kansas wing - jun 2010

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...to the starsAd Astra

Civil Air Patrol puts in 10,000 hours for GulfCoast spill cleanup

Members of the Civil Air Patrol have contributed

more than 10,000 man-hours to the oil spill

cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. That's

more than $179,000 worth of volunteer labor,

according to CAP figures. The calculation is

based on the state's $17.34 hourly rate fordetermining the value of volunteerism. At the

national average of $20.85 an hour, the value

exceeds $216,000, according to CAP

calculations.

In all, 239 CAP volunteers have performed

more than 10,360 hours in service to the Gulf

cleanup efforts. The volunteers are using

vacation time to go to the coast and work. They

include members from Alabama, Georgia,

Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee.

The Alabama Wing has provided pilots,

observers, aerial photographers and mission

staff. All of the 19 squadrons in Alabama are

participating in the efforts.

CAP pilots also have logged more than 1,000 flight hours while photographers have documented the

oil spill from the air -- taking more than 3,000 photos a day, according to CAP.

Those crews are flying more than 700 miles of coastline from Louisiana to Florida, and the images are

primarily of the oil containment barriers and land near the shoreline. The photographs help with

planning and monitoring the effectiveness of the barriers.

Maj. Gen. Amy Courter, CAP's national commander, visited the incident command center in Mobile

recently and said that CAP would continue assisting with the cleanup efforts.

The Alabama National Guard also is continuing to support the cleanup with 350 personnel in the Gulf.

Guard members have been providing security at staging areas, assisting with public affairs,

conducting aerial missions with Coast Guard spotters and installing barriers around Dauphin Island.

BY JENN ROWELL, GANNETT.COM

KANSASWINGCIVILAIRPATROL

Capt. Ian Johnston of the Alabama WingsHuntsville Composite Squadron prepares for a

flight as mission pilot during the Deepwater

Horizon Response.

Photo by Capt. Phil Norris, Southeast Region
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P A G E 2

This June six members of the Kansas Wing travelled to Nebraska to attend the NorthCentral Regional Staff College at Offutt AFB. NCR Staff College was a great place tointeract with colleague from other wings and regions and allowed us to exchange ideasand methods used in our organization.

Team pride was built with a series of fun exercises and activities and Mary Donley led uswith ease and the practiced hand of an experienced school teacher. The Materials pre-sented were on-topic and relevant to our organization. We were privileged to view avideo clip of General Lorenz of the USAF that demonstrated the great leadership wehave in this country.

Valuable lessons were learned from another presentation about the crash of a B12 andthe steps that could have been taken to avert such a disaster. The discussions that en-

sued were animated and served to show that we are all, individually, responsible as Offi-cers to speak up and do the right thing when it is needed.

A field trip to the Offutt Museum was a welcome break from the classroom. The groupsbroke up and roamed the huge building for a few hours to view a range of aircraft and ofcourse the gift shop!

Although the class was split into 3 groups by the end of the week there was a tangiblebond between us all and strong friendships were forged. The week long experience wasgreat and one that was well worth the effort of attending.

Attending from Kansas Wing included Roger Eaton, Lauri Emery, Paul Bayless, Pam Morris,Nichole and JD Schlesener.

Officers Attend NCRStaff College By Pam Morris


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Photos byChester Bernat


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Kansas Wing 2010 Award Recipients

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/Capt Marah Carney

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/1st Lt Brandon Doubrava

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/1st Lt Spencer Kerfoot

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/Maj Sarah Wildman

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/2d Lt Jonathan James

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/CMSgt Zac Piper

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/2d Lt Makayla White

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/SMSgt Joshua SchwankeCadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/SMSgt Brendan Finley

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/Maj Priscilla Temaat

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Bronze Star C/SSgt Chase Ward

