California Wing Receives "Excellent" Rating • ••

Approved Publiution of u lifornia Wing, Civil Air Palrol, Auxiliary o f I.he U.S. Air Force
California Wing Receives
"Excellent" Rating • ••
The California Wing, U.S. Air Force
Auxiliary. received an "excellent" mting from USAF evaluators headed by
LL Col. Raben lm1e, directOr of Operations, Pacific Liaison Region, for its
performance in the 1986 USAF sea rch
and rescue evaluation.
Imle said the wing demonstrated
"qualitative and quantitive emergency
services Rbility of significance to tho
State of California· ' especia lly Citing
the level of preparation and execution
of the mission.
Ho said the mission constituted an
"aggressive exercise" heav ily tasking
the wing's ES capabilitY_The mission,
designed by LL Col. Frank Burn ham,
wing chief of Mission Intelligence, lind
kept slr ictly confidential until p resent·
ed to the miss ion coo rdi nators and
their staffs, was built around "a number of real life circu mstances take n
from actual missions over a period of
sevaral years a nd combined intoa rea lIstic scenario: '
New developmenls, intelligence information. leads, etc .. we re injected
into we scenario on a realtime basis by
Burnha m acting as the M10 , APRCC,
DES, FAA and oilier cooperating age ncies.
Imle complimented the w ing all the
"scope and concept of this m ission'·
calling it "outstanding" and cited the
"spirit and willingness" of wing per·
sonnel in its prosecu tion.
He sa id he was impressed with the
emphasis placed on safety and found
ca lifornia CAP members "full y capable of satisfying State and national requi rements."
Lt. Col. Bett y Decker, d irector of
Emergency Services, added that "our
people did a great job:' but pointed out
that t here still Is room lor improve-
ment in some areas. For one thing, she
said , " we feU do wn on communicatio ns between bases a nd t his made it
difficult to execute the mission in a
timely manner.
She pointed out tha t ai rcrews still
need more lJ1Iining in field operations
and that communica tors need add itiona l traini ng in operationa l lechniq ues and co mmun icatio n5 d iscipline.
LL Col. Ernest Pearson, Wing Ch ief
of Staff. pointed om t hat one of the
communicatio ns d efic iencies r es ts
with inadequate equipme nt.
"We bave come to depend too heavily on VR F - line o f sight - communications and arc not up LOSpeed when
the occasion arises where we need reliab le long d istance radio capability.
While we do have some l'I F single sideband equipment most of it is able to opera te only in Lbe 4-5 megahertZ ba nd.
" To ope rate reliability in the HF
spectrurn,likethe military, we must be
a ble to shift frequencies up and down
the bands [rom tWO mega heru up to at
least 24 megahenz to adjust to propagation conditio ns which vary atdifTere nt times of the day and night_ We
have Air Force frequencies available
but we do nOt have the equipment."
Pea rson suggested tha t unit commanders place special emphasis on rec ruiting lice nsed amateurs into t he
program poi nting out t ha t these men
and women have both the equipment
and the expertise in opemting within
the HF bands.
"There are a lot of hams: ' he exp lained, " who are retired or incapacitated to the extent that they largely a re
restricted to their homes. Ma n y of
lhese men a nd women would be ha ppy
to put their expertise lind equipmen t to
Summer, 1986
worlt for the Air Force Auxiliary if
Lhey are invited to do so.
Some 226 wing members lOOk pa n
in the 1986 SAR evaluation including
121 airerew members operating 58 privatc ly-owneda nd 15 corporateaircraft
n ying nearly 20.000 a ir miles.
" All of the m a re [0 be co ngratu la ted : - declared Col. Donald Biondlch,
Cal ifornia Wing command er:' ISee
Comma nd Comment in this issue.) _
Chaplain Turpin
Resigns
After havi ng served as Cali fornia
Wing Chaplain for almoSlLbree years,
Cha pla in ILL Cnl.) calvin C. Turpi n has
resigned so that he could accept other
respo ns ibilities. He will be assisting
the Pacific Region Chaplain program.
Duri ng we time of Col. Turpin's admin ist r ation . the Ca liforn ia Wing
r ated No. One eac h yea r in the Natio na l CAP / MA P program. The Wing
also received an outsta nding rating at
each national inspection. In add ilion
to working countJess hours in the office, he traveled thousa nds of miles,
sent OUl thousands of pieces of mail,
counseled mll n y c haplains and CAP
me m bers ali ke , was cadet Encampment Cha plain . and served as spi.ritua!
and moral counselor 1.0 the wing com·
mander.
Col. Donli id M. Biondich, california
wing commander, ho nored Col. Turpin 's wo rk with the prestigious Commander 's Comm end ation Award in
recognition of his oU15ta nd.i ng duty
])Crformnnce. The award w as presen ted to cal by Brig. Gen. Roward Brookfie ld, past Nationol Commander, du ring the annual Cha plains' Conference
Banq ucL
Chap lain Turpin was Lhe ba nquet
speaker and ex pressed his apprecio
tion for California Wi ng m embers'
sup pon while he was wing chaplain.
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COMMAND COMMENT
by Col. Donald M . B l ondJcb , CAP
Cslifornia Wing Commander
COL. DONALD M. BIONDICB
caHfornia Wing Commander
J am surl! it is no secret thal commanding an organization like the california Wing is no picnic. Obviously. it
requires 8 lot of hard work involving
many hours. But. juSt like each and
everyone of you - the Individual
members who work tOgether to accomplish ou r goa ls - I am involved because I am persona lly motivated to
make a contributio n to society. And,
like you, I choose to make that coombution within !.he framework of aviation.
You will agree, that much of our motivation comes from the persofl81 satisfaction we derive from being able to
make our contribution as memben of
the U.S. Air Force AX uiliary. Thalassociation in which we take special pride
also imposes on each of us special responsibilities.
Primary among these is !.he necessity thal whatever we do, we conduct
ourselves in such a manner as to bring
credit on our parent service . That
brings me to the real subject of this
Command CommenL
There is no member of this w ing
who is not aware of my constant concern with our appea rance, our individual conduct and the manner in
which we perform when wearing the
Air Force uniform. There is no Lime
wh en my concern is greate r than
when senior Air Force officers take to
the field to evaluate our ability to perform in the emcrgency services mode.
Th e 1986 USA F eva luat ion of our
search and resc ue capabilhy held in
April aL three bases - Ria lto, Bakers·
field and Concord - and coveri ng the
length and breadth of the SUIte was one
of those urnes of acu te concern.
It is with great pleasure that I leU
you now t hat the m en a nd women,
nearly 350 of them, who participated
in thaLactiv it}, did us all proud.
As I visiwd the bases, I found them
looking sharp and performing professionally. Those in flight gear, as well as
those who, by vinue of thei r assignment on the base, wore the field uni·
form or the appropriate Class A combination looked superb.
It probably is somewhat unfortunale that when representatives of outside sgencies as well as the public look
at us their perception of our professional capability often is colored by
our appearance. That couldn't have
happened at the SAR eva luation .
We no t only per fo rmed profes·
sionally - we recflivcd on '·Excellent"
rating from the eva luators - but we
also looked the part. Never have I been
so convinced that we, in California,
are really gelting our act together.
To one and a ll who took part in the
SAR eva luation , a resounding Well
Done.
For the rest of our members, these
men and wo ma n have established an
example for all of us to follow.
•
Earthquake
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By 2nd Lt. J~ckie Murphy
South Bay Sen ior Squad r on 129
members recently auended an earthqua ke p reparedness course by Susa n
Butler of the Redondo Beach Police DepartmcnL
Upon our arriva l, Susa n Butler
greeLed us and proceeded to give us It
tour or the police statiOIl . We were in·
u-oduced to SgL John Nelson who ex·
plalned bow the police station was
run. He also ta lked about the police reserve . Then we met another oUicer
and his dog. Alex, a Germa n shepa rd.
His ha nd ler just recently return ed
from Germany where he underwe nt
adva nced canine training.
Susan Butler showed us her office
and showed us where the emergency
reserve food , water and other supplies
were kepL
The most fascinatil18 place was the
comm un icatio ns room where Lbree
sw itchboa rd o perators answer a ll
kinds of calls. They were very professional, courteous and efficient. We also
observed what happens when some·
one dials 911 . The computer takesovcr
and shows Stree l addresses , c ross
streets, if needed, and speeds up the
process so the person in distreSS does
not have to wait unnecessar ily.
Allendees of t h is interesting lour
were: 1st Lt. Gary Brenner, Maj . George
Ortegu, Maj . Gary Be ida , Lt. Col.
Roben Lay, 1st Lt. Frances Lay, ca pt.
Don Gaede, R. B. An de rsen , Capt.
Robert Kobel, Lt. Col. Dave Galas, 2nd
Lt. Go rdon Hughes, 2nd Lt. Richard
Ross, Pal Montague, CaPL Hal Loomis,
2nd Lt, Lyn Alford. Mrs. Sara Alford ,
2nd Ll. BUI Dea.n a nd 2nd Lt. Jackie
Murphy.
The squadron hopes to have more of
these kinds oractivities in the fu ture.
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CAP Lends Assistance During
California's Storms and Floods
By Maj. HilI S toner
West Bay Com posite Squadron 192
of the Civil Air Patrol doesn't confine
all the energies of its volunteers to air
seB.rch a nd rescue. There a re times,
like during the severe $lorms hitting
the Bay Area and most of ca lifo rnia
the wee kend follow ing Valen ti ne 's
Da y, when CAP's resources of person·
nel, ve hicles and r ad ios. are pressed
in to se rv ice t o ass is t th e a lrcady
su-a ined communi ty agencies busy responding 1.0 emergencies. Through c0ord ination with california's Om ee of
Emergency Ser vices , t he San Mateo
Disaster Office requesled assisLance
from CAP and set up 8 base st8uon for
the ir Mission Coordina tor. Ll. Col.
Fred Neuell at their Disaster Office.
Since CA P has its own radio network and members. their own radio
eq u ipped trucks and CAP vehicles.
these volun teers were dispatched the
night or Feb. 17 to perform various sur·
veillance a nd u a nsport duties at lhe
request of Cou nty Emergency Opcra
Lions Control officers Kent Pux Lon and
Robert Fields.
Sq uad ron 192 members Hal ca rter,
Hal Stone r, Den nis Qua de a nd Kirk
Brookbush spent the night deli vering
sandbags and assessing conditions or
swollen a nd debris clogged Sa n Francisq uitO Cree k rampag ing t h rough
Me nlo Park and Pa lo AllO_ I n years
past, this crook and its man y consuieting bridgcs has been the cause or flash
nooding a nd much propen y damage,
particularly w he n cou pl ed with the
bay ' s higb lides . For t un a te ly this
night, the tim ing of tide. rainra ll and
r unorr did not com bine to inun date
this part or lhe Coun ty, but it was being
watched very closely.
By a nd large. San Mateo County
seems to have fa ired much better tha n
its ne ighbo ring counties around the
Bay. but it's nOt to say it wasn 't prepared to meet the challenge or lhe elements.
•
The recent storms and
trag ic floods in
North ern California's
S a cramento Valley left
many h01neless in a
matte r of minutes .
•
Near Ma rysvill e a nd Beale AFB is
lhe little tow n or Linda, de\'astated by
a rour fOOL wall or water as the dike
holdiJlg back the Yuba Rive r burstduring the height or this severe February
storm. Severa l thousand reside n ts
w ere hasti ly evacuated in the m iddle
or that mjserable night to fi nd haven at
nea rby Beale AFB, The Air Force had
quickly reacted to th is di re civil disaster and hospitably opened ilS galeS to
the evacuees.
Tow nspeop le had been fo rced to
leave in such haste aga inst the rising
flood Lhm countless scores had nothing
but tho clothes on their backs. The rollowi ng d ay, the Red Cross, CAP and
many other age ncies responded to the
call fo. help and rour to fi ve thousand
ho meless ramilies round refuge. food,
wa r mt h . s he lte r a nd compass ion in
the ma n y rac il it ies at Lhis huge Air
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Several hund red m iles awa y, in 8 n
a rea not affected by floods, West Bay
Composite Squad ro n 192 was pressed
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into service by I.be Colifornia Wing
Emergency Services Officer, CopL Jan
Ostrat. to assist Squadron 22 of Travis
AYB in delivering 125 sleeping bags to
flood victims housed in Lhe Beale AFB
gymnasium.
The twO CAP vsns rendezvoused at
Travis , quickly loaded up. alld p roceeded to Beale, another 85 miles
away. The crews, comprised of Maj.
Lawson a nd CoPL Alden of Squadron
22 and Maj. Hal Stoner and 1st Lt. Hal
Cancr of Squadron 192, hod to take
many detours and back roads to finally
reach their dest ination as ncarly a ll
major highways to the soulh a nd west
of Beale had sections flooded and were
impassable.
Thanks to CAP radios, the vans were
aCLUally "talked" into Bea le by Eagle
326 Mobile. operated by Ma rk Schmiu
from Beale CAP who knew all the back
roads from memory.
On arriva l. as dark.ness was falling.
the bedding was quicJdy off·loaded by
waiting Air Fol'"Ce and CAP personnel.
The gesture of providing this available
bedding seemed small as compared to
the overall dfonof caring for so ma ny
thousa nds of dis pl aced families, but
we could tell Crom th e weary and bew ildered eyes oCthe recipients tha t our
sleeping bags were sincerely a ppreci·
awd.
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Aerospace
Education
Program
By
M~j.
jo"n
Em~rson
During this yea r. it is my goal to see
aerospace education given major cons ideration th roughout the Wing. I
strong ly believe in t h e necess ity of
aerospace education Cor aU CAP per ·
SOllnel and for the general public as
well . I would like to see Califo rnia
Wing develop a program that places an
e mp hasis on ae rospace education as
well 8S on emergency services and the
cadet program.
Seve ral Sle ps have a lrea dy bec n
la.ken towiUd this cnd . All cadet an d
composite squadrons in the Wi ng have
been enrolled in the Young Astronaut
Program. It is our hope that all uni ts
will incorporate the educational male·
r ials they will be receiving into their
aeros pace education prog ram. Afl.er
this yea r, it will be up to each indivi dua l squadron to maintain thei r
me mbership in Youn g Astro na uts we strongly urge you to do so as this exciting program will be a deftnite asset
1O your aerospace education program.
We have re-designed the unit qua rterly repon form land devised one specifically Cor Group Aerospace Educa·
t ion Officersl. T his will give Wing a
clea rer understand ing o f your ae rospace education programs a n d will
also help us 1O ensure tha t all ae rospace
a reas i.n CAP- MAP are fully covered.
Additiona ll y, we have devised a cadet
Orientation Flight Report form that
will help ensure that California Wing
rece i ves CA P- MAP c r edit for all
n ights. Wea re also preparing a California Wi ng su pplement to CAP Regulalion 280·2 IAerospace Ed ucation! tha t
will hclp set up a more defined and
standardized program throughoul the
Wing.
I would Like to hear fro m you if you
have difficulties with your aerospace
education program. Let us know what
you nced and w e will make every
effort 1O assisl you in developing a suc·
cessful program .
•
If we all support each
other, then aerospace
education will thrive
throughout the Wing
and we will all benefit.
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While it is true that we are volunteers offering our specia l expen..ise in
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Over the years, especia lly in Califor·
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and women who ca n and w ill perform
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There isanold saying that when you
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and done correctly look fo r a busy per·
son. There also is the fact that by Lhelr
very nature the men and women who
voluntee r a.nd tra in to perform specialized functions in search and rescue
a nd d isaster r elie f o pe rations more
often than nOt a re lhe same ones who
volunteer their service to other organizations - mountain rescue teams, law
e nforcement reserves, t he Slate m ili·
tary reserve, the Red Cross, Civil Defense Agencies, etc,
T herein lies lhe growing problem.
Too often in recent month s have
members who have special expe:nise
in special areas found themselves overcommitted when it came time to make
themselves available for a mission actual as well as tra ining. The result
has been that lhe mission coordinator
found he/she didn 't ha ve the person·
nel to do the job or that unaccepta ble
delays were involved before the necessary specialists were available.
T his lack of a ca pability or delay
could well jeopardize the lives of individ uals whose safety depends on our
quick and professional performance.
It also damages our rep utation with
the Air Force, the California Office of
Emergency Se rv ices, othe r agencies
with whom we cooperaleand w ith the
public a t large. II the confidence of
these agencies in CAP is undermined,
we can expect that the fi nancial a nd
ma teria l support many of them p rovide may be withdrawn.
The bOllom li ne is t ha l each and
every member of the wing - and espec ially those with ES specialities n eed examine the v arious commit·
me nts they have made a nd esta blish
priorities. after assessing thei.r ind ividual desires and motivations. they
find that commitments mad e to anot her organization take priority over
those made to CAP, they should make
this fact k.nown through ES cha nnels.
T his way ind iv idu als who ma ke
CAP their fi rst ES p r ior ity commitment can be identified w h ile others
can be depend ed upo n to make themselves available whe n a nd if they are
not involved elsewhe re.
