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publi

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Win

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Col Larry Myrick

CAWG

You re

No 1

We h

ave

ju st fini shed a ve ry

busy year and after l

oo

kin g at the

sta ts we are the Wing that has ju st

about the mos t of

eve

rything and

d

oes

the m

ost

of an

yo

ne. Did yo u

fee l BUSY? Well , you were.

Here are so me stat isti

cs

fro m

last year. We ran about one million

do ll ars through the Win g last year.

You are

ex

pe ns ive. We h

ave

th e

second most number

of

members of

all Wings, 1,

396 ca

dets, 2,

05

4 se-

niors fo r a total of

3 4

50. Florid a

has the most by a few hundred be-

ca

use th ey have mo re

ca

de ts by

about 3

00

. We have more se ni ors.

We are I Y2 We have 7 group

s

15

ca det

unit

s, 15 se ni o r unit s , 45

co

mp os ite

unit

s fo r a tota l of 82

units. We are I .

We had 33 0 ES mi ss ions, 20

we

re actual mi ssing a

ircraf

t with 3

di s

tr

ess

saves.

We

had

o ne a

ddi-

tional di stress save by a c rew do

in

g

a mission pilot training flight and a

distress save by a CD crew down at

our Imp

er

ial base fo r a tota l of 5

saves

. We had

2S

1 C D mi ss io n ,

with 3,074

fl

ying hours. Th e next

closest Wing to us in hours is our

grea t ne ighb o r

of

evada w ith

about 1,100 hours.

Aga

in,

we are

1. We had 37 re lated ES traini ng

activities.

Th

at is a to tal of 6 18 mi s-

sions. No other Wing i even in the

same ba ll

park

as yo u. We are ] .

We fl

ew

approx imately 7,

000

total

ho ur s . Th e nex t c losest W in g is

Texas with about 5,

000

. Agai n we

are 1. We fl y the second most sail

plane rides. We h

ave

the 4 th most

a irc r

af

t w ith 24 . Bu t we fly the

most ho

ur

s of any o th e r W in g .

Texas has 25 , Alaska has 31. Ala-

bama has the mos t airc raf t of all

Wings.

We have the mos t numbe r of

ve

hi cles with 58. Th e next nearest

Wing is Geo rgia with 3 1. Agai n, we

are 1 . T

we

lve Wings h

ave

m

ore

state funding than

we

do, but

yet

this state has the bi

gge

st budget

of

any other state. We will continue to

Continued on page 3 . . .

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Commander s

Comments

Continued

work on that through our Wing

Legi

slative Officer and help from

all

of

you

. We

have had

4

Com

mander

s schools, and ju st as many

SLS and CLC

s,

and too many

Level l 's to count. Our

cadet

pro

grams conference

had

about 250

cadet

s in attendance (by the way,

it

's

the only one in

the nation

), 2

NCOS 's, an

Airmen

Training

school with 40 attending, a se

nior

NCOA

, a Cadet Survival Training

Course

(CSTS),

a Cadet Office r

Basic

CourselPACR

Cadet leader

ship school , we ho s

ted the

PACR

color guard and drill team competi

tion this year, several Groups had

BCS 's .

Again you

are #1 in cadet

activities. We had our latest annual

LG survey audit by the PACR Liai

son

office

in Jul

y Six

Squadrons

were inspected along with the Wing

HQ. Five out of six units earned an

'Excellent ' rating, with one getting

a 'Satisfactory'

and

the

Wing

HQ

getting an 'ExcelJent' . Overall , the

wing

received

an 'Excellent' . Did

you hear all the # 1

s

with s

ome

2's

mixed

in.

Well CAWG you are

number one overall. In my travels

throughout

CAP in the

la

st year I

have been complemented

on how

well CAWG is doing.

It

is because

of

you, the

profe

ssional

volunteer

members of CAWG . Civil Air Pa

trol is a

profe

ss ional

organization

staffed by volunteers. You are one

of

those volunteers, therefor you

are a profess ional. You deserve to

hold your head high and

be

proud

that you are a

member

of CaHfornia

Wing, Civil

ir

Patrol. You are a

professional in the #1 Wing in CAP.

I am

proud

of each and

everyone

one of you for all of your accom

pli s

hments and

I'm very proud to

be

your commander. Thank you for

everything you do

for

the #1

wing

in

CAP

- the CAWG. Keep up the

outstanding work and we will be

number one again next year.

ommunications Update

By Colonel Bryon Brammer Director of Communications

At midnight 31 December 2001 we will encounter another ma

jor

sunset

date

in our

effort to bring

CAP

into NTIA compliance. This process began

more than two years

ago

with restriction of CAP purchases of non-wide

band compliant radios and

your

inability to license any radio that was not

compliant.

Effective 1 January

2002

, all non-wideband

comp li

ant FM radios and

HF radios can no longer be used for CAP service. This includes all HeathlUt

HW-18 ,

TenTec

CAPIOO and similar vintage HF radios and a ll

HAM

(Amateur) radios that have extended bandwidth to cover the

CAP-VHF

fre

quencies. Neutec VHF-FM ,

EF Johnston

St

ea

lth , Tait T-2020 , and

Motorola

MICOM

HF radios are about the only FM and HF radios that are

on the wideband and HF compliant list There are others but they have not

been supplied by DOD. To verify whether a specific radio is in compliance

you can go onto the National Technology

Center

's website

http ://

www.ntc.cap.gov/commi and

se

lect either the HF or VHF compliance list

Then select the manufacturer and look for your radio

's

model number.

The January 2002 sun s

et

da te also affects repeaters that are not

wideband compliant.

All of

the licen

se

d CAWG repeaters meet the

wideband

compliance s

tandard

.

We

have re ce ived (6) new Motorola

Quantar repeater

s that are narrowband compliant to begin the upgrade of

our repeater

infra

s

tructure

to

narrowband compliance. Santiago

wa s

changed

out

a few weeks ago and Diablo should be changed out by the time

thi s article

hi t

s the wing

's membership

. Mt. Tam and

Oat

Mt. are a lso

scheduled to receive one of these new repeaters

Older

tube type repeaters

will be replaced

by

the

GE MSTR

II

's

that we are taking out

of

se rvice

when we install the new Motorola Quantar repeaters We will continue to

u

se

these repeaters until we receive additional Quantar

's

or until

2006

when

they no longer meet the new narrowband FM requirements.

