Southeast Region - Apr 2006

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By Capt Jim Kaletta

The 2006 Florida InternationalAir Show, held at CharlotteCounty Airport, started Friday

evening March31. The CAPglass cockpit 182was on display.

Forty four ca-dets and six sen-ior members at-tended a specialVIP showing thatevening. Mem-bers were ex-tremely honored

to have Maj Nicole Malachowski,Right Wing of the Thunderbirds inattendance. The Thunderbirds, theUSAF Demonstration Squadron,plans and presents precision aerialmaneuvers to exhibit the capabili-ties of modern high-performanceaircraft and the high degree of pro-fessional skill required to operatethose aircraft.

Maj Malachowski spoke forabout 40 minutes, and every cadet

was thrilled. They asked manyquestions, and she answered everyone of them, including the one

probably asked most frequently:“How does it feel to be the firstfemale pilot on the Thunderbirdteam?” Characteristically Mala-

chowski wanted toemphasize that hergoal was not to bea “first,” but to doher “best” andachieve a goal sheset when she was 5years old. Her hardwork and tenacitygained her theprestigious assign-ment and, most re-

cently, a promotion from captainto major.

The next day, 48 cadets andseniors worked the show from 7a.m. to 5 p.m. Duties includedflightline marshaling, transportingpilots from the runway to the op-erations, security for three gates,and working the aircraft. The team

also provided radiocommunicationfrom a commandpost to all of the

working areas.One of the ca-

dets, ChrisVelez, was initi-ated into the United States AirForce with the Thunderbirds giv-ing a presentation in front of nearly spectators! The cadets didextremely well, and we had manycompliments from the aircraftowners on the field.

Charlotte County FL 051 per-

formed 368 hours of service onSaturday and 256 hours on Sun-day, making a grand total of 624hours of service to the 2006 Inter-national Air Show heldat Charlotte County Airport.

Capt Kaletta is the Charlotte County

Composite Squadron Commander

Composite Squadron Hosts Thunderbird Pilot

April 2006

Administration ............. 12Alabama....................... 6, 11, 15Cadets .......................... 4, 5

Florida........1, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18Georgia ......2, 5, 17, 19Medical......6Mississippi.4

Operations ............16Public Affairs .......14Puerto Rico...........5Tennessee .............11

Right Wing Thunderbird Maj Nicole Malachowski, former CAP cadet (center), poses

with cadets at FL International Air Show Photo by Capt Jim Kaletta

News from the

Southeast Region Civil Air Patrol

Col John Tilton, Commander

IN THIS ISSUE

ReCAP

Capt Kaletta and squadron mem-

bers listen to Maj Malachowski’s

Thunderbird experiences



2 April 2006 Region ReCAP

I want to take this opportunity to address everyone and express my thanksto all who serve at the Region, Wing and Squadron levels. Your efforts arethe reason this is the best Region in the Civil Air Patrol!

My vision for the Southeast Region will be to focus its energies in supportof our Wings, other Regions and the entire Civil Air Patrol. It is as follows:

Guide Help ExerciseThe Southeast Region Staff will concentrate its efforts in the areas of

Standardization and Mutual support between the SER Wings.

The Wings of the Southeast Region will continue to build on their relation-ship of mutual respect, trust and support.

The Region staff will accomplished this by providing guidance, facilitatinginformation sharing and offering limited Region exercises.

With my appointment as your Region Commander, I have been busy try-ing to inform the region staff as to how I want them to function. The currentstaff is composed of highly qualified personnel and I foresee only smallchanges in procedures and personnel. I am working with the staff and each

Wing Commander to develop a plan for implementation of this vision.

Meanwhile, I just got back from the Region Cadet Competition and wasvery pleased with its execution and the outstanding Cadet Representativesfrom our wings. Congratulations to the Puerto Rico Drill Team and the Flor-ida Color Guard Team. They were very impressive. It is very apparent thatthey have spent a lot of time in preparation for this event. However, I wouldbe proud to place any of our teams in competition at the national level. MajorMyers and her staff did a great job and I think we will be seeing more pro-grams from region. We have discussed a SER summer encampment with theWing commanders and so far they seem interested.

The Region Staff will be meeting on June 23 and 24 in Jacksonville. The

location and times are being set up as you read this. It will also be a

Quote of the month: “You can have any-thing you want - if

you want it badlyenough. You can beanything you want to

be, do anythingyou set out to

accomplish if youhold to that desirewith singleness of

purpose.” —Abraham Lincoln

Greetings from SER Commander

CCommander’s Comments

Happy Birthday

Staff Members

Valerie Brown, 4/15Robert Atchley, 4/19Stanley Brock, 4/21Roy Boudreaux, 4/23Edward Marshall, 4/24Ronald Hanson, 4/30

Ernie Manzano, 4/30

April Service

Anniversaries

Janet Kendrick 31 YearsJames “Pete” Norris 31 YearsJonathan Tedder 17 YearsErnie Bilotto 17 YearsRichard Stiliha 5 Years

Mark Your Calendar

7-9 April GAWG Conference, Jeckyll Island

28-30 April MSWG Conference, Gulf Port

28-30 April ALWG Conference, Huntsville

5-7 May FLWG Conference, Orlando

24 June-1 July MSWG /ALWG Encampment, Gulf Port

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Region ReCAP April 2006 3

Aviation

Awareness Days By Capt Jim Phillips

Aerospace, mathematics, andscience was the focus of AviationAwareness Days held March 13-

14, 2006 at the Savannah-HiltonHead International Airport, GA.

The Civil Air Patrol's SavannahFlying Tiger Composite Squadron(GA-075) joined with the Savan-nah-Chatham-Effingham CountyBoard of Education, the UnitedStates Navy/Marine Corps ROTCprograms at Savannah State Uni-versity and Armstrong AtlanticState University, the GulfstreamCorporation, Georgia Aviation

College, and the Georgia Air Na-tional Guard’s 165th Airlift Wingin hosting more than 2,000 middleand high school students and edu-cators.

The event included flight simu-lator time, the static display withflight crews of a variety of Navy,Coast Guard, Air National Guard,and general aviation fixed and ro-tary wing aircraft, exhibits, andnumerous classroom presentations

by, amongst others, Capt Jim Phil-lips, PAO for the Flying TigerSquadron. Capt Betty Morgan, theHubert Middle School SquadronCommanding Officer who is also ateacher and affiliated with the GA

ANG 165th, also participated.

The Georgia Air NationalGuard provided facilities andflight line accommodations whichwere further enhanced by the closeproximity to the active runway atSAV providing the students theopportunity to observe a constantflow of arrival/departure activity.

This was the first time that theCivil Air Patrol had been invitedto participate in this yearly event.

Capt Phillips is the Savannah Flying Tiger

Composite Squadron PAO, GAWG

West Broward

hosts Fly Day By TFO Allison Hady

West Broward CompositeSquadron recently hosted theGroup 11 Fly Day at North PerryAirport in Pembroke Pines,FL. Participating in this eventwere cadets from West Broward,Miramar, and Weston. The main

event of the day was the O-Rides,but while the cadets were not fly-ing, there were many other activi-ties going on as well. Capt. Hadytaught a basic search and rescuecourse, which included learningabout first aid and triage.

The cadets also participated ina mock search and rescue drill. Lt.Lybrand held an aerospace educa-tion course, which included aero-space trivia. There was also a drillcompetition led by C/CMSGTCollins from West Broward. Thecadets and senior members fromall squadrons came together tomake the Fly Day a success.

Bedgood gets

USAF Instructor

CertificationLieutenant Colonel Alvin J.

Bedgood is the first Civil Air Pa-trol member to attend the residentInstructor Certification Programconducted at the I.G. Brown Edu-cation and Training Center,McGhee Tyson Air NationalGuard Base, TN.

