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and I attended the Unit

Commanders Course. There

were Squadron Commanders

and Deputy Commanders from

across the Wing. Discussions

were focused on ideas and

concepts to make the

Squadrons more efficient and

effective.

We saw at least 15 people

from AL-118. We saw Cadets

and Officers, Air Crew and

Ground Team members, new

members and highly tenured

members. What we all had in

common was we were there to

try to learn more about what

works, what isnt working, and

how to make our Squadron

more efficient and effective in

achieving our mission. I wouldlike to thank and commend

everyone who attended these

courses.

In the coming weeks, we will

have meetings to evaluate our

current operations and discuss

some of the ideas that we

picked up at these classes.

We are doing a great job. Our

activities are successful.

However, I am sure that there

are several areas in which wecould improve our operations.

Dont be surprised if you see

some new ideas. The Only

Constant is Change.

Jim Gosnell, Commander

Remember: Our SUI will be

in January 2011

Professional Development isa topic we dont usually liketo discuss. It conjures upimages of managementbooks, boring slide showsand endless lectures onmanagement theory. Mostpeople, even the brave ones,cringe and hide when youbegan to discuss

Professional Development.

Professional Development isrequired in every career. Nomatter which profession youenter there is requiredProfessional Development.These classes are designedto make you better at whatyou do by understanding thehistory of your chosen field.They teach current andexpected trends of theorganization. They look atwhere you are and whereyou want to be. Imagine, on

your job, if you never had toattend any classes from thetime you began work untilyou retired. Would you beeffective? Would you besafe? Could you carry outyour mission? I believe thatthe answer to all thesequestions is no.

These classes, while

required for promotion in the

Civil Air Patrol, also provide

a quality learning experi-

ence. They teach the past

and present of the CAP.

They focus on concepts

and trends in our

organization. They allow the

opportunity to network with

other people trying to do the

same job. They provide an

opportunity for our Leaders

to present their vision. They

are an excellent source of

information.

We just completed the Pro-

fessional Development

weekend hosted on the 117

ANG Base in Birmingham.

Many people spent a lot of

time to provide a quality

learning experience. The

classes offered were:SLS Squadron Leadership

School

CLC Corporate Learning

Course

UCC Unit Commanders

Course

Captain Jon Garlick D/C/S

Commanders CornerAugust 2010

Flight Log

Inside this issue:

Commanders

Corner

1

Calendar of

Events

2

Safety Corner 3

CAP Trivia 3

Iron Man 5

Volunteer 4

Wing Corner 5

Emergency

Services

5

Cadet Corner 6

What You Are

Doing

7

Standards and

Evaluations

8

Did You Know 9

Professional

Development

10

Promotions and

Pictures

11

Pell City Composite Squadron 118Alabama Wing Civil Air Patrol

Volume 1, No. 1


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Page 2 Flight Log

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Great Lakes

Region

RCLS Camp

Atterbury

2 3 4 5Cadet Meeting1800 - 2030

PTLakeside Park

and Pell City

Community Center

6 7

8Happy

Birthday

Cadet

Rachel

Shurbutt

9Happy

Birthday

1Lt Greg Turley

10CHEAHA

Homeschool OpenHouseCamp Lee1800 2000

Cadet recruiting

11 12Cadet & Senior

Meeting1800 - 2030

13 14

Senior & Cadet

Planning Meeting

AL Wing staff

Mtg. 9 a.m.

15 16 17 18 19Cadet Meeting1800 - 2030

20 21

22 23 24 25 26Cadet & SeniorMeeting1800 - 2030

Happy

Birthday Capt.

Brenda Iddins

27 28

Newsletter

Deadline

29

HappyBirthday

SM David

Taylor

30 31 Notes:

Calendar of EventsAugust 2010


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CAP

TRIVIA

What symbol

illustrated CAPs

original

connection with

Civil Defense?

Be the first to

email the correct

answer and

receive

recognition!

