St. Mary's CAP Cadets Recognized by VFW

Posted by TBN On 08/18/2008

Two squadron cadets were recently recognized for their leadership skills by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Brianna Griffith was recognized for her exemplary leadership skills as a cadet Non Commissioned Officer, while Cadet First Lieutenant Daniel Myers was singled out for his exemplary leadership skills as a cadet officer. The presentation the VFW Leadership award to the cadets was by Mr. Robert Miedzinski, of VFW Post 2632; California,.

CAP, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with more than 60,000 members nationwide. CAP volunteers perform 95 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counterdrug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies.

Members take a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the almost 25,000 young people currently participating in the CAP Cadet Program. CAP's cadet programs provide young men and women with a safe and motivating environment in which to grow and explore opportunities in the military and aviation industries. Cadets progress through a 16-step program of leadership and aerospace education. CAP has been performing missions for America for more than 63 years.

There are approximately 1,300 members of CAP in Maryland. Last fiscal year wing members flew 34 search and rescue missions and were credited with 23 finds.

For information about the Maryland Wing of CAP, visit http://mdcap.org/ or listen to weekly episodes of "Civil Air Patrol Today" broadcast every Sunday morning on the following radio stations:

• Annapolis, MD - WYRE-AM 810, 8:00-8:30AM ET • Baltimore, MD - WFBR AM 1590, 8:00-8:30AM ET • Ocean City, MD - WKHZ-AM 1590, 7:00-7:30AM ET • Potomac, MD - WCTN 950 AM, 6:00-6:30AM ET • Rockville, MD - WLXE-AM 1600, 7:00-7:30AM ET • Washington, DC - WZHF-AM 1390, 7:00-7:30AM ET

In addition, programs may be listened to at the Maryland Wing web site at http://mdcap.org/radio/ and can also be subscribed to as a podcast.

The St. Mary’s Composite Squadron meets Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. at the St. Mary’s County Regional Airport, in the Capt. Walter Francis Duke terminal building, 44200 Airport Road, in California, MD. The squadron is commanded by Lt Col Tim Corrigan. For information, go the squadron's web site at http://www.capstmarys.com/.

Page 1