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The Eagle EyeBeverly Composite Squadron May 2008

Massachusetts Wing Civil Air Patrol Volume 2, Number 5

Promotions & Awards

Awards continues on Page 6

CadetsWe have more than just a few cadet promotions toacknowledge this month. The large number of awards andpromotions pushed the closing formation over time by morthan a few minutes inspite of an early start to theproceedings

Cadet Anthony Scicchitano Promoted

Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Scicchitano was

promoted to Cadet Second Lieutenant this month. The

presentation of his Mitchell certificate will in the very near

future. Very Well Done Lieutenant Scicchitano, and

congradulations from the Eagle Eye.

Cadet Second Lieutenant Scicchitano

Danvers teen Cadet Second Lieutenant Anthony

Scicchitano has been a member of the Civil Air Patrol sincJuly of 2006. Cadet 2

dLt. Scicchitano recently completed

his General Emergency Services training and can now

pursue specialized ES training. He is a sophomore at

Danvers HS. Outside of school and Civil Air Patrol

Sergeant Scicchitano enjoys extreme physical training,

biking and gaming. He is employed at Heritage Danvers

Cadet of the MonthC/AMN Sauer was selected as the Cadet of the Month

for April 2008 based on the accumulated points.

Cadet Airman Firs Class athaniel Sauer

The competition for Cadet of the month was a tight

race this month, the top two cadets were tied all month

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 meeting night. When the

last points were tallied up, Cadet Airman First Class

Nathanial Sauer had edged out his closest rival for the

Cadet of the month award. Deputy Commander for

Cadets Greg Carter told the assembled Squadron that

the deciding points were earned in Uniform Inspection,

“Cadet Sauer’s high marks in Proper uniform care and

wear made the difference.”



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Staff

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DCS continues on Page 10

Commander’s MessageBy Tom Lyons, Major CAP

Squadron Commander

It's been very busy at the squadron the past couple of

months. We are planning to be even busier in the

upcoming months.

We have had a cadet accept an Appointment to West

Point, and another cadet officer has joined the

ranks. Well done to both cadets.

The squadron participated in the MAWG EVAL, and a

few missions including the Boston Marathon.

Pilots are getting up to speed and getting ready for

their Form 5 check rides. E.S. classes are being prepared

for instruction, and BCUT has been taught. I would like

to thank all those who are teaching classes. I need to

single out CPT Mike Rieker for his commitment to the

flying side of the program. He has spent countless hours

flying cadets and seniors. He is always there to fly with

anyone wants to go. Thank you Mike, we all appreciate

the effort.

Cadet promotions are going well. Keep up the good

work!

Great job on the raffle sales, too. We did very well.

One of the biggest changes you'll see at the airport is

the color of the tower. The siding project is almost done,

and it looks really good. The Essex County Sheriff's Dept.

was incredibly helpful in finishing the project.

We are in the process of picking a date for an Open

House/ Ribbon Cutting ceremony. Once everything is

cleaned up we'll be ready.

Be ready to help out July 12th, it's the Cystic Fibrosis

Fly-Day here at Beverly. We have been asked to lend a

hand again this year.

And the WWII Dance is looking like it's going to be in

September. Once again, we will need everybody's help.

Keep up the good work, the squadron is moving ahead

and it shows by the results of everyone's hard work.

DCS Message

By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAP

Deputy Commander of Seniors

Helicopter Raffle

Thanks to everyone who sold raffle tickets. Because of

YOU we raised enough to pay the rent for at least one

third of the year. Congratulations to Cadet Kent Parsons

on having the lucky ticket. Enjoy your flight cadet!!! Also

congrats to Cadets, Jason Swallow, Nathan Sauer, Ian

Johnston for selling the most tickets.

Operation Troop Support

A BIG Thank You to all the Cadets for helping myself and

Operation Troop Support at there annual Yard Sale on

Saturday 26th

. I would like to share this email from an

Operation Troop Support Team leader regarding the

DCC MessageBy Greg Carter, Major CAP

Deputy Commander of Cadets

Memorial Day – The True Meaning

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a

day of remembrance for those who have died in our

nation’s service. Officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868

by General John Logan, National Commander of the

Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order #11,

was first observed on May 30th

of that year whenflowers were placed on the graves of Union and

Confederate Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.

The first state to recognize the holiday was New York

in 1873. By 1890, it was recognized by all of the

northern states. The South refused to recognize the



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Emergency

Services

ES Continues on Page 19

SAREX Schedule

Joel Heusser, Captain CAP

Emergency Services Officer

008 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: Rescheduled

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…



AMY S. COURTER, Brigadier General, CAP, Interim

National Commander issued a memo dated 10 April 2008

with the subject: National Incident Management System

(NIMS) Training.

Paper copies of the memo will be available in the Senior office area for review, or members can down load copies

from the National headquarters eServices web server. In

knowledgebase, search for NIMS Training, and select

answer #1984. The memo in its entirety can be

downloaded by clicking on the link following the word

SUBJECT: in the answer.

The purpose of the memo is to outline the recent vote of

the national board to implement NIMS training for all ES

personnel. The memo outline the current understanding

and time lines for all NIMS training.

By incorporating NIMS training into our ES program we

will be able to better serve out ES clients and fit into the

matrix of agencies responding to large scale disaster

operations.

