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The Eagle Eye 1

The Eagle EyeBeverly Composite Squadron June 2008

Massachusetts Wing Civil Air Patrol Volume 2, Number 6

Promotions & Awards

Promotions continues on 3

CadetsWe have only two cadet promotions to acknowledge thismonth.

Cadet Posillico Promoted

Cadet Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Posillico waspromoted to Cadet Chief Maser Sergeant this month.

Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Posillico

South Hamilton teen C/SMSgt Philip Posillico is a student

at Hamilton Wenham Regional High School in Hamilton

Massachusetts. Sergeant Posillico has held the staff

positions of Cadet Administrative officer and Cadet Flight

Commander and is currently the Alpha Flight Commander

C/CMSgt Posillico has been in the Civil Air Patrol since

October of 2004 and attended encampment in August of

2006. Sergeant Posillico is currently taking flight instruction

from Captain “Mike” Rieker USCAP.

When not doing homework, flying or working toward Civil

Air Patrol advancements, C/CMSgt Posillico plays the

guitar, works on his computer or studies science. He also

Cadet of the MonthC/AMN Ian Johnston was selected as the Cadet of the

Month for April 2008 based on the accumulated points.

Cadet Airman Ian Johnston

The competition for Cadet of the month was a tight

race again this month, the top two cadets were tied allmonth as the points mounted higher and higher. Points

for attendance, points for testing, physical fitness

testing and for academics at school.

This month it came down to the last meeting night once

again. When the final points were tallied up, Cadet

Airman Ian Johnston had edged out his closest rival for

the Cadet of the month award. Deputy Commander for

Cadets Major Greg Carter told the assembled

Squadron that the deciding points were earned in

Uniform Inspection again this month, “Cadet Johnston’s

high marks in Proper uniform care and wear made the

difference.”

Airman Johnston is expected to face stiff competition

for next months Cadet of the Month award.



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Staff

Commander continues on Page 15

DCC continues on Page 9

DCS continues on Page 11

Commander’s Message

By Tom Lyons, Major CAP

Squadron Commander

As most of you know by now I recently lost someone who

was a co-worker and friend in a work place accident. I

would like to thank all of you who have expressed your

condolences. This accident has reminded me that CAP

isn’t just about meeting night. CAP isn’t just about

marching in parades. CAP isn’t just about aerospace or

flying. And even though it isn’t “Just about ES”; ES is a

major part of who we are.

Captain Heusser has my full support as he revitalizes our

ES program. We are going to be taking a new look at our

ES training including our commitment to the SAREX

program. By this time next year I hope we will be setting

a new personal record as a unit by having a presence at

each and every Wing ES activity. Expect more on ES in

the months ahead.

We have several events coming up that will require

support form cadet parents. I’ve mentioned this before;

we need the active help of our cadet parents if we are to

improve our cadet program. I’ve asked Captain Buck to

send our an invitation to all parents to attend a quick

meeting on 18 June from 7:15 to 7:30 PM, Please plan

on attending if you are a cadet parent.

We have accepted two new cadet membership

applications, and one senior member application this past

month. Congratulations to the current members for

recruiting these new applicants. I encourage all of you tokeep your eye open for potential new members. CAP

isn’t for everyone, and not everyone is good for CAP, but

we need to be ever watchful for the people who would fit

well in the program.

Well done to all the cadets who participated in the

DCS Message

By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAP

Deputy Commander of Seniors

Have You Developed a Personal

leadership Philosophy?

Here is mine, feel free to use this or modify it to fit your

needs. I did!

Proficient. We need to be proficient at our jobs.Knowing what to do and how to do it is critical to the

quality and service our “customers” demand. Learning

never stops. We should seek out opportunities to

continue our own personal education.

DCC Message

By Greg Carter, Major CAP

Deputy Commander of Cadets

Prior to joining Civil Air Patrol, we provide an orientation

to our prospective cadets that basically outline our cadet

program, the requirements for progression as well as

participating with our cadet core over the course of

several meetings so that the prospective will get an idea

of what a CAP Cadets life is about. But what happens

after joining? A new cadet may wonder what is expected

of him or herself.

As we know the back bone of the cadet program is the

study of Leadership and its principles. Over the years we,



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Emergency

Services

EST Continues on Page 8

ESO Continues on Page 11

SAREX Schedule

Andrew W. Buck, Captain CAP

Emergency Services Training Officer

2008 SAREX Schedule

Schedule subject to Change; Contact Lt Col Mottley

[email protected]

19 & 20 January 07:30 17:30 SAREX1: DONE

16 & 17 February 07:30 17:30 SAREX2: DONE

19 & 20 April 07:30 17:30 SAREX3: DONE

17 & 18 May 07:30 17:30 SAREX4: DONE

21 & 22 June 07:30 17:30 SAREX5:

23 & 24 August 07:30 17:30 SAREX6:

20 & 21 September 07:30 17:30 SAREX7:

18 & 19 October 07:30 17:30 SAREX8:

22 & 23 November 07:30 17:30 SAREX9:

From the Desk of…

Joel Heusser, Captain CAP

Emergency Services Officer

I am please that Captain Buck has accepted the position

of ES Training officer. He and I have been working on a

new training plan that we will be rolling out very soon. I

hope you will all do your best to make this training

program work as we iron out the bugs in the monthsahead.

The reason we need to improve our ES training is

obvious to me, but maybe not to every one. So please

allow me to share a few thoughts with you on this very

important subject.

Every time we are called out, there is a potentially a

human life at stake, a plane may be down, and the

people who were on board may be critically hurt. The

best thing we can do is field search teams quickly so the

search can begin with the smallest delay possible. Toassemble a team quickly we need to have a large pool of

people who are ES Trained and ready to go.

