ABENAKI NEWS Volume 14, Issue 2“Semper Vigilans!”SUMMER 2011 WING CALENDAR LtC Lesley M. Lara CAP Executive Administrator COMMANDERS CORNER Colonel William J. Moran, Commander .The Compliance Inspection is over and I would like to acknowledge some outstanding work. Cadet Programs and Flight Management were rated "Highly Success ful". Lt Col Guild, Maj Davidson, Capt Gena Adams, Capt Marks, Maj Shaw and Maj McGary are to be congratul ated. Cadet Programs will also get 2 "Benchmarks" from National. The benchmark programs will be listed on the National web site a s examples for other wings to u se. I know every one on the s taff worked very hard and I thank you for your volunteer service. Congressional Gold Medal for our WW II CAP volunteers update. Our elected NH officials in Washington s till have not signed as co-s ponsors for this bill. Please e-mail your officials and tell them you support and hope they will give consideration to supporting this very worthy bill. US Sen Jeanne Shaheen: http//shaheen.senate. gov - click "Contact Jeanne" US Sen Kelly Ay otte: http//ayotte.senate.gov– click "Contact Kelly" US Rep Frank Guinta: http//guinta.house.gov– click "Contact" US Rep Charles Bass: http//bass.house.gov– click "Contact Me" Earl Foss is now the Wreaths Across America project coordinator. Please make sure every squadron has a squadron leader signed up with WAA. Contact Earl if you have any questions. We will need to jump on selling the wreaths early because I hear the schools in southern NH are also going to be selling the wreaths. *** Remember we will be donating all the WAA proceeds to a fund that has been set up for Capt Wendy Wallace (NH Wing Finance Officer) who has suffered a very debilitating illness and several amputations. As you can imagine the family is facing a very difficult road ahead. For those that have ask ed about donations right now: Donations may be mailed to: Meredith Savings Bank PO Box 177 Meredith, NH 03253Cont. pg. 5 JULY 8-16 NCOA NH Fire Academy 9-17 Hawk Mt. Ranger School 16-17 Squadron Le adership Sch. 17-23 Venture Crew SAR Tng. 20 Commanders Call 1900 21-31 Encampment Norwich U. 23-31 IACE AUGUST 1IACE guests leave 6 TriState SAREX 8 Photography Training 12 Photography training 13-14 Air Show Pe ase 15 Photography processing 17 Commanders Call 1900 25 Fisher Cats Military App. Nite SEPTEMBER 10 TrainEX Concord 11 Youth Educ. Day NHSVC TrainEX backup 17 Wing Awards BBQ 21 Commanders Call 24-25 CLC Published by New Hampshire Wing Civil Air PatrolWing CommanderColonel William J. Moran, CAP Public Affairs Officer /Editor Major Penny H. Hardy, CAP [email protected]“SEMPERVIGILANS”
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CONCORD COMPOSITE SQUADRONMembers welcomed Maj. Brian Riis as their new commander in April. He is an instructor pilot. A
fundraiser was held in conjunction with the Mooseman Triathlon. Members marched along with the
squadron color guard in the Memorial Day parade in Concord. Cadets and seniors participated with the
Elks Lodge in Epson to observe Flag Day on June 14th
.
GREATER NASHUA COMPOSITE SQUADRON
Squadron members were once again participants and carried the colors on behalf of the Disabled
American Veterans for the Nashua Memorial Day parade. Ed Case wore his uniform to church on
Memorial Day and got up before his congregation and explained some of the core values of CAP.
Cadet John Keisling has been selected to receive the Col Albert Sambold Flight Scholarship for 2011.
Major Harbison and Capt. Staveley received the Squadron of Merit award for the squadron at the JuneCommanders Call.
HAWK CADET SQUADRON
The squadron participated in a Memorial Day parade in Laconia. Capt. Wayne Doucet will be
stepping down from his position as squadron commander on June 23rd
. He has been the commander for
four years. Major Robert Shaw will become the new commander.
HIGHLANDERS CADET SQUADRON
Twelve members bivouacked on Cape Cod back in May at Maj Barrington’s summer cottage.
This is an annual event and the attendees got to go clamming, kayaking, played capture the glow stick,
and did some ES training. On April 30, 15 members were involved in Rochester Pride Day where theypicked up 30 bags of trash for 2 hours on a busy roadway. They then joined in a photo shoot for
national historic preservation and worked on the main square in Rochester. Lunch was provided by the
recreation dept. Cadet Piazza traveled to Augusta to receive his Mitchell from his Congressional
representative. New cadet commander is C/Capt Colin Bartlett. Members are working on training a
color guard.
