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ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e The formation of Civil Air Patrol on Dec. 1, 1941, Tprovided America’s women with new and exciting alternatives. We will probably never know why — in a time when women were sheltered from being drafted into military service and still closely identified with the role of homemaker — CAP made little formal distinction between the ways men and women could serve in the organization. True, many women took on support jobs for CAP, functioning as secretaries and clerks, positions that fit with accepted social mores. Even so, the door was open to those who wanted to work on the flight line or fly missions. The women who served CAP at its beginning epitomized courage. Not only did they find a proactive way to help their country during World War II, but they also delicately danced between traditional expectations and modern possibilities.
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l who wanted to learn to fly. Betty Jean Thomas Schulz wanted to learn to fly Though living in Portland, Ore., at the time, and saw Civil Air Patrol as the way to do it. Her son, Schulz went to The Dalles, east of Portland, for her Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz of the Oregon Wing, said she flight training. According to her son, her CAP work got the flying bug when her cousin took her for a ride involved mostly practicing, getting her pilot’s license in a Stearman while she was still in high school in and moving CAP planes to where they were needed. Colorado. When CAP showed up on her radar in During a solo student flight, while ferrying a CAP 1943, it was one of the few avenues open to civilians airplane, she had a close call when the throttle wouldn’t close completely on her first landing attempt. Her instructor, also a CAP member, was standing next to the runway watching her
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ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene, home to more than one war hero. “They ignored me for awhile,” she said, “but I was totally entranced with the idea of flying.” Eventually a group of seasoned pilots emerged who became interested in helping young people get into flying, and they held a meeting at the airport terminal building to start a CAP squadron. Carter joined as soon as she could. As a squadron member, she was required to take classes, sanctioned by the U.S. Army Air Forces and taught by an instructor from the local teachers college. Her first class was in parachute rigging. “I’m chulz hel ed ai e fu d fo he wa effo h ough ac ive not too sure I’d want to use it,” she conceded, “but I membe hi i he U i ed e vice ga iza io did learn how to pack it.” Flying as an observer during the war, she helped fly, and on a subsequent attempt he grabbed the spot illegal burning that had the potential for plane’s strut as it went by, reaching into the cockpit sparking forest fires in the state, which had endured and cutting the ignition. Her son, a CAP pilot himself several years of drought at the time. Though she now, said he “suspected there must have been a pretty never owned her own plane, she was quick to settle good headwind for him to be able to do that.” on the Piper Super Cub as her favorite. “Flying Even before her CAP days, Schulz had been doing her patriotic duty. Active with the United Service Organization, she helped raise funds for the war effort and eventually became president of the USO’s Portland Chapter. In fact, she met her future husband, who was transitioning from the field artillery to U.S. Army Air Corps pilot training, after a USO dance at Portland Air Base. After CAP trained her as a pilot, Schulz hoped to join the newly established Women Airforce Service Pilots, a group of female pilots charged with assuming in-country duties to free up male pilots for work overseas. Despite heroic efforts to have a chiropractor “stretch” her, though, she didn’t meet the WASP’s height requirements. hi ho o ake by he b o he i cade i a a e he i a ou eau igh o e fo a ho o a he officia l Rita Carter literally grew up with CAP. She joined o e i g a d dedica io of illa o ki i o i ee e in 1942, when she was still in high school, and stuck Wi h he i a o he cade Ma y de o who la e became with the organization throughout her life. Ma y wa kow ki he ew am hi e Wi g ho o ed A resident of New Hampshire, Carter took a high a e ow a colo el wi h he i i gui hed e vice w a d school class in aeronautics and started hanging out at fo yea of e vice o
i ize e vi g ommu i ie 5 www gocivilai a ol com said. She explained that she even got to learn to fly for free through the civilian pilot training program at Morningside College in Sioux City. “Colleges were given a quota for those who could participate in the program,” she said. “Morningside’s quota was 10, and I was the only female in the class.” While there, she earned her private pilot’s license. She was prompted to join CAP because “it had something to do with flying, and you were ea Whi e ce e wi h ha d i ocke wa o e of wome f om a ac ive membe hi automatically made a technical of i he ioux i y owa ivil i a ol u i o a ime he augh aviga io o o he sergeant.” When the WASPs ilo were organized not long after CAP was established, she, like felt like I was just putting on a comfortable sweater,” Betty Jean Schulz, wanted to join but was also she said. deemed too short. Instead, White used CAP as a Carter went on to marry and raise five children, stepping stone into the U.S. military, where she working for CAP when she could, first for her pursued a 26-year career. squadron and later for the New Hampshire Wing. Now 85, she piloted her last flight in 1982, taking up a friend who wanted to get some aerial shots of For Idaho mother and housewife Onita May Hoff, his farm. serving CAP was a family affair. Her husband, Mark, Already a pilot, Jean White joined CAP the month it was established and was assigned to a squadron in Sioux City, Iowa. She’d fallen in love with flying at age 13, but the country was still struggling after the Great Depression, and her father refused to give her the $5 it cost to ride in an airplane. Undeterred, White entered an essay contest marking the 20th anniversary of air mail. Her winning entry nabbed her a coveted flight from Omaha, Neb., to Washington, D.C., where she and other winners were honored. “Actually, I lucked out all the way,” White i a May off a d hu ba d Ma k we e a e i a d ou of
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 6 was a civilian pilot but too old for regular military day inspired her to search for CAP. She found a service when World War II came to America’s shores, squadron at the local airport and joined again. said their son, R.A. Hoff. “My flying days were over, but I thought I could “Mom didn’t get her pilot’s license until 1948, but do something,” she said. she went up for CAP as an observer,” he said. The couple, who had five children — four of them l born before the war’s end — flew in a Fairchild PT- Helen Czak Rehm was definitely attracted to 19 and Taylorcraft L-2, both CAP planes. They adventure and even to danger in the name of a good bought the Taylorcraft after the war, but it was later cause. Rehm joined CAP’s Ohio Wing as a member of damaged in a landing accident. Their son still has the the Lorain County Composite Squadron and was plane’s propeller. soon flying missions over the Great Lakes. She remembered the squadron as consisting mostly of women, with the rules for learning to fly much more relaxed than today. In a 2010 interview with Fox News in Detroit, Rehm recounted how “we’d fly down through Ohio, along the Ohio River. On Sunday morning, he fi i wi h g lo a ood ich ha he a e io of we’d get up early eve al cade and go down there for a meeting, l and it was a lot Now 85, Flora Goodrich joined CAP not once but of fun.” twice to serve America. As a young woman during At the time of World War II, she joined CAP while also working at her mother’s death the naval shipyard in Portsmouth, N.H., and last year, daughter volunteering with the USO. Judith Rehm- Though she was taking flying lessons, the sudden Norbo described departure of the adjutant led her commanding officer, her as a Capt. John Palmer, to ask her if she would work in “Renaissance ele zak ehm how he e wi h he CAP’s Portsmouth office to maintain records and woman,” serving hu ba d udy flew wi h a uad o handle correspondence. She continued in that capacity her country, co i i g mo ly of wome until after the war. working as a nurse Goodrich married, moved away and CAP slipped and raising a family. into her background. After her husband died in 1973, “When CAP started up,” Rehm-Norbo said, “it Goodrich eventually moved to Florida, where she was had the foresight to involve women to serve their living on Sept. 11, 2001. The terrorist attacks of that country.” s
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Gen. Carl A. Spaatz’s lifelong service to America generated a long list of awards, honors and achievements throughout his 34-year military career. He shot down three enemy planes and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I, and he was revered by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as one of two American general officers who contributed the most to the victory in Europe during World War II. He was selected as the first U.S. Air Force chief of staff, serving in that role from 1947-1948, and as Civil Air Patrol’s first national board chairman in 1948, a position he held for 11 years. His legacy is memorialized in numerous prestigious ways, but the one closest to CAP’s heart is the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award, the organization’s top cadet award, presented to less than one- half of 1 percent of all CAP cadets. Each year the Spaatz Association celebrates Spaatz’s legacy with a Washington, D.C., gala attended by Spaatz cadets, mentors and supporters. This year’s event featured a keynote address by the Air Force’s chief of staff, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, who assumed office some 61 years after Spaatz. In keeping with Spaatz’s legacy, service was the focus of Schwartz’s remarks. Excerpts from his speech follow:
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ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 8 In addition to honoring our “On the 70th anniversary we salute Civil Air Patrol Spaatz award recipients tonight, for its impressive history of effective utilization of we are here to celebrate the 70th aviation, such as U.S. disaster relief efforts across varied I anniversary of Civil Air Patrol. I terrains and in dire conditions including floods, “ salute the 61,000 volunteer hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, winter storms and members of CAP, who across the nation provide day- even a tsunami. to-day guidance, mentorship and inspiration for the “We also reflect with gratitude on the 54 lives nearly 27,000 cadets, ages 12 to 20, of Civil Air Patrol. “Through emphasis on aerospace education, leadership and character development, physical fitness and overall wellness, CAP exposes our youth to what it means to serve, and to lead others to do the same. “To our young and talented CAP cadets, I salute you for your commitment to character and leadership development, to aviation and the aerospace field and to the other key tenets of the CAP cadet program: physical fitness and all-around wellness,
including serving as examples of a ee i g chwa z du i g he ece io a e ig e o e h Vaz uez ʼ a io al vice healthy and drug-free lifestyle. comma de lef a d a io al omma de Maj e huck a “We are extremely proud the CAP Cadet Program, with aviation as its cornerstone, is among the finest and most CAP saved in search and rescue missions in fiscal respected youth development programs in the country. year 2011 alone. “As aerospace enthusiasts and supporters, we know “I close by emphasizing the importance of America depends on aerospace for a wide range of mentoring our youngsters, because we will eventually strategic interests involving commerce, diplomacy, hand the mantle to these talented — in so many cases, military matters and intelligence, to name just a few. even more capable — young Americans. “We are very thankful for CAP as an organization, “The consequential deeds of our young men and which since 1941 has served our nation faithfully as an women who currently serve will be followed by the Air Force partner in providing airpower for civil support. accomplishments of many of the bright and talented “From humble beginnings as flying Minutemen and cadets in this room and elsewhere. subchasers in World War II to flying in 2011 more than “We need generous and thoughtful people who will 100,000 hours — 74 percent of which were at the Air strive to excel in all of their tasks, no matter large or Force’s request in support of local, state, regional and small, team or individual, routine or extraordinary. national-level efforts — this venerated organization can Every step counts as progress, and every member of the be proud of its tremendous accomplishments. team matters.
