OREGON

WINGSPAN
SPRING 2007

Pacific Region Operation “Grey Flag”

Tests West Coast Readiness
South Coast Squadron aircrew (L-R) Tom Moore, Command Pilot,
and James Metcalf, Observer, go over last minute sortie review.
See Story Page 3 . . .
 From the
Commander
Theodore S. Kyle, Col, CAP
Wing Commander, Oregon Wing

I
am always amazed about what as staff members at headquar-
great work we can do when we ters. Now, we have a challenge
work together as a team. I am to leverage all of our great work
so proud of our work in saving a by pulling together into one big
person’s life a few weeks ago. I team. Together we can accomplish
am proud of our work with young a great deal more.
people, helping them to find suc- Our national commander, take our queue from this by bring
cess and see their future, and I Major General Tony Pineda, has our squadrons together and work
am proud of all the work we do been increasing our awareness that more with each other, side by side.
to keep our Civil Air Patrol going. we are one CAP, the U.S. Civil Air We are one Oregon Wing, one
I am proud that we are developing Patrol. Hurricane Katrina taught Pacific Region, and one U.S. Civil
aerial public address capability, us that we can come together from Air Patrol, and we cannot afford
which has received nation wide wings all over this country and to forget this.
attention. Good job to South Coast work together especially when With one CAP and one
Squadron for their efforts to make there is a great need. Gen. Pineda Oregon Wing in mind we are
this new capability happen. wants to remind us all that we are seeking ways to bring us together,
We each give in our own way one CAP by changing the name train together, work together, and
in local units, as members of tapes from “Civil Air Patrol” to learn about each other. We must
Emergency Service teams, and “U.S. Civil Air Patrol.” We should take the time to rub shoulders,
role up our sleeves, train with each
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 Pacific Region Operation “Grey Flag”
Tests West Coast Readiness

Scott Bar thelomew

prepares aircraft.

W
hile many people were M ajor D ave Rud aw it z
making plans for enjoying c o n d u c t s KO I N -T V
a pleasant weekend at interview at
home or away and students across A u r o r a I C P.
the state were making the most of
the last few days of Spring Break,
members of the Oregon Civil Air
Patrol are preparing to respond to
a simulated major terrorist activity
somewhere in the state.
The weekend of March 30-
April 1st, the Civil Air Patrol in
all six states of the Pacific Region,
Oregon, Washington, California,
Nevada, Hawaii and Alaska, were all
being tasked by the Department of
Homeland Security and the United

States Air Force to respond to a

simulated terrorist attack in their
states.
“This provided us an opportu-
nity to test ourselves on how well
we can respond to expected civil
and federal requests for assistance
C ad aver D og… under such an event” said Lt Col
“Bones” gets some Thomas Traver, Oregon CAP public
lov i ng at t ent ion . affairs officer.
From a state Incident Command
Center located at the Aurora State
Airport, the Oregon CAP was
coordinating activities from
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Operation Grey Flag . . .
Continued

various squadrons across the state

in responding to multiple simulated
scenarios.
Oregon was utilizing six aircraft
which are located at various loca-
tions across the state, including the
Portland metro area, to respond to
various tasks assigned to us by the
simulation team. This included, but
not limited to, using the Satellite
Digital Imaging System, aerial Major Dave Rudawitz and Col Ted Kyle go over operations map.
reconnaissance and communica-
tions. While the greater Portland
Metro area was conducting one
set of scenarios, Southern Oregon,
operating out of the CAP Medford
ICP at Medford Airport were dealing
with their own set of circumstances
as well.
One of the major events of the
exercise series that attracted media
attention was the testing of the
Airborne Public Address System
mounted in a wing Cessna 182 from
South Coast.
Flying over the Aurora Airport Capt Tom Moore, of South Coast
area, the PA system could be heard Squadron checks Airborne PA
from 1000’ AGL for nearly a mile in System prior to test.
all directions on the ground.
The greatest activity occurred
in California State where CAP was
tasked with responding to a simu-
lated detonation of a WMD device
in a crowded metropolitan area.
Units from Oregon and Washington
wings responded by monitoring
suspect vehicle traffic, transported
personnel and a “cadaver dog”
appropriately nick named “Bones”,
from Washington State to California
using a relay of CAP aircraft in
each state.
H USAF Lt Col Olsen monitors
exercise activity.
Lt Col Pete Andersen and Major
Dave Rudawitz go over scenarios.

