March 2005

THE NEWSLETTER OF MAINE WING, CIVIL AIR PATROL, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY

Worcester Wreath and Maine Wing, CAP team up again at Arlington

National Cemetery.
For the second
Aerospace Education yearatinitsa finest.
row the St wreaths and to participate in a ganizations were on hand to help
Croix 22,
August and2004
Machias
provedValley
to be aCompos- wreath laying ceremony at the with the placing of the wreaths.
ite Squadrons
beautiful day to workhave traveled
and to Ar-
play outside. Tombs of the Unknowns. Both Once this project was complete, the
lington
After National
a month Cemetery
of almost to partici-
daily rain, squadrons were so moved by the
cadets and senior members met in event that both squadrons partici-
Bangor, Maine to compete in the Maine pated again this year. On December
Wing’s Model Rocketry Contest. As 12, 2004 at 0430 twenty-seven
always, the St Croix Composite members left in two CAP vans and
Squadron had over 95% participation. headed to Easton, Maryland where
Picture 1 shows most of the cadets who they were met by Col Kay Walling,
attended the event. This is only the Maryland Wing Commander and
second time in memory that two cadets members of the Easton Composite
had to ride in the Commanders car Squadron. After a welcome from
because the van was full. As we add representative Addie Eckardt, Col Finished Product was Beautiful
new members, I from
Volunteers hope this problem
all over came to Walling served pizza to everyone.
continues.
help theI like to see unload
cadets as many and cadets lay The Maryland Wing provided over- Civil Air Patrol members attended a
take advantage ofwreaths.
these programs as night accommodations as well as very moving wreath laying ceremony
possible. Our First Sergeant John breakfast in the morning. At 0600 at the Tombs of the Unknowns. Af-
Chambers, Picture 2, is shown before he Monday morning the squadrons left terwards, the group traveled to the
pate in his
launched therocket.
laying After
of wreaths on Vet-
the launch, I for Arlington where they met the Pentagon where all members were
erans
asked himgraves.
what heThishad event
learnedhas taken
about Blue Bird truck carrying the wreaths. treated to a guided tour of the build-
place He
rockets. every year
Said: for the
“I know notpast ten
to use Cadet and senior members went to ing, which included a visit to the
years
three with Morrill
different types of Worcester
glue on the donat-
same work and by 10:30 all 4,500 wreaths “Memorial Room” which is just be-
ingHe
fin.” wreaths
went on totobesay:
laid“Don’t
on thewaitgrave- were placed. The Maine State Soci- low where the plane hit on 9/11/01,
sites
until theinlast
Arlington.
second toLastbuildyear,
yourMr. ety and volunteers from various or- and will remain etched in the hearts
Worcester
rocket, approached
you don’t have enough Capt Wayne
time to of all Americans. This area is the
Merritt,
make Commander
corrections and fixof anythe Machias only place we were allowed to take
Valley Composite
problems.” All presentSquadron,
watched astothehelp pictures at the Pentagon. We are
withSergeant’s
First the unloading
rocketof theup
went wreaths
and at proud of our cadets and senior
Arlington
down so fastand
that distributing
we almost missedthem it. to members who took time to partici-
the volunteers from the Maine State pate in this event. All of us are look-
Society to lie on the graves. Capt ing forward to next year when we
Merritt enlisted the help of the St will do it again. Thank you to all who
Croix Composite Squadron to help made this trip possible.
with the event. Last year fifteen
members traveled to Arlington and Cadets SMSgt John Chambers Maj Wayne Merritt and Capt Den-
worked with the volunteers and and C/2Lt Stephen Lincoln nis Murray.
Worcester Wreath to distribute the straighten wreaths on veterans
graves.

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Maine Wing –
I am now able to inform you of the
highly successful mission recently
completed by members of Maine
Wing for the U.S. Navy.
Maine Wing was tasked by the U.S.
