PDK Senior Squadron - Dec 2006

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www.gawg.cap.gov/pdsenior PDK Senior Squadron News - Nov/Dec 2006

Civil Air Patrol Squadron GA130 “Ready to Roll”

Chamblee, GA -

As 2006 comes to a close I would like to

take this opportunity to review some of

the highlights of the year. Our squadron

has had a banner year. As a result of the

work of our staff officers and the high

degree of participation of our members,

PDK Senior Squadron continues to be

one of the most effective squadrons in

the Georgia Wing.

We accomplished a number of

milestones that I would like to review

for everyone:

At the Wing Conference in April our

performance in 2005 was recognized by

receipt of: The Georgia Wing "Senior

Squadron of the Year" award and a

"Unit Commendation Award", of which

only 7 were awarded nationally. We

commissioned the only "all-Senior"

Ground Team in the GA WING.

N426CP was flown extensively, without

an accident, incident or mishap – a

tribute to our commitment to Safety.

Chamblee, GA -

In the same manner that the Civil Air

Patrol makes the most of volunteers to

participate in “Missions for America,”

The Peachtree Dekalb (PDK) Senior Squadron of the Georgia Wing utilizes

the contributions of Atlanta, GA area

sponsors to complete its tasks.

and sponsored an annual cadet flight

training scholarship.

See SPONSORS – Page 2

Chamblee, GA

Our ES teams were awarded "Find"

ribbons for their successful participat

in one (1) Distress Find and seven (7

Non-distress Finds.

We initiated 3rd Tuesday Mini-SARE

ES training missions which have

significantly raised our level of readiness to perform our SAR

responsibilities when called.

Approximately 30 % of our members

have advanced in rank this year.

Seventy-five (75) ribbons and

recognitions have been awarded.

We provided significant support to th

Georgia State Task Force Counter

Drug Program in the North Georgia

area, with two of our members earninthe Counter Drug Ribbon

See PDK 2006 – Page 2

PDK Squadron Commander Majo

Charlie Cayce presenting a certific

to Pat Epps, owner of Epps Aviatio

PDK SENIOR SQUADRON

NEWSVolume

3

Issue 7

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HAVE YOUCOMPLETED OPSECTRAINING?

No? See page 8

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2007 SquadronSchedule (Draft)

Page 5

Emergency ServicesMission Report

Page 6

Inside this Issue

Departmental Updates 2

Promotions and Awards 3

Activities and Photos 4

Squadron Schedule(Draft) 5

ES Mission Report 6

PDK Org Chart 7

OPSEC TRAINING 8

PDK Supporters 9

Nov / Dec

2006

PDK Recognizes Sponsors

2006 PDK Squadron

Accom lishments




PDK 2006 – From Page 1

Our Aerospace Education program and

our Public Affairs program continue to

be the best in the Wing.

We had 19 members advance in rank ratings, including two (2) new Mission

Pilots, an Air Branch Director and a

Ground Branch Director.

Verification of our efforts was affirmed

with an overall rating of

"Excellent" on our IG Inspection in

October.

So thank you all for bringing this about.

But as my manager used to say

after a good year, "That's nice, but what

have you done for me lately?" I amconfident we can not only replicate our

successes but improve on them for

2007. My goal for the Squadron is to

achieve an IG Inspection rating of

"Outstanding" in 2007. Only one will

be awarded in the Wing. Let's make it

ours.

Charles Cayce

Commander GA-130

SPONSORS – From Page 1

All of these activities have either been

made possible or enhanced by the

donations of cash, materials or training

resources / facilities.

During a recent Wing SAREX, the

mission base (and Squadron meeting

room) was provided by Peachtree

Dekalb Airport. Exercise participants

were welcomed with coffee fromStarbucks. Ramp space for the

Squadron’s C-172 is donated by Epps

Aviation. As the aircrews found the

simulated aircraft wreckage, ground

team members (whose training was

enhanced by the resources of the Dekalb

County Emergency Management

Services) successfully engaged the crash

site.

Major Charlie Cayce, Squadron

Commander, “We appreciate the

support of our local sponsors. We

understand that their generosity results

from their appreciation of the mission of

the Civil Air Patrol, and we work diligently to continue to earn this

support. It's a partnership that works

well for the community."

Recognized Sponsors:

Angel Flight of Georgia

Dekalb County EMS

Epps Aviation

Marsh & McConnell, PC

Mercury Flight Center

Peachtree Dekalb Airport

The Pilot Shop

Starbucks

A staff member and manager Allison

Brannon from Starbucks

Leonard Harris Cayce from The

Pilot Shop (formally Wings and

Things)

PDK Staff Openings

Moral Leadership Officer/Chaplain

Drug Demand Reduction Officer

Supply Officer

Transportation Officer

As importantly, we need assistants fo

many of the positions.

CAPR 20-1 gives pretty good job

descriptions for all positions. Please

Capt Crone if interested

.

Capt Ray Minton, Maj Cayce,

Mercury Air Center Manager MikMc Williams, Cadet Yori Gorlin, M

Bill Bell and Lt Col Eliot Arnovitz

2LT Keith Dickerson, PDK Airpo

Director Lee Remmel and Maj Ca




1LT John Serrie receiving his bars

from Maj Cayce

1LT Pablo Bassabe and Maj Cayce

delighted about Pablo’s promotion

World War II- era paintings

and print ads showcasing CAP

(from the CAP online museum)

http://www.caphistory.org/

Promotions and Awards

If you have received an award or promotion and have not been

recognized in the newsletter,please email the specifics tokeith.dickerson@

us.schneider-electric.com

**************************HAVE YOU

COMPLETED OPSECTRAINING?