Classroom options are available as well as online training

and testing for some of the classes. The more advanced

courses do require in residence training. The memo

includes a matrix of the courses required for the different

ES Qualifications from Mission Staff Assistant to IC.

Instructor qualifications are also listed as an attachment

to the memo.

I know there are going to be a few grumbles out there,

some of you are really good at grumbling, but we should

look at this change as a positive step forward. Once

NIMS is fully integrated into CAP ES training we can be

sure that those folks from other agencies that we might

ES Training



The second BCUT class of the year was held and four

members completed the training. C/AB Michael Pelletier,

C/AB Kent Parsons, C/MSgt Freeman Condon, and

Captain Andrew Buck attended the class taught by 1st

Lieutenant Brian Eaton and 2d

Lieutenant Derek

Morrison. Well done to the instructors and students.

Anyone needing this training should make that need

known to the professional Development Officer 1st

Lt Dan

Parsons, who is coordination all squadron training

activities.



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Aerospace

Top Gun 2008Bill Frisbee, 2d Lt CAP

Assistant Aerospace Education Officer

As most of you know (or will know), I’m very much into

Radio Controlled or RC aircraft models and flying. This

past week I had a chance to attend Top Gun 2008

http://www.franktiano.com/TopGunFrameset.htm, which

is the largest scale RC aircraft competition in the world.

About 130 scale RC pilots attend, with about 5000

spectators. I attended with two fellow RC modelers,one who was to fly a ¼ scale P-51D and the other flying

a 1/9th scale B-17G.

P-51 named Prudence VII

B-17

For those wondering a ¼ scale P-51 has a wingspan of

around 98 inches, and the 1/9th scale B-17 has a

wingspan of 138 inches. Neither are small! And both

looked just like the full scale plane they were based on.

The B-17 model was based on the Collings Foundation

Nine-O-Nine VII

B-17 dropping some bombs

We got to Lakeland, Florida on Monday night, crashed

(Us, not the airplanes ) for the day and woke up early

Tuesday morning to get some test flights in on the P-51.

However, after its third test flight, the airplane stalled and

crashed, completely destroying the model. Never-the-

less the three of us pressed on to Top Gun 2008.

Planes of all types were present, from World War II

German Fw 190’s to the latest and greatest in jets.

There was a Bf 109G6 flown by a good friend of mine.The Bf 109 was awarded the best flying trophy.

In the next photo which is of his plane, his business

partners P-47D Thunderbolt can be seen in the

background.

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Ribbon Fun

By Andrew Buck, Captain CAP

The first ribbon bar:

1. Loaded with Senior member ribbons, hint, hint.

2. The ribbon one step below the unit citation is the colorfu

Grover Loening award, so we know the wearer is either a

senior Captain, but most likely a Major, most likely not a

Colonel, because no Paul E. Garber ribbon ( Lt Col ).

3. There is a meritorious Service, and two commanders

commendations in the top row.

4. Command service ribbon indicates a past squadron

commander, ( no stars, so not region or national ).

5. SAR ribbon and a Find ribbon indicate ES activity.

6. and the give away, 30 years plus active service, tells us

the officer is non other than the ever youthful, debonair

Major James McIntosh.

Second ribbon bar:

1. Lots of cadet ribbons, hint, Jump to the bottom two rows

of ribbons, Starting with the last one:

2. Recruiter w/ clasp = at least 4 members recruited

3. Encampment ( lots of those around )

4. Three National Cadet Special Activities (Big Hint)

5. Color Guard Competition Wing Champion (Big Hint)

6. A community service ribbon

7. At least two years service but less than 5

8. and the give away, Top row, we only had one active

Mitchell cadet last month, C/2d Lt Kelly Buck.

- - -

1. What was the first "ribbon" authorized for wear on the

CAP uniform?

2. What were the First CAP Awards for heroism?

3. What is the heraldry behind the CAP Clasp?

Answers next month. I hope we do better this coming

month, no one I know got the “owners” of the ribbon bars

from last Month, I thought they were easy to guess.

Attention All MAWG CC & MAWG

CHECK PILOTS

FORM 5

Our pilots are using the outdate Aircraft Questionnaire

and not the NEW “AIRPLAINE QUESTIONNAIRE” which

can be found in 60-1 attachment 3.

The NEW “AIRPLAINE QUESTIONNAIRE” must be

submitted for all the aircraft you are submitting with your

Annual Standardization form five package.

On the Form 5, there is a box “AIRCRAFT” we are

looking for C-172, C-182, and C-182TNav lll. Using the

CPF# in the “AIRCRAFT” box on the form 5 is an

automatic,”return to sender”.

C-182TNavlll

Regarding C-182TNavlll:

The last time I spoke to National regarding a C182T and

a C182TNav lll, the National DOV informed me that yes

C182T and C182TNav lll are two different aircrafts for

completing a CAP Form 5 check ride. Please identify the

G1000 correctly as a C182TNav lll.

Check Pilots please help clear up these problems before

they get to Wing.

I am available to answerer any question you may have.

Thank you ALL for your help.

Chris

////Signed///

Christopher P. Camuso Lt. Colonel, CAP

Assistance Director of Operations



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and helps out at the Beverly High School Marine Corps

Junior Reserves Officer Corps program. Cadet 2d

Lt.

