Oregon Wing - Mar 2009

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~SPRING 2009~

OREGON

WINGSPAN

As Cadets present the Colors the spotlight is on the American Flag and on the Cadets

in front of more than 10,000 fans.

~ Washington County Color Guard Wing Champions page 3 . . .


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OREGON WINGSPAN

The OREGON WINGSPANis the authorized publication published three times

a year in the interest of the members of the Oregon Wing of Civil Air Patrol. It

is published by a private rm in no way connected with the Department of the

Air Force or Civil Air Patrol Corporation. Opinions expressed by publishers

and writers are their own and are not to be considered ofcial expressions by the

Civil Air Patrol Corporation or the Air Force. The appearance of advertisements

in this publication, including supplements and inserts, does not constitute an

endorsement by the Civil Air Patrol Corporation or the Department of the Air

Force of the products or services advertised.

HEADQUARTERS

Oregon Wing Civil Air Patrol

Auxiliary of the United States Air Force28735 Grumman Drive Eugene, OR 97402-9542

(541) 688-9408 Fax: (541) 689-9509

www.orwg.cap.gov

Col. Brian L. Bishop, Wing Commander

Lt. Col. Tom Traver,Director of Public Affairs, Oregon Wing

Scott Maguire, Editor

For information on advertising rates and space, please call 1-800-635-6036Continued on page 10 . . .

CommandersColumn

Brian Bishop, Col., CAP

Wing Commander, Oregon Wing

As this issue of the

Wingspan is being read-ied for the printer, Im

returning from a wonderful visit

I enjoyed a beautiful drive downthe Oregon Coast.

Ive visited eight of our

seventeen units since assum-ing command of the Wing last

October, and Ive noticed a

common theme. People are hav-ing fun! The folks at Brookings

were kind enough to invite anumber of wing staff members(including the Vice Commander,

Major Larry Kendrick; the Chiefof Staff, Capt. Sonny Adcock;and the Metro Senior Squadron

Commander, Major Ted Tanory).The dinner was fun and exciting,and we all had a large number oflaughs at Scotts expense. Whileall of that was fun, it was obvi-ous that the squadron enjoyedbeing together as friends. Those

of us who visited were all happyto be a part of the camaraderie.

Please dont think that a

jovial time is required for a unit

to work well together. But whenpeople are mad at each other,

its pretty clear that they wontwork well together. What warmsmy heart so much is that whenI travel around the state visiting

units, I see our members enjoy-ing each others company. With

to the South Coast CompositeSquadron. I was privileged toattend their Annual AwardsDinner, where I also officiated

at the Change of

Command whereCapt. Scott Bakkerhanded the reigns

of the squadronover to Lt. James

Metcalfe. I hadhoped to fly to the

event, but snowdown at 500 ft. orso means a good

chance of ice in the

clouds, so instead


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Oregon Wing has a newchampion Color Guard Team.It hails from the Washington

County Composite Squadron andis composed of Cadets Teresa

Gray, Garrison Jensen, Abagail

Merkel and Bill Brady.Capt. George Long, who

coordinated the Wing compe-tition, stated that the contest,

between Washington County

and the Aurora Cadet Squadron,came down to a tie, broken by thewritten tests taken by the cadets.It was a very close contest.

The Washington County

team had made a brief stop the

morning the competition began

Close Contest Names Washington

County Cadets as Wing Champions

Capt. George Long presents the winning Color Guard team at the end ofa full day of competition.

Washington County Composite Squadron cadets present the flags at a Portland Trail Blazer basketball game. Thesquadron got some additional cadet members to march with the Color Guard onto center court for the presentationof the colors. Cadet Platman is in front on the left and Cadet Dylan Hallums leads the Color Guard.

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Colonel Brian Bishop, the Commander of the

Oregon Wing of the Civil Air Patrol honored the

members of the Wings newest unit, the CampAdair Composite Squadron, during a dinner andchartering ceremony Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at theAmerican Legion Hall in Albany.

Col. Bishop and Chief of Staff Capt. Winton(Sonny) Adcock spent time with cadets and officersof the new unit over dinner, getting to know them,learning about how things were going, and whatwas working well. They also visited with a numberof guests visiting the unit.

After dinner, Col. Bishop gave a short speech

about his goals for the Wing and where he sawthe new unit fitting into those goals. FollowingCol. Bishops talk, Capt. George Long, unit com-mander, spoke about the units strengths and weak-

nesses and his goals for where the unit should be ina couple of years. Col. Bishop then presented Capt.

Long with the units Organization Charter.

Wing Commander HonorsOregons Newest Unit

By Christopher H. Johnson, 2nd Lt., CAPPublic Affairs Officer,

Camp Adair Composite Squadron

Deputy Public Affairs Officer, Oregon Wing

Although all CAP members were in dress bluesor the corporate dress uniform, the mood was jovialas officers from the unit celebrated a years worthof hard work getting this unit started. The CampAdair Composite Squadron was chartered as theCamp Adair Flight in October of 2008, after a coregroup of officers living in Linn and Benton counties

noticed community needs for youth education and

leadership development, citizen emergency service

volunteers, and an aerospace education program.This occurred after nine months of working underthe command of the Salem Composite Squadronto develop community relations and create a func-tional unit.

