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August 2011
See Page 8
for
Happenings
See Page 9
for the
Training Schedule
for
August
AE Leadership
Scholarships
Cadet Orientation
Flights
So You Want
To Be A Pilot
Group I AE
Weekend Postponed
Happenings
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9
CP Training
Schedule
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11
DDR
Ritalin?
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SAFE TIPS
Extreme Heat
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RCLS
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Fair Is Fair
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GA129 is #1
For Your
Information
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Civil
Air
Patrol
Squadron Commander
Captain Paul Janssen
BARTOW-ETOWAH
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Southeast Region Georgia Wing
Sat 16 July
GA129 C/Leadership Gathering
at Major Mors House
Sat 30 July
Squadron Picnic at Red Top Mtn
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For over a decade The Spaatz Association and its benefactors have invested in tomorrows Aerospace
Leaders through its Aerospace Leadership Scholarships. Each $2,500 ALS helps the Cadet to bridge
the gap from their solo to their private pilots wings.
The Spaatz Association will again award at least three scholarships to deserving CAP Cadets. Deadline
to submit an application for consideration is every 30 September
I( ORDER TO QUALIFY, THE CAP CADET MUST HAVE:
If I hadnt been awarded the Spaatz Association's scholarship, I definitely would not be where
I am today. ALS Recipient Josh Hall (below) now CFI-IA, A&P, AGI, IGI, and ASC
Benefactors are needed in order to continue to fulfill the dreams of our CAP Cadets.
For how you can help email: president@spaatz.org
Spaatz Association We Lead The Legacy
c/o Stephen Austen, # 161 TSA National President
1628 Winthrop Lane, Monroe, NC 28112
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Happy flying!
Congratulations on completion of
the Redstone portion of the CAP Rocketry Badge,
the first of three phases that must be completed to earn the Rocketry Badge.
C/CMSgt Danny Carpenter
C/SrA Ryan Drawver
C/A1C Matt Gonzales
C/2Lt Brandon Jones
C/Amn Jeremy Kariuki
C/2Lt Cole Pittman
C/SrA Michael Stratford
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AUGUST BIRTHDAYS: Happy Birthday to C/CMSgt Carpenter, C/SrA Whisler, and Major Mor.
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August
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ICS400Macon, GA.
2011 Annual Conference & (ational Board, Louisville, KY
GAWG SAREX hosted by Group IV in Americus, GA.
September
September
September
Pioneer Days
Group I SAREX
UCCDobbins ARB
October
October
October
(ovember
December
Applications to 2011 Professional Development Courses are done on CAP Form 17 sent to Wing HQ.
Deadline for all courses is 10 business days prior to the course.
Course Directors and Instructors are needed for all of these courses.
Teaching is one way to get credit for professional development advancement.
If interested, please let Major Jeff Arnold, GAWG Professional Development Officer, know ASAP
at gadcp@bellsouth.net.
August 2011
WEEK
O(E
BDUs
4
August
Begin
1800
End
1900
FORMATION
1900
Color SIG(-I(
Guard
@ Arrival
Practice FORMATION
C/OATH
D & C (20 min)
Cadet SIG(-I(
TWO
Staff
PT Gear
@ Arrival
11
Meeting FORMATION
August
C/OATH
D & C (20 min)
CORE
CURRICULUM
19:30-20:30
Drill
SIG(-I(
Team
@ Arrival
Practice FORMATION
TLP
Property
Maintenance
(Announcements)
PT
Safety Pledge
Safety
(Announcements)
TLP
AE
(Announcements)
17-20 Aug
2011 Annual
Conference &
Natl Board
Guest
Speaker
TLP-CD
DDR
(Announcements)
27-29 Aug
GAWG
SAREX
Host-Grp IV
In
Americus
AE Current
Events
Aerospace
Education
Character
Development
Promotions/Awards
C/OATH D & C
(time permitting)
FIVE
Weekend
Activities
Testing
Leadership
ES
THREE
SIG(-I(
BDUs Training
@ Arrival
18
FORMATION
August
C/OATH
D & C (20 min)
FOUR
Blues
25
August
ALTERNATE
CLOSING
CURRICULUM FORMATION
(Announcements)
20:30-20:50
20:50-21:00
Group
Discussions
Practice
Week One 1800-1900 hrs
Practice
Week Four 1800-1900 hrs
Practice
Week Three 1800-1900 hrs
For details speak with Capt Maney & C/ES Instructor C/2Lt Jesse Hayman
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(EWS FROM
OUT OF THE BLUE
The information in this column is general AF-specific news that will undoubtedly be of interest to Civil Air
Patrol.
