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Commander Staff 2
News
Chaplain’s Corner 3
Safety Tip 4
AZWG CAP Pilot 5
Honored
It would be wonderful if we all actually did have hind sight that could correct our wrongs we
have done, but as we all know, that is not possible. Commanding a Civil Air Patrol Squadron
would seem like common sense and a good understanding of the rules and regulations. Yet, as we
have learned at one time or another, issues pop up that might have been avoided had we spent a
few more minutes learning more of the details.
An example of this, is the time we spend with potential members. All of us like to conclude
a sale, to gather up new member to add to the rolls at the local squadron. As pilots we hope that
we bring another pilot or aircrew member in to help us with our operations. As cadet squadrons we
hope we bring on that new member who can work with the cadets, elevate them to the next level,
take over for the senior member who just moved on or quit.
The time we spend talking with that potential member is priceless. It allows us an opportu-
nity to sell the program, but it also allows the potential new member to learn about the program.
For a new member to blossom they must have an understanding of what we really do, the good
and the bad. As a long time squadron commander I was often the one who wanted to sign the po-
tential member that very night. “Yes Sir, we can do prints and collect your dues tonight”. But as
time went on I noted a trend, too many people joined only to leave after awhile. The squadron as
a whole had not done a good job of investigating what the potential member was looking for, what
did he think CAP was about, what was he looking for.
The same problem easily occurs with cadets, sometimes even more so. Young people
hear about CAP and bring their parents down to the squadron. Sometimes the potential cadet is
excited, often it is their parents that are encouraging them to join. Peer pressure is huge and I
have seen young people join only to stop coming almost as soon as they joined. With as costly as
joining is, we owe each potential new member an opportunity to 1) ask questions, 2) come to more
than just a couple of meetings to make sure they like it, 3) answer as many questions as we can
so people know truly what CAP is about. On top of that, we also owe our existing membership the
opportunity to review membership applications. Each squadron should have a membership com-
mittee. This committee should review applications and should meet with the potential new member
and ask questions. Potential new members should know that membership means “getting in-
volved”, not just observing. Let the possible members know what your squadron expects from
them. Let them know that as bad as you need pilots, you also need someone to fill the admin slot.
Let the potential cadets know that the squadron expects them to actively get involved and to test
and move forward and up through the ranks. Becoming a member is not a right, it is a privilege
that is extended to that new member upon review of the application and acceptance. It is much
easier to say NO to someone before they become a member than it is to attempt to get rid of a
member once they are officially members of CAP. Take it from someone who knows, take the time
and get to know your applicant and use that membership committee to your advantage. Don’t take
their money at their first meeting, and communicate with them to make sure they will fit into your
squadron as a useful member.
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Chaplain’s Corner
Chaplain (Capt) Kenneth P. Young
Deputy AZWG Chaplain
Life is filled with a great many challenges, triumphs, sorrows and joys. Through all of the various
experiences that life has to offer, we may well ask ourselves: “Where do I turn for help? What’s going on
with the economy? Why did my loved one pass away? How do I make a decision about this?”
It may be that we are not always required to evaluate all of the vicissitudes of life, nor all of the
possible meanings that life has to offer. Sometimes, we simply need to live life, live it to its fullest, and en-
joy it as best we can.
The book of Proverbs, from the Hebrew Scriptures (or commonly referred to as part of the “Old
Testament” in the Christian tradition), seems to offer itself as an inspired and inspiring guide-book for the
questions that seem to have played a role in peoples lives for millennia.
In these monthly articles, I hope to be able to take a moment of each readers time, to bring to our
awareness some of the wisdom that proverbs has to offer us for our lives, hence, “Proverbs for Living.”
So, the question posed to us in today’s reading is, to whom do we listen? What is the source of our
wisdom in this life? Where do we turn for guidance, inspiration, faith, peace, and understanding? Many
people turn to their particular traditions of faith, to liturgies, scriptures, prayers, and “sacrifices” of various
sorts. While this passage from Proverbs does not, in itself, tell us where to turn for guidance, it does offer
us some principles that can, indeed, help guide us.
Some of those principles include: hearing, learning, and understanding. Let’s consider this sage
advice as a process that we could adopt. If we did so, we might consider the value of listening – listening
to others more than ourselves, listening to the counsels of our heart, listening to the guidance of our elders
vs. guidance from the media. As we begin to “hear” better, we open ourselves to “learn” the deeper, more
meaningful lessons the world has to offer us as we traverse the challenging courses of this life. If we feel
that we are not learning anything, or that there is nothing more to learn, then perhaps we are not
“listening.”
Lastly, we come to understanding. This word comes from the Hebrew word: bîn Understanding
can also be understood to mean: to be discerning, to realize, to have skill or insight, and to be able to
explain or impart understanding. Understanding, therefore, is not only a personal experience of the
realization of the value of hearing over speaking, or of the value of learning for the betterment of self and
others over simply gathering more trivial knowledge, it is the apprehension of both that results in the ability
to help others as well. In other words, the more we listen to others from the heart, the more we learn about
life, the more we are able to not only understand, but to effectively impart that understanding to others in
need.
Finally, may we take the time to listen to both our neighbors and our hearts, may we learn all the
lessons that life has to offer, and may we understand the value of this process that unites us all in our one
human family.
Pax et Bonum (Peace and Everything Good)
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Safety Tip
by
Lt Col Daniel F. Myers
AZWG Safety Officer
Mother’s Day is May 9. Let’s take time to reflect on a few things Mom told us about
staying safe:
Twenty CAP cadets from the Frank Luke Jr. Cadet Squadron 356 gathered together
Friday night, April 30th to learn Continuous Chest Compression (CCC) CPR.
