Michigan Wing Encampment - 2008

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Oops! I forgot to get a haircut!Hair Styling by 2nd Lt Matt Florian

A few lucky cadets who were a bit long in the

hair were fortunate enough to be styled by 2ndLt Matt Florian, Admin Officer and part time bar-

ber during the first day of encampment.

Please, Stay off the Grass!

We have been asked by the staff of the Alpena

CRTC to please not walk across the grass during

our stay this week at encampment. This is espe-cially important in areas of the base where new

seed is taking hold.

A rousing welcome to GLR Encampment Cadet at-tendees was given by Major Chris Freytag Saturday

evening at the formal opening ceremonies. MajorFreytag briefed the cadets on the diligent work of

his staff to produce this years encampment. Thestaff faced some difficult challenges, but they have

overcome these challenges and we look forward toa fantastic encampment, Freytag stated.

Lt. Col. Blair Biddle who is affectionately known asPops gave the invocation for a safe and instruc-

tional encampment week. Lt. Col. Biddle is servingin his 38th CAP encampment during his 20th year of

active service to the CAP. The command staffthanked Lt. Col. Biddle for his commitment and love

of CAP.

C/Col. Beth Dumont, Cadet Wing Commander

briefed the cadets on the planning for daily eventsthat has been performed by cadet staff members.

C/Col. Dumont told the cadets that the first twodays of encampment could be tough but by the end

of the week you wont want to go home.

The meeting was adjourned with cadets returningto their barracks in great anticipation for what lies

ahead this coming week.

GO CAP!

GLR Encampment OpeningCeremonies

By Andy De Kraker, Maj, SLS Director

Encampment Editorial Staff

1st Lt. Mark L. Curtis, Director

1st Lt. Bill Carson, Asst. Director1st Lt. Rick Lauterbach, Videographer

C/SSgt Jackson Selim, Cadet PAOC/SSgt Erik Vingness, Cadet PAO

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Monday , 14 Ju ly 200 8 Ed i t i on 2 o f

Attitude is a little thing that makes a bigdifference. -- Sir Winston Churchill

It is always amazing to me how differentpeople can come together for a commonpurpose and goal. Here we are, over 200cadets and officers that have gatheredfrom across the country. We each have adifferent background, a different history,and different personal goals for the week -yet we gather on the common values that

we all share: integrity, volunteer service,excellence and respect.

Believe it or not, we are changing theworld in a small way. Gathering as indi-viduals who share common beliefs, weorganize into a cohesive unit that we callencampment. When we do this, we canaccomplish things far greater than wecould as individuals. Whether we havecome to Alpena just having joined CAP, orwhether we have been involved in theorganization for decades, we are experi-encing something new, and we are creat-ng something special. Your presence here

makes a difference and will affect manypeople.

That is what makes Encampment so awe-some! Individuals gather, units areformed, objectives are set, and thingshappen. You will not leave this place thesame person as when you came.This week will have ups and downs as indi-

viduals and as units -- that I can guaran-

tee you! But, I want you to remember

that you and your unit are a part of the

great potential that will make this week a

success. Keep positive, rely on each

other, focus on the goal, and we will suc-

ceed!

Senior Members who are here to serve onencampment staff took the time out oftheir busy lives this past weekend to com-plete training courses that fall in line withtheir own Professional Development pro-gression tracks.

Maj. Andy De Kraker conducted a Squad-ron Leadersh ip Schoo l for officers work-

ing towards Phase II.

Capt. Jennifer Gorman, Professional Devel-opment Officer for this years encampmentconducted a Corpor a te Learn ing Courseor those seniors advancing towards PhaseIII.

Capt. Gorman is planning a Tra in ingLeaders of Cadet s class for Thursday andFriday of this week. This is a relatively newcourse for the CAP and its geared towardsthe Senior Members who work with cadetsat the unit level but is also very highlyrecommended for anyone who works with

cadets at events such as encampment.

FI RE! FI RE!By 1st Lt. Bill Carson, Asst. Director, P

N e w s f l a s h ! Every barracks in encament suddenly erupted in flames Sunnight forcing evacuation of all cadets senior members from what would hsurely been a peaceful and relaxing ening of shining boots and ironing BDThe cause of the firewas a required dr

ensure everyone knows what to do in of a real emergency.Cadet staff managed to safely evacand account for every cadet from tbarracks within just over two minutelittle slower than targeted but still a good job according to EncampmSafety Officer, Maj. Walt Rutherford.Maj. Rutherford told At Ease! a fire dbles in size every two minutes andmake sure everyone survives we neebe ready to get out as quickly as possMaj. Rutherfords advice is simple. If tis fire, real or otherwise, use the busystem and make sure your bunkmatawake and headed out, grab your blanket and GET OUT. The buildingfill with smoke quickly so get down

and head for an exit. Do not try to anything else or go back for anything. never go back into the building oyoure out even if you think someonstill in there. Leave it to the firefighwho have the proper equipment.Maj. Rutherford would not say whethis will happen again but if you hearword FIRE, remember to get out ansafe.

Corpor a te Learn ing Course

Squadr on Leadersh ip Schoo l

Sen io r M em ber Tra in i ng !By 1st Lt. Mark L. Curtis, Director, PAO

W elc om e T o Enc am pm en t !