The unit achieved squadron status by Januaryof 2009, when it reached the requisite membershipof 5. It recently hosted an open house and expects

to add several new cadets and officers to its ranksin the near future.

Since chartering, the unit has held an emer-gency service drill day, assisted the City of Adair

Village by removing snow and ice from sidewalksand street gutters after the storm of December16-19, hosted a community Aerospace EducationExercise, and brought Santa Claus to visit the chil-dren of Adair Village, in addition to participating

in Wing level activities.

This has been an ongoing learning experience

for all of us, said Capt. Long.

Col. Bishop presents Capt. Long with the unitsorganization charter.Photo by Cheri Long.

Col. Bishop, Capt. Long, and Lt. Cheri Long visit withunit members during dinner. Photo by Christopher

Johnson.


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Nine squadrons from Northto South in Oregon and onefrom the East participated from

their home bases in January

in a decentralized Search andRescue Exercise. This variedfrom the normal operation of

gathering air and ground crews

at one base.We were able to operate

from five bases, said st Lt.

Richard Ouellette, Oregon WingDirector of Emergency Services.The weather prevented anyflights out of Bend. We did

fly out of Salem, Medford,Brookings, and Aurora.

The exercise was intendedto refine Emergency Locator

Transmitter (ELT) search pro-cedures and team coordination.

Air crews worked with groundteams to guide them to a find

and lead them in. It also diversi-fied the mission base duties so

that Mission Radio Operatorsand Flight Release Officers wereneeded at multiple locations.

We were able to launch sor-ties (12 in all that day) from mul-tiple locations while centrallymanaging and monitoring all of

the activity using the Incident

Management Utility. Teamsreviewed ELT location tech-niques for both air and groundcrews. Training and practicewas also provided on the use ofthe IMU, the Wing Management

CAP Conducts SimultaneousSearches from Five Airports in

Search and Rescue DrillUtility, WMIRS and eServices,all computer utilities that help

support CAP.

In all there were 463 peoplehours on the part of 64 people.Five aircraft were utilized and21 vehicles. There were 10.2hours flown on the 12 sorties.

Units that participatedincluded: Ashland, Brookings,Medford, Bend, Salem, CampAdair, Northwest Coastal,

Columbia, and Metro. Wingstaff members also participated.

Specific reports were filedby Public Affairs Officers for

two of those bases:SALEM

From the Salem base,members of the Camp Adair

Composite Squadron, theNorthwest Coastal Flight, andthe Salem Composite Squadron

1st Lt. Greg Sebastian from the Camp Adair Composite Squadron, workswith Cadet C. Menken from the Salem Composite Squadron on trackingradio communications during the SAREX.

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ALBANY, Ore.On Monday,November 11, 2008, membersof four Oregon Wing Civil Air

Patrol (CAP) units gathered inAlbany to honor veterans of the

United States Armed Forces.

Despite cool temperaturesand steady rain, members

of McMinnville CompositeSquadron, Salem CompositeS q u a d r o n , L i n n - Be n t onComposite Squadron, and CampAdair Flight, waited, stood andmarched for more than three

hours in the parade heralded

as the largest Veterans DayParade west of the Mississippi.

According to Tim King ofSalem-News.com, this yearsparade drew more than 40,000participants and spectators.

The Civil Air Patrol forma-tion was led by a two person cadetColor Guard from McMinnvilleComposite Squadron, fol-lowed by a format ion of twelvecadets under the command of

Cadet Sgt. Sams and CadetSgt. Paul Vasta of the SalemComposite Squadron.

Two officers marched behindthe cadet formation. They werefollowed by a CAP groundsearch and rescue vehicle, a

member-owned vehicle, and aCAP van.

The CAP formation was

Four Oregon Wing Units

Participate in Largest Veterans Day

Parade West of the MississippiArticle and photo by 2nd Lt. Christopher Johnson,

PAO, Camp Adair Squadron

third-to-last in a long line ofveterans, community, youth, and

military groups.

This was the first timethat the cadets from the four

units had marched together in

a parade. The cadets kept in

step with the cadence beingcalled by Sergeants Sams andVasta, thereby presenting a

professional image of CAP to

spectators from across the state,

nation, and world.

Following the parade, cadetsand officers gathered at the Linn

County Courthouse to watchthree veterans from three dif-ferent wars receive a variety ofawards for their service.

This was an excellentopportunity for cadets to learn

about the value of service to

country. They did well, saidOregon Wing Cadet Programs

Special Activities Officer MajorChris Wade.

Cadets Samantha Baldwin and Teven Stone carry the flags at the head ofthe CAP marching unit in the Albany, Ore., Veterans Day Parade.


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to present the colors at a Tai

Kwan Do tournament.Washington County Color

Guard members practiced threenights a week to prepare for theWing competition and they con-tinue at that pace to prepare for

the Pacific Region CompetitionApril 24-26 near Fort Lewis inWashington. March 13th and14th the Oregon State UniversityROTC will meet with the Wingchampions in Lebanon to reviewwhat they saw at the competition

and give pointers on areas forimprovement. The ROTC teamjudged the Wing competition.