Send your

answer to:

BShurbutt@

yahoo.com

Page 3SAFETY CORNER . . .

Communication.Webster defines it as a process by which information is exchanged

between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior... I could not

have said it better myself. Why does it seem so hard at times? An example could be that

my wife, while reading the Lifestyle portion of the newspaper says Delores Hydock is

having a show at this place on such and such. I may be reading the Sports page and re-spond that sounds good. Her expectation is that we are going to the show on that date

and when I am making burgers to cook outside and she is dressed to go out, she doesnt

understand how I missed out on our agreement to attend the show.

I wish that I could say that this example was hypothetical and bore no resemblance to real

life but, it really does, and not just to husband and wife miscommunications. Just this

month, we had an AOPA video and quiz on controller to pilot communications and how the

new procedures have altered the expectations of the common system of symbols, signs, or

behavior. The FAA has analyzed a lot of ground incursion type incidents and has

determined that the way that they have been giving instructions to pilots may have contrib-

uted to the increase in runway incursions that have plagued general aviation and

commercial aviation as well. As Cool Hand Luke may have described it, we have a failure

to communicate. As all of you know, it is really, really rare for the FAA to admit that it con-

tributed to anything negative. It is almost always pilot error, in their view, when bad things

happen. So we really need to pay attention to them when they are willing to change their

procedures to help us understand the instructions better and, hopefully, avoid all those

embarrassing plane to plane incursions. The basic change is that controllers will no longer

give you a taxi to runway xx clearance whereby you were cleared to cross all runways

enroute to your destination except the one you were cleared to. The wording has been

changed to something like this; CAP 161, runway 6, taxi via Charley, Alpha, and Foxtrot,

hold short of runway 36. Maybe it doesnt seem like a big change but when you are

expecting to hear something different, in a different format, it can lead to confusion. If you

missed the meeting where the Runway Safety quiz was discussed, you can go to the

www.asf.org web site and take it on your own. It has the latest updates on the newterminology that the FAA will be using.

Another example of communication could be found in a relatively benign flight plan that

requires you to pass through the BHM class C airspace. Say that you call BHM approach

and request flight following as you traverse the regulated airspace. In your initial call to

BHM approach, you receive this response; aircraft calling BHM, standby. Obviously, the

controller is busy and wants you to wait a moment. Since the controller did not state your

aircraft identification, you do not have two-way communication. You can not enter the class

C airspace since doing so specifically requires that you establish two way

communications.

By the time you read this, Donnie Todd will have already conducted the first of three

training sessions on ATC/Aircrew communications. God willing, I will have attended thesession at BHM. If you happened to have missed this one, there will be two other sessions

at Montgomery and at Huntsville on later dates. The ALWG must think that this topic is

of much importance to schedule sessions all over the state, I agree, please try to attend

one of these!

By the way, if you are wondering what happened to those burgers that I was preparing, they

went back in the Fridge, and my wife and I both really enjoyed Dolores show!

Stay Safe! Ron Harlan, Safety Officer

REMINDER:

Read the newsletterand receive a Safety

Briefing Credit.Please email

Ron Harlan [email protected]


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Pell City Composite Squadron Volunteers

A special thank-you goes to the senior and cadet

members who volunteered of their time to help work

the Sonny King Charity Golf Tournament, July 9-11.

In return for CAPs time working, Sonny King makes

a donation to the Squadron that goes to help pay for

fuel which includes O rides for the cadet program.

If you did not volunteer this year, make plans to do

so next year. Those volunteering were: Cindy

Bennett, Rich Burk, Jim Corey, Tom Deal, Jerrod

Finlay, Carrie Gamblin, Jay Gamblin, Jon Garlic, Tommy Grimes,

Noel Harvey, Allison Howard, Allaina Howard, Peter Randolph,

Brian Scott, Eddie Shurbutt, and Rachel Shurbutt.