Scicchitano is currently the Cadet First Sergeant for the

Beverly Composite Squadron.

In addition to the Unit Citation Cadet 2d

Lt. Anthony

Scicchitano 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, Dr. Robert H. Goddard Achievement, Neil

Armstrong Achievement, Mitchell Award, Red Service

Ribbon, Cadet Recruiter Award, one encampment award,

and the VFW Civil Air Patrol NCO Award.

Cadet Alex Ortins PromotedC/MSgt Alex Ortins was promoted to Cadet Senior

Master Sergenant at closing formation at this past

Wednesday night’s meeting.

Cadet Senior Master Sergeant Ortins

Beverly teen C/SMSgt Alexander Ortins is an Honor Roll

freshman at Beverly High School in Beverly

Massachusetts where he is also a member of the cross

country team and a Private First Class in the Marine

JROTC program. When not busy with school work, Civil

Air Patrol or JROTC advancement, C/SMSgt. Ortins

enjoys paintball. C/SMSgt Ortins has been a member of

the Civil Air Patrol since July of 2006, and is currently the

squadron’s Echo Flight Commander." Beyond Civil Air

Patrol, accepting an appointment and becoming a plebe

at the US Military Academy, West Point is a goal

Sergeant Ortins has set for himself.

In addition to the Unit Citation, C/SMSgt Ortins has

earned the General J. F. Curry Achievement, General

Hap Arnold Achievement, Mary Feik Achievement,

Wright Brothers Achievement, Captain Eddie

Rickenbacker Achievement, Lindberg Achievement and

the Doolittle Achievement.

Cadet Freeman Condon Promoted

C/Master Sergeant Freeman Ortins was promoted to

Cadet Senior Master Sergeant at closing formation at this

past Wednesday night’s meeting.

Cadet Senior Master Sergeant Condon

Salisbury teen C/SMSgt Freeman Condon is a

sophomore at the Philips Exeter school in Exeter New

Hampshire. Outside of School and CAP Sergeant

Condon enjoys paintball, wrestling, basketball and

lacrosse. Sergeant Condon has been a member of the

Civil Air Patrol since January of 2005, attended a week

long encampment in the summer of 2005. He is the Flight

Commander of the squadrons Eagle Flight, and has

served as the Cadet Administrative Officer.

In addition to the Unit Citation C/SMSgt Freeman Condonhas 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, Red

Service Ribbon, and one Encampment Award.

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Cadet Jason Sears Promoted

C/Amn Jason Sears was promoted to Cadet Airman First

Class at closing formation at this past Wednesday night’s

meeting.

Cadet Airman First Class Sears

Cadet Airman First Class Jason Sears is an 8th

grader at

Holton Richmond Middle School in Danvers

Massachusetts where he is a member of the jazz band.

Cadet Sears has been a nmember of the civil air partol

since October of 2007. When not busy with school and

home work Airman 1st

Class Sears enjoys building model

aircraft and playing the drums.

In addition to the Unit Citation, C/A1C Sears now wears

the General J. F. Curry Achievement and the General

Arnold Achievement.

Cadet Nathan Sauer Promoted

C/Amnt Nathan Sauer was promoted to Cadet Airman

First Class at closing formation at this past Wednesday

night’s meeting.

Cadet Airman First Class athan Sauer

Danvers teen Cadet Airman Nathaniel Sauer is an 8th

grader at Holton Richmond Middle School in Danvers

Massachusetts. Cadet Sauer has been a member of the

civil air partol since November of 2007. When not busy

with home work, Cadet Airman Sauer enjoys Tennis,

Swimming, Surfing, skiing and working on his Radio

Controlled vehicles.

In addition to the Unit Citation, C/A1C Sauer now wears

the General J. F. Curry Achievement and the General

Arnold Achievement.

Cadet Nathan Boeske Promoted

C/AB Nathan Boeske was promoted to Cadet Airman at

closing formation at this past Wednesday night’s

meeting.

Cadet Airman Boeske

Chester New Hampshire teen C/Amn Nathan Boeske is astudent at the Chester Academy in Chester NH where he

was Student of the month for November 2007. Airman

Boeske has been a member of the Beverly Composite

squadron since December of 2007.

When not doing school work or working on Civil Air Patrol

advancement, Airman Boeske enjoys skateboarding, 4

wheeling and building models. He is active in both

baseball and basketball.

In addition to the Unit Citation C/Amn Nathan Boeske has

earned the General J. F. Curry Achievement.

Cadet Kent Parsons Promoted

Cadet Airman Basic Kent Parsons was promoted to

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DCC continued from Page 2

day, honoring their dead on separate days until after

World War I, when the holiday changed from just

honoring those who died fighting in the Civil War to

honoring Americans who died fighting in any war.

The Red Poppy came to symbolize the holiday in 1915

inspired by a poem from Moina Michael:

We cherish too, the Poppy Red

That grows on fields where valor led

It seems to signal to the skies

That blood of heroes never dies.

The poppy has been adopted by France and Belgium

as well. Poppies have been sold to raise funds to

benefit war orphaned children and widowed women. In

1922, poppies where first sold by the VFW. In 1924,

the VFW “Buddy” poppy program was selling artificial

poppies made by disabled veterans. (I, to this day still

remember my Grandfather, a veteran of WWI sellingand wearing proudly his red poppy every year until his

passing back in the early 1980s).