Unfo n unately fo r those who would
like to pick and choose when or when
not 10 res pond to a call to duty, the very
fact the Califor nia Wing has achieved
a rep utation fo r professionalism has
severely limited our latitude to ma ke
that choice_
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u:
Letter
(EdilOr's Note: CAP doesn't often get
thanked for fi nding and shutting down
an ELT. Usually it is the othe r way
aro und, ow ners are u n h appy wi th
their ELTs. with themselves and with
those who get them out of bed in the
midd le of the nlghL
Th erefore , Capt . Mike McDonald ,
Wing Ground Operations Officer, was
glad to receive the following a nd asked
that it be shar ed.!
5 February 1986
Dear CspL McDonald:
I would like to thank you fo r your
res ponse to my ELT being set off
accidentally at Pauma Va lley on
Frida y, January 24, 1986. It gives me
a great feeli ng that in the event of a
reai acciden t that your help would be
there.
I realize that there was a lot of
work effon on your pan in my behalf
so I want you to know of my
appreciation. Than ks.
Yours truly,
s Is Fred Reynolds
President
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The Time
Has Come
By Lt. Col. C. C. Turpin
Cali fornia Wing Ch"p/"in
Rece ntly, J read the Biblical stalement t hat, "To everything there is a
season, a.nd a time to every purpose UDde r the heaven ... " (Ecclesiastes 3:11.
I have come to realize again that the
old words a re still new and applica ble.
Fo r you see, some three yea rs ago I
ca me to believe deeply that God wanted me to serve you as California Wing
Chaplain. The time had come when we
could serve together in a most wonhy
ca use. So serve we have and well.
Now, the time a nd season has come
for me to move on and serve in yel an·
other capacity. 1 go with a sense that it
is the will of God; although, I think I
am leaving the fi nest position in the
entire CAP chaplaincy program. I go
because I have been told there is a real
service I should perform elsewhere.
I feel good ahout our accomplishments du ri ng the time I ....'85 at Wi ng.
We finished first each year in the National CAP-MAP program . Our program was ra ted Outstan di ng at each
Nationallnspection. I believe we have
had the fjnest program in all of the
CAP_This was possible because we all
worked together to make it so.
I shall miss my close contaCt with
you. However, I shall not be far away.
I 'm only moving up to the Pacific Regio n staff. I shall li kely be fo un d a t
most events just as in the past. I'll just
be there in a di ffe rent ca pacity. For
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it. You make my life fu ller and more
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I mUSt take this oppo r t unity to
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support I have k nown. I t ha nk commanders a nd chaplains a like fo r your
assistance, courtesy a nd good will. You
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Bear Facts
Continues to
Grow
By Mllj. lMr biWI A~J5
BeJJr Fsctscontinues LO g row. It is up
to more than 50 pages. That growth
now is presentin g a major proble m. We
m ust have more material. more photo-
graphs. etc., even though readen alread y have noticed Wl it COn tains a
signiJica.nt amount of material taken
from publications of other wings, Air
Force a nd FAA sources, and from other
aviation pUblications.
In one way this is good . It provides
readers with interesting and pertinent
Information generated outside california.
The editors, however, are aware of
newswonhy CAP activities within our
wing wh ich are imponant and should
be shared with other units throughout
the state.
In short, there are a lot of things
going on fo r which the individual CAP
members and their units deserve rec·
ognition. There are accomplishments
which should be brough t to the attention of the many people outsid e CAP
who see and read Bear Facts. There is
impo rtan t infor mation. which if it is
m ade available to the editor of Besr
Fa clS. ce rtainly should ta.ke precedence for the space now being devoted
to mate rial w hich does nO t directly
concern this wing.
Usually an organization publication
is sized based on the amount of material available. Not so with BeaT Facts!
The size of our publications mUSt be
based on the publisher obtaining sufficient advenising revenues to meet the
cos ts of mai ntai ning distribu tion to
more than 5.500 members and su p'
porters. That presents quite a differe nt
problem than supporting a distribu·
tion of a few hundred members as is
the case of the other wings w hleh our
publisher supports.
It also should be of concern to every
member of California Wing t hat the
publica tion provides a great dea l of
mone y that goes to help defray the cost
of many services provided by wi ng
hea dquarters for the entire member·
ship. The larger the publication . the
more advertising. the more dollars for
california Wing.
Thus. th ere are twO good reasons
why we cannot JUSt cut down the size
of the publication to match the maL&rial provided by the squadrons, groups
and wing headquane rs . If this were
done, not only would the wing be 1005'
ing valuable financial suppon, but the
pu blisher eould n o longer affor d to
prin t and dis tribute iL
That brings us to the real problem not nearly e nough mate ria l is being
generated by the squadrons, groups
and w ing staff sections. The editor and
other m embers of the wing PA shop
who assist a lready are putting in ap·
proximate l}' 75 man hours per issue
just collecting. editing and preparing
the mate rial we do receive for the publisher.
And. this has included many hours
sca.nning unit new s letters for a ppropriate material a n d re-writing it for
Bear Facts. This cannOt. In fact, will
not continue. Un it PAOs and commanders m ust begin providing greater suppon in the fo rm of material prepared
especially for Bear FactS.
Material must be typewritten. double spaced . on one side of the paper
only. Photogra phs must be clear and
distinCL Black and white is preferable
but color prin LS are acceptable IF they
are especially sha rp and especially
newswonhy. We d o not have to have
8xlO or even 5x7 p rints. We can work
with prints down to 3x5, but no smaller. Photos must be a ccom pan ied hy
captions.
The copy dead lines - the Lime all
material must be in the hands of the
editor are:
Spring Issue - February I: Summer
Issue - May I; Falllssue - August I:
and Winte r Issue - November 1.
Material should be ma iled so as to
arrive in the editor's hands by these
d eadline dates. Ma il to: Maj. Barbara
Abels,4023 176th Street. Torra nce. CA
90504.
If there a re questions about submjt·
ti n g mate ri al Maj . Abe ls ca n b e
reached a t 1213\ 37 1-3670 evenings.
Monday th rough Friday only. Other wise yo u can call LL Col. Frank Burnham at (714) 780-2873.
In a rece nt letter to all unit commanders. Wing Commander Col. Donald
Biond ich directed tha t " at least one
newsworthy ite m from each uni t
newsletter be prepa red separately (in
accordance with t he i n st ru ctions
abovel and subm itLed to Bear Facts.
On the subject of news letters, Col.
Biondich has created an annual award
- $200 cash - for the un itpublishing
the " best newsleu.er." To be included
in t.bejudging which will be conducted
by Col. Henry CovingtOn. wing di rector of Public Affairs, and his Staff. unit
newsletters must be sent to M<\i. Abels,
chief of 10ternal I nformation , as they
are published. Also it must be pointed
out that for california Wing to get credit in CAP-MA P for t he ne ws letters,
each must be mailed to Headquarters
CAP/ USAF Atte ntion: PA .
If the unit Public Affairs officer
does noth ing else, he / she ca n do no
bette r than publish a good, unit newsletter on a regular basis.
The newsletter. if it is clean. attractive a nd well do ne and if it is distributed outside the unit to community
officia ls, businessmen , aviation / airpo n gro ups , service clubs, c hurch
groups. etc.. isan effective means of inform ing t he public and gaining s uppon for your programs.
It also provides the means of establishing and maintaining a strong. uni t
espirit d'corps kee ping unit members
up to speed on future a cLivit ies and
providing recognition to members for
successful conclusion of past activities.
It can be a great morale booster and
motivator.
It however. the newsletter is messy.
badly prin ted and generally unattrac·
tive a nd if it contains gossip, " in" jokes
and "bed mouths" the organization or
others. it nOt only fails to achieve these
objectives, but represents a detriment
to both the unit and the Civil Air Pa-
Lro!.
Fortuna tely, m051 unit newslellers
that come across the desk show the reo
suits of hard work and good intentions.
As an aid to im proving newsleu e r
quality in general . LL Col. Ed Crankshaw is preparing a detailed "how to"
brochure w ith informa tion on content,
printing. design. makeu p, etc.. fo r distribution to all unit PA's and commande rs . Target for completion and distribution coincides w ith the dates of
the 1986 california Wing Conference.
Those w ho publish good. even great
newsletters. are well aware of it but we
would like to extend an enthusiastic
pat on the back anyway.
Where the re is considerable room
from improvement. it should be ev ident to the editors who probably just
lack the experien ce and knowledge.
Let us help. Just contact the appropri·
ate member of the w ing PA slBff fo r
suggestions. advice and counsel .
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In Case Of
Emergency
By Milj. DAvid Rudilw;u
You are driving down the Santa Ana
freeway at 2 p,rn .. you r CAP radio sits
quietly under the dash. Suddenly, a car
on the other side oftha freeway loses a
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wheel and then comes cras hing into
lhe center divider. 'Iou manuever your
ca r to the shoulder and see that there
are people irUured in the car. A fire is
staning. Others a re stopping, someone
runs out with a Ore extinguisher. 'Iou
decide that someone ought to call for
help. You reach fo r the microphone of
your CAP radio. What do you do next?
This is the point where many CAP
members have trouble. We could talk
for quite a while about what not to do.
Let's instead look at what you should
do.
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The first thing is to
remain calm. This is
the most difficult, even
for those experienced
in handling
emergencies. Take a
deep breath and plan
what you are going to
say on the radio.
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Before you transmit, determ ine:
I. Where exactly is tho accident or
in cident? What road or free way is it
on? What is t he neares t offram p or
bridge or cross street? Is it northbound
or southbound? Is it in the center di·
vider or on the shoulder or are several
lanes involved? What city are you in?
2. What is the problem? Are there
injuries? [s t he re a fire or c hemical
spill ? Figure out what you are goirg to
say has happened.
J . Determine what assistance you
think is needed. This will help the per+
son taking your radio traffic to direct
assistance to you. You w ill always need
the CBP or police (for accidents on a
city street!. Do you need the nre deparunent o r paramedics? If you are
not completely fam iliar w ith the kind
of response you will gel from the agen·
cies responsible fo r the incident you
have, do not get over specific in your
request for assistance.
If you have had a chance to check
out the situation, advise what you have
found . How many injuries - h ow
many critical, serious and / or minor.
Also. be prepared to advise a r a oy SJ)ecial circumstances such as chemicals
spilled or involved, power lines down,
"".Now that you have figured out wha t
to say, the next thing you must do is to
communicate to someone who ca n gel
you assistance. You must make contact
with a telephone o r someone with ra·
dio capability to reach the proper au·
thoriues. You will want to contact a
nxed station in the area of your inci·
dent to minim ize the difficulty in con·
tacting the proper authorities .
Use an initia l message fonna t similar to this:
" T his is E8gle 288 Mobile with
em erge ncy tra ffi c in the Santa Fc
Sp rings area." Use the primary repeat·
er fo r the area in which your incident
is located. This first sentence alerts all
stations that you have a n emergency
and where that emergency is.
The next senten.ce should be something like: " Any stalion with landline
capability please respond ." This senLence should bring you the reply of a
station a ble to assist in relaying your
emergency infor mation to the proper
authorities.
when you arc answered, carefully
relay your information to the responding station. Have the operator make
tb.e necessary calls to lhe esp, elC.
Make sure that we answering sLOtion
gets your infonnalion correctly. AsimpIe mistake could delay the arrival of
emergency assistance.
Fix ed stations taking eme rgency
calls also havea very impon.antjob. As
a fix ed station, you must be sure you
can assist before you answer. Lf you are
not in the area, standby in case the
ca lling station is unable to COOlact a
closer station. If you do nOt have a tele-phone orolher direct mea ns or obta in·
ing assistance, do not even come on the
air. You will only make it more difficult fo r a n aSSisti ng station to get
through.
Take down the calling stations infor·
mation carefull y. 'iou may not be able
to contact the unit again since he may
be involved in providing emergency
assistance. If the incide nt is on t he
freeway, you only Deed LO call the CSP
and give a com plete bri efing. Th ey
w ill respond a ll additiona l resources.
If you do nOt know t.be direct phone
number for the CHP, you ca n ca ll
Zenith 1-2000 through the operato r.
For in cide nts i nvolving injuries,
chemica l spills or fi res orrthe freeway,
contact lhe proper fire depanment for
the area. The rlIl! department will reo
spe nd the police. If you do not know
the correct fire depanment. call the
county fire depanment fo r the incident's location.
If you do nOl know w hich county,
contaCt your county fire depanmenL
Avoid calling 91 1 unless the incident is
i n your city or you live in an area
served by the coumy Hre department
a nd the incidentalso is in your county.
The 911 system is not well suited to relays of information for other a reas.
'Iou could experience long delays if finally reaching the correct agency.
When you make co ntact with the
correct emergency agency, ide ntify
yourself as a member of the Civ il Air
Patrol and that you Bre relay ing informalion from one of your units in the
field. Maintain a professional attitude
when deali ng with eme rgency agen·
des. If you do, they will trea Lyou as
another professional and not J USt a
member of the public. Give your information slowly an d correctly. They
may ask you to re-contact the unit at
the scene fo r additional infor mation.
Assist in any way you can .
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Both the CAP unit at
the scene and the one
relaying may mean the
difference between life
or death for someone
injured in an accident.
Do not assume that
someone else has or
will call for assistance.
Your assistance ma y
very well make the
difference.
Young Astronaut
Pr ogram
california Wing has enrolled every
cadet a nd composite squadron into the
'Ioung ASlrOnaut Progr am. This pro·
gra m is designed to develop inter est
a nd sk.ills in science, math and technologica.1subjects revolving around the
U.S. Space Program.
Learning packets, a newsletter. and
hands-on activities such as rocket competition are j ust a few of the exciting
opponunitics that will be available to
California Wing cadets .
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Staff College
Once again. after an absence of several years, the Pacific Regi on Staff College will be held in Oregon Wing.
Even those members that have been
through a Staff College several years
ago shou ld consider ta.king it again .
Over the years t he cu rriculum has
been and is being changed LO include
more r elev8n l lopics a pplicable nOl
only to our management of the CAP
missions and programs bm also to our
everyday lives a nd j obs.
Corporate
Learning Course
By 15t Lt. Wi/J""m R. veSen ..
More !.han 50 members of Northern
California 's squadrons and groups attended the Corporate Learning Course
held at McClellan Air Force Base.
Personnel began to arrive and check
in 81 1he billeting omee on Friday
night. The quarters a nd messing facili-
ties are the best t hat many senior
members had had the pleasure to use,
being both modem a nd clean.
The s lafC at this schoo l included
Project Officer Dale Miller, who is an
active du ty member of the USAF ParaRescue UniL
Three senior members of Pacifica
cadet Squadron One auended. They
were: Squadron Commander Maj. Don·
na Starr, Chaplain Michael E. 'rachel
and 1st Lt. William R. DeSena.
After the first day of se minars . there
was a dinner forthe staff and students
held at the Base Offlcers Cl ub. Following the di n.ner. many of the se niors
went LO the Red Lio n l nn for a live
band and dancing.
Classes resumed on Sunday morning
with Chaplain Tachetgeuing things off
to a good sta n with his presentation on
!.he duties and responsibilities of Civil
Air PatrOl Chaplains.
Maj . Starr d elivered a very enter taining and infonnative lecture on the
position of Public Affairs Officer later
in the day. lAs a result of Maj. SUUT'S
inspiring talk , this anicle is the firs t
written by her new assistant Public Affairs Officer, 1st Lt. DeSena.)
Everyone seemed to have a rewarding time at the course and. along with
fulfilling their Level HI requirement.
all who attended had a good time a nd
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made many new fri ends.
The 1986 Staff College promises LO
be the best, most exciting Sl8iT College
ever held in Pacific Region. It w ill definitely be an experience that you w ill
long remember and cherish.
Because the Staff College does cost
time and money. NOW is the time to
start budgeting for your attendance.
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The Region Staff
o,llege is a very
exciting, fun program
and should be taken by
all Civil Air Patrol senior members reg ardless
of how long they've
been a member or
regardless of their
rank or assignment in
CAP.
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All members need to plan their arriva.1on the University of Oregon campus for Saturday, 19 July 1986 prior to
1300 hours local. Departure should be
pla nned for Saturday, 26 July 1986
after 1400 hours.
For those members planning to arrive by private or commercial aircraft.
t rans portatio n will be provid ed be·
tween Mahion Sweet tEU8e ne) airpon
and the camp us. Communications
posts will he established at the airpon
te rminal building, the CAP building at
the south end of t he ai rport and on
campus. Contact ca n be made on VlIF
FM simplex (148. 150 MHz) or through
lhe Eugene repeater 1143.900 / 148.150
MHz using a sub-audible LOne of 100.0
HzJ.
All stud ents and sta ff shou ld seriously consider staying on campus
since the college is a very shan one
week and entails concentrated studies
and develo p ment of comradeship
amoungst panicipants. However, recognizing that some participantS absolutely will not be able to live directly
on campus. special rate packages for
meals have been developed to accommodate those few that will be residing
elsewher e.
Advance regisuation is required.