Cadet Advisory Council Ribbon with Silver Star C/Lt Col Mitchell Edwards

Meritorious Service Award Sarah Wildman

Commanders Commendation Sid Altum

Commanders Commendation Mitchell Edwards

Commanders Commendation Lauri Emery

Commanders Commendation Daniel Franz

Commanders Commendation Mark Lahan

Commanders Commendation Michael Mathewson

Commanders Commendation Stanley Simmonds

Achievement Award Patricia Crockett

Achievement Award Doug Crockett

Achievement Award Venicia Doubrava

Achievement Award Linette Lahan

Achievement Award Rachel Murphy

Achievement Award Seth Thomas

Achievement Award Hollie Shappee

AFA Outstanding Cadet of the Year C/1st Lt Brandon Doubrava

AFA Outstanding Cadet of the Year C/SSgt Chase Ward

Chaplain of the Year Homer Ontman

Senior Member of the Year Lt Col Ron Schlesener

Aerospace Education Officer of the Year Catherine Mages

Cadet Programs Officer of the Year Maj Glenn Fortmayer

DDR Officer of the Year April SmithSafety Officer of the Year John Moore

Ed Hill Award

Ground Team of the Year Flint Hills Composite Squadron

Incident Staff Member of the Year Col Barney King

Public Affairs Officer of the Year Michael Mathewson

Cadet of the Year C/Lt Col Mitchell Edwards

NCO of the Year Brendan Finley

Airman of the Year C/SSgt Chase Ward

Character Development Officer of the Year Daniel Chaverin

Communications Officer of the Year Maj Jonathan Holder

Finance Officer of the Year A.W. Pickel

Legal Officer of the Year Lt Col Jack BenderSupply Officer of the Year Patricia Crockett

Cadet Officer of the Year Kalvin Piper

Orientation Pilot of the Year Alan Simon

Squadron of the Year Cunningham Composite Squadron

Squadron Commander of the Year Maj Bob Moore

VFW NCO Award Bradley Doubrava

VFW Officer Award Marah Carney

Squadron of Merit New Century Composite Squadron


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Cadets Train asAir Marshallers

A contingent of cadets and senior members from theCunningham Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol met

at Kingman Airport for Air Marshalling training. The train-ing is part of the Aerospace and cadet education curricu-lum. The squadron members applied their training to theKingman Fly-In on May 22.The Fly-in will include many pilots. Most will be coming infor the Kingman High School reunion that weekend. Othersare part of the Young Eagles program. They are pilots thatoffer free rides to kids 8-17 with parent permission formscompleted. There will also be aircraft from the Civil AirPatrol. The Civil Air patrol pilots will be providing orienta-tion flights to the Cunningham Composite Squadron cadetson May 22 and 23.

The cadets received training from Maj. Dave Maude, CAPand his son Christian Maude. Maj. Maude serves on the King-man Airport Board. Christian is a senior at Kingman highand is a certified glider pilot and is about to complete hispilot license as well as attending K-State on an AFROTCscholarship after graduation this month.The training consisted of an overview of the operations, ex-pectations, and key roles. The cadets received flight linesafety training, air marshalling signal training, and trainingon how to park and release aircraft. The cadets took turnsin their positions as Christian Maude taxied an aircraft socadets could practice signals and get a first hand feel for

required distances, aircraft speed, and turning radiuses.On May 22nd the cadets trained as Air Marshallers will beaccompanied by other cadets from their squadron and theirCAP Senior Member leaders, 1LT Susan Ward Safety andHealth Services Officer (Assumes command May 18, 2010),2LT Nicole Strait, Commandant of Cadets, 2LT Scott Mor-gan, Assistant Cadet Programs Officer, 1LT Troy Stark,Squadron Finance, Logistics, and Assistant Aerospace Offi-cer, 2LT Mike McGovney, Moral Leadership Officer, SMAaron Murphy, and Maj. Glenn Fortmayer, Current Com-mander and KS Wing External Aerospace Education Officer;to fly in the Civil Air Patrol aircraft and the Young Eagles

aircraft. The trained cadets will direct the aircraft as wellas fly with their comrades.In addition to orientation flights the Fly-In will have vintageaircraft and glider rides for extra fees, and Giant model Ra-dio Aircraft demonstrations. The cadets will be treated tobreakfast by the Lions Club/City of Kingman and participatein a lunch provided by the Kansas Pilots Association.For more information about the Civil Air Patrol contact anyof the above Senior members, call the Cunningham Compos-ite Squadron Commander at 620-298-3271 or 620-318-6060

By Maj Glenn Fortmayer


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Scenes from a Fly-In

Kansas Wing Members participated inthe Kingman Fly-In .