The cadets and many senior

members worked hard andshowed a lot of commitment toachieve this honor. This squaddates back almost a year ago whenit was formed. The first eventwas the Hillsboro Air Show. Theteam started with nine interested

cadets. SM Teresa Boyd andSM Greg Brown took the adultleadership roles in managing

and training the cadets to learn

the basics of presenting the col-ors for squadron meetings. Thesquad started practicing twohours a night twice a week withsome weekend practices. CadetGrays father made their first

practice rifles out of a 2x4 andduct tape.

Boyd changed jobs and

moved and Brown became ill sothey turned the team over to SMMark Organ, who was a CAPcadet, served in the U.S. MarineCorps, and is a college student.

Cadet Dylan Hallums was

part of the original squad upuntil a few months ago. Heturned his rifle and braid over to

Cadet Brady so he could focuson advanced placement courses,

sports, and getting ready to

take his place at the U.S. AirForce Academy, to which he hasaccepted an appointment.

Before the team could get

decent equipment, then squad-ron commander Capt. Winton

Sonny Adcock required theColor Guard to show commit-

ment and dedication to the teambefore the squadron spent theapprox $1000 dollars it took topurchase all the supplies requiredto make the team competitive.

SM Brown, former leader ofthe team, gives kudos to Cadet

Gray for helping make the team

a success.

I cannot tell you how goodof a leader Cadet Teresa Gray

has been in this whole up anddown cycle and learning curvefor the squad, he said. And ontop of it all she is also a college

student with a full load at PCCand is active in many other time-consuming events in here life

- but she has always maintainedher role as the oldest member

and the squads leader.He also credits SM Organ

with the experience and senseof detail that makes the team a

winner. The team has presentedcolors at a national Tai Kwan Dotournament and at two PortlandTrail Blazer games at the RoseGarden Arena.H

Commanders Column . . .

Continued from page 1

Color Guard Wing Champions . . .


all of the important work thatwe conduct on the behalf of ourcommunity, state and nation, its

good to see that we dont forgetto have fun!

P.S. You may have noticed thata couple of wing staff membersseem to have been promoted.

In Brookings, it was my honorto promote two dedicated andcapable members to the rank of

Major Larry Kendrick and TedTanory. Both offer their time,

energy, and talent with distinc-tion and provide incredible

service to our wing. Please joinme in thanking them for all that

they do.

H H

Those who expect

to reap the blessings

of liberty must

undergo the fatigues

of supporting it.

Thomas Paine

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PORTLAND, Ore.On Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, members of the ColumbiaComposite Squadron, Oregon Wing, Civil Air Patrol, marched and carried

colors in the Hollywood District Veterans Parade in Portland, Ore.

(L to R) Cadets Ian Cummings, Josh Schneider, David Owings and CullyKeene were at the head of the marching unit as the Oregon Wing ColorGuard. They were followed by about a dozen marching cadets and seniorofficers. Two other cadets carried a banner for the Women Marines in theparade.Photo by Maj. Ted Tanory

This parade has been honoring veterans for 34 years. Columbia Compositehas marched in this parade for at least 5 of those years, according to Lt. Col.

Lori Duffy, squadron member who marched in this parade when she was acadet in this squadron. Ross Hollywood Chapel, a local funeral home, startedthe parade in 1974 and has been its major sponsor ever since.

Cadets heard speeches by veterans and dignitaries honoring the

service of veterans. Many veterans marched in the parade. Some rodein historic military vehicles, others in classic cars.

Cadets Honor Veteransand 25-year Tradition

TILLAMOOK, Ore.Cadetsand Officers will gather at theTillamook County Sheriffs offroad training facility near the

Tillamook Air Museum at theend of July for the 2009 RocketryTraining Weekend.

This will be the third year in

a row that Oregon Wing is host-ing a rocketry weekend. Cadetshave the opportunity to build and

launch three or four rockets of var-ious types during the weekend, aswell as learning about rockets andwatching rocket-related films.

The event begins on Thursday,

July 30 with check-in from 1500to 1900. Dinner and watching themovie October Sky follows.

On Friday, July , rocketbuilding begins after breakfast.

Cadets will build and launch popbottle rockets. An afternoon lab

time continues the rocket building.

That night there will be a movie:In the Shadow of the Moon.

On Saturday, Aug. 1, workcontinues on a cargo rocket.

That afternoon these rockets willbe launched. Later in the after-noon a repair and rebuild lab is

scheduled. There is a possibility

of a tour of the Tillamook Air

Museum, but funding must besecured first. That nights movie

is Failure is Not an Option.

After dark launches are planned.

On Sunday, Aug. 2, a chapelservice is scheduled. After that

AE TeamSchedulesRocketry

Weekend

everyones program requirementswill be checked and additionallaunches may be done as time

and motors permits.

To register, download thenecessary form from the Oregon

Wing website at http://orwg.uscap.us/. Cadets are required to fileCAPF 31 and CAPF 60. Cost foreach participant including staff is

$65. Forms are due by June 19.Payment is due by July 30.

Capt. Nick Ham, Oregon

Wing Director of AerospaceEducation, will be program direc-tor. Cadet Maryssa Yeager willbe Cadet Commander. Questionscan be addressed to Capt. Ham

at [email protected].


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contributed to operations. The

base operated from 1100 untilabout 1630.