Although now a retired AF person, Major Orlando LaRosa, our former USAF Liaison to
CAP, has graciously agreed to continue contributing to the Flying Eagles. His articles always bring us
information of unique interest, especially for young potential future military leaders.
ARLINGTON, VA.
The Air Force's Premier Honor Guard and Band received an invitation to participate for a national audience in an
American tradition.
Air Force District of Washington Commander Maj. Gen. Darren W. McDew, along with Col. A. Philip Waite, the
USAF Band Commander, and Lt. Col. Raymond Powell, the USAF Honor Guard Commander, accepted the
invitation June 3 to participate in the 2012 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. The invitation was
presented to the three Commanders at the memorial preceding the opening concert of the USAF Band's Summer
Concert Series.
"On behalf of everyone at Macy's, it gives us great pleasure to officially announce the U.S. Air Force Band and
Honor Guard have been selected to represent the U.S. Air Force and perform in New York City in the 2012 Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade," announced Mr. Wesley Whatley, the Director of the band program for the Macy's Day
Parade. "We at Macy's believe in the power of music. We believe in the music we are going to hear tonight -patriotic music. We believe in that music's ability to inspire, and the ability of patriotic music to unite a nation."
The USAF Band and USAF Honor Guard are two of 12 marching units invited to participate in the 2012
Thanksgiving Day events.
"It's huge," Colonel Powell said. "The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the granddaddy of them all, and when
we found out that we were going to be invited, it was massive. It is a very, very big deal for the Air Force Honor
Guard."
The USAF Honor Guard plans to march an inaugural size unit of 81 guard members in what's called a nine-by-nine
formation. The nine-by-nine unit stands nine Airmen wide and nine Airmen deep.
"We started the tradition of doing community-based parades," Colonel Powell said. "We didn't do those parades
before. We have built our capability up. All of the work that went into putting together that parade element, and to
putting together that capability is going to culminate in the 2011 Thanksgiving Day Parade. It is very special
because we're able to do this with the band."
The USAF Band plans to send an inaugural size unit as well, consisting of approximately 100 performers. This is
the second time the USAF Band has been represented in the parade. The Airmen of Note Ensemble attended the
parade in 1994 and interacted with the crowd while riding on a float.
"We will be in military formation most of the time, but we will also be communicating with the crowd," Colonel
Waite said. "I want them to believe that they can come up and speak to us. It is very difficult to do that when you
are in a military formation marching; it is very forbidding. We have to break though that."
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Following the invitation, General McDew spoke to the audience. "I am humbled to accept this invitation on behalf
of the thousands of men and women in the Air Force, their family members and civilians," General McDew said.
"Each of you are the reason I love serving in the Air Force today. I believe this opportunity for our Band and
Honor Guard will give the Air Force an outstanding venue to showcase outstanding people."
Concluding the presentation of the invitation, the Commanders, along with the audience, enjoyed the first
performance of the 2011 Summer Concert Series presented by the USAF Band.
"When they see the Air Force Honor Guard and the Air Force Band marching across that red carpet on
Thanksgiving Day, they will see the precision and excellence of every Airman in the Air Force," Colonel Powell
said. "It's going to present a tremendous sight-and-sound picture to the nation."
Army Special Operations Command has deployed its first teams of female soldiers assigned to commando units in
Afghanistan, and military officials are assessing their initial performance in theater as "off the charts."
In a controversial move early this year, the Army created a new avenue for women to serve with front-line combat
units in some of the most specialized and covert missions. The so-called "Cultural Support Teams" are attached to
Special Forces and Ranger Units to interface with the female population to gain vital intelligence and provide
social outreach.
"When I send an [SF team] in to follow up on a Taliban hit wouldn't it be nice to have access to about 50
percent of that target population -- the women?" said Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick, Commander of the Army Special
Warfare Center and School which runs the CST program.