The Cunningham Squadron put togood use the Air Marshal training

they received!

Photos by Nicole Strait


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National Blue Beret2010

National Blue Beret (NBB) this summer was attended by 22 members ofthe Kansas Wing, making it the wing with the highest number of staff and ca-dets to participate in this special activity.

The event is held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and is the largest Airshow inNorth America with 10,000 planes arriving and departing in a one-week period.Multiple van loads of people and equipment caravanned to the event a fewdays before the official start in order to get things set up on site and ready forthe influx of cadets.

In total there were 137 cadets and the Staff of 41 Seniors came allover the nation we even had a remote Staff member, Major Jeff Morris, fromIraq Skyping in to help with the IT setup.

Colonel Regena Aye was the Activity Director again this year and it wasa bittersweet event as it was her last time as such at NBB as her new duties asDean at Allen College preclude her ability to be able to spend that amount of

time for this activity next year. The Staff and Cadets presented Col Aye with agift of appreciation in thanks for her leadership and to mark her last NBB.

Many of the Kansas Staff held key positions at this multifunction event.Colonel Tim Hansen was the ES director instructing safety and flight line mar-shalling and Major Mark Lahan was the Head TAC and in charge of the 12 flightTACS. Each flight consisted of a crew of 12 cadets. The Cadet Commanderwas also a Kansas cadet, Col. Mitchell Edwards.

This year had some special challenges as the weather in Wisconsin de-cided to throw us some heavy rains and winds. Wisconsin had record amountsof rainfall during the first week and the NBB grounds were under water formost of that time making practice very difficult for the cadets. The formationgrounds and the area assigned for tents were flooded and the state bird(mosquito!) flourished in that environment.

The cadets quickly adapted as the weather finally changed and theAirshow began operations. As the second week drew to an end the now-experienced cadets earned the right to wear the Blue Berets that they had cometo Oshkosh for. Cadets learned to shave and shape their berets and when the St.Alban pins were issued they were able to wear their berets for the first time.The sense of achievement in the complex was palpable as the cadets wore theirachievement with pride.

Many of the KansasWing membersattending had beento NBB before andprovided a wealthof experience that

helped to make thisevent run smoothlyand efficiently. Theexposure andchallenges of thisevent make it aunique experience and one that iswell worth earning leaving thoseof us that have just returned tosay..where do Iapply for next year!.

By Pam Morris


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3024 Arnold Ave.

Salina, Kansas 67401

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785-825-0009

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Kansas Wing

Civil Air Patrol

The Eyes of America's Skies

ATTENTION:

ALL KANSAS WING CADETS

2010 Winter Encampment26 December2 January

Army National Guard

Regional Training Center, SalinaCost$100.00

All applications (CAPF 31) need to becompleted, signed by the Unit

Commander and mailed to:

KSWG HeadquartersATTN: Maj Lahan3024 Arnold Ave.Salina KS 67401

Email completed applications [email protected]

All Cadets must have Basic ORM and allStaff and Senior Members Must have

Basic and Intermediate ORM.

Civil Air Patrol is interested in locating thosewho served as volunteers in its organizationduring World War II, Dec. 7, 1941, throughAug. 15, 1945, and who were at least 18 years

old during at least part of that service.

The request is made in anticipation of pendingCongressional legislation that would honorthose CAP members meeting this criteria.Those considered need not be alive today orbe current CAP members.

Names and contact information should be e-mailed to [email protected] or sent to Civil AirPatrol Public Affairs, 105 S. Hansell St.,Maxwell AFB, AL 36112. In the case of de-ceased members, their names and the nameof a close relative or friend, with contactinformation, should be sent. Those who qualifymay be asked to submit substantiation of theirCAP service, such as tangible items that couldverify service during this period, such as apublished news article, CAP identification cardor certificate of membership.
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