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Civil Air Patrol

During a hot August summer evening, the 2004 Honor Guardpresented the colors at the Au-gust 20th Everett Aquasox mi-

nor league baseball game. There wereappx. 5,000 people attending the gameand our cadets did a

great job.Cadet’s Jones,Levine, Street andKonertz comportedthemselves very pro-fessionally and theSenior Members re-ceived many com-ments on how muchthose attending appre-ciated seeing youngpeople committed totheir country and com-munity service.

The Aquasox alsoprovided our squadron

with a number of seats for our cadets to attend thegame.

Many other cadetsfrom our squadron joinedthe Honor Guard during

the game

at a tentoutsidethe sta-dium for recruitingpurposes.Thanks go to many par-ents and Senior Membersfor helping to organize andsupport this activity. Thisis the kind of even thatshows the general public

just what Civil Air Patrol isall about.

SM Jensen

Things to look for in

the next issue of

CAPtions

∗ ES Ropes Course

∗ CBTC at Camp Killoqua

∗ Cadet Fall Conference

∗ Northshore Change of

Command

∗ Color Guard presentation

at McChord AFB

∗ Search for downed jet in

Ellensburg

Cascade Falcon Summer Encampment According to Cadet Simonds,

“Cascade Falcon was a one week longsummer encampment. It helped us tolearn self-discipline, integrity, and to havea positive attitude in doing things. I alsolearned more about basic drilling and mili-tary discipline.”

“Some of the other things we didwere physical training, obstacle coursework, and we also had classes on differentsubjects such as aerospace. I would rec-ommend that you go to the Cascade Fal-con encampment next year because evenif it sounds hard, you will feel good aboutyourself after you accomplish it. It will be abig step in your cadet career.”

Cadet Yang commented, “I can

remember ferventlywishing the commandchief get some breathmints every time hestuck his collar in myface”. He continues, ”Firing SAW’s and the

M-16s, wearing gar-bage-bag ponchos,pushup comps, andthe mile-run-that-wasn’t-a-mile, it all comesback to me…. On top of just memories,however, I made a few good friends. Fromthat guy who came from the potato state tomy snowboarding bud up in BellinghamSquadron, I definitely met some good peo-ple….I have full plans to go back next year.”

Cadets Simonds, Yang and SM Jensen

Honor Guard’s

“Field of Dreams”

1

Cascade Falcon

Recap

1

Emergency

Services

Encampment

2

Color Guard

presents to 66,709

at NFL Game

2

Soccer Tourna-

ment, a RecruitingOpportunity

3

Promotions 4

Inside this issue:

Honor Guard Presents at AquaSox Game

CAP T IONS

September/October 2004Northshore Composite SquadronPCR-WA-068

Maj. Walter with

Colonel Starr,reviewing the troops

“Commander”

Street getting

his game face on

Cadets, Levine, Street (Commander),Konertz and Jones presenting the

colors



Northshore Composite Squadron

Emergency Services Encampment this sum-mer was a fantastic experience. Before I left

for this 9 day long endeavor, I was completelyunaware as to what a ground team was. Ibarely understood what the Emergency Ser-

vices division of CAP was. My only experiences had beenat squadron, and a few wing activities. After going to thisencampment though, my eyes were opened to all of theamazing opportunities that cadets have inEmergency Services.

This encampment was geared com-pletely towards getting all of the studentstheir ground team qualification. The trainingincluded extensive first-aid, navigation, compass work, andmethods of searching for ELT’s (Emergency Locator

Transmitters) which are used in aircraft.It was truly an experience, having no showers, no

Emergency Services Encampment

running water, and having to cook your own food for 9days. I wouldn’t have wanted it any differently, however.

The friendships that I made at that en-campment will last a lifetime. Through thepeople I met at that encampment, I’vebeen able to instruct at training classes,as well deploy on a recent mission in El-

lensburg. I highly recommend to anyone who wants tohave a new experience in CAP, to next year’s Emergency

Services Academy.c/MSgt Tyler Jensen

“The friendships that I

made...will last a lifetime”

c/MSgt Tyler Jensen

the crowd really got excited when the national anthem wasfinishing, I can see how it would be hard for quarterback’sto call their plays when it gets that loud”.

This event marks the end of a verybusy and successful color guard/

honor guard season for our cadets. After winning the Washington stateColor Guard championship lastMarch, the team has escorted aU.S. Congressman, Army Generaland a host of other dignitaries atparades, professional baseballsgames, soccer tournaments, etc.