The Memorial Day holiday is celebrated in almost every

State on the last Monday in May (in 1971 Congress

passed the National Holiday Act (P.L.90-363) ensuring

a three day weekend for Federal Holidays). The

traditional observance of Memorial Day has diminished

over the years. Many Americans have forgotten the

meaning and the traditions of the holiday. At many

cemeteries the graves of the fallen are increasingly

ignored and neglected. Most people no longer

remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. While

there are towns and cities that still hold Memorial Day

parades, many have not held parades in decades.

Even still some people believe the holiday is to

remember all dead, not just those who have fallen in

service to our country.

To help re-educate people and remind Americans what

the true meaning of Memorial Day, the National

Moment of Remembrance resolution was passed in

December of 2000 which asks that at 3pm local timefor all Americans to voluntarily and informally observe

in their own way a Moment of remembrance and

respect pausing from what they are doing for a moment

of silence and listening to Taps.

Many feel that when Congress turned the day into a

three day weekend with the National Holiday Act, made

it all too easy for people to be distracted from the spirit

and meaning of the day. As the VFW stated in its 2002

Memorial Day address:

“Changing the date merely to create three-day

weekends has undermined the very meaning of the

day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the

general public’s nonchalant observance of Memorial

Day.”

So why have I taken the time to explain a little bit about

the history of Memorial Day? Because I strongly feel

that the meaning of the day is completely lost in all but

a few.

As a grew up, Memorial Day meant more than having a

three day weekend and a day off from school, a day off

of work, or a trip to go camping to start the summer

season. It was a time for us to remember those who

gave their lives for our country so that each one of us

can be free. Free to choose. Free to speak. Free towrite. Free to come and go. We would spend our

weekend as a family. Gather for the Barbeque, and to

enjoy the spring days. But most I remember that we

always attended the town or city where we were

gathered, parade. We would follow to the local

cemetery and pay respect along with all the others, to

those who gave their lives. Listening to Taps being

played by the local high school trumpeter, and standing

quietly wondering what the tear was for in my

Grandfathers eye.

Although now long passed, I have learned through the

years what that tear was for. It was for his

remembering. Remembering friends who were lost and

never to come home fighting in a war so far away. It

was remembering that those friends gave their lives so

that he could return home and pass along to others the

meaning of Freedom. He did not let down his friends,

for I know what it means to be living in Freedom and

the price that was paid by others for us to have this

Freedom.

I have come to realize through the years, participatingas a member of Civil Air Patrol in the late 1970’s and

early ‘80s and from 1998 on, in Memorial Day

parades, attending the family gatherings and taking

time to honor those who have paid the ultimate

sacrifice that indeed the true meaning of Memorial Day

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Vista or not?

By William Frisbee, 2d Lt CAPIT Officer

Should I upgrade to Windows Vista?

I seem to hear this question a lot; “Should I upgrade to

Vista?” After all, it is the latest and greatest desktop

operating system from Microsoft. The question, while

simple, involves a bit of thinking, and perhaps a bit of

money, so for this month’s article I’m going to do my best

to help answer this question.

First a brief talk about Windows Vista itself. Windows

Vista is Microsoft’s newest desktop operating system

(OS). It was released in November of 2006 without much

fanfare to the business and OEM world, and to the retail

market at the end January of 2007. Windows Vista differs

quite a bit from Windows XP, Microsoft’s last generation

Cadets during this event.

Dan,

Good afternoon, hope you were able to rest a bit

after Saturday.

I can't thank you enough for everything that youand your boys did.I don't think we would have been in half the

shape we were had we not had the muscle toaccomplish so much in such a short time. I was

very impressed by their polite manner, and hard

work.

Hope you and your cadets will be able to come toour wrappings and I promise the only heavy lifting

will be that of wrapping paper!!!

YOU and Your Cadets ROCK !!!

Take care,

Donna:-)

You have made our Squadron PROUD!!

PDO Message

By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAP

Professional Development Officer

CORE VALUES

This lesson will cover the USAF and CAP Core Values

with specific emphasis on how these apply in command.

It will start with a brief definition of each and how they

apply to command. It will conclude with the meat of the

lesson which uses actual case studies to illustrate how

core values apply in command.

Col Timothy Timmons wrote in his book, Commanding

An Air Force Squadron, "Commanding a squadron is the

only time in your career when you are simultaneously

close to the mission and in command. Any duty below

squadron command may be close to the mission, but the

mission is being accomplished somebody else’s way.Duty above squadron command may involve command

and doing things your way, but you are too far removed

from the mission and the people. Squadron command is

the one point in time when you have the best of both

worlds.

Commanding a squadron is not an easy task—a

commander is fully involved in every aspect, nook, and

cranny of the unit. The duty encompasses every second

of every day the commander holds the unit flag; he must

eat, sleep, and drink his squadron, full time. The

commander’s job is unique in the unit; no other job

approaches it in scope—the commander exists on his

own turf" and must use the Core Values as the

foundation for all squadron efforts.

Core Values Defined

Below you will find each CAP Core Value with a brief

definition and a corresponding application to command.

This is the Readers Digest version and is meant to be

used for reference as you contemplate how you will apply

them in commanding your squadron. Then you can testyour understanding by applying the Core Values to some

hypothetical situations in which Core Values were

challenged.