CAP Aircraft await sortie assignment

at Aurora ICP.
History of Merci Boxcar
Oregon’s Merci Train Boxcar
is dedicated in North Bend
after being moved from
Fort Stevens and restored.
By 1st Lt Francis S. Moore
Associate Editor
Coastal Squadrons
Oregon’s Merci Boxcar Moved
to North Bend
NORTH BEND, OR – An important,
but little known, icon of Oregon mili-
tary history received a new home,
and, indeed, a new lease on life this
summer. A delegation of Central
Coast Composite Squadron members
attended ceremonies commemorat-
ing the restoration and relocation
of the State’s Merci Boxcar, a gift
from the people of France following
WWII.
But the story begins long
before that . . .
S
ometime in the early 1880’s,
this particular boxcar rolled
off the assembly line and onto
the train tracks somewhere in France.
For decades, it carried troops and
supplies through Europe. During
WWI, this type of boxcar, about
half the size of an American boxcar,
was classified by its capacity of forty
men or eight horses. From that time
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forth, they were called “40 & 8”s.
Many American servicemen were
transported to the battle front on
these narrow gauge railroads.
On February 3, 1949, forty-nine
of these boxcars that had survived
two world wars arrived in New
York Harbor with huge fanfare. This
“Merci (Gratitude) Train” was filled
with approximately 52,000 gifts
from the French people to the people
of the United States. It was, in part, a
response to the relief goods - enough
to fill more than 700 American box-
cars - sent to the French after WWII
by the American people.
Each state in the Union received
one of the boxcars, while the 49th was
somehow “shared” by the Territory
of Hawaii and Washington, D.C.
Today, only 39 of the “40 & 8”s are
still on display. The whereabouts
of only a few of the gifts from the
French people are known.
After a brief stop in Portland,
Oregon’s boxcar arrived in Salem on
February 21, 1949. It sat near Salem’s
American Legion Hall before it was
taken to Astoria in 1968. After being
restored, the boxcar was placed on
display at Fort Stevens.
This summer, the Oregon Army
National Guard’s 1249th Engineer
Battalion transported the historic
boxcar from its Fort Stevens location,
first to the Linn County Fairgrounds
in Albany, where it was available for
viewing for several days, and then to
its new home next to the Coos County
Historical and Maritime Museum in
North Bend on Highway 101.
The boxcar was to be restored,
after years of neglect, by local veter-
ans’ and military groups, including
the Squadron, but a zealous group
of “volunteers” from the Shutter
Creek Detention Center finished the
work earlier than expected. The car
is under cover, and protected from
most of the elements.
The boxcar is under the custo-
dianship of the Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department, and the vol-
unteer care of La Societe de Quarante
Hommes et Huit Cheveux, an inde-
pendent fraternal organization of U.
S. veterans, more commonly known
as the Forty and Eight.
The full story of the Forty and
Eight and the Merci Train can be
found at www.fortyandeight.org and
www.mercitrain.org.
The plaques on the boxcar are
the coats-of-arms of the French
provinces.
 Central Coast Composite Squadron
Enjoys Busy First Year in New
Headquarters
By 1st Lt Francis S. Moore, Associate Editor, Coastal Squadrons
(Editor’s note - Cyber gremlins reached out and
grabbed Central Coast news for not just one, but two
of the last issues. This article will highlight some of
this very active unit’s activities.)
Coast Guard Saves CCCS
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the sinking Central
Coast Squadron “ship” in January by offering meeting
rooms and other support to the unit. The accommodation
ended an extended search for new facilities after two
years in donated school building rooms.
Coos Aviation, a private general aviation firm at
the North Bend Airport, donated room for an office,
supply and general storage. Although the WWII hangar
environment is not fancy, the Squadron is determined to
make it functional.
The two facilities are just a short distance apart on the
tarmac. The USCG Air Station, where meetings are held,
is home to five HH-65 “Dolphins”, the standard rescue
helicopter of the Coast Guard, and is the air operations
center for the sector which stretches over more than 200
miles of Oregon and California coastline.
Coast Guard personnel have already offered assis-
tance from their ranks for hands-on training experiences
for Cadets. Engine maintenance, electronics, swimming,
and communications are just a few of the many plans
for involvement. The possibilities of “O”-rides in water
rescue craft keep anticipation levels high.
“It seems that every time we turn around here at the
Air Station, we bump into a former CAP cadet,” Squadron
Commander, Major Charles Roesel, pointed out, “includ-
ing at least one Spaatz cadet.” LT Derek Ham, Group Law
Enforcement Operations Officer, and former CAP cadet,
volunteered to act as USCG Liaison to the unit.
The U.S. Coast Guard, Sector North Bend, Air Station -
new home of the Central Coast Composite Squadron.
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Second Lieutenant Ehren Linderman, U.S. Army, visits
with CCCS Cadets Frances Simon (l.), Sara Tindall,
and Ian Herring.
Military Speakers Visit
“What time did you have to get up in the morning?”
“How much do you get paid?
“Was the food any good?”
“How many push-ups did you have to do?”
Those are just a few of the common questions posed
to guest active military personnel visiting the Central
Coast Composite Squadron this year.
A1C Jennifer Mann, USAF, was home and also
assisting the local recruiter before reporting to her new
duty station in London. Her technical training was as an
Aerospace Medical Technician.
Second Lieutenant Ehren Linderman was on leave
following his commission in the U.S. Army. He is a
2006 graduate of the United States Military Academy
at West Point.
“Having local young people who have joined the
different services come in to talk to the Cadets is a good
way for them to learn the facts about life in the military,
and make them aware of the many options available,”
noted Major Charles Roesel, CCCS Commander.
Airman Mann told the cadets that it was rough leaving
home and going into a military environment. Lieutenant
Linderman pointed out the value of the educational ser-
vices he had received, and encouraged the cadets to take
part in a variety of leadership roles during high school. He
particularly noted that participation in Civil Air Patrol is
mentioned by name on the West Point application.
Other active personnel visiting the Squadron were
Sergeants Frank Strupith and Joseph Hawkins, U.S. Army,
who instructed cadets and seniors in map reading.
Continued . . .
Senior Promotions
Six officers of Central Coast Squadron have pro-
moted so far this year. Receiving their gold “butter
bar” (Second Lieutenant) were Carolyn Beliveau, Kurt
Erichsen, Randi Durham, and Gary Haga. Promoted to
First Lieutenant was Francis Moore. Topping the list is
Squadron Commander Charles Roesel, who now wears
the gold oak leaf of Major.
Cadet Promotions, Awards
Central Coast’s first cadet officer in many years is
C/2d Lt Ian Herring, Cadet Commander. His General
Billy Mitchell Award was presented by ORWG Director
of Logistics, Lt Col Gene Wright, who was Squadron
Commander when Herring joined CAP.
Leading the rest of the cadets in promotions is
Frances Simon, who has obtained the grade of C/MSgt,
and is the Squadron’s Cadet First Sergeant. Cadet Simon
was also the recipient of the annual awards presented by
the Air Force Association and the Air Force Sergeants’
Association.
Promoted to C/SSgt was Neomi Carbaugh, while
Talon Haga received his Senior Airman stripe. Five cadets
have earned Airman First Class rank: Kaivan Coleman,
Laura Coleman, Randydore Howze, Nathan Tindall, and
Sara Tindall.
Swimming with the Pros
Taking advantage of the training opportunities offered
by the U.S. Coast Guard, CCCS cadets got up early one fine
spring day, and jumped in the North Bend Pool with the
Central Coast Cadets train with the USCG
Rescue Swimmers.
Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technicians, better know
as “Rescue Swimmers”. These are the guys that jump out
of the helicopters into the water to affect rescues.
The catch here was that over the bathing suit was a
full flight suit, with boots and helmet. Eager cadets soon
learned that survival swimming takes a lot of stamina,
as they swam the world’s longest pool lap. Other experi-
ences included four-person inflatable and single-person
inflatable survival rafts.
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp - The Squadron’s
Marching
Although summer schedules made it hard to attend
many events, the Color Guard did make it to a couple
parades over the summer. The Memorial Day parade
in Coos Bay was led by a combined color guard of the
Coast Guard, Naval Sea Cadets, and CAP Cadets. “An
outstanding experience,” according to Cadet Commander
Ian Herring.
Several unnamed senior members also marched
behind the Color Guard, along with the remainder of
the Cadets.
The Cadet Honor Guard participated in two com-
munity ceremonies on Memorial Day.
Drug Demand Reduction
Central Coast Commander, Maj Charles Roesel
welcomes pilot 1st Lt Bob Soltz (l.), 2d Lt Laura Mattson,
and Cadet Elijah Ramirez of Medford Squadron to
North Bend.
A balmy June day allowed 2d Lt Laura Mattson,
from Medford Squadron, to fly-in to North Bend to be
the featured speaker at a DDRP program. Lt Mattson,
who is a professional counselor, was flown up in a CAP
Cessna by pilot 1st Lt Bob Soltz, and accompanied by
Cadet Elijah Ramirez. Two CCCS cadets squeezed in
“O” rides before the weather started moving in.
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Central Coast Composite Squadron . . .
Continued

A Sad Farewell Finding Those Pesky ELT’s

The Squadron held a special ceremony to say goodbye CCCS has been training in Urban Direction Finding.
to Chaplain (Lt Col) Elmer Steenbock. Chap Steenbock, Instructors have been Lt Col Gene Wright, ORWG
80-years-young, is moving to Sweethome, OR, where some Director of Logistics, and 1st Lt George Long and C/2d
lucky Squadron will have the opportunity to receive his Lt Greg Sebastian of the Salem Squadron. Compass and
membership transfer. map reading have been part of the training, with guest
An infantryman in Patton’s 3rd Army, he received instructors from the U.S. Army helping out.
the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Battle of the
Bulge. Recuperating in a British hospital alongside some
Russian soldiers, he would later help start a mission to
the Russian Far East, where he has spent much of his
recent years.
Chap Steenbock was the first chaplain for the
unit, when it formed in 1980 as the Marshfield Cadet
Squadron.

