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CIVIL AIR PATROL AUGUST 2012 ME035

As the squadron continues to grow,

the more active the squadron be-comes. After months of planning, a

color guard has taken shape. I hopethat this team of cadets will also

grow as fast as the squadron itself. Acolor guard is a team of cadets who

are trusted in the care of the USflags. This team may post the flags at

formal events, or present them at the beginning of sports games. Any ca-

det may join the color guard; youonly need to know basic drill and the

cadet oath.

The upcoming encampment is an im- portant event. No cadet may become

an officer without completing an en-campment. Although you will be

learning most of the time, encamp-ments are filled with cadet activities;

such as rappelling, land navigation,

and team building exercises. You

may be meeting cadets from other

states; my encampment had cadetsfrom Maine, New Hampshire, Con-necticut, and New York. I hope eve-

ryone enjoys his or her encampment

and/or summer vacation.

Respectfully,

C/ CMSgt. Poland

It is my privilege to announce that Lt.

Alex Hall has taken over as the DeputyCommander of Cadet Programs. Lt. Hall

joined Civil Air Patrol in March 2002 as

a cadet and obtained his Mitchell. He has

accomplished many things in his CAP

career and will bring a lot to the cadet program.

I would like to thank Capt. Chambers for

his commitment and contributions toCAP and cadet programs. Capt. Cham-

bers has stepped down so that he can

continue his education. Continued suc-cess to him!!

As always, summers in Maine are not

long enough, and we are trying to fitmany activities into a very short amount

of time. Please watch your emails fordetails of upcoming events.

In August, Officers will begin a newtraining schedule. Week 1 will be Emer-

gency Services, Week 2 – Aerospace

Education, Week 3 – Safety & IT andWeek 4 will be a staff meeting. Please

plan on attending these very valuable

classes.

Cadets, encampment will take placeagain this year at Bog Brook 16-25 Au-

gust; ME035 will be well-represented bythe cadets attending. Have a wonderfultime!

Congratulations to all who have pro-

moted this past quarter. You continue to

set the example for all.Respectfully submitted,

Maj. Cathie Spaulding, CAP



C/Cmsgt Poland has been the Cadet Com-

mander of ME-035 for about eighteen

months now, but he has done more than

that in his five years as a cadet. At the

squadron, he has held the positions of both

flight sergeant and flight commander. He has also par-

ticipated in several wing-level activities, including twoAirman Academies (as a basic and then as a flight ser-

geant), a Greenville Fly-in, and the 2011 Maine Wing

Encampment. A few years ago, Cadet Poland was an

integral part of the Maine Wing Color Guard Team as it

competed in the Northeast Region Color Guard Compe-

tition; although Maine Wing didn’t place to be able to

move onto the Nationals, the team won for both Spiritand Sportsmanship.

Though most people do not realize it, Chief Poland's

entire life is not lived in CAP. When not busy running

ME-035's cadet program, Poland is an avid biker and

martial artist. He also enjoys designing the layouts of

websites. After high school, his plan is to join eitherthe Air Force or Air National Guard as a medic.

~~Lt Alex Hall



I want to take this opportunity to introduce

myself. My name is 1Lt. Alex Hall (yes, I am

related to Maj. Hall - I am her

son) and I have recently beenappointed the new Deputy

Commander of Cadets (DCC)

at ME-035.

I joined CAP in early 2002 at the age of

twelve, attending ME-035, then known as Ban-

gor Brewer Composite Squadron. I attended

Airman Academy and Encampment in my first

year, and continued to participate in every

CAP activity I could throughout my cadet ca-reer, eventually joining the Maine Wing

Honor Guard, holding staff positions at en-

campments, and serving as PAO at a regional

encampment, to name just some of the things

CAP has allowed me to do. At my squadron, I

held every staff position available at one time

or another, and finally served for over a year as

Cadet Commander.

At the age of eighteen I started attending the

University of Maine at Farmington (UMF),

where I graduated with my BS in Computer

Science; though I was still a cadet, I did little

with CAP during those four years. At 21 I be-

came a senior member and took the position of

Assistant PAO (which essentially means I

work for my mother, so no change there). I

graduated from Farmington in May of

2011 and returned home; however, due toother obligations on Wednesday nights I have

not been able to attend many squadron meet-

ings, which is why most of you have not seen

me around before. Now, though, I am able to

stay at CAP for the majority of each meeting,

so you will often find me watching formations

and inspections, sitting in on classes, or ob-

serving activities the squadron holds for its ca-

dets.

Those who have seen me will likely have no-ticed that I use a white cane. Let me explain

this, so there is no confusion: I am legally

blind, and have been since birth. I can see

some, but not enough to identify people or in-

spect a uniform, and certainly not enough to

read print. This is why I may not return a sa-

lute; I would very much appreciate it if you

could offer a verbal greeting along with the

salute as a way to let me know you have not

forgotten your customs and courtesies training.The small, odd-looking computer I sometimes

use is a Braille computer, and is how I take

notes, manage emails, and the like. If you have

questions about my visual impairment or the

technology I use, feel free to ask me - I am not

sensitive or shy about it, and there is no need

for you to be.

In closing, I would like to thank Capt. Cham-

bers for his work on the Cadet Program thus

far, and Lt. Nesler for volunteering to stay on

as the Assistant DCC (and, of course, for his

outstanding work with Capt. Chambers). My

plan is to keep and refine what works well, and

change or update what does not, until ME-

035's cadet program is the very best it can be. I

come into this position with high hopes, hav-

ing been left a great program by my predeces-

sor , and I have no doubt that, with your help,it will only improve. I ask only that you do

what, I trust, you have been doing all along:

give CAP one hundred percent. I look forward

to working with you all.