Navy to provide reconnaissance
flights and support communications
during the transit of its recently up-
graded ship from port at Bath Iron
Works down the Kennebec River to
its release point into the Atlantic. This
mission included fly back digital pho-
tography for USN analysis and plan-
ning purposes. Maine Wing provided
“eyes in the skies” for the USN secu-
rity personnel in accompanying water-
craft and at their ICP. This type of
mission may make us an integral part
of the US Navy’s plans for recon ser-
vices for future ship movements.
To say that the USN personnel were
pleased with the outstanding job done
by our Air and Ground Crews is an
understatement. I thank all who took
part in this very successful mission.
And those key people include – Major
Chris Hayden, Planning and Crew
selection; Capt. Ted Kryzak, Initial
Planning; Col. Jim Linker, Air Crew,
Planning, Crew selection and Opera-
tions Coordination; Lt. Wayne McKin-
Maine Wing Over
Wing Commander
Col Mitch Sammons
Vice Commander
Maj Chris Hayden
Newsletter Editor
Capt Dennis Murray
Headquarters
Maine Wing, Civil Air Patrol
PO Box 5006
Augusta Maine, 04332-5006
Editorial Office: 207/767-1874
Headquarters: 207/626-7830
The Maine Wing Over is an unofficial newsletter
published quarterly in the interest of members of the
Maine Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. Any opinions
either expressed or inferred by the writers herein are
their own and are not to be considered official ex-
pression by the Civil Air Patrol or the Department of
the Air Force.
ney, Air Crew; Lt. Dick Sharpe, Air
Crew; Capt. Marc Brunelle, Air Crew;
Lt. Mike Coyne, Air Crew; Lt. Dick
Gagne, Air Crew; Major Mike Pel-
lerin, MCV Command and Communi-
cations, and Lt. Col. Bill Ricker,
MCV Crew and Communications.
The success of this mission has been
heard at the top of CAP National
Headquarters. Outstanding work that
reflects outstanding training. Stay
tuned…I am sure that there will be
more to come…
Mitch Sammons Col. CAP
THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE
RIGHT TIME!!!! Twenty Four
Minute Mission.
Sometimes it is the case. The mission
was opened February 25, 2005 at
1853Z and the ELT was silenced by
Capt. Fellows and Flt Officer Fellows
at 1917Z. I think that is at least a ME
Wing record. Fortunately for me the
Fellows GT was just getting ready to
leave the Augusta Squadron to take
Cadets to Winter Survival when I got
the call from the AFRCC. The offend-
ing ELT was located in a aircraft that
had made a hard landing at Augusta
State Airport. I can tell you when I
called the AFRCC and told them we
had it silenced Capt. Hermosa was a
little surprised but I told him we had
great teams up here in Maine.
Thanks so much to Capt. Fellows and
Flt Officer Fellows for their willingness
to be a few minutes late in delivering
the Cadets to Winter Survival.
GREAT JOB ONCE AGAIN.
Capt. Merrie Knightly, DO
We have been informed that C/Lt.
James Connors has just received his
acceptance to the U.S. Air Force
Academy. On behalf of Maine Wing, I
extend our sincere congratulations to
Mr. Connors for his successful appli-
cation and wish him the best in his
career ahead. We are all proud of his
achievement.
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Maine Wing Airman Academy
Attention All Cadets:
The Maine Wing Airman Academy is
coming up soon! The Airman Acad-
emy will be held Monday April 18 thru
Thursday April 21 at the Bangor Air
National Guard Base and will be run
simultaneously with the Maine Wing
Honor Guard Academy. The Airman
Academy is a great opportunity for
new cadets to learn about the cadet
program, improve their basic skills,
and prepare for this summer’s Maine
Wing Encampment, which is shaping
up to be one of the best Maine Wing
has ever had! New cadets will be
given the opportunity to complete all
the requirements for their next grade.