CORE VALUES

OF CIVIL AIR

PATROL

Integrity

Volunteer Service

Excellence

Respect

has opened doors to short-

wave radio education and

training, search and rescue

adventures, summer

encampments, and making

great friends.

I look forward to this new

adventure and realize that I

cannot do it without the

Squadrons support. Please

help me by supplying infor-

mation that is needed tomake the newsletter useful to

all. Youve done great with

this newsletter.

In addition to editing the

newsletter, Im working to-

ward obtaining a PAO

specialty certification. I will be

in contact with local

After several months of being

encouraged to take over the

job of newsletter editor by

Chris Iddins, Ive agreed to

become editor of the Flight

Log.

Civil Air Patrol was an

organization that Id never

heard of until 2003 when a

fellow homeschooler en-

couraged my daughter Anna

to join. Since then Rachel,my youngest daughter, and

Eddie, my husband, have

joined, and Ive seen the Pell

City Squadron grow and

become a great group.

Involvement in Civil Air Patrol

has been a life-changing

experience for my family. It

newspaper editors and will

work at keeping Civil Air

Patrol in the eyes of our

community through

newspaper publications.

I can be contacted at:

[email protected] or

[email protected]

Beth Shurbutt

Here is a listing of the

deadline dates for upcomingnewsletters:

August 28 (Septembers News-

letter)

September 28 (Octobers News-

letter)

October 28 (Novembers News-

letter)

From Your New Newsletter Editor . . . . . .

VOLUNTEER CORNER . . .

Look for us on the Web:

www.pellcitycap.org

Upcoming Opportunity to Volunteer:Each year our squadron is asked to

volunteer at the Wings of Ashville Air

Show. This is an exciting event which

you will not want to miss. More

information will be sent out as

soon as it is available.

Alabama Wing

www.alwg.cap.gov

Civil Air Patrol

www.gocivilairpatrol.com

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I am happy to announce the dates for the 2010 CAP Iron Man Competition will be Fridaynight, November 19th, and Saturday, November 20th. This is the same times as we havedone in the past...the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Please mark these dates on your calendars. We will be sending out official application packet

information a little later, as well as update the website, www.areyouanironman.comRemember, teams are comprised of 6 members, male and female, and can have up to onesenior member. We also welcome any teams from outside Alabama to participate if theythink they can handle it.

Chilton currently has the trophy...its been a little too cozy of there for the past two years. Isuggest someone try to give it a new home.

I've also heard a rumor that there might be an all senior member team from the Wing levelcome out; and they said they would have no problem taunting the other teams as they passthem on the run.

Christopher A. Tate, Capt, CAP CommanderSER-AL-113(c) 205.240.4169

www.ser-al-113.org www.areyouanironman.com

that the Troop wants to do

more training with us.

Well Done to All!!

Wess

WESS is back on the calen-dar!! The dates are posted

on the Squadron Web site

along with the known details

for each weekend. I expect

Staff applications to be re-

quested soon. FTX / WESS

veterans will note a change

in location for much of the

training this cycle. While not

personally familiar with Vigi-

lant Warrior (yet!), I am told

that we will have all facilities

and support in one location.

This will eliminate the re-

quirement for bus transporta-

tion arrangements every

month. Now we will have

more quality training time!!

But WAIt!

theres MOre!!!!

Mission tasking for Pell City

has been varied. We have

had opportunities from sup-

porting local government to

Deep Water Horizon mitiga-

tion efforts. Our personnel

have been working closely

with State and national

agencies in these operations

and have represented Pell

City Squadron and Alabama

Wing very well. A special

thanks to those taking the

time to participate in these

activities.