"And now we're doing that with huge success," Sacolick said. "They are in Afghanistan right now, and the reviews
are off the charts. They're doing great."
So far, nearly 30 of the female CST Soldiers are deployed to the war zone, working in villages and towns that the
commandos have cleared.
"They're supposed to be used on secure target areas," Sacolick said. "I don't want them fighting their way to a
target."
While the Army has assigned women to front-line units in the past during searches of female civilians and
detainees, the move by USASOC formalizes what some advocates have been hoping for in terms of opening up
combat arms units to women.
The Soldiers assigned to the Cultural Support Teams aren't required to endure all the training of a Ranger or SF
trooper, but they do have to learn advanced weapons handling and even fast-roping. Through three separate nine
day assessments so far, the Special Warfare Center and School has about a 50 percent attrition rate, officials say.
Those who make it, go through a six week training course that teaches the soldiers regional culture, intelligence
gathering and small unit combat tactics, officials say.
"I place less emphasis on the immediate physical standards," Sacolick said. "What I don't compromise on is
intellect. I'm looking for smart kids."
Though USASOC will consider female soldiers -- NCOs and Junior Officers -- from any MOS, they are especially
interested in those from healthcare career fields, which include nurse midwife (66G8D), as well as military police
and military intelligence. All is in accordance with the perquisites and requirements detailed on the Army Special
Operations Command Website.
The Special Warfare Center plans to run its next assessment for CST members in early September, officials say.
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RITALI(?
Whats so smart about Ritalin?
In the U.S. alone, approximately 2.5 million children are being given Ritalin for a condition nicknamed ADHD.
Prescriptions for Ritalin have increased by over 600% in the last 5 years alone. 90% of children labeled with
ADHD and treated with Ritalin are in the United States.
What is Ritalin? Ritalin is a Class II Stimulant that produces effects similar to cocaine and amphetamines. The
Drug Enforcement Administration lists Ritalin in a class with methadone, methamphetamine and cocaine.
Schedule II drugs are only those that are considered at the very highest potential for addiction and abuse.
Teenagers and college students have been abusing Ritalin for years. Now the abuse has spread to elementary
schools. Sometimes called R Ball, Vitamin R and The Smart Drug, Ritalin increases attentiveness, keeps you
awake and produces euphoria. Teen girls and adult women, alike, take Ritalin because it suppresses the appetite
and helps with weight loss.
Ritalin tablets can be taken orally or crushed into powder and snorted. Some users dissolve the tablets and mix
with liquid so they can inject the mixture. Tablet particles have been found to block blood vessels and cause
strokes or affect the lungs or cause blindness.
Common side effects include the inability to sleep through the night, nervousness, loss of appetite, weight loss,
stomach pains, headaches, abnormal heart beats, high blood pressure, paranoia, muscle twitching, chest pain,
dizziness, seizures, psychosis, stroke and stunted growth!
The stunted growth was documented in a study done by Yale University of Medicine entitled Daily Ritalin Use
Slows Growth of Children The study showed that 76% of boys and 90% of girls who used Ritalin fell way behind
their peers in normal growth. Two Australian studies showed the same results.
Dr. Peter Breggin, a world renowned Psychiatrist said Ritalin and other stimulants also disrupt hormone
production! Dr. Breggin wrote that Ritalin affects every organ in the body. In studies of children who take these
drugs, there is a 5% shrinkage of the brain and the furrows between the gray matter of the brain start to
deteriorate. Its permanent brain damage.
Ritalin can cause major depression, suicide, hallucinations, heart problems and permanent body tics.
Ritalin causes gruesome effects on the body!
BE AWARE...
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With 2Lt John Ovens, Squadron Safety Officer & C/1Lt Monica Hicks, C/Safety Officer
(ow required of all CAP members: Intro to CAP Safety for (ew Members.
www.gocivilairpatrol.com/members/e-services/CAP Utilities/Online Safety Education.
A heat wave is an extended period of extreme heat, and is often accompanied by high humidity. These conditions
can be dangerous and even life-threatening for humans who dont take the proper precautions.
Step 1: Get a Kit
Get an Emergency Supply Kit which includes items like non-perishable food, water, a batterypowered or hand-crank radio, extra flashlights and batteries.
