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Pell City Composite Squadron 118Alabama Wing Civil Air Patrol

From Our Commander,

The Olympics are in full swing. Every four yearsathletes from around the world gather and compete.Watching these games we get glimpses of how muchtraining it takes to get to the top of their game.Stories detail how athletes train for years to reachthat level.

When you listen to some of the stories, you see somecommon themes that make them successful. Theyhave a goal. They work to achieve their goals. Theywork with the best coaches that are available. Theynever lose sight of their goals. This is a recipe forsuccess.

The other thing that you usually see in events of this type is that they try to finishstrong. They try to pace themselves and save a little bit of reserve energy to hethem to finish fast and strong. They try not to run out of gas at the finish line.

This recipe will work for us as well. We have to first have a goal of what we wanto accomplish. We then work to achieve this goal. We surround ourselves withthe best teachers, coaches, instructors, and mentors available. If we continue tofollow this plan and never lose sight of our goals we will be successful. We alsoneed to pace ourselves so that we too can finish strong and fast. Sometimes weget impatient and frustrated because we do not see the success that we wantimmediately. Some activities take a great deal of training, study and practice tosee results. Sometimes it is difficult to keep our eyes on the finish line whilerunning the race.

As the fiscal year starts to come to a close we need to continue what we have

done that has made us successful. We need to keep a pace that will allow us tofinish strong and fast. We need to push all the way to the finish line. We need tkeep practicing. We need to keep training. We need to keep our eyes on thegoal.

Be Safe,Jim GosnellCommander AL-118

Vol. 3, No. 8 August 2012Squadron

Commander

Maj. Jim Gosnell

eputy Commander for

Cadet Programs -

Capt. Cindy Bennett

nside this issue:

Commanders

Corner

1

Calendar 2

Safety 3-6

Safety, Safety

Magazine and

Volunteer Magazine

6

Stand/Eval 7

Did You Know? 8

Wing Training &

WESS

9

Character

Development/PAO

10

Cadet Corner 11

Aerospace Hi 12

Cadet Activities

AdvancedTechnologies

13

Award CeremonyStaff Applications

14

Cadet Photos 15

NewsletterEditor2nd Lt.

Elizabeth Shurbutt


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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sa

1 2 CHEAHAsOpen House -Camp Lee inAnniston6-8 p.m.

3 4

6 7 8 HappyBirthday,RachelShurbutt &EsthenLambert

9 Cadet Mt.Leadership,BDUsSENIOR MT 18:30

HappyBirthday, GregTurley

10 11 HaBirthdRayBenne

2 13 14 15 16 Cadet Mt.CharacterDevelopment18:30

17 18

9 20 21 22 23 AwardCeremony

SENIOR MT

24 25

6 Happyrthday,

rendadins

27 28 29 HappyBirthday,

DavidTaylor

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August 2012August 2012

Calendar . . . Page

Cadet Schedule and Uniform for August 2012:August 2 Public Relations at Camp Lee for CHEAHA Homeschool Group

August 9 Leadership (Dress Blues) - AirportAugust 16 Character Development (BDUs)August 23 Award Ceremony (Dress Blues)

August 30Fun Night


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Safety . . . Page 3

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What happened to the GPS?A few summers ago the FAA announced that, sometime during that summer, it would conduct a widespreadrill that would simulate a national security event involving the shutdown of the GPS satellites that covered the entire eastern United StatesThis was the first time that I knew that the GPS could be turned on and off like a light switch. As far as I can determine, the shutdown neveoccurred. The following article proposes a scenario where a Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) and its pilot are subjected to just such anevent. You will be surprised at how many functions on the aircraft are shutdown along with the moving map. A lot more is lost than the littleairplane on the display. Please read the following article and as alwaysStay Safe!Ronald Harlan, 118 Safety Officer


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Reminder: Read the newsletter and receive a Safety Briefing Credit.

Please email Ron Harlan at - [email protected]

Oliver Etna, Practicalities: Searching the Sky, IFR 7 July 2012: 14-16


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Safety Beacon - Official Safety Newsletter of theCivil Air PatrolAugust Issue

Click on the link below to see the latest copy of this newsletter:

http://www.capmembers.com/media/cms/Safety_Beacon__Aug_2012_283DAD6555B29.pdf

Share the JoyOne of our responsibilities as Pilots is to share the joy we have of aviation with

others in a safe manner. In the CAP one of the opportunities we have to do that isby giving Cadet Orientation Rides (O-Rides). These are aircraft flights that last

about one hour following a syllabus that has been approved. Each Cadet isallowed five funded Powered Flights, and five funded Glider Flights. If you have

not had the pleasure of giving the First Flight to a Cadet you are truly missing agreat experience.Major Jim Gosnell

Civil Air Patrols Volunteer magazinefor July-September is now availableonline!

http://cap.imirus.com/Mpowered/book/vcap12/i3/p1

If your household has more than onCAP member and you receivemultiple copies of this magazine, yomay choose to opt out to help saveCAP money.