Maj . Jonathan Re id , V ice Com m ander


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Show a l i t t l e Respec t !By 1st Lt. Bill Carson, Asst. Director, PAO

Customs and Courtesies. Its a phrase youhear around your weekly CAP meetingsbut is it important to you as a cadet? Thesimple answer is YES.The CAP program is built on a militarystyle. Not just because you get to wearthe really neat uniform, but because theorganizational style works. Military tradi-tion builds teams and multiplies the resultsof the efforts put in by each member. In away, the whole is greater than its parts.To build this machine takes adherence toboth customs and courtesies.Part of what youre experiencing this weekrevolves around customs and courtesies.When should you (or shouldnt you) saluteanother member of CAP or the military? Ifyou havent read CAP Pamphlet (CAPP)151, Standards, Customs, Courtesiesyet, take a few minutes to become familiarwith it. There you will find a short sum-mary of what CAP requires from everymember to show respect for the flag,members of the military and each other.Did you know the salute is the oldest cus-

tom in the military? A soldier would openhis armors visor to expose his face as ashow trust of another soldier. Dont thinkof a salute as showing weakness, it is asign of respect for another person.When you come up to an officer you showyour respect for him or her by rendering a

salute paired up with a Hello Sir, or

Good evening, Maam. Hold the saluteuntil the salute is returned to you. Ifyoure indoors, involved in a class, or yourhands are tied up carrying somethingheavy, there is no reason to salute an-other person but a Good Afternoon Sir orGood Afternoon Maam shows the officerthat you see them and are offering a signof respect to them.Please take the time to read the pamphletand learn the material. If you dont under-stand something or have a question aboutwhat you should do, ask your flight forhelp.Over the next couple of days, look formore hints on using customs and courte-

sies.

I n t h e W o o d w o r kBy C/SSgt Erik Vingness, Cadet PAO

Once again, thanks to the staff voluntwho made this summer's encampmpossible.

They can be found running around, harwork, at all hours, day and night. T

efforts to plan and implement daily acties are nothing short of stupendous.of them deserve your respect, so dforget to salute!

The highly recognizable command stafindeed garner due respect. Howemany other groups should be given cras well. Behind the scenes, people inOperations, Transportation and Medkeep things running smoothly. Compleall sorts of legwork to make your byear the best it can be.

Air Ops are unsung heroes. This year intend to assemble gliders and give doof orientation flights, all while keeyour planes in working order. Weapermitting, all cadets will fly in both pered and unpowered aircraft. They'll ha busy week on the flight line!

Medical and Transportation have beebig help. Getting cadets to church, ming and treating the injured; together make a great team. You won't get but we are well prepared for suchevent.

On a closing note, thanks to Communtions for preventing chaos. And if you

Public Affairs give a shout. Or just sfor the camera.

Encam pm ent Ed i to r ia l Sta

1st Lt. Mark L. Curtis, Director1st Lt. Bill Carson, Asst. Director

1st Lt. Rick Lauterbach, VideographC/SSgt Jackson Selim, Cadet PAOC/SSgt Erik Vingness, Cadet PAO

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Tuesday , 15 Ju ly 200 8 Ed i t i on 3 o f

Welcome to day four of encampment!I certainly hope you are enjoying thetime you have experienced in Alpenaso far. Your week is almost half overand I am sure that you have gainedsome valuable lessons to take back toyour home squadrons. Encampments a process of continual learning fromthe moment that you arrive at en-campment until the moment youdrive out of the base gates. Your en-campment experience does not endthere should you choose to furtheryour training by coming back on staff.In my vast years of serving on en-campment staff I have found that theearning experience continues

throughout your encampment careerfrom flight staff, through Cadet Lead-ership School and even serving onsenior staff.

I remember learning many valuableife lessons from working with my ba-sic flight staff. From there I went on

to learn advanced leadership skills atCadet Leadership School. From thoseessons, I have taken everythingmemorable about my basic year as acadet and have tried to implementthat whenever possible.

I encourage you to do the same backat your home unit and at future en-campments. I leave you with themost priceless lesson that I feel that acadet can bring home from encamp-ment is teamwork and gaining life-ong friends from across the state ofMichigan.

Maj. Jonathan Reid, Encampment ViceCommander, stopped by the PublicAffairs office after a very successfulday of orientation flights to let usknow how generous the local FBO,Aviation North, airport fuel supplier,was in providing a fuel discount for

our aircraft to operate throughout theweek. With the fuel costs on the risethis made a substantial difference inmaking sure every cadet receives anorientation flight.

Thank you !

By C/SSgt Jack Selim

Colonel Frank Walker is a truly excep-tional man. On July 14, 2008, ColonelWalker came to encampment andgave a class, Structure and Functionof the Air Force. Col. Walker ex-plained the benefits of being in theCivil Air Patrol or the United States AirForce Academy. He said that if youare involved in either one of these,you will have a better chance of beingaccepted into the Air Force Academy.When you join the Air Force Academy,they will keep you physically andmentally fit.

However, both programs will help youin goal of joining the Air Force. In thebeginning of the class, Colonel Walkerbroke the class up into groups whichwas a more interactive way to teachthe class. Colonel Walker made theclass more fun so people could getmore out of it. If you are interested inthe Air Force Academy, you can notjust sign up, you must apply. ColonelWalker said he would be happy tohelp anybody apply.

By C/SSgt Erik Vingness, Cadet PAO

The explosions were something to be rather than heard. Indeed several peo

had ear plugspreparation. Asome is the only able descriptor.

For those of you missed it, the wons demonstraby MSgt Rob fromthe base's secstaff was extrnary, in more wthan one. The ggentleman took

to explain and demonstrate several wons in use throughout the military. Inpresentation he showed us the M4-A1,M-14 and the M-249 Squad AutomWeapon. The two M4-A1's had serveforeign wars in Panama and Afghani

and were painted in an olive and sacolor scheme, respectively.

After an exhausting discussion of exsives and there use in Iraq, we got tosome IED's (Improvised Explosive vices) in action. It was absolutely enlening. He showed us some smcharges that could be secured on ground, explosives that could be latconto thingsand really loud ones he threw like hgrenades. All of them were clevloaded with dyed baby powder to simuactual explosions. Magnifique!

After the demolitions demonstration cadet staff tried their hands at firing sof the firearms. Gleeful, they soon ered the area with blanks. Then WStaff got a hold of the M-249(SAW). fully automatic. Big smiles. Soon hever, things started to close, but more person took hold of it. LieuteColonel Cotton surely and crisply firedgun with one hand. The cadets & couldn't stop cheering. A truly deligexperience. It was like the Fourth of all over again. Many thanks to the basecurity staff for donating the time, sonnel and equipment. Remember to

lute them and all our Armed Forces.