Our Comm

Engineering

Staff

has developed an alternative plan should

funding from National fail. We have developed a modification to all

of

our

existing GE MSTR II repeaters that will make them compliant with NTIA

Narrowband FM standards,

Funding for additional radios

and repeater

s has been deferred by the

Air

Force Auxiliary Board to the 2003 PALM process. National

He

adquar

ters Communications Staff has already prepared a budget of $40 million

dollars to

co

mplete CAP 's effort to bring its entire communications struc

ture into NTIA compliance. Thi s budget request ha s been approved by

CAP-USAF, Air

Univer

sity

and

has

been forwarded

to AETC , Air

Force

Auxiliary Board and then to the Air Force Board. A lot

of

steps still remain

before this

budget

gets approved and CAP is allocated funds to purchase

the remaining radios. Thi s is a significant amount

of

money; last year's total

CAP budget from the Air Force was $27 million dollars. We are now asking

for

4

0 million dollars for only the procurement of

NTIA

compliant radio

s

Were getting down to the wire i we are going to accomplish the full transi

tion to

NTIA

compHant and narrowband FM by 2006. Any further delays

in

this funding will mean that CAP is not in compliance with federal law.

Please

remember that on 1

January 2002

if

you

are still using a non

compliant radio you will be in violation

of

federal law. Not good

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California Wing s Response to the

Terrorist Attacks

The California Wing has com

pleted its response to the National

Emergency

from

the terrorist at

tacks in September.

Hundreds

of

Wing members provided emer

gency services as requested by the

Civil Air Patrol headquarters, the

State of

Ca}jfornia , the

American

Red Cross, and the Air Force Na

tional

Security Preparedness

(AFNSEP) Office at Fort McPher

son, Georgia.

At approximate ly 7:30 a.m.

AM

Pacific time on

11

September,

the Civil Air Patrol headquarters at

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

put all Civil

Air

Patro l units on

alert. All units with aircraft were

ta sked to

send

an

aircrew

to all

avai lab le

aircraft

and standby for

furt

h

er

ta sking.

Within approxi

mately two hours, California Wing

had a ll

22

of its Civil Air

Patrol

owned powered aircraft ready for

launch with

35

additional member

ow ned aircraft ready.

The

Wing 's

Director

of

Emergency Services

,

Maj Jan Ostrat, coordinated the ef

forts of 140 members for this air

craft alert with assistance from Maj

Dana Brenner and

Lt Col

Steve

Asche.

Major lice Manswell

At

approximate

ly

9:30

a.m. ,

the Wing s Director of Communi

cations , Col Bryon Brammer, acti

vated the Wing's network of radio

stations in anticipation of pos ible

taskings. Within a half hour,

54

sta

tions were communicating on VHF

and

HF

freq uencies using 34 Wing

owned repeaters covering the entire

State.

Hundred s

more

members

were monitoring the Wing

s

emai l

paging system for emergency mes

sages operated from a Wing-owned

Internet serv

er

in Southern Califor

nia , The Wing was

ready

wh

en

FEMA

req uested

CAP

radio sup

port on

HF

frequencies in Califor

nia. Callsign Yosemite 68 , other

wise known at

t

Col

Stan Nye

,

was

designated

as the Wing' s pri

mary

con

ta ct on

the HF net and

Yosemite 199, the San

Fernando

Senior Squadron 35, served as pri

mary

contact

on the

VHF

net. Lt

Col

Nye

also se rved as the

desig

nated backup for FEMA radio con

tact with the CAP s Pacific Region

cover

ing

California

, Nevada, Ha

waii,

Oregon , Washington

and

Alaska. The Wing assisted in

pas

s-

ing messages on

CAP

freq uencies

o n behalf of FEMA ,

the State

Governor s

Office of

Emerge

n

cy

Services (OES), and the American

Red Cross.

The

Wing was required

to monitor frequencies through 12

September and maintained an unof

ficial watch through

15

September.

On 11 September, OES tasked

the Wing to assist law enforcement

with security at a Southern Califor

nia airport through 2 September.

Thi s was a reprise

of

one

of CAP

s

first tasks

in

1941

wh

en

CAP

helped with airport security at thou

sands of airports around the co un

try.

On 12 September, OES tasked

the Wing to provide

three aircraft

around the

State for

l

aunc

h with

one hour notice. Twenty personnel

were placed on alert.

More

person-

nel were placed on standby to pro

vide

aircrews for all CAP-owned

aircraft in the State. During the day,

the Wing was tasked by OES to air

lift a

FEMA

official between Oak

land and Burbank and a US Depart

ment

of Justice official fro m Ari

zona

to Southern California.

The


Lt Col Steve Huss Pilot) Lt Col Joe Chizmadia on

a

Blood Transport.

1

st

Lt Mike Mike Lauer prepares t launch with another

supply o blood.

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Photos by Capt Nikki Vaughn

Response to Terrorist

ttacks

Continued

. .

Wing received a flight clearance within 10 minutes

from the FAA to transport the FEMA official, but the

clearance for the Justice official took slightly longer, so

he transported himself by rental car. Under tasking by

the

AFNSEP

, the Wing flew blood

products

for the

American Red Cross from Oakland to San Diego and

also to Portland, Oregon, to the locations of the only

large-scale blood testing labs on the West Coast. Wing

Incident Commanders Maj Ian Ostrat, t Col Steve

Asche and Maj David Boehm coordinated the day 's re

sponse.

On 3 September, the Wing opened a hub at Oak

land International Airport for airlifting blood products

to the testing labs and to areas with a low blood supply.

Under normal circumstance

s,

the Red Cross would use

commercial transportation services (FedEx, UPS , etc .)

to

transport samples and blood products to their desti

nation. This was not possible during this time due to

commercial aviation being grounded for several days

and longer restrictions on cargo flights. Over the next

five day s, the Wing was assisted by CAP members

from Oregon, Idaho and Nevada

in

moving 176 boxes

of blood products for the Red Cross. Each box weighed

20 Ibs

.,

carried 100 samples and measured 20 x 20 x

20 . Size, not weight, was the limiting factor for the

number of boxes each CAP aircraft could transport.