The Instructor Certification pro-gram (ICP), a two-week long resi-dent program, introduces studentsto the philosophy, methodologiesand practice of the InstructionalSystems Design model.

commander’s call. I am encourag-ing each Wing Commander tobring some of his staff to meet andplan with the region staff. Therewill be an informal get-togetherFriday night and the meeting onSaturday. We should be finished bySaturday late afternoon.

Col John Wilks has offered toco-sponsor the SER conference andMSWG conference next year inMississippi. We are looking at

moving the conference to a differ-ent wing annually.

We have the Chaplains Collegeand the region staff college comingup soon. I want to encourage all of you to take every opportunity toattend any career developmentcourse available. The region re-ceives a direct benefit from yourincrease in knowledge and yourpromotions.

With the changes at National

Headquarters and the increase ininclement weather, I look forwardto an exciting time in the history of the corporation.

We will be tasked to do morefor the Civil Air Patrol and thecountry than we have for manyyears. I feel confident that the Staff and Wings of the Southeast Regionwill be ready when tasked.

Col John Tilton is the

Southeast Region Commander

SER Commander’s Comments Continued

Fly Day participants get

hands-on experience




Cadet Programs By Maj Vickie Meyer

The first team to arrive, PuertoRico Wing, actually came the far-thest for the SERCadet Competition,which was held

recently at Ft. Ben-ning, Georgia,“Home of the In-fantry… FollowMe!”

Ft. Benning hosted our competi-tion and we couldn’t have beenmore pleased with the receptionwe were given, nor the accommo-dations that were furnished to us.The teams were housed in the“Starship” located at Sand Hill,

which also supplied us with aclassroom to do the written examin on Friday evening. This workedout wonderfully, as no one had todo any additional traveling oncethey arrived.

Once again, SER hosted at leastone team from every Wing in ourRegion. This is quite an accom-plishment in my opinion, consider-ing the devastating year of hurri-canes that our Region endured last

year. It only goes to prove that ourmembers within the SER areamong the finest and most persis-tent in the Civil Air Patrol.

Since the written exam wascompleted on Friday evening, thatmade for a little easier schedule onSaturday. All things would havebeen perfect (but what fun wouldthat have been?) if not for the windwe encountered. It did make it alittle chilly for standing at atten-

tion in a short sleeve shirt for in-spection, but of course, the cadetsnever cease to amaze us; they did itwithout complaint. Great idea tomove the vehicles over to block thewind. I knew those big vans wouldcome in handy one day.

We had a great time at the socialon Saturday evening, which washosted by the Wing and RegionCom-manders.Lots of goodthings likechocolate,candy,sodasfruit, chipsand salsa.

Manythanks goout to eachand everyCommander for supporting thisactivity and letting the cadetsKNOW that you support it. In addi-tion, we had 13 Air Force person-nel to assist us from several differ-ent Wings around the Region.Many thanks go out to Maj SteveGovernale and Col Jerry Angley

for organizing them.

The facilities that were offeredup for our use on Ft. Benning weresecond to none, thanks to Mr. SeanHunter from the Installation Opera-tion Center. On Sunday morning,after breakfast in the dining facil-ity, we all were seated in the audi-torium at Infantry Hall, whichholds at least 2,500 folks, for the

Awards Ceremony.Hopefully we’ll be re-turning to Ft. Benningagain.

Puerto Rico took firstplace in the Drill Teamcompetition with Ten-nessee taking secondplace. Florida took firstplace in the Color Guardevents with Puerto Ricotaking second place. If for some reason, eitherfirst place team cannot

attend the National Cadet Competi-tion in Washington, D.C., the sec-ond place team will step up andattend for the Region.

Drill team specifics: Male Fleet-foot Award went to Armando delValle with a time of 4:56; female

Fleetfoot

Mississippi Cadets run the mile

Florida posts the ColorsCadets prepare for the written exam

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Award went toTania Buda witha time of 7:04.Highest Writtenexam score wentto Patrick Burnsand the Out-standing Cadet

Award went toCorey Tuttle.

Color Guardspecifics: MaleFleetfoot Award went to Christian Rivera with a time of 5:48; female Fleetfoot Award went to Viviana Arvalowith a time of 8:04. The highest written exam score wastied with two members from the same unit (FLWG) LuisBrizuela and Christopher Mite-Bolanos. The OutstandingCadet Award went to Jordan Box.

Congratulations go out to all the cadets and escortswho attended the competition. Your participation is whatmakes this event happen. Many thanks to all the volun-teers and staff members from each Wing that attendedand truly made this a SER activity.

Two GAWG Squadrons Conduct Ground

Team Training

At right: Winning Puerto Rico team with SER Commander Col

Tilton and SER Cadet Programs Director Maj Meyer

TN Promotes Cadets

Shane Irvine

By SM Keith Dickerson

The motto of Peachtree Dekalb Senior Squadron is“Ready to Roll.” With membership of more than 60members and four qualified aircrews, the squadron hasbeen able to live up to the motto… with a limitation.

“The Georgia Wing has very few ground team re-sources,” said Squadron Commander Lt Col JerryCleary. “Peachtree Dekalb Senior Squadron’s biggestchallenge is to train mission-qualified ground teammembers.”

The squadron leadership wants to assemble a fully-qualified ground team within a three-month period.Under the direction of Operations Officer Capt RoyVillers, Maj Bob Finton and 1st Lt Mike Bowman aregiving members the opportunity to qualify through thecurriculum they have developed, which incorporatesGround Team Member 1 and Ground Team Leadercourses.

Ten members of Peachtree Dekalb Senior Squadronand five members of Dekalb Squadron participated inthe course. The program ended in March with a day-and-night operation that tested members’ ground skills.

The exercise combined the efforts of courseparticipants and several local emergency managementservice agencies.

Instructors Maj Jim Weed of Gwinnett CompositeSquadron and 1st Lt Ray Minton of Dekalb CadetSquadron helped plan the course. Facilitator 2nd LtWilliam Hale is also Peachtree Dekalb Senior Squad-ron’s Ground Team leader.

Dekalb County Public Safety Battalion Chief JohnCreasy, a longtime friend and colleague of Finton, gavethe program a significant boost. According to Finton,

Creasy “volunteered to help shape and implement thistraining, culminating in bringing in some of his experi-enced and sophisticated assets in to work with us on ourlast training missions.”

The Georgia Public Safety Training Center in centralGeorgia, a comprehensive training complex used bystate and local public safety-related units, was alsoused for this program.

SM Keith Dickerson is the PAO, Peachtree Dekalb Senior Squadron,

GAWG

Chattanooga Composite squadron had two cadetspromoted in March. Cadet Shane Irvine was pro-moted to C/A1C and Cadet Joseph Murphy waspromoted to C/CMSgt. The promotions are beingpresented by Squadron Commander Major Jack Mullinax.

Joseph Murphy

Florida cadets prepare for inspection




By Maj Douglas E. Jessmer

Cadets from three southwestFlorida squadrons converged for atraining day Saturday, March 18 atCharlotte County Airport.

From 7 a.m. through mid-afternoon , 24 cadets from units atMarco Island and Lee Countyschools flew their required orien-tation flights in planes operated byCAP. They also learned, as groundcrews, how to search for electronicemergency beacons, and learnedhow to operate CAP radios.Charlotte County Composite

Squadron commander CaptJim Kaletta said the trainingday was coordinated withLee County Schools CadetSquadron commander Lt ColJim Spieth. As a result,Kaletta said, “a decision wasmade to continue this on a

monthly basis, flying ap-proximately four of theircadets on either the third orfourth Saturday of themonth.”

Aircraft from CAP units atSarasota-Bradenton Interna-tional Airport, Marco Islandand Charlotte County Airport flewthe cadets on Saturday.