No? See page 8********************




PDK CHRISTMAS

PARTY

“Commander’s Call”

Present and past PDK Commanders:

Maj Cayce, Lt Col Julian Black and

Lt Col Jerry Cleary

“Girls gone CAP”1LT Joanne Janchus, 1LT Andrea

Van Buren and 2LT Lesley Romans

THE VILLERS

DELTA 777 SIMULATOR

Maj Bill Stieglitz displaying obvious

relief after a successful tail hook deployment during a carrier landing

Capt Jim Crone in the “Left Seat”

Maj Dave Jennings enjoying his fli

around the sights of New York City

Activities and Photos

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No? See page 8********************




GA-130 Training Schedule - 2007 (Jan - June) DRAFT Date Subject Instructor Notes

January

02-Jan No Meeting No Meeting

09-Jan Professional Development/Safety Cleary/Bell Regular Meeting

13-Jan GA Wing Incident Command Tr. McCracken

16-Jan Third Tuesday

23-Jan AE Education George/Bell Regular Meeting

27-Jan PDK ES Training Marslender

30-Jan 5th Tuesday

February

03-Feb Mission Pilot Ground School Ewing/Marslender

06-Feb Staff Mtg Crone

10-Feb UDF/Ground Team Training Marslender

13-Feb Regular Meeting

17-Feb PDK ES Training Marslender

20-Feb Third Tuesday27-Feb AE Education George/Bell

March

03-Mar MP Ground School Ewing/Marslender

06-Mar Staff Mtg Crone

10-Mar Form 5/ 91 Check Rides GA Wing

13-Mar Regular Meeting

17-Mar PDK ES Training Marslender

20-Mar Third Tuesday

27-Mar AE Education George/Bell

April

03-Apr Staff Mtg Crone

10-Apr Regular Meeting

14-Apr Mission Base Staff Training GA Wing

17-Apr Third Tuesday

21-Apr PDK ES Training Marslender

24-Apr AE Education George/Bell

May

01-May Staff Mtg Crone

08-May Regular Meeting15-May PDK ES Training Marslender Third Tuesday

22-May AE Education George/Bell

29-May Fifth Tuesday

Jun

05-Jun Staff Meeting Crone

09-Jun Aircrew Basics and Advance GA Wing

12-Jun Regular Meeting

19-Jun PDK ES Training Marslender

26-Jun AE Education George/Bell




PDK Senior participated inARCC mission number 06M2387

on 12/23/2006. It was both an air and ground/UDF team

deployment around 0730.

PDK's alert process worked wellespecially given so many

members were traveling to bewith family and friends.

Participants today included:

Air:LtCol Cleary, MP

Maj D. Herring, Observer

UDF/GroundMaj Cayce, Team leader

Capt. Crone, UDF

The IC was Lt Col WillHargrove. AFRCC provided

coordinates that were near thatAthens-Ben Epps Airport. Upon

arrival circa coordinates theaircrew noted that that no audible

ELT signal was found on 121.5nor 243 (military) but the Becker

was homing on a 243 signal.

Ground team proceeded to

Athens, and connected with theaircraft (426 CP) Ground teamwas led into a location on UGA

circa Sanford Stadium to anantenna array as well as sat. dish

farm. IC contacted owner of tower based on GT reports.

Surprisingly, CAP "brick" radiosworked well once aircraft and GT

were in the same general area bdifficulty was noted contacted

units on SIM1. SIM 2 was mosuccessful.

Upon contact of antenna owner

and local EMA, IC ordered RTfor air and ground units.

Of course no mission is comple

without a trip to the Downwind

Both the air and ground crewsdebriefed (unofficially) over afew burgers and fries as well as

shared holiday spirit and feelinof a job well done with the PD

family at the Downwind.

Capt. James Crone, CAP

EMERGENCY SERVICES MISSION REPORT

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No? See page 8********************







NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS – All CAP senior members are now required to take an operations security training course, ainitiative that will serve to expand the organization’s homeland security role, CAP National Commander Gen. Antonio Pinedaannounced recently.

The operations security training, a course offered online, will teach members how to handle sensitive information related tomissions, capabilities and partner agencies. Starting Oct. 1, this training will become part of the new Level 1 training course.

“This new program will allow us to validate to our partner agencies that the members we entrust with sensitive information hathe necessary training and have agreed to protect that information,” said Pineda. “I’ve reviewed the program, and I think youand your members will find it both entertaining and informative. It will help all of us be more thoughtful about dealing withsensitive information.”

Members can access the course by first enrolling in https://ntc.cap.af.mil/login.htm The initial screen on the secure Web site wprompt users to answer identity-verification questions.

Once a enrolled on this page members may complete the course which takes approximately 20 minutes at

https://tests.cap.af.mil/opsec.

The training will conclude with a nondisclosure agreement, which verifies that a member agrees to protect sensitiveinformation. Each member’s agreement will be recorded electronicallyin their membership records, and will be required before a member can access sensitive information or participate in certainmissions. In the near future, commanders, mission managers and communications officers will be able to verify online whichmembers have the agreement in their records before members are granted access to sensitive information.

Members of PDK Squadron that havenot completed OPSEC training by

1/31/07 will be placed in the “ghostsquadron” and activities such as

flying and participation in ESmissions will be restricted. Please see

Squadron leadership if you have

questions.




PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SUPPORTERS!

Marsh and McConnell, PC

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