The base had a fully staffedoperations section, which ranout of out the Salem Air Center.Capt. Nick Ham served as

Operations Chief. Capt. Bill Rust(trainee) and 1st Lt. Doug Alveyran communications using a

portable fixed-base VHF radio.Cadets from Salem Compositeassisted with communicationsby tracking the ground team

and the aircraft, maintaining acomm log and a status board.

The comm team was unable totransmit on any repeaters from

its location at McNary Field, soall radio traffic was conductedon simplex frequencies, sharingradio time with Aurora base.

A Cessna operated

from the base with an air-crew provided by members

of the Salem Composite.A ground team led by st Lt.

Greg Sebastian successfullylocated an ELT at Independence

State Airport in tandem with theair crew. Two officers and twocadets received UDF trainingduring this exercise.

The air crew was forcedto return to base immediately

after locating the target due to

the lowering cloud ceiling. Twomore sorties had been planned,

but the base was shut downearly due to the low ceiling,increased wind velocities, andwinter precipitation.BEND

Senior and Cadet Membersof the High Desert Composite

Squadron, based in Bend,gathered at the Bend Airport.

Professional Air permitted the

use of their training facilities to

squadron members for this edu-cational opportunity.

Lt. Ouellette traveled to

Bend for the event to serve as

the sites trainer. The training

consisted of the many differ-ent aspects of operating and

accomplishing a successful

search and rescue mission. Dueto weather conditions the coursewas restricted to land.

During the session, CAP

SAREX . . .


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they worked together to developplans about how to address dif-ferent problems that their units

were currently facing.The course offered a unique

way for officers from around the

Wing to get to know each other andto learn about each others units.This year, the school was

taught exclusively by officers

from the Salem CompositeSquadron. Lt. Col. Charles(Chuck) Fandel was thelead instructor. Capt. John

Barringer, Capt. William

(Nick) Ham, Maj. John(Doc) Holliday, Capt. Dennis

Wyza, and Capt. Paul Gilmanalso served as instructors.

Salem CompositeSquadron Hosts

SquadronLeadership SchoolSALEM, Ore.On Saturday,January 10 and Sunday, January, officers from across the

Oregon Wing, and an officer

from the Idaho Wing of the Civil

Air Patrol gathered at Leslie

Middle School in Salem to par-ticipate in this years SquadronLeadership School.

The officers learned about

how CAP is supposed to func-tion at the unit level and howunits are supposed to work withofficers within their respectivewings. Officers also discussedpublic trust, professional devel-opment specialty tracks, commu-

nications, and problem solving.Toward the end of the course,

members learned about posi-tions and duties that are

required to run a mission fromthe ground. These modules

were Incident Commander,Operations, Logistics,

Planning, along with Financeand Administration.

Several software programswere introduced that are usedin mission base operations. This

training offered excellent insight

into their many uses and possible

applications within the missionsoperated by and with the HighDesert Composite Squadron.


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The 800 members of theOregon Civil Air Patrol joined

the 57,000 members nationwideof the CAP as they observed the

organizations 67th Anniversaryservice to America on Dec. 1.The anniversary was celebratedacross America by the orga-

nizations 52 wings and morethan 1,500 squadrons. Oregonis home to 18 squadrons locatedthroughout the state.

The all-volunteer, nonprofitorganization was founded onDec. 1, 1941, less than a weekbefore the Japanese attack on

Pearl Harbor led to Americas

involvement in World War II.

Its members soon proved their

worth by conducting aerialpatrols that discouraged, and

eventually stopped, deadly

German U-boat attacks on ship-ping along American seacoasts.

Fifty-nine CAP members diedduring World War II, 26 werelost at sea and seven others wereseriously injured while carryingout CAP missions.

Our citizen volunteers have

a proud legacy of selfless service

Oregon Civil Air PatrolCelebrates 67th Anniversary

Article byLt. Col. Thomas Traver, Wing PAO

to their country and their com-munities. They truly go above

and beyond each day, giving

their best as needs arise, said

Maj. Gen. Amy Courter, CAPsnational commander.

As the official auxiliary

of the United States Air

Force, todays CAP performsa variety of missions in com-munities throughout the 50states and Puerto Rico. CAPresponds when planes areoverdue and emergency loca-tor transmitters go off. Its

volunteers perform 90 percentof continental U.S. inlandsearch and rescue missions,

under control by the Air Force

Rescue Coordination Center.In August, three members

from CAPs Oregon Wing

- Capt. Scott Bakker, Capt.Tom Moore and 1st Lt. JamesMetcalfe - were honored withthe AFNORTH CommandersAward for their rescue of a pilotwho crash-landed his plane in theCascade Mountains in southwestOregon. Such rescues are typical

for CAP, which was credited by

the AFRCC with saving 90 livesso far in 2008.

CAP provides disaster relief

during hurricanes, floods, wild-fires, earthquakes, tornadoesand countless other emergen-cies. Last December, aircrewsfrom the Oregon Wing flew

Tillamook County emergencyofficials to shoot high-defini-tion photographs to document

the massive early winter stormdamage and to guide rescuers.

CAP also performs homeland

security and counter-drug mis-sions at the request of federal,state, and local agencies.