As things stand right now we are very short on trained

personnel and I fear the day that we will not be able to

respond to a call at all. That would be a sad day indeed.

To make sure that doesn’t happen we are going to

overhaul our training program so we can increase the

number of people who are mission qualified and able to

muster for missions. This past year we have had no new

ground team members complete training and becomemission qualified.

In the recent past we have been mostly a ground team

operation, and that is going to change. Out of six scanner

students last year we only had one student complete all

the training and become mission qualified.

From the Desk of…

Andrew W. Buck, Captain CAP

Emergency Services Training Officer

Captain Heusser and I have been working on a plan for

Emergency Services training. It is a very ambitious plan,

but we can do this if we work together. The “we” is all of

Beverly Composite Squadron, cadets and seniors alike.

The basic outline of the plan is that during the course of

the years we will have ES classes at least once a month.

We will also schedule weekend classes for those lessons

that require more time than we can allot on a meeting



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Aerospace

AE continues on Page 17

AerospaceEducation Program

Andrew Buck, Captain CAP

Assistant Aerospace Education Officer

General

This month I wanted to go over the Aerospace

Education program of the Civil Air Patrol. I have found

through casual conversations that even among the CAP

membership, exactly what the AE program is about canbe confusing to people.

The CAP Aerospace Education program is one third of

the reason that the Civil Air Patrol exists today. With

Emergency Services and the Cadet Program making

up the other two thirds of our mission. The aerospace

education program is divided into two divisions, Internal

and external. Internal is further divided into cadet and

senior programs.

Internal

The internal Aerospace education program is designed

to teach the membership of the Civil Air Patrol about all

aspects of the aerospace. There is a cadet program

and a seniors program with some over lap between the

two programs.

Internal - Cadet

The cadet aerospace education program has several

facets one is mandatory the others are optional, and

can be limited based on federal budgets.

Aerospace Dimensions Modules

The cadet aerospace education program that is

connected to cadet promotions is called Aerospace

Dimensions. The Aerospace Dimensions text is divided

into six modules that the cadets have to study and pass

a test on for the different achievement levels. The

cadets are permitted to choose which order they will

complete each module.

Six Dimension Module Texts

All six modules must be completed before a cadet can

earn their Mitchell award. The six Aerospace Dimensions

Modules are:

Module 1 - Introduction to Flight

Module 2 - Aircraft Systems and Airports

Module 3 - Air Environment

Module 4 – Rockets

Module 5 - Space Environment

Module 6 - Spacecraft

Each module is broken into two or three chapters. As part

of the promotions process the cadet can be drilled on the

module they have chosen to study for the particular

achievement.

During the Mitchell achievement the cadet is expected to

pass a written test on all six modules. In the

Massachusetts wing, there is a review board that will

include questions from all six modules as well as the

written test.

Cadet officers study Aerospace lessons in the text book

“The Journey of Flight” which is the same text that the

seniors study for the AEPSM award.



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IT continues on Page 18 Ribbons continues on Page 15

Using your computer

with comfort and

safety

By William Frisbee, 2d Lt CAP

IT Officer

Most of us already know it’s the age of computers. They

are everywhere, and especially for the Cadets, they are

usually part of everyday life. We use them at the office, at

the library, at home for work and fun. In fact it’s estimated

that the average computer user spends 7 to 8 hours a

day in front of a computer between work and home. With

that time sitting in front of a computer, it is important that

some effort be made to make that time comfortable, and

more importantly safe for that amount of usage.

Here are some suggestions:

Make sure your head and neck are upright when working

with a computer, don’t bend your head up or down.

Make sure your torso is centered, don’t twist to the left or

right, keep everything as much as directly in front of you

as possible.

Keep your arms and shoulders in line with your body; try

to leave them relaxed and perpendicular to the floor.

Keep your lower arms and hands at a 90 degree angle to

the upper arm. Keep your thighs parallel with the ground,

and your feet flat on the floor. Once Chair position andheight, desk height and keyboard/mouse position all help

with this.

Get a good chair! I cannot tell you how much a good

chair helps your comfort over the day. Your chair should

fit you properly, be cushioned enough for comfort, have

armrests and never press against the back of your knees

or lower legs. Make sure your chair has good lumbar

(lower back) support. Few things are more uncomfortable

than a sore lower back when working at a computer. The

more adjustable the chair is the easier it is to make

comfortable.

A good keyboard is a hand and finger saver. Microsoft,

Logitech and many others make very good ergonomic

keyboards which may take a little getting used to, but

once you are, you won’t ever want to go back to the

“standard” style keyboards again.

Ribbon Fun

By Bobby R. Thomas, Lt Col, CAP

[ For an introduction to Lt. Col. Thomas see the PAO

article. ed ] The first "ribbon" authorized for wear on the CAP uniform

was the Air Medal. The Air Medal was authorized by

President Roosevelt with Executive Order 9158, dated 11

May 1942.

Air Medal

CAP members were the first to receive this award.

Actually, the first TWO Air Medals (given for valor in

aerial flight) ever awarded by the United States went to

CAP members. Major Hugh Sharp, CAP and Lieutenant

Eddie Edwards, CAP received the medals in mid-1942for rescuing Lieutenant Henry Cross, CAP, who crashed

into the sea while on coastal patrol. These medals were

awarded by President Franklin Roosevelt, in the Oval

Office of the White House. There were a total of 824 Air

medals awarded to CAP Coastal Patrol aircrew men for

service during WWII.

The award was established for "any person who, while

serving in any capacity in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,

or Coast Guard of the United States subsequent to

September 8, 1939, distinguishes, or has distinguished,

himself by meritorious achievement while participating in

an aerial flight." Authorization was announced in War

Department Bulletin No. 25, dated 25 May 1942.

Executive Order 9242-A, dated 11 September 1942

amended the previous Executive Order to read "in any

capacity in or with the Army".