Participation at the basic level is de-
signed for Cadet Basics, Cadet Air-
man, Cadet Airman First Class, and
Cadet Senior Airman. More experi-
enced cadets who desire to improve
their leadership skills and mentor new
cadets will find the Airman Academy a
time of great growth. Those cadets
who wish to apply for a staff position
should apply now as staff positions
are being chosen as we speak. To be
eligible for a staff position you should
have already completed an encamp-
ment, or at the very least completed
an Airman Academy and be a Cadet
Senior Airman or above. If you are
interested here are a couple of things
you should know…first the cost is
$35.00, which includes all your meals.
Check in time is between 1200 and
1300 on the 18th and lunch will not
be served so eat before you come.
Graduation will be at 1400 on Thurs-
day the 21st and parents are encour-
aged to come, so let them know about
it. The application deadline is April 1
for basic cadets and ASAP for cadet
staff. More information will be put out
on list-serve as far as packing lists
and more specific instructions so if
you are interested and don’t have ac-
cess to a computer check with some-
one in your squadron to get the info.
Hope to see you all there!
1LT Lori Renzullo, CAP
Deputy Director of Cadet Programs
 Wing Cadets and Seniors at Stobie Seaplane Base on the Maine
Moosehead Wing
Lake, DAE,
Maine move LTC182
a Cessna Lindon
seaplane from thefairs
water Officer opened
ramp to land the Wing
parking. Maine sessions
has by
Model Rocketry
supported theProgram
International Pilots association Fly-in for the past seven years. Photo Courtesy of Mike Lange, Moosehead Messenger.
Shaping up for Christie, Jr. If you have any questions laying out his vision of the PAO’s be-
about the new model rocketry pro- ing a team within
International the Wing
Parade Leadrather than
by CAP
Wing Conference. gram, please contact your squadron working alone at squadron level. He
Color and Honor Guard
AEO, Commander or Maine Wing likened
On August the 9,job2003,
of thethe
PAO as being
Maine Wing a
This year’s Model Rocketry competi- DAE. 1Lt Tim Look is this year’s member of the Wing Public
Squadrons from St Croix Composite, Affairs de-
tion will be held on Sunday morning, partment with each being
Machias Valley and Downeast once responsible
April 24, 2005 immediately following for hisparticipated
again or her squadron. in the His plan is for
International
the Wing Conference. Competition the PAO’s
Parade from to Calais,
share expertise
Maine to and
St pool
will start promptly at 1000 hours at the news stories for greater
Stephens, New Brunswick. In addi-coverage.
Princeton Airport in Princeton, Maine. Captthe
tion, Dennis
Honor Murray
Guardhanded eachdif-
from many at-
(About 15 minutes from Calais). The tendee a blank sheet of paper
ferent squadrons participated. This and
competition is a little different this announced
year was specialthat they had just
to Maine taken
Wing, CAP
year and requirements have changed. the first step in producing
because we lead the parade, which their squad-
Guidelines follow the NEW CAP ron’snot
has next
beengeneration
done forofmany
newsletter.
years. It
Model Rocketry Program. Each His telling
seems theof how he found
organizers of theaevent
copy ofcan
Squadron has a copy and additional St Croix’s Sierra Charlie newsletter
count on CAP personnel to be on time in
copies may be requested directly from his local dentist’s waiting
and to be very professional. Less room was
National HQ. Each participating proof of the
problems forpower of the
them and newsletter.
believe me
squadron will be provided a table at they have many problems tocom-
He should know he has just deal
the conference to Display their rock- pletedbefore,
with, his fiftieth issue
during andofafter
SC. the
The re-
ets participating in the competition. event. Thank you to all of the partici-
Set up of these displays would be Fri- C/SMSgt. Chris McCarthy and 1Lt.
day Night or Early Saturday morning. Tim Look work on the rocket
Participating squadron cadets in the launcher for the 2005 Rocketry
competition will have completed Competition to be held at the Maine
Stage One (Redstone) of the Model Wing Conference, April 22-24.