Submit a completed CAP Form 171with
registration fees) showing the 1986 Pacific Region Sl8iT College; University
of Oregon IEugene, Oregon]; 19-26 July
1986 as the activity you ar e ap plying
for. Se nd your a pplication wough
channels to Wing Headquarters a llowing enough time for processing and
ma iling to Region prior LO established
deadlines.
Registration d eadlines a r e I May
1986, cost $30.00. After I May and not
laterlhan 1July 1986. cost$35.00. Registration fees include all student materials and the Friday night Dining Out
banquet_ No registrations can be accepted after 1 July 1986.
Other COSts you need LO begin budgeting for ar e: 111 Billeting will be on
campus with check ·in Saturday, 19
July and check-out Saturday. 26 J uly.
Costs for billeting are S87.15 per person (two LO a room] or $127.40 per person lo ne to a room!. (2) Complete meal
services beginning with dinner on the
19th and ending with lunch on the
26th. Costs fo r the complete meal ser·
vice package is S84.45 per person.
For those panicipants not staying on
campus and nOt needing the complete
meal package a special package consisting of breakfasts only OR lunches
on ly OR dinners only OR other combination can be arranged if (and only
in your specific needs a re requested in
advance tnot later than I July 19861.
All costs for billeting and meal service
are payable upon arrival and check·in
19 July.
A studen t package providing information aboulthe University of Oregon ,
the Eugene area, information regarding upper division college credits, and
the various FAA! ATC/ toWer a nd CAP
frequencies in use will be sent to all
who register. The earlier you register.
t he better the college planning staff
ca n respond to you r needs.
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Should y ou have any
questions or concerns
about the Staff College
please contact
Maj. J im Schmitt
(503) 649-6376
day/night or
Lt. 0,1. Roberta Lantz
(707) 557-2335
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Begin your p lanning and budgeting
NOW fo r the best, most exciting Staff
College ever held in the Pacific Regionl
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Talent From
The Ranks
By LI. Col. Ed CrAnkshllw
T be Civil Ai r Pa trol un it com mander is in most ways no more nor
less a manager than the corporate executi ve or the mil itary commander.
U ke his or her coun terpan in business
or military management. it's in his
best inte rests to develop Lalcnt fro m
the ra nks.
It makes the unit look good .. . no,
n Ot JUSt that ... it a lso develops unit
pride and cohesiveness.
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Looking for potential
leaders is not the easy
task it would seem . . .
leadership potential is
not often found in the
expected.
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Leaders are seldom the screamers.
shauters or outwardly aggressive. The
persona lity type that makes it to the
lOp is, generally s peaking. going LO displaya m iddle-range tempera ment, and
a range of beha viors In dea ling with
people in different situations.
What constituteS leadership sty le or
talent? P ublic speak ing sk ill s often
mark the natural1eader. Not so ... the
good public speaker is j uSl that, a polished , accomplis hed , co mfortable
speaker.
Think of leadenhip not as a projec·
tion of your personality Oil the group,
but rather as a lailoring of your style
from an arsenal of skills w meet a particular need. Potential lea ders rise to
the occasion when they have to. They
might have tD lackle a problem or p roj ect that is uncomfortable. but the y
presevere until the job is well done.
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The best leader is the
person who can, when
called upon, take over a
situation as if he were
born to it ... and the
r est of the time remain
inconspicuously in the
background.
How do you spot t hat potential lead,,'Here are some key lJ1Iits to look for. Cadet Program
Initiat ive - Loo k for the action·
oriented '·do-e r." He doesn' t wa it fo r
someone else tD get the ball rolling . ..
be's curious (and conscientious) •.. he
wants to get things done 50 he can see
the results.
Problem-solving.lbilily - He an·
ticipateS problems before they occur
... and Stays with it till the problem is
solved. While he 's so lving the problem,
he does il creatively a nd w ith imagina'
tion. Too, he's not afra id to try a new
ap proach, or an u no-ied method.
Tho ugh tful and reflec ti ve attitude - He'sa thinker. He'll look at the
situation or problem from a variety of
vantage points rather than j ump at the
rU"St solutio n or ap proach that p resents
itself.
Flexibility - Not rigid in thinking:
if the task can be done properl y and efficiently a nother way, he'll shift gears
and go at iL
A practicaJ o utlook - A poLential
leader is not idealistic, nor a dreamer.
He Lends to work toward theaua ina ble
goal . He looks for the wor kable solution . . . and he's willing to ste p out
from the crowd a n d present a new
thought or concept.
Self aware ness - Leadership potential is very much an attitude of
being wining and a ble to look at self
objectively. Your polentialleader will
a nalyze his own performance, persona lily, and w illingly take constructive
cri ticism in order to improllC.
Persistence - Leaders don't watch
the clock. He' ll arrive early and stay
laLe in order to get t.bejob done prop·
erly.
Ent hus iOis m - B e acts, and is, excited abo ut what he does, and what he
achieve5. He takes pride in superv ising
a project and making it work.
The ilbility to sh are - The potential leader has no h esitation in using
the talents of the rest of the team to ac·
complish t he task , and; he willingly
shares t r he c redit with the tea.m ...
often pointing to the ir participation as
the reason for success, a nd minimizing
his own contribution _
That isn't aU there is tD iL BUl these
few key traits will make you r potential
leader stand Out from the crowd. Be on
t he look-out for these pointers when
you're looking over a prospective new
member. Watch your troops to spot
these hints of budding leadership, and
encourage those who show them. He
torshel can help you make the unit you
co mman d a smoothly ru nning, ready
and able learn . . . possibly a great o ne.
Conference
ThecaIifornia Wing 1986 C8det Program Conference, held at £1 Toro Marine Corps Air Station, had 282 attendees tha t included 250 cadets. Proj eCt
Officer ca pt. Glenn Wiggins, Wing Gad et Program Develo pme nt Office r .
p lanned the conference to fa miliarize
cadets with lhis year's Wing and National activities. It included seminars.
exchange of ideas a n d socia l opportunIties. A tou r of the Marine Air Stat ion included th e control towe r, FI 8
simulator and a close look a t the newest FIB Hornets on the flightline.
Win s Comma nder Co l. Don Biondich opened the confe rence w ith an
expression of pride in the cadets fo r
their ap pearance and enthusiasm. He
stresSed his continued inLerest in inc reased o ri entation fl ights a n d the
Wing glider program. Be encouraged
every cadet tD ta ke advantage oflhe excellent cadet encampments conducted
by the Wing.
At the banq uet in the Marine Corps
Air Slation Officers Club, Lt. Col. Ernie
Pearson, wing chief of st.aII. congratulated CaPL Gregory Cole and the Wing
Cadet Program offi ce stafT for lhe outsta ndi ng activities plan.ned. Wi ng
Commander comme nd ations were
prese nted to C/ TSgt. Neil Jo nas, We5t
Bay ComposiLe Squadron 192 , for\\,'Ork
on the Emergency Services COmputer
progra m at Wing h eadquarte rs and
Maj. James Wellever for panicipation
and cont inued support of Wing e ncam pment programs. The cadet Program Office awa rded plaques to: Lt.
Col. Angelo Porco. Commander . Los
Angeles Group 1, for outsta nding support of the Cadet Program a.nd to Lt.
Col. Ph illip Loper, USAF Lia ison Of·
ficer, for his grea t assistance to Cadet
activities.
ca pt. Dave Miller. USMC, EI Ta ro,
received. a miniature Marine sword ror
his support of the conference.
The conference closed with a military ball,
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National Soaring
School Sessions
Details of California \\ling's ambitious, new, communications p la n
have been disclosed by Lt. Col. Bryon
Brammer, Director of Com muni ca-
The CAP National Executive Committee has been given a nother boost to
the glider program by authori2lltion of
wee sessions fo r the Nationa l Soaring
School in Warren burg, Mo. on June
22·28. Jul y 6· 12 and July 20-26. School
atte ndance is limited and cadets must
have earned the Mit..chell Award.
In Southern california, gliders are
located at Los AlamitoS Reserve TnU.ni ng Center a nd Twe nt y-Nine Palms
Airpon. Squadrons may a rrange for
flights or traini ng b y conta cting Lt.
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tio ns, who pointed out that the plan is
pan of the twO and
fiv~yea r
programs
esl.8blished fo r the wing.
Brammer also said that the plan " requires the direct. monetary and lCChni-
cal support of Communications and
Emergency Services personnel within
California W ing.
This plan will outline the communications projects which have been approved for thecalendar year beginning
I Ja nuary 86.
App roved projectS include:
1. Sate llite earth stati on at Palos
Verdes repealer site.
2. 123. 1 linked to VBF-FM repeat-
.".3. 123.1 linked to VHF-FM repeater
a nd Santa Barbara COUnty Sheriff De-
panmenl.
4 . Mobile communications van .
5. Satellite earth Station 8t ML Tam
pending tests at P.V.
6. Sanla Barbara VHF -FM repeater
installed a nd operational.
7. Evaluation of current paging systom.
a. Beta testing of PACK.ET and CAPTOR I J uly through 1 SepL 86.
9_ RTTY conveners and teletypes
ISSUed to units I March 86.
10. Preliminary ROP card course issued to testing units I June 86.
II. CAWe fonn 100 r evised I July
86.
12. Co mmuni ca t ions h a n dbook
chapLer traffic in distribution 1 Sept.
86.
Il . Operation practi ces chapler in
d istribution J OCL 86.
14_ Complete evaluationsofSBtellite
communication I I Dec_ 86_
15. Com plete evaluations of PACKET and CAPTOR 31 Dec. 86.
16. New california Wing RO P test 1
July 86.
17. Participation i.n six Norad communications exercises.
18. Partici pation in two Night Tan·
go communications exercises_
19. Pa rticipa tion in Ope r a ti on
BrighLSta.r 86.
20. Two commu nications w orkshops aimed at the inexperienced communicators, one nOM and one south.
21. Upg rad e Santiago Pk repeater
!date not detenninedl.
22 . Upgrade Onyx PR repeaterldate
not determined!.
2l_ Upgrade Mt. Diablo repeate r
(da te not detennined l.
Some of these projcctS, a lthough approved . Brammer sa id . will no t be
com pleted.
Th is plan as submitlCd to the wing
comma nder represen ts a cap ital ouLiay
of approximately $9 1,000.00. Need less
to say the wing does not have the sort
of income to su pport these proj ects.
The plan has been altered toaccommodate the funds available for the 86-87
flscal year. All projectS which require
only small amounts of the wings' availa ble resources will or have been ac·
complished. Upgnding oflocal repea ter sites will be done on a n individual
basis. Older model equipment will be
purchased instead of new eq uipm ent
w hich will reduce the cost of the replacement repeaters and sti ll permit
upgrading all of the major repeaters to
the newer solid state equipme nL
"The cost of maintain ing state of the
an communications systems is expen·
sive," he points out. " In order for the
wing to contin ue to provide reliable
communications we need your hel p.
please send conlIibuuons to the California Wing Repealer Fund . Your conlIibution should be sent direcLly to california Wing Hea dqua.rters, Bldg . 9,
Coas t Guard Island , Alameda , CA
94501, Attn: AC. Please note that this
money is for the repeater fun d and it
will be set asid e Into a s pecia l accounL"
Should members have any questions
regarding communications please forward t he m through channe ls to the
Communications Section or attend one
of our users sections coming up later
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this year, he concluded.
Gift Of Sight
Thanks LOthe gift ofa Modesto girl',
eyes, th e Nonhern ca lifornia Transplant Bank a t Pacific's Medical Cen ter
and members of the Civil Air Patrol, a
man from Sacramento will be able to
continue a normal life with the restoratio n of his full vision_
II all stan:ed at 2:30 a.m. one morning when MI\l . Hal Stoner of West Bay
Composite Squadron 192 in San Mateo
was rolled out of bed by Civil Air Patrol Live Organ Transplant (CAP-LOTI,
Capt. Fred Nelson, to fly to Modesto
Airpon in the Sacrame nto Valley to
pick up the eyes of a sis:-year-old girl
w ho had just died. It was her parent's
wish to offer th is donation to the
Nonhern California Transplan t Bank ,
who at the time of this writing has a
w aiti ng 11st of 150 persons need ing
cornea l t ransp lants. Hal delivered
these precious eyes in t heir special
co ntai n e r later tha t morning to a
Transplant Ba nk courier at the Oakland Airpo rt.
Around three o'c1ock that a ftern oon,
an emergency call went out from a SacramentO hospital for a cornea needed
for a man unde rgoing a retina operation following an accidenL Again. CAP
pilots were alerted to transpon one of
the little girl's eyes to Sacramento EJ.:ecutive Airpon as fast as possible. It so
happened tha t 8 Squadron 192 c rew
was at that time engaged in ano ther
CAp·LOT mission of a less critica l nature, 50 the pilots - Maj . Ed Vreeland
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the eye containe r quickly to Sac ramento. Since the life of human tissue is
so cri t.lcal. a nd the patient 's operation
was on hold , speed is of the essence. It
was learned the next day that the operation was indeed a success and that the
patient had every possibility of having
his fun sight restored.
This mission was the first in which
Squadron 192 had participated, but it
was the 120th CA P-LOT mission since
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middle ear bone, cartilage, dura mater,
fascia lata, kidneys, blood a nd c hest
films. Through th is activity, many
lives have been saved, h ea ring and
Sight restored, new kidneys h ave replaced dialysis machines, and many
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Maj . Ge n . J ack L. Watk ins, commondor, 1St Stnllcgic Aerospace Divi-
sion, in a recent ceremony, presented
Civil Air Patrol CI Coi. T imOl.h y I. MortOn, the CA P Genera l Carl A. Spauu
Award.
Monon is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
calvin T. Mon on of 25 1 Forest Drive,
Golet8 , CA . Be is the form e r cadet
squadron commander of CAP's $a nLa
Barbara Composite Squadron 131.
In addition to holding II FAA comm ercial pilot mult ieng ine ai rplane
land certifi cate he is a lso I) ce rtified
flight instructor - illSlnImcnlS, a n a d-
wlllced instrumem ground instructor,
aerobutics flig ht instructor, glider pilot
and pnrnchule jumper.
Mon oll also was selected as the first
CAP cadet to ever serve as 8 wing
check pilot. He presently is assigned to
Cadet Squadron 3610catcd ill San Jose,
CA. He has bee n affilinted with the
Civil Ai r Patrol s ince Fe bruary 1980.
The prestigious Spaatz Award, highest auainable in Civil Air Patrol's com·
prehensive cadet program. alwa ys is
presented by an Ai r Force or CAP gene r a l orficer, b y all e lected Stale o r
federal officia l, or by a ca binet level
official.
The awa rd means tha t Cadet Monon
has completed aU Lhe requirements of
the cadet program. Cadets, who range
in agc from 13 1.(1 18, Study a ser ies of
courses in aviation and aerospace science·relau.o.d subjcct as part of the 11mgram ,
I n addhion. they altond annual en·
campments nnd pnnicipme in anum·
ber of special courses a nd progrnms,
includi ng inter nat io n a l trave l. At
t hese encampments and programs,
Lhey study survival and rescue tec h·
Bones To Pick
The body of eve ry organization is
made from four kinds of l)(m(!$ . ..
There a re the WIS HBONES. who
spend a ll Lheir time wishing someone
would do the wo rk.
Then ..nere are !.he JAW BONES who
do all the ta lking but very little else.
The KNU CKLEBONES who knock
everylhing anybody else tries to do.
And, but fortunately, every orga ni·
zation has some BACK BONES, who get
u nd er Lhe load and do moSt of the
wo rk!
- Squadro n 112's
newsletter, RECAP
M,,,',on (lert ) recei vinr Ge neral Carl A. Spaat'!;
Award rro m Maj. Ge n , J ac k L, Watk in s . co mm a nd e r, lst S trategic Ae roI p ace Di visio n.
n ique, ethical and leadership p rinciples, build self-co nfi dence. and learn
first hand of the career opponun ities
open in tbe av iation and aerospace
fie lds.
As cadets comp lew each phase of
the program, Lhey receive a n award
a nd a promotion . R aving completed
the entire program. C/Lt. Col. Monon
was promoted to C/ Col. Upon reaching
the age of 21 CI Col. Morton will lTansfer to CA P Senjor Member Sta tus with
the rank of Cap min.
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Civil Air Patrol is the
volunteer, civilian
auxiliary of the U.S.
Air Force. It is noted
for its air search and
rescue operations; its
emergency and
disaster relief work; its
cooperation w ith civil
defense agencies and
s tate office of
Emergency S er vices;
and its aerospace
education-youth
motivation programs.
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Earthquake
Scenerio
On 2 May 86. a t 0900, 87.0 earthquake occurred along the Rose canyon
Faul t SysUlm in Sa n Diego County.
There was major damage around the
county and a repo n of many dead and
inj ured . Civil Air Patrol mission OES
86·022T had begun.
No, th iS has not ha ppened. This is
on ly a scena rio, but it could happen.
