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uality Cadetnit Award—pdate

of August 31st we have

mpleted another year of

gibility for the QCUA.

d we wait . . .

have been tracking our

ogress this past year and

nothing but pleased

h our efforts. Remember

t this is a SQUADRON

FORT, not just one per-

n can make this happen

you all deserve a pat on

back.

arting September 1st we

gin a new year and I chal-

ge you all to do better.

n’t forget to check back

re every month to see

w we’re fairing and how

u can step up and help

ke a difference!

in this issu

Squadron News P.

Award s & Promotions P.

Calendar P.

Cadets P.

Senior Members P.

Other News P.

S S U E

A ugus t012

08

From the Deputy Commander . . .Capt Jessa Erickson

I had a lot of time over my 3-day

weekend to reflect on how busy

August was...

Our first cadet to attend an

NCSA (he actually attended

2!)

Front seat o-rides for cadets

Brasher, Mood & Pelzer

Back seat o-rides for cadets

Murphy, Bean, Hohenberger

and Baker

Pilot check rides for SMs

Johnson, Dimon & Murphy

SM Johnson completed Of-

ficer Basic Course

THREE senior members

completed the Yeager exam

SM Josh Hansen promoted

to 2d Lt

Cadets Pelzer, Hohenberger

and Hansen all promoted

Now I look to September and

wonder how we can surpass our

many accomplishments because,

as you all know, we always strive

to do better!

As the summer time activities

slowly wind down, September

looks forward to the Youth Avia-

tion Day Camp and Fly Iowa

2012 in Atlantic, North Central

Region Conference in Des

Moines and the SE Iowa Airshow

in Burlington. Not only that, but

two cadets are already set to

promote once their time in grade

(TIG) is up, and several other

cadets are in prime position to be

able to promote as well. As we

begin a new year of qualification

for the Quality Cadet Unit Award

we also look forward to schedul-

ing DDRx and AEX activities.

Thinking a little farther ahead

now….

October will see the Iowa Wing

Conference at Camp Dodge in

Des Moines. The conference

planning committee is hard at

work (I speak from experience!)

planning great sessions and a

wonderful celebration of ALL

Iowa’s many achievements d

ing the past year. Yours truly

be there, as will your squadro

commander who will be servi

as MC. If you haven’t registe

to go yet please do, we’d love

have a strong squadron pres-

ence!

Wreaths Across America is in

swing and we’ll be ramping u

our sponsorship efforts, both

vidually and as a squadron, a

we prepare to attend the annu

wreath laying ceremony in De

cember. Be sure to be at the

meeting to get your sponsors

forms (and to turn them in), o

you can email me if you need

some blank ones to hand out

your friends and family. If yo

not familiar with Wreaths Acro

America check out their webs

and ask us how we can hono

those who’ve given their lives

our freedom.

Thank you all for a great Aug

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Ranking Up— Achievementsand Levels

From cadets to senior membe

we are all given the chance to

earn promotions and succeed

ugustwards &romotions

u’ve worked hard and

ve succeeded, now it’s

r turn to recognize your

complishments!

hievement #1 &

omotion to C/Amn

det Pelzer

hievement #3 &

omotion to C/SrA

det Hansen

hievement #6 &

omotion to C/SMSgt

det Hohenberger

omotion to 2d Lt

h Hansen

ecial Activity Ribbon

det Salvato

arch “Find” Ribbon

det Salvato

ager Award

h Hansen

e Johnson

tt White

st Uniform for August

det Hohenberger

Due to the large number of senior members in our

squadron, we have been given permission to hold a

Squadron Leadership Course in Red Oak. We’ve

chosen to hold this class on October 20 & 21, 2012

to coincide with the 3rd Saturday meeting .

October is fast approaching and plans are being

finalized to make it a great experience for all senior

members who are able to participate. As we get

closer and closer more details will be made available

so be sure to check our monthly newsletters as well

as our weekly meetings for announcements.

What I can tell you right now is that there will be a

minimal fee (TBD) to cover course materials as

as lunch on Saturday. Supper on Saturday w

our usual $5 for food and drinks during the c

senior meeting at the airport so please plan on

as well because we will be having an awards

promotions ceremony too.