Maj Jessmer, is the FLWG Group 5 PAO

Region Medical By Lt Col Patricia Faunt

What You Should Do If There is

a Biological Threat

It is important to understandthat a biologicalattack may notbe obvious.Sometimes youwill see signs of an attack, like wedid with the an-thrax mail. Morethan likelythough, health care workers willreport a pattern of unusual illness,or there will be numerous peopleseeking medical attention in theemergency rooms. A TV broadcastor emergency radio spot will alertyou to the danger. You may evenhave someone come to the door oryour business to tell you of theattack.

It is possible the health careofficials may not know exactlywhat biological hazard is occur-ring because sometimes it takestime to determine exactly what theillness is.

Then they must come up with aplan of treatment and figure outwho is in danger.

As you listen to the news or

watch TV or even the Internet, payattention to the signs and symp-toms of the disease. Are medica-tions being distributed? Are you inthe affected area? If you do be-come sick where should you go formedical care? Pay attention.

If a DECLARED biologicalemergency is happening and youare in the area thought to be indanger, and your symptoms matchthose described in the officialnews, seek emergency medicalattention. However don’t panicand rush to the emergency roomfor any little ill feeling. Use com-mon sense and practice good hy-giene and cleanliness to avoidspreading germs, in the event it iscontagious.

If you become aware of an un-usual and suspicious substancenearby, quickly get away, protectyour airway, cover your mouth

and nose with layers of fabric thatfilter air but still allow breathing,such as a handkerchief or towel orseveral layers of tissue. Wash withsoap and water. Contact the au-thorities. Stay calm and follow theinstructions of doctors and otherpublic health officials.

Take care and be aware.

Lt Col Faunt is the Southeast Region

Nurse Officer

Cadets Train

Cadet Senior Amn. Nick Pratt works a radio

direction finder to pinpoint an emergency beacon,

while Cadet Amn. Jacen Vauan watches. The two

are members of Lee County School’s cadet squad-

ron SER-FL-816, Cape Corel, FL.

By Maj Patricia Mitcham

Lt Col Larry Becker, AlabamaGroup 3 Commander, gave amulti-media presentation to theMadison County Emergency Plan-ning Committee on the Civil AirPatrol’s Missions for America.Madison County EMA is the Focal

Point for the committee, whichconsists of representatives fromsafety, law enforcement, EMA,VOAD, education and other inter-ested parties. The focus of thecommittee is countywide planningfor response to any emergency orhazard that could affect MadisonCounty. Lt Col Becker emphasizedthe various missions which wouldcomplement damage assessment,search and rescue, and aerial pho-tography, as well as other activi-ties within CAP which would as-sist EMA and other organizationsin Madison County, AL.

Maj Mitcham is the ALWG PAO.

ALWG workswith EMA




The Gainesville CompositeSquadron continued an annual tra-dition by presenting the BlaserMemorial Aerospace and Aviation

Awards at the Alachua CountyRegional Science Fair. The awardsare named for Russ and CarolBlaser, beloved members of thesquadron,who per-ished in a2002 aircraftaccident.

Membersof thesquadron

judged theprojects andpresentedcash awards

to one winner each in theJunior and Senior divi-sions. In the Junior divi-sion, Robbie Pinney re-

ceived honors for hisproject entitled “RocketsIn Flight.” In the Seniordivision, Larry Warren

won for hisproject “TheEffect of Wing De-sign on Lift and DragPrinciples.” The stu-dents were presentedtheir awards byGainesville squadroncommander, 1st LtLeslie Ballard, at aceremony at Gaines-ville High School.

The Gainesville CompositeSquadron has presented this re-gional award for several years asan aerospace outreach project un-der the direction of 1st Lt SusanKing and is endeavoring to expandto neighboring counties next year.

Photos by 1st Lt Susan King

Gainesville Squadron Presents AE Awards

at Regional Science Fair

Captain Bob Oehl, a memberof Gainesville Composite Squad-ron and nephew of GeneralJimmy Doolittle, is flying the B-

25 Mitchell Bomber on theCollings Foundation Wings of Freedomtour. Cap-tain Oehlreceivedan invita-tion onJan. 20,2006 totake thecontrols as

co-pilot of the B-25 during the tour’s Jack-sonville stop. After takeoff, CaptOehl took the controls for the re-maining part of flight, flying for-mation with the B-17 Flying For-tress from Fernandina Beach toCecil Field. First LieutenantSusan King accompanied Oehl,taking photos of the adventure.

After his successfulstint as co-pilot, CaptOehl was offered a vol-unteer pilot position with

the Collings Foundation,to assist them with flying

the B-25 aroundthe country,requiring aminimal two-week annualcommitment.Captain Oehl accepted,and the Collings Foun-dation funded his furthertraining. Oehl was type-

rated in the aircraft justa few weeks later. He continues tofly the B-25 for the non-profiteducational foundation.

Captain Oehl began his avia-tion career nearly 40 years ago,beginning in light general avia-tion aircraft, and continuingthrough two tours of duty in Viet-nam as a combat pilot, and peri-ods of time as an airline pilot, test

pilot, corporate pilot, and flightinstructor. He currently owns Ex-press Air, a flight training busi-ness in Keystone Heights.

Captain Oehl has servedGainesville Composite Squadronand Florida Wing for severalyears, and enjoys mentoringyoung people in aerospace andaviation.

For more information onthe Collings Foundation,visit their website:www.collingsfoundation.org.

Capt Bob Oehl, right seat, flies the B-25

Larry Warren (Senior division winner)

Robbie Pinney (Junior division winner)

Florida Member Flies B-25

Capt Oehl in front of the

“Tondelayo,” a B-25




Florida Group 2

ES bivouacOn the weekend of Feb. 24-26,

21 cadets and 11 senior membersfrom Group 2 attended a joint EStraining bivouac near Ocala. Thepurpose of the weekend event wasto get as many people qualified inUDF (Urban Direction Finding)and GTM (Ground Team Mission)as possible. To do so would allowmembers to participatein missions.

The first night,though, an unexpected

surprise occurred. Dur-ing the training, a realmission was called infrom National CAPHeadquarters to theOcala squadron com-mander. He then se-lected six persons to goon the mission. A fewhours later, the team hadfound and silencedan ELT (emergency lo-

cater transmission). All three mem-bers of the Lake City squadron,plus a fourth from the Gainesville

squadron, claimed their first “find”that night.

Group 9 Trains

for Future at FTX By 1st Lt Corey S. Halaychik

On March 17, 18, and 19 cadetsand senior members from Group 9of the Florida Wing Civil Air Pa-trol participated in an emergency

services trainingweekend at TigerBay State Pre-serve in VolusiaCounty, FL.

The event,hosted by theDeLand Com-posite Squadron,was a great suc-cess and pro-vided those whoparticipated withmuch needed

practical andclassroom instruc-tion on ground

team member tasks.In all, 14 members representing

the DeLand Composite Squadron,Timber Creek Composite Squad-

ron and Lake Composite Squadron,learned how to conduct line andhasty searches, land navigation,signal mirror use and proper trans-port of injured persons.

Participants also received a spe-cial treat in the form of a hot spa-ghetti meal on Saturday night pro-vided by two parents of DeLand

Composite Squadron cadets, Spon-sor Member Lisa Jones and Mrs.Robyn Monk.

raining Training Training Training Training Training Training T

AE Award Won 7 Years in a Row

Lt Col John Lynn prepares to display the

Aerospace Achievement Award earned

by the Lake Composite Squadron for

the 7th year in a row.