A digital version of the magazine is

available online

http://www.capvolunteernow.com/cap_volunteer


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Stand/Eval . . . Page

CREW CONCEPT

All turbojet airliners are flown with at least two pilots as well as cabin attendants, so one concept that ttress in their training is crew concept or crew coordination. What this means is that through their training,hey emphasize that every member has a stake in the successful outcome of the flight, not just the person

manipulating the controls. It is important for each crewmember to be aware of the duties and responsibiliti

of every other crewmember, how their duties intertwine with the other crewmembers, and how their dutiesand communication can successfully or adversely affect the outcome of the flight. I will give you a very reaexample shortly, but I introduce this subject in order to ask the question. Is there a necessity to utilize creoncept in our CAP aircraft and missions?

It is very easy to fall into a routine in our 172s and 182s where we just take it for granted that as a pilos my job to fly the aircraft without anyone elses help or input because we do it so often on proficiency flyior Cadet Orientation rides, aircraft positioning flights, etc. where we are the only pilot. What if we are on amission with an observer (who possibly is another pilot) and perhaps a scanner or photographer on boardEveryone on board has distinct duties to accomplish but combined as a crew they are responsible for theuccessful outcome of the mission. There could be a life or lives depending on it! My answer to the questis Yes, we should utilize crew coordination and crew concept wherever we can in CAP aircraft. How do w

mplement this? Here are some suggestions to get us started down the path.In a multi-crew turbojet, as the non-flying pilot, it is my job to do what I can to facilitate the operation of

aircraft by tuning the radios, pulling out charts or approach plates, setting up navigation, talking to ATC,ealing with passenger needs,( basically everything I can!) so that the flying pilot can focus solely on flyinghe aircraft. I also communicate to the flying pilot what I am doing and he to me as well so that we are botthe same sheet of music so to speak.

A lot of this can translate into our CAP aircraft. The pilot needs to communicate with the Observer orScanner to facilitate their visual search. The observer can work the radios (both ATC and mission) so the an focus on maintaining safe altitudes or distances in flying a search pattern. The first step in integratingrew coordination is for everyone to be communicating during a mission so each crewmember is aware of

what they might be able to do to help the other.

Here is the very real example which I previously mentioned. A few years back a Boeing 737 being flowGreat Britain crashed short of the runway while executing an emergency procedure after experiencing anengine fire. There were many fatalities, but fortunately many people survived. During the accidentnvestigation, one question arose which was, Why wasnt the crew able to continue to the airport on oneengine after experiencing the engine fire and executing the appropriate emergency engine shutdown? Thanswer was that they shut down the wrong engine! Wait a minute. Dont get too much exercise jumping towrong conclusion!

The crew followed the emergency checklist as prescribed and shutdown the engine indicating the fire. problem was that the engine fire detection system had been crosswired and the engine indicating the fire he good engine. After all the surviving crew was interviewed, a flight attendant in the back said that sheoticed that the left engine was the one on fire and that the crew shut down the right engine! She never

ommunicated this fact to the cockpit. Do you think that there was a vital bit of information that someone he crew knew that would have been helpful to another member of the crew? You bet. The next time you fly with someone, especially if it is on a mission, ask the PIC if there is anything you

o that will help them do what they are doing. Captains, get feedback from your crewmembers about howan fly to better facilitate what they are doing. We arent going to implement crew concept overnight nor

we implement it without a great deal of training, but lets start thinking about it and how we can function beas a whole crew by improving how we work together in the airplane and how much more we canommunicate!

See you on the flight line!Tommy Grimes


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Did You Know? . . . Page 8

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that amateur radio operators are sometimes called ham radio operators? It goes back a long time.tarted with the so called professional radio operators. I suppose that they resented the fact that common people cctually operate a station and communicate with others around the world. Most professional radio stations are limio how far they can transmit. Ham operators have a long tradition of helping people in times of disaster or when ot

orms of communication were not available. The birth of ham radio was a bit of a process, that began around 1888910, by several pioneers in the radio and wireless field.