i ize e vi g ommu i ie 9 www gocivilai a ol com “I trust your continued educational, leadership and character development leads you to an exciting and fulfilling career in service to our nation, whether in uniform or otherwise. “If you wish to demand the most of yourself, “If you strive to discipline yourself to achieve lofty goals, “And if you desire to uphold the highest standards of performance, “Then we have a place for you in the U.S. armed forces. s
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Cadet Master Sgt. Alec Albright of Milford, used Halloween costumes for needy children to go Conn., is a young man with a mission. trick-or-treating. Albright, 14 and a freshman at Notre “Every year I collect between 90 and 100 costumes and Dame High School in West Haven, is give them to NeighborWorks New Horizons in New C working to have the Congressional Gold Haven. Sometimes I have a costume that needs to be Medal awarded to Civil Air Patrol’s World cleaned or repaired, but most of them are in good shape,” War II members. he said. CAP not only still exists, it also still provides many of the While in Washington, Albright met with U.S. Sens. vital functions it did during the war, including search and Richard Blumenthal and Joseph Lieberman, who both rescue operations. The units, including the one Albright agreed to support the measure. He also met with U.S. Rep. belongs to at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, are the Rosa DeLauro, who also agreed to sponsor the bill. first responders to some events, including downed or Blumenthal wrote to the young activist in September to missing planes. update him on the Senate version of the bill, which then had Albright said he first learned of the effort to get the 53 co-sponsors and needed 14 more to ensure passage. The World War II service medal for CAP members in a Civil total has since risen to well over the minimum of 67 needed, Air Patrol Volunteer article that, in his words, “called for a and the Senate Committee on Banking, House and Urban letter-writing campaign, and for people to make phone Affairs is expected to hold hearings on the measure soon. calls to their congressmen. But I thought that something In the meantime, Albright said he is still working for more was needed.” legislative support. Most recently, he has been in contact Albright drew up a petition for people to sign urging with the office of Rep. John Larson. their support for House Bill 719, which would award the Albright would eventually like to be one of those medal. “It was hard because I don’t know 500 people, but I patrolling the coast, either as a volunteer or in the military. took the petition with me wherever I went, including to His father is a private pilot, and Alec has already had a few school and to Washington, D.C., in May,” he said. flight lessons. The teen went to Washington on unrelated business – “You have to be 17 to get a pilot’s license, but I’m to accept his Prudential Spirit of Community Award. working toward it,” he said. “I’d like to go to (the U.S. Albright earned that honor for an earlier cause, collecting Naval Academy at) Annapolis and be a Navy pilot.” s
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Civil Air Patrol was established in 1941 to support America’s communities with emergency response, diverse aviation and ground services, youth development and promotion of air and Cspace power. Today, 70 years later, CAP continues its proud tradition of service to America as the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force values CAP as a partner not only for the critical role it plays as a force multiplier, but also for the speed with which the organization and its mem- bers are able to respond to assignments and for the vision for the future it brings to the table in inspiring the next generation of aerospace leaders. CAP conducts 90 percent of all inland search and rescue missions in the U.S., as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and other agencies. Last year CAP members participated in nearly 900 search and rescue missions and were credited with saving 54 lives. CAP also conducts disaster relief, homeland security, airborne reconnaissance, counterdrug operations and other national security/emergency preparedness missions as directed by the Air Force. CAP’s customers, especially the U.S. military, pay a very small fee for the outstanding service CAP members provide. The economic impact of CAP’s volunteer man-hours exceeds $150 million annually. CAP’s low-cost and high-quality performance is complemented by the speed with which we are able to respond. The organization’s high-tech toolbox helps ensure members fulfill this critical need. CAP now has more than 150 Cessna 182s equipped with Garmin G1000 glass-cockpits. CAP members are also leading the way and saving lives with cell phone and radar forensics technology, and our bread-and- butter mission is now airborne photography, with aircrews sometimes taking thousands of digital pho- tos a day for our customers. CAP is even using some full-motion video systems and aircraft equipped with infrared cameras, and we’re exploring opportunities to get more in the future as funding becomes available for procurement, operations and maintenance. CAP is also a valuable resource for building better citizens and future leaders. Cadet programs and training activities for youth help develop leadership skills in more than 26,000 young adults 12-20 years old, and many of them go on to careers in the military, engineering and aerospace. Teacher support pro- grams help create a passion for using aviation and aerospace themes to encourage students to excel in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects. CAP is an irreplaceable, professional and highly cost-effective force multiplier for the U.S. Air Force and the nation. Through the volunteer public service of more than 61,000 members, our unpaid profes- sionals make a priceless, positive impact in communities by serving as a skilled resource whenever the call and whatever the mission. Join us in this quest to serve America. Visit www.capmembers.com for more information.
Don Rowland
Executive Director CAP National Headquarters
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 12 Before we even knew what homeland security meant, there were heroes among us: those who served quietly and selflessly. The safety of others — not themselves — was their main concern. The forgotten heroes of CAP are a living testament to CAP’s continued service to our country.
CAP NEEDS YOUR HELP . . . Thanks to you, CAP is closer than ever to receiving the Congressional Gold Medal for our founding heroes – those intrepid members who gave their all for their county during World War II. But we’re still not done. CAP needs your help to raise funds to honor our forgotten heroes. Individual donors and corporate sponsors are needed to make this a reality. Make a donation. Ask your employer to consider donating or becoming a sponsor. Help send a richly deserved “thank you” to those who selflessly protected the home front. Your donation will also help raise awareness about this great organization and the contributions today’s members continue to make to their communities and their country. Many of these World War II heroes have special needs, and your support will help them get to Washington, D.C., to attend the Gold Medal presentation ceremony and other activities planned in their honor.
Mail your gift to: Civil Air Patrol Attn: CGM Donation 105 S. Hansell St. Bldg 714 Maxwell AFB, AL 36112 Please make check payable to “Civil Air Patrol” and write “CGM Donation” in the memo section. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Corporations interested in sponsorship can receive more information by contacting [email protected]. All donations will be used to recognize and honor CAP’s World War II heroes for their dedicated service and sacrifice to America. ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 14 i ize e vi g ommu i ie 15 www gocivilai a ol com U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Sid Clarke recently utur paid his first visit to Civil Air Patrol National s s th UHeadquarters since being named commander of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense S ir or u ili r Command Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern), a position that ho o by u a ch eide a io al ead ua e includes a seat on CAP’s Board of By Julie DeBardelaben 1st Air Force Governors. Clarke, the first lieutenant general Commander to command 1st Air Force, assumed Provides command Aug. 31 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. As the joint force air Perspectives component commander for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, and the U.S. Northern Command, USNORTHCOM, Clarke is directly responsible for developing contingency plans and conducting full-spectrum Air Force air and space operations in the continental U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as over maritime approaches to the U.S. The organization is also responsible for providing defense support to civil authorities as the air component to USNORTHCOM. In addition, the 601st Air and Space Operations Center — which plans, directs and assesses air and space operations for NORAD and USNORTHCOM — falls under his direction. During his visit to National Headquarters, Clarke told his CAP hosts that 1st Air Force values CAP as
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ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e members are able to respond to assignments. “The than giving up time or treasure to participate in a critical factor is not necessarily the low cost of the volunteer organization, and I have been continually CAP aircraft platform. It’s the speed at which you can amazed by their efforts.” get it done … how fast you can get that information back. Speed is absolutely key, and CAP has proven Question: What are the most important mission time and time again how quickly and how well it can Qcapabilities and personnel skills that you feel CAP should deliver,” he said. work on to make sure we’re postured to meet Air Force His perspectives on CAP’s future as the U.S. Air requirements over the next 10 years? Force auxiliary, the effects of military downsizing, CAP’s all-volunteer membership, the national Answer: “I think one area we are lacking expertise on CyberPatriot cadet competition, technology priorities Ain our country is cyber. In the last 10 years, the DoD and and initiatives, and search and rescue, disaster relief, the Air Force have adopted information operations (aka homeland defense and counterdrug/drug interdiction cyber operations) as a dedicated mission set that is equally as missions, follow. important as kinetic operations. I was impressed with CAP's recent results during the cadet cyber competition, and it’s an Question: What opportunities do you see for CAP area that I think CAP should continue to explore. I also Qas the Air Force auxiliary in the years ahead as the military believe CAP needs to rethink what it believes about downsizes and other federal agencies’ budgets shrink? operating unmanned aerial systems (UAS). With recent changes in mind regarding the use of UAS in U.S. airspace, Answer: “CAP continues to represent a rapid and CAP needs to strategically plan for how it will incorporate cost-effective resource for the U.S. Air Force. There A UAS into its portfolio.” will continue to be opportunities for the Air Force auxiliary to fill requirements for both the Department Question: Through innovations in technology like of Defense and our interagency partners. The secret to Qradar and cell phone forensics as well as 406 MHz future CAP opportunities and success is developing an beacons, search and rescue mission flying hours have operations portfolio that fulfills a wide range of reduced steadily in recent years. Though CAP is still customer requirements and remains flexible enough to supporting SAR, and is credited with saving many lives react and change to a rapidly changing world. CAP annually, this mission is obviously changing. What do you also needs to continue to maintain and grow believe the future of SAR is for the Air Force and CAP? relationships at the local, state and federal levels. Our fiscal environment means that we’ll have to do things smarter, even in CAP, but in the end I’d expect to see Answer: “Advances in technology, such as radar and expanded operational missions across CAP based on Acell phone forensics and 406 MHz beacons, greatly other organizations’ new needs.” improve our search and rescue capabilities. These advances reduce the search aspect of SAR, thus increasing Question: What are the most important benefits the probability of a successful mission. However, there Qyou feel CAP provides to our nation? will always be the need for qualified SAR experts. Technology can, and does, fail from time to time. Answer: “The No. 1 asset that CAP has retained Batteries run out, sun flares interrupt satellite signals, cell Athroughout the years is its volunteers. CAP members phones enter no coverage areas and so on. Nothing demonstrate many of America’s best virtues; their replaces the Mark-1 eyeball and tried and proven SAR dedication and sacrifice enable a vital national procedures and techniques. The Air Force and CAP will capability. Nothing is more important or more valuable always be a key provider of such capabilities.”