1Lt. Alex Hall

ME-035 DCC and APAO



Maine Wing Conference 2012Bangor’s Four Point Sheraton Hotel was the site of this year’s annual Maine WingConference in April, emceed masterfully by Lt Col Jim Jordan. Although it was

only a day-long activity, the agenda of classes, meetings, banquet, and awardsceremony made it a much needed and valuable learning experience for the 80-plus

people who attended. Speakers from CAP National in Alabama, the Northeast Re-gion, and Maine Wing were on-hand to teach and give presentations. ME035’s

Color Guard did an excellent job of posting/retrieving the Colors.

Before the exquisite dinner was served, Capt Rick Gammon and C/Lt Col Chris-

topher Slininger performed the ceremony for the POW/MIA Table, in which weremember and honor all the soldiers who were captured in the course of their mili-

tary service, as well as those who never made it home. After dinner, the yearlyawards were presented, with none other than Bangor’s ME035 garnering the

lion’s share of the accolades. A very pleasant surprise was the distinction of re-ceiving the coveted Squadron of Merit!!

Congratulations to the following ME035 members:

Maj Susan Hall Public Affairs Officer of the YearMaj Richard Hunter Unit Finance Officer of the Year

Maj Brian Smickle Safety Officer of the Year

Maj Catherine Spaulding Squadron Commander of the Year

C/Lt Col Christopher Slininger Cadet of the Year (C/Capt and above)C/SMSgt Bryan Poland Cadet Commander



PARADE PARTICIPATION

Many people think of a parade as an endless march of individuals

on display for peoples’ entertainment. That, however, is not quite

an accurate description.As enjoyable as a parade may be, it is actually a cohesive unit of participants

united for one purpose: to pay respect and homage to a certain idea.There are many parades throughout the year, but the main ones that CAP —

especially ME035 — particpates in are the ones in which we honor our military

and our Country.

Marching in the parade is an ideal way to show how much we, as individuals, re-

spect the sacrifices of our military men and women, the ultimate price paid bysome of them, and the patriotism for our great Nation instilled in the very core ofour being. The other essential part of showing due respect is to have a well-

maintained, correct uniform.While parade participation is not mandatory in CAP, it is highly suggested and en-

couraged. Participation is not a means to honor the participant; rather, it is a signof utmost respect to take time out of one’s busy day to physically say “thank you”

to those who made, and those who continue to make, it possible to have the free-dom to march. ~~Major Susan Hall~~

MEMORIAL DAY 2012FOURTH OF JULY 2012



New Mars rover photos reveal 'Earthlike' landscape | Space.com Aug 9, 2012

Mars looks remarkably like the California desert in a new photo beamed home by NASA's Cu-riosity rover, researchers said.

In the new black-and-white image, Curiosity's Gale Crater landing site bears a striking resem-

blance to the desert landscape a hundred miles or so east of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratoryin Pasadena, Calif., where the rover was built, scientists said.

"To a certain extent, the first impression that you get is how Earthlike this seems, looking at

that landscape," Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, of Caltech in Pasadena, told report-ers.

"You would really be forgiven for thinking that NASA was trying to pull a fast one on you and

we actually put a rover out in the Mojave Desert and took a picture," Grotzinger added. "A little

L.A. smog coming in there." [Gallery: First Mars Photos from Curiosity]

The high-resolution photo looks to the north, toward the rim of the 96-mile-wide (154 kilome-ters) crater. An area of disturbed ground is visible in the foreground, perhaps 6 feet (2 meters)

from Curiosity, researchers said.During Curiosity's landing, the thrusters on the rover's rocket-powered sky crane blasted away

enough dirt in this spot to expose some bedrock, which excites the mission team.

"Here we've already got an exploration hole drilled for us," Grotzinger said. "We got a freebie

right off the bat."The photo is a composite of two images taken by Curiosity's navigation cameras, which are

now fully checked out. The mission team has stitched many navcam thumbnail photos into a

panorama, and they're expecting to do the same with the high-res versions of the images onceenough of them have come down to Earth.

Researchers also released several other Curiosity images today, including a high-resolutionnavcam shot showing the rover's 7-foot-long (2.1 m) robotic arm, which remains stowed, and

the shadow of Curiosity's head-like mast, which was deployed to its vertical position yesterday(Aug. 7).

Another stunning shot was taken by the rover's Mars Descent Imager camera, or MARDI, about

2.5 minutes before Curiosity touched down. It captured the rover's heat shield a few secondsafter it was jettisoned and began to fall away from Curiosity's spacecraft.

A thumbnail version of this image was already available, but the full-frame shot is a vast im-

provement."This is the good stuff," said MARDI principal investigator Mike Malin, of Malin Space Sci-

ence Systems in San Diego. "It's quite spectacular."

Curiosity touched down inside Gale Crater Sunday night (Aug. 5). The rover is set to spend thenext two years or more cruising around Gale, investigating whether or not the area can, or evercould, support microbial life.

While some of the rover's early photos may remind Curiosity's handlers of home, they're eager

to get a feel for the otherworldliness of Gale.

"We're looking at a place that feels really comfortable," Grotzinger said. "What's going to beinteresting is going to be to find out all the ways that it's different."

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