We should be proud of our cadetsas they have represented our squadron and the Washington Wingvery well over the last 6 months.

SM Jensen

Editor’s note...We were fortunate tohave this color guard story picked up by the national CAP News. It appeared online and on page 3 of the CAP News.

Color Guard try-outs for the 2005 team will be sched- uled sometime late fall/early winter. If you are inter- ested in trying out, contact 1st Lieutenant Jensen.

Seattle, WA– In front of a sell-out crowd of 66,709,the Northshore Squadron’s Color Guard Team, presentedthe colors at the Seattle Seahawks home opener vs. theSan Francisco 49ers.

“The Seahawks Football team is

doing a great job of reaching out toinclude thecommunitythese days”says 1st Lieu-tenant BarbaraJensen. “Theytreated us likeroyalty and weenjoyed pro-viding themwith the ser-vice”.

The team arrived at the stadium at10:00 AM for a 1:00 performance andhad two hours to practice. Once we allcame out of the tunnel 10 minutes be-fore performing, saw and heard the crowdnoise, I think the cadets were glad to havepracticed in the peace and quiet of anempty stadium.

“It was exciting, Qwest field is very big and very loud”said c/MSgt Tyler Jensen, the Color Guard Team Com-mander. “I had to really yell my formation commands as

Color Guard Presents at Seahawks Home Opener to 66,709

“It was

exciting, Qwest

field is very big

and very loud”

Color Guard Team Members Briant,

Jensen, Warren and Street at

QWEST Field



Northshore Composite Squadron

Redmond, WA, – The Northshore Squadron Civil Air Patrol Color Guard Team, presented the colors for four

opening ceremonies during the Lake Washington YouthSoccer Association’s (LWYSA) Labor Day Jamboree KickOff tournament in Sep-tember. The Jamboree isan annual event that drewan estimated 10,000 peo-ple over two days, it signi-fies the start of LWYSA’ssoccer season. The eventDirector, Sean Egglestonsaid, “Everyone loved the CAP cadets, they will definitelybe invited back next year”.

“It was awe inspiring at how quiet thousands of kids

suddenly got as the Color Guard called its commands andmarched onto the field with the flag”, mentioned PattyChapman, soccer parent.

Soccer Tournament, Community Service and Recruiting Opportunity

The squadroncapitalized on that

feeling and put onrifle twirling demon-strations and acomplete Emer-gency Servicesdemonstration.Many cadets cameand staffed thebooth and spokewith kids and parentsabout CAP. “I wasamazed at how articulateand polite these young

men and women were, It really speaks well for your or-ganization” said another parent. SM Jensen

Thanks also to members of the Seattle Squadron

“I was amazed at how articulate and polite

these young men and women were, It really

speaks well for your organization”

Soccer Parent

Cadet Buckle speaks with two

potential cadets



Cadet Promotions In October

• c/Msgt Briant

• c/Sgt Keane

Promotions in October 2004

W E NEED Y OUR ST ORIES!!!

As the new Public Aff air s Of ficer, I am asking that each of y ou commit to w riting ar ticles or stor ies on y our ex-per iences w ith C AP ev ery 2 months. Help keep this new sletter exciting and f un, w r ite an ar ticle today ! :)

SM K r is Jensen

• Pick a topic and tell of your per sonal exper ience • W rite your story in 250 w or ds (3 par agraphs)

• Send stor y in MS W ord file or just email text.

•

Attach pictur es if you can (.jpg f ormat please)

Ci vil Air Pa trol

Earn your Recruiting Ribbon by invitingyour friends to Join!

The “Northshore” Squadron is seekingnew members for

Cadet (ages 12-21) andSenior (21+) programs.

If you are 12 years old or older, there are open- ings in the Squadron waiting for you!

Where else can you…

• Learn to Fly • Build and Launch Rockets • Learn Leadership Skills • Search and Rescue Work • Wear Military Uniforms • Perform Community Svc.

Check us out on the webhttp://northshore.wawg.cap.gov

FREE MOVIE TICKETS!

Once every 3 months, the cadetwith the most creative articlesubmitted to the newsletter

will get 2 free moviepasses!

CAPtions

Squadron Cmdr.: Maj. Karen Walter

Editor: SM Kris Jensen

Cadet Contributors: Cadet Alex Simonds

Cadet Tyler Jensen

Cadet Tom Yang

CAPtions would like to also thank the following

organizations that have partnered with the

Northshore Squadron.

• Everett AquaSox Baseball Team

• The Seattle Seahawks

• Lake Washington Youth Soccer Assn.

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