CAP plays a leading role in

aerospace education and mentors

nearly 22,000 young Americansthrough its cadet program. Its

cadet programs stress leadership

and moral responsibility as they

teach aviation and emergency

response skills. One of the Civil

Air Patrols former cadets, Air

Force Col. Eric Boe, currently

is piloting the Space ShuttleEndeavour during its 15-daymission to the International

Space Station.


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used to mark the anniversary of the U.S. MarineCorps, the cadet Color Guard escorted an especially

decorated sheet cake to the front of the meeting

room. Oregon Wing Commander Col. Brian Bishop

Squadron Ceremony CelebratesCAP Anniversary

Photos by Capt. Scott Maguire, PAO

Col. Brian Bishop, Wing Commander, cuts thefirst slice of cake with a combat knife as Capt. JohnBezayiff, squadron commander, and C/2nd Lt. DanielKnox look on.

The cake features two CAP aircraft, the CAP motto, and theCAP seal.

Color Guards David Owings, Josh Schneider, IanCummings, and Cully Keene pass Capt. Ted Tanoryon the way to the front of the meeting hall. Cadet JoshLyon, the youngest member of the squadron, is alsopart of the ceremony.

by Senior Member Robert Marty Martin. Coffee,punch, and cake were served to the entire squadronto celebrate the anniversary.

P O R T L A N D ,Ore.The young-est cadet in the

squadron, JoshLyon, and the

oldest officer

Commander John

Bezayiff, helped

the Columbia

C o m p o s i t eSquadron mark the67th anniversary ofthe Civil Air Patrol

recently.

In a ceremony

inspired by the one

cut the cake with acombat knife. The

youngest and old-est helped celebrate

the heritage of

CAP and the newblood that is con-stantly joining the

organization.

The ceremonywas crafted by 1stLt. John Julian.

After Col. Bishop

cut the first piece,

the remainder of

the cake was served


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(Image on Right)Evergreen Aviation Museum

education specialist RobertJordon explains pilot

clothing from the WorldWar I era. Cadet AsaCummings tries it on.

ColumbiaCompositeSquadron

VisitsEvergreenAviationMuseum

Photos by

Capt. Doug Herman,

Aerospace Education Officer

Columbia Composite Squadron,CAP, visited Evergreen AviationMuseum, McMinnville, Ore.,recently to learn about aircraft.

Robert Jordon talks about thedynamics of propellers and thequalities of the wood used.


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Oregon Wing Civil Air PatrolAuxiliary of the United States Air Force

28735 Grumman Drive Eugene, OR 97402-9542

(541) 688-9408 Fax: (541) 689-9509

www.orwg.cap.gov

1-800-FLY-2338 www.gocivilairpatrol.com


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BROOKINGS, Ore.The SouthCoast Squadron of Civil AirPatrol celebrated CAPs anni-versary at City Hall here.

It was great, we had sixSenior Members and four Cadetsat the City Hall Meeting, said1st Lt. Ron Griswold, Public

Affairs Officer.Mayor Larry Anderson

and the City Council passed

a Proclamation. BE IT

RESOLVED by the BrookingsCity Council, that the City of

Brookings recognizes the Civil

Air Patrol this December 2008for the 67 ears of Service. It hasprovided much service to this

country and this community, and

asks the citizens of Brookings tojoin with us in this observance.

The Brookings CAP

Squadron, No. 105, has the onlyairborne Public Address system

in a fixed wing aircraft. With thissystem the South Coast squadroncan warn people of Tsunami andfloods upriver. This squadron hasparticipated in over 5 missions

this year. Three Members ofthe Brookings unit received the

first Air Force most meritorious

Aviation Award for the Nation atthe National Board in Florida.

The squadron also receivedthree letters of commendation

for the development, deploy-ment, and implementation of

the Airborne Public Address

CityHonorsLocal

Squadron

System from the U.S. CoastGuard and U.S. Air Force.

The members of Squadron105 are: Capt. Scott Bakker,Commander; 1st Lt. JimMetcalfe, Deputy Commander;1st Lt. Ron Griswold; RossDuncan; Ray Forsberg; WarrenGlaze; 2nd Lt. Dave Homes; 2ndLt. Don James; 1st Lt. CharlesKresa; 2nd Lt. Ron Lindley; Capt.Tom Moore; Larry Mostachetti;2nd Lt. Pete Peters; Maj. MikeRupert; Chris Swick; HowardTingley; Dr. Doug Walker; Capt.Fred Wright; and Mike Watson.

BAY CITY, Ore. This winter,cadets, and seniors from the

Northwest Coastal CompositeFlight worked for hours assist-ing Bay City United MethodistChurch with its annual fooddrive for the Tillamook area

food bank.

With the donations from BayCity residents and Tillamooks

CAP Unit Helps Make

Food Drive a SuccessArticle by 1st Lt. Wendy Flett, PAOCivil Air Patrol, they collected

more than 630 pounds of non-perishable food items. This is a

record breaker for the church.

On the day of the collection

drive, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008,even the weather cooperated.Capt. William Rust, commander

for the Tillamook Flight, said:Last year the rain was comingat us sideways.

David Hurd, pastor of BayCity United Methodist church,was thankful for the supportfrom Civil Air Patrol, we havean older congregation and it can

be hard for them to reach out to

the community in this way. Wereally appreciate the partnership

we have developed with CivilAir Patrol these past three years

and look forward to their help inthe future.