Civil Air Patrol Group 3 , in conj u nctio n with the Orrice or Disaste r Pre·
paredness (ODPI , held a n exercise on 2
May 86. Var ious other local age ncies
were also involved , The pur pose of the
exercise was to sec how CAP cou ld be
helpfu l to OOP in the event of a d isas·
to r and a lso for Group 3 to eval uate
themse lves as to thei r strong po ints
and w here they are lacking,
Maj. John Xnudsoll and Lt. Col. o.
Sandaker were co-missioll coordina·
tors, There were Lhree aircraft flown
by CAP personnel. A total of len seniors from Group 3 were involved. The
pilots were each gi\'en tasks to per form
which were issued by ODP. These involved such activities as check ing the
.....a te r leve l on local d ams and the
damage and traffic on loca1 freeways.
Due to the lime, only three tasks
were perfor med . However, as a group,
part ic ipants learned where t h e i r
stro ng and wea k points were. It was a
good lea rning experience for everyone
involved .
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w rite to CAP, P,O, Box 582 , Goleta , CA
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On beha lf of t1Ie Civil Air Patrol, Lt.
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c hi e f of staff, prese nted lifesav ing
plaques 1.0 seven whose quic k lhinking
and profess io nal actioll s saved the
lives of Dean Plalh, 1\Istin. and Cla rence Washburn, Whiuer, when their
Cessna 172 aircraft became entangled
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The recen tl y held ceremony took
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Honoroos wcru: Walt Boysha . Cleave
Wad e. Norm Osh man a nd Tony White,
Ed ison Co.; Norm He r ro n and Ed
Kramer, Onta rio Fi re Dcponment;
Michael Hay ward, Police DcpanmeoL
Col. Pearson sai d t hat a primary
mission of Lhe Civil Ai.r Patrol isscarch
and rescue operations. He mentioned
that Lhe Civil Air Patrol nies 80 percent of !.he nation 's air search effortS.
·· We work closely," he said , " with
other organizations LO save lives. It is,
ther efore, only logica l Lhat we recognize professional competence a nd heroic actions above and beyond the nor·
mal require mentS of li ving:'
Dean Plath , the Cessna 172 pilot.
said he was happy w witness the ceremony honoring the seven citizens.
" It presenlS me !.he opportu nity," he
said. " w tha.nk !.hem again for what
they did.·'
Clarence Washburn, passenger, also
expressed ap preciation . Strapped in
the entangled plane, upside dow n fo r
a lmost four hours, he remembered his
immense relief in fin all y being taken
down.
The Edison workers had to cut
Washburn 's scat belt to free him from
Lhe ca bin - 90 foot above Lhe ground.
His legs cramped up alld he had to rest
several Limes during the descenL
Fire fi ghter Norm Herron p raised
the tWO men for remaining calm.
"Plath was the first one down ," he
said, "the other gentleman. Washburn,
was pretty weak. His legs had BOne to
sleep d uring the four hour ol'deal."
Police Office r Michael Hayward
a lso praised the twO for " keeping their
ca lm,"
"The one Lhing we didn ', need ," he
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said. "was panic."
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CAP
HONORS
Ontario
City n.lI. On behalr oflh e Civil Air
lion, Calirornia Wing C hlerorSlarr, p r esented p laques to se ven cith.:eas ror
lifesaving efto rt tll. (Le n to rigbl): Michae l Haywa rd, PoUce De pt .; Ed
Kramer a nd Norm Herron. Fi.re Dept.; Tony White, Norm Oshm a n a nd W ..Jt
Boy.ha, EdisoD Co. (Cleave Wade was nol pre.ent); Faye Myers DUlrop,
Onlario Council wom an; Colo nel Pearson.
Inland Empire
Group 18 Annual
Awards Banquet
Approximately 85 people auended
the Inland Em pire Group 18 anllual
awards banquet at the Nortoll AFB Of·
ficers Club. In attenda nce were LL Col.
Phil Loper, U.S. Air Force / califo rnia
Wing Liaison Officer, and LL Col. Ernie Pearson , California Wing c hief of
staf(
Maj. Ray Estrada of Norton AFB
Compos ite Squodron 31 wos selected
Commander of the Year. Squadro n 31
also received OutSta nding Composite/
Cadet Squadron of the Vcar. Sa n Ber·
nardino Senior Squa dron 5 was chosen
Senior Squadron of the Year. George
AFB cadet Squadron 120 was selected
Most Improved Unit.
Ca pt. Peggy Carpente r, Squad ron
120, and Ca pe Ralph Lan d r y, Pa lm
Springs Flight I! , we re selected as Out·
stand ing Seniors of the Year. Ru ben
Ibarra, Squadron 31. was chosen cadet
of t be Yea r. 1st Lt. Wa ll y Jayn es,
Squadro n 5, received Safety Officer of
the Year. Lt. Col. Dick Beitnla n , Squadron 5, was selected Pilot of the Vear.
ca pt. J im Martin, commander of
Sq u ad r o n 5, re ceived th e Com·
mander 's Comme ndatio n Award fo r
outsta nd ing service during t he past
year. He was p raised for selling up
both fli ght and observer cli ni cs last
year.
The coveted Ae rospace Education
for Senior Members Award was presented to Lt. Col. Robert Geiger, Maj .
Rick Ga le and Maj. Sharo n Kelley,
Group 18 Headquane rs; Capt. J im
Mani n, Squad ro n 5; Maj . Ramon Es·
II8da, Squadron 31 ; CapL David Blunk,
Sqlladron 45 commander: and CapL
Lar ry Cava n agh. Flight 33 com mander.
Cer tificates of Apprecia tion were
presented to Lt. Col. Russ Ka ufm an,
and 1St LtS. Bill Cheesman and Waliy
Jaynes of Squadron 5; 2nd Lts. Diane
Engelbach and Johnny Jo hnSton of
March APB Composite Squadron 45,
and 1st Lt. Linda Hardesty of Squadron
31.
Squadrons 31 and 45 were honored
for the ir a ctivity during Lhe r ece nt
Fonta na Day Parade. Squadron 45 received fi rst place in drill team competitio n and Squad ron 3 1 too k first
place for co lor guard.
Phi! Arvizo, pres ident of the San
Bernardino Cha pter of the Air Force
Association . presented AFA cen if icates of a p preciation to Ca p ts. Jim
Martin and Gary Liswood. cadets Hen·
ry Bell , Ti m Franklin, Tom He rold .
Chas Kelly, Kern Kemp, Pat Mc Donald
and Ruben I barra received Aerospace
Ed uca Lion cenificates from the AFA
for the ir achievements within the ca·
det program. Cadet [ ba rra also r eo
ceived an AFA solo flight scholars hip.
Co l. Pe arson presen te d Sa fety
Awards W Group 18 Beadquaners, and
Squadrons 5, 29,45 a nd 120 fo r an acci·
dent·free year in 1985.
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To Begin
Field Testing
Anaheim , CA - Withi n th e next
few months, fie ld leSlS w ill begin of
the phase one " Moses" computer system w ithin Cali fo rni a Wing . Moses
IMicro Compu ter Support To Operalions And Emerge ncy Serv ices) is a
data base systcm used on personal
computers to automate we various paperwork and inform ation handling requircmcUls of emergency services mis-
sions.
Wo rkin g with gro OlS fr om t he
Pomona Division o f Gcncrnl Dy namics
and t he Aston-Tate Company, t he
Moses project lea rn began to s pecify
a nd develop the system lnst FaU. Three
Compaq portable compUlCl$ o rc being
used to support the development effon.
Portable co mputers were selecLed to
make tra nsportation of them lO various search bases much more easy than
Standard PC systems.
Und er the overall d irection of Lt.
Col. Betty Decker. california Willg dir ecto r of Emergency Services, the
Moses proj ect wam has been analyzing
the search base functio ns and the requi r eme nts of t h e bases, MCs and
MCOs for info rma tion ha ndIing, repon generation and retrieva l,
Although ilie complete Moses pack-
age will be able to suppo n all paperwork an d information handling requi rements at a full scarch basc, the initial program phases a r e aimed at
providing relief to the MCs and MCOs
r unni ng miss ions f rom the ir homes
with no base staff 1.0 assist them. The
firs t field tests of Moses will concentrate in this a.rea. T hus, the program
will be teSted as well as direct. benefit
derived.
According to Maj . David Rudawitz,
Moses proj ect leader, Moses is based on
the Aston-Tate product Dbase III, a
very popula r data· base management
system for the IBM PC or PC work·alikes. Dbase Ul was selected since it is
very powerfu l and is commonly available in !.he market place.
Moses provides fo r t ho struc tured
development of data-ooses on mission
personnel; ai rcrnft and veh icles; logs
for com munications and the MC's lele·
phone call manage me nt; night plan
preparat ion a nd debr ie fi ng , a nd
ground team clearance form prepa ra·
tion and debriefing. All sta ndard miss ion fo rms can be c reated along with
Special sortS of data to support an \' reasona bl e in fo rma t ion requi re ment .
Lead management and stralCgY planning can also be su pponed. Not all of
these features are implemented in the
version to be tesled in the next few
mOnlhs.
ISl Lt. Dan Vanover, th e other member of the Moses team, is work ing on
user friendly interfaces Idata screens)
for Moses. These use r frien dl y input
a nd repon screens will make it ve ry
easy for someone without fo rmal com·
puter training to use Moses effectively.
User manuals w ill also be developed to
a id Moses users.
Future plans involve the integration
with the wing ES data-base to simplify
mission sign-in. Another fu ture plan is
the development of a historical database by grid . Thus, when an aircrew is
assigned a grid to search, all information from any previous searches that
has bee n e n te r ed i n the da ta-base
would be available to aid in the current
mission.
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Pacific Region
Chaplains
Conference
" A total of 34 attendees were prese nt
ilt t he 1986 allnua l Paci fi c Region
Chaplains Conference at El Torn Ma·
rine Corps Air Station ," re portS Chaplain ILL Col.! Richard Derby, coordina·
tor and project officer. The conference
covered the total Civil Air PatrOl Cha plaincy program. BighlighlS of t he con·
fere nce were remarks by Na ti onal
Cha pl ain ICol.] I. V. Tolbert; USAF,
Chief of Cha plains (Col.J Frank Edne r,
CAP, and Pacific Region Chaplain ILt.
Co!.l H. L. (Bud ) Ja rvis. Also p resent
was California Wing Chaplain tLt. Col.)
C. C. Turpi.n (since transrerred to Pacific Region].
Cha p lain (Maj .1 Ra y Lake was selected by his california Wing peers to
r eceive the Ca lifo rnia Chapla i ns
Award . Thi s award is given to honor
the total conl.ribution of the Chaplain
wh ile serving in this significant minis·
!ry.
On behalf of Wing Commander Col.
Donald Biondich, Brig. Gen. Howard
Brookfi eld, Past Naliona! Commander,
presented the Commander 's Co mmen·
da tion Awa rd to departing Wing Chaplain (LL Col calvin C. Turpin . Chap·
lain Turpin was recognized fo r his out·
standing performance of d uty during
!.he past th ree yean; as Wing Chaplain.
California Wing has finished first in
the Nationa l CAp·MAP program each
year Turpin served as Wing Chaplain.
Thrpin has been assigned to the Pacific
Region's Chaplain Office .
T be confe r e nce closed with th e
Chaplains Banquet held in the Base o r·
ficers Club, pres ided over by Pacific
Region Chap lain ILt. CoLI H. L. (Bud)
Jarvis. The spea ker was Chapla in (Ll.
Col.! Calvin C. 1\Jrpin.
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Four Chaplains
Memorial Sertlice
Building Fund
Chili Cook-Off
In Ma y 1985, it was recognized thal
the dramatic reduction in we number
The t h ird annual Four Cha p lains
Memorial Service was held i.n Febru·
ary at Forest. Lawn· Holl ywood Bills.
The Memorial is sponsored by the
Amer ican Legion and commemorateS
the selfless devotion of four chaplains
of different fa i!.hs who drowned with
more Lban 900 men as the t.roop ship
U.S.S. Dorchester was sunk off Greenla nd in 1943 by a German submarine
a ttack. The fo ur cha plains d irected
men to life jackets and boats and gave
a way their own lifejackets to four mcn
who did not have thein.
Representing the Civil Air Patrol at
the memorial we re Glendale Squadron
27 sen ior members 2nd LL Guy Kern·
per and 2nd LL Ruth Kemper.
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By Cilpt. urry V"n IWilrden
Listen Upl Join members of San Fernando Airpon Senior Squadron 35 in
their first a nnual "Squadron 35 Build·
ing Fund Chili Cook·Ofr" Mark your
calendar for August 9 and fly, drive or
walk to the par king lot at Whiteman
Airpon.
There Is no entry fee. Each contes·
tant is required to bring along an ext.ra
pol of c hili fo r "The People's Choice."
Contestants will furnish the ir own
stove, ta ble. ingredients and utensils. A
Io-fool space will be provided for each
C(lntestanL
This event will feature live country
music , foo d , beer, wi n e, vendors ,
crafts, celebr ity guests. raffl e and an
auction_ There will be C(lntinuous en·
tenainment and contests - ben hat,
best vest, ja lapeno shoot and holler,
Miss Chili Peppel', T-Shin and ugliest
boot. First place In each contest will
recei ve a trophy. Other trophies and
awa rd s a re: Chili: 1st- lO th ; Boot h:
lst-3rd ; Showma ns hip: Ist-3rd ; and
People's Choice: Ist-5th_
The squad ron's build ing fund will
benefit from admission for the public
auct.ion , raffle . bee r and food sa les,
vendo r fees and craft sales a nd Peoplc's Choice chili sa les.
A lot of time and work is going into
this event and squadron members are
looking forwa r d lO a large turn-oUL •
lind length of REDCAP's bad made it
difficult for MPAOs to maintain their
proficiency or meet the requirements
for II Standard ES card in this special-
ty_
At that time a new policy was initiated a nd publicized in the Public AIfairs Officers Newsletter which esUlhlished more reaso nable crite ria fo r
maintaining MPA O standa rd sta tuS
and for upgradi ng from trainee Status.
Unfortunately,!.he necessary administrative steps we re n01 8ccomplished
for this policy to be recongized as "offi ·
eial" and incorporated in the ES administrative procedures. This problem
was nOl apparent un til the new Wing
Director of Public Affairs, LL Col. Benry CovingtclD, took over. Action now is
being taken to forma lize the policy and
to insure that aU perso nnel are made
aware of it.
I n itially, MPA Os we re give n 12
months - from I July 1985 until 30
June 1986 LO meet the criteria. Since
there were ad ministrative discrepan·
cies in its implementation. Wing Com·
mander Col. Donald Biondich has extended !.he deadline un lil3D December
1986. Any MPAOs, sta ndard or trainee,
who do not meet the crileria as of that
dale w ill be dropped fro m the list with·
out appeal.
This is necessary. he points out. because of the critical imponance of Mission Public Affairs and that fact that,
like aviation itself. it is a " dynamic
process, nOt static, a nd person nel interfacing with t he media on emergency services subject must always be up
LO date in their understanding of practices , procedures and technology developments."
The new criteria for maim aining a
standard card or for upgrading from
U'8inee to standa rd were announced as
follows:
Complete any twO of four separate
requirements during the 12 monLb per iod. The four qualifying activities are:
II) Serve for one full operational
day on base during a REDCAP / disaster
relief mission as the MPAO.
12) Serve in the same capacity for
the same period on base du ring a wing·
authorized SARCAP/ DRE.
131 Attend Lbe classroom portion of
a w ing-authorized fligh t clinic.
I'll Attend the annua l Californi a
Wing PA Workshop. Uffo r any reason
a workshop is not held that year, attendance at the PA seminar held in con·
junction with the a nnua l Wing Conference will be accepted.)
Minimum requireme nts to quali fy
fo r a trainee ClI rd were not changed.
They are (1) 8tleast one fuU yea r as a n
active CAP member; (21 at least onc fu ll
year as a unil PA Ipro perly doc umented on orders) or a minimu m of
one year of p rofession al ci vilian or
military experience in public r ela Lions, mass media co mmunicat ions,
rud io I televisio n/ newspa pc r / magazine writer-reporter or a minimum of
one year of colJege j ournalism/ mass
media commu nica tions.
Duri ng Lbe next six months, there
will be a suffi cient number of actual
missions or wing-authorized ES training missions a nd fli ght clinics together
with the PA works h op scheduled for
this Fall so Lhal a ny PA holdi ng an
MPAO standard or u-ainee rating who
wishes to retain th e standa rd or upgrade from trainee can do so.
This policy change will be incorporated as necessary in wingadministnltive a nd ES documentation so that it
becomes directive in nature.
MPAOs are cautio ned that it is man·
d atory t hat they notify the Mission
Pu blic Affa irs Administrative officer.
Maj. Peggy Beelby, a nd provide documentation that they have met the min·
imum criteria. All MPAO ES cards for
individuals who have not met Lbe criteria and have nOt provided documentation to the MPA administrative office as required by December 3D, 1986
will be cancelled, Covington added . •
Switzerland
Bound
After a few anxious weeks fo llowing
submittal of his ap plication to pa.n ici·
pate in the International Air cadet Ex·
change Program , Ca det Ca pt. Gr eg
Bushong finally got the word that " it's
a GO." Greg is fo n un ate to have d ra wn
Switzerland as his ultimate destina·
tion a nd is e nth usiastically antici pating sooing the beauty of this charming
country.