Integrity is a character trait. It is the willingness to do

what is right even when no one is looking.

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Chief of Staff, Gen Ronald Fogleman)

Respect means we value our diverse membership.We treat each other with fairness, dignity, and

compassion. We work as a team.

The effectiveness of any organization is greatly

dependent upon the environment in which people work.We must create an atmosphere in the CAP where mutual

respect abounds, making way for prosperity, innovation

and excellence in serving this great nation.

"The unfailing formula for production of

morale is patriotism, self-respect, discipline,

and self-confidence within a military unit,

joined with fair treatment and merited

appreciation from without. It cannot be

produced by pampering or coddling an

army, and is not necessarily destroyed byhardship, danger, or even calamity… It will

quickly wither and die if soldiers come to

believe themselves the victims of

indifference or injustice on the part of their

government, or of ignorance, personal

ambition, or ineptitude on the part of their

leaders." (Gen Douglas MacArthur)

Conclusion

The Air Force and CAP Core Values should be

internalized and lived by each member, and much of theresponsibility for their application rests with each person.

However, as a squadron commander, the Core Values

establish the basic framework from which your squadron

will take its direction so there are some unique and very

special ways in which Core Values apply to squadron

command.

Lesson 6 Material

APPLYIG CORE VALUES I ACOMMAD SETTIG

OPR: CAP HQ/ETP

Last Revised 5/13/00

Integrity ordinarily means forthright honesty. It means

being the kind of person others can rely on for accurate,

complete, and timely disclosure of facts. All of this is true

but as a moral ideal, integrity demands more than being

the kind of person who can be counted on to tell the truth.

Integrity also demands we be persons of good character.

This, in fact, is the original sense of the word "integrity"as "integratedness," "wholeness," or "wholesomeness."

"Integrity is the most important responsibility of

command."(A former service chief)

Voluntarily giving of oneself, over personal desires,to provide for the welfare of others.

The Air Force has a similar value called "service before

self." We embrace this core value and reflect it in our

spirit of volunteerism. It is the willingness and ability to

give of oneself, sometimes at the ultimate sacrifice of life. Also, it goes beyond simply giving our time; it extends to

the willingness to obey the rules and regulations of CAP,

the Air Force and our nation. Ultimately, it means we

must have respect for fellow members and practice self-

discipline.

"If the leader is unwilling to sacrifice

individual goals for the good of the unit, it’s

hard to convince other unit members to do

so. At that point, the mission suffers, and

the ripple effects can be devastating."(Former Secretary of the Air Force

Widnall)

This challenges us to develop a sustained passion

for continuous improvement and innovation to

enable the CAP to grow and flourish in serving America’s humanitarian needs

We should always be in continual pursuit of excellence;

there is no room for the "good enough" mentality in the

CAP. Good enough is never good enough and anything

less violates the sacred trust the American public placesin us.

"True quality is embodied in the actions of

the Air Force people who take decisive steps

to improve processes and products; who

capitalize on quality as a leverage tool to

enhance products, achieve savings, and

improve customer service."(Former USAF


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You can find this here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvis

ta/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx?wt_svl=20409a

&mg_id=20409b

Why shouldn’t you upgrade to Vista?

If you don’t like change. Don’t upgrade to Vista if you

don’t like change and are uncomfortable learning a new

Operating System. While there are a lot of similarities

with other versions of Windows, there is also a lot

different which can confuse or frustrate you. If you are

happy with what you have, until there is a reason to

upgrade, don’t! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

If you have older hardware. If your computer is more

than three years old, I recommend upgrading your

computer. Running Windows Vista on older hardware

can sometimes be an exercise in frustration. Yes Vista

will run on older hardware, but you may not get all the

bells and whistles a newer computer would.

If you have a lot of custom software. Not all software is

compatible with Windows Vista. If you are running a lot

of custom applications (mostly in the business world), it

is recommended you keep using what you have today,

as upgrading to Windows Vista may break some of the

applications.

Conclusion

So there you have it, three reasons when you should,

and should not upgrade to Vista. Make your decision

based on what you have and what you need. I’ve been

running Windows Vista since well before its release, as

I beta tested (meaning I work with Microsoft to test

software before it is released) Vista from its early days.

I’ve never had issues with it and run it on all my

computers, at the office, at home and while at Civil Air

Patrol. I can say it works and works well for me, but

make sure it works well for you before taking that

plunge and upgrading.

Please feel free to email me if there are any questions

at [email protected]

OS with updated features like a new graphical user

interface (what you see and how you interact with the

computer), lots more features to help the user search for

data, better security and many new and improved

features for media (movies, music and photos). There

are many other features which make Vista a large

upgrade to Windows XP and you can read about themhere:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvist

a/features/details/accessibility.mspx.

I’m sure you have read something in the newspaper or

online about how Vista isn’t so hot, or its not as good as

some other system. The simple thing is Vista isn’t for

everyone. People got used to Windows XP, after all it’s

been on the market for nearly 7 years, people have

literally grown up using Windows XP on computers and

people just don’t like change. Vista isn’t Windows XP, it’s

different, and that in itself is reason for some people to

just not like Vista.

Why should you upgrade to Vista?