B y Ma j . Ch r i s t i na W a t ts , Comm andan t

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Fi r ea rm s D em ons t ra t i on


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Cadets tu f fe r s I n The M idst

1st Lt. Mark Curtis, Director, PAO

Theres a Slim chance that while yourebusily going about your day, you mightrun into a s w a m i , a GLRMedic, aRepicheep or come Wednesday eve-ning a SARDragon ; which you mightwant to retrieve a Lancer to slay. Imsure your probably saying to yourself,What the heck is this guy talkingabout!?! Well, let me confuse you nofurther.

Certainly some if not most of you aref a m i l i a r w i t h t h e w e b s i t eCadetStuff.org; the definitive resource

for the cadetting world online. If yourenot familiar, the next time you findyourself online make your way tohttp://www.cadetstuff.org and read,read, read! While the site is not entirelygeared towards the Civil Air Patrol, mostof the folks who contribute to the siteare involved with the CAP and thosefolks are even in Alpena this weekend.The CadetStuff website features a veryversatile forum system that allows youto join up, post questions and contributeto the site yourself. This can be a veryuseful tool to you in your cadet careers;even Senior Members can benefit from

the discussions.

Other things to do on the site besidesread and post to the forum, would be tovisit the many different article catego-ries available, such as CadetLife, Aero-space, Drill, Ethics, Leadership and Ac-tivities. Each article is written by some-one in the Cadet Programs arena. Youmight even recognize a few names ofthe contributors there, such as CAP LtCol Ron Padavan (Ret.), who just sohappened to be this reporters squadroncommander when he was a cadet over20 years ago!

The bo lded names in the first para-graph belong to the following people, inthe same order; Maj Chris Freytag, MajChristina Watts, Capt Dave Watts, C/Maj Laura Reichardt and Maj DaveBowles (from CAWG!) and last but noteast, myself, 1st Lt Mark Curtis. OtherCadetStuf fers working at encamp-ment are Maj. Robert Haase (CLS In-structor), Lt Col Leo Burke (Air Ops)and Capt Phillip Argenti, who is sched-uled to be here today to join our staff.

The LOGI st iCAL EndBy Maj. Andy Machinski, Logist

The logistical team would like to theveryone for the smooth barracks tsition on Friday night. I would likeremind everyone that the Alpena Cwill charge the encampment $5.00each lost cardkey so please do not mplace the keys.

On the subject of keys, for anyone hing problems with them, please coneither myself (Maj. Machinski) or CDotson and the key can be regrammed and made functional.

Some of you may ask what does lotics do? The answer is anything everything having to do with housfood, transportation and transfer of sonnel from location to location.

On the subject of food, the staff indining hall is trying very hard to crea healthful diet that tastes good, bu

is used to dealing with adult milipersonnel and not a group of yoadults as the CAP Great Lakes Encament. They are trying to adjust the to meet the tastes of CAP cadets.

One of the things we do ask is thayou see an issue or encounter a plem, pass it on through the chaincommand if it is not critical. If it is ccal please make sure it gets to eiChief Dotson or myself.

Both of us, wish all the members of Encampment a hardy and fruitful

campment experience and both ofcommit to everyone to make sure there are no issues and everything rsmoothly. Have fun.



1st Lt. Rick Lauterbach, VideographeC/SSgt Jackson Selim, Cadet PAOC/SSgt Erik Vingness, Cadet PAO



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Wedn esday , 16 Ju ly 200 8 Ed i t i on 4 o f

Yesterday during the Security Forces dem-

onstration we were fortunate to have PattyRamus, Staff Reporter for The AlpenaNews stop by our encampment at my invi-tation.

Ms. Ramus interviewed Maj. Freytag, C/Capt Gloceri, C/Col Beth Dumont and my-self regarding specifics around the en-campment.

Ms. Ramus was also treated to an oppor-tunity to fire a M-249 SAW Machine Gun,the first time ever for her to handle a realfirearm; she was rather excited andthanked us for the opportunity.

Basic cadets were treated to a excedemonstration of model rocketry thankthe wonderful folks from the Model Retry Encampment. Rockets of almevery conceivable shape and size wsent skyward this morning while cawatched in awe of the launches taplace. The wind carried a few descenrockets with parachutes away from

grounds, but were quickly recoveredbase staff, who I think enjoyed the stoo!


By Capt . Dan French, Execut ive Of f icer

There Be Rocket s !

A lpena New s Lead Stor y !

By 1st Lt Mark L. Curtis, Director, PAO

Greetings from the Executive Officer. Yoursenior staff are very proud of the progressand development you have made duringencampment. The hard part is over.There are still many great activitiesplanned so keep up the good work and

we'll see you there. I won't spoil the sur-prise for you. Right now, you are formingifelong memories and skills that you canapply to your daily life both inside andoutside of Civil Air Patrol.

The summer encampment is a truly uniqueexperience. We are very proud to bringyou one of the best encampment pro-grams. Members from all over the nationmake the choice to come here for thatreason.

Some of you may be wondering what theExecutive Officer (XO) does during theday. The XO is responsible for all seniormembers connected with the basic en-

campment. That connection means pro-viding support, direction and resourceswhen necessary; and to ensure the properdepartments receive due and timely infor-mation. XOs are a dynamic group of dedi-cated professional volunteers who give ofthere vacation time and resources to pro-vide you with the best encampment ex-perience possible. That's right, we are allhere for you.

It has been my privilege to watch you atmany of the activities and to feel yourenthusiasm for what we are and our mis-sion in Alpena this week. As you looktowards the latter half of this week, I ask

that you keep a few things in mind:1. The kind of cadet you were when youarrived last Friday or Saturday.2. The kind of cadet you will be next Sat-urday at graduation.3. The kinds of changes that have oc-curred since then.