Of a local nature we had a

unique opportunity to sup-

port members of BSA Troop

514 in their completing the

Emergency Preparedness

Merit Badge. All this while

continuing training for our

own team members and

introducing new members to

ground team training, includ-

ing helicopter operations

with Life Saver. Rumor has it

Senior Members (pilot and

non-pilot) ..I strongly en-

courage you to explore the

world of ground team train-

ing and operations!! If you

only complete the Basic

school (GT3 rating) you will

acquire invaluable knowl-

edge of what takes place on

the ground and the unique

problems ground teams

could encounter. You will

see first hand the caliber of

Cadets involved in this highly

specialized CAP mission

area. Of course you could

also continue on and qualify

as a Ground Team

Leader..we always need

more in this position. In anyevent you will have fun while

learning. It is well worth the

six weekends invested!!

Looking ahead, think

..NESA!!!

Major John Randolph, CAP

ESO, AL-118

Wing Emergency Services

FROM THE WING CORNER . . .

Iron Man

www.areyouanironman.com

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IRON MAN 2010

October 1 3November 5-7

January 1416

February 18-20

March 25-27

April 29 - May 1

WESS

Dates
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Cadet NewsBy Capt. Cindy Bennett

We would like to welcome Mrs. Beth Shurbutt to the cadet side of the house asour newest member in the Public Affairs Specialty Track (sorry Capt. Gosnell shebelongs to us). You can however, borrow her at times. Most of us know SM Shurbutt,

shes the one who has been taking such wonderful pictures of our events for the pastseveral years. After much persuading she has consented to come aboard officially asour newest CAP member. We welcome her with open arms.

It seems that being busy is the norm for the cadets. We kicked off the month ofJuly with the Sunny King Golf Tournament on July 9-11. My thanks to all those thatworked that weekend to help make this fundraiser a success.

This month, the Alabama wing held professional development weekend at the117th ANG base in Birmingham. I know that the Pell City Composite Squadron waswell represented. From the cadet side of the house, 1Lt Eddie Shurbutt, and 2Lt.Ellen Randolph attended Squadron Leadership School and Major John Randolph,Capt. Cindy Bennett and 1Lt Jeannie Scott attended Corporate Leadership Course. I

can speak for those that attended CLC when I say that our class was informative andentertaining at times. There was a lot of interaction between the presenters and theattendees that made for lively discussions. Ask me about Jamal.

The cadets also hosted the community and CAP squadrons at the Lakeside SportsComplex on July 27th for the first Community Rocketry Day. We had public serviceannouncements on the radio, and an article about the event in the Daily Home. Thisevent was intended to promote aviation and aerospace education in a fun andinformative way to the participants. We wanted to use rocketry as a tool to reach thisgoal. Attendance was between 50 and 60 participants who were introduced to theworld of rocketry through the use of rocket history, then hands on projects of fizzyflyers, pop-bottle rockets, air launched rockets and finally the Estes Firestreak

rockets.It was a very hot day, but we managed to keep everyone hydrated and safe and if

you see the pictures you will see a lot of smiles on faces. Thanks to the Air ForceAssociation for the grant to help make this day possible. Also a big round of applauseto the following squadrons and individuals who worked hard to make the day asuccess. Squadrons that participated were Boaz, Tuscaloosa, and Pell City. Cadets InCharge: C/Capt Peter Randolph and C/Lt Trent Johnson. Presenters: Pell Citymembers Capt Cindy Bennett, 1Lt Jeannie Scott, and 2Lt Ellen Randolph. Boazmember Major Lynn Toney, and Tuscaloosa member 2Lt Rodney Stephens. Oursafety officer 1Lt Eddie Shurbutt and assistant 2Lt Ray Bennett. Medical Officer Capt.Sonja Erskine. The Lunch Bunch led by 2Lt Ellen Randolph were 1Lt Jeannie Scottand parents Jennifer Chandler and Sonja Bedford. There were also others

involved during the day doing whatever they were asked to at the time and wethank them for helping make the day a success.

We also welcome our newest cadet, James Mastroni to Al-118. We look forward toworking with him as he advances in the cadet program. Welcome Aboard!