After depan ing time, he will spend
a week in Washington. D.C. a nd have a
chance to tour the Capitol. Then, enro ute lO the Alps, he wi ll have a day in
Gennany to round out his continenta l
visit.
West. Bay Composite Squadron 192 is
very proud that Greg was se1ected for
th is very compet itive and prestigious
job of rep rese nting CAP in foreig n
countries.
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Back To School
Los Angeles Gro up Onc's Fli ght
Clinic went back to school early this
year for its firsl day session which was
he ld 8t Sy lmar IUgb School. Project Offi ce Maj . Joe Orchard , Group One
plans and programs officer. reponed
60 participa nts s igned in for the clinic
class sessions. Some 24 look the scallner courses.
On the foll owi ng day, 71 members
with 18 aircraft participated in the
search operations based at San Fernando Valley 's Squadron 35 facilily at
Whiteman Airport.
Known aircraft wrecks were used as
targets and 35 sonies were n own. A
total of 36.1 fli ght hours were logged
during the search and rescue c.xercise.
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Drill Down
Competition
By M.j. Rick GII /~
cadet Jerry Beh.nke of Civil Air Patrol's March Air Force Base Composite
Squadron 45 won first place duri ng the
Reserve Officer Trai ning Corps drill
dow n {without rinesl competition at
the Southern california Invita tional
Drill meeL He is a member arROTe at
Moreno Valley High School.
One person was selected from each
of 15 units for the drill down. Units in-
cluded Colorado State University, Arizona State University, Un ivenliLy of
South ern Ca liforn ia and local high
schools , including Moreno Valley
High.
" I practiced one ho ur a day for five
weeks prior to lhe competition," he
said . ''I've a lso practiced a lot of dril.1
performance in Civi l Air PaLroI. We've
performed for the Lions. Vel.erans of
Foreign Wars, Lorna Linda University,
and at the Fontana Day Parade, juSt to
name a few."
In ROTC I am a cadet master ser ·
geam. J was in ROTC and 0 11 their d rill
team prior tojoining Civil Air PaU'OI. I
used what they laught me and brought
it to Squadron 45.
" I still ca n't bel.ieve 1 won!" he conti nued . " We haven 't won the drill
down at tha t meet in a t least t hree
years. This is my second year in ROTC
and my lirst drill meet ever!
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HJ've learned a lot, both
in Civil Air Patrol and
ROTC. Each has given
me a better
understanding into the
military way of life."
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Je r ry is the son of Mr, and Mrs.
Ke ith Behnke of Moreoo Valley, California. Keith is a lso a member of Civil
Air Patrol's March AFB Composite
Squadron 45.
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Convalescent
Home Adopted
Squadron 55 CadetC.O. B ill Ke lly prese ntl a Mother'1 Day urn.lion toOtle
o rthe relld e Dl1 at Mad.illon Convalelce nt Ce nler.
By ls I Lt, N~nl'Y 8rJdy
E1 Cajon Cade t Squad ron 55 has
adopted the Madison Co nvalescem
Cenwr in EI cajon. This is a home ror
the aged and squadron members will
visit there monLhly aSSisting i.n various
activilies ror t he res ide nts , suc h as
birthday parties, Mother's Day, Father's Day, ele, We will also be going
there not just to visit the residents but
to show them tha t someone cares and
that they have not been rorgotten.
Squad ron members will also be invo lved in the "Adopt-a-Grandparent"
program. working w ith the center's ac·
livitias director, M.rs. Marcia McKin·
ney. Our first major project was Mother's Day where a ll the women residents were recognized w ith cards and
Oowen;. The next project was Father's
Day where the same was done for the
male re;idenlS.
The Center currently has 100 residenIS, 75 women and 25 men.
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KEN SMALL
SUNNYVALE
VALVE 8l FITTING
Oilfield Services. Inc.
COMPANY
SERVICE
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tbe 'me71 ami 'W0111e11
0/ Califomia
Civil Air Patrol!
Installation & Reconditionillg
0 1 Railroad Induslrial
Spur Tra cks
D. Schr oeder
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140 East Norrts Road
(805) 393-6678
Olldale
Ownerl COfI.Jullant
Barnes Aviation
• Flig ht I nlllrUCl i on
• Ai rcraft M ai nu: n a n c~ & Repair
• Pi lO( Suppl ies ' Charts
• ,.. .. ionin Repai r· Ai rcraft Rental
• P holO Flig hts ' C ha rte r
Fox Airporc
u ncasler
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Eureka Oxygea Co.
P.O. Box 1698
(619) 352-6695
ELCENTRQ
O .. ygen & Ac etylene
Comple te Welding
Sup plies and
Eq uipment
E." BRANDT
2010 · 1st Street
(707) 443-6394
Trucking Co., Inc.
EUREKA
I.C.C. CARRIER
PACIFIC ENERGY
TRANSPORT, INC.
We Are Proud To Salute
The Men And Women Of
Calilomia Civil Aif Patrol.
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General Commodities
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PARAMOUNT
(916) 673·7323
Yuba en),
39419 W. Di nu b;ll Avenue
(2091655-3509
Mendot ..
Wayne Bailey
Trucking, Inc.
Three B's Sanitation
Hodges Drop Box Sen-ice
Wbere The CtlflQmer Is King"
Genera l TrLl ck ing C on tract or
Serving CoJ/J5a Cou nt)'
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Gravel & Trucking
SAND AN D C RAVEl
All Spt!<'ifica lions
1301 Ft'rnwood un t' ~
P.O.
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265 - Colusa. CA 95932
,9 16) 458-4659
Mesa Electric
S p6Cia/,zing "" Ha"'lng Roc#<
1632 Arbo ga - PlumB. Road
(9161 742-8275
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1426 Mono Way
(209) 532-4892 / Sonora
(408) 842-7666
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Wilson's Agri-Flite
MAIH OFFICE:
576 N. George Washington Blvd .
Algeo's Appliance Center
c,
• Local & Long Distance Hauling
Sonora
We Are Proud To Support
Our Men And Women In CA P.
Call Oay or Night: (619) 357-1967
304 Weed Rd.
Calexico
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AGR IC UlTURAL AVIAn ON
15931 SUller Island Rd.
(916) 775-1917 I Courtland
1986 H.C.O.S.
By C~det Sgt. John Porler
Non-Commiss ioned Officers Sc hool
was held at Travis AFB SAC Alert Facility. On Friday, January 24, three cadeLS fr om Squad ron One a rr ived at
Travis, includ ing John Porter, Angel
Guajardo and Michael Decaro. We arrived a t 1700 hours a nd hu ng around
until 1900 hours when lhe staff ar-
rived.
We did 8 little P. T. until they let us in
the facility, then we grabbed our luggage and put it ncar a door to a room.
We then wailed in line to be ~ in- proc­
essed:' This gave us our room number
and our seminar number.
We mel the stoff at the introduction
meeting and Lbon wont back to our
rooms to meet our roommateS.
On Saturday we had breakfast and
went to a genera l meeting. After lunch
we went to our seminars again and
gave our frnal speech . We noted which
was the best spooch in OUf seminar. All
of my roommEnes were in the same
seminar as 1 was. We learned how to
pre pare and give a s peech. We also
learned abou t drl U. Saturday night we
presented our speeches to our seminar
and then there was a long lecture.
Sunday. after brea kfast, we split up
Into our seminar. Then. all the semi·
nars ca me together in a general meet·
ing. The best speaker from each semi·
na r then gave their presentat ion in
front of the entire NCOS staff and stu·
dents.
Batteries •••
Weakest Link In
Communications
By Lt. Col. Bryon
8r~mmer
Batteries are the weakest link in our
communications system. Most if nOt
all of communications in Civil Air Pa·
trol is do ne using radio designed to op'
crate fro m bau.eries. This includes ou r
mobiles and of course our portable or
hand held radios.
NegleCting the batteries can cause
you no end of grier. Can you relate to
th is simation1 Just when you want to
talk to someone your ba tteries are dead
or 50 weak that you gel reports tha t you
are breaking up i nto t h e repealer.
Sounds common doesn't it? WhSl can
you do. as a user, to minimize this problem. Lots! First is to understand what
is happening in yo ur battery.
Your battery. regardless of type, converts the energy of II chemical reaction
into electricity. This is done by immer·
After a.ll the ta lks wer e given, we
practiced more marching and drill for
lhe final formation . At that ceremony
the honor cadet was selected and the
best speech award was presented . We
all were give n our completion certifi·
cates and were dismissed,
It was an interesLing and rewarding
weekend activity which I enjoyed very
much.
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some
i
• long winter to brulh up o n
technique•. Abo on th e bivouac w ere U . Col. Davi., Chaplain; Maj. Dearman, command e r; and Se nior Member Gom ez. (Pboto by C adet Gome~)
sing two electrodes into a conducti.ng
solution called electrolyte. At least one
and often both of t he electrodes are
metallic.
The material of the electrodes is selected to interact with the electrolyte
so t hat t he charged ions tha t are
formed are attracted to one electrOde.
T h is in teraction produces a voltage
that can drive a current through a c ir·
CUiL
Th is process continues until the male rial of the battery reac h a balance;
the battery is now discha.rged and no
fu rther e n ergy is availab le , You all
should be able to relate to a t least the
last sentence.
What we do next depends on t he
type of battery thot we are using. If
your radio is hooked u p to your vehicle
battery, it may be as simple as turning
the motor on. If you have a portable
chances are that you are using either
alkaline or Ni·Ced batteries which require some special attention. Alkaline
batteries are an improved version of
Lhe standa r d nash light ba tte r y tha t
uses zinc and ca rbon electrodes. An al·
kaline battery can d eliver severa l
times the energy of an equivalent sized
nickeJ-cadium and can COSt mUSt less.
Although greater charge life can be
expected from the a lka line battery it
will have to be disgarded after it has
been discharged. Prope r ly used. a
nlckel-cad ium batte ry ca n b e r e o
cha rged at least 300 t imes a nd often
muc h more. 1'0 get the maxim um use
from your Ni·cad you shou ld charge
them at irregula r i ntervals. T h is
means don't use the radio a little a nd
then charge it up every night when you
go to bed.
Ni-c&ds w ill develop a memory and
wey will only provide you with the use
tha L you have cons istent ly p ut on
them. Regularly dischargc Ni·Ceds almost complctely and then charge them
back·up completely. You neve r want to
complete ly discharge a Ni-cad battery
because it will become damaged and
will be unusab le. If you suspeet tha t
your Ni·cads have developed a memor y you may have to discharge and
cha rge them up several times before
you can erase the memory.
Most batteries if left on charge all
the time or not cycled often will begin
to leak. Lea ky baueries may continue
to opera te butlhe electrolyte will soon
damage your rad io, so re place the
leaky one at the first signs of trouble.
If you follow these simple rules you
should increase the life of your batte ries and reduce the grief in your life
by some sma ll amou nt.
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Lake Cove
Resort U Marina
BOB DOWNS, INC.
MASSEY
Complere Air COfldrhonlng Service
Sand U Rock Co_
Trai ler Park
T.. n.,,~] Camping
Gradmg & Pavmg Con tractors
Dor1 Bnscoe
4 38 SO MonrlM
(6191347 -8535
(9 16) 284·7697
On I.he Eas' Shore
or LAke Alm.nor
INDIO
Sales and Inslalla ho n
Pixley Dusters
Contractors license
C I'Op S pra ying
1494 South Airport
(209) 757·3321
Pix ley
R.L.W. Equipment
Au tomotive • Industrial
Petro!eum
Sales · ServICe ' InslalldtlOn
2080 South Union
(805) 8 34-1100
BI SH OP LAUNDRY
and LINEN SUPPLY
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748 84 Velie
(619) 568-2668
Palm De sert
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Great S' ale 01 CBlifMnJa .
SAN JOAQU IN AIR,
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(209) 394·2733
12 t45 N. DeVries Road
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Free Pickup & Delivery
(213) 564·1 791
4481 Firestone Blvd.
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Combinalion Plates
Sleak R.lnchero
SergIO ..\:. OIgi!
Daily Saw S e rvice
ComnIerciJol. I"dtUol.iJol-lI.... idell\lal
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Spra) ing Dusting
Seeding - Fertilizing
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(209) 226·6080
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(209 ) 535- 44 63
Te r nl Ud la
Multi-Media
First Aid Class
By C"pf. Afilrguet Meyers
" What will you Lell your helpers so
that they can help you? Remember,
you mUSt think through each step and
explain so that there is no doubt in the
minds of your assistants!"
This ad mon i ti on was repea led
many limes during the Multi-Media
First Aid class held for Richard Rogers
Squad ron 9 Cad ets of Mad era . The
young people panicipoting received
hands-on instruction in all the usua l
bandaging and splinting. Improvising
and assembling a litter of blankets and
poles, or those or muilJ pl e human
hands and arms, along with the usual
assoned ca rries were all as expected
- and the cadets did them well. But
being given the task of commandingthe actual decision-malting a nd leadership the Squadron 11 2 inn rUClor d emanded - was 8 challenge.
Well . . . how do you pick up and
transpon a 17Q-pound cadet when you
weigh 90 pounds? There is a way .. .
probably several of them . . . as cadet
Mike Edwa rds found .
Told he was unablo to physically
help becausc of his own "injuries, " the
cadet lOOk charge or other cadets althe
"scena ri o" and Ullked lhem through
the task. The heavier "victim" could
indeed be moved even when it would
not be possible for him to do il alone.
Each cadet was give n the o ppo r·
tunity/ duty of instructing step by Step
in the moving of themselves (you could
be hu rt and be the only one p rese nt
who knows First Aidll - or in aiding
someone else.
AFC Ma tth ew Edw a rds, Airma n
Sean Newman , cadet SS Jon HaLfield,
A.FC Frank Guillen, and cadet Michael
Edwards ca me away from the all·day
class wiser, better able to think and
then lead, a nd newly equipped with
First Aid cards.
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Remember ...
Our youth are the
future of
Civil Air Patrol!
Give them every
consideration. JJ
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT ... Cadet Airm.an O. . ic Chril French
(left) otGroup I Burba.nk Angels Squadron63 point I out the scenic route he
pretersoll the retlU"n horne trom Squad.ron 35'.Opera tion Lake Il abella 14 plane plus/RV'. overnig ht Cam poullBa rbe eue practice mission at Kern"iIIeAirport. llIs t ather,Maj. Jirn Fl'eocbotSquadJ'on 35, held out tora route
in the Iquadron's Ces8na 305A10·1A Bird Dog (in ba ckground alonglide)
tbat would carry them over the Majave Al.rpo r L Hi. Intuition paid otr 88 he
picked up 8.0 ELT s igDa I tbat he tracked to a.o airplane undergoing maintenance on t.be nighlline. (Photo by Maj, Al Meryma.n)
The rollowin g c h anges to the
USAF/CAP lia ison Office, California Wing, phone system a re in effect.
PRIMA RY NUMBER:
Comm(>rcia l ...... (916) 643-3960
Autovon . .... , .... (916)633-3960
Th(> above li st(>d numbe r will connect to the reco rder fo r after hour
communications with the Liaiso n
Office.
ALTERNATE NUMBER:
Commercial ....... (916) 643-3981
Aulovon ........ . . 1916) 633-3981
Cadet Basic
School
Some 35 Civil Air PatrOl cadClScom·
pleted Los Angeles Grou p One cadet
Basic School held a l the 261st Combat
Information Systems Squad ron Ca lifornia ,'ir Nationa l Guard Base in Va n
NUys.
Cadets in attendance from Gr oup
One represenwd Sqlladron 3, 7, 27, 51.
63 a nd 130, and from San Gabriel Valley Group 15, Sq uadrons 17 a nd 64.
Maj. Marc Cohen, Grou p Onc cadet
Prog ram Officer, headed the two·day
school wbich was o rganized by the
Group cadet Advisory Council. Cadet
commander was C/ Maj . Shawn ie
Bruce, Burbank Squadron 63 .
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Long Beach
Group 7
Awards Banquet
The Long Beach Croup 7 Annual
Awards Banquet was held at the Officer 's Club, Naval Station , Long
Beach. Maj . Robert R. Gibb. group
commander. presented Lhe following
awards: Pilou; oflhe Year, LL Col. Dave
Hughes. Squadron 41 and CapL Jack
Morales, Squadron 150: Observe r,
C8pL Bob Kobel. Squadron 129: Ground
Team Member, Lt. Col. Pa l Ro binson,
Squad ron 88; Communicator, Capt.
Chris Muir, Squadron 88: Technician,
Maj. Gary Beida, Squadron 129; Sa fety
Officer, Capt. Bob Kobel, Squadron 129;
Senior Member, 1st Lt . Dick Hilde,
Squadron 68; cadet member, cadet 1st
Lt. Danielle Anderson , Squadron 68;
Se n io r Commander, Lt. Col. George
Fischer, Squa dron '11 : Cadet Com·
ma nder, cadel caPL Tom Van Wardenburg, Squadron 107; Group Staff Mem·
bel', Senior Member Treasa Jones.