Step 2: Make a Plan
Prepare Your Family
Make a Family Emergency Plan. Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so it is
important to know how you will contact one another, how you will get back together, and what
you will do in case of an emergency.
Plan places where your family will meet, within and outside your immediate neighborhood.
It may be easier to make a long distance phone call than to call across town, so an out-of-town
contact may be in a better position to communicate among separated family members.
You may also want to inquire about emergency plans at places where your family spends time:
work, daycare, and school. If no plans exist, consider volunteering to help create one.
Be sure to consider the specific needs of your family membersnotify caregivers and babysitters
about your plan, and make plans for your pets.
Take a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) class from your local Citizen Corps
chapter. Keep your training current.
Step 3: Be Informed
Prepare Your Home
Install temporary window reflectors (for use between windows and drapes), such as aluminum
foil-covered cardboard, to reflect heat back outside.
Cover windows that receive morning or afternoon sun with drapes, shades, awnings or louvers.
(Outdoor awnings or louvers can reduce the heat that enters a home by up to 80 percent.)
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The latest news shared with Georgia Wing by Captain Ross Statham, Project Manager for the new Black Mountain
Repeater is that after eighteen months of planning and work, the new Black Mountain repeater is optional, testing,
and working very well. It is the R-25 repeater which was originally located on Stone Mountain.
A repeater is a radio receiver and re-transmitter that is programmed to listen for a special tone which has been
programmed into CAP radios. When the repeater hears the tone, it immediately re-transmits a second radio signal
on a different frequency. The result is that by putting a high-powered repeater and efficient antenna on top of
mountains or extremely tall towers, radio reach can be extended into more areas of the state.
The Georgia mountains has been of particular concern. The crash of the Beech Bonanza from Ellijay several
months ago and the crash of the helicopter close to Blood Mountain last year brought home the need to have
operational repeaters covering the northern portion of the state.
The GAWG Comm Team brought up a new repeater in northwest Georgia last year, the Chatsworth Repeater.
Now, with the addition of the new Black Mountain Repeater, most of the portions of the north Georgia mountains
are covered by radio. This will allow ground teams and mobile teams to more easily speak with mission bases as
far south as metro Atlantaperhaps even a bit further south, based on some initial results.
Use of this new repeater will depend upon what kind of radio and antenna being used. It is essential to use a good
quality antenna with low-loss coax. VHF is line of sight, and doesnt do well down low. The new repeater is on
top of a mountain in an old US Forest Service fire watch tower and can not be reached using a hand-held radio
inside a building.
The repeater is extremely powerful and reaches into North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It has already
been used and found to be successfully operational north of Chattanooga by The Tennessee Director of
Communications and in Newnan by the GAWG Director of Communications. That coverage is extremely
impressive.
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FAIR IS FAIR
Conflicting Values and How to Reconcile those Conflicts
The Character Development session on
Thursday, 28 July began with an uproar. Most of the
Cadets were astonished to hear C/1Lt Hicks yelling at C/
CMSgt Carpenter for coming into the room late. She said
that his late appearance caused a disturbance in the
ongoing lesson. When the Cadets in the room were asked
what they thought about the conflict, they said that they
were rather surprised at C/1Lt Hicks response to C/CMSgt
Carpenter. Grinning from ear to ear, C/1Lt Hicks
explained that the conflict between her and C/CMSgt
Carpenter was a set-up to get everyone ready to talk about
conflicts and how to solve themthe Character
Development lesson for the evening.
C/1Lt Hicks explained that the Case Study was
about a high school senior named Mike who had just been
accepted to a college that has an Air Force ROTC program.
Mike is told by the college recruiter that if he earns the
Spaatz Award prior to the Fall, he will be able to fast track
his ROTC classes and be advanced into the junior year
ROTC classes upon entry into the college. The Spaatz
Award would allow Mike to be in a leadership role by his
Sophomore year, advance his Air Force career, and save
him several hundred dollars in tuition. These possible
benefits caused Mike to study hard in preparation for the
Spaatz Exam.
Mike had been in CAP for five years and had
served in most of the leadership positions in the Squadron,
including Cadet Commander.