i ize e vi g ommu i ie 17 www gocivilai a ol com Question: In addition to SAR, CAP also supports should be for technology? What do you have your staff Qmany disaster relief missions for federal, state and local working on to support CAP in terms of technology? Are customers as Air Force-assigned missions with there some initiatives the Air Force is working that could AFNORTH approval. We understand that happens for also be of benefit to CAP? many reasons, like our cost-effectiveness and the ability for you to approve CAP support quickly, as well as our Answer: “My Programs and Requirements results. Could you elaborate on this and outline what ADirectorate looks at all advanced technology to you think CAP needs to do in order to continue being a investigate applicability and suitability against approved resource of choice to support these missions? AF requirements and mission sets. One of the enduring mission areas I am responsible for is providing Answer: “CAP needs to continue to train on situational awareness (imagery) to USNORTHCOM current equipment and embrace enhancements that and to our mission partners. Imagery is essential for A damage assessment and evacuation monitoring, and increase the ability to perform civil support missions. Through professional relationships, CAP has become a provides decision-makers with valuable information on recognized source of expertise and support to many where to focus efforts during disasters in the homeland. federal agencies. This greatly increased the credibility I have my staff working toward an initiative to modify and reputation of the Air Force auxiliary and its civil up to 20 CAP aircraft with advanced imagery and support program. At 1st Air Force we continually try to communications technology designed to be educate our fellow airmen as well as our interagency interoperable at both the DoD and partner levels that partners about CAP capabilities. I think CAP sells itself, answers my imagery requirements. Satisfying imagery and we just need to make sure that people are aware.” requirements is part of my Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) game plan, and it needs to be a Question: Technology is playing an ever-increasing priority for CAP as well. Unfortunately, we don’t always Qand important role in the missions CAP supports, and get the funding we ask for.” your staff often helps CAP determine requirements and find solutions. All missions and sorties are approved electronically in WMIRS (the Web Mission Information Reporting System), more than 150 of CAP’s aircraft are glass cockpit airplanes, and digital collection, processing and delivery of airborne imagery is now a bread-and-butter mission for CAP. What do you think CAP needs to do in order to stay in the forefront of technology to best meet xecu ive i ec o o owla d lef ea ha e i fo ma io o ʼ the mission requirements now ybe a io og am wi h e id la ke ce e la keʼ igh i U i o ce and in the future? What do omma de ol aul loyd he a he able a e a io al ead ua e di ec o you think CAP’s top priorities
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 18 Question: Over the last several years CAP has in support of federal, state and local law enforcement Qsupported more and more homeland defense missions like agencies from its own budget baseline. Funding intercept training and evaluations for AFNORTH. How projections in fiscal year 2013 and beyond are expected does this help you accomplish your mission? What do you to be very limited, and counterdrug/drug interdiction missions from the CAP budget baseline may have to be see as the future for these missions? considerably reduced. Where do you see this mission going in light of that? Answer: “CAP teams around the country provide A‘track of interest’ training to aerospace control alert pilots, Answer: “CAP helps safeguard the nation by our air defense sectors and our ground-based Air Defense assisting other agencies in taking more than an Artillery. It’s important to give our Aerospace Control A estimated $1 billion in illicit drugs and drug currency Alert airmen and soldiers realistic training. The off U.S. streets every year. CAP pilots conduct opportunity to scramble against, intercept and target a thousands of hours of aerial support, at the request of simulated ‘rogue’ aircraft in a safe, controlled state and federal counterdrug agencies, looking for environment is vital to our continued success. No one can indications of illegal drug activity every year. Federal perform this mission as cost-effectively or professionally as and state agencies now appreciate the value of CAP CAP. This mission will definitely increase with the further support, and I am confident they would fund these developing of the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense missions themselves if CAP is not provided its own mission in the Air Force.” appropriated counterdrug funds in the future. The CD mission isn’t going away for many of our partners, and Question: CAP anticipates it will fly approximately I think they will look for other avenues to perform this Q10,000 or more hours on Air Force-assigned missions mission — it’s possible CAP’s role may actually for AFNORTH for Counterdrug and Drug Interdiction increase.” s
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Civil Air Patrol’s Wyoming Wing covers a substitute-teaching English at Basin High School, 50 huge area, but despite those distances, miles east of Cody. members work together to handle any “Through electronic means — such as Skype, CAP missions that come their way. National Headquarters’ Web Mission Information That was highlighted when a group of Reporting System (WMIRS), the Wing Management four men drove a pickup to Pathfinder Reservoir, about Utilities database and Google Earth — and good ol’ pencil 45 miles southwest of Casper, for ice fishing. Sunset in and paper, I was able to conduct the mission along with the the area was around 5 p.m. One of the men called a cooperation of the students,” Carlson said. friend by cell phone around 7:30 and said they were In Wyoming, all county sheriffs’ offices handle search stuck in a snow bank but didn’t know where they were, and rescues in their counties. When sheriffs need CAP and the call was cut off. That friend contacted the assistance, they contact officials at the Wyoming Office Natrona County sheriff, and a ground search began. of Homeland Security, who then call the Air Force Rescuers from the sheriff’s office searched the north Rescue Coordination Center and the Wyoming Joint and northeast end of the reservoir, then decided they Operations Center, a central state clearinghouse of needed air assets in the morning to assist. information operated by the Wyoming National Guard. When CAP was brought in the next morning, Lt. Missions the AFRCC deems warranted are assigned a Col. Mike Carlson accepted the role of incident mission number and go to the Wyoming Wing call commander for the mission. At the time, he was roster of incident commanders. After Carlson accepted
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ho o cou e y of Ma y aughma the mission he called Lt. Col. Rick Fawcett, What made this mission unusual, he said, were the commander of the 392nd Emergency Services distances between mission base, staff and the actual Squadron, and asked him to assemble a flight crew. search team. Carlson was operating out of Basin in Fawcett acted as mission staff assistant, inputting northwestern Wyoming, while Fawcett was in Guernsey precursor information into WMIRS and notifying 1st in the southeast part of the state and the aircrew and Lt. Mike Megee to act as communications officer. He communications officer were working out of Casper, in also notified Chaplain Capt. Marvin Owen. central Wyoming. Once the team — which also included mission pilot “This all works with the technologies available. We Capt. Roy Baughman, mission observer Capt. Bruce do not have to transport to a certain area and set up a Lessig and mission scanner 2nd Lt. Stephen Krubeck base and have the aircrew come to it before being — was assembled, it set a wheels-up time of 10 a.m., dispatched,” Carlson said. “It comes down to running a but it wasn’t able to launch until 11:18. The aircrew mission from your kitchen table — or in my case, a flew out of Casper to the reservoir and flew a north-to- high school classroom.” south track on the eastern shore area. The Wyoming Wing typically conducts three to five By 11:50, the aircrew located the pickup and missing people missions annually. Most involve overdue reported it to the sheriff and Megee, who kept snowmobilers, Carlson said. In 2011, four plane crashes Carlson informed via Skype. The aircrew was back in occurred in Wyoming, all within the Wind River Casper by 12:35 p.m. Rescuers with the sheriff’s Mountains area and none with survivors. office located the truck and towed it out of the snow The wing also performed flood reconnaissance bank. Carlson said none of the fishermen needed missions for the Wyoming National Guard for five medical treatment after surviving an overnight low of weeks and annually provides wildfire reconnaissance for about 15 degrees. the U.S. Forest Service. s
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i ize e vi g ommu i ie 21 www gocivilai a ol com ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 22 CAP 2012 Annual Conference & National Board Meeting Baltimore, MD
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When faced with the sight of a On a winter day in Juneau, Alaska, Capt. Robert man stuck in a freezing-cold body of MacDonald joined the ranks of that last group when he water, many would quickly call for rescued a man from Gold Creek, a feat that earned him WW help. Others would consider going to Civil Air Patrol’s Certificate of Recognition for his aid. Lifesaving. MacDonald, deputy commander for the The number of those who react instantly and rush Juneau Southeast Composite Squadron and assistant to his side, with little thought of their own safety, is program manager for the U.S. Forest Service, much smaller. downplayed his actions as he recalled the event. “I just did it,” MacDonald said. “I knew he needed help, so I acted.”