You should feel stronger, more focusedand more confident. I thank you all foraccepting the challenge that is encamp-ment. You will accomplish something thatnot many other young people get to ex-perience.

You have my best wishes for continuedsuccess this week and I'll see you all on

Saturday.

We are saddened to report that Sarah Rice, wife of Maj. Randy Rice, Csuddenly passed away Tuesday morin a tragic accident. Many memberEncampment Cadet Wing and senior sare close to Maj. Rice, especially members of Oakland Composite Squron. At this time, Maj. Rice requests

vacy; however please join in shathoughts and prayers over the next dfor him and his two children, Kevin Lee. Details about the funeral servicesbe announced at the appropriate time.

Mode l Roc k e t r y E ncampm en t 20 0


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S o m e t h i n gpretty cool hap-pened today,after lunch. Theflight line waspacked. And sowas a C-130.Cadets werepleasantly sur-

prised, by a tourof the plane,offered by the152nd Air Wing,

from Reno, Nevada.

As I moved around, I asked some of thebasics for quotes. From C/SrA Jackson,Alpha Flight, "If buildings could fly, it'd

be that thing". Somehow appropriate.Regardless, it was a relief not to have tosalute the plethora of officers (no salut-ng on the flight line). Cadets conductedcheerful conversation, took pictures andfiled in and out of the plane.

All was well, and everyone had a goodtime, on a powerful piece of machinery.

C-130's are versatile aircraft, capable offilling a variety of roles. They've be-come a sort of standard, since their in-ception into the Air Force in 1956. For-

tunately, we aren't using those originalbirds.

Since the C-130A was introduced, newmodels have been rapidly brought to

market, the most recent addition beingthe C-130J released in 1999. Fully ableto airlift, airdrop, and conduct disasterrelief, heavy transportation andaeromedical evacuation, it qualifies as awork of art. As interesting goes, itranks well, but I found something I'drather do than tour the aircraft.

You all probably saw the military folk onboard. One of them, Chief Master Ser-geant Drisdale, was kind enough to takemy questions. We talked for a goodhalf an hour and he had enough storiesto fill hours more. As a Quality Assur-ance Officer, he's been in the service for26 years, all around the world. 4 toursof duty in Iraq, and visits to Japan, Ice-and, Egypt, India, Italy, and Serbiaonly show the tip of the iceberg. It was

nspiring. That being said, spend sometime and talk to a veteran. The areoutstanding role models and strongcharacter. They'll be more than happy

to help.

As you all should know. (Which Ivery well). Med Bay does a fantajob of making people feel better. staff will do almost whatever it take

make you feel at home, they waityou hand and foot. I thought we shfind out why these people would their immune systems just to makefeel better.

1st Lt Retzlaff said she has alwwanted to help people in need so thought it would only be right tohere. She said being a mother of thmade her like taking care of people.

The people here will work with anyoShe said, the hardest part here is fing out what is wrong with peopThey do everything from meds to ho

tal runs. Besides Retzlaff, there isBenn, Major Rutherford and CapHaskins. If you need any help. Youtrust them (they did well with me). can find them in barracks number

west.Signed,

PAO Queezy/A.K.A. Jack Sel

Encampment Editorial Sta1st Lt. Mark L. Curtis, Director

1st Lt. Bill Carson, Asst. Director1st Lt. Rick Lauterbach, Videograph2nd Lt Angela Scarberry, Asst. PAOC/SSgt Jackson Selim, Cadet PAOC/SSgt Erik Vingsness, Cadet PAO



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Thursday , 17 Ju ly 200 8 Ed i t i on 5 o f

History was made hereat the Alpena CRTC withthe launching of the firstU.S. BEAR FORCE testlaunch platform. Pilot,

Ted E. Bear earned hisAstronaut wings as aresult of today's launch.

Recently declassified photographs ofProject URSA MINOR show Astronaut/Test Pilot, Ted E. Bear, soaring skywardatop his rocket booster. Returning viaparachute as Russian space pioneer YuriGagarin, did over 40 years ago.

Plushie physicians andofficials are debriefingMr. Bear as this storygoes to press. Wecelebrate this historic

milestone in spaceexploration of the firstencampment mascotto fly into space andreturn safely!

Were pr oud o f y ou Ted E. Bear !

Twenty-eightcadets fromthree differ-ent wingsgathered inAlpena thisweek to de-

velop them-selves intobetter lead-ers. Theyve spent the last several creating a cohesive team, as well astively working on their own individual clenges as leaders.

Each day starts bright and early with smorning PTjust like basic encampmAfter PT, though, the similarities Each day, CLS allows a new class leand new flight commanders to practiceleadership theory they learned the before.

After breakfast, CLS cadets prepare th

selves for a long day of intellectustimulating classes. Instructors teach rything from operational, strategic, tactical level leadership to why attentiodetail is so important.

CLS is designed to teach leadership followership on an advanced level, 1st Lt Millard. When you go back to squadron your leadership skills will bdifferent, your squadron wont recogyou.

For more information about CLS, feel to talk to a CLS staff member, alumcheck out the CLS section of the enca

ment website.


By Capt. Dave Watts, Training Officer By the Model Rocketry Encampment

Creat in g Fut ure Leaders

By C/Maj. Laura Reichardt

Rock walls, rap-pelling, militaryand civilian avia-tion careers,volleyball, team-work, flying, and

drill. These areall part of aarge scale cur-riculum thatyour trainingstaff has puttogether for youover the week.When you departfrom encamp-ment at the endof this week, you will have foundationalknowledge in Air and Space Power heri-tage, the history of customs and courte-sies, as well as learning how to be a leaderand a follower.

The presentersat encampmentthis week werehand-picked bythe encamp-ment staff togive you themost dynamicen campmen tclass experi-ence possible.

Many current and former Civil Air Patrolcadets have been involved in planning andteaching the curriculum to make it a valu-able learning lesson for you in your Civil

Air Patrol career.