Do you want to play Direct X 10 (Direct X helps

programmers write code for games and other

applications) games like Halo 2 on your PC? Then yes,

you should upgrade to Vista. Only Vista can run Direct X

10. You really don’t have much of a choice here!

Do you want to run Windows in 64-bit mode (64 bit

Windows allows access to a lot more RAM and can

speed up some applications written for 64-bit

computers)? Yes, you should upgrade to Vista. Windows

Vista x64 is the first Microsoft desktop OS to fully support

64-bit computing in my opinion. It’s much more complete

than the 64-bit version of Windows XP and there are

thousands of more drivers for Windows Vista x64 than

there are for Windows XP x64.

Do you want the latest and greatest? Yes, Vista is for

you. It’s the latest and greatest from Microsoft.

Mind you before upgrading to Vista, please make sure

your hardware supports it! I cannot stress this enough.

Vista can be a lot more hardware utilizing than Windows

XP, so I highly recommend you confirm you can run Vista

on your system. Microsoft has a tool, called the Upgrade

Advisor which will confirm if your system can run Vista.

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License continues on Page 14

Cap DriversLicenses Records

Andrew Buck, Captain CAP

Public Affairs Officer

During a recent effort to quantify where we stood inmember qualifications it was discovered that there are

only two members who appear to have CAP drivers

licenses, at least according to the data in the National

data bases. I brought this situation to the attention of the

Squadron officers and several of the officers claimed to

hold the ever coveted CAP Drivers License. So, how to

update the National Database to make it match reality? It

took us a while to find out how to update this information

so I thought I’d pass on the magic to all of you. The

original thinking was that the PDO or squadron Admin

had to initiate the update, not so.

First, you have to have an active login account at

National HQ. If you’ve never logged in talk to the IT

Officer, 2d

Lt Bill Frisbee, He can help you out. Log into

the national e-Services web site located at

https://www.capnhq.gov/CAP.eServices.Web/Default.asp

x . Enter your user name or CAPID and your password.

At the top of the logged in user screen over to the right

there is a “My Info” tab that you should take a closer look

at.

Logged in User Window

Select the Review/Edit My Info option on the main login

page. This will result in a new screen that will allow you

to edit all of your on line personal information. Take a

Marathon

James McIntosh, Major CAP

Emergency Services Team

On April 21, 2008, the 112th

Boston Marathon began as

others have in the past, cold, damp, and very early. The

Massachusetts Wing, Civil Air Patrol was tasked withhelping out in Hopkinton, the starting point of the

marathon, to help control the approximate 25,000

runners in three sections of the Hopkinton High School.

Members of the Beverly Composite Squadron met at

0415 at the Beverly Airport to travel to Hopkinton.

Major Dave Snow, Major James McIntosh and 2Lt. Bill

Frank, left the airport at 0430 to arrive by 0600, in

Hopkinton, the time for all CAP Personnel to obtain their

tasks from Major Jack Forman who was acting as the

Incident Commander, along with many police

departments from around Massachusetts as well as the

Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department, with their Mobile

Command Center.

Teaming up with other CAP members from other

squadrons, the personnel were divided up into 4 groups,

as were the 3 fields at the high school. Team 1, Beverly

Squadron and others, were Task with patrolling Sector 1,

while others teams had sectors 2 and 3. After and hour of

walking around and providing information, each team

was rotated to the next sector.

A team of South Korean runners came up to Major

McIntosh and gather around him for a photo op,

something that seems to happen quiet frequently to

others, during a gathering of world proportion.

Once the runners started to assembly at the starting

point, CAP Members made sure that all runners had

eventually left the “holding pens” as they affectionately

got to be known as, and assembled back at the

Command Post.

Once the race had started and all was quiet again,

members were given each a 2008 Boston Marathon

Jacket and invited to have a hot lunch at a nearby

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Welcome New Members

Cadets

No new Cadets in April

Seniors

No new Seniors in April

moment to make sure that the information there is all

correct and take the few extra moments to fix all of the

information that is incorrect.

The View/Change Screen

In the left hand menu, select the PersonalCharacteristics item off the list. Why CAP Drivers

license h=is here is not clear, but it is.

Personal Characteristics Screen

Once you have updated your information, you will feel

a lot better about yourself. Go ahead, have that extra

scoop of ice cream for desert tonight, you deserve it,

after all, you’ve updated your National Database data

to include you CAP Drivers License.

Cadet Airman at closing formation at this past

Wednesday night’s meeting.

Cadet Airman Parsons

Hamilton teen C/Amn Kent Parsons is a 6th

grade student

at the St. Johns in Beverly. Airman Parsons has been a

member of the Beverly Composite squadron since March

of 2008. Kent says his favorite subjects in school are

science and history.

When not doing school work or working on Civil Air Patrol

advancement, Airman Parsons enjoys Swimming, playing

soccer and baseball. His hobbies include astronomy and

collecting Fire memorabilia, with the help of his Fire

Fighting Father.

In addition to the Unit Citation C/Amn Kent Parsons has

earned the General J. F. Curry Achievement.

SeniorsThere were no senior promotions to announce.

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Mower Safety

By William Frank, 2d Lt CAP

Safety Officer

Now that spring is here, many of us are getting back

outside and doing yard work. I’m going to discuss lawn

mower safety. For purposes of this column, I’m going tofocus on safe practices for riding mowers and garden

tractors, but some of the information also applies to walk

behind models.