A special plaque was awarded to the
late Lt. Col. Ernest Johnson and pre'
sented to his wi fe, 1st Lt. Xatherine
Johnson, to recognize his many cOlILri·
buLions to Civil Ai r Patrol and Long
Beach Group 7 in particular.
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KEN BE.IS, INC.
AVIATIO N GASOLINE
AND JET FUEL
WYATT GRAVEL
AND CONSTRUCTION
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SUTTER CREEK
Brawley Municipal Airport
(619) 344.-4581
DAVE'S
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Road Building Contractors
(707) 9 84-6437
P.O. Box 1347 I l ayto nville
Service · RepairS ' BackhOe
Septic Tanh • DomeslicWa!erSystWlS
(619) 367-9151
c. W. Collier Construction
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(209) 52&-6439
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Communit y Hospital
DAIRY FARM, Inc.
14 Hour Emergency Ca re
We are proud to salute the
dedicated work o f
Californ ia Civil Air Pat ro l
An Esk:Hon
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(916) 257-6957
SUSANVILLE
McFARLAND
Heicopters, Inc.
Converse Plumbing
Road Norlh
East Une
(619) 873-3774
CARDOZA
LA SSE
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" We're Geared To Serve You"
Office (209) 237· 76U
- 24 Ho ur Phone(209) 268-582.
3741 W. Whites Bridge Rd .
F R ESNO
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• Septic Tan I: Systems
• Se..... er and Water Linn
MELVIN DEAILE
TRUCKING, INC.
Sheet Metal Work
Remodeling
New Constru ctio n
619· 244·6186
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CLASSIC
Aircraft Service
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" Alf C,ane · Ema'QerlCy Meclleal T, anspoo1
2894 Teal Club Road
(805)985-5416
Oxnard
24 H uur
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Custom Bulldozing
Ca rt"
CommerCIal
Rcsldl;nlial
(9 16 ) 622- 1441
Ma rs ha ll Way
Place r ville
Calir. SUI\I;
Words Of Wisdom
By C~pl. LisJ TJyJor
The function of a CAP uni t is to accomplish its missions with maximum
efficiency. Th.is requires eac h ind ividual to perform tbesejobs promptly,
correclly. a nd in a cco rd wit h eve ry
other member of me unit. How do we
altai n this disci pline and attitude?
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The need for discipline
is inherent in
everything which
relates to Civil Air
Patrol.
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We need to understa nd . We need to
undersUlJld why we drill. We need to
understand the need for B proper uni·
form Bnd for customs and courtesies.
We need to understand that these arc
tools. necessary tools. These tools build
teamwork. mora le. pride. and the at·
mos phere required fo r people to wo rk
together. These tools allow us to build
an d prac ti ce se lf-d isci p line. T hese
tools give the opponunity to create and
display a prope r attitude. But the rm l
and foremost lhing that we n eed to understand is that we are a member of II
team: a tea m that depends on us as individ uals.
We . the individ uals, a re the unit. It
is up tD each one ofus tD build lhedisci·
pline a nd attitude w ithin ourselves,
and because of this, lhe fate of the unit
is in our hands.
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Lake Receives
Special Award
Cha plain IM aj .) Ray Lake was se·
lected by his california Wing peers to
receive the coveted Cali fornia Wing
Chaplain's Award. Thus, he becomes
the second recipient of this prestigious
award that can be given only once in
his / her lifetime.
T his is Lhe highest ho nor tha t Lhe
cha plains within the wing can give to
one of their own. Further more, it is the
only awa rd determined exclusively by
the chaplains themselves.
Purpose of the award is to recognize
and honor the LOtal contri butions of
the chaplain while serving in this sig.
nificant ministry.
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Cadet Flight
Orientation
Program
By
C~p "
Ron Hefner
One of the greateSt j oys a CA.P orientation pilot ca n have is seeing cadets
receive their cenificate of completion
fo r the CAP Cad et Flight Orienta Lion
Program. It marks a major accom·
plishment in any cadet's life. This significanL event also spurs the question,
"Where do we go from herer'
For the cadet. fl ying is becoming an
exciting challenge. What's more, they
have only seen the ti p of the iceberg,
a nd t hey are certainly h ungry for
more time in the air. Now is nOt the
ti me to cance l the cadet's flyin g ac·
tivity. T he cadet llighl ore ima tion program still offers a cadet the chance to
keep fly ing.
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One of the greatest joys
a CAP orientation pilot
can have is seeing
cadets receive their
certificate of
completion for the CAP
Cadet Flight
Orientation Program.
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Scanner/
Observer
Examiners
Los Angeles Group One tops the list
of Califor nia Wing Scan ner/ Observer
Examiners with seven mem bers now
fully qualified examiners, according to
" Sightings," t h e Ca lifornia Wing 's
Scanner / Observer newsletter.
Lt. Col. Edwa rd McCann, Group One
deputy commande r, has been named
wing assista nt Observer Tra in ing officer for Southern califor nia .
Olher Group ex aminers are: Maj .
Ma rc Cohen. Group One Cadet Program officer; 1St LL Earl Sm ith, Van
Nuys Squad ro n 81 ; Maj. Wayne Down·
ing, Grou p One c h ief scanner/ o bserver: capL Jenny Funs. San Ferna ndo Squadron 35. Admin officer; 1st Lt.
James Brigg, Van Nuys Squadron 81 ;
and Lt. Col. Cecil Ryder, Group One senior training offi ce r.
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Ma ny cadets who wish to earn a pi·
lot's license are turned away because
of the high cost tbetween $1800.00 and
$2900.001. This should not be a deterren t to allowing cadets tD ny. There are
seve r a l w ays to s harpe n a cadet's
knowledge of flyi ng when lessons are
not available or practical. Continued
orientation flights can be given in glid ·
er s and ba lloo ns by appro priate ly
qualHied CAP pilots. T h ese nights
mUSt be ente red on the CAP Form 77
and cleared using the CAP Form 99.
Additionally, cadets can receive furtber ori entation flights in the $JJme
night system lpower, gLider, or baUoon)
even if they have completed the program once.
If funds a re availa ble. a squadron
can sponsor a cadet for a fu ll fli ght
scholarship or matching funds schol·
arship. Matchi.ng funds require the cadet to pay a percentage of t he fli ght
costs; the unit pays the rest .
Some cadets may also be eligible fo r
powe r or glider solo encampments at
the w ing, region or national level. cadets should be advised of these oppartlmities at squadron meetings. MatC h·
ing funds work well to make solo en·
campments available to cadets lacking
money.
Another flying activity, being developed at Vandenberg Com posite Squad·
ron 101 , is a cadet air navigation devel·
opment program. It's called the Cadet
Air Navigatio n Develo pme nt Opera ·
Lion (CAN-DO). Cadets ar e exposed to
advanced flight planning and naviga·
tio n procedures using pilotage. dead
reckoning and the use of the VOR . Cadets receive three hours of additional
flying time afte r completing the power
night orientation program. With CAN·
00, cadets learn how to navigate in the
a ir. Each of these alte rnatives are great
follow-ons for a cadet who finishes the
CA P Form 77 in one flight system.
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Keeping our cadets
involved in flying will
pay dividends in later
years. More
importantly, cadets
will share your gift of
flight.
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If your squad ron is inte rested in the
CAN·DO program write to VAFB Compos ite Squad ron 101. P.O. Box 5281 ,
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Vandenberg AFB . CA 93437.
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Beach Cities
Cadet Squadron
107's Awards
Banquet
Beach Cities cadet Squadron 107',
Awards Banquet was Lhe largen ever.
The ba nque t was he ld r ece ntl y a t
Adry 's Restaurant in Torrance with
tOO persons atte nding.
Me mbers and gues15 were entertained by a video presentation that depicted some of 1985's activities. The
video was a prod uction of Maj. Mark
Williams, C8PL Bruce Cobb, a nd l!ttL
Sue Cobb. Special recognitions we nt to
capt. Mark cartwright.lstLL Ken neth
Keener, USAR, and Capt . William
Choate. USAR, (or all their assista nce
pUlting the Camp Pendleton Exercise
together. Mary Ann Heilsburg was recognized for her work with the Pa rent's
Booster Club.
Lt . Col. Roger Griffin. squ adro n
comma nd e r , prese n ted Mr. Jack
Fulkerson a Certificate of Appreciation
a long with Mary Ann Be ilsburg.
Senior Member of lhe Yea r honors
we re presented to Capt. Ma rk Cartwright for his work coord ina ting the
C· 130, KC· 135 flights , the Camp Pen·
dl eton Exercise, and writ ing·up lhe
supporting document fo r the Un it Cita·
tion that the squadron received.
OutsLanding Cadet of the Year in
Leadership fo r 1985 was awarded toC I
SSgL James Barr. Sgt. Barr is active in
squadron a nd Wing activi ties, Commander of the Squadron Color Guard
wh ich won first place at the Wing and
Region Levels, and the squadron's First
SergeanL
The Outstanding Cadet of 1985 was
prese nted to C/ Sgt. Mark Larsen, Seminar honor cadet and honor cadet overa ll at lhe 1985 Cadet Conference and
Co lor Gua rd member. The Co m ·
ma.nder's Award was given to thirdtime winner CIFlight Officer Damian
Stafford.
Five Solo Flight Scholarships w ere
prese nted by Lt. Col. Griffi n . Th ey
were awarded to C/ Fl ight Officer
David Denna , C/ Sgt. Dea n McCollom,
C/ Sgl . Mart: Larsen, C/Sgt. Arthur
Heilsburg and C/ SSgt. James Barr.
Squad ron 107 '5 basic cadet flight,
" Charlie flight" graduated its memo
bers: Cadets Christopher Loveday, Joe
Marsi, Doug Ton n emacher, Jesse
Wilene, James Spray a nd Simone limoges . Cade t Limoges was na.med the
flight's Honor cadet.
During the banquet. a special p romotion was presented - capt. Mark
Williams is now Maj. Mark Willis.ms.
Col. Griffin was presem ed with a
gift from the cadet staff. A 3'xS' painting of his Navion in Oight was given to
him as a gift of appreciation. The portrait was done by Colin Seeger.
Special guests in allendance w ere:
Maj . BobGibb, commander of Group 7;
Lt. Col. lIa Headma n , commander of
Saddleback Com posite Squadron 68.
and her husba nd Lt. Col. Joe Head man; Capt. Gary Brenner, commander.
South Bay Senior Squadrion 129: Maj.
Janet Sudds . de p uty commander,
Sou th Bay Senior 129; Maj . Davi d
Rudawi tz, El Taro Composite Squadro n 88: capt. Willia m Choa te , USAR
63 rd ARCOM ; and 1st Lt . Kenneth
Keener. USAR. 63rd ARCOM.
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Awards
Committee
Group 15 commande r has an nounced plans to set up a committee to
work on awards for n6l[t year.
Lt. Col. J ohn Em erson said, " It is always a pleasure to p resent awards to
people wh o. because of their hard
wo rk, have made our Civil Air Patrol
program a success. It is important to
recognize the effons our personnel put
i nto mak ing the program work wimout such people there would be no
program."
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"Civ il A ir Patrol is not
one p er son doing his
own thing, but rather a
group of p eople
w orking togetMr to
accomplish t he goals."
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Emenon said the Group would like
to be able to present a wards in many
va ried areas tsuch as fororient:ation pi·
lotsl in order to hon or those personnel
deservi ng of r ecogn ition for the ir
effons.
Each Group 15 squadron is expected
to have representation on Lhe awards
committee to CSLablis h t he types of
awa rds and devel op the criteria for
Lhem_
',heir input is vital to our success,"
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added Emerson.
Let's get on the
TRAIN(ING) Track
By
C~p "
John Robinson
(Editor 's Not.e:This article was writ·
ten by Capt. Robinson for Squadron
150 members, but we believe it is applicable to any unit.1
Training, training, training. That's
what we are a ll about. It's what we do,
what we push and it's what has made
us a great squadron ... a squadron that
is known to get the job done!
But our training progra m is more
than one person speaking once a w eek.
It's all of us. Everyone bas something
that he or she can teach everyone else,
and everyone is expected LO do just
that! It doesn' t have to be a full blown
production either. Even a few minutes
of a quickly prepared program is bet·
ter than no program at all.
So please - when it's your turn to
give a training presentation, do nOl
slufT off this opponunity to contribute
to you r squadro n's well being.
Reme m ber . .. sometimes the lessons are those we're reminded 00 •
Welcome Home
When the senior members of Pacifiea cadet Squadron One arrived ata recent qua.rterly senior staff meet ing.
they found Patly and Harry Brown
waiting to meet Lhem.
forme r members of Squadro n One.
Lhe Browns had transferred to Virginia
about a year ago. Not finding the East
Coast the place they wanted to stay.
they decided to re tu rn lO Pac if ica.
Their cross-country trek, driving two
can and towing a trailer, ended at a
staff meeting a t the squadron com mander 's house.
The Browns' son , cadet 1St Lt. Tony
Brown , had been sent on ahead by ai r·
pla ne so that he would nOl lose any
time re'e nrolling at Terra Nova R igh
School a nd had been staying w ith Lt.
Col. Charles Sta rr.
As the senior member! arrived fo r
the staff meeting, the Brow ns were
overjoyed to see some old fr iends and
to meel some new members who had
joined Lhe squadron after Lhe Browns
had moved East. Everyone agreed that
the retu rn of the Browns {bolb SeniOr!
and Cadetl will round out one of the
best senior staffs any cadet squad.ro n
in me State of California can Hnd.
Patty, Harry and Tony ... welcome
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home!
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PUCERVILLE
Step Up And
Volunteer
By David R: HuShes
In any volunteer type organization,
all personnel receive benefits that the
organization provides. To make these
opportunities and benefits available,
certain tasks must be done to kee p the
organization going. Some of thcse wits
are fun and some a re not. However,
they all must be done fora squadron to
function and to continue to provide the
opponunity for all of us to ny.
Ir a squadron member is not assign·
ed a stafT position, or helping as an assislant to a starr officer, they should
ask themselves why they should be $0
pri vileged to enjoy the benelilS and the
flying opportunities the squadron provides without helping to carry some of
the administrative workload .
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Your squadron,andthe
opportunities it
provides, will only be
as good as the people
who are part of it.
•
Ask yourself what you are doing for
the squadron beyond participating hi
the flying opemtions.
Volunu~er to help in a staff position
thaL you likeor in which you would be
imerested. Don't worry about knowing
the job; we'll train you. We've gOl good
people doing our staff jobs now, but
they always need help. Step up and
volunlC(!r. You' lI be glad that you did.
See the staff officer you'd like lO hel p
or contact the commander or the chief
of staff.
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Capt. Loren
Brown
Appointed As
Wing Chaplain
SAFETY
C
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By Lt. Col. Cd Turpin
Chapl;Jin, CAP
J am pleased 1.0 inform you that Col.
Donald M . Biondich, California Wing
Commander, has appointed Chaplain
leapt.! Loren L. Brown to become the
new Wing Chaplain.
Chaplain Brown has served as Deputy Wing Chaplain for Administration,
North, during my term as Wing Chaplain_ Loren served faithfully and effectively_ He could a lways be depended
upon to handle Dny assignment in a
professional manllCr. He is a kind, genLIe a nd considerate chaplain. Brown is
a dedicated servant of the Lord .
It was with a deep sense of the leadingof Cod that ( accepted the position
as Wing Chaplain, and iLwas with the
same sense that I resigned LOSccepLLbe
position with th e Pacific Region .
There is no way that I can properly
tha nk you for many kindnesses, words
ofencouragemem, and support w hile I
served as Wing Chaplain .
Chaplain Brown is an Army veteran
of World War II , having combat service in the Pacific. I am positive that
God preserved Loren's life 50 he could
lead us in Lbis great work. For, you see,
I started praying my second day in offi ce that the Lord would start immediately p reparing one lO succeed me and
lead our Wing lO greater service.
Loren, we pray God's richest blessings upo n yourscrvice. r loo k fon'>'am
lO your fellowsh ip in Lhe days that are
ahead. I shall lovingly remember our
our time of service in the finest CAP
Wing.
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N
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fEdiror 's NOl e: Reprinted (rom
Group 15'5 newsleuer ~The BeDcon".J
During the first quarter of this year,
all squadrons received handouts en·
titled " On Landings. " The Federal Aviation Administration's Accident Prevention campa ign , "Back lO Basics," is
aimed at increasing pilots' knowledge
of basic procedures.
Fu ture educationa l seminars arc
being planned lO cover such lOpics as:
weather. emergency procedures, fuel ,
collision avoidance, aeromedical fact o r s , dec ision - making , pre-flight
checks, weather briefing, maintenan ce , communications, and stalll
spin avoida nce.
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Increase your
flig ht safety:
v File a
flight plan .
v Close your
{light plan!
