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Aerospace Education Day at Whiteman

Notices

July 2012 Volume 1, Issue 1

Silver Sword

Squadron 64In this Issue...

Boot Shining Tips

Upcoming Events

Important Notices

Aerospace News

Photos of the month

Welcome Letter

July Events

July 4th Family BBQ 4

Fort Mac Days 6-8

Table Mtn. Bivouac 14-15

NCOS (Fairfield) 22-24

4Inside Story

5Inside Story6

ATTENTION SQ. 64!

We need your help to make the

Silver Sword the best newsletter it

can be. Submit activity summaries,

uniform tips, anything CAP related to

[email protected].

ATTENTION COLORGUARD!

There is practice every Thursday

from 5-7pm at Brackett airfield un-

less directed otherwise. If you have

any questions, contact your flight

sergeants for details.

The cadets departed from Brackett at

8am for an Aerospace Education day

at Whiteman Airport. The cadets

were divided into flights and spent the

morning in aerospace classes. They

also showed the Disney movie,

Victory Through Airpower,giving the

cadets a background the history of

flight and the military. Outside, the

squadron had a runway station where

the senior members taught the cadets

everything about air traffic control,

and how to approach and depart.

After Col. John Jays safety briefing

and the classes, five pilots took every-

one up on Orientation Flights. Every

cadet was able to fly, many for the

first time! The afternoon concluded

With a rocket launchinggame and a jeopardy style

quiz on the insignias of the

different ranks.

Save The Date:

Sq. 64 Awards Banquet

Friday, August 3

(tentative date)

6-10pm


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ROCstock is an annual

event where people of all

ages are invited to build and

launch rockets. The week-

end of June 6th, cadets from

Squadron 64 loaded up the

RVs and their rockets and

went out to Lucerne Dry

Lake Bed. Many of the

cadets were working on

requirements for their

Pocket Rockets. Almost

every rocket launch was a

success, including Senior

Member Kunch and the

inaugural launch of

Captain Krunch.After

hours of assembling and

launching rockets,

cadets participated in a

flag retirement

ceremony. Following the

ceremony, the cadets

had a movie night and a

late night game of TA.

ROCstock at Lucerne Dry Lake

Camping Boot Camp and Beach Weekend

ceremony and helped

with squadron chores

before leaving for the

beach. Ten cadets

and three

seniors piled in thevans and caravanned

to Bolsa Chica State

beach for a day of

playing in the ocean,

digging trenches, and

cooking meals over the

fire. The weekend

focused on basic

Camping skills as well

as meal preparation,

teamwork, and bonding

with other cadets. The

sunburns were well

worth it!

Cadets and seniors arrived

at headquarters on Fri-

dayJune 22 to learn camp-

ing basics in preparation

for the Table Mountain

Bivuoac this month. Ca-dets learned how to set up

tents, and were divided

into cooking groups for

meal preparation. Cadets

prepared a wonderful meal

and assisted with clean up.

After dinner, Lt Hillman

took everyone on a night

hike and taught the cadets

about astronomy. The

hike was followed by

laughs and smores around

the campfire. Early the

next morning, the cadets

participated in the flag

O flag of our Union,

To you we'll be true,

To your red and white

stripes,

And your stars on the

blue;

The emblem of freedom,

The symbol of right,

We children salute you,

O flag fair and bright!

-Unknown

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You Will Need

Shoe Polish

Yellow Dusting Cloth

1 Soft bristle shoe brush

1 Hard bristle brush

Cup of Water

Old Pantyhose

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1. Brush any dirt from

the boot.

2. Wrap duster cloth around

finger, Apply small amount of

polish and rub in circles until a

faint shine starts to show.

3. Dip cloth into water, rub it

over the polished boot in small

circles (approx. 1 inch)

4. Let dry for 5 minutes, then

repeat steps 2 and 3

5. Use damp cloth and apply a

dot of polish, spreading it out

over the boot, working it in.

6. Repeat step 5 until shined

thoroughly.

7.Take the soft bristle brushand buff the boot thoroughly.

Buff after with the cloth.

8. Repeat until satisfied with

results.

http://www.wikihow.com/Give-

Your-Boots-

That-Military-

Mirror-Shine

Boot Shining Tips

Aerospace Article of the Month

This Monday, China's ShenzhouIXspacecraft successfully docked with itsorbiting space module, letting a crew of three"taikonauts" board the space lab for the firsttime. The docking and entry into the spacelab was a matter of intense national pride,and the government televised all the proce-

dures at the Tiangong Imodule, a name thatmeans "heavenly palace." The crew includedChina's first female taikonaut Liu Yang, a pi-lot from the Chinese Air Force.

Before her name was announcedthere were some bizarre statements fromChinese space experts about the criteria forselecting China's first space-going woman;they declared that she must be married,have given birth naturally, and have no scarsor body odor The orbiting module is only

about 10 meters long by 3 across, and is in-tended as a precursor to a larger space sta-tion that is scheduled to be launched in threesections beginning around 2020.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/chinas-todo-list-this-week-dock-with-space-lab-explore-mariana-trench

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interest to the squadron. If you

want to submit anything, have

any ideas for future articles, or

have any questions, please email

[email protected].

If we dont receive your

submission in time for that

month, we will be sure to

include it into the next months

newsletter. Thank you so much!

The Silver Sword is a newsletter

made by cadets, for the cadets.

Its a tool to keep you up to date

on upcoming events, and share

any information on Civil Air Patrol

in general. It will be distributed

monthly at Commanders Call.

We need your help to add articles

to this to make it the best it can

be. We are always accepting write

ups on squadron events, articles,

pictures, uniform tips, aerospace

news, or anything that would be of

Welcome To The Silver Sword

Pictures Of The Month

Squadron 64

Commander: Lt. Col. Hartwell

Deputy Commander: Lt. Saeedy

Cadet Commander: Lt. Hillman

First Sergeant: Sgt. Gardner

Public Affairs Staff:

Lt. Garcia

A1C Bikmaz

SrA Figueroa

SrA Granillo

E-mail:

[email protected]

Cadets Bartman and Kunch retire the flag with Lt

Col Hartwell and SrA Figueroa

Cadets Bikmaz, Kunch, Figueroa, Granillo,

Bartman and Hernandez building rockets.

Squadron 64 raise the flag over camp at RocStock

Cadets Viereck, Heder, Gutierrez, Morales and Gorski

ready for their first Orientation flight.

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