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Help keep our Tower clean.

By James McIntosh, Major CAP

Assistant Health Services Officer

It seems that we have negligent in keeping our building

clean and healthy. In our old facility for those that

remember, we had very ugly and smelly waste baskets.

In our new place, the waste baskets are new and clean,

and we started using the plastic liners. It has been noted

that we are slowly returning to the “old” building state,

and not replacing the liners.

This is not only an eye sore, but this is a health problem.

Moisture and rotting food can collect in and around the

waste basket. This will result in mold or bacteria growth

and it may attract pests.

Any time we dispose of soda cans, bottles and food,

mold and bacteria start to manifest itself in the waste

basket. Now this is controlled by pulling the old liner out,

and replacing it with a new one. If the liner is not

replaced, it seems that we just keep tossing trash away

into the waste basket with no liner. Food collects, soda

spills out into the basket, dries, gets sticky and grows

bacteria creating a health issue.

How can we eliminate this? Remove garbage from rooms

at the end of the end. Place plastic liners in every

garbage container. Replace the liner as needed whenwaste adheres to the liner. Place all liners into a larger

bag. Leave the larger bag near the door and it will be

removed. Larger bags can be obtained from the senior

staff area. If a waste basket gets dirty, it needs to be

washed and allowed to air dry before a liner is replaced

and the waste basket used.

Your cooperation is requested in keeping our new

building a healthy building.

PDO Message

By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAPProfessional Development Officer

Principles of LeadershipTo help you b e , k n o w , and d o ; (U.S. Army, 1973)

follow these eleven principles of leadership

1. Know yourself and seek self-improvement - In

order to know yourself, you have to understand

your b e , k n o w , and d o , attributes. Seeking

self-improvement means continually

strengthening your attributes. This can be

accomplished through self-study, formal classes,

reflection, and interacting with others.

2. Be technically proficient - As a leader, youmust know your job and have a solid familiarity

with your employees' tasks.

3. Seek responsibility and take responsibility for

your actions - Search for ways to guide your

organization to new heights. And when things go

wrong, they always do sooner or later -- do not

blame others. Analyze the situation, take

corrective action, and move on to the next

challenge.

4. Make sound and timely decisions - Use goodproblem solving, decision making, and planning

tools.

5. Set the example - Be a good role model for your

employees. They must not only hear what they

are expected to do, but also see. W e m u s t

b e c o m e t h e c h a n g e w e w a n t t o s e e

- Mahatma Gandhi

6. Know your people and look out for their well-

being - Know human nature and the importance

of sincerely caring for your workers.

7. Keep your workers informed - Know how to

communicate with not only them, but also seniors

and other key people.

8. Develop a sense of responsibility in your

workers - Help to develop good character traits



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Reports Due

James M. McIntosh, Major CAP

Administration Officer

The following reports are due NLT Jul 10 to Wing

Headquarters.

Monthly Unit Safety Report (SE)

MWF 2-17 A/C Report & NER Flight Log (DOO/FMM)

CAPF 99, Flight Release Log (SD, DO)

MWF 73, Vehicle Inspection (LGT)

Quicken RPT 173-2, Quarterly Finance (FM)

Quarterly Public Affairs (PA)

CAPF 34 or MWF 10-1, Chaplain (HC) (due 5th)

MWF 8-0, Aerospace Education (ETA)

MWF 2-12 ES Resource Survey (DOS)

A reminder that any reports that are to be submitted to

Wing HQ, especially by the Responsible Department andIS NOT mailed through the Squadron Admin Office, a

copy must be submitted to Administration for our records.

CAP Driver License

By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAP

Deputy Commander of Seniors

CAP Driver License testing will be available at BVY. You

must possess a valid CAP driver’s license before you operate

and CAP vehicle including the BVY Van. The testing is open

to all CAP members with the proper paperwork.

Date Time Place: 6/25/2008 1900 BVY HQ

Bring:

Valid CAP ID

Copy of MAWG 9-3 with SC Signature

Copy of Mass driving record, or Insurance Safe Driver

Insurance Point ( SDIP ) letter

Photo Copy of a valid state Drivers License

See: 1st

Lt, Dan Parsons.

PAO

By Andrew Buck, Captain CAP

Public Affair Officer

Ribbon Fun

I met Lt. Col Thomas on line back in January when I

thought I spotted a bug in his very fine ribbon bar creator

program, which you can find at http://dafab.no-

ip.info/CAPCode/BuildRackGIF.htm . I e-mailed him and

was pleased at his quick response and on a whim asked

him if he would be interested in making some changes to

his program for poor suffering PAO, me.

He was interested in what I was proposing and asked me

to field test his code as he worked on it. I was more than

happy to test drive the application and the end result was

the PAO version of the ribbon bar builder located athttp://dafab.no-ip.info/CAPCode/CAP-PAO-Builder.htm

This PAO version of the code displays the grade insignia,

plus all the aeronautical, and specialty badges for a

member. I wanted a quick visual representation of all the

“fruit Salad” that a CAP member had earned, even

though regulation limited what could be worn on the

uniform. Check it out, this program could be used to help

you lay out a shadow box for a CAP member.

In the course of working with Lt. Col Thomas he and I

discussed ribbons and I decided that it would be really

interesting to tap into his vast store of Ribbon lore and

have him share that with us in a monthly column,

following the one I did on guess the member in April.

He agreed and the first article appears this month which

answers the question posed in the May Issue of the

Eagle Eye. With a question to be answered next month. I

look forward to hearing from anyone who knows the

answer to question for next month, and I hope I’ve

already heard from someone with the same answer that

is in this month’s issue.