Cadet promotions this month will include Cadet Michael Norwood earning hisWright Brothers award and attaining the rank of C/SSgt. Also, Cadet NathanBedford earned his Rickenbacker award and promoted to the rank of C/TSgt. Thismonths Happy Birthday goes to Cadet Tiffany Chandler on July 29.

The Cadet OathI pledge that I will serve

faithfully in the Civil Air

Patrol Cadet Program and

that I will attend meetings

regularly, participate

actively in unit activities,

obey my officers, wear my

uniform properly, and

advance my education and

training rapidly to prepare

myself to be of service to

my community, state, and

nation.

Cadet Corner . . .Page 6

NEW CADETS

James Mastroni

Emily Collier

WELCOME!!!

Attending

RCLS at Camp

Atterbury are

Cadets

Jerrod Finlay

Brian Scott

Wesley Morris


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What You Are Doing Corner . . . Page 7

Cadet Peter Randolph was selected to join fellow Boy Scouts from Troop 514 on a trip and backpacking excursion

to Philmont Boy Scout Camp in New Mexico. One of the boys had to give up his spot and Peter was available to go in

his stead. He will be gone two weeks and he will be challenged, physically and emotionally, but fortunately, because of

his participation in CAP and the physical requirements he has had to meet on the Physical Fitness Tests, barring any

unforeseen circumstances, he should be able to accomplish the feat of hiking and climbing 85 miles up and down

steep terrain. He will appreciate your prayers!

Ron Turners tour of duty in earthquake-devastated Haiti showed him human resilience and that life goes on in spiteof massive devastation and difficulties.

Turner, a Safety Engineer and Paramedic here at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (ANCDF) at AnnistonArmy Depot, said the devastation caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake was massive, but the Haitian people survived and

will work hard to rebuild their ravaged country.

The people of Haiti were great to deal with, he said. They are very resilientbut also need all the help they can get. Our workers, Haitian translators andtransporters, worked all day for all the water they could drink and a MealsReady to Eat (MRE) at the end of the day.

Turner was sent to Haiti as part of the U.S. response to the earthquake. Heserved with the nations Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), leavingfor the Caribbean nation that shares the island of Hispaniola with theDominican Republic on the Jan. 22 weekend. The team was deployed for 10days on the ground plus travel time for a total of about 14 days.

The 62 doctors, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians andother personnel combined to form one of the Health and Human Services(HHS) DMAT that are part of the National Disaster Medical Service. Turnerwas one of six team members that went to Haiti from the AL-1 DMAT based

in Birmingham.Turners DMAT team set up a field hospital that treated illness and injuriesfrom dysentery to broken bones to more serious, traumatic injuries. The fieldhospital was located just above Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.You couldlook out one way and see the mountains and the ocean and then look anotherand remember the poverty and devastation, Turner said. The devastationwas massive with some areas totally destroyed. TV does not do it justice when youre there you realize it is much more real. Many of the people are

living in tent villages.The U.S. Army and other organizations were handing out food as fast as they could, and it wasnot getting there fast enough. It is a logistical nightmare.The traumatic injuries were very bad -- lots of broken bonesand amputations. I would have to say it was the worst Ive seen because of the number of patients along with thechildren 60 percent of our cases were kids. We had a 13-year-old bring in a baby to the hospital and you dont know,at first, if the baby is her child or someone elses. And then you find out its a baby with no family.

About his return to Alabama, Turner said, It was 95 degrees when I left and 23 when I got back. But mostly Im justglad to be home. He was expecting to perform more paramedic duties but instead served as the safety officer for hisgroup.

The DMAT team slept in cots on tennis courts, while the 82nd Airborne, the division they worked with, slept nearby.

It was noisy even at night, he explained, The Soldiers went out and delivered food to various locations andperformed reconnaissance at night to look for victims in need of treatment so it never got quiet.