a obe Mac o ald i abou o fly a o ie i a de avilla d eave o am hibiou floa o e he omex d y ui a d i fla able ve filled wi h u vival gea wo i ca e of a eme ge cy la di g i la kaʼ ha h e vi o me While approaching his office, MacDonald saw a learned the man had jumped from the bridge in a group of people on a footbridge over a creek near the suicide attempt. When the fall didn’t kill him, he parking lot, looking at the water about 15 feet below. changed his mind about wanting to die, but by that He thought they were watching wildlife, maybe time he was too cold to get out of the water and up the observing some river otters or a deer. But when he bank to save himself. looked, he saw a man on his knees in the water. MacDonald and others don’t know what drove the “He seemed to be in pain, and I could tell he was man to that end, but it’s clear that the Alaska Wing very cold and could not help himself. He was officer’s quick thinking and decisive action could have completely soaked and disoriented and in danger of made the difference between life and death. “When you’re advanced hypothermia,” MacDonald said. “I knew he dealing with hypothermia, even seconds count, and the needed to get out of that water fast.” time I saved getting him out before the ambulance came MacDonald’s experiences hunting, fishing and helped his outcome, I’m sure of it,” he said. camping since childhood as well as The Forest Service knowledge gained while working as presented him with a a safety officer for the U.S. Fish and Certificate of Appreciation Wildlife Service came into play. “I I just did it. I and $250, and his efforts have a lot of cold-weather survival were also recognized by training and experience, so I knew he needed CAP when he was honored understand the importance of a “ with the lifesaving quick rescue in cold environments,” help, so I acted. certificate. Squadron he said. Commander Capt. Robert Others had already called —Capt. Robert MacDonald, Goetz presented him with emergency services. the award and had this to deputy commander of Juneau Though the creek in this location Southeast Composite Squadron say about his friend: “Rob is is channelized with concrete sides one of those individuals that were slick with ice and snow, who would not want any MacDonald didn’t wait for credit for his actions. That reinforcements. He ran to his truck, makes this award even grabbed a rope, tied up to a nearby more appropriate." gate, descended the slippery A pilot since 1999, embankment and approached the MacDonald knew he could man. “The water was only calf-deep, put his skills to good use as but he was too cold to even talk,” a search and rescue pilot MacDonald said. with CAP. “I joined to get
He couldn’t move much, either, a obe Mac o ald ea ed a d some flight time,” he said, leading MacDonald to put the man’s obe oe z di cu a egy fo a ea ch “but also to help others.” arms around his shoulders and half- a d e cue mi io ai i g fligh Today, MacDonald carry, half-drag him to the rope. As serves as a search and rescue he tied the rope around the man’s pilot, instructor pilot and waist and thighs, an ambulance arrived, and others check pilot as well as a check airman examiner. “My worked with paramedics to pull the man up to safety goal is to be ready to assist in an air SAR whenever one and to waiting medical attention. is needed, so I work to stay proficient in those After he was treated at a nearby hospital, officials techniques,” he said. s
i ize e vi g ommu i ie 25 www gocivilai a ol com S By Steve Cox For the second straight year, Civil Air Patrol is CyberChamp
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ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e March, was the second straight for Civil Air Patrol. Last “We kind of knew more of what to expect the second year, a team of cadets from three central Florida units time around.” hoisted the cup after CyberPatriot III. The Wolfpack’s reliance on the basics of cybersecurity “These young men and women represent America’s also helped, said team coach Capt. Bill Blatchley. next generation of cyber defenders,” said CAP National “Throughout the year, I was always stressing the Commander Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr, who was on hand checklists and the fundamentals,” he said, which seemed for the championship round held during the to pay off toward the end of the competition, when CyberFutures Conference and Technology Exposition teams weren’t allowed to use customized tools. “I’m held in National Harbor, Md., down the Potomac River thinking many teams had well-developed automation. from Washington, D.C. “It was my honor, along with We weren’t reliant on automation.” Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Michael Donley, to Even then, winning was “a surprise,” Vasquez said. watch CAP’s teams on such a national platform. They “We had no idea we were going to win.” all performed at a very high level, ensuring CAP has a When the winner was announced, “all our hearts seat at the cybersecurity table for years to come.” were pounding,” he said. “I am especially proud of the CAP team coaches who, “This year’s team has set the bar, and hopefully it as unpaid professionals, volunteer to mentor our cadets will keep interest going, not only in my unit but also year-round,” he added. the Colorado Wing and the rest of CAP,” said Lt. Col. During the daylong event, the Colorado Springs Jeff Mueller, the winning team’s squadron commander. cadets and their 11 competitors in the All Service “It is an exciting opportunity for our cadets to Division — three teams from other CAP squadrons, as continue to show how they will be the future leaders of well as two each from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy our great nation.” and Marine Corps Junior ROTCs — also participated in In addition to the trophy, Vasquez and his teammates a cyber forensics challenge new to the finals that – Cadet 2nd Lt. Carlin Idle, Cadet Chief Master Sgt. involved looking over a mock crime scene for evidence. Afterward, the teams worked for five hours to fend off computer attacks and hackers from a professional aggressor team, shutting down pop-ups and locking out key loggers (those who covertly track the keys struck on a remote keyboard in order to
glean the information being typed on-screen) ho o by oh wai a io al ead ua e to keep their competition website systems running smoothly. It was the second straight year the team from Colorado Springs has competed in the
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om lef ig ioux om o i e uad o ARS Composite Squadron in Vienna, eamma e ade d a iel lo e ma Ohio, also competed in the finals, ade e io Ma e g ame ko ade with the Big Sioux team taking home aff g yle o a d ade d o h the Cyber Forensics hardware. lo e ma co fe du i g he cybe fo e ic The U.S. Department of Defense o io of he a io al com e i io o vi ible i Cyber Crime Center conducted the ade hief Ma e g imo ul che he fif h new forensics portion of the membe of he eam which ook o ho o fo competition, teaching and testing the hei wo k i e Wo ki g he cybe c ime ce e competitors’ knowledge of cyber a d i e oga i g he “ u ec ” f om lef a e ul che o a d o h lo e ma forensics through application of crime scene analysis, evidence gathering and critical thinking. Kyal Lanum, Cadet Senior Airman Christopher Ottesen, “The team was to, as quickly as possible, locate all Cadet Airman Basic Stephen Parish and Senior Member possible evidence as well as analyze the one possible John Parish – received $2,000 each in college device that was proof of a breach,” said 1st Lt. Shannon scholarships from the Northrop Grumman Foundation, Hofer, coach of the winning Big Sioux team. “I am very CyberPatriot’s presenting sponsor, which also treated proud to have worked with this group of competitors. them to a tour of the company’s facility. They are very ambitious and bright.” Wolfpack wasn’t the only CAP team in the The Big Sioux team consisted of Cadet 2nd Lts. CyberPatriot IV spotlight. Teams from Big Sioux Daniel Klosterman, team captain, and Josh Klosterman; Composite Squadron in Brookings, S.D.; Springville Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Simon Pulscher; Cadet Senior Composite Squadron in Ashville, Ala.; and Youngstown Master Sgt. James Skon; and Cadet Staff Sgt. Tyler Gross.
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 28 Second Lt. Michael Klosterman was team mentor. biology world’s loss,” said Blatchley, noting that Vasquez Blatchley said the real success of CyberPatriot lies was previously interested in studying marine biology. ahead. “Through this program, we’ve launched new Blatchley said his assistant coaches, son Simeon and careers for at least three of our members,” he said. Thomas Jessop, both cadet first lieutenants, also are Vasquez, a high school senior, has been accepted to interested in computer science and cybersecurity-related Colorado State University, where he will study computer careers. Who knows? Perhaps they will one day be a part security. “The computer world’s gain is the marine of America’s next generation of cyber defenders! s
rS ntin l is t s inning n sl tt r ntr The cadets from Colorado and South Dakota aren’t the only CyberPatriot standouts for Civil Air Patrol in 2012. Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Caitlin Albright of the Anoka County Composite Squadron of CAP’s Minnesota Wing is the winner of the “Name This Newsletter” contest sponsored by the Air Force Association, which hosts the national high school cyber defense competition. “It was difficult to choose a winner from the number of great newsletter names that we received,” said Frank Zaborowski, the newsletter’s editor, but Albright’s “The CyberSentinel” captured the honor. Albright received an Apple iPod Shuffle for the winning entry. To read “The CyberSentinel,” go to www.uscyberpatriot.org. http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/CP4/CP%20IV%20Documents/CyberSentinel_March2012.pdf
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Membe of ivil i a olʼ fou ybe a io V fi ali ake ime ou fo a ho o wi h ybe a io ommi io e e ie out r triot koch i ide he aylo d a io al e o a d o ve io The nation’s largest and fastest-growing high school e e i e of he com e i io om lef a e cade f om cyber defense competition, CyberPatriot IV began last he ou h ako a Wi gʼ ig ioux om o i e uad o he October with 1,019 teams – including 218 from Civil olo ado Wi gʼ olo ado i g ade uad o he Air Patrol units across the U.S. – vying for a chance to labama Wi gʼ i gville om o i e uad o a d he hio compete among the top qualifying teams in March in Wi gʼ ou g ow om o i e uad o National Harbor, Md. All 50 states and U.S. Department of Defense Dependent Schools in Europe and the Pacific were represented in the two-track competition. Junior ROTC units of all services and CAP squadrons – 617 in all – filled the All Service Division while 402 teams from public, private, parochial and home schools competed in the Open Division. After three online preliminary rounds of hands-on cyber security, CyberPatriot finalists participated in an in- person challenge, competing face-to-face and defending virtual networks from a professional aggressor team in the championship round. They hunted malware and fended off mock hack attacks to earn top cybersecurity honors. CyberPatriot IV also brought an international flavor to the competition, with several teams from Manitoba in Canada competing parallel to the American teams as the first international exhibition teams. “CyberPatriot has introduced the area of cyber defense to tens of thousands of students across the country, and they’ve embraced the opportunity to learn and develop the skills to be successful in a field critical to America,” said CyberPatriot Commissioner Bernie Skoch. “All of the finalists of CyberPatriot IV displayed a tremendous amount of effort over the past six months and proved they were the nation’s most exceptionally talented students. We congratulate them all for being among the top 24 teams in the nation.” Registration for CyberPatriot V opens in April. More information on CyberPatriot IV is available at www.uscyberpatriot.org.
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e Legislative Day 2012
On March 1, Civil Air Patrol’s national leadership and corporate staff, often accompanied by wing government affairs advisers and cadets, carried CAP’s message to Capitol Hill during the organization’s 2012 annual Legislative Day. Customized handouts that provided a statistical overview and feature story coverage of each wing’s accomplishments and a 12-page booklet on CAP’s World War II members were presented to some 300 legislators and staffers. The day’s discussions focused on two key messages — CAP’s unique value to America as an all-volunteer force multiplier of the U.S. Air Force and why CAP deserves the Congressional Gold Med . Above, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., pauses on the Capitol steps with Middle East Region Commander Col. Larry Ragland, capturing the ambience of the nation’s seat of government.
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Being a Civil Air Patrol cadet and attending premier activities like Civic Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C., is an experience that often resonates well beyond the cadet’s teenage years. Just ask former CAP cadets Jackie Briski of Woodstock, Va., John Erickson of Colorado Springs, Colo., or Danielle Meyer of Jacksonville, Fla. Briski and Meyer are graduates of the 2005 Civic Leadership Academy, one of the first held in Washington. Since its inception 11 years ago, the weeklong academy has become one of America’s top civic education opportunities. The National Association of Secondary School Principals, in recognition of the program’s outstanding academic value, placed CLA on the National Advisory List of Student Contests and Activities for 2011-2012 — the fourth straight year it’s made that prestigious list. “I think most cadets who attend CLA really don’t House Speaker) John Boehner, toured the CIA, shook understand the quality of the program until they get hands with the deputy secretary of state — and met there,” said Briski, a CAP captain who returned to CLA aviation legend Col. Mary Feik, my region commander this year for the third time, her second as a full-time and the CAP national commander — all in the same senior staff member. “They hear about CLA cadets week.” meeting the secretary of state, the director of the CIA Erickson, a lieutenant colonel in CAP’s Colorado and Supreme Court justices, but they’re still completely Wing, didn’t get to experience CLA as a cadet, but he blown away when it’s their turn to have the opportunity has more than made up for it in the past three years as to ask them questions.” a faculty adviser, the last two years as the activity’s “CLA was one of the most beneficial activities I deputy director. participated in while I was a cadet,” said Meyer, now a “As a constitutional law and appellate attorney, I student at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville. have a special love for our nation’s capital, its rich “CLA required me to introduce highly recognized history and its infrastructure,” Erickson said. “To be government officials, conduct myself in a professional able to introduce the nation’s sharpest cadets to the manner on a broader same has been scale and taught me rewarding in a way the importance of that words cannot networking on a adequately global level.” explain. To be Briski, who helped sure, I am more with curriculum than grateful for development in addition the opportunity to to leading one of the do it.” ho o by ol oh ick o olo ado Wi g breakout groups for this In addition to a year’s CLA, said such blend of field trips, benefits are by design. lectures, seminars “The focus of the and assigned academy is persuasive readings from leadership,” she said. historic and “When I attended CLA current sources, as a cadet captain, I CLA cadets visit had already learned a the U.S. Capitol, lot about the classic the Supreme hierarchical model of he ivic eade hi cademy ade ol William Mc aughli Court, the State military leadership. a d ade d ie a ie ce hel lay a w ea h a he omb of he U Department, the CLA gave me an k ow a li g o a io al eme e y CIA, the Pentagon, opportunity to learn the FBI Academy about different in Quantico, Va., leadership styles when there isn’t a clear-cut order of and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, as well as authority like a chain of command.” the World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Women in Military Such exposure, at such a high level, is educational and Service and Lincoln memorials and Arlington National inspiring, Briski said. “CLA was my fourth time visiting Cemetery, where they lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Washington, D.C.,” she said, “but it was the only time Unknowns. At each of these locations, they hear from that I ate lunch with an ambassador, received a briefing VIPs who provide insights designed to deepen their from a general in the Pentagon, met U.S. Rep. (now understanding of government in action.