E-Mail

I just published the May issue of the eagle Eye this

morning and I always wonder if I’m missing someone in

the distribution. If you know someone who might like an

electronic copy of the news letter drop me a line and I’ll



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Mystery continues on Page 12 EST continues on Page 9

EST continued from Page 3

Meeting Mystery

Andrew Buck, Captain CAP

Public Affairs Officer And Squadron Super Sleuth

There is some dubious photographic evidence that the

May 15th

meeting of the Beverly Composite squadron

may have transitioned through a Bermuda triangle

experience and wound up in Sitka Alaska!!!

Senior Staff members caught in Sitka Alaska

I was on the scene and a thorough, no stone left

unturned investigation was immediately launched to

discover the truth. I myself did not experience any odd

sensations as I walked from my car in the East Side

Parking lot of the Beverly Municipal Airport. But, there I

was, suddenly in Sitka Alaska, standing outside the main

terminal building of the Rocky Guiterrez airport in Sitka.

I came across a gaggle of Senior ( some of them very

senior) members of the squadron but before I could

frame a cogent question, someone behind me shouted

“Smile”, and when I turned, I was momentarily blinded by

a brilliant flash of light.

Luckily for me Lt. Morrison didn’t drop my camera while I

was recovering from the assault on my optic nerves. I

wanted to question the other members of the unit who

had obviously be startled and scattered to the far reaches

night. There will of course be the ever popular Camp

Nihan.

• “We” are going to have to request more training

class topics from the ES training officer.

• “We” are going to have to attend more training

classes.

• “We” are going to have to increase the number

of cadets completing their GES rating.

• “We” are going to have to write more lesson

plans.

• “We” are going to have to teach more classes.

• “We” are going to have to attend more SAREX

missions.

• We are going to have to get more CAPF 5 forms

filed at wing HQ.

• “We” are going to have to become wing certified

evaluators for more mission ratings.

The plan calls for a more organized approach to training

with lesson plans being placed on file for use by

instructors other than the author. Officers will be have to

become certified Mass Wing approvers so SQRTs can be

signed off locally. This should increase the number of

individuals who are SAREX qualified.

The concept is one of linear progression, through self

study you get GES qualified. We have cadets who have

completed this training on their own so any officer or SM

should be able to pass the GES test with some discipline,

and self study.

Once you are GES qualified you then choose the ES task

and notify the ES Training officer of what you want to

qualify for. Complete the prerequisites and get

Commander approval to commence advanced training.

When you complete your advanced training you are thenqualified to participate in a SAREX to complete your

initial training and become mission qualified.

This does not in any way, shape or form complete your

training. You are minimally qualified at this point. Now

you start training in earnest, every mission is a training

environment, you learn nuances to the job you are



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trained to perform with each mission you participate in.

You participate in more SAREX missions because you

can always learn more. You work with new people, new

problems, new scenario, new environments, new

challenges. You learn until you can teach, and that is

where the fun begins.

That cold lump of ice in your stomach is not becauseyour mission is a for real search, but because you are

going to teach a class on L-001 Basic Communications

Procedures for ES Operations” and you class will be

cadets and seniors from your squadron, and not only

are there people from other squadrons going to be

there, but somebody from wing wants to sit in too. If

you didn’t know just about everything about L-0001

before, you better learn quick.

And once you know it well enough to teach it, and

teach it well, you need to convince Wing that you are

qualified to be an evaluator for it. An evaluator needs to

be the cream of the crop, because you have to know if

someone knows enough to be signed off on L-0001 or

whatever.

Well, you all need to learn quick. Correction, “We” need

to learn quick, and well. Not everyone in CAP is

interested in ES, and we need to be sensitive to that.

But if you are ES, you need to work hard to move along

that linear progression as far as you can, not everyone

will become a wing approved evaluator, but we all need

to get as far as we can.

In the coming months many of you will begin your trek

alone the path, and many of you who are already on

the path will move along it. Sometimes you will teach,

and sometime you will learn, and more often than you

might guess, both can take place at the same time.

This nifty plan that Captain Heusser and I have come

up with is useless without everyone in the squadron is

pulling together. Several of you have already been

approached to write lesson plans, and teach classes.

We need to make better progress on this than we haveto date, me included now that the building exterior

rehab is winding down. By the time you read this I

should have one assigned lesson plan done, and a

second one well underway.

Captain Heusser and I are hoping that we can open

this training up to other units in the area, but we must

CAP has continually improved this course of study. But

what is it that a cadet should accomplish from this course

of study is the question to be answered. Cadets who are

in our Learning Phase (Phase 1) should display a

positive and enthusiastic attitude and be a team oriented.

As well they should be aware of our core values, be

honest, wears the uniform properly and practices

customs and courtesies. They should be attentive, listens

and asks good questions. They should follow directions,

be dependable arrives to meetings or activities ready to

learn and serve as well as be effective in managing their

own time. So we know what is now expected of our

Phase 1 cadets, how do we communicate this to them?

At least one time before completion of Phase 1, our

cadets will receive a leadership feedback evaluation. This

evaluation conducted by the senior and cadet leaders will

let the cadet know where they stand in regards to these

expectations, rating them as Needs improvement,Satisfactory, Very Good or Excellent. As well the cadet

will be able to let their leaders know how they have

excelled in the program and how he or she will improve

their leadership skills. At the same time the Senior and

Cadet leader will let the cadet know how they feel the

evaluated cadet has excelled as well as how they feel the

cadet can improve their leadership skills.

These Leadership Expectations and evaluations do not

end with Phase 1. They will continue through all phases,

gradually adding additional expectations such as inter-

personal skills, critical thinking and delegation skills.

To me all of these expectations are important. Being a

member of Civil Air Patrol and an adult leader it is our

expectation that all cadets will be able to bring the

leadership skills that they will learn to what ever

endeavor they may be faced with. From school, work and

athletics, the skills learned from our leadership program

will ultimately build the foundation of our countries future

leaders.