If you are interested in attending please fill

CAPF 17 and send it to [email protected]

Senior Members—Squadron Leadership Course

Cadet PT Bests— August Update

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Meetings

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2

4 September — Cadet Meeting

Emergency Services

Red Oak, IA Airport

1800-2030


CPFT & Testing

Red Oak, IA Airport


Aerospace Education

Red Oak, IA Airport

1800-2030


Leadership & Character Development

Red Oak, IA Airport

1800-2030

1-2 September —Quad City Airshow

7-9 September —North Central Region

Conference @ Des Moines

8 September — Aviation Youth Day Camp

@ Atlantic

15 September —Fly Iowa 2012 @ Atlantic

21-22 September —SE Iowa Airshow @

Burlington

None this month

Special Events Birthdays


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ugust Awards & Promotions night

Cadet PromotiBoards

One of the requireme

cadet promotions is a bo

review (BOR). Most

have already been throu

is and hopefully will agre

me that is a great cha

identify both strength

weaknesses to better he

prepare for the increas

sponsibilities that will

with a promotion.

It is the cadet’s responsi

request a BOR and w

that a request be made n

than one week in adRequests can be made

in person or via email o

other promotion require

have been met.

Cadet Resourc A Quick Reference

Everything Cadet

•

News & Updates • Help for New Cadets

• Information for Parent

• Promotions

• Drill & Ceremonies

• Upcoming Encampme

• CAP Scholarships

• Orientation Flights

• Leadership Curriculum

• Training Leaders of Ca

• Cadet Special Activitie

Thoughts from your First Sergeant . . .

/SMSgt Luke Hohenberger

n August 9, 2012 I went to my

ery first Civil Air Patrol Meeting.

here were only three cadets

ere counting myself, and now

ne year later, there are twelveadets and more interested! That

a very large growth in one

ear! Since we have more cadets

at means there are more oppor-

nities. For example, we had a

adet transfer from Georgia that

as experience in color guard. So

new opportunity would be that

e could start a color guard. An-

ther good opportunity when you

et a great amount of cadets is

that you could split them up into

flights, and have competitions. In

order to perform these opportuni-

ties there has to be responsibili-

ties. That’s where First Sergeant

comes in.

As a First Sergeant you are en-

countered with diverse responsi-

bilities. The responsibilities con-

sist of making sure that cadets

are passing their tests for promo-

tions, excelling in drill, and having

the cadets serve the core values

to their fullest! How well the ca-

dets perform as a squadron re-

flects on what type of leadership

that the sergeants, cadet com-

mander, and the whole squadron

itself is teaching the cadets. It

takes time, effort, and sacrifice to

perform the responsibilities to

their best abilities. I wouldn’t have

been able to be where I am now

if it wasn’t for the tremendoushelp of the sergeants, squadron

staff, and of course the wonderful

support of my awesome family.

Some people may think that be-

ing a First Sergeant is just anoth-

er job or task, but I strongly disa-

gree. It is one individual’s enor-

mous duty, and it is a privilege

and I am honored to serve as a

First Sergeant in the Civil Air Pa-

trol.

A Cadet Perspective—Colorado Encampment 2012

/1st Lt Josh Salvato

his summer I was lucky enough

o have the opportunity to attend

nd staff the Colorado Wing 2012ummer Encampment. In March I

was chosen to become a Flight

Commander, and was selected

or ECHO Flight.As a staff mem-

ber, I was required to come to the

encampment early to attend a

training exercise. For 4 days the

staff, both senior members and

cadets, trained to become betterleaders and to standardize the

practices that would be taught to

the basic cadets.

Following the staff training we

inducted a new year of basic ca-

dets. Over the course of the next

few days we started to train and

shape the cadets to become thefuture leaders that they can all

become.

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Senior Members

What keeps a good squadron

its feet and prepared at all tim

is a well trained and knowledg

ble staff.

enior Memberaining

e following is a list of

rses provided to all senior

mbers to further advance

r education and training

hin CAP. Completion of

me of these classes is

ndatory to promote and

mplete a level.

dates become available for

following courses we will

them on our calendar as

l as below.

uadron Leadership

hool (SLS)equired for the Benjamin O.

vis Jr. Award (Level II).

ilable online, sign up here.

ficer Basic Course

equired for the Benjamin O.

vis Jr. Award (Level II)


orporate Learning

ourse (CLC)

equired for the Grover Loening

ospace Award (Level I II).


it Commander’sourse (UCC)

dvised for those wishing to

ve on the Command Staff.

aining Leaders of

dets (TLC)

ecommended for ALL senior

mbers in a cadet or composite

adron.