i ize e vi g ommu i ie 35 www gocivilai a ol com “There were so many extraordinary events that we as of course I was interested in the activity,” said Meyer, cadets were able to take part in, but I distinctly remember who has served as director of cadets for CAP’s Florida being fascinated when I Wing as well as its Southeast Region. walked in the doors of the Meyer feels CAP activities like CIA Headquarters as well as CLA played a major role in her speaking with government daughter’s development. “I believe officials from the State everything about CAP has led Department,” Meyer said. Danielle to where she is now,” Meyer “I had never even heard said. “I think the opportunities she of the country of earned, the experiences she got and Kyrgyzstan until we toured the skills she learned have served her the State Department,” a ackie i ki igh vi i wi h o e of he well, i.e. public speaking, leadership, Briski said. “I found myself ivic eade hi cademy cade ade writing skills, responsibility, moral reading about social unrest a a a i hbei du i g a ou of he leadership and time management.” in Kyrgyzstan related to a io ʼ ca i al ike i hbei i ki wa a cade Danielle Meyer’s CAP career was recent elections, from the i he hio Wi g whe he a e ded o extensive. In nine years as a cadet in same sensitive daily brief he a wo yea he ha e u ed o he eve the Patrick Composite Squadron at that then-Secretary of State a a facul y membe Patrick Air Force Base, she rose to Condoleezza Rice had read the rank of cadet lieutenant colonel literally a few hours before and visited many places, like I did.” Alabama for Cadet Officer School, Seven years later, Meyer’s Pennsylvania for Hawk Mountain CLA experience is still a Ranger School and Sweden as part positive influence. She of the International Air Cadet hopes to obtain Exchange. employment in a district CAP also gave her opportunities to attorney’s office as a lead. She attended COS both as a criminal prosecutor or as a student and as an executive officer. In he ade ol a ielle Meye ce e civil litigator in a family law addition, she was deputy commander o e fo a ho o wi h wo o he cade firm after graduating from a e di g he ivic eade hi cademy at a Southeast Region encampment FCSL. Before law school, and cadet commander at a Florida she served as a police officer Wing encampment. in Cochran, Ga., working “I have been offered jobs and for both the Cochran and dia a Wi g various positions based in part on my the Middle Georgia College CAP leadership experience and police departments. skills,” Meyer said. “When Meyer’s CLA experience employers/schools see on a resume led her mother, Lt. Col. that a young adult has had experience Vickie Meyer of Melbourne, in managing/leading such extensive ho o by ade Maj h i o he Wei za fel Fla., to Washington as activities, they are more eager to have well, as a member of the ol oh ick o a d i f o of he that person in their academy faculty. mi h o ia a le o e of he ma y i e e office/school/firm. They know you “Danielle spoke very i g i e ivil i a ol cade vi i du i g hei are trustworthy, dependable and highly of her experience, so week i he a io ʼ ca i al hard-working.”
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 36 So, how did Meyer end up which coincides with CAP’s in law school? (At Leg Day) National Winter Board meeting. “I thoroughly enjoyed cadet officers are On Leg Day, the cadets working as a police officer and “ accompany their region and wing often miss it; however, I felt my some of our best commanders and assist them in goals and eagerness to have a telling legislators on Capitol Hill different impact on the judicial spokesmen. how CAP’s primary missions of system led me to law school,” — Capt. Jackie Briski, emergency services, aerospace Meyer said. “I am in my second 2005 CLA graduate and education and cadet programs year and have ranked in the top current senior staff member have benefited their communities. 1 percent of my class (currently “My favorite part of the CLA ranked eighth of 596 students). I am involved in the experience is witnessing the cadets meeting with their Student Bar Association as a legislator, chairperson for respective congressional leaders for a cause worth the Mentor/Mentee Committee, a member of the Phi fighting for, i.e., CAP,” Erickson said. Delta Phi National Legal Honor Society and just received “Each year, I’m blown away by how articulate the an invitation for candidacy on Law Review.” cadets are while speaking with members of Congress and Briski also credits activities like CLA with her their aides,” added Briski. “By the time a cadet earns the development. Ten years after she joined CAP as a 16-year- (Gen. Billy) Mitchell award, he or she has a really good old cadet in the Pathfinder Cadet Squadron in understanding of the missions and values of CAP, so Middletown, Ohio, she remains active in CAP as the cadet officers are some of our best spokesmen.” s Virginia Wing’s cadet activities officer. Like Meyer, Briski was involved in a wide variety of cadet activities, including COS and IACE. She received CAP’s highest cadet honor — the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award — in 2006. Such success stories are common in CAP, which motivates members like Erickson to return to Washington each year for activities like CLA. Erickson also joined CAP at an early age, as a cadet in the Connecticut Minuteman Composite Squadron in New Haven in 1985. “I was 14 at the time,” he said. “To date, it remains one the best decisions I have ever made.” Erickson now serves as character development instructor for his unit in Colorado, the Pikes Peak Senior Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base. Previously, he served as the Alaska Wing’s director of cadet programs and as commander of Mat-Su Valley Cadet Squadron in Palmer. As he has for three years now, Erickson looked forward to this year’s CLA, particularly Legislative Day. Every year, the CLA cadets participate in the event,
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By Maj. Steven Solomon
It’s an elite CAP unit devoted to Civil Air Patrol,” explained Tech. Sgt. George Brizek, who portraying a bygone era. Members are started the unit about 10 years ago. “We recreate duties required to be well-versed in CAP CAP performed during World War II and tell the general I history and to purchase their own public about some of CAP’s hardships at that time.” hard-to-find uniforms and vintage Officially, Brizek is assistant historian of the equipment. Their goal is simple, unique and profound: Pennsylvania Wing. He served six years in the U.S. to offer the public a glimpse of CAP’s contributions Army, and the technical sergeant stripes he wears on his during World War II. present-day CAP uniform are equivalent to his old “It’s a living history squadron based on World War II military rank, as permitted under CAP regulations. His
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e role in the Living History Squadron is to ensure each It’s the same make, model and year of the plane used member has all the information, materials and artifacts at CAP’s Coastal Patrol base, he said, referring to the required to recreate a CAP encampment. World War II base in Rehoboth Beach, Del., where CAP Members of the Living History Squadron hail from pilots flew missions over water. CAP units in Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, New Cadets participate, too. Since 2009 Vanguard cadets York, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia and have re-enacted World War II CAP cadets’ experiences. range in age from 13 to 74. Every year, they gather They are the only known CAP cadet re-enactors, and the first weekend in June in Reading, Pa., to they spend hours studying the World War II Cadet participate in the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s three-day Preflight Study Manual and the CAP history website to World War II Weekend. help them accurately portray a CAP cadet’s life during “You don’t often see Civil Air Patrol aircraft of that that era. vintage on the field at the same time,” Brizek said, Women get in on the action as well: “As a female referring to a restored 1940 Fairchild 24-R and 1940 CAP member I show the importance of women in Stinson 10 that unit members annually display during defense of our country,” said Susan Neal. the event. Flights aren’t given to the public, but visitors “Women did virtually every job in CAP the men did, enjoy the experience of sitting in the cockpit. except fly Coastal Patrol,” she added. s In addition to the airplanes, the unit also sets up a replica of a CAP courier station using a vintage tent and authentic radios, field phones, maps and other World War II artifacts, such as 100-pound practice bombs. CAP’s stories are shared during briefing sessions about how members used their own light aircraft during World War II to look for Nazi submarines that were attacking cargo ships. ho o by d Michael ofe a ew o k Wi g According to the CAP Historical Foundation’s 2007 pictorial history, Civil Air Patrol: Missions for America . . . for 65 Years, CAP flew 24 million over-water miles, spotted 173 subs, attacked 57, damaged 17 and sank one, possibly Wi h ecial gue “ e two. Perhaps more importantly, ougla Mc hu ” CAP located survivors of 363 ships, ce e i f o of he reported 91 vessels in distress and eal ʼ ai child found 17 floating mines. a e f om lef Maj “Our main focus is the Reading u a eal ade World War II Weekend, but we do Ma e g Michael smaller demonstrations, air shows, a idy ade d ho o by ol ea eal ew o k Wi g things like that,” said Lt. Col. Sean oh y o d ew ade Neal, who owns a restored Ma e g e de Fairchild 24 with his wife, Maj. Wa d k eeli g Susan Neal, commander of the ech g eo ge izek d e ed a a fi e gea ichola Willia d a d New York Wing’s Vanguard check he o e a io fligh boa d a u du i g Wo ld ol ea eal Composite Squadron. Wa Weeke d i eadi g a
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By Maj. Steven Solomon
The cadets in the Texas Wing’s Heritage part of the Texas Wing’s ‘Tex’ Hill Flight in nearby San Flight don’t re-enact World War II CAP Marcos,” Montalvo said. “We specifically chose the name cadets’ experiences, but under the guidance Heritage Flight to reflect our passion for living history.” of Capt. Morgan Montalvo they participate Montalvo said the Heritage Flight’s half-dozen in many living history demonstrations. cadets, who are earning their high school diplomas and “What struck me when I joined CAP was the lack of their associate degrees, blend CAP’s cadet program knowledge about our organization,” said Montalvo, with numerous World War II living history activities, who met Tech. Sgt. George Brizek, founder of the such as portraying U.S. Army Air Force color guards Living History Squadron, through mutual for commemorative Air Force events or GIs and friends in 2004. The two subsequently joined Army nurses at mock battles, hosting school forces, with the Heritage Flight partnering displays and serving as docents at the U.S. Army with the Living History Squadron for Medical Museum. presentations from time to time. The Heritage Flight is also developing a During his first tenure as the Texas program to use uniforms and artifacts in Wing’s public affairs officer in the 1990s, cooperation with nearby museums to help high Montalvo converted some khakis and an school students pass federal- and state-mandated social Army Air Force Class A uniform into wartime studies standardized exams, he said. CAP configurations for use in his media “Part of our curriculum will showcase the home relations seminars. Last year, his skill front, which of course includes wartime Civil as a living historian prompted Air Patrol, and that’s our next living him to share the history project,” Montalvo said. s experience with an academic CAP flight ade i ma ichola a de a he established while i o e of eve al e i age ligh teaching membe who de ic Wo ld economics at a Wa a d Vie am Wa community oldie a livi g hi o y college in San eve ac o exa Antonio. e e a de a wea “I teach dual- he Wo ld Wa credit inner-city high u ifo m of a h school kids who kept asking fa y ivi io medic i about CAP. At their insistence, e a a io fo a volu ee doce hif a after more than a decade, I joined he U my Medical Mu eum a o am