Today, you can all look forward to formerSpaatz cadet (now Air Force Second Lieu-tenant) John Paul Andrees presentationon the Red Flag exercise you participatedn yesterday, and how to plan somethingike it. I would like to leave you with athought from Aristotle on excellence intraining. He states, Excellence is an artwon by training and habituation. We donot act rightly because we have virtue orexcellence, but we rather have those be-cause we have acted rightly. We are whatwe repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is notan act but a habit.

Funeral services for Sarah Rice, wifeCAP Maj. Randy Rice, Oakland CompoSquadron, will be held at St. WilCatholic Church 531 Common StWalled Lake on Saturday beginat10am. Visitation will be held at LynSons Funeral Home, 340 N. Pontiac(3blks S. of Maple Rd.) in Walled Lake

Thursday 5pm to 9pm and on Friday 2to 9pm. Memorials to may be sent toWilliam School.

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10/16

It's starting to get hectic down at PublicAffairs, believe it or not. They can't alwaysafford to have a cadet tagging along. So,with my partner, Cadet Queezy, in MedBay, my Section Head decided I should tailanother part of the Cadet Support Flight:Air Ops.

Now before this, I'd never seen Air Opera-

tions in action. Every day, they stumbleback to the barracks at night, claimingthey're exhausted. For some reason, Icouldn't see what part of the job did somuch damage. However, as the day pro-gressed I received an all new perspective.After a hurried breakfast in the morning,we went to the far end of the runway.That's when I discovered the omnipresentdanger. Heat exhaustion. That runway iswide and flat and its pristine white. Therearen't many places hotter to work on thana runway in the sunlight. Bring sunscreen.

Air Operations splits into teams, so theycan run gliders and powered flights ondifferent runways. Following Glider Ops.,we brought the two gliders to taxi wayHotel. We set up camp and had Golf Flightraise a pavilion in the grass. "We're luckytoday", said Air Ops. C/TSgt Riggio. "Onprevious days, we just laid down under thevans for shade." We worked, or ratherthey did most of the work, and I sat therefeeling like a fifth wheel. You have doeverything correctly, there's no room foraccidents on planes. These cadets knowwhat's up!

I worked with them from breakfast, almostuntil dinner. A pretty good amount ofwork got done. Three Flights had Orienta-tion Glider flights and left with big smiles.Honestly, it was enjoyable to be there.The work isn't grueling, simply endless.After a few days, it really starts wearingon you. Working all day and only breakingfor meals.

I left with a feeling of a job well done. Itwas on that van back with Alpha flight,that I looked back, and realized the cadetsI'd been working with weren't coming.They had another flight to get in the air.

Lt. Benn, known as Medic 1 on the rais a really fun guy to be around. He a lot of things that cadets like. That be because he was a cadet from 1992005. He wanted to join because whewas seven he saw an air show at SelfrANGB. He really enjoyed it and had ainterest so he joined at age 13.

Lt. Benn has held positions at ten encaments - Basic, Flight Sergeant, CLS, FCommander, Squadron 2 CommanWing XO, Senior, Stan/Eval, Med Bay, Bay, Med Bay. He came to Med Baycause he is a paramedic. He said

comes back for his friends - theyrebest part.

Signed, PAO Queezy



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Maj. Dave Bowles, VIP PAOC/SSgt Jackson Selim, Cadet PAOC/SSgt Erik Vingsness, Cadet PAO




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Gigs, Gigs and More Gigs

By 1st Lt Kara Lucker, Stan/Eval

Gigs that is something all of you khearing about. Well dont sweat it, CStanley and the Stan/Eval Staff kyoure trying your best because yoimproving every day. For those who dknow Chief Stanley, he is the Stan/Panda, and he encourages you to keepthe good work and dont give up. C

Stanley doesnt have any friends yetplease write him letters and make him welcome!!

I m No t a Nu rse , I m a Param ed


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Q: A lot of individuals that served in the militaryduring the sixties talk about the pay they re-ceived and compare it to the salary that soldiersare making now. What was your starting pay?

CCMSgt Dotson: I was getting $144.00 everywo weeks, when I first started in the Navy.

Q: Another thing you hear about, when talking tomembers from different branches of service, ishe living conditions. How was the housing inhe Navy?

CCMSgt Dotson: When I first went to Fallon, Iwas married at the time and my wife was expect-ng our first child. Housing was okay, but youdidnt have much grass, living in the desert. Wereceived all of our furniture from the base hous-ng office. Thank goodness for them as I would-nt been able to afford any furniture on themoney I was making.

Q: What did you do when you first came toMichigan?CCMSgt Dotson: My first civilian job was as anelectrician at what is now U.S. Steel. I workedhere one year before I went into the Navy. My

seniority continued while I was gone, so I cameback and stayed a few more years, until I hadenough of the dust, the dirt and the noise. After

eaving the factory, I had the opportunity to gowork for the city of Taylor, MI and worked thereor twenty-one years, while still doing my tradi-ional ANG duties on the weekends.

Q: Outside of Selfridge, were you ever stationedat any other Air Force base for any period ofime?

CCMSgt Dotson: Deployments, schools, andraining. I had the opportunity to be at several

AF bases including Saudia Arabia; Lackland, TX;Colorado Springs, CO; Eglin, MacDill, Tyndall, &Patrick, FL; Great Falls, MT; Andrews in Wash.D.C. to name just some of them.

Q: How did you come about getting into CAP?

CCMSgt Dotson: Well, thats interesting. Colo-

nel Sailes son was in my Services unit at Sel-ridge. Services is food service, lodging; fit-

ness, recreation, and mortuary services. After Iretired, I was talking to Steve Saile and he askedChief, what are you doing for yourself? I men-ioned how much I did miss the military part of it.