Rocketry Program to be able to par- (photo by 1Lt. Karen Varian)
ticipate in the Maine Wing competi-
tion. Participating squadron cadets
prepare Stage Two (Titan), complet- competition Launcher. He has con-
ing written phase and constructing structed a launcher which fire six (6)
rockets, bringing rockets to Wing rockets at a time or individually with a With this Working Group of PAO’s
competition and displaying them on safe control. Now is the time to build We will no longer be the
the squadron table to be judged. the rockets and complete stage one “Best Kept Seceret”
On Sunday morning, cadet’s rockets and the written work for stage two.
will be examined, launched and re- By April 12, 2005: the Maine Wing
covered at the launch site. Comple- DAE should receive Names of partici- sult of Capt Murray’s presentation
tion certificates will be issued for the pating Cadets/Seniors. Thank you for was a renewed enthusiasm for each
completion of Stage Two (Titan) pro- your participation and leadership. squadron to get started with the pro-
gram. Awards would be determined Capt Dennis Murray, Co-Chairman duction of a newsletter and perhaps
for best performances after three (3) Wing Conference Committee, 2005 create competition among the squad-
launches for altitude, distance, accu- rons. 1 Lt Wayne McKinney encour-
racy and time aloft. A special award aged squadron PAO’s to set up Web
will be given for the best squadron PAO WORKSHOP, 2005 sites for their squadrons. He re-
display. It is planned to tape the com- On Saturday February 12th, Maine minded everyone that each squadron
petition and show the video at a later Wing held a Public Affairs Officers has 50MB of Website space available
Maine Wing function. The public will workshop in the conference room of through the NHQ Earthlink contract.
be invited to attend and watch. Each Building 9 at Camp Keyes in Augusta. These Websites are each squadron’s
participating squadron will provide The one-day workshop was designed shop window for new members and a
one senior member to assist with the to help new and existing PAO’s in the valuable communication tools for ac-
competition. We would expect this art of promoting Civil Air Patrol tive members. Lt McKinney also ex-
senior is familiar with the NEW CAP through the activities that make mem- plained the mysteries of digital pho-
Model Rocketry Program. All squad- bership so worthwhile. Major Chris tography and distributed free software
rons should request rockets through Hayden, the Maine Wing Public Af- (Continued on page 6)

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Waterville
Composite Squadron
Our first full scale SAREX of
2005 held in Waterville on Saturday
February 19th was great success de-
spite the cold temperatures. We had
53 attendees all filled with enthusiasm
and ready to add to their repertoire of
skills. We conducted UDF field train-
ing and completed the sign-offs for
several trainees, we conducted Slow-
Scan training in the air and on the
ground and we conducted
SDIS training resulting in three more
aerial computer operators. On the
flight-line, we had a very skilled group
of cadets and seniors handling the
aircraft on the ramp. At the mission
base several members took on new
roles while others honed their existing
skills in preparation for our up coming
EVAL in May. On top of all that, it was
a great day to fly and be outside as
long as you were well wrapped up.
Most impressive, was the large num-
ber of cadets attending and taking on
training at the mission base and in the
field. Without question, everyone dis-
played a professional attitude for the
mission in hand and never let their
guard down in respect to safety.
We all thanks Waterville Squadron for
their great hospitality, the cookies and
pizza were great, and Capt Grosso
and Lt Brown for organizing the day
and staffing the initial activation. We
would also like to thank Capt Marc
Brunelle our Wing ES Officer, Capt
Merrie Knightly our Wing Director of
Operations, Col Ricker, Capt Fellows
and FO Nate Fellows our great com-
munications team, Maj Jordan for run-
ning air operations in very tight quar-
ters, Maj Jim Raymond and Maj St Croix
Wayne Merritt for conducting the UDF
training both at the base and in the
Composite Squadron
field in the extreme cold, Capt Barker
for conducting the Slow-Scan training, We are pleased to announce the fol-
Capt Riley for his Nikon class and 1Lt lowing promotions for the last quarter.
Michael Coyne for flying the SDIS Judy Murray promoted to Capt.,
classes. Without question, we thank
you all for your participation and great
enthusiasm.