Civil Air Patrols Core Values

are; Integrity, Volunteer Service,Excellence and Respect. Projectslike this help promote all four of

these values, Rust said.

Displaying food turned in by the North Coastal Flight are C/Amn. AnthonyHarris, 1st Lt. Wendy Flett, Pastor of Bay City United Church David Hurd,2nd Lt. Karen Rust, C/SMSgt. John Flett, and Capt. William Rust.

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PORTLAND, Ore. Freezingtemperatures and falling snowwerent enough to stop volun-teers from distributing holiday

food baskets to 4,000 fami-lies in the Portland area on

December 20th.The annual event, coordi-

nated by the Portland Polices

Sunshine Division, gathersdonated food items, which are

then delivered by communityand agency volunteers. Each

basket contains enough food to

prepare a holiday meal; bread,turkey, and dry goods, which aredonated by local businesses and

individuals throughout the year.

These citizens never really

get to know us as normal people,said Portland Police DetectiveBob Clevenger, coordinator for

the annual event. So when we

CAP Squadron Assists PortlandPolice in Getting Food Boxes Out

go and deliver this food to them,and they baked us some cookies

or have a Christmas card for us,

it touches your heart.

Columbia Composite cadets

and adults joined volunteers from

the Oregon National Guard, the

Portland Police Bureau, and other

volunteers who donated theirtime and the use of their vehicles

to deliver the food baskets.

The Oregon Air NationalGuard assists with transporta-tion and storage, with each ofthe Portland Police precincts

serving as distribution sites.

Toys and stuffed animals werealso distributed to households

with children.Volunteers packed boxes

with food items in the weeksleading up to Dec. 20, with much

of the work being completed the

night before.Deliveries were coordinatedout of the Sunshine Divisionswarehouse and at the PortlandPolices Northeast Precinct.

Clevenger said the food is

important to the recipients, but

the most important thing they

remember is the act of giving.

This is the season of giving, and

you cant give any more than giv-

ing yourself, Clevenger said.These people may not

remember the food that was inthe boxes, but theyll never forget

that you cared.

To get involved with thePortland Polices SunshineDivision and its various commu-nity giving events, please visit

the Sunshine Divisions websiteat: sunshinedivision.org.

CAP members C/1stLt. Heather Treanor,

C/Airman Cully Keeneand 2nd Lt. Carl

Keene help an OregonNational Guard

volunteer to load food

boxes into vehicles.(U.S. Air Force photosby Tech. Sgt. Nick

Choy, Oregon MilitaryDepartment Public

Affairs Office)


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MEDFORD, Ore.The MedfordComposite Squadron, Civil AirPatrol, hosted a double-duty cel-ebration recently.

On Nov. 4, 2008, Medfordconducted a Change of Command

Ceremony. Capt. Larry Kendrickturned over command to Lt. Col.

Mark Herrett.The event also formalized

the appointment of Capt. Larry

Kendrick, Medford Squadronsretiring commander, to the posi-tion of Vice Commander for

Oregon Wing of CAP. Kendrickhas served as commander of

Medford for 2 years.Newly installed Oregon

Wing Commander Col. Brian

Bishop was the Presiding officer

Kendrick Installed as ViceCommander, Hands Off

Reins to Medford

and Maj. Henry Florip was theMaster of Ceremonies. Specialguest speakers were MedfordAirport Operations DirectorRobert Russell; Jackson CountySearch and Rescue CoordinatorLt. Pat Rowland; and MedfordsChief of Police Randy Schoen.

Medford is one of the

Wings larger squadrons with29 seniors and 24 cadets. Theevent took place at the MedfordSquadron hangar.

Col. Brian Bishop, Wing Commander, transfers command from outgoingcommander Capt. Larry Kendrick to incoming commander Lt. Col.Mark Herrett.

The squadron showed its appreciation of Capt. Kendricks leadership andservice by presenting him with a specially decorated cake at the event.


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E.E. WILSON WILDLIFE

AREA, ADAIR VILLAGE,ORFebruary 28th broughtabout a typical Oregon day;wet, a little cool, and early. Twomembers of the Camp Adair

Composite Squadron of theCivil Air Patrol joined withmembers of Benton County

Search and Rescue and MarysPeak Search and Rescue tohone their skills and share their

experiences while learning theins and outs of the new L-tron-ics Elper, the LL-16.

Capt. George Long and st

Lt. Greg Sebastian joined otherSAR workers with the latest tech-nology. After a morning briefing

in Corvallis, the group moved to

the staging area in E.E. Wilson

Local Unit Joins in with Othersto Hone ELT Search Skills

Capt. George Long stands ready with his team on the morning of 28February. Capt. Longs team was the first on target for the first exerciseand second on target for the second exercise.

1st Lt. Greg Sebastian works on getting his gear and team together in thestaging area, located in a parking area inside of E.E. Wilson.

asked if they would be willingto split up their team and spread

the experience to others. Both

agreed and were assigned a teameach to work with. Soon they

were sent to the field to find thepractice beacon. Once located it

was relocated and teams weresent out again.

This was too easy, saidCapt. Long during debriefing.