We talked about me joining the Civil Air Patroland he said he would mention it to his dad (ColSaile). That was in December, 2006, and I thinkt was the end of March, this past year, when Ireceived a call from Colonel Saile. Colonel Sailementioned they had a Command Chief MasterSergeant position open in the Wing and you, asa retired Chief, could fill that position if I wasnterested. He asked me to come out for annterview and the rest is history.

Q: Outside of your CAP time now, did you havemuch interaction or did you know anything aboutCivil Air Patrol, before you joined?CCMSgt Dotson: Actually, I did. In my civilianob, in the city of Taylor, there was a Civil AirPatrol unit in the area and they didnt have aplace to meet, so I let them meet in my building.Without really knowing much about the Civil AirPatrol at that time, I knew some of the thingshey did, but it was a place for them to meet and

we didnt charge them rent. They did a lot of in-kind things to help out. When I was in the AirGuard, I made sure our old uniforms got passedon to the Civil Air Patrol. Also, when Civil AirPatrol would go up to their annual encampmentn Alpena, I always made sure they were sup-ported with our cook staff to help support Civil Air

Patrol.

Q: Being the first MIWG Command Chief MasterSergeant, can you describe your duties, as theyrelate to assisting the Wing Commander?

CCMSgt Dotson: I dont think we really have aclear job description from National yet, but I un-derstand it is being developed. The way I under-stand my duties, I am to assist the Wing Com-mander by keeping him/her informed as toevents throughout Civil Air Patrol and the MIWG.As you know, MIWG covers the entire state ofMichigan and part of my duties is to visit as

many units as possible and provide a writtenreport to the Wing Commander.

Q: During your time in your current position,what are your goals, regarding a relationshipwith senior officers and cadets?

CCMSgt Dotson: Part of that is visiting the unitsand meeting some of the cadets and seniors.One goal is to bring some of my ANG CMSgtknowledge to CAP. People: Your most impor-tant asset, have strong alliances and persuadenot coerce. Character: Honesty and Integrity.Endeavor: Be decisive, set goals and be resultsoriented. Communication: Important in any or-ganization, influence people (story telling),preach a vision (give directions).

Awards and Decorations:AF Commendation Medal, AF Meritorious Ser-vice Medal, Navy Good Conduct Medal, AF Out-standing Unit Award, Air Reserve Forces Merito-rious Service Medal w/1 silver oak leaf cluster,National Defense Service Medal w/2 BronzeStars, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, AFLongevity Service Ribbon w/4 oak leaf clusters,Armed Forces Reserve Medal w/silver hourglass, NCO PME Ribbon, AF Training Ribbon,State Legion of Merit Medal, MI BroadswordMedal w/1 gold oak leaf cluster, MI OCONUSRibbon w/1 Bronze oak leaf cluster.

Military customs and courtesies...are actrespec t and cou r tesy They have evolvea result of the need for order, as well asmutual respect and sense of fraternity that among military personnel. The C iv i l A i r Psha res i n tha t t rad i t i on ( CAPP 151 (E) Sdards, Customs, and Courtesies, page 2, SeA- Civil Air Patrol Environment, 2. CustomsCourtesies, e. Titles of Address, empadded).

Ti t le o f addr ess fo r Cadet Civ i l A i r PatrM e m b e r s

T i t le Term of address

C/Colonel ColonelC/Lieutenant Colonel ColonelC/First Lieutenant LieutenantC/Master Sergeant Master Sergeant or Sergea

NOTE: Cadets are addressed as `Cadet` bysenior members Within the cadet struccadets will address other cadets by the apprate term ( CAPP 151 (E) Standards, Custand Courtesies, page 2, Section A- Civil Aitrol Environment, 2. Customs and Courteemphasis added).

Salu t ing :

Place the thalong the forefinkeeping the palmand forming a strline between thegertips and boEnsure the tip ofmiddle finger touthe right front coof the headdreswearing a non-hat, ensure the mfinger touches outside corner ofright eyebrow orfront corner glasses - (AFMA

-2203, Personnel, Drill and Ceremonies, 15, Chapter 3- Individual Instruction, 3.5. Salute, emphasis added).



1st Lt. Rick Lauterbach, Videographe2nd Lt Angela Scarberry, Asst. PAO





Random Photo Goodness

Meet Your MI WG Com m and CMSGT, Cont .

By C/2nd Lt Sam Jolly, Squadron 1 C

Standards , Cus tom s, and Cour t esMeet Your MI WG Com m and CMSGT, Cont .


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Satu r day , 19 Ju ly 200 8 Ed i t i on 7 o f

Well, weve gone an entire week publish-ing a daily newsletter for you all to enjoy;and we do hope you have enjoyed it. Iwanted to take some time to thank you allfor providing us incredible photo opportu-nities and articles/ideas to share with therest of us during this encampment.

I would like to thank my staff for the in-credible job they have done supporting mein making this one of the best encamp-ments, from a public affairs standpoint,yet. 1st Lt. Bill Carson, came onboard atshort notice as my Asst. Director for PublicAffairs and has done a stellar job. He wasable to secure a Fixed Wireless internetconnection from a local company here inAlpena, MI called SpeedNet. Because ofthis internet connection many people onstaff at encampment were able to do their

jobs with much greater efficiency. Wevereceived many compliments on this serviceand can not thank them enough for their

support. It allowed us to publish the news-letter daily to the encampment website, sowhen you get home, make your way tohttp://encampment.miwg.cap.gov anddownload a color PDF version of eachdays newsletter. Also, watch for a photogallery to be linked off of the site onceweve had a chance to go through themany Gigaby tes worth of photos thatwere taken by us, and assorted staff andcadets.

My cadet staff, C/SSgts Vingsness andSelim, did a great job supporting this of-fice. Cadet Selim did most of his workfrom Med Bay as you might have noticed

from his reports; a real trooper he is!!I also had a new 2nd Lt who came to en-campment primarily to take SLS and TLCclasses, but didn't have anything to do therest of the week. So we put her on staffand she has made life so much easier forthe rest of the team; Lt. Scarberry, THANKYOU!