Mostly Cessna 182s and 206s were used. Northern

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Weare a proud part

of America's Heritage

and we unite

to salute the

men and women of

Civil Air patrol.

California air operations for the blood transports were

coordinated by Wing operations staffer Maj Chuck

Frank with the help of Incident Commanders Majors

Jan Ostrat, David Boehm, and Joe Spahr. Oakland hub

bosses were Capt Kerry Kur

as

aki

of

San Jose Senior

Squadron 80 and Capt Roger Glenn of Oakland Senior

Squadron 188 who found safe and innovative ways to

fit as many boxes as possible into each aircraft type

used. Between 12 and

17

September, California Wing

flew 132.1 hours using

21

airplanes and 78 personnel

for airlifting blood products. In Southern Californi a

transports were handled by Lt Col Steve Huss (SQ 35

,

Lt Col Joe Chizmadia (CAWG , and

t

Mike Lauer (Sq

35).

For

two

more

day

s, the

Wing

wa s ta sked to

stand-by for additional airlift duties, but none were

needed since

mo

st civil aviation operations were re

sumed .

Incident

Commander Capt Deni se

Edward

s

closed out the Win

g s

response efforts on 19 Septem

ber. That evening, Mr. Eric Brown, Director

of

Client

ServiceslProduction Support, American Red Cross Na

tional Testing Laboratory, Portland, wrote to the Wing,

Your efforts literally saved lives this week (and peace

of mind) and it has not and will not go unnoticed . Your

professionalism and willingness to accommodate our

needs was outstanding. Thanks and I look forward to

working with you

in

the future.

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Capt

rian

Stover CAp Editor Eagle Call

Flying Club

r

Flying Minutemen

The events of

September

11

have caused Americans to rethink

many of the ideas they held prior to

that date. Concerns about travel, fi

nances, family, their future and

other issues

came

to the forefront.

Many of these same fears arose af

ter

the Japane

se

attack

on P

earl

Harbor and the subsequent U.S. en

try into World War II.

However, back in 1941 just one

week

prior

to the attack on Pearl

Harbor, men with foresight formed

our organization, the Civil Air Pa

trol. They foresaw the need

to

have

a trained group of individu

als

ready to serve their country They

knew that the job of protecting and

serving

our

country sho uld not be

left to the military alone. They be

lieved that only through the collec

tive actions of

man

y patriotic

Americans could

our

freedom be

protected.

At the beginning

of

the war,

the only protection against German

submarines attacking ship s along

the east coast was the CAP. Gen

eral Hap Arnold said, It should be

noted that for one period - at the

start of the war - this CAP was the

only agency that was able to take

any real action toward controlling

the submarine menace. A German

commander later confirmed that

coastal U-boat operations

were

withdrawn becau se of

those

damned little red and yellow (CAP)

airplanes.

During WWII , CAP Coastal

Patrol flew

24

million miles, found

173 subs,

attacked

57 , hit lO and

sank

two .

CAP

al

so

performed

other duties including towing tar

gets for Army Air Force aerial gun

nery practice, co urier serv ice

for

the Army, Southern

Border

patrol

and search and resc ue missions.

CAP flew a half-million hours dur

ing WWII.

The

CAP also guarded

airfields and trained the CAP Cadet

Corps.

Sacrifices were commonplace

amongst

CAP

members during this

time. Many gave up their

job

s and

left families behind as they moved

to

CAP bases that were set up, first

along the east coast and later across

the country.

They

li

ved

in ram

shackle housing

an

d operated out

of

bases that lacked even basic neces

sities The conditions at some bases

were deplorable and equipment was

in

poor condition and spare parts in

short s

upply

Pilots, mechanics,

ground personnel and others do

nated

money

and equipment and

time. And some gave more . 64

CAP aviators lost their lives in ser

vice to their country.

Fast forward to September 11 ,

2001. Our country was savagely at

tacked again.

CAP

rose to the occa

sion. Within a few hours 57 aircraft

and 140 aircrews were on alert and

ready to serve in California. Simi

lar results occurred throughout the

country with other wings. Over the

next few days , blood

was

trans

ported, emergency officials flown

and the first aerial photos of the

devastation

at the World Trade

Center were taken by a New York

Squadron . CAP members stood

ready

,

volunteered their

time and

reso

urce

s.

After

a few

day

s CAP

s

tood down from the alert

status,

but it doe

sn

t end there.

The Department of

Defen se,

the ir Force and the new Office

of

Homeland Security are determin

ing how the

Civil

Air

Patrol can

best be utilized to serve the country.

The

Air Force is re-examining the

portion of our

title

the United

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States Air Force Auxiliary to better de

termine how

we

can support the Air

Force mission. Governor

What does this all mean?

That part

is unknown as plans are still being for

mulated. But

in

all

likelihood

, it will

mean more time and effort on the part

of

CAP

member

s

As to

what our

mission

will be is still being determined.

If

you

joined

the Civil Air Patrol as a less ex

pensive flying club, you are in

CAP

for

the

wrong

reason.

CAP

is not a

cheap

place to fly.

CAP

is the Auxiliary of the

Air Force with

a

mandate by federal

law.

CAP

is an organization

of

volunteer

professionals who are dedicated to serv

ing our country in peacetime and

in

war.

f

you

joined

to

have

a

good

time

flying at reduced

cost

and are not will

ing to

sacr

ifice

your time

and

per

sonal

resources , you are in the wrong

place.

While we all have commitments includ

ing family and jobs, we need to find the

time

to

dedicate

to thi s

great country

.

Some can commit more time and

re

sources than others.

But

there are those

who would complain about new proce

dures and duties associated with our ex

panded role in serving the country, You

know

who

they are . as

our

mission

expands and there are changes in proce

dures they balk at every

change

, some

times voraciously.

I doubt if there are many

of

us who

could make the sacrifices made by those

in

the formative

years

of

CAP.

Giving

up

jobs and

moving across

country

would be difficult for most

if

not all

of

us. But,

if

we are to be members

of

this

fine organization,

we

must be willing to

make additional

donation

s

of

our time

and

resources.

CAP members must be

willing to

make

sacrifices.