Ron said this was the first time the U.S. has deployed the DMAT teams internationally, and so, this was a learning

experience for everyone involved.

Cadet Rachel Shurbutt spent a week in July on a Work and Witness trip to Beattyville, Kentucky. Her group, teens

and adults from the Alabama North District Church of the Nazarene, spent the week trying to make a difference in a

community that has great needs. Rachels group built a deck on a house that made access to house easier and also

painted the building that hadnt seen a drop of paint in years.


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Every Year!!!

Every year a CAP pilot must take a form 5 check ride. It seems like a lot of pilots let this check ride sneak up on

them. We at Stan/Eval have requests almost every month for a check ride during the last week of the month. It is

the pilots responsibility to prepare and schedule his or her form 5 check ride. If you wait until the last week of the

month to try and schedule your check ride I can assure you that you will not be able to get your check ride which

means you will fall off the FRO list and not be able to participate in any funded flying. I suggest that a pilot try toschedule their check ride in the beginning of the month it is scheduled to expire. Preparing for the ride means that

you must take the on-line CAP regulations 60-1 test and fill out the questions for the aircraft for which you are

qualified. In the past you have been able to fill out the questions on your computer and print them to bring to your

check ride. There are currently discussions going on at Region and NHQ about requiring that the questions be

filled out by hand. There is also an on-line course to help you prepare for your check ride. It is located in the

on-line courses on the NHQ website. The first thing the course mentions is to be prepared to take the check ride.

Have all your paper work with you and ready to be reviewed by the check pilot. Make sure you have your FAA

certificates with you and a current medical certificate and your CAP ID. I can usually tell how a check ride is going

to go based on if the pilot has all his paper work completed. Of course, preparing for the check ride is much more

than simply the paper work. The AL Wing DOV wants everyone to ride with an IP before taking their yearly checkride. This helps the pilot know if there are some areas that will need polishing up. One of the things that

aggravates me more than anything is to waste someone's time. We are all volunteers and some of us only have a

limited amount of time to give to the CAP. The last thing I want to do is to waste a volunteers time by not being

prepared. Also, dont wait to prepare for the check ride the month before or the week before you plan to take it. The

regulations have different profiles that you can go out and practice to keep yourself current and proficient. Try

to go out and fly one of these profiles whenever you can. We at the 118th have put money away to help supplement

proficiency flying. We understand it is expensive to fly and have worked to reduce your costs. The only thing we

cannot do for you is fly the airplane! This time of year it is best to fly in the morning when it is cooler(?) and the

thunderstorms have not yet developed. Fall season is just a few months away and we will have more opportunities

to fly and stay proficient. Remember there is a big difference between current and proficient, to be current only

means you have made three take offs and landings in the last ninety days (to a full stop for night current). Staying

proficient means flying much more than every ninety days. So remember all CAP pilots are required to have a

check ride every year. Once you establish your month for renewal then work toward that time to be prepared for

your check ride. Dont let it come as a surprise that you have fallen off the FRO list. After all you take a check ride

Every Year!

Capt Chris Iddins

AL-118 Standards/Evaluation

Standards / Evaluations Corner . . .Page 8

CAP Photo Files OnlineAccess photos of CAP activities at the

following site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethshurbutt/


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Did You Know Corner . . . Page 9

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that our service men and women take great pride in being privileged to wear this

countrys uniforms? Along with our veterans, they have earned that privilege by training and serving our

country. And just as privileges are earned, they can be taken away, when you fail to maintain the

standards set that allow you to wear that uniform.

Did you know that CAPM 39-1 gives specific guidance as to how to wear a Civil Air Patrol uniform? Asmembers of CAP, we too have been given the privilege of wearing a military style uniform. And just as with

the active duty personnel, we too can lose that privilege. When we consider the wearing of the CAP

uniform as just another form of clothing, we cheapen the honor that it represents.

As a veteran, I take personal offense at the sloppy, non-caring way that some people wear the uniform.