You have not yet had your evaluation? Don’t worry it will

come. And from it we will all grow in knowledge.



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Memorial Day



This year our squadron participated in two Memorial

Day celebrations. This is the first time I can remember

that our unit has come together to represent Civil Air

Patrol and honor those who have given the ultimate

sacrifice for our freedoms.

On May 25th, we were invited by the Beverly VFW to

march in their annual Memorial Day parade.

Participants included cadets C/2nd

Lt. Anthony

Sicchitano and C/Amn Kent Parsons along with Senior

Members, Maj. Jim McIntosh, Maj. David Snow, Maj.

Greg Carter and 1Lt Dan Parsons.

On May 26th

we also marched in the annual Danvers

Memorial Day Parade as we do each Memorial Day on

invitation from the Danvers VFW. Participants were

cadets C/CMSgt. Joseph Mercurio, C/SMSgt. Steven

Davidson and Joseph Posillico, C/Amn Michael Pellitier

and Ian Johnston, C/AB Nathan Boeske and Colby

Rogers. Senior Members participating included, Maj.

Tom Lyons, Maj. David Snow, Maj. Jim McIntosh, Maj.

Greg Carter and on the side lines, Capt. Joel Heusser.

I would like to thank each and everyone one of those

who participating for taking time out of their holiday

schedule to make these parades a great event and

show of support by our unit to local communities. While

we did have a great showing we hope that next year we

can put forth more cadets and senior members. It is

important for us to participate as fully as possible tocontinue to show our support to the local communities

we serve.

4 June 2008 Squadron Stats

Cadets Seniors

2 0 Promotions

0 0 New Members

20 27 Current Membership

1 0 Awards

0 0 ES Quals

X 23 Specialty - Enrolled *

X 11 Specialty - Technician *

X 5 Specialty - Senior *

X 2 Specialty - Master *

x Mission callouts, x Missions, x Finds

* Only active seniors tabulated

offer them a quality training experience or it will be a

waste of their time. “We” have the talent at Beverly to

become a training center for Mass Wing. Our officers

have the training, mission experience, and the attitude

necessary to launch this aggressive plan, and make it

work ion the months ahead.

I anticipate some potholes and problems along the way

as we implement, then refine the plan. The key is that

there is a strong core of people here at Beverly that

want a program like this, and want it to succeed. I hope

you are one of the se people and together we can pull

this off and improve Beverly Squadron even more.

New year, new HQ, new ES Training plan, it just keeps

getting better and better.



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As bad as this is, I don’t even want to know how long it

has been since we have mission qualified anyone in a

mission base position.

Not everyone in CAP wants to be mission qualified, and

that is OK, but we have to be ready, willing, and able to

train the next person through the door who says they

want to mission qualify.

Yesterday we had trouble doing that, today we have a

plan, and tomorrow we will start training. Training the

mission personnel for next year and the years to come is

what the plan is all about.

To get you the training you need you have to let Captain

Buck know what you want to qualify in, air, ground or

mission base staff. For the next year or so you may have

to do a lot of self study and maybe grab a class at some

other squadron, but a key part of the training plan is for

us to build our own ‘training tool box’ so we can run the

classes our membership wants, when they want them

right here at Beverly Composite Squadron in accordance

with all national and wing policies and regulations.

We are going to do a lot of recycling too, as you qualify

and become proficient, you will most likely be asked to

help train others. I hope you will see the need for

accepting this challenge, and help out when asked.

I am every excited about this new initiative and will be

doing everything I can to see that this program succeeds

in the long run. We are going to work hard, train hard andlearn to teach, so we can provide ES services for years

to come here in the North Shore area.

Empowered. Our members are our most important

asset. We need to ensure everyone is challenged in their

work and empowered to excel in their position. We must

make sure we recognize the hard work being done and

the great ideas that make us more successful.

Open Honest Communication. I believe in honesty andintegrity. These values should guide all of our actions

and decisions. I take my work seriously; however, I

believe that we should have fun while doing our work.

Pioneering, innovative. I value people that take initiative

to get things done. Seek responsibility and be

accountable for your results. I’d rather have people who

take action, even if they make a mistake. It is OK to

make mistakes. Remember every pencil has an eraser,

except for the “well “used ones!

Level and balanced. Balance between work and home.

Balance between your physical, emotional, and

intellectual needs. Don’t neglect one at the expense of

the others.

Exchange Ideas. People should feel free to talk to me

about ideas that they may have to improve our group or

do things in a better, more creative way. I believe in

open communications. Do not tell me what you think I

want to hear. Just be real and honest. But above all,

keep it concise. Don’t tell me in several paragraphs what

you can tell me in one sentence.

We are all human beings and prone to err. Try to

remember that about all of us and I will do the same for

you. I tolerate mistakes as long as they were made in an

honest attempt to improve performance and do not result

in damage to the self-esteem of our members.

“Leadership is the art of getting someoneelse to do something you want done becausehe wants to do it.”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower-



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Mystery continues from Page 8

Mystery continued on Page 16

of the airport due to the camera flash.

Tracking down the camera shy Senior members to

interview them was a challenge as their BDU Uniforms

caused them to blend into the suddenly lust temperate

rain forest, but the Eagle Eye Staff was up to the task!!!

Major Carter stonewalling the tough questions

One by one the elusive senior staff was tracked down

and cornered. One by one they were grilled by the

crack investigative reporter of the Eagle Eye Staff.

Malicious rumors that the only question I asked was

“Can I get in this photo?” are completely unfounded and

without merit.

What a smug looking bunch

I distinctly recall asking such probing and detail oriented

questions like, “What’s up guys?” and “Will they really

let us near the plane?” I’m especially proud of “How

come every meeting isn’t as exciting as this one?”