Photo by Lt Col David Moseley

Maj Gene Olson

of Pinellas Senior Squadron

Maj Olson runs a pre-flight inspection

before his check-ride at a Form 5 Clinic

on Sat. Feb. 18 in Lakeland, FL

photo by Capt Rob Gray

In and Around the Region

Lt Col Rob Gaston with flag flown

over Afghanistan in B-52

Capt Tommy Lee, AF S/MSgt, deployed to

Diego Garcia, arranged for the flag to

be flown especially for the Maxwell

Composite Squadron, AL

C/1st Lt John Samonas

of Gainesville Composite

Squadron

Lake Composite Squadron Commander

Lt Col David Moseley teaches basic

first aid during ES training




Given the success of this emer-gency services training weekend,more will defi-nitely be held inthe future with

even greater par-ticipation andmore activities.Locations anddates will be an-nounced as theyare set by thehosting squadrons.

Tallahassee

Geocaches By 1st Lt Gene Floyd

Members of the TallahasseeComposite Squadron were seeinggreen on St Patrick’s Day week-end, but it was not a result of afear of being pinched. The cadetsand senior members of the squad-ron donned their green camouflageuniforms along with green fieldgear, and spent the weekend train-ing for search and rescue and dis-

aster relief.In the course of the weekend,

the participating cadets and sen-

iors managed to complete all of the tasks on their UDF Training

Records, and sev-eral made signifi-cant progress on

Ground TeamMember. For ac-tual in-the-fieldtraining, memberswent on a missionto find a missingin-flight recorder.

The trainees weretold that there had

been a mid-air collisionbut the in-flight re-corder was missing

from one of the aircraft.Radar data pinpointedthe probable location of the recorder at N 30°23.267 W 084° 22.374and team memberswere told that the in-flight recorder was agreen metal box thatlooked very similar toan ammo can. As theyprepared to input the

coordinates into theGPS, they were informed that ithad failed and was totally useless.

Knowing that the search must stillgo on, they then plotted the coor-dinates out on a topographicalchart and using only maps and acompass, worked their way in to

the approximate estimated locationof the “recorder.” Once in the gen-eral vicinity, they formed into aline search, pinpointed the target,and recovered it.

Instead of an in-flight recorder,what the team had really foundwas a geocache site, one of about50 in the Tallahassee area. Geo-

cache enthusi-asts put to-gether water-

proof contain-ers (usuallysurplus GIammunitioncans), withlogbooks andseveral souve-nirs or trinketsin them andhide them,posting theexact latitude

and longitudeon http://www.geocaching.com.

g Training Training Training Training Training Training

O Flight Provides Awesome Views of

Lake Okeechobee

1st Lt John Clark, Public Affairs Officer,

Group 4, FLWG catches this image from a

chase plane during cadet orientation rides

News and Events of Note to the SER

MacDill Honor Guard Hosts Training

Thirty-nine FL cadets participated in a

Color Guard training workshop Mar. 4.

They learned CAP ceremony skills and

will supplement the MacDill team when

needed Photo by Capt Michelle Becker

Corporate Learning Course

Lt Col Bruce McConnell explains CAP’s

radio communications system. The course

was one of several offered during a pro-

fessional development weekend at Sara-

sota Military Academy.Photo by Maj Douglas E. Jessmer, Group 5, FLWG

(Back L-R) Cadet Lane Branch,

Lt Judy Yarborough, 1st Lt Gene

Floyd. (Sitting L-R) Cadet Kathe-

rine Keckler, Cadet Maria Cooper,

Cadet Dupuis. (Closest to camera)

Cadet Stephen Floyd

Capt Brett Kocijan (L) and 1st

Lt Corey Halaychik “enjoy”

MREs at the Deland FTX

P h o t o b y L t C o l D a v

i d M o s e l e y




From the IG By Lt Col Valerie Brown

How Do I Know if This Is an

“IG” Complaint

Like most things in life, com-plaints have rules.Many of the rules

for complaintscan be found inCAP Regulation123-2. First is thedefinition of anInspector General(IG) complaint asa written document listing facts andcircumstances specifically alleginga violation of a CAP directive, aviolation of law or misconduct.Special rules are set up for Fraud,

Waste and Abuse complaints aswell as the Whistleblower Protec-tion Program. You can analyzeyour situation using these rules tosee if it’s an “IG” complaint.

Some complaints are processedthrough other channels. The IGComplaint program may not beused for matters normally ad-dressed through other establishedgrievance or appeal channels unlessthere is evidence that those mishan-

dled the matter or process.

Let’s take a look at two exam-ples, the suspension of flight privi-leges and the termination or sus-pension of CAP membership privi-leges. To compare a bit, we can seethat both of these involve signifi-cant safety issues, a primary con-cern of CAP command. To thisend, commanders have both author-ity and latitude in the application of that authority as granted by ourregulations. It’s also important tonote that suspension of membershipprivileges or flight privileges im-plies concern, not guilt. Theseprivileges can be reinstated oncethe cause for concern is eliminated.

In our first example, CAP regu-lation 60-1 regulates the controland management of the CAP flyingprogram, aircraft and air crews.Commanders at any level, or Inci-

dent Commanders (while in com-mand of the activity) may direct theimmediate suspension or revoca-tion of flying privileges in two cir-cumstances. One is if—in their judgment—the pilot’s flying is un-safe. The second is if-in their judg-ment-CAPR 60-1 has been violated

(CAPR 60-1, para 2-11).Protections for the pilots are es-

tablished through requirements re-garding written notifications andtime frames for processing in sub-paragraph b. Guidelines for recon-sideration offer further protectionfor the pilot in subparagraph c.

Commanders may require specialflight checks of any pilot undertheir command (para 2-11d). Theseflights allow the commander to en-sure the ongoing safety of flightand confirm the integrity of thecheck pilot process. Wing supple-ments may specify additional pro-cedures.

As you can see, the IG has norole here, unless there is evidencethat those channels have mishan-dled the process.

In our second example, CAPregulation 35-3 defines the require-ments of CAP membership as wellthe suspension or termination of those privileges. If at any time dur-ing the membership year, a com-mander determines continuedmembership to be adverse to the

best interest of CAP, the membermay be terminated prior to his/herexpiration date (para 1-6). Specificreasons are then outlined for bothcadet and senior members in Sec-tion A and B. Section C details whoinitiates the action, the proceduresand time requirements. Section Dspecifies the basis for appeal andthe process required.

Of significant note, the decisionof the approving authority is final

and will not be the basis for anyfurther appeal or complaint. Again,there is no routine IG involvement.

While the IG is here to help, ourresponse is governed by CAP regu-lations. It is our duty to support ourcommand structure, not to replaceit. We will do whatever we can toassist in resolving your issues.

By 1st Lt David Typinski

Cadet Airman Daniel Cook wonthe Grand Prize ina nationwide essay con-test sponsored by TheHistory Channel. Cook,a 12-year-old memberof the Gainesville Com-posite Squadron andhomeschool student

from Keystone Heights,addressed the question,“Which event in Ameri-can space history doyou think is most im-portant and why?”

Cook wrote an essay, due onemonth from the contest announce-ment, explaining why Dr. RobertGoddard’s invention of the liquidfueled rocket engine takes top

honors in the history of space ex-ploration. Along with two other

Grand Prize winners,Cook earned himself and three guests afour day trip to Ken-nedy Space Center,including admissionto the AstronautTraining Experience,

travel, and lodg-ing. Cook is veryenthusiastic abouteverything related toaerospace and is the

Cadet Assistant Aerospace Educa-tion Officer with the Gainesvillesquadron. Cadet Cook aspires tobe an astronaut.

1st Lt Typinski is the AEO, Gainesville

Composite Squadron, FLWG

Cadet Wins History Channel Award

C/Amn Daniel Cook




Tennessee’s Group 2 will be

hosting an SLS class on May 20-21, 2006.

Commanders and ProfessionalDevelopment Officers take thisopportunity to review your re-cords and encourage all eligiblemembers to attend.