Maj Chris Hayden CAP
Machias Valley
Composite Squadron
Jolene Clark and Judy Murray
Promoted
The Machias Valley Composite
Squadron would like to welcome our
new members Senior Paul Dolan Jolene Clark to 1Lt., Cadet Stephen
and Cadet Even Emerson. Glad to Lincoln to C/2Lt., Cadets John
have you join us. We also bid a fond Chambers, Derek Farquharson,
farewell to Senior Rick Duhaime and Steven Martorano and Joseph Mar-
torano all promoted to C/SMSgt. Ca-
dets Todd Clark and Steven Oliver
promoted to C/MSgt and Cadet
Shelby Cilley promoted to C/Amn.
Congratulations to all members on
your hard earned promotions. We are
all proud of you. During the quarter,
the squadron has traveled to Arlington
National Cemetery, visited with mem-
bers of the Maryland Wing and toured
the Pentagon with members of Ma-
Perley Urquhart relinquishes the chias Valley Squadron. Most of the
Down East Patrol Squadron flag cadets have finished the first stage of
during the Change of Command the “Model Rocketry” program and
Ceremony. (photo by 1Lt. Karen are working on getting ready for the
Varian) Rocketry competition at the Maine
Wing Conference in April. The entire
squadron is gearing up for the Wing
Cadet Josiah Duhaime, who moved Conference and many have attended
to Arizona this winter. You will be the meetings taking place. Our Cadet
sorely missed. Our congratulations go representatives on the committee are
to 1Lt. Ken Varian who takes over as C/SMSgt Derek Farquharson and C/
Squadron Commander of the Down A1C Esther Oliver. Both cadets have
East Patrol Composite Squadron. made sure that cadets attending the
Good luck, and don't be a stranger! conference will have many fun things
1Lt. Karen Varian, PA to enjoy. Cadet Farquharson is work-
Machias Valley Comp. Squadron ing closely with the Cadet Advisory
Council for input to the full commit-
tee.
Capt Dennis Murray, Commander
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Downeast Patrol
On February 15th, I had the pleasure
of thanking Captain Perley Urquhart
for his service to CAP as the Com-
mander of the Downeast Patrol
Squadron. Captain Urquhart did a fine
job during a time of great change in
CAP procedures and requirements.
He will be staying on in a Squadron
Staff capacity to work with the new
Squadron Commander. We congratu- 1Lt Wayne Kilcollins
late 1 Lt. Varian for stepping up to
1Lt Ken Varian receives Squadron
Flag from Col Mitch Sammons dur-
ing the COC ceremony.
the plate to take on this challenge.
Most everyone knows Lt. Varian from
his work with the Machias Squadron
and his consistent contributions to our
missions, SAREX training, as well as
the various other training sessions we
have held. 1Lt. Varian will do a fine
job for the Squadron and Maine Wing.
Thanks to both of these fine gentle-
men.
Mitch Sammons Col. CAP
County
Composite Squadron
Earlier this month County Composite
held their Change of Command Cere-
mony for the Cadets. The below pho-
tos show outgoing Cadet Senior Air-
man Groom and incoming Cadet
Staff Sgt. Kilcollins. More photos to
come next week on the web, after we
hold our promotions for March.
Cadet Change of Command
Cumberland County
Composite Squadron
Blackhawk Helicopter
On display
Cumberland County Composite
Squadron cadets did and outstanding
job assisting with the Sebago Lake Air
show on Saturday, February 26. You
may have seen the news segment on
Channel 6/2 local news Saturday eve-
ning about the Windham Rotary
Club's annual Ice Fishing Derby,
which included a first-rate air show
and fly-in on Jordan Bay. Cadets
Knight, Rogers, Madore, Earle,
Belcher, Wilson and Gephardt
along with Lt. Steve Higgins, Lt.