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Your unifornt represents
a great tradition!
Wear it proudly
and properly!
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MARIN CO MPOSITE
A IR nESCUE
SQUADRON FOU R
capt . Frod Nelson, coo rdinator of
california Wing's Live Orga n Trans
plant Program, gave an illleresting
presentation to members of Croul) 23
and Squadrons 4 and 42. The program
is a joint project between california
Wing a nd U.C. San Francisco, with
CAP oircr ews transporting donor
organs to health care facilities around
we stale. The program has completed
more missions a lready in 1986 wan it
did for all of 1985.
The Redwood Empire Chapter or
tbe Air Force Association held its annual "Solum [Q the Youth in Blue." Lt.
Col. Frank Torr attended wit.h three
Squadron Fou r cadets: Katie Blu m,
Gina Basvino and David Tubman. The
cadets had an opportunity to meet
their counterpans from NOVOlO High
ROTC as well as visit with college AFROTC and U.S.A.F. Academy cadets
during tho course of the evening.
Former cadet COmmander Brandon
Ito made 8 return visit to tbe squad·
rOIl_ Brandon , now a Naval ROTC cadet at U.C. Berkeley. came back w talk
with cadets about the Navy'S ROTC
program.
Squadron Four cadets visited Travis
APB for a base tour and some hands-on
ex perien ce wiLh flight simu lators.
They also underwent a field U'8..ining
day in tbo Marin Headlands. Activities
included orientation, first-aid training
alld teamwork projecLS.
Several cadets were guesLS or the
Army National Guard at Camp Parks
for a weekend of search and rescue,
survival and related outdoor training.
Cadets were also treated to a Lalk 0 11
soaring by Commander Maj . Vern
Gross. Maj. Gross related some of his
ex-periences as a glider pilot and talked
about the spon of soa ring and opportunlLlcs to get gUder training.
OuLStanding Sen ior Membe r LL CoL Thomas Mayer
Outstanding cadet Member C/ CaPL ruchard Bingle
Outstanding Squadron Brackett Composite Squadron 64
MOSt Improved Squadron Chino Cadet Squadron 20
lnspector's Award North Orange County
Composite Squadron 56
Certificates or Appreciation were
presented to all active members of
Group staff as well as to squadron commanders (boLl! continuing and outgoing!.
Congratulations to all of Lbe award
winners.
CROUP 15
AWARDS
The annual Group 15 awards ban·
quet was held recently and tboso who
a ttended had a most enjoyable evening.
Awards were presented as follows:
Group Commander's Award Maj . Cha rles Wiest
BEACH C ITI ES
CADET SQUAD RON 107
Beach Cities Cadet Squadron 107'5
Color Guard recently took first place
honors at the California Wing and Pacific Region cadet Competitions.
Cadets or the Color Guard a re: C/
TSgt. James Barr. Color Cuard COmmander: C/Sgt. Mark Larsen; C/ Sgt.
~-BASE COMPOSI TE
SQUADRON 4.5
Twenty·tbree members of Civil Air
Par.rol's March Air Force Base COmposi te Squadron 45 recently completed an America n Red Cross multi·
media standard first aid course taught
by one of their own members.
Second LL David Orr, an active d uty
staff sergea nt with Detachment 24 ,
3904th Strategic Air Com mand Management Engi.neering Squadro n at
March AFB. was the course instruCtOr.
"We had an OULStanding showing of
people." exclaimed Lt. Orr. 'Tm p roud
of the t urno ut . This t raining will
greatly enha.nce our sea rch a nd rescue
capabilities. I'm really proud of everyone's achievelllenL
Both cadet and senior members received hands-on traini ng in bandaging. splinting, and othe r fl1'5t-aid trealmenL
Cadet 5<:otl Burden received a perfec t score! Second Lt. Diane Engelbach. cadet Dan Ybarra and Cadet
Jerry Behnke each scored 98 pert:enL
A lot of people had scores of94 an d 96
percent.
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Frank Cartier; C/Sgt. Chris Rucker;
and C/ Sgt. Arthur Samora.
LOS ANGELES
G ROUP ONE
"OuLStandlng Suppon by a Group
Comman d er" reads the plaque
awarded to Lt. Col. Ange10 Porco. Los
Angeles Group One Commander, at the
1986 Cadet Program Conference held
at E1 Toro. The award was presented to
Col. Porco by the california Wing Ca·
det Office.
Some 250 cadeLS and 25 senior
members were present ror the fourday conference.
CoL Don Biond ich opened the con·
fe rence with an expression of pride in
tbe cadet program and the spirit and
ent.husiasm of Lbe cadeLS. He streSSed
his interest in increased orientation
fljgha and the California Wing Glider
program. He encouraged every cadet
to take advantage of the cadet encampments,
At the banquet, Ll. Col. Ernie Pearson, Wing Chief of Staff. congratulated
Capt. Gregory Cole and his staff fo r tbe
outstanding activities planned and
condueted.
A Croup One Flight Clinic was held
recently. The first days' sessions were
held at Sylmar Hiah School. Project
Officer Mi\i. Joe Orchard, Group One
plans and Programs Officer, reported
60 participants signed in fo r the clinic
class sessions. SOme 24 took tbe scanIler courses, On the Dext day. 7 1 members w ith 18 aircraft participated in
tbe search operations based at Squadron 35's facility of Whiteman AirporL
Know n aircraft wrecks were used as
targets and 25 sonies were n own_ A
total of 36.1 night hoUlS were logged.
SANTA M ON I CA
SQUADRON 51
First Lt. James R. Hardy has been
n amed commander of Composi t e
Squadron 5 1, located at Santa Monica
AirporL Lt. Hardy, a long-time mcmberoftbe squadron, replaces MI\i. Larry Toigo, who now is a pilot for a large
mid-west commuter airline.
cadet Doranen Clark recently received an ap pointmen t to the U.S.
Naval Academy. Congratulations. oor·
anenl
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UNIT NEWS
{Conlinu""
A nowly·acquired 20-passenger 4·
wheel drive bus will be used primarily
to transpon cadets.
GLENDALE SQUADRON 27
Former Cadet Johannes Kepler reoomly visited the squadron on leave
from the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He is
with the 445tb Military Air Lift and
has been on active duty.
First Lt. Vesta Stephens. 1st LL Joan
Blankenburg and 2nd Lt. Ruthe Kempe r attended two Milita ry Affairs
CommitteeS at the Glendale and Pas·
adena Chambers of Commerco. At
both meetings a summary was given
about the Civil Air Patrol and brochures distributed .
Boys' State Chaplain Ha rry Durkee
recently held special services In recognition of the American Legion-spon·
sored program Boys' State at the Hollywood Lutheran Church. lWo Squadron 27 cadelS, Frank Alcocer, cadet
flight officer, and S / SgL Mark Waldner, 1986 Boys' State Candidates, attended along with 2nd IL Guy Kemper
(also Los Feliz POSt 527 Boys' Stale
Cha irman ), American legion State
Commander Jim Welch, and a n umber
of Legionnaires from Posts 43 and 527.
Recent vis.itor was Bill Noey, Recruiting Representative of the O.S. Air
Force Reserve, who spoke to the cadetS
rega rding the benefiLS of the Air Force
Reserve.
A special thanks to the fo llowing
people ror their donations to Squadron
27: C. L. Bandy, Los Angeles Shrine
Club; 2nd Lt. Guy Kemper, The American Legion: ca pt. Jim Stephens and 1st
Lt, Vena Stephens, Do roth v KnOtLS
and Ed Scroggins.
Participating in a tour of the Naval
'J'ra.ining Station and Aerospace Mu·
seum in San Diego were: Squadron
Commander Maj. Bill Hooper, CaPL
Jim Stephens, 1st LL Vesta Stephens,
1st Lt. Joan Bankenburg, 2nd LL R. C.
Cindrich and cadeLS Frank Alcocer, Ed
Alcocer, Dave RoberLs, Th omas
RobertS, Ray Lopez, Ricardo Paez, Armando Estrada, Tony Kepler, Ara Do·
noyan, Tony Nguyen and William AI·
varez.
Medical Officer 1st Lt. J oan Blankenburg, along with squadron cadelS,
alLended a Red Cross Prepa.redness
class at the Glendale Chapter.
Glendale Squadron 27 cadet color
guard, under the command of Maj. Bill
Hooper, panicipated in the Burbank
On Parade in April and received the
First Place Trophy in the Color Guard
competition.
The parade this year was a salute to
the City of Burbank 75th birthday, Di·
amond Jubilee, 1911-1986.
The Awards were handed out by the
Mayor of Burbank 8t Thomson Field,
and a Walt Disney Representative was
present. The event is to be shown on
the Disney TV channel.
The cadets winning the F ir~t Place
Trophy were: Richart! Rizk. William
Alvarez, Jorge Vazquez, Armando Esuada, Vansn Bouzikian, Richy Spicer,
Kamn Karamian, Kris Propps, Tony
Nguyen, Tony Kepl er, Ara Donoyan ,
Ed Alcocer, and cadet commander
Frank Alcocer.
Former Glendale Squadron 27 cadet,
Ma rine Pfc. Eduardo Mi reles, has
com pleted the six-week Inrantry Combat Training Course a~ Marine Corps
Base Camp Pendleton, CA. Mireles received classroom instruction and participated in field exercises involving
infantry tactics such as the construCtion and camouflage of fighting positions, the use of mines, demolitions
and intra-company commun ications
equipmenL
Cadet Commander Fra.nk Alcocer
r eceived the Mitch ell Award. The
Awar d was presen ted by Maj . Bill
Hooper, Squadron 27 Commander.
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NORTH COAST
Squadron Four Commander Maj .
Vern Gross, Group 23 Commander Lt.
Col. Frank Torr, a nd Capt. Floyd
Moore completed ca lirornia Wing's
Corporate Leadership School. The
school was hosted by McClellan Air
Force Base, Sacramento, and was a ttended by senior squadron and group
staff members from around Northern
California. The CLS is a requirement
for completing Level Ul lraining.
cadet T / Sgt. Katie Blum has been
advised she has been accepted for admission to study at the University of
Pennsylvania. Good work , Katiel
California Nationa l Guard, 570Lh
Military Police Unit of Concord , hosted 50 CAP cadeLS inCluding eight cadet
members from Squadron Four to a n
orientation day in early January. cadeLS were given a first·hand look at the
ANG mission and given a sample of
training by ANG drill instructors in
Drill and Ceremonies. Upon completion of the orientation, cadets are eligible to attend an ANG hosted bivouac at
Camp Parks where they will receive
training in Search and Rescue, Radio
Operations, Survival and Land Navigation.
SAN BERNARDINO
SENIOR SQUAD RON 5
Congratulations a re in order fo r the
following Squadron 5 members:
2nd Lt. Thomas Hundshamer took
and passed his Form 5 checkride in his
Piper Warrior at Group 18' s Flight
Clinic at Red la nds.
2nd Lt. Donal Springer took and
passed b.i& Form 5 checkride in his
Pipcr Archer. He also took and completed the Scanner Form Sa checkride.
Maj . Ramon Estrada took and
passed his Scanner Form 58 checkride.
Capt. Ed Clappenon took a.nd passed
his Scanner Form 58 chec.kride.
2nd Ll. Robert Swenson too k a nd
passed his Scanner Form 58 c heckride. He also spent a weekend a ttending the Cable Radio Operator Permit
class and passed the R.O.P_ test.
1st Lt. Mike Berridge a lso struggled
through the CAPM 100-1 and tested out
on the R.O.P. program. He is now fu lly
qualified as a communicator.
CapL James Martin, finally, after 4 3
hours in search grids, logged h is 200
hours necessary for mission pilot standard . He also rated for the Cadet Orientation pilot a nd made his first cadet
orientation flights at the Apple Valley
Airpon with Squadron 120 cadets.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY
GROUP TWO
ca pt. Kay Mark deserves commendation for donating her time to help
...... ilh flood-related assistanCil in San
MateO.
Squadron 192 has been busy on several fronts. They ent.ered the CAPlOT
Program by flying three of a recent
five missions. Squadron 80 took care
of lhe other lWO. Maj . Hal Stoner prepared three news releases on the unit'S
activities. One concerned cadets' attendance and the recognition they received at the Annual california Cadet
Program Wing Conference and Military Ball; another covered the $5,000
bequest from the late Isabel Brand·
rith, whose husband had been a mem·
ber of Squadron 2, and the third recounted the assistance given when the
storms a nd fl oods struck the Sacramento Valley.
SANTA CRUZ
COMPOSITE SQUADRON 13
Member! of Squadron 13 pa.rtici·
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UNIT NEWS
(Continued)
paled once again in the annua l Watsonville Anlique Fly-ln. Cadets were
responsible for the security of the hundreds ofair pianes flown in fo r the col-
orful event, second only to the Oshkosh Antique Fly-ln. Cadets remained
on the field Bround we clock, patrolling in shifts. 10 addition, the parents
sponso red a food booth to help raise
fu nds for the on-going aeros pace education.
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SQUADRON lU
T he squadron's newsletter, Recap, is
sweating it DUL No items from fellow
CAP members is iikej um pi ng out of a
plane and the chute doesn't open I
Seven squadron cadets attended the
Cadet Program Conference a t El Taro
NAS. The cadets rode down on a bus
w ith two squadrons from the Sacramento area . We arri ved late Friday
night at EI Toro because of rain. We
were up at 0630 the following morning
and on our way to activity period at
0900. My activity per iod was greaL
We were given a tour of explosive ordi·
nance disposal vehicles. We h ad a
chance to see and talk LO the pilots of
such ai rcraft as F/ A·18 Hornet, A-4
Skyhawk and AB· l Hue y Cobra. We
attended seminars on subjects such as
military aviatio n, cadet competition
and Rockwell lnt.ernational. The trip
was a great lear ning experience for
the cadets who attended . 1L sparked a
d esire for attending other Wing ac·
tivities.
WEST BAY
COMPOSITE SQUADRON 192
Cadets from West Bay Composite
Squadron 192, based a t CoyOle Point,
were afford ed many recogn itions at
the an nual Ca liforn ia Cadet Program
Wing Conference and Military Ball
held at El Toro Marine Base in South·
ern California. Those co ntributing
their expertise included:
Cadet Capt. Greg Bushong, Cadet
Project Officer for the Activities Faire;
Cadet Neil Jonas, who received a Com·
mander·s Citation for his w ork in
Emergency Services fu nctions; cadet
Eric McDa niel. Recorder in tho Ad·
v isory Council; Cadet Dean na Paul. ca·
det Assistant Project Officer; Cadet
Vicky Howell , Head Cadet Adviso r;
Cadet Justin M.iller, cadet in charge of
q uarters; a.nd Cadet Advisors Alan
McGav in, Kathy Reschke and Neil
J onas.
Other local cadets attending the con·
feren ce included Boll Bolich, Joseph
Ghazal, Tom Ficarra, James Simmons,
John Ferrari , Eric Johnson, John
West me yer, Da r en McFa r land a.nd
Jennifer Fleming.
At the cadet Banquet and Military
Ball, Squadron 192 again shone as cadet Flight Officer Vicky HCM'ell was
chosen "Queen of the Ball," Cadet Airman Jennifer Fleming as '·Princess,··
and Cad et Ca pt. Greg Bus hong as
"Prince."
Senior members escorting this fine
contingent of American youths, and
who also participated in the operation
of the co nference, included: Lt. Col.
J im How ell, Project Officer ; CapL Alexandra Ramirez, Deputy Project Officer a nd Senior Seminar Coordinator ;
and 2nd Lt. John Miller, Lighting DireCLOr i Stagehand.
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PACI FICA CADET
SQUADRON ONE
Our new Squad ron Co lo r Guar d
made a special appearance opening an
awards banquet for the San Francisco
Bay Area Park and Recreation Commissioners of District IV. Since the
squadron was chosen last yea r as their
·'Youth Group of the Year:· we wished
to sh ow our ap preciat ion for this
hon or by presenti ng ou r colors a nd
leading the Pledge of Allegia nce to the
Flag.
The banquet room at Nick 's Resta urant was j ammed full of officials from
16 cities a round the Bay Area. Our own
Mayo r Curry and three other council
members w ere ther e. along w ith other
mayors and ci ty managers. There was
barely enough room to squeeze the
four cad ets and their flags into the
front of the head ta ble, face the assembled crowd and raise their arms in
a sa lute.
The commander of Squadron One, a
member of the Pa cifica Recreation
Commission, spoke the Pledge from a
microphone placed behind the head
table. ]n spite of the crush and limited
time for pomp or ceremony, the cadets
did a very commendable job.