The purpose of the SLS is toprepare CAP senior members tomore effectively fulfill squadron-level corporate duties. This isaccomplished through classes in

leadership, technical concepts,and group activities. For mostnew members who have com-pleted level one, this is your nextbig step to becoming familiarwith the inner workings of yoursquadron and what you can do tosupport your squadron.

There is an information webpage for this SLS class that will

provide all interested participants

with all the information you willneed.

You can go to http:// tnwg.cap.gov/tn192/g2sls/ foradditional information.

Any participants who wish toattend the SLS from a distancewill find food and lodging linkson this page as well as the ad-dress, map, and directions toGroup 2 headquarters from thispage. Map and direction sheets

for each motel and restaurant willbe available at the SLSclass. Those wishing directions toa motel listed prior to arrival canreceive one by email on requestwhen registering.

Make your plans now to attendthis SLS class and make yourCAP professional developmenttake off.

TNWG Offers Squadron

Leadership School

ALWG Trains at Maxwell AFB By Maj Joe Curry

One-hundred-forty members of ALWG were guests of the 42ndAirbase Wing and Air Universityduring an annual professional de-

velopment weekend Feb. 25-26 atMaxwell AFB, AL. Thirty-foursenior members attended Squad-ron Leadership School, 14 en-rolled in the Corporate LearningCourse, and 14 participated inTraining for Leaders of Ca-dets. Thirty Cadets participated inan Airman Leadership School and19 attended an NCO course, bothof which were taught by AuburnUniversity ROTC cadets. Colonel

Mike Oakman, newly appointedAlabama Wing Commander,spoke at each seminar. Members

of thewing staff partneredwith HQCAP to staff

the activ-ity. Lt JustinSmith, newlyappointedDirector of Cadet Pro-grams, coor-dinated 40staff mem-bers and in-structors forboth the cadet

and seniormember professional developmentcourses to make the activity one of

the largest of the year.

Maj Curry is the Director of

Cadet Programs, ALWG

Cadets 2 Lt Devon Adams, Capt Erinn Scott, CMSgt Travis Full-

bright and CMSgt Josh McCain confer during a break at the Air-

man Leadership School and NCO course.

The TNWG will be involved ina major Homeland Security exer-cise in the Nashville, TN area.

The HSD5 exercise will be heldApril 7- 8, 2006. Group 3 will bethe primary CAP provider for thisexercise. Lt Col Tim Brown willbe the IC.

In addition to manning theTEMA PIT, CAP will maintainliaison officers at two other emer-gency command centers.

Capt Roger Everson, Group 3

Operations and 1st Lt Sean Kin-ner, Group 3 Emergency Ser-vices ,will take lead for the Group3 planning for this exercise.

For advance planning purposes,this will be a CAP-USAF gradedexercise.

*Events and participation are subject to

change. Contact Maj Bruce Kincaid for

additional information.

TNWG in Home-

land Security

Exercise




By TFO Allison Hady

The West Broward CompositeSquadron in Pembroke Pines, FLrecently took a trip to the CoastGuard Air Station Miami, in OpaLocka. The air station’s missionsinclude: Maritime Law Enforce-ment, Environmental Protection,

and Search and Rescue, which is itsprime mission. The air stationhouses 9 HH-65A Dauphin Heli-copters, 8 HU-25C Night Stalkerfan jets, and 1 VC-4A Turbo Proplogistics airplane.

One cadet from West BrowardComposite Squadron, C/CMSgtCollins, will be leaving for theCoast Guard Academy this July.The Cadets were given a tour of the

station which was led by Lt. LanceKerr, a pilot for the US CoastGuard. The cadets were shown thedifferentaircraft thatthe CoastGuard usessuch as the

DauphinHH-65Ahelicop-ter. Theywere alsogiven a tourof the swimshop whichhoused allof the gearused by the

Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers.

TFO Hady is the PAO, West Broward

Composite Squadron, FLWG

Administration By Lt Col Evelyn Holdren

Organization and Mission—CAPR 20-1

Organization of Civil Air Patrol

This regulation establishes the organ-izational structure of CAP and gives posi-tion descriptions at all levels. It applies to all CAPunits. There is a detailed index to assist the member inlocating the information contained in each section.

Part I, Organization of CAP, covers general infor-mation giving the date CAP was established and thecharacter of our corporation. It refers to our by-laws,regulations and directives. The objects and purposesof CAP are discussed, as well as organizational struc-ture and positions at all echelons. CAP was charteredby Congress July 1, 1946.

Information is given to assist each unit commanderin preparing an organizational chart at their headquar-

ters, including name and grade and duties so that allunit personnel know their responsibilities and chain of command. It is important to note that someone shouldbe responsible for each task outlined in the positiondescription and entire unit should be aware of who isresponsible for which duties.

CAP first became an auxiliary of the Army AirCorps in 1943 and official auxiliary of the U. S. AirForce on May 26, 1948. The CAP organizational chartis shown on Page 6 of this regulation starting with theUS Air Force and including our National Board down

to CAP flights. The CAP Headquarters chart is shownon page 7 and Headquarters CAP-USAF chart is givenon page 8. Page 9 shows chain of command from theNational Commander down to Flight Commander.Page 10 of this regulation contains a map of theUnited States showing the location of the eight Re-gions. Further charts are found from page 11 throughpage 23.

Part III of the regulation provides a position de-scription for Region Commander, Wing Commander,Group Commander and Squadron Commander. Alsoincluded are descriptions for Operations Officer,Emergency Services Officer, ,Standard/Eval Officer,ES Training Officer, SAR Officer, Disaster Relief Of-ficer, Wing/Region Counter Drug Officer, Communi-cations Officer, Drug Demand Reduction Officer,Aerospace Education Officer, Internal Aerospace Edu-cation Officer, External Aerospace Officer, and allother officers referred to in this regulation includingofficers in the Cadet organizations.

This regulation should be carefully read, as are

all other regulations, and reviewed by the SER Ad-

ministration officer, and by those studying or whoare about to study CAPP205, Administration SpecialtyTrack. Knowledge of these 16 regulations will be re-quired for the Technician, Senior and Master Ratingsin the Administration Program. Of course, reading of regulations listed in the Administration SpecialtyTrack program will no doubt be very helpful for anyof those who become familiar with them.

Squadron Visits Coast Guard




Aerospace Education By Lt Col Dave Garner

NCASE update… Online registrants will be enteredin a drawing for two positive space passes on SouthwestAirlines operated flights within the continental UnitedStates (ticket expiration 12/31/07). The drawing will beheld on Saturday, October 21, during the NCASE Gen-eral Assembly from 4:15 to 5:30 pm. You need not be

present to win. For more NCASE information, go tohttp://www.ncase.info.

Earn Graduate Credit While Motivating Your

Students! Civil Air Patrol and Adams State College inAlamosa, CO are offering one hour of graduate credit toCAP members who lead students/cadets in completingthe Aerospace Education Excellence Award Program.One hour of graduate credit cost is $45. Refund is paidupon successful completion of the program. Enrollmentin the program is ongoing. Course Description: Aero-space Education Extended Studies Course (SCIED 589Aerospace Education) is a self-guided course that brings

a wealth of aviation and space resources to educators.Course Requirements: You must currently hold a bache-lor’s degree, be a member of Civil Air Patrol, and enrollin the Aerospace Education Excellence Program forunits or schools. Conduct six hands-on aerospace activi-ties with one or more classes ending with a 2 hour spe-cial aerospace activity by Sept. 1, 2006. For more infor-mation and to enroll in the college credit program con-tact Kathy Baucum by phone (334-953-4213) or [email protected].

Check out the Coffy Gregory Aviation Academy

(an exciting opportunity for girls and women who havean interest in aviation) that will be held on May 19-21,2006. Full scholarships are available for this event. Formore, contact Marion Blakely at the EAA Museum &Resident Education Office, (888) 322-3229 or [email protected].