Gene Hawkes and Capt. Don God-
frey assisted the Rotary Club with
spectator control and aircraft parking
for the 30-40 airplanes landing on the
FAA designated temporary airport on
Static displays were a big hit with
the Crowds
the frozen lake. Aviation activities in-
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cluded a RC model demonstration,
skydiving, static displays of an Army
National Guard Blackhawk and Life
Flight helicopter, and aerobatic dis-
plays by Robert Holland in his Pitts
Biplane, Dan McCue in his L-39 jet,
and wing walker Carol Pilon on the
upper deck of a Stearman Biplane--
the first time she knows of anyone
wing walking in the winter! Event
organizers praised the orderly
movements of aircraft and the pro-
fessionalism of the CAP personnel,
who were pleased to participate in
such a unique event!
Donald Godfrey
CAC On The Move
The MEWING CAC had it first meet-
ing of the year February 13th during
the Commanders Call in Bangor.
The Following cadets were in atten-
dance: Jess Hanson Primary Ban-
gor, Anthony Griffin Secondary
Bangor, Andrew Rogers Primary
CCCS, Jessica Cheney Primary
Augusta, Miles Noonan Primary
Waterville, Chris McCarthy Primary
Machias, Derek Farquharson Pri-
mary St. Croix, Steven Oliver Sec-
ondary St. Croix, Esther Oliver St.
Croix, Conference Committee Mem-
ber, Kristen Kilcollins Caribou
Composite, and Scott Knightly
Cadet Advisory Council Takes
Time out for Picture
CAC chair 04/05. Lt. Lori Renzulo
will be holding a meeting the same
time as the Commanders Call during
the Wing Conference. Elections will
be held for CAC chair, Assistant
Chair and Secretary. If you haven't
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(Continued from page 3) PAO’s
for downsizing images and crop-
ping for effect. Each attendee re-
ceived a three ring binder contain-
ing writing techniques, examples
of news releases, high quality
graphics files including the latest
Command Crest and Maine Wing
crest, and a complete copy of
CAPM 190-1 volumes 1 & 2.
Those attending this workshop
were: C/2dLt Jessica Cheney of
Augusta, 1Lt Susan Hall and SM
Cathie Spaulding of Bangor, SM
Frank Curran of Cumberland
County, 1Lt Karen Varian, Cadet
Kenny Serrano and Maj Jim Ray-
mond of Machias, Capt Dennis
Murray of St Croix, Capt Doug
Grosso, 2Lt Maryann Grosso and
2Lt Lauren Grosso of Waterville.
Following the success of this work-
shop, it is now planned to make
this an annual event to be held in
the January/February period. The
date for the next workshop will be
announced shortly.
(Continued from page 5) CAC
already, please send in a form 2a
to MEWING with your primary and
secondary. Lewiston Flight if you
are able to appoint a CAC rep by
the Wing Conference it would be
appreciated. I would like to thank
the CAC representatives that are
involved in the Wing Conference
planning for their hard work.
Squadron Commanders and
DCC's please meet with your CAC
Reps on a regular basis so the
doors of communication between
the Cadets and the Wing are
opened!
Ted Kryzak Capt. CAP
DCP MEWING
America, we must remember, is
no more than the sum of our-
selves.
-John D. Rockefeller III.
Closer Relationship With
Sister Auxiliary Forged
Major Jeff Weinstein, Com-
mander of ME058 Cumberland
County Composite Squadron, and
his wife Mary were guests at the
Change Of Watch (Command)
ceremony and dinner for Casco
Bay Flotilla 21 of the US Coast
Guard Auxiliary. Held at the Holi-
day Inn by the Bay on January 10,
2005, the ceremony included infor-
mative and inspiring speeches
from the Captain of the Port; CAPT
Stephen Garrity, as well as CAPT
Patrick Trapp; US Coast Guard
Group Portland Commander. The
"social hour" portion of the evening
was spent with MAJ Weinstein
meeting with both the local Coast
Guard officials and the local USCG
Auxiliary, as well as the Commo-
dore for the First District of the
Auxiliary. Discussions ranged from
the possibility of local exercises
between the two auxiliaries this
Spring/Summer to arranging for
CAP Northern Region Commander
COL Greenhut, to speak at an up-
coming USCG AUX 1st District
Conference. The closer relation-
ship is being spearheaded by both
MAJ Weinstein and SM Frank
Curran of Cumberland County
Composite Squadron who has
been asked to act as a Liaison Of-
ficer between the two groups by
the USCG AUX 1st District and
CAP. The USCG Auxiliary traces
its roots, like CAP, all the way
back to World War 2. Today its
over 35,000 members provide vital
boating safety classes and inspec-
tions, search and rescue opera-
tions, harbor and waterway pa-
trols, and many non-law enforce-
ment Homeland Security related
duties for the Coast Guard. For
more on the US Coast Guard
Auxiliary go to www.uscgaux.org
SM Frank Curran, Asst PAO
Cumberland County Composite
Squadron
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Wearing of
Unit Citation Ribbons
The attached clarifies the Region
policy . . . it was also cleared with
Ms. Susie Parker, HQ CAP/DP. It
may be more up to date than the
CAP knowledgebase. There has
been some confusion as to
whether one has the right to
wear a Unit Citation if he or she
joined the awarded unit after the
period specified in the award.