The truth was finally revealed, and I am happy to report

that there were no space aliens involved, although Major

McIntosh has been behaving oddly lately. And no; CAP

airplanes can’t make it to Alaska and back to Beverly

Massachusetts on one tank of gas, even with a tail wind,

not even a glass C182.

Major Lyons knows more than he is telling

No gentle readers, I had stumbled onto the set of a

Disney Touchstone movie production of “The Proposal”

due on screens in September of 2009. That explained the

gantries and lighting booms, humongous movie cameras,

the touch and goes by a sleek looking twin turbo, and

airplanes aimlessly milling around on the tarmac.

A truly scary photo for any airline passenger, I think the

cockpit is clearly haunted

The movie crew was trying to take some outdoor location



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Promotions continued from Page 1

enjoys playing Lacrosse or getting in a round of golf.

In addition to the Unit Citation C/CMSgt Philip Posillico

has earned the General J. F. Curry Achievement,

General Hap Arnold Achievement, Mary Feik

Achievement, Wright Brothers Achievement, Captain

Eddie Rickenbacker Achievement, Charles Lindbergh

Achievement, General Jimmy Doolittle Achievement,

Goddard Achievement, Red Service Ribbon, one

Encampment Award, and the VFW Civil Air Patrol Officer

Award.

Cadet Pelletier Promoted

Cadet Airman Basic Michael Pelletier was promoted to

Cadet Airman this month.

Cadet Airman Michael Pelletier

Ipswich teen Michael Pelletier will be a sophomore in the

fall at the Ipswich High School where his favorite classes

are Engineering and Gym class. Before learning about

CAP from his friend Airman Johnston, Airman Pelletier

had started his own Para-military group in his

neighborhood. His neighborhood group established their

own rank structure, and trained in physical fitness and

tactics for missions. Airman Pelletier is looking forward to

training for CAP Search and Rescue missions.

When not busy with school work or CAP Airman Pelletier

is a collector, with his own collections of Lord of the rings

miniatures, Star Wars memorabilia, and army

memorabilia.

SeniorsThere were no senior promotions this month, again.

Mass Wing 2008Summer Encampment



This year the annual Massachusetts Wing Summer

Encampment will be held from August 10 through August

17 at Fort Devens. I am pleased to announce that two of

our cadet staff has been selected as Flight Commanders

for this year, C/2Lt Anthony Scicchitano and C/SMSgt

Freeman Condon.

C/2Lt Anthony Scicchitano C/SMSgt Freeman Condon

It is an honor to be selected for a leadership positionamong the many applicants for this year’s staff. .

In order to qualify for a staff position, a cadet must have

participated in the basic core of cadets in a previous

encampment. As well in order to obtain the General Billy

Mitchell Award, a cadet must have completed at least

one summer encampment. As such I am recommending

that all cadets who have not yet attended a summer

encampment make plans to participate this year.

This encampment proves to be one of our best ever with

many activities outside of the standard leadership trainingare planned. Interested cadets should watch the Wing

Web site for updated information as well as the release of

the applications. www.mawg.cap.gov . We will keep all

cadets up dated as well as information is released by the

Encampment commanders.



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contribute, I do reserve the right to edit or not run

submissions, but I’m sure there have been one or two of

you wanted to write something.

If a parents support group gets set up and running, they

would be the perfect folks to contribute on a regular

basis. In all cases remember there are deadlines, at theend of the month I do my Jekyll and Hyde impersonation,

badgering offices to get their submissions in so I can start

editing and laying out the next edition. Early submissions

get better treatment, ☺ !!!

Cadet Sponsor Members

So far this year we have not had anyone sign up as a

cadet sponsor member. If you need more information

take a look at the parents page on the national site

http://www.cap.gov/visitors/quick_info/for_parents.cfm

and feel free to follow up with us at the local level. Cadet

Sponsor members do have to submit to finger printing

and you do have to complete some training before you

work with the cadets, this is mostly security training, and

the cadet protection training. You want to make sure the

people working with your child are screened and trained,

so do the other parents.

Advertising

Lt Parsons came up with a really good idea the other

day, CAPR 173-4 says we can sell advertising in our

newsletter as a form of fund raising. As our circulation is

up to 144 I thought it would be a good idea to follow up

on his suggestion and launch this new service.

The Squadron Commander has approved the idea and

so look toward the back of this fine publication for the all

new ”ads Page”.

The ad rate for parents running a personal ad is the

same as for senior members unless the ad if for a

commercial business. I’ve set the rates but depending on

the reception from all of you out there in readership land,

they may change.

This is a cash, or check, on the barrelhead business, all

ads will be paid for in advance.

ask them if they want to be put on the list. You don’t have

to be a member of CAP to get the Eagle Eye, we are

careful to make sure there is no classified information

getting published.

On this last issue I had nine e-mail bounces. I’ve deleted

all nine from the mailing lists. If you know someone whouse to get the news letter and doesn’t get it anymore,

have them send me their new address, I can be

contacted with either [email protected] or

[email protected], I’d love to put them back on

the list with a good address.

Serving

I’ve also not gotten any additional information on our

family members who are currently wearing a different

uniform, but wearing it every day. I know several of you

are getting this publication, send me your APO or FPO

addresses so I can get you put on a few more Christmas

Card lists.

Parents

I was a cadet parent for almost a year before I became a

member of the CAP. If you are a cadet parent, I feel your

pain. From the “I have to have XYZ for tomorrow, or I’ll

get yelled at!” to “What do you mean there is a bivouac

this weekend?” Yup, been there. I’d like to invite parents

to contribute to the Eagle Eye. You’ve all been getting the

newsletter; I’d be interested in fielding questions from

parents on any topic related to CAP.