CCCS Cadet Laura Coleman is either trying to pick up

Channel 13, or locate an errant ELT. Lt George Long,
of Salem Squadron, looks on. Lt Long and Cadet Greg
Sebastian instructed.
Chap Elmer Steenbock, who is transferring out of CCCS,
shares cake-cutting duty with just-promoted C/2d Lt
Ian Herring in joint ceremonies this summer.
An OTH by Any Other Name . . .
For those who used to fly into the North Bend Airport,
you will now be landing at the Southwest Oregon Regional
Airport. It is still officially known as OTH. The terminal
was recently given a temporary expansion for better
screening and baggage handling, but will be replaced
by a completely new terminal soon, along with a control
tower. CCCS is planning to stay on top of the activity at
the airport, and incorporate it into its AE program and
membership drive.
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 SGT David Younce, US
Army in Iraq (Lt Col
David Younce, CAP)
opening one of the care
packages.
By Chaplain Maj
Annette Arnold-Boyd
WASHCO Squadron Sends Share
Boxes to Deployed Troops
Our CAP squadron cadets filled
24 Share Boxes for the Troops
Monday evening Jan. 8, 2006. The
cadets worked hard and learned that
I was serious about filling every
square inch of the box. They learned
that reaching out to our soldiers not
only makes us feel good and useful,
but helps the soldiers cope and feel
cared for. It is important too, that
we have seniors that can share that
they have been on the receiving end
of share boxes that it really meant a
lot to them.
Last Summer Nathan Scott, a
2005 graduate of West Point and son
of a dear Episcopal priest friend was
deployed to Iraq. I promised him and
his dear wife Mae and family that
I would send him boxes of treats. I
told him “do not send me a thank
you note. Spend your energy com-
municating with Mae.”
About a month later from an e-
mail on Captalk, I got the website for
www.anysoldier.com. That brought a
whole new meaning to share boxes
for the troops. Anybody can send
Share Boxes!
At our CAP Composite Squadron
0034 in Hillsboro our Commander
Sonny Adcock supported our partici-
pating in the “community service”
project of sending Share Boxes. I took
a vote and it was unanimous from all
that we would send boxes.
At first I had a box available
to put items for the share boxes in.
Seniors graciously brought socks and
magazines and helped with stamp
money. Senior member Warren B.
brought 4 dozen toothbrushes and
several cases of toothpaste from
his dentist. My dentist couldn’t be
outdone and contributed also. I
didn’t have much response from the
cadets till last month I handed out
slips of paper of items they had the
responsibility to bring. That really
sparked their sense of responsibility
and enthusiasm.
Our family, 1st Lt Scott Boyd,
Senior Member Rebecca Boyd and
myself are very committed to the
Share boxes. Rebecca said one day,
“Let’s send a box specially prepared
for women soldiers.” So we were
off to Dollar Tree and $60 later we
had enough supplies for 2 boxes.
Sometimes, the cost of supplies and
stamps means cutting back on other
things we would ordinarily get. I
decided that it was more important
to buy candy on clearance from
Rite Aid than go to my acupuncture
appointment which I can do next
week. I am always looking at clear-
ance items and requesting “begging”
for items for the boxes. Sometimes
I will ask a manager or owner, ”Do
you have anything you are going to
throw away that I could put in a share
box for the troops?” I have had the
best luck at small independent stores
except Starbucks.
I ca lled St a rbucks ma in
Customer Service to ask for coffee.
I got the dreaded “We have already
contributed 50,000 lbs of coffee to
the troops.”
BUT “please go to the Starbucks
in your area and tell them you have
talked with Customer Service and
ask for “markouts.” Many Starbucks
are already giving to specific places
but my local Starbucks has been
generous and is expecting me later
today. Then I take the whole bean
coffee over to my local grocery store
to grind. Starbucks is always busy.
I was looking at the soldiers
needs on www.anysoldier.com and
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Troops Receive Share
Boxes . . .
Continued

here was a soldier who very much

wanted treats for his working dog.
In 5 minutes Rebecca and I were at
Dollar Tree and Petsmart getting
plenty of treats for his dog. The box
really smelled.
We have also sent quite a
few boxes to SSG Eric Petitt in
Afghanistan as well as to a number
of Oregon soldiers in Iraq. Eric sent
us a CD of photos and we now have a
photo album depicting something of
life there; the children at the orphan-
age and the painting of the hospital Squadron members gather ‘round table full of boxes ready to be sent to
which is downright creepy…looks Iraq and Afghanistan.
like sweeping out dead rats.
HOW TO: who knows the sound of Nathan’s with 24 more that will be sent by next
1. Get a free flat rate box from your Stryker. I’m currently trying to week. People will say to me, “that’s
post office. They come in 2 shapes. obtain size large warm clothes for nice you send them,” and my reply
Pick up both as different items fit the young man. is, “no, it’s not nice, it’s responsible
better in one rather than the other. So far we have sent 65 boxes to send them.” H
Pick up customs forms and plastic

sleeves while you’re there.
2. I have a generic list of supplies that
I’m glad to share. Basically, white
athletic sox, foot powder, candy,
junk food, protein bars, magazines
and books are always wanted as well
as beanie babies and things that can
be given to local kids. I use wrapped
hard candy to fill extra space in the
box. CURRENTLY, and this breaks
my heart, the soldiers are asking for
warm clothes like thermal underwear
and sweaters.
3. Carefully fill out the customs
form. DO NOT attach the sleeve to
the box because it will most likely
have to be redone at the post office.
But it is a help to have it ready to go
and Scotch taped to the box.
4. Take the box to the post office.
For security reasons anything over
a pound sent internationally needs
to be taken to the post office.
5. Any questions? Please do not
hesitate to call me: Chaplain Annette
Arnold-Boyd 503-641-2062.
Nathan is head of a Stryker
and Mortar unit. In a neighborhood
that he patrols he has encountered a
blind/downs syndrome young man
List To Live By
By Jill Kincaid
The most destructive habit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WORRY
The greatest joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GIVING
The greatest loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOSS OF SELF-RESPECT
The most satisfying work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HELPING OTHERS
The ugliest personality trait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SELFISHNESS
The most endangered species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEDICATED LEADERS
Our greatest natural resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OUR YOUTH
The greatest “shot in the arm” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENCOURAGEMENT
The greatest problem to overcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FEAR
The most effective sleeping pill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PEACE OF MIND
The most crippling failure disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXCUSES
The most powerful force in life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOVE
The most dangerous pariah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A GOSSIPER
The world’s most incredible computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE BRAIN
The worst thing to be without . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOPE
The deadliest weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE TONGUE
The two most power filled words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “I CAN”
The greatest asset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FAITH
The most worthless emotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SELF-PITY
The most beautiful attire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SMILE
The most prized possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INTEGRITY
The most powerful channel of communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRAYER
The most contagious spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENTHUSIASM

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 New Northern Area Command
ICC Entering Service
The Oregon Wing of the Civil
Air Patrol will be starting work
on establishing a permanent CAP
Regional Emergency Services
Incident Command Center (ICC) at
the Aurora State Airport this year.
The command center, which will
incorporate state of the art technol-
ogy, will be located in a 1500 square
foot facility owned by Willamette
Aviation located at the North end
of the airport.
M ajo r D av id Ru d aw it z ,
Emergency Services Officer for the
Oregon CAP and appointed member
of the Governors recently established
Search and Rescue Task Force, stated
that the command center will allow
CAP and other agencies to quickly
respond to search and rescue, disas-
ter relief and Homeland Security
operations faster than in the past.
“By having our own command center
in a central location, we will be able
to have a turn-key facility ready to
activate on very short notice when
the scope of the incident requires
a centralized command center”
he said.
T he build ing, owned by
Willamette Aviation is being made
available to the CAP at no charge. “I
see having the Civil Air Patrol and
the command center here as part
of our contribution to the Aviation
Community” said David Waggoner,
owner of Willamette Aviation. “To
be a good citizen you must give
back to your community and this is
part of our contribution. Very much
like those of you who volunteer
as members of the CAP.” He said,
“The command center will also
be available to other government
agencies to utilize as well in order
to quickly and efficiently establish a
ready to operate incident command
post” remarked Rudawitz. “When
finished, the ICC will include a large
open room for operations, smaller
private rooms for command com-
munications as well as other support
functions.
Communications capabilities
will be a critical part of the over-all
command center capabilities.
Taking a page out of the disas-
trous Katrina incident where lack
of communications hampered
relief efforts Rudawitz commented
“Our communications center will
be backed up with emergency gen-
erators. It will also be capable of
operating on all assigned CAP bands
and frequencies, aircraft VHF, and
be interoperable with local govern-
ment, the proposed Oregon Wireless
Interoperability Network (OWIN)
and the USCG. Multiple radios will
be installed to provide for simultane-
ous communication as needed. Land
line phone lines will be pre-installed
and activated when the command
center was activated.”
“We are actively seeking cor-
porate support and donations of
supplies, equipment, furnishings
and expertise as we move forward
to make this facility an active asset
to our emergency response com-
munity” said Rudawitz. Rudawitz
also advised included in the equip-
ment needed are several satellite
telephone/radio systems similar to
those being used by CAP in Florida.
These units will provide long range
communications even in the event of
a catastrophic natural disaster.
While the CAP has an estab-
lished base located at the Medford
airport which came into use to sup-
port CAP air operations during the
recent search for a missing Brookings
hiker in SW Oregon, there is no simi-
lar facility in the Northern part of the
state. “Presently, the CAP transports
all it’s equipment into a temporary
base of operations” remarked Major
Robert Asher, Director of Operations
for the Oregon CAP. “Setting up the
necessary communications, comput-
ers, tables, chairs and other gear
takes a significant amount of time
to accomplish” he said. “Having
a permanent command center set
up in a centralized location such
as Aurora Airport will save a sig-
nificant amount of time and greatly
improve our response time when
called upon.”
“We hope to have a functional
command center operational in time
for the summer mission and train-
ing season,” continued Rudawitz
“but accomplishing all the facility
upgrades needed to make this center
fully functional in line with our
goals will depend on how quickly
we can raise the necessary funds to
complete the project.” Included in
the activities planned for the summer
is the Oregon Wing’s biannual SAR
evaluation conducted by the USAF
and a six state Pacific Region-wide
tsunami response exercise that
will have activities along the entire
Oregon coastline.
Even though the CAP is the
official Auxiliary of the USAF,
there is no funding from the gov-
ernment or the USAF for projects
such as this. “The USAF provides
operational funding for missions
and training so that there is never
any charge to the requesting agency
for our search and rescue or disaster
relief assistance,” remarked Oregon
CAP Public Affairs Officer Lt Col
Thomas Traver. “For projects such
as the one we have embarked on, we
are on our own dime” he said.
For more information on the facil-
ity, please contact Major Rudawitz
at Rudawitz@ACM.org. For more
information on the Oregon Civil Air
Patrol, please visit http://www.orwg.
cap.gov Information on Willamette
Aviation can be obtained from
http://www.willametteair.com.
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Reprinted with permission from Curry Coastal Pilot www.currycoastalpilot.com
Cessna 337 / USAF 02 Enters Service
Civil Air Patrol Takes Pride
in New Wings
Published: February 24, 2007
By Marjorie Woodfin
Pilot staff writer
S earch and rescue readiness is
being taken very seriously in
Brookings.
A small group of Civil Air Patrol
pilots and supporters have formed
a private organization, Guardians
From Above, to fill in cracks in cur-
rent search and rescue readiness.
With the death of James Kim,
the 35-year-old editor who died of
exposure and hypothermia in the
Southern Oregon wilderness in
November, search and rescue readi-
ness has become a hot topic.
There are those who believe that
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additional equipment might well
have saved Kim’s life.
Members and sponsors of
Guardians From Above (GFA) have
gone into action with a completely
new idea to ensure that adequate
aircraft, communication, and iden-
tification equipment will be made
available in the area more quickly
to find and rescue anyone in any
situation similar to the one that took
the life of James Kim.
South Coast Squadron Civil Air
Patrol Commander Scott Bakker,
with help from friends and sponsors,
originated a new Limited Liability
Corporation (LLC), formed to obtain
funding for the purchase of a Cessna
337 Skymaster search aircraft and
equip it with the latest search and
rescue devices.
“I am driven by the events that
occurred with the James Kim fam-
ily,” Bakker said. “My squadron
volunteers and I feel that if we had
had this aircraft in place, we may
have been able to save his life. I was
contacted four days before he left his
family to get help. The weather was
clear and with available cell phone
technology and the new PA system in
the aircraft the outcome might have
been a successful rescue.”
Although Bakker and other CAP