Will

it be

easy? Sacrifice is never easy, but

CAP

is

up to the task.

The

call has gone out. Are

you willing to

participate or ju

st

com

plain?

I

joined

the

Fly

ing

Minutemen ,

not a flying club. How about you?

lar-

From The haplain

Finding Meaning in

ur

National Tragedy

On September 11 ,2001 the face

of

America was transformed for

ever.

The

terrorist use

of

our commercial planes to bomb the twin tow

ers in the city

of

New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the

heroic acts aboard United Flight 93 which ended in a crash in Pennsyl

vania preventing the loss

of more

innocent Americans, were horrific

acts which forever altered not only the physical landscape

of

our coun

try, but also the landscapes

of

our hearts.

The

events

of

that day have

resulted in the shaking

of our

sense

of

security, and we have reacted

with fear, sadness, and rage. Amid our questions

of

who, how, and why

this has happened to us,

we

have other critical questions: How will we

live, how will we react, how will

we

cope?

As

we

face this devastating moment

in

our

nation 's

hi

story,

we

can

take heart, hope, and courage from the example

of

other nations ; na

tions whose people have experienced and survived the ravages

of

war

on their own soi l: Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Is

rael, and others know what

we

are facing: invasion by the enemy, prop

erty destruction,

and

thousands

of

their loved ones missing

or

dead.

Until now,

we

lived in a privileged state;

our

wars were fought in other

lands. Now war is

our

reality. We face it on

our home

front. We also

take heart, hope and courage from our personal faith .

The

answers

to

the que

s

tion

s :

As

a

people, we

will live. As a

people,

we

will react with courage and with compassion for ourselves

and for each other. As a people we will cope. We already are.

We are living by managing our emotions but not burying them. We

are reacting by offering help and support in any and every way

we

can:

volunteering our services, donating blood, sending contributions to re

lief

funds, offering prayers for those

who

are directly suffering and

those who are involved in relieving that suffering.

We are coping by living and by reacting.

What more can we do? Here are some suggestions:

1

Acknowledge

and express

your

feelings.

f

you

are

sad,

allow

yourself your tears.

If

you are angry, tell someone. f you are fear

ful, have compassion for yourself.

If

you feel guilty because you

are alive, forgive yourself because what you are feeling is normal

and natural.

2. Recognize that you, and everyone around you, are suffering from

symptoms

of

traumatic stress.

Be

gentle with yourself. Recognize

that you can only do the best you can do to function , If you cannot

work up to your usual capacity, pardon yourself, f you are more

distracted , forgetful, irritable, or depressed realize that

what

you

are experiencing is okay, you

don

' t have to

change it

- you

just

have to go through it.

3.

Rather

than focus on

what

might be

,

focus

on

what

is . You are

alive and safe in this moment. You are grateful for your life.

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li

st

of

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From the haplain

Continued .

. .

teer to feed the homeless. Call your local political leaders.

Write to your senator. Write to the President. Give someone

a hug. Smile at a stranger.

5 Be a grown up and take the first step to make peace with

someone you have not been getting along with. Say

I'm

sorry even

if

you don't think you did anything wrong. Be

the peacemaker.

6 Express your gratitude to the men and women in your own

community, who every day put their lives on the line to help

protect us: military personnel, fire fighters, search and res

cue, law enforcement officers, EMTs and ambulance driv

ers. Tell them thank you for the work that they do.

7. Take pride in how we, as a people, have stood together and

pledged our loyalty to our country and to each other.

8 Tell the people in your life that you love them. Tell them to

day and tell them every day.

9

Practice your faith. Pray for peace.

For further assistance, feel free to contact your local squad

ron cbaplain or

myself

at [email protected] or (805) 528-

1511

Chaplain Ltc) Leslie O. Wheeler entered eternal rest on

August 28, 2001. Les was back East visiting with his children

when he took ill, was hospitalized, and passed away due to con

gestive heart failure.

Chaplain Wheeler served as CA

WG

HC for more than a de

cade. Prior to that he served as the chaplain for Squadron 25 and

then as Group 15 Chaplain. He was first appointed by Col.

Ernest Ernie Pearson. Prior to serving as CA

WG

HC, Les had

served as the AZWG He. His service began in 1968. Upon his

retirement as the CAWG

HC

, Col. Bryon

Brammer

bestowed

upon

Les

the Distinguished Service Award,

and

the title

of

Chaplain Emeritus. During his remaining days, that was a title

that Les wore with great pride . At the Wing Conference in which

Les was so honored, the National Chief

of

Chaplain Services

awarded the Commander's Commendation Award.

He

was

preceded

in

death by

his

beloved

wife, Ruth, in

1998. They were returning from a Chaplain activity and were in

volved in a car accident that took Ruth

's

life and left Les hospi

talized for weeks due to his injuries and a heart attack suffered

following the accident. His last official activity that he attended

with the Chaplaincy service was in 2000 - the PCR Chaplains'

Staff College held

in

Hawaii. Les possessed a great love for the

CAP Chaplaincy service and served our Wing with distinction.

His children are planning to conduct a memorial service in

Southern California sometime in May

of

2002.

Heightened

wareness

Lt

Col Mike Prusak USAF

CA Wing Liaison Officer

A dose of the obvious: The American pub

lic has a heightened awareness

of

potential ter

rorist targets within their communities. Many

of our flying training activities could easily be

misconstrued. We need to ensure

our

air and

ground crews exercise sound judgement while

conducting their training. Some

of

our training

routes overfly

power

plants,

petrochemical

manufacturing and storage facilities , hydro

electric power plants, and dams. While it may

be perfectly legal to fly in the vicinity of these

facilities, it may not always be prudent.

Please ask our aircrews conducting train

ing missions to consider the possibility that

their actions could be mistaken for abnormal

activity. Obviously we have to continue to

train, but we need to be proactive with

our

training guidelines to ensure that we balance

our training requirements with public concern.

Our airplanes operating during training activi

ties could easily be misidentified and our in

tentions misinterpreted.