But it was fun and good expe-rience for even us. It gave us a

chance to get right back downto basics in a relaxed environ-ment. The two have been askedto come back in April to assist

with the county SAR academy,helping with the ELT section. Itis hoped to open up this train-ing to all members of the unit

and surrounding units, to help

provide some good local train-ing for CAP as well as these

local groups.

to start looking for that pesky

training beacon. Given the CAP

members experience, they were


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PORTLAND, Ore.On November 2, membersof Oregon Wings Columbia Composite Squadronparticipated in a special ceremony honoring warveterans. The Color Guard presented the Colors alongwith Color Guards from various local service groupsduring the 45th Annual Military Order of World Wars

Massing of the Colors and Service of Remembrance.

Massing of

Colors

Cadets Cully Keene, Josh Schneider, David Owings, and IanCummings retire the Colors at the end of the ceremony. Photo byCapt. Carl Knox


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Article by Dick Tobiason,

Bend Wreaths Across America

location leader

CAP

CelebratesWreathsAcross

America inBend

Placing wreaths and remembering the veterans are Medford Compositemembers C/TSgt. Damien Northway, hidden behind him is C/Amn. EmilyLopez, and the other is C/SrA. Keith Coddington.

Southern Oregon

BEND, Ore.Thanks to theCivil Air Patrols High DesertComposite Squadron, veteranswere honored in two privatecemeteries in Oregon recently.

As part of the Wreaths

Across America project, the

High Desert squadron conducted

a ceremony at 9:00 hours at theDeschutes Memorial Gardenson Saturday, December 13,2008. This ceremony coincidedwith the simultaneous laying ofwreaths across our nation.

Seven ceremonial wreathswere placed to Remember thoseveterans who served, Honortheir sacrifices, and Teach our

younger generations about the

high price of our freedoms.

Specially made wreaths forArmy, Marines, Navy, AirForce, Coast Guard, MerchantMarines, and POW/MIA wereplaced on memorials located in

the Chapel in Bend and at over

350 participating locations all

Three squadrons helped celebrate Wreaths Across America at the EaglePoint National Cemetery in Eagle Point, Ore. Cadets and officers from theMedford Composite Squadron, the Klamath Falls Composite Squadron,and the Grants Pass Composite Squadron helped place wreaths on gravesin the cemetery and attended the ceremony coordinated by a Patriot GuardRiders unit in the area. Here cadets from those three squadrons stand inthe snow around the cemeterys sign.

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Squadron Hosts CommunityAerospace Day

ADAIR VILLAGE, OROn the morning ofSaturday, Feb. 7, members of the Camp AdairComposite Squadron gathered at the cafeteria ofSantiam Christian Schools in here for a CommunityIntroduction to Aerospace Education.

Squadron members and Capt. Nick Ham, theOregon Wing Aerospace Education Officer, spent

most of the morning having fun talking about and

demonstrating principles of flight and the Civil Air

Patrol with local students, teachers, and parents.Capt. George Long talked about the four forces

of flight: lift, weight, thrust, and drag using a smallradio-controlled helicopter. Capt. Ham discussedBernoullis principle using a fan and beach ball and

an airfoil in a wind tunnel.Bernoullis principle states that as the velocity

of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by that

fluid decreases. When air moves past an airfoil,

the air moving over the top of the airfoil is forced

Article and photos by 2nd Lt. Christopher Johnson

to move faster to catch up air moving underneath

the airfoil, creating less pressure above than below.This creates lift.

1st Lt. Greg Sebastian and Assistant AerospaceEducation Officer, SM Jason Thomas showed par-ticipants how the control stick of an airplane con-trols the elevator during landing using models that

slid down a string, while 2nd Lt. Cheri Long and1st Lt. John Stanley assisted with the construction

of Goddard Rockets. Goddard rockets are modelrockets made of styrofoam tubing that use a rubber

band for propulsion.

This was a great opportunity for members ofthe community to get excited about flying. We plan

to do this again, said Lt. Sebastian.

Capt. Nick Ham demonstrates the principles of flightwith a wind tunnel.

A local student building a Goddard Rocket with hermothers help as Lt. Greg Sebastion looks on.


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PORTLAND, Ore.About 200people participated in the third

annual Wreaths Across America

celebration here recently.

Led by the Columbia

Article by Capt. Scott Maguire, PAO, Columbia Composite Squadron

Photos by TSgt. Greg Neulib, Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Fighter Wing PAO

Wreath Ceremony Grows

in Third YearComposite Squadron, Civil AirPatrol, this event attracted three

CAP squadrons which broughta total of 46 people; a unit of51 Young Marines with parents

and chaperones; a Pathfinderschurch youth group from

Albany, Ore.; and veterans andcitizens of the area.

Over the three years, the

W rea t h b ea rers rep res en t i n g t h e A r m y, N a v y, A i r Fo rce , M a r i n e s , C o a s t Gu a rd , M erch a n tM a r i n es , P r i s o n ers o f W a r/ M i s s i n g i n A ct i o n a n d C i v i l A i r Pat ro l p res en t t h e i r w rea t h si n a ch i l l y o u t d o o r ev en t i n t h e cerem o n y b o w l a t W i l l a m et t e N a t i o n a l C em et ery .


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Continued . . .