Lo ng after the cadets had gone
home, at the close of the banquet when
the newly elected p resident of that organ ization, J ean J ohnston, chairman
of the Pacifica P.B.&R. Commission
was thanking those who had contribmed La the success of the event, she
lOOk a lmost 10 minutes to praise the
activities of the Pacirica Civil Air Pa·
trol cadets. It came as a surprise to us
that Johnston was one of the mobile
home park tenants who had to be evac·
uated in a fie rce winter SLOnn a couple
of years ago. The cadets, w ith waves
break ing over rooftops, helped the
people pack up and remove thei.r va lu·
able belongings as the sea cliff eroded
the ground unde r the buildings. Com·
mission er Johnsto n . along w ith 12
other residents, stated t hey owed a
real debt of gratitude LO our drenc hed
tee nagers who packed IXIlr:es and pets
into trucks, vans and cars to save them
from washing inLO tha sea.
The city officials and guests, hearing this story for the fU'S t time, were so
impressed tha t they gave Squadron
One a big ovation.
Commissioner Johnston 's praise
was so heartfelt and generous that the
Pacifica Tribune Newspaper edito r.
w ho was present in the audience, me ntioned the squadron in his art icle
about the awards banqueL
You can never tell how much effective publicity and good w ill you w ill
stir up with a sharp color guard. With
pride we say. ··Well done cadets J ames
zamboukos, Ro ha n a Vanegas, Michael
De Caro and Jen nifer Boyetle! "
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SOUTH BAY
SENIOR SQ AUDRON U 9
A CPR class was recently conducted
by Mr. Dave RapeUa of the Tor rance
Fire Department. It was a very good
and informative class . At the end of
the twO Monday night sessions. a CPR
card was issued LO the CAP m embers
who attended both classes. Graduates
are: Maj. George Ortega, Maj. Do n caprio, 1st LL Fra nces Lay, Lt. Col. Bob
Lay, CaPL D. Roberts. Mike Gray, Capt.
Bob Kobel. Ll. Col. Dave Galas, 1st Lt.
Gordon Hughes, 2nd Lt. Gerard
Amzal lag, Pat Montague , Jan e t
Guisinger, Maj. Dave Pierson. ca pt. Ed
Weaver, 2nd Lt. Lyn Alford , J . Madi·
so n . Capt. Hal Loomis and 2nd Lt.
Jackie Murphy.
The squadron thanked Mr. RapelJa
for his dedication. and made plans fo r
him to teach other classes in the fu·
ture.
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FLIGHT 11
Palm Sp ri ngs Search and Rescue
Flight 11 was re-organized and moved
from it's former location at Therma l.
CA tT hermal Flight III and after a
most successful recruiting d.rive can·
ducted by CapL Ra lph L. Landry, ad·
visor to the commander, Maj. Ra lph E.
Saurs, held it's first tra in ing session
with its '·60 member strong" member(Con u·nued . . .J
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(S lit) 813-102.7
8 1SHOP
Literate Raven
1"1West Depot
(916) 346-2912
Colfax
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VACA\'I u.£
HAYNES & SCHAEFER
DUMP TRUCKING CO.
532 GAAHT
(619)357· 1535
Calexico
VICON
UME KlLN RD." CALAVERAS
So nora
(Z09) 532-7466
Ganahl Lumber Co.
In Lake Arrowhead Since 1927
(714) 337·2435 I Lake Arrowhead
KEN REYNOLDS
CONSTR UCrION
I".O. oox :wo
(7 14) 338·54.96
CresUine
STAPF PLUMBING
,9333IndustnaJ Dr.
(209) 5 32·5586
Sonora
Ed Palnlslein - Owner
209 2nd
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Qestline
LEO J. DOIION
General8ullder
RESlOEHTlAL6 CO_ERCIAI.
Isleton
11.0IFlr
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(201t1532--3593
SONORA
WILLIAM MARTIN
CONSTRUCTION CO.
17830 N. Hig h w.y I
(7071964-5129 / Fort 8,agg
Horizon Aviation
2410 Rlck e.backe, Way
916·823·3495
Auburn
4995 E. Anderson Ave.
41 6 East School
(209)732·5328
Visa li a
TUOLUMNE FOUNDRY
AND MACHINE WORKS
(714) 338-1497
aener.t 8uildlnv eorolr.c;:l or
Western Piper Sales, Inc.
AU L Ready Mix
DEL RIO HOTEL
Mereno Valtey
GATEWAY
HOME CENTER
Fresno
(209) 252· 2926
C. A. D ri ~e r
Insura nce AgenC)'t Inc.
no.. \ ' OI'ooTEA\·['IIl. E
((} 16r 738·44J5
Robbins
Elk Grove Trailer Repair
and B1acks m ~h Shop
9208 ELK GROVE 81.VD.
(9t6) 685-3S07
ELK GROVE
TOURIST LIQUOR &
SPORTING GOODS STORE
COWNEACI ...L ROW
TRUCKEE
(tinS) 587· 3081
Duke's Refrigeration
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PETER NEUMANN
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Sonon
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R. B. Plumbing CD.
A.rotal. , S.I . . S.r"lce Co .• I~.
'360 Bllrton "'".nll.
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14081158-2126
(619) 934-344 1 I Mammo th Lakes
2648 4 Apache Trail
(714 ) 337·8688
Rim FOI"est
Blythe Office Supply
Auburn Iron Works
Kamprath Seed CD.
128 North SPf"lng
(619) 922·3121
Bly the
Aqua Perfections
578 Uncoln Way
(916) 885-1971 I Auburn
Reggie F. Olne y
Sooth H Street Near While lane
, (805) 831·3456
401 Drintos Sireet
General Hauling
(916)865-3804
Orland
High Sierra Properties
(619) 934-6848
(6191254-2578
P.O. Box 19 5 7 / M ammoth Lakes
(209) 43J.J822
1330 Galaxy Wa y, Suite 0
(415) 827·9300
Concord
O r osi Sup e r Ma rke t
41536 Road 128
(209) 528-4243
JEROME BOHLANDER
CONTRACTORS
1ns FILBERT ...VENUE
Oros i
(916) 345-1945 I Chico
Bakersfield
CAllCO TRAILS
MOBILE HOME PARK
(7 141654· 3535 / San Jacint o
ATC Right Simulator C8tr/er
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("70"1' , " 15-"35 1
1"711) ",-,1.2916 ,
PAUL OVERHOLTZER
ll lJO CAlICO Bl'iD..
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Ad va n ce Electr ic Co.
1152 E. Paul A\'enue
Fresno
Crashe r's Trailer Court
1U51 Nort hc rt:sl Dri\c
(7117 ) .j r.·I · ·H~ U I C r(:.lot"Cnl C, ity
UNIT
EWS
IComin"cd)
ship in au.endanoo. The five members
left in Thermal Flight II have boon
absorbed into the reorgan ized unit.
Since the fi rst meeling 36 members
have oomplelCd Level I training. a nd
been awarded the membershi p ribbon, 29 SM's attended Emergency Ser·
vices seminars and passed the Part I
and LI tcst, nine members completed
the eigh t-hou f sca nn er clan room
training course a nd are now workins
on lhe in·nigh t. portion or tha t t.raining. Finally, two members. Capt.
Ralph Landry and Lt . Fran ces, at·
Lendcd the corpora te learning course
at Van Nuys Air National Gua rd Base.
We a fe alive and well here ill the
Desert and hope to be "on·line" and
'7h e Proud and Professionsl. "
As part of a n on-going campaign to
make San Diego mo.re aware of the acLi viLics and benefits o[Civil Air PaU'OI.
El Cajon cadet Squadron 55 had a
color guard at the San Diego Padres
Baseball Ga me du ring the National
Anthem.
Plans are under....ay to repeat the
performance at future dates.
Too many
newspapers at
your house? Leave
this one in a public
place as a
recruiting aid!
"mission rcady" by the end of this
summer.
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EL CAJON
CADET SQUAD RON 55
A specia l lhanks to all we semon in
Group 3 who have becnsupporl.ing the
cadet program . and in particular, Maj .
Dick Campbell. CaPL Dottie Campbell,
Capt. Keith Ashbury and Cha plain
Garlick. These seniors have taken the
time to help the cadets of Squadron 55
learn and grow.
In April , four cadets ....'Cre given orientation flights by M<ti. Dick campbell
and capt. Keilh Ash bury. The cadets in
auendance were Kelly, Jones, Duff
and Bavenkoff.
As &"'8f Facts goos to press, special
fu ture plans fo r SQuadron members i.nelude: A fu nd raiser over Memorial
Day weekend - a hot dog stand at a
local market _ .. a camp OUt at Butterfi eld . . . attendance at the Air Foret!
Association's awa rds banquet in Balboa Park . . _ presentation of colors at
the Sa n Diego Padres Baseball game
.. . and a visit to Madison Convalcsoem Center to spend a day with the
residents.
New commander of Squadron 55 is
ISl Lt. Missy Mahnken.
In auendance at Squadron 55'5 open
bouse were Don Garcia, who is w ith
!.he Muscwar Dystrophy Association.
Masler Sgt. Vickery, SwrrSgL Winder!
and Staff Sgt. Eberle, all from Lhe local
U.s. Ai r Force recruiting Stations. Also
in attendance were Maj. Dick campbell , Deputy Group 3 Commander, a nd
his w ife, CoPL Douie campbell, and
Cha pla in Garlick, Group 3 Chaplain.
The open house was a success and several new members were recruited.
The squadron has also adopted a
new name for thei r newsletter -
Squadron 55 Color
Day Service,
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TRADEWINDS MOTEL
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KINGS BEACH
[1 1'I S~.t1
Erickson Lumber Co.
Harry Genler Company
A·I BODY SHOP
(9 16 ) 74 2-2485
6 11 0 Vineland A,-e. 1I7
(8 18) 762·5jS5 I N. Hollywood
201 Nor1h E Street
(209) 673·3 179
Madera
Stage Coach Airporter
Stockton Generator
MARYSVlll.E
CENTRAL VALLEY
AVIATION
Il.S Ll N D8ERGST REET
Stockton
(109) 981-0794
Almond Grove
Mobile Home Park
sao 12th· Wlllilmi. (8HII473·S620
Colasa L1qaor Store
661 Main
1455 Cambridge Avenue
(714) 794-6066
Redlands
TI.. berll.e DI_posal CO.
Residentia l & Commercial
1916)623-3678
Weaverville
EVA 'S LIMO and
PARADE SERVICE
14 '\ORnl M I IJ.S ROAn
19161 458·2062
Colusa
CASA DE FLORES
MobIllI Home Community
TOI EAST LASSEN AVENUE
(916) 343-5551
Chico
(80s) 642·5253
Vtntura
Sharon Angle Realty
229 E. Hobson Way
(619) 922-7007
Blythe
Mr. F1ulfyloot Carpets
Benbow Aviation Flight
(9 16) 877·1961
2929 Airport Drive
(213) 325·4622
Torrance
5335 Skywa y
Parad ise
Chucll Stoddanl LodIsmllh
210 Laurel Avenue
FLETCHER' S
CLEANING & PAINTING
(619) 474--4221 I National City
lUI eOLUMeus
(805) 393- 8669 I Bak....fi.ld
Counlry Hardware. Inc.
Larry's Auto Service
South 101 Highway
(805) 231>4667
Paso Robles
A~I_
B-'N~ &
POOL SUPPLIES
24 South 0 Street
116 K- HARRISON
(805) 76 5·6171 I TAFT
209) 855-2 117 - Mill Rd. - ToLhou ..
NEWELLPOTATOrooP
Red Rooster Camp
9 16 M eander D riv e
North Highway 95
1619)922·5567
Blythe
New e ll
Black Gold Asphalt
Rick Gorges - Owner
(61919J .... H616 / \la mmolh ......6
Porterville Aviation
Clift Edwards, Inc,
Por1ervile
AKJXM1
Porterville
COle Towing & Storage
24 Hour - 348·0163
Niland
25l ut St.
( 2OV) 943 - 19 84
General Contractor
(916) 346-2432
Cotfax
BRIDGEFORD
FLYING SERVICE
no Al tpott I d. 17'On
l!~ ·OI81
Napa C ou nty Airpo rt
STOCKTON
Freeway Transmissions
1735 East Ram sey
Banning
714·849·3210
Sanborn Pharlllacy
JlJ N. S:lIl hom Rood
S.1lin:lS
(-lOS) ' 2' ·5481
COI·ered Wagon Pet &
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16nl) 0 STREET
Victonille
(6 19) 245-5523
Contel
C,·",..I/",.1< Co S..I,..
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Rid gecrest
(619)375-6606
DIETZ'S UNION SERVICE
15764 Sierra Highway
(805) 824·9945
~Aoja ve
C& MFEEDa.d
PET SUPPLY
(209 1383- 2811
MERCED
Yuki Trotils GUt'st Home'
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9.360
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(2.1))\ 7,U~440
V., .II.I
K·Mart
Drake AvioHon
1455 N. Unden Avenue
(714) 350-4019
Rialto
(209) 784·9460
. XCHANaE247 W . CHARTER WAY
178'1 r,, 2IST ST REO
Perris
(714)657·1996
BRIGGS LUMBER YARD
& FEED STORE
664-2881
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Fairlield
441 6 Olive Road
(707) 429·3618
CH UCK MARIER
LOAD ER SERVICE
715 GOlO F!F.111
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Do You Understand
Wake Turbulencel
A Quick Quiz:
Reprinted from FLYING SA FETY • October. 1985
• Listed below are 10 quest ions about wa ke tu rbule nce. Each quest ion is \\'Orlh 10 pints. If you scorE'
less than 90 points. please refer to "May the Force Be
Wit h You," wh ich will be published in Flymg Sofi'I!!.
November 1985. If you score 100 points. you're k nowledgeable in wake turbulence, bu t we still think the arIlde would be interesting for you. also. Check your
answers again sllhose listed all he bottom of the page.
1. When does a departing aircraft sta rt producing
wingtip vortices?
o At the start of the takeoff roll
At apprOximately 50 knots
At rota tion
o
o
o
At Iiltoff
2. The winds are calm, and you're i'I\\'aiting takeoff
o n Runway 32R. A jet Iransporllakes off on 32L. How
long should it take for the turbulence to reach) ur runway if the rum....ays are 1,000 feet apart?
a. 112 minute
0 c. 1'h minutes
:::J b. 1 minute
0 d . 2 min utes
o
3.
VVh en departing behind a large cargo aircraft,
wh ich of the following types of \\;nd would ~es ult in
the most lo ng-lasting runway turbulence?
a. Calm \\' inds
0 c. 5-knot crosswind
comp onent
b. Direct head winds 0 d . 10-knot crosswind
component
o
o
4. \"'hat conditio ns o( airsp£'ed, weight , an d con figuration would generate the grealest amount o( wake
tu rbulence?
Configurat io n
Airspeed
'''''e ight
a. Slow
Heavy
Flaps down
b. Slow
Heavy
Clean
c. Fas t
Heavy
Flaps down
d . Fas t
Heavy
Clean
o
o
o
o
5. At wha t rale and to what alti tude will the vortices
generated by an aircraft descend?
a . 500 fpm (or 900 feel
b. 500 fpm fo r 500 feet
c. 1,000 {pm for 2,fXX) feel
d . 1,000 fpm to ground level
o
o
o
o
6. When laking 0 (( behind a depa rting Jet. a good
technique wo ul d be to:
o
a.
Delay hft-off as long as poss ible to gain extra
airspeed (or penet rallng the vortices.
o b. Plan to lift off before the rotat ion point of t he
departing aircraft a nd co ntinue climb above or
away from its flightpalh .
c. Climb to 500 feet , level off, and turn to cross
Ihe vortex path at a 9O-degree angle.
::::J d . Ad just your flightpa lh to penetrate the \'o rtex
core 500 feet below the departing ai rcraft
o
7. Under what wind cond itions will the movement of
vortices 10 ground effect cau~ the greatest hazard to
following aircraft in the touchdow n zo ne?
o a. Light and variable winds
b. 5-10 knot quartering headwind
c. Light quartering tailwmd
d . Stro ng headwind
o
o
o
8. Vortex cores range (rom 25 feet to 50 feet in diameter. How are t he two vortices (rom an aircraft affected
by time?
a. The cores rapIdly eApand until they O\'Crlap and
diSSipate.
D b. They stay \'ery close together until disSIpation .
c. They grad ually reduce in size u nt il d isSIpation .
o d . Thev eithe r increase o r dec rease in size, depending on "tmosphe ric conditions.
o
o
9. The \'ortices created b)' the C-SA or 717 have langenhal velocities of approximately :
[j a. 500 fp m
C c. 9,000 fpm
C b. 5.000 fpm
C d . 15,000 fpm
10. Which of the following encounters \"ith \\'ake tur·
bu lence h'ould probably result in the greatest loss of
co ntrol of the penet rating aircraft?
a. FI)'i ng 1,(XX) feet below the gl'neralmg alrcr,lfi
b. Crossing the wake at a 9O-d egree angle
c. Cli mbing throug h th e wake at a 90-degree
angle
d . Climbins through the wake o n Ihe same heading as the gcnerahng ai rno1ft .
o
o
o
o
_ Ad&;IWd
r...... Ae.'OS;)OU S.'fly " PI 1'9
•
AN SWERS TO THE ABOVE OUESTIONS
I.C, 2.d , l .c, 4 b, Sa, 6.0. 7.c, 8 1>, 9.c, IO.d
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