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ho o by i d ay hi dia a Wi g By Dan Bailey ir r s h lp nsur Sup r o l s i s st s
Airspace security around the site of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Super Bowl XLVI — Lucas Oil Stadium Command Region-1st Air Force’s exercise to prepare in Indianapolis — was the mission fighters to protect the airspace around the Super Bowl when two Civil Air Patrol aircrews took off from their site. The mission is designed to allow interagency respective states the night of Feb. 3, three days before partners to practice airspace violation procedures the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots through a series of training flights conducted in for the pro football championship. coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration, The Ohio and Indiana wings’ members were Customs and Border Protection, 601st Air and Space participating in Exercise Amalgam Virgo 12-01, the Operations Center, the Continental U.S. NORAD
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e Region’s Eastern Air Defense Sector, and CAP. CAP target support for our fighters, helping ensure continued aircrews have participated every year since the start of security in the U.S,” said Mark OBrien, Civil Air Patrol- Operation Noble Eagle, the command’s response to the U.S. Air Force liaison to 1st Air Force. terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “They were great!” added AFNORTH’s Drew Kolbe. Mission pilot Capt. Jeff Glover, co-pilot Capt. Allan “Everything we asked of your wings, they provided. The Koglmeier and Super Bowl exercise was a mission scanner 1st big success, providing all Lt. Chris Wells, all who were charged with members of the Ohio protecting American lives Wing’s Lt. Col. James a dress rehearsal to ensure R. Sanders Senior things went smoothly Squadron, were the when we played for real.” aircrew for the CAP “We are immensely Cessna 182 that proud to be part of served as an intercept preparation and response target for a Customs efforts to make Super and Border cide comma d ma e ial i cluded o ecial e a i g Bowl XLVI the safest Protection helicopter. uc io co ai i g de ailed i fo ma io o o e a io al event possible,” said Col. “We felt a scanner ex ec a io fo a d i u aid ofe io al Richard Griffith, Indiana was a definite Wing commander. “The requirement since the Indiana Wing’s 1,300 mission was at night and we wanted to make sure we members prepare 365 days a year to assist with planned could observe the intercepting Customs helicopter for events like the Super Bowl as well as emergencies and safety reasons,” said Lt. Col. Ted Stults, the Ohio Wing’s natural disasters.” incident commander for the mission. Reeves, mission pilot in the highbird aircraft, noted Indiana Wing participants — Col. Mark Reeves, the Indiana and Ohio wings “have a wonderful mission pilot and his wing’s incident commander, and 1st working relationship. We have done similar missions Lt. Lindsay Shipps, mission observer and communicator in the past, and this mission is another example of — flew in a highbird role, handling communications that relationship.” from the ground and from other aircraft. “Several CAP members in each wing answered the “The target aircraft made the initial point on time call to make this mission a success,” he said. s and was intercepted within the exercise parameters,” Stults said. “The Customs cide comma d aff helicopter directed the target aircraft to fo he eve i g i cluded Columbus Municipal Airport, but released f om lef ol Ma k it on course back to Ohio once they eeve mi io ilo cleared the restricted airspace.” eg a bach mi io “Overall, I believe we provided the aff a i a Maj hil results the exercise of security assets was ge i commu ica io meant to address,” Stults said. “It was a ol Mike Ullma meaningful experience for all CAP mi io aff a i a personnel.” a d ol ed ul In such missions, “CAP provides critical i cide comma de
i ize e vi g ommu i ie 43 www gocivilai a ol com Sil r i s ing Former Georgia cadet recognized by Coast Guard list for Great Lakes heroics
By Minnie Lamberth
Thomas McArthur, a former cadet from the Sandy Springs Cadet Squadron in Civil Air Patrol’s Georgia Wing, had plans to become designated as a rescue swimmer. But those plans were rushed up to “immediately” when he found Thimself in a situation where a dozen people needed his help over an hour’s time during violent Great Lakes rip tides. McArthur had gotten to this moment by way of enlisting in the U.S. Coast Guard. After he finished boot camp, his first assignment was at a small boat station in Frankfort, Mich. During his off-duty hours, McArthur completed a training run along Frankfort Beach. “I went to the beach to take a dip, just to cool off,” he said. “I got in the water and realized the rip tide was bad.” As he began to swim back to shore, he noticed that two boys had jumped in the water and were struggling. “I saw two teenagers jumping off the break wall, and that’s kind of when it all started,” he said. McArthur swam toward the boys, towed one to a nearby pier, then threw a line from the pier to the second. “I thought it was over after that,” he said. “I had no idea it would keep going.”
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ho o cou e y of U oa ua d Indeed it did keep going, and soon multiple people I found out I was even being considered for that award, were in peril from the deadly rip currents. I was extremely honored,” McArthur said. An Eagle McArthur saw two more adults struggling. With the Scout, McArthur also received an award at a Scouting help of a throw line, he pulled both of those men to Salutes the Military event in Washington, D.C. safety. Then he saw two brothers being pulled under. “I’ve always felt a strong passion and calling to do As the Coast Guard blog reported, the first brother search and rescue,” he said. Enlisting in the Coast Guard he reached was experiencing breathing problems, and is part of that life mission, as was his goal to be an Eagle McArthur brought him to shore. As the boys’ parents Scout and his decision to be a CAP cadet. jumped off the pier to assist their other son, they found “I believe they all played a role in teaching me,” that the current was too strong, and a wave tossed them he said. into the pier. Though bystanders used the throw line, it “Tom McArthur is exactly the kind of mature adult snagged on the pier. we strive to produce through the CAP cadet programs,” So after McArthur rescued the younger son, he swam said retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. George B. to the pier, freed the line Harrison, who was one of and pulled the others all McArthur’s primary safely to the pier. instructors at a CAP Even then, his day National Flight Academy wasn’t done. He entered for gliders. the water two more times “Tom is committed to — once to swim to a the search and rescue woman in a weakened mission and, after state whom he had to pull college, joined the Coast to shore, then to deliver Guard, becoming a four more people to shore. rescue swimmer,” “I pulled one person Harrison said. “His entire out. All of a sudden high school, college and there’d be another person CAP preparation was and another person,” Mc hu i awa ded he ilve ife avi g Medal by Vice dm focused on this goal. Tom McArthur said. obe a ke du i g a oa ua d ou da io i e i ew earned a license as a Though he was the only o k i y glider and powered flight rescuer in the water, he was pilot in high school, not entirely alone in this demonstrating his effort. Along the pier there are holsters that hold life dedication to broad preparation for a career of service rings and lifelines.“There were some civilians on the pier to others. tending the lines, which provided me a tremendous “I have personally flown and worked with Tom and amount of help during the rescues,” he said. am not surprised he has distinguished himself as a “It was an amazing experience to be able to help heroic rescue swimmer. Every CAP cadet should be out all those kids and adults,” McArthur said. “It inspired to emulate this outstanding man who was a dangerous situation, but fortunately no one epitomizes the CAP values.” was injured.” Petty Officer 3rd Class McArthur is currently serving For his extraordinary efforts in rescuing 12 people in at the Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City, Mich., an hour’s time, the Dunwoody, Ga., native was awarded as an aviation survival technician, which includes duties the Silver Lifesaving Medal by the Coast Guard. “When as a helicopter rescue swimmer. s
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By Kristi Carr
WWhen circumstances led a 14-year-old cadet to be placed in charge of the kitchen for a three-day South Carolina Wing cadet training weekend, most were expecting hot dogs. Instead, the first dinner served by then-Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Adam Eudy was chicken and spinach Alfredo. He admits he got some rave reviews from that meal! He also received a Commander’s Commendation. As the weekend’s head chef, not only did Eudy dish up delicious and well-balanced meals, he also came in under budget ($1.80 per person per ade a dam udy wa a ked o c ea e a cake ha would meal), supervised a staff of two other cadet helpers and illu a e he co ibu io of il o ead la d e ide served all meals on time. In fact, when he saw the rest cho e by Hilton Head Monthly fo i “Mo igui g eo le of the encampment schedule lagging, he worked with of il o ead” i ue e u ed he i la dʼ famou a bou ow senior staff members to make sure meal breaks were igh hou e a he cakeʼ fou da io timely so the food was always hot and fresh. ho o cou e y of ob aufma ho og a hy
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e For those who are counting, that’s three meals a day Eudy went along. for three days for 150 encampment attendees. And he “The kitchens at the Westin resort were so huge, I did it all again last fall at age 15, this time with meals almost got lost in them!” he said. During the event, he such as Caribbean chicken and shrimp with pineapple met many top chefs and is working at taking them up mango salsa. on offers to visit their kitchens, including an invitation from Derrick Davenport, the leading chief petty officer/executive chef of the dining room for Despite his youth, Eudy, now 16 and a cadet captain, the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. already has had plenty of experience with cooking. To feed his own insatiable appetite for learning new Before he took on head chef duties for the training skills, Eudy also took four courses in cake decorating weekend, he’d served under a senior member to help run from the local Michaels crafts store. After completing an encampment kitchen. the first course, he expressed interest in helping bake “That’s when they started calling me the ‘cadet cook,’” items for a Valentine’s banquet at his church. He showed he said. the event’s kitchen coordinator the frosting roses he’d For the past three years, Eudy, who is home- learned to make in his class at Michaels, and she asked schooled, has worked as an intern at Eat!, the Hilton him to make 100 cupcakes, each decorated with a rose. Head Island restaurant owned and operated by Chef “By the week of the banquet,” Eudy said, “the number Robert Irvine, a star on cable TV’s Food Network. This of cupcakes had grown to 200, and my arm about fell opportunity came about after a chance encounter off piping all of those!” between another Eat! chef and Eudy’s parents, who His hard work paid off, however, and soon he was were dining at the restaurant. baking and decorating cakes for the church every month. Thanks to Irvine, Eudy has been learning the finer The chefs at Eat! got wind of his baking successes and points of cooking and has also been introduced to many encouraged him to make a wedding cake for one happy other top chefs. When Irvine invited top culinary teams couple. After meeting with the bride- and groom-to-be, to produce a fundraiser as a prelude to an episode of each of whom had different ideas about the cake for ABC-TV’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” in their big day, Eudy got the idea for making each cake which the home of an area Marine was rebuilt last year, layer from a different type of batter. He used cheesecake, something the couple could agree on, for some of the layers, even though it was a challenge to keep the cake chilled. The