LEBANON COMPOSITE SQUADRON
Eight members took part in the June TrainEX. Seniors Nash and Cohen have been getting some
MS/MO training from Jeff Adams. Lt Balog achieved a long standing desire by obtaining his Assoc. in
Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Photography. Cadet Butler will be attending the National
Honor Guard Academy in MD this summer. A number of seniors participated in a Memorial Day
parade in Norwich, VT, along with a color guard on the 29th
of May sponsored by the American
Legion. Seven members participated in another parade in Lebanon on May 30th
again with the color
guard. Six members participated in the Woodstock Friendship Parade on June 11. Conor Gavell is the
squadron’s new 1ST
Sgt.
MANCHESTER CADET SQUADRON
S/M Delahunty gave a talk at the squadron concerning technologies that have been created
through the NASA space program. Cadets Clough, Bennett and McKeogh from the squadron
participated in the S&T weekend at the fire academy in Concord. Capt. Blais conducted line search
training for the cadets. Study groups in cadets homes have helped everyone get promoted faster.
MONADNOCK COMPOSITE SQUADRON
The squadron presented and retired the colors at the Red Cross Operation Appreciation event
on May 13th
. Several cadets received Orientation Flights during the May 11 meeting. A color guard
participated in a parade on May 22nd in New Ipswich, and on Memorial Day in Keene and Swanzey.
Members will be participating in another event in Swanzey with the color guard on July 3rd
. The
squadron is planning another visit to Strategy Zone in Goshen, NH for laser tag sometime this summer.
SEACOAST COMPOSITE SQUADRON
At the pilot’s meeting on June 2nd
Capt Bob Casian showed a video and talked about the ferry
flight he took with a friend across the country in a P-19 from CA to Hampton Airport. A group of
squadron members participated in a Public Safety Day in So. Berwick in May. June 4th
saw a group of
5 seniors and 6 cadets at the So. Berwick Kids Day where in addition to having a recruiting booth they
actually participated in the search for three lost persons during the event. As Capt. Cote had the
command truck from York County Emergency Management there he was able to put together a groupof cadets and seniors for each search and to communicate with police and fire personnel as needed. All
three persons were found by members of CAP. Great job!!! A group of cadets and seniors participated
in the Epping Memorial Day parade with a color guard. A fun night for cadets is planned at Hilltop Fun
Center at the end of June. Seacoast will be hosting the IACE cadets and escort this summer from July
22 to August 1. The guests are from Canada, Australia and the UK.
Commander’s Corner continued Please make checks out to: Wendy Wallace Fund. All donations are tax deductible for the donor and are a gift for
Wendy Wallace.
June TRAINEX –
I want to thank all those that attended the exercise on Jun 4th. We were especially happy to seethe cadet attendance. Some of the things we need to work on are mountain flying and ALL facets of
communications. We could not complete our aerial photography tasking from the NH National Guard because we
only had 1 photographer. Our focus the next few months will be on aerial photography training and mountain
flying certification. We will be seeking 5-6 members that want to dedicate the time to getting checked out.
2011 Boston Portsmouth Airshow. Please sign up to work the Aug 13-14 airshow. Your time puts money into your
cadet programs. This is a quick and easy way to fund your squadron and you get to see a $25 air show for free.
Remember nonmember parents, brothers and sisters over 15 can volunteer to serve as well as friends that you can
vouch for.
We still need 9 members to serve as ramp directors for both days of the show (e-mail or call me if interested).
Cadets - Remember to get your NCOA and Encampment applications in.
Pilots – we have training $ - get proficient and we have Cadet O flight $ - get those first cadet flights flown.
"Few orders are best, but they should be followed up with care," Maurice de Saxe, Marshall of France 1757
FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
++++ NATIONAL CALL-IN ++++
General Courter has asked all CAP members to participate in a National request for co-sponsors for the
two bills than concern the awarding of the medal. We have been requested to CALL our senators and
representative on June 29 and 30 to request that they sign on as a co-sponsor. See Washington phone
numbers below. It is suggested that you prepare an outline prior to your calling and if the legislator isnot available, ask to speak with whoever handles veterans or defense legislation. Get the name and
phone number of who you spoke with and watch for names of those signed on as a co-sponsor by going
to:http://capmembers.com/cap_national_hq/cap_congressional_gold_medal.cfm . Call the person you
spoke to before if you do not see our senators or representatives names on the list. Without the required
number of co-sponsors these bills will not move forward. The state of Maine has already signed on. It
is imperative that we get sponsors now as our WWII members are fast disappearing from the ranks.