Thank you also, to 1st Lt Rick Cow Lau-terbach, for his continued dedication tothis team in the form of video production.The slideshow you will see this morning atyour graduation will have been producedby him, working through the night. Itscurrently 3:32 am, and hes still working.

Last, but certainly not least, I would likoffer my thanks to Maj. Dave Bowlethe California Wing. Dave arrived Wednesday evening to join my staff visit with all the folks who he knows fCadetStuff.org. Maj. Bowles is a well wten man who knows his way around English language and helped us greatly

Youve seen the Public Affairs photophers all week running from here to ttaking pictures of you and your friends. What are we going to do witmany pictures, and - heres what yoreally been wondering - what do I havdo to get copies of some of the picturIn addition to the pictures by PAO, mothers have brought their pictures byoffice and allowed PAO to copy them.

Clearly, At Ease could not publish evesmall percentage of the pictures on We recognize many of you would like ies of these pictures, including yFlights, or friends Flights formal picttaken last Sunday, for scrapbooksmemories. To do this, the PAO will eslish a website where ALL the pictures fthe week will be posted. These pictare in their original, high-pixel-resoluformat and be available for youdownload. You can use these pictures way you choose (so long as they areused to portray CAP/Encampment or people in them in a negative manner)newsletters, recruiting, social networsites like FaceBook and MySpace, or h

them made into posters to decorate ywalls. You can print these yourself or them to photo stores such as WalMCostco, CVS, RiteAid, Kinkos, camstores, etc.

We will upload more than 2,000 imaand sort them into groups so you whave to wade through too much. Thisrequire hours of time so please be patwhile we continue your encampment perience all the better.

When the pictures are uploaded to website we will post a URL link download information at the encampmwebsite, http://encampment.miwg.cap

Watch there for the announcement.

By Maj. Chris Freytag, Commander

Public Affairs Corner

As our week here at Alpena CRTC comesto a close, I always like to take some timeto reflect on the lessons learned, and thefriendships made or renewed during theweek.

The end of encampment is always a diffi-cult time for me. Weve spent an awe-some week together; weve done somereally cool activities, and hopefully made awhole room full of friends. But theresmore to it than that. Seeing the way youcadets have come together as a team,

conquered your fears, pushed yourselfoutside of your comfort zone, and maybeseen or done something you didnt thinkpossible, is remarkable!

As I mentioned earlier in the week, thisyears encampment started for me at theend of last years encampment. As a firsttime encampment commander, I was filledwith all the doubts in the world. Howcould I pull all of these people together, tonspire and lead them? How could I takeon the responsibility of over two hundredpeople? Do I even have what it takes todo this? Through the work of my dedi-cated senior and cadet staffs, the supportflight, the basic cadets, and all the people

who do what they do behind the scenesand without fanfare, this has been themost incredible week of my life. So manytimes Ive just sat back and watched mystaff work through a problem, come upwith a solution, and make a recommenda-tion to me. And Ive done it all with asmile on my face; I actually did it! Ipulled together a bunch of people fromaround Michigan, and around the country,and turned them into more than a team. Iturned them into a family.

So, to steal a line from my high school

class song, Ive had the time of my life,

and I owe it all to YOU!

Farew e l l , f r i end s Publ i c A f fa i rs Corner , Cont .

By 1st Lt. Mark L. Curtis, Director, Public Affairs

Enc am pm en t P ic t u res

By 1st Lt. Bill Carson, Public Affairs, Depu


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We march stoically into the freezing river.It is either a measure of our complete ex-haustion or a measure of our conditionedobedience that no one protests and no onehangs back.

We follow Sergeant Herrera into the centerof the river.

DROP!"

Weve been dropped before, but is he seri-ous? The pause is only a moment, though,as my team drops into push-up position ina ragged line, arms and legs submergedunder the water. When we switch to flutterkicks, I begin to float downstream.

It is glorious. We've had a long, hot dayrappelling. The water feels amazing. It isthe first bath we've had in four days.

Pararescue Orientation Course (PJOC)teaches rappelling, navigation and basicsurvival skills. More than that, though,PJOC provides one of the greatest physicaland mental challenges a cadet can experi-ence in CAP. A week of intense physicalconditioning, coupled with classes taughtby Pararescuemen and Survival EvasionResistance and Escape (SERE) Instructorsprovide an opportunity for a group of dis-parate individuals to forge bonds of friend-ship and teamwork that can last a lifetime.

PJOC takes cadets preconceived mentalimits and shatters them. If you feel theneed to consistently challenge yourself, ifyou want toprove your-self in one ofthe toughesta c t i v i t i e s

available tocadets, ifyoure inter-ested in thePJ, SERE, orS p e c i a lForces ca-reer field,then PJOC isfor you. For more information, check outthe National Cadet Special Activities page,which can be found at the CAP website,www.cap.gov.



1st Lt. Rick Lauterbach, Videograph2nd Lt Angela Scarberry, Asst. PAO





Random Photo GoodnessPJOC: Are You Ready For A Chal len ge Rocket T . Coyot e, Rock( et )

By C/SSgt Jack Selim, Cadet PAO

That s A l l Fo lk s

By C/Maj Laura Reichardt, Guest Columnist

For all the cadets and seniors, it has ba week with ups and downs. Hopeyour week has been a good one and will home bragging about things youthat your friends never dreamed of doI am pretty sure that you liked at some part of the week and convinced friends and yourself to come to encament next year. When you look bacthis experience, even if you didnt likyou will see you have done things most people can not accomplish in lifetimes. In closing, I sincerely hopehad a good time in Alpena Michigan! H

a safe trip home, see you next year.

PAO Queezy


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Monday , 20 Ju ly 200 8 Ed i t i on 1 o f 6

ENCAM PMENT COMMAN DERS W ELCOME!