Wreaths Across America cel-ebration in Portland has grown,starting with eight ceremonialwreaths in 2006, growing to58 wreaths in 2007, to this yearwith a huge increase in publicsupport triggering 360 wreathsplaced. CAP unit involve-ment also increased adding the

Linn-Benton Composite andAurora Cadet squadrons inattendance and wreath solicitingby the Northern Coastal Flight

(Tillamook), Salem CompositeSquadron, Camp AdairComposite Squadron, and the

Washington County Squadron.The event began at 1300

hours at Lincoln Memorial Parkfuneral homes chapel. Eight cer-emonial wreaths were broughtin by members of each branch of

the U.S. military: Army, Navy,Air Force, Marines and Coast

Guard and the Merchant Marine,Prisoners of War/Missing inAction and the U.S. Civil AirPatrol. To honor those who havefallen in service to our nation,

several letters sent home from

war zones by soldiers, sailorsand airmen were read.

The groups then were dis-missed to reassemble at the

ceremony bowl in WillametteNational Cemetery, just across

the street. The outdoor cer-emony began with the eight cer-emonial wreaths being placed atthe front of the ceremony bowlby the bearers, who representedeach branch of the military.

Then the first four wreaths to be

C/2nd Lt. Daniel Knox placed wreath in honor of Civil Air Patrol memberswho have died in the line of duty during indoor portion of ceremony forWreaths Across America.

Audience members carry 300+wreaths to place on graves ofveterans near the flagpole at

Willamette National Cemeteryduring outdoor portion ofWreaths Across America

ceremony on Dec. 13, 2008.


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door ceremony.

We added an eighth wreathto our ceremony to honor those

who have served in CAP, thosewho died while flying in activeCAP service, and those whopresently serve, said st Lt.

Scott Maguire, project officer forthe event. During World WarII many CAP members wereinjured and a 59 killed defend-ing our coast from invaders,

especially German submarines.

Over the years, as accidents

have occurred, a few more aircrew members have died whileserving. And CAP volunteers

should be honored for all of their

unsung help to search for lost

and crashed aircraft throughout

the United States. H

placed on graves were especiallydedicated to the four Medal of

Honor recipients who are buriedat Willamette National. As CAP

cadets and officers read their

accomplishments, teams of CAP

cadets from each of the squad-rons in attendance carried four

wreaths up and placed them onthe Medal of Honor recipientsgraves. Then the 200 people inattendance were asked to pickup the 300+ wreaths laid out in

the ceremony bowl to place themon graves near the cemeterys

flagpole. Once everyone was inplace, a bugler from the Canby

American Legion played Taps

on his bugle while the partici-pants placed the wreaths.

Following the formal cer-emony, the Columbia Composite

Squadron placed about 50 morewreaths on specific gravesites at

the request of people who spon-sored wreaths.

The Oregon chapter of the

National Association of DentalHygienists participated. We

also had a member of PCRstaff Chaplain Major CharlesSattgast, deputy region chaplain,who started and ended the indoorceremony. C/1st Lt. HeatherTreanor presided over the indoor

ceremony and was Commanderof Cadets for the event. Oregon

and SW Washington PatriotGuard Riders, a motorcyclegroup that supports veterans had

a welcome corridor of flags atthe indoor ceremony and created

an honor cordon in the cemetery

ceremony bowl during the out-

Wreath Ceremony

Grows . . .

Continued at Arlington National Cemetery

in Arlington, VA, and the third

year of a national campaign under

the guidance of the not-for-profit

WreathsAcrossAmerica.org thatbrought the same remembrance

wreaths to National and StateVeterans cemeteries, monuments,

private cemeteries, and commu-nity centers all across the Nation.

All of these specially made

wreaths are donated by WorcesterWreath Company in Harrington,

Maine. The full story can beseen and heard online by visit-

ing this website: http://www.wreaths-across-america.org/.

In addition to the seven cer-emonial wreaths, Cadets of theCivil Air Patrols High DesertComposite Squadron for firsttime placed more than 100 spon-sored wreaths on veterans gravesat Deschutes Memorial Gardenslocated at 63875 N. Highway 97in Bend (382-5592). This part

of the ceremony immediatelyfollowed the dedication of theseven ceremonial wreaths in thechapel and transfer of the seven

wreaths to the nearby CentralOregon Veterans Memorial.

The Bend ceremony included

an invocation, singing of the

National Anthem, bagpipe music,

Honor Guard, Rifle Squad, andplaying of TAPS. Master ofCeremony for the first part of the

ceremony is WWII veteran RobertD. Bob Maxwell, the onlyMedal of Honor recipient living inOregon. Master of Ceremony forthe second part of the ceremony

where the graves are decoratedis Major Randy Potter, the CAPSquadrons Chaplain. H

across the Country and

around the world. The Bendwreaths were placed at themilitary flags by local veterans

mostly WWII veterans andwidows of WWII Prisoner ofWar. They will be assisted byCAP cadets.

In 2008 it is projected thatover 100,000 wreaths will beplaced in the Wreaths Across

America to Remember, Honor,and Teach. The ceremony at

Deschutes Memorial Gardens isthe only ceremony at a private

cemetery in Oregon. Wreathswere also placed at the threeNational Cemeteries in Oregon

located in Portland, Eagle Point,

and Roseburg.December 13 marked the 17th

anniversary of Maine wreathsbeing donated to decorate the graves

WAA Celebrated in Bend . . .

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