I will direct the question to the proper officer for and

answer, and we can keep your name out of it when we

publish the question and answer. In last month’s

newsletter I challenged the cadets to contribute to these

pages, take a look around in this issue to see if they were

able to pull it together in less than 30 days.

Now, I am challenging the parents. The Squadron

Officers have been doing a terrific job, and if you’ve been

with us we have grown over the months from a two page

occasional to, well, last month, on just CAP Officer input

we ran twenty pages. Let’s see if the parents and the

cadets can take some of the pressure off the officers by

pitching in too.

If a parent wants to write a piece for the newsletter I will

accept submissions. I would love to have parents



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Commander continues from Page 2

Promotions continued from Page 5

Deadlines

For the July Eagle Eye

Columns – 29 June 2008

DCS, DCC, Safety Officer, Professional Development

Officer, AEO, ESO, FO, and of course from the Squadron

Commander.

News stories – 6 July 2008

Promotions, Missions and other late breaking material.

Welcome New Members

Cadets

No new Cadets in April

Seniors

No new Seniors in April

WWII Dance

By Tom Lyons, Major CAP

Squadron Commander

Everything is still in the preliminary stages for this dance.

I want everyone to have a heads up early. This can be

one of the biggest events in squadron or perhaps wing

history. We will need help from everybody, that means

parents, friends, relatives, your parents friends relatives

and anyone else it takes. This can be a night of fun and

memories for many people. If we do it right people will be

begging to have another one next year. BE READY.

WE MUST ALL HELP. More info will follow as soon as

the details are worked out in the next month or so.

Tentative date is in September.

Why did CAP Members get this award? CAP was serving

as part of the Army in 1942.

For next month: What was CAP’s first recognizable

award for heroism?

First to come up with the answer wins a free copy of the

Eagle Eye. ☺

Blackhawk fly day. As I mentioned in the closing

formation the other night I set this up as a reward for the

outstanding behavior of the cadets at wing conference.

You made me proud of the way you represented Beverly

Squadron in your AE presentation and you generalconduct at the conference. This was my way of saying

thank you.

I would like to thank all of you who turned out to side the

tower and do the landscaping. A lot of hours of hard work

have paid off with a Headquarters building we can take

pride in. Speaking of pride, please read the article by our

Assistant Health Services Officer about keeping our

facility clean.

I want to close by reminding you all that Beverly

Composite Squadron is going to be the squadron wemake it, Cadets, senior and parents. I have been pleased

with the efforts of all three groups, and I am confident

that you will continue to rise to the challenges ahead as

we grow, and improve. I am grateful to all of you for

pitching in and making my job as your commander

easier. Thank you, and keep up the good work



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Mystery continues from Page 8 PDO continues from Page 6

Service Members Former Cadet

“The” magnet

SGT. Aaron Cuscuna

C-Trp 2-1 CavFOB Warhorse

APO AE09336

that will help them carry out their professional

responsibilities.

9. Ensure that tasks are understood,

supervised, and accomplished -

Communication is the key to this responsibility.

10. Train as a team - Although many so calledleaders call their organization, department,

section, etc. a team; they are not really

teams...they are just a group of people doing

their jobs.

11. Use the full capabilities of your organization -

By developing a team spirit, you will be able to

employ your organization, department, section,

etc. to its fullest capabilities.

Clark, D. R. (2004), Instructional System Design Concept Map.

Retrieved June 2, 2008

from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadcon.html#two

footage of airplanes moving around at the Beverly Airport

which had been cleverly disguised as an airport in chilly

Sitka Alaska.

Photo of three seniors hiding in plain view

I could tell it was airport type casting by the chill in the air,

which meant I had to keep putting my jacket back on

between photo ops as I scurried about the tarmac getting

in everyone’s way.

Captain Huesser Look Out, it’s the Streak

The Movie crew wrapped up and we got back to business

just about sundown, but it is going to be a while before

we forget our “Trip to Alaska” one cool May evening.

Factoid: A delay of five days is typical of the average time delay

between the occurrence of a large sunspot group near

the centre of the Sun's face and the subsequentappearance of the aurora borealis in the night sky at

relatively low latitudes.

ScienceDaily (Jul. 17, 2001)



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AE continues From Page 4

AE continues on Page 18

line. All of the test questions com straight out of the text

book “The Journey of Flight”.

The Journey of Flight

This part of the program is completely separate for anyflying you might do in the Civil Air Patrol. Actual flying is

under Operations and encompasses both Emergency

Services and non-Emergency services flying.

Aerospace Education Officers

There is a “Specialty Track” for aerospace education

officers. These Officers train to teach aerospace

education, through classroom work, on line study and by

actually teaching cadets and seniors and folks outside of

the Civil Air Patrol program.

AEO Specialty Badge

In order to attain a technician rating, the officer has to

complete set tasks in the aerospace education programincluding writing lesson plans and teaching AE classes.

Other tasks include writing nominations for national AE

Awards, managing AE programs and mentoring other

AEOs. The tasks are more demanding for the senior

rating, and more so for the master rating. An Aerospace

Education Officer with a master rating has to be skilled in

Model Rocketry

There is also a model rocketry program that is available

to cadets. The program consists of a text book that the

cadet work through, three written tests they have to pass,

and several model rockets the cadets have to build and

launch, ( under adult supervision ) upon completion of the

program the cadet earns the model rocketry badge. .

Model Rocketry Text

The first rockets to be built are air, seltzer, and air/water

rockets built with house hold supplies. The final rockets

are powered with black powder motors and must be

either a payload carrying rocket or a multi stage rocket.

Trust me, even as an adult this is an exciting and

awesome program. The cadets learn not only about the

physics of rocket flight, but the history, historical rocketryfigures and model construction techniques.