Information on the Team America Rocketry Chal-

lenge: There are 17 Civil Air Patrol teams participating

in this year’s Challenge, representing nine states. Teamscompeting in this year's Challenge must submit theirqualifying scores by April 10, 2006, to be eligible forthe 2006 National Finals Fly-Off. The National Finalswill be held May 20, 2006, at Great Meadow in ThePlains, Virginia. While applications for this year's TeamAmerica Rocketry Challenge are closed, applicationsfor 2007 will be available online in early September2006. STAY TUNED TO www.rocketcontest.org forMORE INFORMATION

If you are currently serving as a Region Director

of Aerospace Education (DCS AE), State Wing Direc-tor of Aerospace Education (DAE), or as an External orInternal Director of Aerospace Education; you are in-vited to attend the first annual AE Staff School to beheld in Pensacola, FL, this coming summer June 21-24,2006. More information can be found at: http:// www.capae.info/NationalAEOStaffSchool.htm

A big thank you to all of you who helped make SERthe top region again in AE!

Lt Col Garner is the SER Aerospace Director

Lieutenant Colonel DaveMoruzzi has been part of theNaples squadron since August2003 and now has taken over thereigns. Lt Col Moruzzi brings a

lifetime of military service andexperience with him that goesback to 1954 when he enlisted inthe Massachusetts Air NationalGuard. In 1957 he earned a com-mission and his pilot wings andflew C-47s, B-25s, F94As, F-94csand F86H aircraft.

In 1966, as part of the US AirForce, Moruzzi was sent toDanang Air Base in South Viet-nam. There he flew 146 combat

missions into North Vietnam that

included day and night road recon-naissance, tactical bombing, andelectronic surveillance escort andair combat patrol.

Upon his return to the US he

completed his engineering degreeat Auburn University. He thenserved in an engineering develop-ment role for the Air Force andflew test mission support at EglinAFB, FL.

He continued to progress inrank and served staff positions inSouth Korea and the Pentagon.Along the way he completed Com-mand and Staff College, earned aMasters in Public Administration

and finished the Armed Forces

IndustrialCollege. Hisfinal assign-ment waswith the Un-dersecretaryof Defense for International Secu-rity Affairs. After declining a pro-motion to Colonel in 1981 he re-tired. Moruzzi accumulated a totalof an amazing 3025 flight hours of which 388 were combat hours inVietnam.

Today, Lt Col Moruzzi residesin Naples with his wife and as alicensed boat captain enjoys ecot-ourism when he is not performing

his duties with CAP.

Viet Nam Vet takes reigns




March SER

Cadet Awards

Amelia Earhart Award winners:

• Chester N. Kraft, AL

• Winston M. Jean-Pierre, FL

• Nathaniel E. Gingery, GA

• Javier A. Arocho, PR

• Geovannie Aviles, PR

• Luis G. Colon, PR

• Felcar De Leon, PR

• William Medal, PR

• Nicholas S. Sartino, TN

Gen Billy Mitchell Award winners:

• Andy C. Cannon, AL

• Christopher Caddell, FL

• John M. Clark, FL

• Christine M. Colbert, FL

• Socrates E. Colindres, FL

• Marhino A. Colindres, FL

• Cameron E. Kellermann, FL

• Clifford B. Lore, FL

• Jenna E. McCord, FL

• Justin T. Tellekamp, FL

• Nicholas B. Toft, FL

• Drew W. Clasen, GA

• Andrew G. Albee, MS

• Hector M. Artigas, PR

• Joshua M. Bernabe, PR

• Luis A. Betancourt, PR

• Daniel Delgado, PR

• Ramon J. Hilerio, PR

•

Julien J. Jimenez, PR• Frances N. Lugo, PR

• Mario Santiago, PR

• Jorge O. Velazquez, PR

• Jason Frazier, TN

• Daniel P. Roy, TN

• Mark E. Tellez, TN

Public Affairs By Capt Michelle

If you are a Public Affairs Offi-cer of a cadet squad-ron, you owe it tothe “ScrapbookingMoms” and the

“Refrigerator-Magnet-Grandparents” of this world to putout products theycan use to fill their memory booksand fridge doors with picturesand stories of their cadet’s CAPaccomplishments.

Of course, this is just one of themany reasons to document eventsand put out products that showcase

the wonderful people and servicesof CAP. It’s my perspective be-cause I happen to be a PAO of acadet squadron, and an avid scrap-booker and mom, who is alwayslooking for “fodder” for my hobby(also termed “obsession, money-pit, etc.” by some husbands of scrapbookers).

Things like squadron newslettersand news clippings from local pa-pers of articles you, as PAO, have

submitted make scrapbookersVERY happy, when photos andaccomplishments of their cadetsare highlighted. If I had a dime forevery newspaper clipping or other

childhood-activity memorabilia mymom has stuck into those old“magnetic-paged” photo albums,I’d have enough money to buy…well, more scrapbooking supplies!

Seriously though, as a PAO, of any unit, but especially a cadetsquadron, you are responsible fordocumenting memories. Some of these cadets lives are literallychanged by the things they experi-ence in CAP. Imagine a grandfa-ther 50 years from now, opening upan old scrapbook his mom put to-gether decades ago. He points outto his grandchild a clipping froman old CAP squadron newsletterthat has a picture of him as a cadetin a Cessna preparing to take off for his first O-flight. As they look

at the old clipping together, he tellshis grandchild that what happenedin that picture was why he becamea pilot, or joined the military, orany other wonderful thing thatCAP can inspire.

Sometimes we as PAOs getcaught up in other aspects of the job. But don’t forget, there arescrapbooks out there with pagesreserved for CAP activities, be-cause CAP is a big part of manylives. YOU can provide the photosand stories that will fill thesepages.

Capt Becker is the Associate Editor of

Region ReCAP




On Feb. 4, 2006, eight Cadetsand five senior members of theBessemer Composite Squadron gottogether to wash and wax thesquadron’srecentlyacquiredaircraft,N904CP.Althoughthe tem-peraturenever gotabove 50degrees,everyonehad a goodtime. Afterthe work was finished, the cadetsreceived orientation rides in oursquadron aircraft and ShelbyCounty Flight’s Maule. Orientationride pilots were Lt. Bo Andrews,

Capt Paul Roebuck, and CaptJimmy Mitchell. Cadets participat-ing included Devin Adams, JeremyAdams, Jordan Box, Jordan David-son, Charles Deering, Amos El-more, J.D. Fuller, and Christian

Sanchez. Senior members Col BobDorning and Capt James Smileyalso attended the activity.The SDIS aircraft can be“talked to” anytime viasatellite telephone that MajHolland and others have.The aircraft can also talk toany ground station via thesame service while inflight. The pictures are tobe taken with a digital

camera with no less than 7mega pixels. The demon-stration was carried outwith a Nikon. ALWG cur-rently has two aircraft set

up for SDIS with requests for twomore SDIS System Trays in proc-ess. With more Trays installed,ALWG could still respond if one of the other C-182s was down formaintenance. Only C-182s will be

fitted for this system.

By 1st Lt John Clark

March 26 – 28 was a very busy

time for FLWG Group 4, workingthe 3rd Annual Wings & WheelsAir-show. Over 35,000 peopleattended this great event.

Many directors of this event,including the Ground Boss andairport manager gave high markson the professionalism and hardwork of all our cadets and seniormembers. These dedicated mem-bers worked over a period of threedays, totaling 1033 man hours.

Tasking included static flightline security, security at three dif-ferent taxiways, and security in the“Hotbox”, oh, and directing traf-fic! Members braved the cold,windy weather with bright sun,and none were spared from a sun/ wind burn, or sore feet!

Thirty-one members supportedthis event on Friday, 42 on Satur-

day, and34 on

Sun-day. Thefollow-ing per-sonnelworkedall threedays andputin longhours.