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i ize e vi g ommu i ie 47 www gocivilai a ol com confection was a huge success, and Eudy has taken on sports — CAP dovetails perfectly with the Eudy several more wedding cakes since then. children’s home schooling. He isn’t ready to limit himself to baking, however. “To me, CAP is just part of school,” she said, Last fall he won the 17th Annual Kiwanis Hilton Head citing its lessons in politics, science, history and Island Chili Cook Off, where he was required to public speaking. produce six gallons of chili. One surprise that came with CAP involvement, she said, was a new take on the military. “CAP opened our eyes to the military as a modern-day discipline.” Now, It was at home where, as part of a family of seven, son David is considering a military career, with an eye Eudy first started cooking in earnest almost four years on serving in a military band. And Adam is considering ago, largely as a welcome relief from chores like clearing advancing his culinary career either through the military the table and doing dishes. His parents and siblings or at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in loved his cooking — particularly his mother, Crystall, upstate New York. who often pulled the night shift as an emergency room The Eudy family is trying to soak up as many of the nurse. After working at night, then sleeping part of the opportunities CAP offers its cadets as possible. Adam day, “she was happy to have dinner ready,” said her son. was the commander and Noah the youngest member of Theirs is truly a CAP family. Crystall is a first the squadron’s color guard team, which won the South lieutenant in the Low Country Composite Squadron, as Carolina Wing’s competition and placed third in the is her husband, Mark, a minister and business owner, Middle East Region’s competition in 2011; the three who serves as the squadron’s deputy commander for oldest sons participated in CAP’s Legislative Day last cadets. Adam’s older brother, David, 17, is a cadet year, meeting with their state’s legislators on Capitol Hill captain and the unit’s cadet commander. Noah, 12, is a in Washington, D.C.; and Adam and David both serve cadet master sergeant, and 10-year-old twins Levi and on the South Carolina Wing Cadet Advisory Council. Lydia are cadets-in-waiting. After the two older boys had been in CAP about six months, their mother explained, they went to an And then there is Adam’s particular story, where CAP encampment, and “it dawned on us has helped an interest flourish and expand, something that we didn’t really have much Crystall cites as proof that CAP’s culture supports young communication with them during people using their talents. In fact, that’s just how Adam that time.” So the parents joined came to be the head chef at the wing’s cadet training CAP, too. encampment. “We just love CAP!” Crystall These days, he also is becoming a regular at military said. Along with several other functions. Thanks to contacts he made at the “Extreme outside activities — Makeover” fundraiser, “anytime we are in D.C.,” his including puppeteering up mother said, “he just calls his chef friends at the and down the East Coast, Pentagon and he can go hang out and cook for the Joint Toastmasters, music and Chiefs of Staff.” His skills in the kitchen caught the attention of four- star Army Gen. Robert Cone, who tapped u d y b a ke d h i a u V ca ke Eudy to be the pastry chef at a Christmas fo h i u a d o ʼ mo d e l o cke party he was hosting at Joint Base Langley- l a u ch a d fa mi l y i c i c Eustis near Newport News, Va. Eudy
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“It’s a Civil Air Patrol uniform,” replied Jim Jackson. The Jacksons had stopped for dinner on their way home from a school band trip. Norma, Jim and their daughter Amy sat at one table, while another daughter, Kimberly, sat with three friends nearby. Meanwhile, 1st Lt. David Grant, also on his way home after he’d attended a CAP Squadron Leadership School class, was picking up a quick meal for himself and his wife, Kay. Suddenly, the lives of these two families collided. “I was standing in line at the cash register and noticed a girl with i avid a ʼ her hands around her neck,” Grant uick fi aid e o e said. He asked her if she could uie ly made a ofou d breathe, and she shook her head no. a eme abou Grant approached the girl’s table, got her to her feet membe he exa Wi g and turned her away from him. Then he put his arms e e ed him ʼ life avi g around her midsection and gave three quick thrusts, at ibbo i il which point a piece of food popped from her mouth. By Kristi Carr The incident was all but over before Kimberly’s parents realized what Grant had done. “I thought at first the kids As Norma Jackson looked up from were causing a disturbance,” Norma Jackson said. When her table in a busy Irving, Texas, they arrived at her table, Kimberly’s parents quickly restaurant, her gaze settled on a man grasped what had happened. While Norma tended to her wearing a military-style uniform and crying daughter, Jim shook hands with Grant, having just standing in the takeout line. enough time to note his CAP nametag. “What kind of uniform do you think that is?” she Grant then went back to the cashier, paid his bill and askedA her husband. left the restaurant.
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e agencies,” Norris said, “thereby helping to perpetuate “Because of their training, most CAP members are this training in their CAP squadrons.” quick to respond to life-threatening situations they may come across in their everyday lives,” said Lt. Col. Pete Norris, CAP’s national adviser for emergency The Jacksons’ decision to track down the man who services. “But almost none of them report these saved their daughter may have been made on their way incidents. They do it just because they feel it is home from the restaurant, when Kimberly told her their duty.” parents how very scared she had been — one minute Consequently, lives saved by members outside the laughing and having a good time, the next moment realm of designated CAP missions, as recognized by fighting to breathe because of the bite of chicken-fried the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, aren’t steak stuck in her throat. tallied into the number of saves credited to CAP each A few days later, the Jacksons became aware of a year. These “rescues” may come to light only when family named Grant living just down the street. That people like the Jacksons take the time and effort to neighbor turned out to be Don Grant, who told them track down their personal hero. his brother David was a CAP member. The Jacksons followed up with a letter to CAP National Headquarters to tell their story. They have since Grant, who joined CAP in 2008, came to the become good friends with Don and his wife and have organization with first aid training, courtesy of work in plans to meet David’s family. the military and law enforcement and as a volunteer As Norma Jackson noted, “It takes a special man to firefighter, where he had his first experience saving a help a stranger.” s life by pulling a girl from a burning car. A sizable percentage of CAP members come from backgrounds similar to Grant’s. Even so, competence in administering first aid is an important component of safety training for CAP members. “CAP is not a medical first responder,” noted Norris. Still, it is a vital skill for CAP ground crew members, who are often first on the scene in search and rescue missions. Being able to call on these skills in everyday situations is a happy by-product of this training. Norris estimates CAP members’ first aid training comes into play the vast majority of the time in their own homes and neighborhoods while they’re spending time with their families and friends. Members learn first aid techniques in programs offered by a variety of agencies, such as the American Heart Association, American Red Cross and National Safety Council. Typical topics covered include stopping blood loss, facilitating breathing and responding to reactions from bee stings and diabetes. “Many CAP members become instructors with these
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With current challenges in enhanced teacher and youth STEM development that its educational system, will stimulate and sustain America’s leading position in America is lagging behind in science, technology, the global economy. CAP and several like-minded Wengineering and math (STEM) workforce development. organizations have partnered to perpetuate STEM The U.S. economy and national security depend on a education by leveraging resources and creating mutually citizenry focused on technological innovation for the beneficial alliances that are proving to be promising future, so organizations throughout the country are avenues for the future. joining hands to help resolve this national crisis. Collaborative relationships with a variety of Civil Air Patrol’s educational programs have been educational, advocacy and industry organizations nationally recognized as quality pathways toward complement and enhance CAP’s aerospace education and
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e cadet programs. Two of the leading strategic partners in STEM programs to her sixth- and seventh-graders. aerospace education are the Air Force Association and the “Each year we try to expand our enrichment Academy of Model Aeronautics. programs,” Chin said. “Last fall, that meant establishing AFA and CAP have enjoyed a strong partnership since a Lego robotics team at my school, as well as taking 95 1996, with an educational kinship aligned with a students on a four-day field trip to the U.S. Space and common aerospace education mission. Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.” “AFA and CAP have parallel missions as nonprofit Chin has attended both AFA and CAP teacher volunteer organizations,” said retired U.S. Air Force Lt. workshops, where she has unearthed motivating STEM Gen. George Muellner, AFA’s vice chairman of the Board lesson plans and identified interesting guest speakers for for Aerospace Education. “AFA’s mission is to educate, her school. She said her students especially like the advocate and support the Air Force with a special emphasis hands-on activities “where they can’t tell whether they are on aerospace education. CAP, as the Air Force auxiliary, has doing math, science or literature.” a mission to educate its members and the general public on Literature? Yes, she even incorporates STEM into her the importance of aerospace power to our national security. literature classes with grants that have allowed her to buy The combined efforts of these two organizations are being books such as Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon, leveraged to address the increased need for STEM Homer Hickam Jr.’s Rocket Boys and Stephen Hawking’s education and careers throughout the nation. George’s Secret Key to the Universe, a book the famous “AFA has risen to meet this need via creation of the physicist wrote with Lucy Hawking and Christophe national high school CyberPatriot Galfard for his grandchildren. program, in which CAP is a significant “I just keep getting myself participant,” he added. “Likewise, CAP is deeper and deeper into the providing superior K-12 STEM programs integration of AE into my and products to schools and youth curriculum since I have been organizations, as well as to AFA chapters associated with CAP and across the nation.” AFA,” Chin said. ho o cou e y of a o e a holic chool A PERFECT MATCH Another Florida educator, Barbara Walters-Phillips, a Although AFA and CAP’s partnership former national AFA Teacher initiatives are igniting across the country, in of the Year and national CAP Florida AFA and CAP are particularly good A. Scott Crossfield Teacher of matches. In Jacksonville, Carla Chin, a the Year, is a member of the middle school teacher at San Jose Catholic Central Florida AFA Chapter. School, has been recognized as a Teacher of he obo ic eam a a o e a holic Since 1994, she has organized the Year by both AFA and CAP. Chin is an chool i ack o ville la wa made and attended collaborative AFA excellent example of how a creative teacher o ible h ough a i o ce ocia io and CAP teacher workshops. given access to the right resources can deliver ae o ace educa io g a fo ivil i In November, Walters- huge dividends to her students. a ol eache membe Phillips, an Orange County Chin became involved with CAP and School system science AFA in 2007. Since then, she has frequently gone to both coordinator, led a collaborative effort by the school organizations — especially the aerospace education team at system, AFA and CAP to conduct the national CAP K-6 CAP National Headquarters and AFA’s Falcon Chapter Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) program 399 in Florida — for assistance and inspiration. AE grants “Liftoff” in Orlando for more than 750 students and she received from CAP and AFA have allowed her to bring adults. “The Central Florida AFA Chapter is nationally