Protective Gear

While operating a mower, make sure you have hearing

protection, earplugs or ear muffs. It’s critical that you

protect your hearing during prolonged noise exposure.

Wear long pants. They will help protect against flying

debris, skin irritations, and burns from the exhaust.

Wear gloves; they will help prevent cuts, abrasions,

chemicals, and other skin irritants. Be sure that the

gloves fit right and they are the correct type for the job.

As the action of a rotary mower can stir up a lot of dust

and particles, it’s a very good idea to wear a dust mask

while operating the mover. Be careful, the masks prevent

respiratory problems, but do not help in exposure to

chemicals or toxic gases.

Lastly, safety glasses should be worn. Be sure that the

lenses are impact-resistant.

Operational safety

A riding lawn mower or tractor is only designed for one

person, no passengers should be allowed. If you need to

leave the seat, you should disengage the PTO (power

take off), stop the engine, and wait for all parts to stop

moving before dismounting.

Do not attempt to adjust anything on the mower while it is

running.

Never refuel the equipment while the engine is running or

extremely hot – potential fire hazard or explosive

situation.

When moving the lawn mower between areas, crossing a

road, path, or sidewalk, or when not mowing, you should

PAO Message

By Andrew Buck, Captain CAP

This month’s news letter is another record setter. Seven

cadet promotions, really nice articles By 2d

Lt Frisbee,

Major Carter and 1st

Lt Parsons have pushed us up to

twenty pages.

One of the new style changes this month is the setting of

a Staff page, an ES page and an Aerospace page. These

pages are the starting places for content in these areas.

This is where you will find the ‘big’ stories in each of

these areas.

What we are missing is the Cadet Programs page. This is

then next area the Eagle Eye would like to address. This

should be a page about cadets and hopefully by cadets. I

challenge to corps of cadets to gather and come up with

enough material to fill one page each month. This would

require about 600 words every month, but I think you

could do it.

One of you needs to step up to the plate and through

your chain of command apply for and take on the position

of Cadet PAO. It would be your responsibility to supply

the senior PAO ( Me ) with the content each and every

month meeting the deadlines. This does not mean you

have to write a three hundred word essay each month,

but you need to organize and coordinate the cadets to

give you the information, on time, formatted to areasonable extent, and reasonably correct. You then

review then material, fact check it, edit it where

necessary, and pass it onto me.

This is extra duty, and you will be expected to continue to

advance in your cadet program in addition to your PAO

duties. Remember cadets can’t be assigned to write a

piece as punishment, that would be hazing, but a cadet

could earn merits by writing a 300 word article on a cadet

activity, uniform care instructions, study habits that work,

school field trip, anything cadet related or of interest to

cadets. There would have to be a connection to CAP, but

I’m sure you could make that connection without too

much trouble.

I would also like to see 150 to200 words minimum from

the Cadet commander in a “From the desk of” sort of

article. Part of being a leader is to communicate to your



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The owner/pilot is a served in the Gulf War. This A-10

model won the best engineering and most accurate scale

awards for the show and nearly won Top Gun overall.

There was also a very nice Vulcan bomber, which was

used by the British Air Force for years. This model in

flight would drop a model of the Blue Steel nuclear glide

bomb. It was very impressive. The fellow that built thisplane is in his mid 80’s.

Vulcan bomber

The detailing on some of the planes was incredible, like

that on a BAE Hawk that was flown.

BAE Hawk Trainer

The BAE Hawk is used by Air Forces all around the

world, including the United States, as a jet trainer of

military pilots.

Bf 109G6

An F/A-18 built and flown by some fine folks from Ireland.

Unfortunately on its first flight, they lost a wheel and on

landing crashed, destroying most of the plane.

F/A-18

A 1/5th

scale A-10 Warthog was the highlight of the show.

The guy that flew the plane is actually a 3 star General in

the US Air Force, based out of the Pentagon

A-10 Warthog

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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.

A-10 Warthog

As you can see, I’m quite into the whole RC aircraft

scene, I had a great time here and hope to be able tohelp some of the cadets and senior members get

involved with RC, it’s not just fun, its educational as well.

BAE Hawk 8 Trainer

In the above shot you can see the instructor pilot and the

student pilot in front of him. With a different background it

might be dificult to tell this model from a real airplane.

BAE Hawk Trainer

The show was a great time, and I made a lot of contacts

that were always willing to share “trade secrets” onbuilding a good looking scale plane.

The highlight of the week came on Saturday when a full

scale A-10 flew in and stole the show.

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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

Service Members Former Cadet

“The” magnet

SGT. Aaron Cuscuna

C-Trp 2-1 CavFOB Warhorse

APO AE09336

Parades

BVY To march in several Parades

The Beverly Composite squadron has been invited to

march in several parades in the coming months. Cadets

and seniors are all invited and encouraged to attendand march in these events.

Muster time, muster location, and uniform of the day for

each parade will be announced at the meeting night

previous to the parade.

Let’s see how many people we can put on the street for

each of these opportunities. If you are debating if you

really want to go and march or not, reread the DCC

article which starts on page two. Some of you are not

going to be able to mach this year because of family

plans or other obligations. It is never too soon to startplanning on next year, resolve to save the memorial day

and 4th

of July dates for parade participation. See the

calendar at the end of the Eagle eye for muster times

and locations.