SM

Vince La Valle, Capt Kirkland, LtMcSparron, C/S John Stout, Lt.Saul Horne, SM KarenGoodner, F/ O Stephen Stradley, Capt ScottStradley, Lt Col Gary Owen, andcadets Meagan Kirkland, MichaelKirkland, Katleyn Bibeau, JesseWestberry, Sam Serkin, CroixNewson, Rachel Olson, KristaBibeau, Colt Ramirez, Johnston,

Paladino, Wayne Ochat, AngelGarcia, Dalton Powell and Cam-eron Wiley, Jason Hawkins,Spencer Depalaz.

Cadet Kaitlynne Pow-ell recognized an elderly personhaving a diabetes attack and noti-fied proper authorities who thenapplied medical care.

1st Lt Clark is the PAO Group 4, FLWG

Alabama Plane is All Washed Up

Squadrons Participate in Wings and Wheels

Members pay close

attention to detail

when detailing!

It takes a lot of hard work to keep the fleet

in tip-top shape

Members of Group 4, FLWG, pose in front an A10 exhibit during the

Ft. Pierce Airshow. Photo by 1st Lt John Clark




Operations By Lt Col David E. Lehtonen

As we continueour series fromTony Kern’s book entitled Darker

Shades of Blue –

the Rogue Pilot ,this month we willlook at rogues at a time whenthey were needed to move avia-tion forward. During the firstthird of the last century, threedistinct eras were identified byKern; the exhibition era, theWWI era, and the barnstormers.

Glenn Curtiss, an early-1900’sengine manufacturer and aggres-sive motorcycle racer, tried sell-ing his engines to the Wrightbrothers but they rebuffed him sohe learned how to fly and startedan aircraft company of his own.He needed a test and demonstra-tion pilot to showcase his aircraftto customers. Enter LincolnBeachey, called by some“history’s greatest rogue.” At anair show in San Francisco with anew plane, Beachey performed aseries of loops for the crowd of

50,000 when he climbed and per-formed a high speed dive fasterthan he had ever done previously.Upon pullout, the wings tore off and he crashed in the bay. JohnLienhard of the University of Houston writes of Beachey, ex-plaining why this rogue pilot wasso essential. “He made such atheater of flight that we all had to join in.”

As aircraft engines becamelighter and airframes and instru-mentation more advanced, theaircraft found a new purpose: asa weapon of war. During the warbetween Italy and Turkey in 1911over Libya, the first combat mis-sion took place.

The Italian pilots performeddangerous recon missions andbuzzed enemy formations, re-

turning to base but sustainingbullet-holes in the plane. Therogue combat pilot had arrived.

Perhaps no combat pilot did somuch for education and trainingat this time was the German ace,Oswald Boelcke. Initially he flewrecon missions but moved up tomore heavily armed aircraft. Herecorded his first of 40 confirmedkills on July 4, 1915 and beganan aggressive offensive attack that would characterize him asfoolhardy. Others copied his tac-tics including Max Immelmann.As squadron commander, Boel-cke trained the Red Barron, Man-fred Richthofen but when Immel-mann was killed, the Germanhigh command pulled Boelcke

from the front and assigned himto a public relations tour. Duringthis time, Boelcke wrote a paperentitled Air Fighting Tactics thatis still taught at military fightertraining schools. Boelcke was onpatrol with Richthofen and an-other pilot, Lieutenant Bohme,when they spotted seven enemyaircraft. They dove on the forma-tion but Bohme col-lided with Boelcke

forcing him to crash.He might have sur-vived the crash butfor not wearing ahelmet or a seat beltagainst regulations,a rogue tendencywhich most likelykilled a man whohad been awardedthe Blue Max, Ger-many’s highest award for valor.

During the 1920’s, the barn-stormers worked to forward avia-tion in a different way. Surplusaircraft were sold by the govern-ment and bought by returningcombat pilots resulting in thethird era – the barnstormers.These men were truly rogues,having just returned from a warwhere they lived on borrowed

time. Stunt flying was child’splay compared to combat flying.The barnstormers made moneyany way they could, giving rides,stunt flying, even running rumduring Prohibition. Many of themended up crashing from suchthings as wing collapses, fuel

starvation, lack of maintenance,and poorly executed stunts. In1916, the U.S. Congress estab-lished a trial to see if the airplanecould be used to speed up mailservice. They learned that itcould, with the help of severalrogue pilots who were willing torisk life and limb to prove theycould carry out the mission nomatter what it took. Fortunately,the government soon began to

regulate these flyers. Rogue avia-tors became a thing of the past aspilots demonstrated a more pro-fessional and safe approach toflying.

There are only two places forrogue aviators. Eddie Ricken-backer called the first place “thekind of show that requires theforfeit of aircraft and crew.” Ex-

amples of these are situa-tions to forward aviation,

win in air combat, or es-tablish an airmail servicethat outweighed the risk to aircrew and airplanes.The second place is in ourmemories – we should begrateful to those whocame before – recogniz-ing that rogue behaviorhas no place in modernflying, especially in CAP

flying. We as the CAP command

structure and pilots need to iden-tify and weed out these behav-iors. Next month we will furtherthis series by looking at a casestudy of an accident investigatorin Australia of another roguemilitary pilot who had been oper-ating as such up until his finalrogue act.

David E. Lehtonen is the SER Director

of Operations




By SM Jeff Maturo

Collier County EmergencyManagement member Jim von

Rinteln presented the Naples Sen-ior Squadron with a plaque for theassistance received from theSquadron during hurricane Wilma.Hurricane Wilma was the21st named storm, 13th hurricane,sixth major hurricane, and fourthCategory 5 of the record-breaking2005 Atlantic Hurricane season.Wilma set numerous records forboth strength and seasonal activ-ity. At its peak, it was the mostintense tropical cyclone ever re-corded in the Atlantic basin. Itsformation marked the only timefour Category 5 hurricanes formedin the Atlantic in one season, andWilma was only the third Cate-

gory 5 ever to developin the month of Octo-ber. Wilma was thesecond 21st storm inany season, and theearliest-forming 21ststorm by nearly amonth.

Wilma made sev-eral landfalls, with themost destructive ef-fects felt in the Yuca-tan Penisula of Mex-ico, Cuba and the Stateof Florida. At least 62

deaths have been reported, anddamage is estimated at $16-20 bil-lion ($12.2 billion in the US),ranking Wilma among the top 10costliest hurricanes ever recordedin the Atlantic and the sixth costli-

est storm in US history. Wilmaalso affected eleven countries withwinds or rainfall, more than anyother hurricane in recent history.

SM Maturo is the Deputy PAO, Naples

Senior Squadron, FLWG

County Government Shows Appreciation

to CAP Squadron

By Capt Timothy P. O’Connor

Cadets from Griffin Cadet

Squadron, GAWG, gained insightinto the world of emergency medi-cal flight when they visited anEmory Flight base in Griffin, GA.Emory Flight is an air medicaltransportation service that offersadvanced life support aboard itshelicopters, providing servicethrough its four bases to Georgiaand parts of Alabama, North Caro-lina and South Carolina. Whenthere is a critical medical emer-

gency in the southern Atlanta met-ropolitan area, the crew of anEmory Flight helicopter is dis-patched from the Griffin, GA, baseto give the victim a fightingchance for survival.

The cadets received classroominstruction on emergency proce-dures for finding a safe landingzone clear of cars, people, trees,

cows, andother obsta-

cles. Theylearned underwhat condi-tions EmoryFlight will flyand underwhat demand-ing conditionsthe pilots andmedics work.

The cadetsalso found out

about the edu-cational andtraining require-ments for be-comingan Emory Flight pilot or medic,and how to gain that experience.The cadets toured the maintenancefacility and saw several helicoptersin various conditions, from totallydisassembled to flight-ready. This

gave the cadets an inside look atthe complex flying mechanics of ahelicopter.