Good Morning! It is

such a pleasure andprivilege to have

watched each of you

over the last day and

a half what started

with 250 people mass-ing together has now

developed into well-

o r g a n i z e d m a -

chine. Sure, there are

still parts of our ma-

chine that need fine

tuning, but its been

assembled and its

working Were offi-

cially the 2009 En-

campment!

So dont be afraid to make mistakes. Learn from

them. Use this opportunity to advance yourself and

develop those skills that will allow you to excel in

your CAP career! Take the opportunities and chal-

lenges, and use them to learn for the future.

There is a phrase I teach all of my flight stu-

dents. STOP LEARNING STOP FLYING. Simply

stated, I believe that if a pilot ever comes to the point

where he or she believes that they know all that

there is to know about aviation, that is the same time

that they should hand in their wings and stop fly-

ing. Why? Because when the mind is closed, our

eyes are closed as well. There is always more to

learn! When we close our minds to learning some-thing new, we become stale, rigid, and out of date.

So, keep learning. The destination has been set, and

its up to you to learn and achieve the goal!

Regards,

Jonathan Reid, Lt Col, CAPCommander

So That Others May Live literally and figuratively!

Being conscience of Safety saves lives, and yourmother will like to know her little cadet is keep-

ing safe!

Todays Safety Moment involves Road Guards.

Road Guards Out I heard this said all over thebase today, except one flight added something im-

portant as a reply. The Flight Commander gavethe command and the flight added So we will

live! in unison as a reply. Great and practical re-minder!

Road Guards IN, Roads Guard OUT. Youve heardthis all day, each day this weekend, and no doubt

youll hear this each day this week. Road guardsare essential for the safety of your flights; they

protect the flight from the back and front by stop-

ping traffic so it can move safely through intersec-tions.

A few tips for our members marching in a flight:

Use your road guards! (This would be an obviousDuh moment here.)

Flights dont march without a road guard (to en-

sure that there arent any accidents)

It only takes a second for one driver to not pay

attention and cause an accident!

Orange Vests. Flights dont march without them!

Seniors driving on the base watch for the Orange

Vests! Also, remember that thespeed limit is only 25 MPH and the

base is being patrolled by theCounty Sheriff Department, and

they ticket!

Dai l y Sa fe ty Mom ent ...


16/16

Candace Mur ray Thanks for posting the pics,

Couldn't make the encampment this year, hopingfor next year. Work hard Cadets and make your

Squadrons proud.

Joseph A. Montana - Hi Cadets, Keep up the

good work and have fun ----- especially you, An-thony Montana. Have a great day.

Rosem ar y Ba r t o lo t t a M on t ana Have a great

day everyone!! Hello to Anthony Montana

James Maciag Using my son's Facebook tofollow the fun! Thanks for the updates! - Mom

Kr is ten N ih ranz Cur t isTell Airman Curtis hermom is hoping she is having a great time at En-

campment. Tell Chief Roney that I am very proud

of him for being on staff. Say Hi to Lt Cur-tis...hope you are hanging in there!!!

Sue He r m an Koons I don't know if I'm doing

this right, but I want to say hi to Airman Koons,and his dad Tom. We miss you already! Love,

Mom and Adam

Shannon Funkhouse r Hi to my boys CadetAirman 2nd Class Kelly (Mike) Funkhouser and

Cadet Airman Derek Funkhouser. Words fall short

on how proud we all are here of you both.

Shar on Or zechow sk i W e i l Could you pleasepost the snail-mail address we use to send letters

to our cadets? Mine had such a fantastic experi-ence last year in Basic that this year they couldn't

wait to go back, one in CLS and one on Staff.

Kr is ten N ih ranz Cur t is Hope everyone is

keeping warm up there!!! Have lots of fun! Takelots of pictures and be safe!

Ive been on

four O-Flights

total, not in-

cluding the O-

flight I was on

today. The ex-

perience I hadhere at En-

campment wasbeyond re-

markable. It

was astound-

ing. The feeling

of being up in the air and looking down, of being in

control of the plane even if for a moment or so, is ab-

solutely amazing. This experience here, was unlike

any other, no doubt in my mind. The pilot was great,

he helped me learn the things that will most

likely come in handy with my future career. The ex-

perience all together was one I will never forget. Every

sound of a plane

engine starting

will make me

think of my time

here in Alpena.

I hope that one

day I too will be

a pilot taking up

a new cadet as

myself on an O-

flight and letting

them enjoy

what I have en-

joyed today. This feeling, I will never forget.

My experience with the O-flights was quite a remark-

able one. We started off with the pre-flight checklist

and ensured that the aircraft was prepared for take-

off. After checking over the plane, we climbed aboard

and carried on with the pre-flight. Finally, we were

ready to hit the skies. Our pilot taxied the plane over

to the runway and not long after we were headed up.

Once we were in the air, Cadet Shields and myself had

a beautiful view of the Alpena area. Things such as

trees, farms, and cars looked like toys on the ground.

We did, however, run into some rain. I found it inter-

esting that you could see the rain as a haze above thetrees. When everything was situated, the pilot handed

the controls over to me and allowed me to fly the

plane. I got the opportunity to practice a few turns

and learned how to handle the plane. Unfortunately,

our fun was short-lived due to the impending rain. It

was a lot a fun and a great learning opportunity. This

was an experience I will never forget.

Cadets ! Don t l e t y ou r oppo r tun i t y t o f l y s l i p past y ou !

Encampm ent Ed i to r ia l Sta f f

1st Lt Mark Curtis, Director1st Lt David DArcy, Asst. Director

1st Lt Rick Lauterbach, Videographer

2d Lt Robert Bowden, Staff Photographer2d Lt Carol Vinson, Newsletter Staff

Have Photos? Please see us at the PAO Office in

440 after the duty day for us to make copies!

Greetings from Facebook

C/Amn Paige Barden, Delta Flight.

C/SSgt Brianna Green, Delta Flight

Cadet O-F l igh t Ex per iences

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