There are limits on ham radio operators also. As a matter of fact, there are many laws now that limit power levels,requencies to be used and who can transmit on them. There are also laws dealing with interference caused by haperators and to protect them from interference from others. The truth is, very few ham operators interfere withelevision, radio or any other form of signal reception. Amateur radio operators may have started out with a bit of wnd a few crystals but, they have evolved into a highly skilled group of people.

Amateur radio operators exist in three levels, Technician Class, General Class and Extra Class. Each has to be li-ensed to operate at their level. The higher the level, the more frequencies you may use. Amateur radio has growuickly over the past few years, due mostly to the removal of the requirement to know the Morse Code. Individuals

may now purchase books or go online and study the requirements on operating a radio. When you feel ready to tahe test, most people seek out a club that administers the test. Testing is proctored and after passing the test, theroctors (or VEs as they are known) send in your results to the FCC. In a few days you will receive a license in the

mail. The test is only $15.00 and the license is good for 10 years.

There are many people in CAP who are also avid Amateur Radio Operators. If you are interested in joining in on thun, ask me or one of our other members. Many of you already have some of the skills needed by operating the CAadios. And now you know.

Eddie Shurbutt, Capt. (AKA) KI4ZRHSER-AL-118

****** October 13, 2012 ******

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9am-1pm

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Wing Training . . . Page 9

ALWG Guided Training Exercise

Our FY12 Guided Training Exercise is coming up and we need to start putting the final planning touches in plbig part of this is knowing exactly who will be participating. Now that we're sufficiently close to the date (Aug 11th) eryone should be aware of their schedules, please sign up for this activity on the wing website if you plan on partic

ting.

We will continue to use the Event Registration tool on www.alwg.us in the Ops & Emergency Services sectioter you've logged in, simply navigate to http://alwg.us/pages/operations-emergency-svcs/event-registration.php, see GTE from the drop down list, chose the position(s) in which you are interested in participating, add the vehicles/craft you will be bringing, then click submit at the bottom. If you wish to change your preferences at a later time, simplete the above process again and your options will be updated. If you wish to withdraw from participating, simplbmit the above page with nothing selected. Such a system as this should go a long way toward keeping track of wplanning on participating and who wants to do what. This will do that much more easily than dozens of emails andone calls. So, please use the above web page to sign up.

As always, to participate in this operational exercise, all members must have at least the GES qualification asell as trainee status in the position they will be participating BEFORE arriving at the activity. A complete and correciform is also a prerequisite. Anyone not meeting these requirements will not be able to participate so please plan

cordingly.

ditional information will be forthcoming over the next couple of weeks but here are the primary details:Primary Date: 11 AUG 12Back-up Date: 18 AUG 12Final Go/No-Go if questionable weather: Noon, FridayICP Location: Auburn University Regional Airport Terminal (new FBO)Planning & Air Ops Staff Report Time: 1900 CDT, Friday

All Staff Report Time: 0700 CDT, SaturdaySign-In Opens: 0730 CDT, SaturdayExercise In-Brief: 0830 CDT, SaturdayExercise Debrief: 1630 CDT, Saturday

egards,de Boyer

WESS 2012-2013

Plans and dates are being finalized by Col.Michael Long and his staff concerning theupcoming WESS Cycle. If you are intereste

in participating this year as a student or staffplease check with Capt. Bennett or Maj.Randolph. You need to start gathering yourgear NOW. There may be supplies availablefor you, but you will have to inquire.

The tentative dates for Staff Training areSeptember 14-15. Mark your calendars andwatch your email for further information.


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Character Development and PAOs CORNER . . . Page 1

WHERE TO FIND US ON THE INTERNET:

Civil Air Patrolwww.gocivilairpatrol.com/

Cadet Serviceshttp://www.capmembers.com/

Alabama Wing of Civil Air Patrolhttp://www.alwg.cap.gov/

Pell City Civil Air Patrolhttp://www.pellcitycap.org/

Wing Emergency Services School (WESS)http://wess.alwg.us/

Photo Files on Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/bethshurbutt/

collections/72157615727997818/

On Facebook: Civil Air Patrol, AL WingCivil Air Patrol, Pell City

Composite Squadron, SER-AL-118, Civil Air Patrol

CADET PROGRAM EMAILGROUP:

A Yahoo Email group has been set up make communication between membeeasier. Invitations were sent to all the cadmembers.