pilots and observers were ready to
fly the CAP squadron’s Cessna 182,
they were unable to join the search for
Kim. Bakker explained, “In order to
activate a Civil Air Patrol Squadron
for this type of mission, a request
must be made by a local sheriff’s or
state agency to CAP. Because the
sheriff did not ask us for help we
could not be activated.”
With the new entity being
formed as the private owner of the
aircraft, the group will be able to
activate a search mission at any time
it is requested.
Ironically, Bakker was in Bend
making arrangements for purchase of
the Cessna 337 for GFA at the time
he was contacted about the search
for the Kim family. The aircraft is
dedicated to the memory of James
Kim.
To support the activities of GFA,
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Brookings CAP members recently upgraded equipment in their Cessna 182 to improve rescue efforts.
The Pilot/Marjorie Woodfin
Brookings Civil Air Patrol Unit
Garners National Attention
Published: April 18, 2007
By Marjorie Woodfin
Pilot staff writer
Members of Brookings unit of
the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) are walk-
ing tall these days, having captured
national attention with their efforts
to improve their search and rescue
capabilities on the Southern Oregon
Coast.
The group was already involved
in upgrading emergency equipment
on its Cessna 182 Aircraft when the
death of a man lost in the Southern
Oregon wilderness increased the
momentum exponentially.
With news of that death, mem-
bers of the South Coast Squadron 105
Civil Air Patrol Oregon Wing, who
gather monthly at Brookings Airport,
sped up their efforts to give wings
to the squadron mission statement:
“That Others May Live.”
As a result, both the senior
members and the cadets have been
featured on a Scott Walter Channel
5 broadcast, out of Medford, and
their commander, Scott Bakker, has
been interviewed on National Public
Radio (NPR).
Those involved say it’s exciting
to hear “All Things Considered”
announcer Melissa Block tell her
national audience that the news is
coming from Brookings.
The push for additional equip-
ment began in earnest when local
CAP members found they were
unable to use the group’s Cessna
182 in the search for James Kim,
the Internet editor who lost his life
in the southern Oregon wilderness
last fall. An order from a local
sheriff’s or state agency office is
required to activate a CAP aircraft
in a search and, without that order,
they couldn’t fly.
Belief that their involvement in
the search might have saved Kim’s
life motivated members of the
Brookings group, led by Bakker and
Deputy Commander Tom Moore,
to form a private pilots’ founda-
tion to act as “Guardians From
Above” (GFA).
The group began raising money
to purchase a Cessna 337 Skymaster
aircraft capable of flying search and
rescue, emergency warning and
other mercy flights without waiting
for orders.
Bakker emphasized the coopera-
tion between all agencies since the
Kim tragedy, with law enforcement
agencies, U.S. Coast Guard and CAP
members from Crescent City to Gold
Beach working together.
In addition, the CAP members
began looking for funding to equip
the CAP 182 aircraft with a power-
ful PA system to provide additional
search and rescue capabilities.
The loudspeaker manufactured
by Power Sonix is used on police
helicopters; however, Bakker said
this is the first installation on a
fixed wing aircraft. The system, on
loan from Power Sonix, was first
tested over Pistol River and proved
it could be heard from an altitude
up to 1,000 feet and as far away as
a mile and a half.
Scott Walter of KOBI Channel
5 came to Brookings Airport April
5 to make a video of a test of the
broadcast equipment for his viewers.
In addition to the video of the test
and an interview of Bakker, Walter
also recorded a second interview with
CAP cadets, who explained the train-
ing available to the teen members of
CAP. The teens also described their
experiences with flight simulator,
instrument reading, serving aircraft
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National Attention for Brookings Unit . . .
Continued
and flying.
A few days later another trial
of the PA system at Aurora State
Airport, again demonstrated the
capabilities for warning in case of
tsunami or other major disaster.
CAP Oregon Wing Commander Ted
Kyle said the demonstration “blew
me away.”
Those test results were being
closely monitored by other CAP
groups, especially those in Hawaii
where tsunamis are considered a
major threat.
Block, in her NPR interview with
Bakker, mentioned the capability
of using the system to put parents’
voices over the loudspeaker to reach
and reassure a lost child.
Bakker said that being able to
broadcast to anyone in a lost or injury
situation can be a calming influence
on the victim and, if the person has a
radio, can direct him to a frequency
being monitored.
But, publicity isn’t the only
excitement for the CAP members.
In March, the Brookings pilots and
observers were the first to locate
downed pilot Marshall Alexander of
Klamath who crash landed a Cessna
182 near Diamond Lake. Without the
loudspeaker capabilities they were
unable to communicate verbally
with Alexander, but they were able
to signal to him with a 2 million
candlepower handheld spotlight.
Alexander told Bakker later
that he would have felt much more
comfortable while waiting for
rescue if their voices could have
reached him.
The tests have proven that the
Power Sonix PA system is definitely
needed for warning and rescue opera-
tions. However, the race is not yet
won. Power Sonix has generously
agreed to donate the system for the
182, but funds are needed to install
the loudspeaker equipment in the
GFA twin engine Skymaster.
Funds are also needed to equip
the GFA twin engine Cessna, that has
a second engine and a wider range,
with additional equipment.
Many individuals and businesses
have already come forward to help,
but, with a $23,000 bill building for
work on the twin, and a $9,500 price
tag on the PA system, more donors
are needed.
Charter sponsors who have made
donations and pledged continued
support, include Cal-Ore Life Flight,
Premier Properties Har-Brook
Jewelers, Dr. Doug Walker Eye
Center, attorney Cynthia Beaman,
Advanced Securities of Eureka,
Suburban Propane of Crescent City,
Edge Wireless Brookings-Harbor
office, Chetco Federal Credit
Union, family nurse practitioner
Ellen Winger, Suburban Propane
of Crescent City, Brookings Flying
Club, and Kerr’s Ace Hardware, plus
equipment donated by Jet Centre
North of Medford, Garvin Avionics,
and Dallas Avionics.
CAP and GFA members who,
as volunteers, give generously of
their time, talent, and funds, are
encouraging additional donors to
come forward.
At one point Bakker said,
“We need to find a benevolent
millionaire.”
Others have suggested that
what is needed is for everyone who
appreciates how much safer we are
in our homes and businesses with
these “guardians” available to fly
at a moments notice, to give what
they can. H