However, during the past
year, Mike had been working a lot of hours at his afterschool job to earn money for school. His busy work
schedule meant that he was only able to attend CAP
meetings about once a month, and he hadnt been able to
attend any other Unit, Group, or Wing activities.
Mikes Squadron has a strict promotion policy.
Cadets must attend 75% of Unit meetings and 50% of Unit
activities in order to promote. In Mikes case, he had
promoted one time in the past 12 months to Cadet
Lieutenant Colonel.
C/1Lt Hicks
LEADERSHIP
The ability to guide and direct the actions of others so as to gain their willing cooperation in doing a job,
sometimes a job that they neither want to do nor know how to do.
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(ow required of all CAP members: Intro to CAP Safety for (ew Members.
www.gocivilairpatrol.com/members/e-services/CAP Utilities/Online Safety Education.
Then...Monthly Safety BriefingAt the Squadron or Online. Online, there is a test at the end of each briefing.
https://www.capnhq.gov//CAP.SafetyBriefingApp.Web/SafetyBriefingOnline.aspx
Equal Opportunity Training
https://tests.cap.af.mil/EO_Training/Index.cfm
There is an Agreement Statement at the end of the presentation.
Operation Risk Management (Safety Courses)
http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/safety/safety_training/orm_training.cfm
There are three levels of training. The Basic Course is required. You may study all levels if
you wish. There is a test at the end of each course. The tests are open book so you may want to
download the PDF format for reference during the test.
Aircraft Ground HandlingThere is a test at the end of the video.
https://www.capnhq.gov/CAP.MultiMedia.Web/Video.aspx
Wingrunner Course
Before attending a glider flight, Cadets and Staff must complete a Wingrunner Course.
The online course and exam is at: http://www.soaringsafety.org/school/wingrunner/toc.htm
Step by step instructions to upload your photo for use on official CAP items are as follows:
1. Go to http://www.capnhq.gov/ Login to eServices
2. Inside eServices click on CAP Photo Upload under CAP Utilities.
3. Click the "Browse" button and go to where the picture file is located on your computer.
4. Double click the picture file and click the "Continue to Crop" button.
5. Resize and drag the box to highlight your head and shoulders. (This will be the portion that is saved for
your photo) Click Crop Photo. Make sure you are satisfied with your new CAP photo. It will then be
submitted to your unit commander for validation.
To order your BLUES Go to www.capmembers.com/ and sign into Eservices. Go to Cadet Uniform Admin and
open it. (Or go http://www.facebook.com/l/0d821BJQ1bbkwFwS-qZtKtOI-IA;www.capmembers.com.Eservices. Sign in.
The Left hand column has 'Cadet Uniforms'. Open that and have someone measure you for sizes. The
Blues are FREE. You'll need to order a name badge (last name only) and a cap 'device' off Vanguard.
Use this code to save 10%. vg2011news01. You can buy some black dress shoes at Wal-Mart that will
work fine. They say allow 8-12 weeks for delivery
(ew CAP eService Module Where Do I Start?: A new module was recently added at the bottom of the left
window in eServices. The title is Where Do I Start? It provides helpful information about becoming pilots/
aircrews, ground team members, on professional development, duty promotions and includes many helpful
links. To access CAP eServices visit https://www.capnhq.gov/
Where can new Cadets go for basic information to get started in CAP?
http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/cadet_programs/new_cadet_help/index.cfm
What resource can new Senior Members consult for information about getting started in CAP?
Consult CAPs Great Start Guide for Adults http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/
Great_Start_Guide__lores__cropped_E4FAFED36450E.pdf
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"Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit
organization with more than 61,000 members nationwide. CAP, in its Air
Force auxiliary role, performs 95 percent of continental U.S. inland search
and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 72 lives in fiscal year 2009.
Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counterdrug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The
members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors
to more than 26,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet
programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for 70 years."
The CAP Motto (Semper Vigilans-Always Vigilant) reflects the ever-ready status of Civil Air Patrol.
It means every member, Cadet and Senior, must be prepared to respond effectively to any situation.
EDITOR
EDITOR--IN
IN--CHIEF
Dr. Ilana Mor
www.art4theheart.net
drilanamor@gmail.com
C# 770-891-8068
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