Your uniform reflects who you are. If you think that just anything goes, the next time you wear your uni-

form, ask an active duty military person what they think of you.

CAPM 39-1 gives the requirements for the proper wearing of the various uniforms. It also includes the

grooming standards required for wearing them. Did you know that the length of your hair or how you wear

it can keep you from wearing certain uniforms? Or that only boots are to be worn with one uniform while

only shoes are worn with another? These are things that each CAP member should learn and adhere to.

Not just to be in line with a regulation but, so that you can take pride in your uniform and present yourself

proudly as a member of the Civil Air Patrol.

And just so you know, CAPM39-1 say: All commanders will ensure that all members, individually and

collectively present a professional, well-groomed appearance, which will reflect credit upon CAP as the

auxiliary of the United States Air Force. They will ensure that all members are uniformed in accordance

with the provisions of this manual, uniform violations are promptly corrected, and that members are

continually informed as to the proper wear of the uniform.

Our commander cannot do this alone. Let us each take personal responsibility for ourselves and wear

our uniforms proudly. We all agreed to this when we took the oath of membership. Our integrity is thessue. When we wear our uniform correctly, it tells those who are junior to us that it is important to us, and

that just getting by, just isnt not good enough. So now you know.

Eddie Shurbutt, 1Lt.

SER-AL-118

Internet Link of Interest:

CBS Flies with CAP over Gulf of Mexico

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/28/eveningnews/

main6722604.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoAreafrom


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Senior Members Do you know:

If you have completed Level I training? Level II? III?

How many levels there are?

What awards you have earned? Are eligible for? When you are eligible?

What a specialty track is?

What your Specialty Track is?

What courses, seminars or schools are required in your current training?

What level of training you are in?

What the requirements are for the next promotion?

What online tests are required to be completed by all members?

How to access and navigate in e-services?

What uniforms you can wear and when? Required uniforms?

How to get involved in Emergency Services training, both air and ground?

What specialty training tracks are available?

Which specialty tracks you are particularly interested in? You can do more than one and are

encouraged to do so.

Where to find the answers to these questions and more?

Who to go to if you have trouble or questions about finding the answers?

If these questions have raised a larger question mark thenunlike the government..I am here to help.

Professional Development in CAP is multi -faceted and appears complicated on the surface. However it is not all

that difficult.

The attendance from the Squadron at the recent Professional Development weekend was impressive. It also

served to make many of us more aware of what goes into making our Squadron tick. The greatest area we have

for improvement is communication. Between the members and the Professional Development Officer. I encourage

you to contact me with your questions by e-mail or phone. You may also visit with me any Thursday during the

weekly Cadet meetings at the Pell City Community Center 1800 2030. I would prefer this as it will allow me to get

to know you and thus better assist you.

Each of us is responsible for our own training but some light needs to be shed on the options available to you and

how to get on course to achieving the goals set. Come by and review your training status. This is your Squadron. It

is one of the best in Alabama. Get on the cutting edge of training and help make it the best Squadron in Alabama.

Major Randolph, CAP

Prof. Development Off.

Senior Member Professional Development Corner . . .Page 10


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Promotions Corner . . . Page 11

Cadet Promotions for May 2010:Michael L Norwood Jr C/SrA *May 26

Cadet Promotions for June 2010:Tiffany R Chandler C/A1C

Allison A Howard C/SrA

Allaina A Howard C/SrADaniel L Smith C/CMSgt

Senior Promotions for June 2010:

Thomas Grimes Completed LV1

Senior Promotions for July 2010:Ray Bennett - Promoted to 2Lt

Jason Lane - Promoted to 2Lt

Jeannie Scott- Promoted to 1LtCompleted LV2 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Award

Photo Corner . . .

Rocketry Day 2010

(Watch for article on the Rocketry Day in Septembers Newsletter)

Documents

Pell City Squadron - Aug 2010