Central Coast Composite

Squadron . . .
Continued from page 11

Calling All Stations

Central Coast Squadron members
attended the Radio Relay League Field
Day this summer, as part of their commu-
nications and emergency services training.
Communications Officer, 2d Lt Kurt Erichsen
(at the radio) makes contact with a distant
station during the 24-hour radio marathon.
Observing are 2d Lt Carolyn Beliveau and
Cadet Nathan Erichsen (foreground); (l. to r.)
Cadets Nathan Leman, Frances Simon, and
Daylen Cossey; while unit Commander, Maj
Charles Roesel, does some public relations
work in the background. H
New Wings–Cessna 337 . . .
Continued from page 18
Bakker and supporters have formed
a nonprofit corporation, Friends of
Guardians From Above, to which
donors may make tax-deductible
donations to a Friends of GFA
checking account at Chetco Federal
Credit Union.
Bakker and another CAP mem-
ber, retired United Airlines Capt.
Tom Moore, are the principal owners
of the Skymaster. Charter sponsors
include Dr. Douglas Walker and his
Eye Center, and family practitioner
Ellen Winger.
Walker said, “Under Scott
Bakker’s leadership and great direc-
tion, we have formed a nonprofit cor-
poration, Friends of Guardians From
Above, to support the private pilots’
foundation, Guardians From Above,
with the stated purpose, ‘That Others
May Live,’ in honor of James Kim
who lost his life recently.” Walker
explained that the participants are
concerned folks who want to support
CAP and Friends of Guardians as an
important resource for search and
rescue and mercy flights. The GFA is
not, however, involved in medical or
air ambulance flights, he added.
Winger said she sees the pos-
sibility of mercy flights to provide
transport to Portland or Roseburg for
some without the resources to join an
ill family member, and as a resource
for search and rescue, such as the
search team for the Kim family.
“It could have turned out dif-
ferently,” Winger said, adding, “I
have a commitment to support the
organization for the entire year, and
I would like to see this available to
Northern Incident Command Center . . .
Continued from page 17
Civil Air Patrol is the official
Air Force auxiliary with more than
55,000 members nationwide. It
performs 95% of the continental U.S.
inland search and rescue missions
as tasked by the Air Force Rescue
the whole community. Donors are
needed, one time donors, as well as
those who will make a continuing
commitment to help ensure that
a family in need can contact the
Guardians for assistance.”
Bakker said corporate donors of
money and equipment include Dallas
Avionics, Dan Brattain’s Cal-Ore
Life Flight, Chetco Federal Credit
Union, Power Sonix Public Address
Systems (which will revolutionize
the PA system because of its clear
communication up to a mile away
from the aircraft), Jet Center North
in Medford, supplying labor to install
the avionics and public address
system, and the Garmin Company,
a major manufacturer of Global
Positioning Systems.
Moore explained GFA will have
$100,000 invested in aircraft and
radio equipment. “It’s a great aircraft
with low time on the engines, but the
radio equipment is from 1966. We’re
looking for equipment donations,
upgraded radio equipment, camera
sights, and infrared capacity to sight
bodies in woods or in the ocean.”
He explained that with infrared
spotting they might have located the
Kim family earlier. However, Bakker
noted that the expensive spotting
equipment is out of their range until
additional donors come forward.
Moore noted that volunteer pilots
can fly without official invitation
throughout Oregon, and they have
agreements with the Coast Guard at
Humboldt Bay, and permission from
CAP to fly into California. “We can
service the coast from San Francisco
Coordination Center. Volunteers also
perform homeland security, disaster
relief and counterdrug missions at
the request of federal, state and local
agencies. The members take a lead-
ing role in aerospace education and
to Astoria,” Moore said.
About the Skymaster Moore
said, “We can use it in the mountains
or on other dangerous missions where
we wouldn’t use a single engine air-
craft. Volunteers and CAP pilots love
it because it flies faster and doesn’t
use any additional fuel.”
He also emphasized the coop-
eration between counties and orga-
nizations. Referring to the recently
rescued hiker on the Chetco River,
he said, “This last rescue mission
included Curry, Jackson, and Del
Norte counties.”
Bakker also praised that grow-
ing spirit of cooperation, “I want
to say that with (Oregon) Gov. Ted
(Kulongoski) creating the Search
And Rescue Task Force, and the
cooperation of the sheriffs in the
region, I feel that the air assets of
the Civil Air Patrol will be activated
quickly and we will use the 337 on
the coast and mountain rescues for
the actual Air Force assigned mis-
sions. The Guardians From Above
will act as a private group to perform
the humanitarian flights for the local
and regional communities.”
Bakker’s unmitigated enthu-
siasm for the search and rescue
project motivated someone to ask
if he would like to be doing it full
time. Bakker, who is employed in
information systems at Pelican Bay
prison, responded immediately,
“With my 30 years of search and
rescue experience, if I could find a
sponsor to pay my salary, I’d quit my
job at the prison in a minute.”
H
serve as mentors to the almost 27,000
young people currently participat-
ing in CAP cadet programs. CAP
has been performing missions for
America for more than 65 years.
For more information about
Civil Air Patrol please go to the
national website at www.cap.gov.
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 The Twelve
Commandments
for Pilots
1. Thou Shalt Honor Thy CFI
And Fellow Aviators, That
Thy Days May Be Long!
2. Thou Shalt Perform A
Thorough Walk Around And
Preflight Each Day!
3. Thou Shalt Perform Thy
Checklists Before Takeoffs
And Landings!
4. Thou Shalt Not Exceed
Weight And Balance Limits!
5. Thou Shalt Not Pilot Thy
Plane When Fatigued, Ill Or
Inebriated!
6. Thou Shalt Not Enter Into
IRF Without Current Training
And Prayer, Nor Shalt Thou
Scud Run!
7. Thou Shalt Not Race Thy
Cold Engine Nor Shock Cool
It On Approach!
8. Thou Shalt Timely
Perform All Ad’s And Annuals
Responsibly!
9. Thou Shalt Not Bear False
Witness In Thy Logs, Nor
Violate The FAR’s!
10. Thou Shalt Maintain Thy
Plane As If Thy Life Depended
On It!
11. When Thy Mortal Senses
Desert Or Mislead Thee, Thou
Shalt Fly Thy Plane.
12. Thou Shalt Trust Thine
Instruments Before Thou
Shalt Trust The Seat Of Thy
Pants.
Maj Charles Roesel (left) passes command of Central Coast Composite
Squadron to 1st Lt Francis Moore (right), in ceremonies with (back row, left
to right) Oregon Wing Commander, Col Ted Kyle; USCG Captain Lance
Benton; and USCG LT Derek Ham.
Central Coast
Squadron Changes
Command
Submitted by 1st Lt Francis S. Moore
Oregon Wing Commander, 65th Anniversary historical photo
Col Ted Kyle, was guest-of-honor book was presented to Major Roesel
for the transfer of command of by the squadron.
Central Coast Composite Squadron Maj Roesel will be serving as
on January 15. The ceremony took Oregon Wing’s Moral Leadership
place at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Officer, and plans to travel to all
Station in North Bend, which serves the units in the Wing, recruiting
as home to the unit. chaplains and MLO’s.
Col Kyle explained the his- Lt Moore announced the appoint-
tory of the military flag ceremony ment of Captain David Cameron as
before accepting the squadron colors Deputy Commander for Seniors,
from outgoing Commander, Major and CMSgt Joe Simon as Deputy
Charles Roesel, and handing them Commander for Cadets.
off to incoming Commander, 1st Lt Following the ceremonies, Col
Francis Moore. Kyle was given a tour of the Coast
USCG Captain Lance O. Benton, Guard Air Station, following which
North Bend Sector Commander, and he expressed the desire to hold a
LT Derek C. Ham, who serves as SAREX or other Wing activity at
liaison to the CAP unit, also took the facility.
part. Both received certificates of Sector North Bend covers over
appreciation to acknowledge their 220 miles of Oregon coastline, and
contributions to the squadron. is home to five HH-65-C helicopters,
Captain Benton presented his sector’s their crews and support staff. The
coveted “challenge coins” to both Coast Guard Cutter Orcas is berthed
the incoming and outgoing squadron at Coos Bay, while several cities
commanders. along the coast serve as home ports
A copy of the Civil Air Patrol for USCG watercraft.
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 Husted:
Youngest Pilot
in Nation a
CAP Cadet
It is a fool proof recipe!
Take pilot training at age 13. Take some more the
next year, and the next year.
Have a dad who was a pilot who is encouraging you.
Have a granddad who was a pilot who is encouraging you.
Have a flight instructor willing to give you your
solo test on your birthday. Get the flight center (Reliant
Aviation in Albany) to open its facility on a Sunday (your
birthday) when they are normally closed.
Win the Bogardis Scholarship (issued through Civil
Air Patrol to cadets training to be pilots).
Invite two mayors (Lebanon’s and Albany’s) to come
and more than 100 of your friends and family. Invite
the Lt. Col. Ted Kyle, Commander of the Oregon Wing
of Civil Air Patrol, who earned his pilot wings early in
his life.
It is a foolproof recipe, but not an easy task.
Perseverance paid off recently for Civil Air Patrol C/MSgt
Wesley Husted III. He succeeded in being at least one
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Lt Col Ted Kyle prepares a set of CAP pilot wings to
pin on C/MSgt Wes Husted. The wings were rushed to
Eugene by members of Columbia Composite Squadron
as Kyle had to borrow a set to have them there in time for
the ceremony. Photographer 2d Lt Scott D. Maguire
of the youngest pilots in the United States on Feb. 18 at
Albany Municipal Airport (S12) in Albany.
Husted and his Squadron Commander 1st Lt Katrina
Long and other members of the Linn-Benton Composite
Squadron greeted visitors on this breezy overcast Sunday
afternoon. It was chilly enough that day to appreciate a
coat. In fact, Husted and flight instructor Courtney Zehr,
discussed rain showers that were appearing on the weather
radar, but the rain held off during the event.
Husted and the instructor put their heads together
in the cockpit of the Cessna 152,
feet still on the ground to review
preflight checklists, and check their
fuel and their weight and balance
calculations. Then Husted nervously
waited, pacing at times, putting off
his departure and test until all of
the VIPs he had invited had arrived.
Then, the moment came.
A brief welcome from his
father and mother launched the
brief sendoff and Lt Col Kyle was
given the microphone. After being
acknowledged, Wes headed for the
Continued . . .
(Left) Lt Col Ted Kyle addresses the
large audience as Wesley performs
his touch and goes in the Cessna 152
at Albany Municipal Airport.
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Husted . . .
Continued