These

fears will

be

exacerbated during our nighttime flying activi

ties when it 's more difficult to identify us. We

also need to be

cognizant of our

non-flying

training activities. We often place BDU-clad

members near sensitive areas to help train air

crews. It

is

recommended

that you work

closely with

your

local community's

civic

leaders , law

enforcement, and disaster

re

sponse agencies to ensure they are aware

of

when and where we are conducting this train

ing. Properly publicized, these training events

can act to increase the public

's

confidence in

our ability to handle potential emergency situ

ations. To do otherwise, we may needlessly

alarm the local populace.

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Lifetimeo Service

By

Rick De Castro

Many

people

in

California

Wing lost a friend in September,

when Lt Col Lloyd Burrell passed

away. Lloyd was a very long time

member of

Civil

Air Patrol and

California Wing, having originally

joined

as a Cadet in

the

early

1950s.

Lloyd was born in San Pedro,

in 938. His

father

was a career

Navy man, and was serving in Pearl

Harbor during the Japanese attack

on December 7th , 1941. Unfortu

nately, Lloyd s mother passed away

in 1942, and Lloyd went to live

with family members until his fa

ther was able

to

return from the pa

cific following the war. This al

lowed Lloyd to join CAP as a Ca

det, earning his Certificate of Profi

ciency

(then

the highest

Cadet

award).

Lloyd

se

rved in the US Air

Force

as a radio

technician at

Mount Hebo Air Force Station, in

Oregon, and then returned to Cali

fornia to complete his education at

Cal Poly Pomona, where he be

came more active in CAP. He never

slowed down after that.

During

his

S

years in CAP,

Lloyd served in many capacities.

He was a Ground Team Leader,

Observer, Mission Radio Operator,

and held most other ES specialties.

Lloyd was one of the first Mission

Coordinators in Civ

il

Air Patrol -

originally

, the Air Force would

send staff personnel to be mission

coordinators. When CAP members

became eligible, Lloyd was one

of

the first qualified. Lloyd was us

u-

ally at the forefront of any changes

in CAP policy or training, as well.

During

hi s career in CAP

Lloyd was

awarded

Ma s

ter

Ob

server wings, Master Ground team

qualification badge , the

Master

Communications qualification

badge, Aerospace Education badge,

Master Emergency Services quali

fication badge, Master Operations

14

qualification badge,

as

well as oth

ers . He also

was

awarded

many

Commander

s

Commendation

medals

,

the

Meritorious Service

award, and the Search and Rescue

Find awards , as well as the CAP

Certificate of Lifesaving.

He was a squadron commander

several times , a group commander

several times, and served on Cali

fornia Wing staff many time

s

in

cluding the la st 10 years.

Lloyd

was a graduate of the Pacific Re

gion Staff College , the

National

Staff College ,

and the

National

Search and Rescue School . Lloyd

represented California

Wing in

various organizations and meetings

with other emergency responders in

the Los Angeles area as well as at

state level.

While

on Wing Staff

Lloyd

served

in Operations , and

was very involved in ES training.

Since Wing only meets one night a

week, Lloyd would very often at

tend other units on

other

nights ,

serving on staff or just assisting in

any way needed. Lloyd would also

participate in almost all

other

ac

tivities , including National Board

meetings, wing and region confer

ences, and many ES training activi

ties, large and small.

Lloyd was

also

involved in

many

other facets of emergency

services, including disaste r relief,

amateur radio, the American Red

Cross, and was a founding member

of

the

National

Association

of

Search and Rescue (then called the

National Association

of State

Search and Rescue Coordinators), a

member of

the National Disaster

Medical System (a component

of

the United States Public Health

Service) , the Mountain Rescue As

sociation, and a founding member

and board member

of

the Search

and Rescue Institute. He was also a

SARTECH II , and a SARTECH

evaluator, and held pilot and repair

man certificates from the FAA, and

a radiotelephone operators license

from the FCC.

Lloyd passed away after a brief

illness,

and

is survived by hi s

half-sister, Mary

Stezaker

of

La

s

Vega

s

Nevada. Lloyd was interred

in

the National Cemetery

in

River

side , with full military

honor

s.

California Wing held a memorial

service in conjunction with CAP s

60th anniversary celebration, and

will be awarding a members ser

vice award in Lloyd s name.

Lloyd s life epitomized

the

Air

Forces and Civil Air Patrol s core

values of Service before Self and

Volunteer Service.

Safety Is

n ttitude

By Lt

Col Steve Huss

Group 1 Safety Officer

Safety is an attitude. I know

that

I ve

discussed this before, but

it

is the very heart

of

any safety

program. We know that we can af

fect the attitudes people have to

ward safe

ty

because we can see the

results of our efforts.

Last year, by the middle of July

we had experienced 10 prop strike

accidents across the country. As

part of the safety program we did a

Safety Down Day in the spring of

2000. Thi s year, by mid-July we

had experienced only

two

prop

strike accidents. By calling atten

tion to the

problem

and

to the

means

of

preventing a particular

type of mi s

hap

we were

able

to

change some attitudes and signifi

cantly reduce that type of accident.

This year we seem to be having

a problem with landing accidents

and accidents involving taxiing into

fixed objects. Who knows what the

problem

will be

next year?

It

doesn t matter what the particular

problem might be. With safety as a

cornerstone for all of our opera-

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17/56

NYLF

Provides

Insight Into Defense,

Intelligence and Diplomacy

CAP Cadet

Gets

Insider s

View

of U.S. National

Security

Bryan Unbangluang of Palm

dale, a

llst

Lt

with CAP Pancho

Barnes Squadron 49 , attended the

National Youth Leadership

Fo

rum

on Defense, Intelligence and Diplo

macy (NYLF/DID) from October

16

through 21 , 2001 in Washington,

D.C. Having demonst rated aca-

demic achievement and an interest

in a career related to national sec

u-

rity, Unbang luang joined more than

350 outstanding

hi

gh school

jun-

io rs and

se

niors from across

America

at the

conference.

Stu-

dents learned first-hand about na

tional security, diplomacy and glo

bal defense systems.

"This group of young hopefuls

was in our nation 's capital during a

critical time when global leaders

were banding together to oppose

terrorism," said Donna Weldin, ex

ecutive

of

the NYLF. "While the

Safety Is An Attitude

Continued .

leader

s

of countries

around the

world are learning from

and ad-

dressing the September 11 , 2001

attacks , so too were st

udent

s like

Bryan Unbanglu ang. Experiencing

the pace, deci sion making and ur

gency of

Wa

shington, D.C. through

interaction with so me

of

our

country's

most qu alified national

security leaders will help shape

these students' future plans."