Capt O’Connor is the Commander, Griffin

Cadet Squadron, GAWG

Griffin Squadron Gets EM Flight Ops Tour

Griffin Cadet Squadron, two new cadet recruits, and Emory Flight

Paramedic Jason Hale stand next to a helicopter used in emergency

medical air transport.

Collier County Emergency Management member Jim von

Rinteln presented Naples Senior Squadron, Commander,

Lt Col Dave Moruzzi, with a plaque for assisting them




By1Lt Jackie Zarrilli

When the Wings of Freedomwith its array of WWII aircraft flewinto Boca Raton Airport theCAP, was there as they have

been every year when theCollings Foundation bringsthese “big birds” to town.Cadets and seniors membersof the Boca Raton CompositeSquadron performed commu-nity service, helping withcrowd control and miscella-neous duties.

Arriving early to help setup, two cadets, C/Amn JohnClark and C/SrA Kat Jones,

were fortunate to receive aspecial tour and first handaccount from WWII veteranEd Kaminski, a former B17Bomber pilot in the US Army AirCorps. Kaminski was stationed justoutside of Norwich, England atDeophen Green, flying over 30missions in his time. He gave aninformative tour of a WWII B-17Bomber, known as the Flying For-tress, telling cadets that it weighs

54,000 lbs, carries 1,700 gallons of fuel with a range of 1850 miles.Today, less than a dozen of the

12,726 B-17 Bombers built are stillflying.

Learning first hand about thetoll of war, the Civil Air Patrolteens heard of Veteran PilotKaminski’s harrowing experienceof bailing out of a B17 as it brokeapart returning from a mission andbeing plucked from the North Sea

by a British vessel, which was ableto rescue 6 of the 10 crew mem-bers.

“Wow, it is amazing to see andhear how it actually was. I read

about the war, but to actually meetsomeone who was there and to seehow tight and barren these bomberswere is incredible. This has givenme a real appreciation for whatthese veterans went through. Theyare all heroes, even the ones with-out the medals!” exclaimed 13-year-old Airman John Clark.

1st Lt Zarrilli is the FLWG PAO

Kaminski shows cadets

where he once sat

WWII Pilot Ed Kaminski shows Civil Air Patrol

Cadets John Clark and Katherine Jones the win-dow he bailed out from over the North Sea when

his B17 Bomber broke apart.

WWII B17 Bomber Pilot Shares with Cadets

By1Lt Jackie Zarrilli

Two senior members, SuzzanneChung from the Weston CadetSquadron, and Donna Mallon fromthe Boca Raton Composite Squad-ron, applied for an Education Grantfrom the US Air Force Association.Each squadron recently received acheck for $250 each to advancetheir cadets aerospace knowledge.

Capt Bill Morden, Boca RatonComposite Squadron Commandersays the money will be used to buyand build rockets so his cadets canearn their Model Rocketry Badge.Weston Cadet Squadron Com-mander, Lt. Ralph Kugel says,“The money couldn’t come at abetter time. SM Chung is our Aero-

space Officer. She is tops and willput it to good use!”

Coral SpringsCadet Squadronapplied and re-ceived this grantin June of 2004and is eligible toapply again inJune of 2006.“We are definitelyapplying again. Ihave already com-pleted the applica-tion,” says 1st LtBruce Sage, thesquadron commander. This squad-ron hosted a Model Rocketry Lock In. The weekend was spent learning

first hand everything you wanted toknow and more about rockets. 1st

Lt MitchellDrucker and LtCol GeorgeErkes were in-structors andCapt Norman

Kaplan, thesquadron Aero-space Officer,tested the cadets.By Sunday eve-ning participatingcadets hadearned their

ModelRocketry Badge. FloridaWing Model Rocketry Officer, LtJohn Edwards was there.

AFA Grants Given for Cadet AE Program

Squadron’s rocket experts discuss

plans to help cadets earn CAP Model

Rocketry Badge




By Marie Nesmith

Bartow Neighbor News Editor

Reprinted with permission

Enabling his four sons to beself-sufficient by age 18 is a heftybut obtainable goal for HaydenCollins. Along with instructionprovided at home, organizationslike the Bartow-Etowah Compos-ite Squadronof the CivilAir Patrol arehelping theCartersvilleresident and

his wife, San-dra, meet thisobjective.

Through theCivil Air Pa-trol, which is avolunteer, ci-vilian auxil-iary of the USAir Force, his adopted sons - Zane,Blake, Corey and Dwayne - havebeen exposed to mock search andrescue exercises, medical and lead-ership training, and the basics of aerospace.

“We use the Civil Air Patrol asa learning program to discovertheir interests,” said Collins, whoserves as the organization's opera-tions officer. “If someone is inter-ested in aerospace or the military,they would know by going throughthe program if they want to pursue

it as a career. The goal of the CivilAir Patrol is not just to train themfor the military, but to enhancetheir excitement in aerospace.”

Through the local, 55-memberprogram, consisting of 19 adultsand 36 cadets ages 12 to 18, thebrothers are exploring potentialcareers in the military, computerand medical fields.

“After I graduate, I want to be a

medic in the Air Force,” said 14-year-old Blake, who is CPR certi-

fied through the American HeartAssociation. “My long-term goalis to be an architect and serve inthe National Guard. I like helpingpeople, making sure they’re allright.”

One of the highlights of the pro-gram forBlake hasbeen par-ticipatingin four

annualmock searchand res-cue mis-sions.During athree-dayoperationin Janu-

ary called Dog Daze, the brothersreceived training alongside Geor-

gia Department of Natural Re-sources employees and canines.

By forming a search line - inwhich members, who were severalfeet apart, slowly canvassed thearea - 20 cadets searched for a“lost individual” at Hudson Farmin Cartersville. Training such asthis is necessary for cadets to be-come certified to participate inreal-life search and rescue opera-tions with state agencies - a feat

that the four brothers haveachieved.

For Collins, seeing his sons suc-ceed is a rewarding experience.“They have all made long strides,”Collins said. “Blake was 3 whenwe first got him. He couldn’tspeak well, and he had a limp dueto two different sized shoes. Now,along with becoming an EagleScout in the next two months, he is

a certified medic and search andrescue member.

“When you remove childrenfrom neglect or abuse situationsand give them a stable environ-

ment they tend to excel. All of theboys continue to help out withother foster children in our home.And they contribute to ourneighborhood by painting signs,picking up trash and creating akick ball diamond in the cul-de-sac.”

The siblings also have givenback to the community throughtheir participation in the BartowCounty Department of Family and

Children’s Services’ Silent Santaprogram last December.In addition to sponsoring five tod-dlers, the brothers - with the helpof their Boy Scouts of AmericaTroop 157 and other Civil AirPatrol cadets - sorted toys and de-livered the items to about 300 fos-ter homes. The delivery operationthat served as Blake’s Eagle Scoutproject was especially close totheir heart.

“It was really important to us,”said 16-year-old Zane, who is thesquadron’s Web master, responsi-ble for updating and linking themonthly newsletter to their Website at www.gawg.cap.gov/GA129.“We know what it is like for thekids. Before our adoption, our onlypossession was a stuffed animal.”

Along with community serviceprojects and field exercises, thecadets meet each Thursday, 7 p.m.,

at the Cartersville airport. Class-room instruction includes discus-sions about leadership, CAP his-tory and rocketry.

While the cadets’ textbooks andClass A uniforms are provided bythe Air Force, other items arefunded through donations, such asa $500 grant for aerospace sup-plies from the New York LifeFoundation.

Brothers discover interests

through Civil Air Patrol

Collins brothers learn, and give a lot through CAP



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Col John Tilton

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