i ize e vi g ommu i ie 53 www gocivilai a ol com he hum of model ai la e e gi e a he ile lec ic lye of a iego i a k hel ed make fo a u fo ge able day fo cade ho o by ol a dy a l o alifo ia Wi g recognized for AE outreach initiatives. It is partnering with CAP to provide the high- Squadron in Oviedo used its grant to conduct a quality, no-cost ACE program for at-risk youth and to community remote-controlled aircraft and unmanned increase student achievement and interest in STEM aerial vehicle program. careers,” she said. Speaking of remote-controlled aircraft … “The partnership with CAP is definitely one AFA hopes will grow, as we strive to meet the aerospace goals S S of our country,” she added. A third Florida team from Fort Walton Beach is Hurlburt AFA Chapter 398 and the Florida Wing’s A relatively new partnership exists between the Group 1 Headquarters, which collaboratively conducts Academy of Model Aeronautics and CAP. In 2011, AMA numerous workshops for teachers such as Amy Davis and celebrated its 75th anniversary as the collective voice on Meagan Tucker, who have ignited the Fort Walton Beach aeromodeling for hobbyists, sportsmen and educators. school system with aerospace programs. CAP Majs. The organization boasts more than 143,000 members — Pamela Becker and Gary Cornell work with AFA to including 15,000 youth — in 2,400 clubs across the introduce CAP programs during the workshops, while country. Bill Pritchett, AMA education director, said it Teacher Orientation Program Flights are conducted by “sanctions more than 2,000 contests and events annually CAP pilots. and uses aeromodeling as an exciting and effective way to Davis is now an AFA teacher workshop coordinator teach physics, engineering and scientific methods.” with the Hurlburt chapter. Tucker recently moved to AMA and CAP have successfully worked together over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., where she is already the years, with many CAP squadrons visiting AMA clubs initiating an AFA and CAP partnership program with the to build and fly model aircraft. The partnership was school system. Both AFA and CAP are the recipients of strengthened and gained national recognition when the these dynamic teachers’ enthusiasm and contagious spirit two organizations signed a memorandum of agreement to inspire students toward STEM careers. in January 2011 to formalize a relationship to collaborate AFA’s AE grants for CAP have benefited several Florida on programs that nurture and support the growth of units, such as the Tallahassee Composite Squadron, which aviation participation, aerospace education and model conducted a four-day rocketry camp facilitated by Florida aviation. The results indicate this is what’s happening. State University College of Engineering students. The The word is getting out, and more squadrons and clubs Marion County Composite Squadron in Ocala used its are working together than ever before. grant to conduct a rocketry program in partnership with Lt. Col. Randy Carlson, external aerospace education AFA Chapter 136, and the Central Florida Composite officer for CAP’s Pacific Region, who was instrumental in
ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e bringing the two organizations together, developed CAP’s AMA has awarded almost $800,000 in college Model Airplane and Remote Control (MARC) program scholarships for young modelers seeking higher education in 2011. Now available on compact disc, the program studies in aviation and aerospace. provides aviation hands-on activities, with an emphasis “CAP’s partnership with AMA means CAP cadets are on remote-control flying. The program also describes introduced to remote-control flying and possibly related how to find a local AMA group and how to get involved careers in a safe and controlled environment,” Carlson with AMA. After an AMA club is contacted, AMA- said, adding, “and did I mention how much fun it is?” certified instructors take over to teach the CAP group AFA and AMA share CAP’s vision of promoting everything they know about model flying, free of charge. aerospace to its members and the general public. The More than 50 AMA clubs are already using CAP’s organizations hope this exposure to aviation, space, MARC program. cyberspace and STEM-related subjects will inspire and “This partner relationship begins a journey to a more encourage youth and adults to take a closer look at related comprehensive understanding of building and flying all careers and thereby strengthen national security. s types of model aircraft,” said Pritchett. These aircraft For a MARC CD, contact [email protected]. For all AFA/CAP include anything that is free flight, such as hand- partnership initiatives, go to www.capmembers.com/afa and/or launched gliders or catapult-launched gliders, and also contact [email protected]. More information about AFA and AMA any powered aircraft (rubber band, electric or gas) and can be found at www.afa.org and www.modelaircraft.org. Go to remote-control flight. www.capmembers.com/ae and click on CAP AE Alliances for a “AMA is extremely pleased and excited about the listing of CAP’s AE partnerships. partnership with CAP and looks forward to introducing model aviation as a gateway to all of aviation for out thousands of young people,” he said. Established by Jimmy Doolittle in 1946, the Air Force Maj. Simon Housman of the California Wing’s Palm Association is the leading advocate for the nation’s Springs Composite Squadron 11 took advantage of military and is also a leading proponent of aerospace AMA’s partnership with CAP to invite two of that education. AFA has more than 200 chapters nationwide with more than 108,000 volunteer members, and it organization’s members to teach cadets the art of model conducts several significant national aerospace technology flight. Over eight weeks, the cadets learned to build small seminars each year. In support of CAP’s educational hand gliders from plastic plates. After they progressed to initiatives, AFA annually provides more than $22,000 in building gliders from paper and wooden frames powered AE grants for CAP squadrons and teacher members to by rubber bands, they were handed the controls to radio- support science, technology, engineering and math controlled model airplanes and helicopters. projects and programs. AFA also sponsors annual CAP awards for outstanding cadets at both the squadron and TAG — Take off And Grow — events also partner national levels. In addition, cadets have the opportunity CAP units with local AMA-chartered clubs. CAP to participate at no cost in AFA’s national high school provides eager cadets, and AMA provides not only cyber defense competition, CyberPatriot. instructors but also all the necessary equipment, CAP provides reciprocal partnership initiatives in including flight simulators, transmitters and model support of AFA chapter AE outreach initiatives. AFA planes. chapter Teachers of the Year and chapter-supported teachers are provided complimentary CAP AE While AMA provides hands-on opportunities with memberships and associated benefits. Also, AFA teacher model planes to CAP cadets, officers and teacher workshops integrate CAP’s no-cost AE products and members, its offer of free membership to anyone under programs, including CAP’s unique Teacher Orientation 19 is especially appealing to cadet programs. AMA also Program Flights. These free resources provide AFA invites the cadets’ younger siblings to get involved, chapters the opportunity to publicly promote aerospace making model airplane flying a real family event. education and careers to America’s youth.
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As evolution theory says, adapt or perish. Civil Air Patrol has adapted. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the area of aerial reconnaissance, now CAP’s bread and butter for emergency services. In recent years, an increase in the types of emergency service customers, coupled with technological advances in aerial reconnaissance tools, has reshaped today’s aerial imagery missions. The nation has been called on to respond to more disasters — acts of nature, such as hurricanes and widespread flooding, and manmade environmental disasters, such as the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf.
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ivil i a ol Volu ee il u e 58 represented included the U.S. Air Force and CAP aerial reconnaissance customers and partners: the Department of Homeland Disaster relief aerial Security, especially from its Federal Emergency Management Agency and Interagency Remote reconnaissance is emerging as Sensing Coordination Cell; the Department of “ the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey; and the CAP’s primary emergency Department of Defense’s National Geospatial- services mission. As we review Intelligence Agency. Participants discussed the equipment being our aerial reconnaissance needs used to capture, transmit and distribute aerial images, and they considered other options that and future requirements, it’s may be embraced in the future. important that we get this right, CAP has five Geospatial Information Interoperability Exploitation-Portable units because from this point forward provided by 1st Air Force that can be shipped across the country for CAP training and things will be happening. missions. Developed by the Space and Missile Defense Command of the U.S. Army, the — Brig. Gen. Joseph Vazquez, National Guard employs GIIEP units in all 50 CAP’s national vice commander states. Some advantages to this system are the software is consistently updated and free of refined by location, such as by state or county or by the charge; units are portable and lightweight, each dates of an event. weighing about 25 pounds; and modular components “FEMA is a major aerial reconnissance customer of are supported, so various kinds of equipment will work CAP,” said Chris Vaughn, the federal agency’s remote with the units. sensing coordinator. “CAP’s been very responsive and Other stand-alone aerial reconnaissance systems in extremely cost-effective and flexible in providing us what use by CAP include the Satellite or Advanced Digital we need.” Imaging systems; FLIR, known for its thermal imaging It’s a tall order, but as Brig. Gen. Joseph Vazquez, capabilities; and CAP full-motion video aircraft, which CAP’s national vice commander, noted, “Both Maj. use advanced state-of-the-art imaging technology to Gen. Chuck Carr, our national commander, and I agree support joint military training exercises. that disaster relief aerial reconnaissance is emerging as Addressing the distribution part of the imagery CAP’s primary emergency services mission. question, Brenda Jones from the U.S. Geological Survey “As we review our aerial reconnaissance needs and offered one possible solution for storage and access for future requirements, it’s important that we get this right, emergency services. The USGS already coordinates because from this point forward things will be information gathering and dissemination to disaster happening,” he said. s relief interests in its Hazards Data Distribution System. HDDS supports aerial photography and other sets of data, though currently it does not accommodate video. Multiple images can be downloaded in large groupings in a fraction of an hour, and disaster searches can be
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