Memorial Day Parades

Beverly - May 25

Danvers - May 26

VFW Convention Gala Parade

Burlington June 7

4th of July

Stoneham/Winchester 4 July

disengage the PTO to stop the mower blade. If conditions

in the area to be mowed are questionable – traction or

stability a problem, test drive the mower with the blade

disengaged.

Be very careful when operating on uneven ground. Over

half of all mower/tractor deaths occur because of roll-

overs. If the area is too sloped or the ground is too

uneven to operate safely, use a walk behind mower or a

weed eater.

In summary, safe mower operation is possible if you

observe basic mower safety practices.

Deployed too!

As soon as C/2d

Lt Kelly Buck reports to West Point to

begin Cadet Basic, I will be posting her address to the

Deployed box which has been renamed to Service

Members. All Cadets, former BVY Cadets, relatives of

squadron members, and current members who are

serving our nation in uniform are welcome to have their

mailing addresses posted. You, whoever you are, are

encouraged to write to these people who are taking CAP

service to the next level.

When was the last time you wrote a quick note to Sgt

Cuscuna?

Captain Andrew Buck, CAP

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Deadlines

For the June Eagle Eye

Columns – 1 June 2007

DCS, DCC, Safety Officer, Professional DevelopmentOfficer, AEO, ESO, FO, and of course from the Squadron

Commander.

News stories – 8 June 2008

Promotions, Missions and other late breaking material.

Reports DueJames M. McIntosh, Major CAP

Administration Officer

The following reports are due NLT May 10 to Wing

Headquarters.

Monthly Unit Safety Report (SE)

MWF 73, Vehicle Inspection (LGT)

The following reports are due NLT June 10 to Wing

Headquarters.

Monthly Unit Safety Report (SE)

MWF 73, Vehicle Inspection (LGT)

A reminder that any reports that are to be submitted to

Wing HQ, especially by the Responsible Department and

IS NOT mailed through the Squadron Admin Office, a

copy must be submitted to Administration for our records.

Wing Training

By Dan Parsons, 1st Lt CAPProfessional Development Officer

Squadron Leadership School (SLS)

Date(s): 07 & 08 June 2008

Location: Pilgrim Composite Squadron HQ

222 South Meadow Road

Plymouth, MA 02360

Instructors and students please submit CAPF 17 via

email to the undersigned.

Steven Levesque, Lt Col, CAP

Director, MAWG SLS 2008

[email protected]

There are seven officers in the squadron who need this

training for their next promotion. So far none of them

have signed up. I would remind the senior membership

that this course is usually only offered once a year, your

next romotion could be dela ed waitin to take this

Factoid:Of CAP’s 35,000 senior members, only about 350 earn

the Grover Loening Award each year. Receipt of the

award and completion of rank and time-in-grade

requirements also makes the member eligible for

promotion to CAP Major.

work with on a large scale operation, will be meeting our

training standards as a minimum, and we theirs.

NIMS training will become a part of our ES Training

program that is planned to start shortly. If you avail

yourself of the on-line training, make an extra copy of

your completion certificates and bring them in so we can

make sure you get credit for al of your training.

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followers. The squadron commander uses the Eagle Eye

in addition to the chain of command and his staff meeting

to communicate to the membership. This would be

passed to the Cadet PAO and then up to me.

I will be available to a Cadet PAO for all PAO related

activities, and will teach you what little I know about the

job. If you are a cadet interested use your chain of

command to request Major Carter to assign you to Cadet

PAO, Beverly Composite Squadron.

Captain Buck

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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 PDO

2 Commanders Message, DCC, DCS 12 IT

3 ES Officer, ES Training, SAREX Schedule 13 Marathon, CAP Drivers License

4 Aerospace – Top Gun 14 CAP Drivers License, Promotions, New

Members

5 Pilot Log, Ribbon Fun 15 PAO, Safety

6 Promotions 16 Aerospace – Top Gun

7 Promotions 17 Aerospace – Top Gun, WW II Dance

8 DCC 18 Safety, Web Places, Parades, Deployed too,

Service Members

9 DCC, Stats 19 Report Due, Wing Training, Deadlines

10 DCS, IT, PDO 20 Calendars, this index

Squadron Calendar Night Uniform Cadets Seniors All

21 May 08 BDU ES TBD

28 May 08 Blues Review Boards, Leadership Training ES

4 June 08 Blues AE, Moral Leadership Staff Meeting Promotions & Awards

11 June 08 BDU Testing, PT TBD Safety Briefing

Special Events

Date OIC Event

17 & 18 May 08 Mark Jacobs Capt. CAP CLC Westover ARB

25 May 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP Memorial Day Parade Beverly 1230 Depart from Bev Airport

26 May 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP Memorial Day Parade Danvers 0800 Depart from Bev Airport

7 June 08 Greg Carter, Major CAP June 7 VFW Convention Gala Parade Burlington

07 & 08 June 08 Steven Levesque, Lt Col, CAP SLS Training Pilgrim Ma CAPF 17 required.

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

25 Jul – 3 Aug 08 TBD Northeast Region Cadet Academy

Autumn TBD WWII Dance

Beverly Composite Squadron Headquarters

Beverly Municipal Airport

54 L.P. Henderson Rd

Beverly, Ma. 01915

978-921-5454

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