Cessna. He took off his

uniform jacket, stowed his
gear, donned his headset
and set the aircraft into
motion down the runway.
He has taken flight
instruction since he was
age 13, said flight instruc-
tor Zehr. Just before Wes’
flight, Zehr shared a few
comments: “I think he will
do all right. The weather is
just good enough.”
F e d e r a l Av i a t io n
Administration rules restrict
solo flights to people who
are 16 years of age or older.
So the earliest one can
qualify is their birthday.
After doing at least
three suitable landings and Three pilots in the family. Wesley Husted III solos on his birthday and is encouraged
take offs (called touch and by his father, Wesley Husted Jr., and his grandfather, Wesley Husted.
goes) he was approved by
his instructor. Wes earned his student pilot certificate, paid his flight training expenses.
according to Zehr, which licenses him to flights within He is planning to apply to the U.S. Air Force
25 miles of this airport. It is good for 90 days. At age 17, Academy.
the FAA will issue a standard pilot’s license, he said. Why did he want to be a pilot? “It has been my thing
After meeting the qualifications, Husted dropped since when I was little. Instead of drawing dinosaurs,
instructor Zehr off at the edge of the runway and took off I’d draw an airplane or a rocket. I have always wanted
for his first solo flight ever. He then performed several to fly.”
more touch and goes before landing and taxiing over to The mayors who attended saw something other than a
the waiting crowd. More than 100 people watched as child’s dream being accomplished. Doug Killin, Mayor of
parked the aircraft, wrestled his uniform jacket and cap Albany, admits to being fascinated by the event. “I used
on and stood proudly before the group. to be the high school discipline principal, so I saw the
Husted stood at attention as Lt Col Ted Kyle pinned worst side of kids. This is the positive side of youth!”
CAP wings on him after completing his solo pilot flight. Ken Toombs of Lebanon, Wes’ hometown mayor,
“This is a great part of this job,” Kyle said, “recognizing says: “I am kind of envious. I would love to be able to fly
members who do great things. He will remember this myself. It just never worked out. Wesley is an example
for a long time.” Kyle himself was a pilot earlier in life. of a person who set his sights on a goal and stayed right
It was an achievement that he is still proud of, and he with it.”
was pleased to give a speech and help C/MSgt Husted Commander Long says Wes is a good example of
celebrate this accomplishment. what CAP leads to. “I don’t understand why more youth
This isn’t the only activity Husted has participated don’t get involved.”
in while in Civil Air Patrol. He is a flight sergeant for As to whether Wes Husted is truly the youngest pilot
this squadron, has attended the National Honor Guard in history? Probably not. Others have tested on their
Academy, has earned marksmanship, participated in a birthday, flight instructors report. And younger youth
glider encampment, gone on a KC-135 refueling flight, have flown throughout history. But this cadet certainly
participated in Encampment, and has taken three powered is one of the youngest pilots in our nation – and for the
orientation rides and one glider orientation ride. Not bad moment, arguably, the youngest pilot in the nation for a
for three years of involvement in CAP. few minutes.
He is a recipient of the Bogardis Scholarship, which H

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 Final Salute
Ethyle Eileen O’Neal
April 1, 1928 – March 21, 2007