Retir

ed U .S.

Marine

Corp

s

Colonel H.C. "Barney Barnum

opened the program with his key

note address, in which he inspired

the students tying hi s heroic efforts

in Vietnam

in

1965 to the responsi

bilities at hand in response to recent

acts of terrori sm. Americans must

learn to be patient when dealing

with this new kind of war. Due to

its

complex nature

, s

uccess

in

eliminating terrori sm will not hap-

tions (not just flying) we can reduce all accident types. I mean, we're talk

ing really basic stuff here, Watch where you're going Not only when taxi

ing an airplane, but when driving a car or just walking through the parking

lot. It 's real easy to step in a pothole or trip over a parking berm if your

head is up and locked .

I've

heard it said that we are real quick to investigate accidents and

t y

to prevent them in the future if an airplane is involved, but we are not so

co

ncerned about ground accidents involving non-flying activi ties. That is

ridiculous The result of any accident is costly to all of us - and not just in

dollar

s.

People get hurt and mi ssions don ' t get accomplished when we have

accidents.

We cannot allow that to happen. Every accident or incident must be

studied for ways to prevent recurrence. Only by making safety an instinc

ti ve part of our

operations

can we approach the goal of a

totally

accident-free environment. We need to think about it before we undertake

an

activity and while we' re engaged in that activity.

If

we do have a prob

lem, minor or major, we need to analyze what happened and took for ways

to prevent it or anything similar from happening in the future. Nothing is

more important than the

sa

fety of our people.

t r

~

pen overnight

and it

won

' t be

achieved without some setbacks.

Every

false

s

tep provide

s us

with a l

earning

opportunity."

Barnum

continued, "Teamwork is

critical. We must always se t our

goals

hi

gh and never accept fail

ure.

" Ba rnum

was awarded

the

Congressional Medal

of

Honor, and

in an illustration of the importance

of teamwork , training and leader

ship , he shares hi s med al with he

roes

of

the Marine Corps and Navy

who gave

their

lives so

that

this

company could survive and preva

il

against twelve-to-one odds.

Throughout the forum, Unban

gluang experienced

how the U.S .

plans for peace, prepares for crisis

and

met

with leader

s from k

ey

agencies and institutions. Students

had the opportunity to visit several

military in stallations and agencies,

such as: the U.S. Department of

State

; the

Marine Corp

s

Comb

at

Development Command at Quan

tico; the U.S. Naval Academy; the

War Gaining and Simulation Cen-

ter; the Foreign Service Institute;

and the National Infrastructure Pro

tection Center, among others .

NYLFIDID culminated with a

student-run simulation

of

interna

tional crises involving the Cauca

sus region in Central

Asia

,

where

students assumed true-to-life roles

in making

decision

s to reso lve a

fictional global situation .

The NYLF is a nonpa rti

sa

n,

nonprofit educational organization

that sponso rs highly speciali zed

career-oriented programs for out

standing high school students who

demonstrate leadership potential.

For

additional information

on

NYLF programs, visit us on the

Internet at www.nylf.org.

EDITOR S NOTE:

Bryan Unbangluang can be reached

for a personal account at:

37715 Janus Drive

Palmdale, CA 93550

(66 1) 285-5537 or 285-4056.

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Training egins in Southern California

Cadets

and senior members

from South Coast Group 7 joined

members of the Coast Guard Auxil

iary, San Diego Mountain Rescue

and CERO (Coronado Emergency

Radio Operations) to evaluate new

communications technology and

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San Diego County.

This exercise highlighted two

new communications technologies

- Slow Scan TV (SSTV) and Auto

matic Position Reporting Systems

(APRS). A base was set up at Ad

miral Baker Field Army Reserve

Center. Ground teams were formed

of both Senior and Cadet members.

The teams began the morning with

an introduction to the other organi

zations participating and a briefmg

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various

groups

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sion by stating "we are here to learn

to integrate technology into what

we do, to be more efficient".

The Coast Guard

Auxiliary

representative for this exercise was

Ensign Joe Stevens, a member of

both CAP

and

the

Coast Guard

Auxiliary. He helped coordinate the

By Ll udrey DiGiantomasso

communication between CAP and

the

Coast

Guard boats adding a

new and exciting dimension to the

training.

Glen Gerbrand

and

Kent

Tiburski, ham radio operators, rep

resented ARRL and Emergency

Services

in San Diego County.

They shared their expertise by

training the CAP members on the

use of Slow Scan TV. Slow Scan

TV is a small radio that includes a

camera that can transmit a picture

over radio waves to a home base. It

is often used for tactical purposes

during emergency situations. Ev

eryone learned how to use the Slow

Scan TV

equipment.

The

ground

teams were then sent outside the

base building and began to practice

communicating with the base and

sending pictures back to base. The

local

tests were

successfu l, and

then the teams were sent to more

remote areas to continue testing the

technology. Due to the fact that the

mission base was in a valley, a for

ward communications post was set

up at Mt. Soledad by Squadron 55

commander

ILt. Larry Riddle, to

act as relay between the field and

mission base. By the end of the day,

the ground teams were as far out as

Mission Bay using the new radio

communication devices, with the

participation of Joe Stevens who

linked

CAP

and the Coast Guard

Auxiliary in this exercise.

Another ground team took the

APRS

out

to the highest

point

in

San Diego. They climbed the rough

terrain and were tracked with spe

cial software on a laptop computer

at the base. After working out a few

glitches the team was tracked. By

holding training sessions like this

exercise the knots are worked out.

During a real mission where every

minute counts in the race to find the

target or complete the mission, the

technology can flow smoothly and

support the success of the mission.

Without adequate training, attempt

ing to use unfamiliar equipment on

an actual mission can cause frustra

tion and slow down the mission at

critical moments.

Much was learned during this

one

day exercise. Capt.

Osargent

said she was very excited about the

enthusiasm

and dedication of the

participants who attended this com

munication exercise and the oppor

tunity to learn and use these new

radio communication tools. Also

the participants voiced their sup

port and enthusiasm for this exer

cise and affirmed their support for

the use of SSTV and APRS com

munication tools in Civil Air Patrol

missions. Future exercises will use

these tools plus HF radios. Group

7 s communication capability is

rising to a new level.