Some say no... and others say
yes, until one leaves the awarded
unit. The CAP Knowledgebase
provides a definitive answer. To
wear a Unit Citation, one must
have been in the unit at the time. If
one joined the unit after that time,
it cannot be worn. And I quote...
From the CAP Knowledgebase.
(Question) I have a question
about the award of unit citation rib-
bons, and whether there was such
a thing as a "temporary" award.
Basically, if a new cadet joins a
squadron that has one unit citation
award, a wing that has 4, and a
region that has 2, does he have
the right to wear the unit citation
award with a silver and bronze
clasp? Is he "temporarily" allowed
to wear this award, while a mem-
ber of the unit? Several members
quoted several different sections of
CAPR 39-3 for me, and I'm not
sure how to interpret it.
(Answer) The Unit Citation Ribbon
may be worn permanently by all
individuals who were members of
the unit during any portion of the
period of time shown in the Na-
tional Headquarters Personnel Ac-
tion announcing the award. New
members who join after the period
of time specified for the award are
not eligible to wear the unit citation
ribbon previously awarded. Unit
awards are intended to be worn by
members of the unit who were
assigned during the period speci-
fied in the award. Allowing new
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members to wear the award tem-
porarily" while assigned to the unit
in not in accordance with the intent
of Paragraph 5 of CAP REGULA-
TION 39-3 (E) AWARD OF CAP
MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND CER-
TIFICATES, "A member must be
in good standing at the time of the
distinguished act and must meet
the criteria established for the
award," or the equivalent Air Force
Instruction 36-2803 (see Para-
graph 4.2 below).
4.2. Individual Entitlement. All as-
signed or attached people who
served with a unit during a period
for which a unit award was
awarded are authorized the appro-
priate ribbon if they directly con-
tributed to the mission and accom-
plishments of the unit. Also see
Paragraph 12 of CAP REGULA-
TION 39-3 (below) for unit citation
procedures. Paragraph 12. Award
Elements: a. At the time National
Headquarters announces an
award, it will forward the appropri-
ate award elements to the proper
region or wing commander for
presentation to the individual con-
cerned. b. When region command-
ers announce an award, they will
present the appropriate award ele-
ments, or forward them to the
proper wing commander for pres-
entation to the individual con-
cerned. C. Award elements consist
of: (1) The medal and/or ribbon of
the decoration in question and the
certificate that accompanies the
decoration to individuals. (2) Only
one Unit Citation Award certificate
and streamer will be presented to
the unit receiving the award. For
example, if an entire group (rather
than just the group headquarters)
receives the Unit Citation Award,
the certificate and streamer will be
displayed at group headquarters
only; however, all members of the
group headquarters and squad-
rons within that group are author-
ized to wear the Unit Citation
Ribbon. The members of each unit
which receive the Unit Citation
Award are authorized to wear the
Unit Citation Ribbon. This ribbon is
not furnished by National Head-
quarters, but may be purchased
from the CAP Bookstore or com-
mercial sources. The Unit Citation
Ribbon may be worn permanently
by all individuals who were mem-
bers of the unit during any portion
of the period of time shown in the
National Headquarters Personnel
Action announcing the award. Unit
commanders will post the mem-
bers' records to show their eligibil-
ity to wear the ribbon.