Ethyle Eileen O’Neal passed away March 21, 2007

surrounded by her family. She was 78 years old. Ethyle
was born in Portland on April 1, 1928 to Walter and
Grace Kremers.
She attended Holy Redeemer and graduated from
Franklin High School in 1946. At the age of 14, she was
amongst the first Jefferson High School students to join
the Civil Air Patrol. After rescuing a 15-month old baby
single-handedly and aiding in the rescue of four other
children during the Vanport flood, May 30, 1948, she
received the highest award available in the C.A.P., The
Distinguished Service Award for Heroism.
In 1949 Ethyle joined the Air Force where she met
her husband Theodore O’Neal. She worked as a lab
technician. Ethyle and Ted had four children.
Ethyle rejoined the Civil Air Patrol in 1976 where she
enjoyed 30 more years of service as a Wing Director/Cadet
Programs. She was also the Commanding Officer of the
Oregon City Squadron. She loved teaching the cadets
about Search and Rescue, Aerospace Education, and
Cadet Leadership. Along with dozens of achievement
awards, Ethyle received her Lifetime Service Award as a
Lt. Colonel on May 14, 2005. Some of her service memo-
rabilia is on display at the Evergreen Aviation Museum.
She was loved, respected, and admired by all.
Ethyle was employed at Laidlaw Transit for 13 years. She pro-
vided school bus transportation for children with special needs.
Ethyle loved her family, her cadets, all sports, bingo,
cats, music, and flowers. She most recently lived at
Laurelhurst Village in SE Portland where she was treated
with tender loving care.
Ethyle is survived by her four children; Timothy
(Kathy Jo), Kenneth (Ngocnu Thi Van), Kathleen Hartman
(Rick), Susan Wade (Rick); ten grandchildren; and eight
great-grandchildren. She leaves behind her brothers; Frank
(Phyllis) and Joe; and numerous nieces and nephews.
 National Inland SAR School
Oregon CAP members Major
David Rudawitz, Captain Robert
Asher, Captain Larry Kendrick,
Captain Ted Tanory, and 1st Lt Bill
Kostich graduated from the Inland
SAR School.
The school focuses on planning
and managing SAR as opposed to the
details of executing a SAR incident.
This is a major thought change for
many of the participants as most have
been “ground (or air) pounders” in
the past. “We learned how to plan
out a major SAR incident in order
to maximize finding the crashed
airplane occupants or lost person
as soon as possible with the SAR
resources available,” said Major Dave
Rudawitz, Oregon Wing Director of
Emergency Services. “We learned a
lot about how to analyze the situation
and develop a plan based on intuition,
facts and historical statistics. This
class will be of significant benefit to
ORWG as we have greatly increased
the number of senior SAR managers
in the Wing with this specialized
training,” he said. Class graduates
are now armed with new tools and
information that should help to
better manage a “knock down drag
out” search mission for a missing
aircraft.
The AFRCC was established in
1956, with the publishing of the first
National Search and Rescue Plan,
the Coast Guard was designated the
single federal agency responsible
for maritime search and rescue
and, likewise, the US Air Force
was designated the single federal
agency responsible for federal-level
search and rescue for the inland
regions. In order to meet the need for
trained Coast Guard and Air Force
search and rescue (SAR) Planners,
the joint service National Search
& Rescue School was established
at Governors Island, New York
on 19 April 1966. This created
a facility devoted exclusively to
training professionals to conduct
search and rescue. Since it’s incep-
tion, the school’s mission has been:
“To promote standa rdization
and professionalism within the
search and rescue community by
providing comprehensive SAR
training to selected Coast Guard,
Air Force and other personnel.”
With $15,000 and a vacant WWII
barracks building, six highly expe-
rienced Coast Guard and Air Force
personnel formed the National SAR
School. Since the first class over
thirty years ago, over 14,000 have
joined the ranks of trained SAR
professionals. This includes over
1,400 International students from
103 nations.
The school was moved to the
USCG Reserve Training Center
(RTC) Yorktown (now USCG
TRACEN Yorktown), Virginia in
1988. In 1995, it was relocated to
its present site at Canfield Hall. The
curriculum of the school has been
changed over the years to include
newly developed computer search
planning programs and advances
in search theory and application.
Additionally, many instructional
technology changes have been
incorporated which allow the school
to maintain its distinction as the pre-
mier school of its type in the world.
SAR School graduates are autho-
rized to wear the coveted National
SAR School emblem pin and patch.
Since the National SAR School is
jointly manned by members of the US
Coast Guard and the US Air Force, it
is fitting its motto be a combination
of the two.
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Oregon CAP Captures
“First Save” of 2007
By Marjorie Woodfin
Pilot staff writer
Civil Air Patrol pilots from Brookings are in high spirits this week after
participating in rescuing a downed pilot in March.
“I can’t wipe the grin off my
face,” said South Coast Squadron
Commander Scott Bakker.
Bakker and air crew members
Tom Moore and James Metcalf were
the first to locate the downed Cessna
182 west of Diamond Lake near
Crater Lake at 3:22 a.m. Saturday.
Alerted around midnight, the
Brookings CAP crew in their Cessna
182 was one of three CAP aircraft
involved in the search, the other two
were from Medford and Troutdale.
Bakker said, “We took off at
2:13 a.m. and were the first to locate
the downed Cessna 182 at 3:22 a.m.”
Ph o t o b y Je r r y Fu l s t o n e ,   CA P
Aware that the pilot had taken off
from Klamath Falls, heading for
Eugene, Bakker said, “I planned
the route lat and long (latitude and
longitude) hoping he would be on
the left, and he was.” The searchers
were also aided by information from
the Oregon Office of Emergency
Management that relayed signals
received from the pilot’s emergency
transponder.
Flying the Cessna 182, acquired
by the squadron just last October,
Bakker and crew were unable to
communicate with the downed pilot
by radio, but were able to make
contact with light signals. “We had
a 2 million candlepower handheld
spotlight,” Bakker said. “He said he
could see it lit up like a Christmas
tree.” The downed pilot was able to
set off a flare to mark his location.
Bakker and crew circled at low
level over the aircraft for three hours,
when a CAP crew from Medford took
over. After refueling, the Brookings
crew returned to cover the scene
until ground crews from Douglas
and Jackson County Sheriff’s offices
reached the aircraft, and an Oregon
National Guard rescue helicopter
recovered the pilot at about 8 a.m.
A lexa nder told
Bakker that he received
a message that his sister
in Eugene had suffered
a heart attack, and
he immediately made
preparations to fly to
his sister.
Alexander, a pilot
for 25 years with 700
hours flying time, took
off from Klamath Falls
in his Cessna aircraft
at 9:45 p.m. About 45
minutes later, while
flying at 12,000 feet,
he realized that his
gas gauges were on
empty. He contacted
the Eugene airport by
radio, alerting them to
his emergency, and five
minutes later, at about
10:30 p.m., he made a
crash landing into the
snow.
 Oregon CAP Assists Air National
Guard in Readiness Exercise
By 2d Lt Mark Kemner
Photos by Capt Jason Baldy and 2d Lt Mark Kemner

Over a four-day period in

December, pilots of the Oregon Wing
of the Civil Air Patrol flew together
with elements of the 142nd Fighter
Wing of the Oregon Air National
Guard. The purpose of the exercise
was to provide a stable platform for
the F-15s of the 142nd to practice
visual identification and intercept
procedures against an asymmetric
threat.
The exercise was conducted
in central Oregon in a Military
Operations Area (MOA). A CAP
182 flew a predetermined path in
the MOA at 12,500 feet while pairs
of F-15s would be cleared in for
identification and intercept. The
CAP plane was simulating a terrorist
threat in violation of a Presidential
Continued . . .
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Continued

TFR while the president was hik-

ing on a mountain below. With
instructions not to respond to any
communications except in the event
of emergency, the fighters relied on
visual ICAO signals to make their
intentions clear. They began with a
slow fly-by, rocking wings, followed
by a pass where flares were dropped.
A final engagement with a simulated
rear quartering gun pass completed
the intercept.
The CAP 182 truly represented
an asymmetric threat, cruising at 115
KIAS. The F-15s had to use flaps,
speed brakes and sometimes landing
gear to slow down enough to make an
identification on the aircraft. They
seemed much more comfortable at
speed when making the gun runs. It
was an exciting opportunity to see
one of America’s best fighter jets
up close and flying without actually
having violated a TFR. operations plan, coordinating the Ted Tanory
A communications High Bird aircrews and acting as liaison with High Bird - PIC Capt Jason Baldy,
was used on all missions to provide the Guard units. Other members OBS 2d Lt Mark Kemner
a communications with mission base, who participated in the exercise are Thursday
and in one case, to substitute in for listed: Target Bird - PIC Lt Col Case
the target bird when weather delayed Monday McGinley, OBS 1st Lt Bill Kostich,
takeoff. Total flying hours for the Target Bird - PIC 2d Lt Mark SC 1st Lt Jerry Aldred
four-day exercise reached 35.5 hours, Kemner, OBS Capt Jason Baldy High Bird - PIC Capt Bob Asher,
with 21 CAP members participating. High Bird - PIC Lt Col Case OBS Maj Brian Bishop
With this demonstration of CAP McGinley, OBS 1st Lt Jerry Aldred, January
capability, there is the opportunity SC Capt Ted Tanory Target Bird - PIC Capt Dennis Wyza,
to continue this relationship with Tuesday OBS CAP David Ayers, SC Lt Col
the ORANG and conduct similar Target Bird - PIC Lt Col Case Case Mcginley
exercises in the future. McGinley, Capt Billy Jackson, OBS High Bird - PIC Capt Dick Weichman,
In January, the final mission 1st Lt Bill Kostich OBS 1st Lt Robert Lawrence
of this exercise will be flown as a High Bird - PIC SM Scott Bakker, Mission Base and Communications
night mission, which will add a new OBS Capt Tom Moore, SC SM Jim Support
element to the identification and Metcalfe 1st Lt Bill Kostich, Capt Ted Tanory,
intercept procedure. Wednesday Maj David Rudawitz, Capt Doug
Special thanks go to 1st Lt Bill Target Bird - PIC Capt Bob Asher, Richards, 2d Lt David Mandrell,
Kostich for putting together the OBS Lt Col Wayne Schulz, SC Capt Cadet Christopher Jacobs. H

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