If you are not receiving updates areminders from the Yahoo Group, you molikely are not a member of it yet.

Please contact Beth Shurbutt at:

[email protected] and request that sadd you to the group.

You can also go to the Yahoo Group site ajoin:

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

Strive for Excellence

If youve been like me these past several days, youve been glued to thetelevision watching all the events occurring across the pond in London.Over 17,000 of the worlds best athletes have gathered there to competein 26 sports. There are 529 representing our great country. Im sure ther

are many reasons that propel these people to work toward the Olympicsbut I am reminded that they must have a goal in mind, pay the price toreach the goal, and most important, strive for excellence.

The first important thing to have in any endeavor in life is a goal. Runners prepare and participate inraces with the finish line in mind. Without that vision, what would be the purpose in running? Most wantto finish first, but others are satisfied with the knowledge that they competed and finished. Do you havegoals? If not, it is never too late to set some.

Next, one must pay the price in order to reach any goal. The price is usually hard work which requirestime, energy, and determination. These Olympic athletes train for years. Some have set their goal of

attending the Olympics while children. It is constantly in their mind and they spend hours, days, andyears in training. The price is sometimes very high. It means they must sacrifice some things in order toachieve their goals. Instead of eating junk food all the time, they must specialize their diet to include higprotein and a good balance of carbohydrates. Instead of sleeping in every day and staying on the couchwatching television, they must get up early and put in hours of physical fitness.

In conclusion, the concept of striving for excellence must be foremost in all they do. They must not settlefor anything but their best. They must push themselves beyond the limits of what they think they can door have been told they could do. Most of us will not make it to the Olympics, but we can learn that havina goal, paying the price to reach it, and striving for excellence are things that will help us move forwardand succeed in Civil Air Patrol and life. Lets all get busy! - 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Shurbutt


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Cadet Corner . . . Page 1

Hello everyone, summer has surely made its presence known! It isefinitely hot and dry. Summer is passing by and with it the National

Cadet Special Activities. We have cadets at NESA in Camp Atterbury,ndiana and at Advanced Technologies Academy at the Air ForceAcademy in Colorado serving as staff in both places. That says a lotor the leadership skills of our cadets. It also gives them an opportunityo improve on those skills. We recognize that when put in leadershipositions there is always situations that arise to test our knowledgend experience. How we handle these new situations test our ability todd to our knowledge base of solutions. We appreciate all the hard

work that the cadets do in obtaining these skills, and we appreciateven more the role our senior members and parents play in supporting and guiding ouradets. It takes dedication from everyone to make the program a success. We look forwardearing all about these activities when our cadets get home.

Events coming up in the nest few months include our recruiting drive starting August 2 nd

We will be meeting at Camp Lee in Anniston to share our program with the homeschoolingssociation that night. Details will follow on directions, times, uniform etc. Other events inc promotion night in late August. Again details will follow. In September some of us will bearticipating in the CISM training at Maxwell as well as WESS staff training in Titus. There o many activities that are available to CAP members that we must be able to prioritize,specially our cadets. The activities CAP offers plus the fact that school will be starting soo

makes it imperative that cadets especially learn to do time-management really well, otherwhey become overloaded and stressed. Cadets, if you find yourself in this situation, please o your parents or senior members and let us help you.

Just a reminder to our cadets that if you are going to teach either a Leadership Class orAerospace Class that basic outline for class is due to me two weeks in advance of your cl

nd a detailed outline is due one week in advance of your class. Email them to me [email protected]

Also staff position applications were due a couple of weeks ago to C/Major Randolph andopied to me. I only received two applications, so if you didnt copy me on your application

lease forward me that information.

One last thing to our cadets, when you are addressing someone in the written form, yourame and rank should have C/ in the front.

Capt. Cindy Bennett

TRIVIAWhat National Cadet Special Activity was written up in the latest issue of the Volunteer?

Email your answer to: [email protected]


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Aerospace Hi . . . Page 1

Aerospace Hi

I hope everyone is having a good summer. There is aot going on in the Aerospace world, but I will keep thishort.

First is news this week that the first woman in space,Sally Ride, died at the age of 61 from pancreatic cancer.The aerospace world has lost a pioneer. She paved theway for women everywhere when she broke the genderarrier of space, fortunately she wont be the last.

Also in the news is theannouncement that tours of theGeorge C Marshall Space Flight

Center in Huntsville, Al have beenesumed. After 9/11 tours to the center were cancelled. I remember going there many yeargo during my tenure as an elementary school student. The last item of news concerns the

much maligned now a planet, now not a planet Pluto. The latest news is that the nowategorized dwarf planethas another moon, bringing the total of moons Pluto can claim tove.