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Col Larry Myrick Wing Commander

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and the conference and seminars were very informa

tive and very well run. It was one

of

the best National

Conferences I have been to. Everything was very orga

nized, the national Bookstore and

Depot

were there

and very well stocked. According to National HQ, the

conference was very well attended by the membership.

CAWG had at least 20 members there to take it all

in

. I

was busy in meetings most of the time, but the other

members who were there attended many seminars and

obtained valuable information to help our Wing keep

on the leading edge of the new ways to do things, We

had our time to put our two cents worth

in

to National

Hq to help us out here on the left coast as

it

is called

back there. I will first run through the National Board

agenda items and then go into a few other

is

sues

di

s

cussed.

AGENDA ITEM 1: National Chaplains Report.

The National Chaplain gave a report on the state of the

National chaplaincy. I will give the information to the

CAWG Chaplain Paul Ward for hi s use.

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AGENDA ITEM 3:

The 2002 CAP budget passed

by the Board

of

Governors (BOG) last May was pre

sented as an informational item.

AGENDA ITEM 4: CAP National Commander

Election.

A new National Commander was elected this

year. The current National Commander, General Bob

ick, term was up. There were two candidates: the cur

rent National Vice Commander, Col. Rick Bowling,

and Col. Angelo Porco. Col. Bowling won the election

by a vote of 66-0. Col. Bowling was promoted to BGen

and was passed the Command at the banquet on Satur

day night. General Bowling is now our National Com

mander. The National Commander's term

is

a non-re

newing three year term. General Bowling is from the

Southeast Region .

AGENDA ITEM 5: National Vice Commander

Election.

A new National Vice Commander was also

elected at this year's Board. The National Vice Com

mander term is

one

year.

The

elections are normally

hold at the summer National Board and Conference.

There were four candidates: Col. Phil Groshong , the

present PACR Commander; Col. Ernie Pearson, the

National Staff College director; Col. David Simmons,

the immediate past National Legal officer;

aDd

Col.

Dwight Wheless . He was on

the

committee

that

worked

on

the

new

cooperative agreement

and the

statement

of

work with the AF. All four candidates

gave very good speeches. Just prior to the actual elec

tion Col. Bowling endorsed Col. Wheless. As soon as

that happened, Col. Pearson withdrew his request to be

considered

as National Vice Commander

The

vote

was then taken. The results were

as

follows. Groshong;

7, Pearson; 2, Simmons; 7, Wheless; 50. Col. Wheless

was elected as your National Vice Commander.

He

is

from North Carolina.

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1.

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is

all it deals with. Anyway.

Item 1: There was a proposal to have a Wil

derness Training patch or badge.

It was

felt that the GT badge did that so the pro

posal failed.

Item 2: A Hawk Mountain special activity

patch

was approved for that activity. It is a

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oardMeeting Continued

Senior

and

Cadet

field survival school in

Pennsy vania.

Item

3:

Upgrade of the

blue

screen-printed

golf

shirt. The current authorized ultrama

rine blue golf shirt (this is the lighter blue

shirt, not the nice

dark

blue

embroidered

shirt) will be phased out and no longer au

thorized after Dec. 31, 2002. This was ap

proved by the

NB.

Item 4:

Proposed

Cloth name

patch and em

broidered

grade insignia (like

the AF

has)

for on

the

flight suit. This was de

feated.

n

other words, no change.

Item 5:

Proposal

for a

Ribbon

for

Senior

Level Professional

Training.

This was de

feated because there are already ribbons for

senior level awards.

Item 6: Wear of CAP ribbons on the

White

Aviator s

Shirt.

This one

was hotly

de

bated. It was decided to return it to commit

tee for further study. It will come up again,

probably at the next NB. Stay tuned. I will

vote to allow this when it comes up again.

Item 7:

This was a proposal to Disapprove the

wear of

BDUs

and the AF

-style flightsuit

by

members

who do not meet the weight

and

grooming

standards.

This was hotly

debated too. It was returned to committee

for further study. I will try and not let this

happen. Stay tuned.

It

will

probably be

brought up at the next NB.

Items

8, 9 10:

Alternative

field

uniform

for

seniors.

Two were proposed. One is a

dark

blue two-piece

utility uniform for

those individuals who are unable or choose

not to wear the BDU uniform.

All

the

badges and stuff would be the same as the

BDUs. The other is a one-piece

dark

blue

jumpsuit

that will be a better material and

more pockets than

the

existing

light blue

(smurf suit) jumpsuit. Again all the badges

and stuff would be the same. Both passed.

Also the light blue baseball type cap will be

replaced with a better dark blue (same color

as the stuff above) hat. So, to recap, these

three items were approved and

the

light

blue hat and the smurf suit will be phased

out so don t buy

e

m

Item

11: CAP Historical

Coffee Table Book.

A member wants to produce a CAP history

book to sale. The publisher will assume all

the initial

workload and

cost

associated

with producing the book and

CAP

will have

full editorial control. This was passed.

Item

12:

Procedural. This changes when uni

form issues will be

discussed

at the NB.

Has no effect on the membership. A new

39-1 will be

published

at least every five

years.

2.

Strategic/Tactical

Evaluation

Planning.

This committee is tasked to set goals for the fu

ture

of

CAP. The

NB

approved the direction

of

the committee and basically told them to con

tinue.

3. Operations Committee.

No Items are

out

standing and no new items were proposed.

4. Education Training Committee. They are

looking to revise the 50-17.

No

date or time

line was mentioned.

5.

Governance Committee. Nothing reported.

AGENDA ITEM 7:

This was a proposal to raise

the dues in the Southeast Region.

It

was Approved.

AGENDA

ITEM 8:

CAP Investment

Fund

Cap.

This was to raise the cap on the amount

of

money that

could be used to fund things from interest on invested

CAP funds. This was sent to the National Finance of

ficer for further research and to be brought to the NB

when complete.

AGENDA

ITEM

9: Old

Business.

Item 1. Corporate A ircraft Distribution

(CAD) Committee. This was a committee

set up to find a better way to distribute AC

and set a policy on hours and such things.