The event, hosted in conjunction with CPR Across America, “a grass roots movement
created to motivate the masses to learn CPR,” was made possible by Kate Jaramillo,
also known as Miss Kate, a firm believer and a local force behind the CCC effort.
When Miss Kate was young, her father died as a result of a traumatic head injury in a
head on car accident. Ever since, she's been studying emergency medicine, and last
year donated 50 CPR mannequins to the Arizona Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
Spearheaded by Group IV, the event, hosted Friday on Luke AFB, sets the stage Miss
Kate says, “other states will be following what we do here in Arizona.”
According to the American Heart Association, standard CPR has a victim survival rate of
30%, while CCC has shown an increased survival rate of up to 80%.
CPR Across America plans to host a traveling event using 500 mannequins from New
Mexico, through Arizona, and finally landing on the USS Midway in California on
December 5th. Mannequins for the event can be purchased at a reduced price of $100.
Mannequin purchases will be handled by Region 2 EMS Inc located in Las Cruces, New
Mexico.
CAP is being used as the vehicle to get the mannequins moved from event to event, with
local fire personnel provide the training to participants.
Along with the culminating event, the American Heart Association will be unveiling their
new guidelines, officially incorporating CCC into their curriculum.
Desert Survival Field Exercise Training took place the weekend of April 16-18.
This exercise followed the classroom training that was held in early March by Col Danny
Franco. Col Franco instructed the cadets in skills to help them survive in the dessert
such as how to gather water from brush and what types of cactus can be used for its wa-
ter and cooling capabilities.
A (planned) surprise exercise in how to deal with various injuries took place while
hiking giving the cadets an opportunity to think ‘outside the box’ to how they could help
someone given only the tools they had in their Pac or that were available in their sur-
roundings. They also learned how to build a fire and cook a fish, without using any uten-
sils as well as how to build their own shelters.
Besides the fish the cadets were shown how to make scrambled eggs with just a
baggie and boiling water. They also made potatoes and eggs in a ‘tin-foil’ dinner, had
MRE’s for lunch and enjoyed stew and bean tortillas for dinner followed up with cake that
was made in a box – no oven!
This exercise was the cadet’s first glimpse into the possible situations they could
face when they become part of an Emergency Services ground team. All cadets, and
seniors that attended, are looking forward to the next exercise!
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Many thanks to everyone who was involved in bringing this about. With an assembly of
5 CAP aircraft we were able to give 12 Teacher Orientation flights. It was a perfect blue
sky day with low winds and reasonable temperatures. Real excitement was in the air
and on the ground. All the teachers were very enthused and will be good ambassadors
for the other teachers at Anthem to take advantage of the flights. We still have 32
teachers from Anthem who are new AEMs and we hope to fly all of them. The Principal,
Patrick Yennie established and Aerospace Academy at Anthem School and requested
our help to establish their program. Phil Hubacek, the Arizona Wing Deputy Director of
Aerospace Education got it all set up and they were so enthused about our AE program,
the School sponsored 44 teachers to become members. We are happy and proud to be
working with these fine teachers and look forward to a very successful AE program.
ARTICLE CORRECTION: The title of page 6 of the April 2010 edition of WingTips
should read: “Davis-Monthan AFB Air Show a Big Success with 200,000 attending”
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Estrella Trujillo; Capt Davis Steele, pilot; Sujata Kumar; Maj Timothy Beckwith, pilot;
Melissa Schmitt Erica Jackson
Juli Bais, a teacher at Granite Mountain Middle School, is the latest educator to join the
Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Program by taking her TOP (Teacher Orientation
Program) Flight in the Prescott Squadron 206 Search and Rescue Cessna 182 aircraft
last week. She flew the one hour free flight with pilot Lt. Col. Denny Peeples to tour the
Sedona area and to take pictures and her experience back to share with her students.
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) promotes and supports aerospace education, both for its own
members and the general public. CAP educational programs help prepare American
citizens to meet the challenges of a sophisticated aerospace society and understand its
related issues.
Bais is a 7th & 8th grade Science Teacher at Granite Mountain Middle School and the
Girl’s Soccer Coach at the Prescott High School. Juli took the team to the Girl’s 4A
Soccer State Championship game last year. Juli joined CAP as an AEM (Aerospace
Education Member).
Peeples is a retired Air Force pilot and a teacher at Prescott High School. He also
coordinates the Air Force Junior ROTC program at the school.
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James Anderson is a highly experienced aviation professional with over 19,000 hours of
flight time. After 20 years in the United States Air Force flying a variety of aircraft, he be-
came a Captain at Southwest Airlines. While at Southwest for 16 1/2 years flying Boeing
737s and recently retired. Phil Hubacek made the contact through the ASU Aviation De-
partment. He gave an excellent presentation of his experiences and present assignment
at ASU. Our cadets were very attentive and learned what careers may be available and
the ASU aviation program. Any other units interested in making contact can reach him at
J.Anderson@asu.edu.
A dozen cadets and seniors from Paradise Valley Cadet Squadron 310 worked the crowd and
the aircraft during the Collings’ Foundation’s Tour of the Valley at Scottsdale Airport on 16 – 19
Apr 10. The Collings’ Foundation displayed three vintage aircraft for World War II, including a B-
24 Liberator bomber, B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and P-51 Mustang fighter.
Not only did the cadets help with crowd control they set up a successful recruiting table.
Additionally, all were able to crawl around inside and outside of the bombers and a couple
cadets even entered belly turret of the B-24 where they were able to simulate full motion gun
runs. The best part however was that the bomber crews put the cadets to work as they took up
several tasks including, mounting 500lb dummy bombs on the bomb racks in the Bombay and
changing 14 spark plugs on the #1 engine on the B-24.
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