Well, thats all for this month in the news category, now on to the continuous reminder fohe Senior Members. Have you studied and taken your Yeager test yet? I am waiting to swho will be the next recipient from our squadron.

Capt. Cindy Bennett

"I pledge to serve faithfully in the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program and that I will attenmeetings regularly, participate actively in unit activities, obey my officers, wear muniform properly and advance my education and training rapidly to prepare myse

to be of service to my community, state and nation."


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Advanced Technologies

his year I attended the Advanced Technologies Academy as a staff member. I was selected to be a flightmmander for the ATA formation. As a flight commander, I was responsible for making sure all the cadetsy flight were in formation on time, that they got to the chow hall at each meal, and that my flight was

counted for at each activity. At the beginning of the week, we had classroom sessions where we learnedout how CAP uses technology for various missions. During the week, we also got to fly missions using th

fferent technologies, such as aerial photography. In an aerial photography mission, we connect a GPSgger to the camera. This embeds coordinates to each photo so we can tag them later. When we identify orget, we fly a box pattern around the target and take pictures from each cardinal direction. Then we take tctures back to mission base where we upload them to a server that geotags the pictures for later referenchat I really enjoyed was the cyber security class. In this class, we participated in exercises where we hadcure a computer from different vulnerabilities. We also had to defend our computers from an active attacthe end of the day we did fun stuff like laser tag, bowling, and swimming. I and two other cadets also

orked on a promotional video for ATA. I hope to see more cadets from our squadron apply for ATA next y

/Capt. Brian Scott

http://members.gocivilairpatrol.com/emergency_services/operations_support/advanced_technologies.cfm


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Award Ceremony . . . Page 14

Award Ceremony

ugust 23, 2012, will be the night of our Award Ceremony. Attendance is required. It will be a Blues night oress clothes", dark slacks and white dress shirt if you do not have inspection ready Blues. NO BDU's, jeashorts will be allowed.

e are still working out the details of where we will be having it. Those receiving their awards MUST haveX14 frame to Capt. Jeannie Scott and their personal information to Lt Beth Shurbutt by August 9.

efreshments will be served and 2nd Lt. Shurbutt will be sending out a sign-up sheet in the next week. Thll include drinks and finger foods. Be thinking about what you would like to provide.

ease let me know how many of your friends and family will be attending this ceremony, also. If you havey questions, please contact Capt. Jeannie Scott via email, Facebook message, or by phone. Thank you!

apt. Jeannie Scott

ER-AL

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Pell City Cadet Staff Applicationsr the last several months we have been on a monthly rotating staff schedule. Due to it being so complicated we will now beifting to 6 month rotations. The positions open for application are:

xecutive Officerght Commanderght Sergeant

adet Aerospace Education Officer

adet Emergency Services Officer

ease look up CAPM 20-1 for positions descriptions. XO & AE can be found on page 45, FC & FSgt on 46. The link is below.

p://www.capmembers.com/forms_publications__regulations/indexes -regulations-and-manuals-1700/

gibility:

apply for XO you must have attained the rank of C/CMSgt. (Officers will be given priority) apply for Flight Commander you must be attained the rank of C/MSgt. (Officers will be given priority) apply for Flight Sergeant You must have attained the rank of C/SSgt. apply for AE Officer you must have attained C/2ndLt. apply for ES Officer you must have at least a GTM3 rating

pplication Process:

properly apply you must send a resume via email to me ([email protected]) with Capt. Bennett copied to it with the position youould like to fill. Do not hit the "reply all" button!!! You may apply for more than one staff slot, but you must fill out a resume fch desired position. Please see the attachment for a resume template. It should not exceed two (2) pages. The deadline toply is August 15th.

you have any questions feel free to email, txt or call me. My number is (205) 362 -9901.

andolph, Peter, C/Majoradet Commander

ell City Composite Squadron


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Cadet Photos . . . Page 15

C.H.E.A.H.A. Open HouseA special Thanks goes to those whoparticipated in representing CAP andour Squadron at the CHEAHA Home-

schoolers Open House, August 2.Cadets participating were Nathan

Bedford, Logan Carter, Brian Scott,Noah Thomas, and David Thompson.Senior members present were Cindy

Bennett, Eddie Shurbutt, BethShurbutt, and Jeannie Scott.

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