craft parachutes to dry land (with a splashdown as abackup option), NASA can easily recover it, replace the heat shield and launch it again.

Coupled with the new lunar lander, the system sends twice as many astronauts to the surface as Apollo, andthey can stay longer, with the initial missions lasting four to seven days. And while Apollo was limited to landingsalong the moon's equator, the new ship carries enough propellant to land anywhere on the moon's surface.

www.caphistory.org


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Recognition

New Glider Pilot

On Sunday Oct 16th

C/Capt Patricia Friese of the130th squadron, passed her FAA oral and practical

FAA Check Flight. Her Primary Instructor was LtCol Roger Brogren. Cadet Friese started her questto earn her wings at the 2003 Minnesota FlightAcademy.

Recognize Your Fellow Member atthe 2006 Wing Conference

Now is the time to participate in the Annual Awardsand Recognition Program. These awards recognizeoutstanding individuals and units. Don't miss thisopportunity to gain recognition for an individual or

squadron effort.

These awards will be presented at the MN WingConference in April 2006. Nominations will beaccepted until Monday, 5 December 2005 atmidnight.

Awards that a member can be nominated for arelisted below:

Minnesota Wing Specialist Awards Cadet Commander of the Year Cadet NCO of the Year Cadet of the Year Coffin Memorial Award Dunbar Memorial Award Sindlear Memorial Award CAP Family of the Year Wing Staff Member of the Year Senior ember of the Year

Members can also be nominated for the followingCAP Decorations

Distinguished Service Medal

Exceptional Service Award Meritorious Service Award Commander's Commendation Award Lifesaving Award

Information and nomination forms can be obtainedat the Awards website: www.mncap.org/pa/awards

CADET AWARDS

SENIOR MEMBER AWARDS

SENIOR MEMBER PROMOTIONS

Please let us know about Senior Member NCO,Flight Officer and Cadet Officer promotions by e-mailing the editor at [email protected]

Marnie Vonwald to 2d LtPatrick Cruze to Capt

Kendall Wallace to CaptAlan Matson to Major

SENIOR MEMBER CERTIFICATE OFPROFICIENCY (Level 2)

Capt Joseph Yenkosky FT SNELLING1

stLt Delores Kirchner OWATONNA

MITCHELL AWARDAnn Dally OWATONNACharles Cox VIKING

Joseph Homan RED WINGParker Anderson OWATONNAJasper Berg GRAND RAPIDS

Wing Calendar The latest version of the Wing Calendar can be found at www.mncap.org/calendar

November 200511 EF Rawlings AFA Annual Dinner & Recognition Program19 Public Affairs Workshop19-20 ES Photography Course

December 20053-4 Corporate Learning Course @ Grand Rapids Sqdn5 Nomination Period Ends for Wing Awards10 Wing ES Leadership Conclave @ St Cloud18 Last Day Cadet/Senior Staff Apps for 2006 Encampment Accepted

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