O - Flights

Cadets are permitted to go on five orientation or “O”

flights in a glider, and five orientation flights in a powered

aircraft, budget permitting, during their entire cadet

careers. These flights are 30 to 45 minutes in duration

and are conducted in CAP Airplanes with specially

trained Orientation Pilots. Each flight has a syllabus that

the pilot completes with each cadet riding in the front

seat.

Internal - Senior

The senior member AE program has several facets, the

individual education portion of the program centers

around the AEPSM award. To earn this award the senior

member must pass a written test which is available on



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IT continues from Page 5

W E B P L A C E S

CADET WEB PAGES

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NER-MA-019

SENIOR WEB PAGES

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVYCOMP/

OFFICIAL CAP WEB SITES

http://bvycap.homesite.net/

http://www.mawg.cap.gov/

http://www.ner.cap.gov/

http://www.cap.gov/

https://www.capnhq.gov/default.aspx

Factoid:In the past, they [ scientists ] observed that the sun once

went 50 years without producing sunspots. That period,

from approximately 1650 to 1700, occurred during the

middle of a little ice age on Earth that lasted from as early

as the mid-15th century to as late as the mid-19th

century.

ScienceDaily (Jun. 9, 2008)

Your mouse should be right next to your keyboard on the

left or right (depending on handedness). Try not to have

to reach for the mouse. Make sure the mouse you use

fits your hand. A mouse that is too big or too small can

cramp your hand and make your fingers work more than

they should. Find a mouse that works well and keep with

it.

Make sure your wrists and hands are not resting on any

hard or sharp objects (the edge of a desk for one).

Make sure the top of your monitor is at or below eye

level, this stops you from having to tilting your head. The

monitor should also be about 2 to 3 feet from your eyes

(for 19”+ screens) so you don’t have to twist your head to

see the whole monitor. Flat panel monitors (LCD’s) are

typically better for the eyes than a tube monitor.

Watch out for glare! If there is any reflected light, move

your monitor to a better position. Glare can force you to

squint.

If you can use a phone headset, or get a shoulder rest for

the phone hand piece to prevent head tilting.

I know it seems like a lot, but you only have one body!Take care of it!

AE continues from Page 17

all aspects to the AE program.

External

There are Aerospace Education Officers who specialize

in educating the public about aerospace topics. These

teaching opportunities can be conducting aerospace

classes in local schools as a guest teacher, or holding AE

open houses, or AE seminars for teachers.

“Fly a teacher” is a program where teachers spend a day

in a CAP classroom being taught about teaching

aerospace. On the second day of the Fly A Teacher

Weekend, teachers are given an orientation flight in a

CAP Airplane with CAP Orientation Pilots.

Postlude

The Civil Air Patrol is mandated by regulation to teach

aerospace topic to its membership and to the public.

What I have given you is just a thumbnail sketch of the Aerospace Education program as it exists today. This is a

growing edge for us here at Beverly Squadron, we have

to understand that our very membership make us defacto

Aerospace Education Officers. We all need to learn more

so we can teach others.



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Wanted

A cadet parent willing to start and run a Booster club for

the Beverly Composite Squadron. This Club would be anindependent organization whose only goal is to support

the Beverly Composite squadron. Anyone wishing to

explore this rewarding leadership role should contact

Major Thomas Lyons any Wednesday night at the

squadron HQ.

Wanted

Articles from parents and cadets. Send all entries to

Captain Buck at [email protected].

Wanted

Classified Ads for the Eagle Eye. You need not be a CAP

member to place an ad. should contact Captain Andrew

Buck at [email protected] or in person any

Wednesday night at the squadron HQ. Ad Rates are

posted in the squadron newsletter. Ad rates are also

subject to change.

Wanted

Fund raising ideas. The best ideas include some one

willing to run the fundraiser. All fundraisers must comply

with all local, state, federal laws and the regulations of

the Civil Air Patrol. Anyone with an idea, best or other

wise should contact Major Thomas Lyons any

Wednesday night at the squadron HQ.

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I N S I D E TH I S I S S U E

1 Cadet of the Month, Promotions 11 ES Officer, DCS

2 Commanders Message, DCC, DCS 12 Meeting Mystery

3 ES Officer, ES Training, SAREX Schedule 13 Encampment News, Promotions

4 Aerospace – CAP Aerospace Education

Program

14 PAO

5 Ribbon Fun, IT Column 15 WWII Dance, Deadlines, Ribbons,

Commanders, New Members

6 PDO Officer, Health Services 16 PDO, Meeting Mystery, Service Members

7 PAO Message, Report Due, CAP Drivers

Licenses

17 Aerospace

8 Meeting Mystery 18 Aerospace, IT, Web Sites

9 Emergency Services Training, DCC 19 Advertising

10 Memorial Day, EST, Stats 20 Calendars, this index

Squadron Calendar Night Uniform Cadets Seniors All

18 June 08 BDU ES Driver License Tests

25 June 08 Blues Review Boards, Leadership Training ES

2 July 08 Blues AE, Moral Leadership Staff Meeting Promotions & Awards

9 July 08 BDU Testing, PT TBD Safety Briefing

Special Events

Date OIC Event

25 June 08 1st Lt Parsons CAP Drivers License Test

4 July 08 TBD 4th of July Parade Stoneham/Winchester

12 July 2008 Major Lyons Open House Ribbon Cutting

12 July 2008 Major Lyons Cystic Fibrosis Air Show

14 July 08 Major Lyons Airport commission meeting

25 Jul – 3 Aug 08 TBD Northeast Region Cadet Academy

10 Aug – 17 Aug Encampment

11 Aug 08 Major Lyons Airport commission meeting

Autumn TBD WWII Dance

Beverly Composite Squadron Headquarters

Beverly Municipal Airport

54 L.P. Henderson Rd

Beverly, Ma. 01915

978-921-5454

http://bvycap.homesite.net

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