The NB gave approval to the initial concept.

What this means for CAWG is that we will

be allotted 26 AC

if

available.

We

have 24

powered AC now.

Item

2:

Alternative Dispute

Resolution. This

had to do with a Mediator. This proposal

was defeated,

Item 3: Cadet Protection

Policy Training

for

Cadets. This was a proposal to have cadets

take the cadet protection training (CPPT). It

failed. National

Cadet

section is going to

put

in the

encampment

guidelines to have

all cadet staff members

of

an encampment

take CPPT every year, Stay tuned. Also, ca

dets need to take it within six

months of

their 18th birthday.

Item 4: Discrimination

in

Termination of

Cadet Membership.

This

had to do with

change 2

of

CAPR 35-2, Paragraph 3a(9)

dated I

J

uly 1985. Pregnancy was removed

for cause of termination.

Item

5:

CAP Strategic Plan. This

was de

scribed in agenda item 6,

J[ 2

Item

6.

Electronic Signature. National is still

researching this. Stay tuned.

Item

7: Glider

types.

The

NB voted to stan-

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Board

Meeting Continued .

dardize

on

the Bl anik glider

s

No other type

will be purchased. Until someone brings it

up

agaIn.

NEW BUSINESS:

Item 1: This proposal was to have a ll Wing

Commanders

to

be

CD cleared

to

be a com

mander because we all have to deal with

CD items, and you have

to

be cleared

to

do

that. This was referred to the Ops commit

tee

.

Again

stay

turned

.

BTW

, I ' m

CD

cleared already.

Item 2: This was just a vote to modify the Con

stitution and bylaws

to

match the legislation

that Congress passed

to

run

CAP

It passed.

Item

3: Seat

stops on Cessna s. Thi s was

brought

up

again because some

NB

mem-

bers wanted to put them back in. So it was

se nt to the Op s

committee

for more re

searc

h

For those

of

you who took them out,

OK; for those of you who did not, don' t un

til

I hear more.

Item

4:

Non-renewal

policy. I will address

thi s with the

Group

Commander and

Squadron Commanders at the Wing Confer

ence All-Commanders Meeting on Sunday

morning.

In

the meantime I do not want any

commanders to use the non-renewal policy

on any member.

Now you can see why J was in meetings practi

cally the whole time. No, I m not whining. Oth

er

items.

1. The new reimbursement rates are at the AF fund

ing level for final approval.

2

The General funding for CAP looks like it is at our

proposed level.

3. USA Today se lected the CAP AE Web s ter,

capnhq .gov/nhq/aeroed/ETNAE.home.htm

as

one

the

150 be

st educational sites

on

the net.

4. Effective Sept 1, 200 CAP's new textbook, Aero

space: The Journey of Flight replaces Aerospace:

The Challenge for Senior Members AEPSM.

5. CAP News was rated the third best

Air

Force com

mand newspaper world wide.

6 The Soaring Society of America President spoke

and pledged the SSA's continued support of CAP's

glider program . They will be providing so me

glider flight scholarships for our cadets.

7. Gen . Bobick signed a new expanded MOU with

the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

8

The CAP

Hi

storical Foundation has secured a fire

proof storage site to store CAP

hi

storical memora

bilia until a possible CAP

mu

seum is built.

9

The Spaatz Association will give out three $2,500

scholarships to Mitchell cadets each year.

C P Teams Up With

YMC Indian Guides for

Model Rocket aunch

By

1

Lt

Audrey DiGiantomasso

Public Affairs Officer Civil ir Patrol Group 7

Recently California Wing director

of

Aero

s

pace Education

,

Capt

ain

John DiGiantoma

sso,

took Aerospace Education on the road.

He

helped

to conduct a model rocketry event for approxi

mately 100 members of the YMCA Indian Guides

from

southern

Orange County. The boys,

ages

five to ten , each received his

own

ba sic Estes

Rocket kit. They then gathered to build their first

rockets with

the assistance

of their fathers. The

builders were instructed by local

CAP

memb

ers,

2nd

t

Ed

Ferrell , c12nd t Ja y so n

DiGian

toma

sso

and

C/Tsg t Andrea DiGiantoma

sso of

Skyhawks Composite Squ adron 47 of Oceanside.

Capt John DiGiantomasso ensured that the fathers

and their sons learn to safely prepare and launch

rockets and learn about Aerospace Education, one

of

the

three

mi ss ions

of

the Civil

Air

Patrol as

chartered by the Congress. By day

s

end they had

launched their newly built rockets twice. The ex

citement and joy was evident on the faces of the

children as they watched in glee as their rockets

s

ucce

ss f

ully

launched

and the

parachute

s

de

ployed

, bringing

their rockets safely

back to

earth. Capt

DiGiantoma

sso and the other mem

bers of the Civil Air Patrol hope to encourage the

love of aerospace education in these young people

and their fathers, and plan to conduct additional

events in the future - including the

YMCA

Prin

cesses to give girls a chance to participate as well.

l r ~

10 . During the las t week in

November

the History

Channel 's program, This Week in History will

be devoted to the founding

of

CAP.

11

. The

re

will soon be a new 20-1 with a differe

nt

or

ganization chart.

A

number

of awards were given

out Saturday

morning. CAWG was recognized as havin g

th

e best

Counter Drug Program

in

PACK. Ltc Dan Dyer

of

CA

received the Senior Chaplain of

th

e Year Award. Maj.

Alice Man se ll received the Distinguished Serv ice

Award for her work

in

writing regulations dealing with

th

e Member Action Review Board.

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ook Review

Vipers In

The Storm

y Capt Keith Rosenkran

z

US F

Although this book covers a

ti

me a decade ago ,

the Gulf War, it is relevant today as we are back in the

Mideast, flying attacks

in

the

same

manner against

the same type

of

evil that started the Gulf War.

Captain Keith Rosey Rosenkranz was an F-16

pilot during the Gulf War and offers us insight into

the battle that

we

have not experienced before. Rosey

saved his Head-Up-Display video from his battles in

the Gulf and along with his personal

journa

l, creates

a story

that brings

the

reader

into the

midst

of the

conflict.

Rosey's book is more than just a dry accounting

of

the war, but rather a personal

California Wing - Jan 2002

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