Peter Jensen, Maj, CAP
Director of Personnel
Northeast Region
Maine Wing Conference
Checklists;
1. Call Calais Motor Inn
at 1-(800) 439-5534
(24/7) and make reser-
vations as a CAP
member.
2. Fill out the conference
brochure and mail
check or credit card
information to Maine
Wing, CAP, P.O. Box
5006, Augusta, ME
04332.
3. Sit back and relax.
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CAP way and the excitement of
the opportunities in aerospace. I
thank you all for your steadfast
commitment to our Nation through
your role in CAP. Semper Vigi-
lance.
Col Mitch Sammons,
Commander, Maine Wing
Maine Wing Winter Survival
A Success
We understand that over 40 peo-
ple attended the recent Winter sur-
vival Course at the BANG on Feb-
ruary 25 & 26, 2005. We are sure
there are lots of stories that could
be printed about the most recent
survival course but none were sub-
mitted to us for inclusion in this is-
sue. Thank you to Jess Winches-
ter for submitting the following pic-
tures. –Editor
Keeping Warm A Priority
We understand that Maj Hig-
gins had all 2nd year cadets
bring a 72 hour pack which was
inspected and then all items
were removed except a sleep-
ing bag and notebook. Cadets
proceeded to the camping site
and made shelters from avail-
able material. –Editor
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Commander’s Corner
They tell me that spring is on the
way…I hope so. I thought I would
escape the cold and flu season,
but have not had such luck. I hope
you have missed it. If not…you are
in very good company. I am
pleased to report the success of
another Homeland Security Mis-
sion by Maine Wing. This was for
the aerial reconnaissance for the
U.S. Navy and the NCIS during the
return of the destroyer USS Nitske
from Bath Iron Works to the Atlan-
tic. Maine Wing was able to quickly
respond to the need for these ser-
vices on an accelerated schedule
due to an impending storm. Our
client was very satisfied with our
services and this looks like the
start of a long relationship with
them. The pictures were excellent
and provided great shots of one of
our Nation’s ships. We are also
anticipating some missions with
the U.S. Coast Guard in the near
future. There are some procedural
steps we need to iron out, but
once that is done, we may be able
to finally support an agency that is
historically brethren to the Civil Air
Patrol. I would like to thank all of
you who are continuing to keep
your training up. Again, I know that
it seems like the rules keep chang-
ing, but you can see that our grow-
ing credentials are opening doors
for opportunities with other agen-
cies. It looks like Encampment
plans are well underway. The En-
campment Staff are hard at work
to bring about another highly suc-
cessful event for you all. The lead-
ership demonstrated by Cadet
McRay particularly encourages
me. In addition, if you have not
heard by now, Lt. Michael
McCray will be taking over the
command duties for Honor Guard
training. Lt. McCray has extensive
experience in Honor Guard train-
ing as a member of the Arlington
National Cemetery Honor Guard,
the Maine Army National Guard
Honor Guard as well as having es-
tablished the rules and guidelines
for the State of Maine Honor
Guard. We are lucky to have his
talents available to us.
The first combined Commanders
Call and Cadet Advisory Council
meeting recently took place. I am
looking forward to the CAC input
and ideas on how we can all
strengthen our Cadet Programs.
Thanks to 1Lt. Lori Renzullo for
stepping up to be their advisor.
Soon, we will be enjoying the May
sunshine and warmer breezes. In
addition, with the Month of May will
come our time for the USAF EVAL.
Please be sure to train up for us to
garner another “OUTSTANDING”
from USAF for all your work.
There are many new opportunities
for members of CAP. Please re-
member to take a Teacher for a
flight…part of the new Aerospace
initiatives. Such an experience
could serve us all very well for get-
ting new people educated in the
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