The 2012 Professional Development training dates

have been announced!

Training Leaders of Cadets (TLC)

when: TBA

where: TBA

Squadron Leadership School (SLS)

when: October 20 & 21, 2012

where: Red Oak, IA

Corporate Leadership Course (CLC)

when: TBA

where: TBA,

Unit Commander’s Course (UCC)

when: TBA

where: TBA

If you’d like to attend any of the training course

will need to fill out a CAPF 17 and send it to the

Wing Professional Development Officer (Capt

Wachholz) as well as the course director.

All courses being conducted by the Iowa Wing

billeting arranged for at Camp Dodge for a V

reasonable rate.

If more than one squadron member would like

and carpool, please see Capt Jason Erickson a

the use of the CAP vehicle

For more information on what the courses enta

what to expect, please chat with your squadron

fessional Development Officer (Capt Jessa

son).

Forms & Regulations Updates

CAPPR 210-1—CAP Historical Program

CAPR 174-1—Property Management & Ac-

countability

CAPR 39-2—CAP Membership

CAPR 100-1—Communications

CAPP 214—Communications Specialty Track

Misc

ICUT release

Officer Basic Course (OBC) release

Help Wanted!

The following duty positions are

open and needing to be filled . . .

Cadet Programs Officer

Recruiting & Retention Officer

Aerospace Education Officer

Public Affairs Officer

Leadership Officer

Drug Demand Reduction Officer

If you’re interested in any of the positions

above, please let Capt Jessa Erickson know.

Important Updates . . .

Professional Development

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Links You NEEto Know About

Squadron Links

Southwest Iowa Compo

Squadron Website

Squadron Calendar

IA-003 Squadron Memb

Handbook

Facebook We pos

tos, notes about up

events (including meetin

cellations), important ne

etc. so be sure to “Like”

you can keep up.

Wordpress In add

our new social med

ue, we’ve also instituted

online blog via a Wordpr

account.

Wing Links

Iowa Wing Website

Wordpress Check

this site for informa

scheduled events, what

other squadrons are doi

and other cool stuff. If y

haven’t already, but sure

sign up to receive new bposts directly via your em

inbox!

Misc. Links

American Red Cro

First Aid app for iP

and Android users

ugust 2012 o-rides & check rides

Photos courtesy of SM Theresa Hohenberger

y the Numbers . . .t Jessa Erickson

enior Members

vel I—12/13

LS—3/13

t Technician Rating—3/13

fice Basic Course—5/13

vel II—3/13LC—3/13

Cadets

Achievement 1—11/12



Wright Brothers—5/12

Billy Mitchell –1/12

Squadron

OPSEC—25/25 100%

EO—24/25

Intro to CAP Safety—24/25

Aircraft Ground Handling—14/25

Basic ORM—11/25GES—13/25

wa Wing Brings Home 4 Balsem Awards

m EXTREMELY proud to an-

unce that the Iowa Wing has

en honored with two MajHowell

alsem Public Affairs Exceptional

chivement Awards winners this

ar.

ore than 90 entries of public

airs work generated between

n. 1, 2011, and Dec. 31, 2011,

ere received, resulting in 11

alsem awards (first place), 20

wards of Excellence (second

place) and 16 Certificates of Merit

(third place).”

For a complete listing of all

awards (for which the North Cen-

tral Region did VERY well this

year), please check out this arti-

cle .

Writing for Media/Newsletter

1st Lt Betsy Becker ( Award

of Excellence)

Writing for Media/VolunteerNow

Capt Jessa Erickson

(Certificate of Merit)

Social Media

Capt Jessa Erickson (Award

of Excellence—SWICS Fa-

cebook page)

Website

Capt Jessa Erickson (Award

of Excellence—Iowa Wing

website)

ongratulations to those who have completed requirements to help us reach our goals of 100% for the cate-

ories above, we can’t thank you enough! If you are missing anything we’ve listed above, or anything else

und in the Training Matrix excel spreadsheet found on our SharePoint portal, please help us out by getting

em completed ASAP! If you’re not sure what to do, don’t hesitate to let me (Capt Jessa Erickson) know

d I will be happy to be of assistance.
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