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The Aviatorst, Croix Composite SquadronMinnesota Wing - Civil Air Patrol - U,S, Air Force Auxiliary

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st. Croix Squadron Goes throughSubordinate Unit Inspection

n Thurs day 26March 2009, The st. Croix Comp 0si te Squ adron underw ent our t urn in the0 sba Wing Subordinate U r n t Insp ecti on pro ce 1 3 a. 3 . Memb era from the Minnes ot a Wing

nsp ecti ons te am were her e to review how well we are doing as a SquadronThe 3 . team m ember 1 3ere; Col. Ste ven Mill er, Lt. Col. Bret t H allweg&Lt. Col. CharI ott Mill er. The tri 0were veryhouro ugh in the insp ecti on pro ce 1 3 1 3 by interviewing all of the re sp ecti ve deptartm ent heads andathere d inform ati on bas ed on our performance a .

he various departments performed up to expectations and our squadron commander, Capt.avid Yost was very pl ease d with the way things went all evening. Capt. David yost 1 3 aid, 'I think

0 f the D ep artm ente in the Squ adron di d very well toni ght and Ithink we will 1 3 core well whenhe re sulbs com e in.'he Senior Members present were; Lt. Col. Bill Rutten, Maj. Paul Prior, Maj. David Kenan, Maj.i chael Bordonaro, Maj .Dan Fosterling, Capt. D avid yo st, Capt. Dalen kru 1 3 e, Capt. Stefanly vander, Capt. CIayto n Hamil ton, 1Lt. Brad Heck, 1Lt. Thomas Simonet, 2Lt. D on Vahl sing, 2LCharI e 1 3 J enbs, 2Lt. Scott Richards on &SMJu stin Fl ore a.

ongrat ul ati ons are in order for all of the memb era 0f thet. Cr oix Comp 0sit e Squadro n for their perform ance and the

dioatio n to make our Squadr on one of the fine st in Group 3 .Minne 1 3 ot a Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.


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St.Croix Squadron Helps Out at the 2009Shrine Circus Fundraiser

On Thurs day 02April thro ugh Sunday 05April 2009, Memb eraof the st. Croix Comp 0site Squ adron help ed out at the 2009Osman Shrine Circus hel d at the Minnes ot a st ate Fairgrounds Coliseum. The Squ adron help ed perfo rm par king lotatt endant duti ea as well as light crow d conbrol and securit yduties.The circus had ho st ed a total 0f 10 show s 0vera four dayp erio d. Both Senior m embers and cadets were ubilia ed in avariety of tasks and duti ea. The shririer s and the circu sperform er s pro vide d acts au ch as hi gh wire fe aba, juggeling,clowns and skits, dar ede vil mo torcycl e feaba, Tigers, Elephant s, camels and lot s of inter acti v e funfor ki da and adults.The st. Paul Shriners use many of the funds raia ed from the oircus to help fund the ShrinersHospital which help skids and parents get the mu ch ne eded m edi cal help from dibili ating ilIne ssand at1i ctio na. Our Shriner ho st s were very go 0d to us again by tr eating us to lunch, snacks andgivirig usa pl ace to sit and rest during the bri ef p erio da b etw een show s and acti vitie a.Thi s was the st. Croix Squadron's 3rd year working thi s co-operati ve event as a Squ adr onfundr aia er and again it was a very au coea sful time for us all.We manage d to have on av erage 12.7Squadron m embers per show working the v ario us tasks we were aske d to pro vide for the ShrinersLt. Co 1 . Bill Rutten was the st. Cro ix Squadro ria Proj ect om cer for thi s event and was re spo nai blefor arranging and coor dinating all of the m emb era for each days show a. Lt. Co 1 . Bill Rutten, Capt.David Yost were the only m ember s who attended all 10show s and our thanks go out to both ofyou for your dedi cati on.The hours were m any and the day s were long, but we all had a fun tim e and got to sp end a 10 t oftime getting to know one another a little better. The Squadron van left. the hangar every morningat least two hours b efore the first show and did not return uni tl tw 0 hour s after the 1ast show, thi1ed tom 0stly members working a 14 or 15hour day. E v eryone pi tche d in and we had a veryau coea sful fundrai sing event.Our Commander, Capt. David Yost has a message for the Squadron; 'Iwould like to add mythanks and oongratul atio ria to all you who participat ed foraj 0b very well done. We heard po siti voomm em s (again thi s year) not 0nly from the Shriner s, but al s0 from the circu s people. Theringmaster told me he has worked many circuses in many places, some of which also have localorgard a ati ons au ch as ours helping with logistic s, and our CAP unit definitely stands 0ut as veryoomp etant and very pr ofe sai onal. Well done, guys!lWe hop e thi s furidraiairig event be com es an armu al everf for our Squ adron be cau se we have agre at tim e doing this fo r the Shriner s and ours elv ea . This is just another way our m ember s cangive som ething back to the comm uni ty and for the kids it help a .

On behalf of the Squadron Commander, Thank you andj ob well done!


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DOH - Salute to Youth 2009 Continuedhe st. Cro ix Squadro n mem bers who p articip at ed in thi s everf were, cn'S gt. Noah Hite, CIAmn.ati Jents, 2Lt. Charles Jents, CISSgt. Zachary Langer, CISSgt. Alex Swanson &2Lt. Scottl chards on. 0ur colo r guard preform ed beautifully and the De gre e of Honor S0citey wasmpre sse d again with our pre oisi on and profe ssionalism in the pres entati on. Well done Cadet s !

st. Croix Squadron Aids inELT Searchun day night 26April 2009, 4Memb era 0f the st. Croix Comp 0site Squadron answ ere d the call to gearch for an ELT alert issued by the AFRCC &Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol.

0cal aircraft. comin g into th eMinn eap olia -St. P au1 (MSP) airp ort were rep orting pi cking up anm ergenc y L 0cator Transmitter (ELT) distre sa signal from the north ern &north eastern half of th ewin Citie s area. CAP Squadr ona fro m around the Group 3&4 ar ea of op eratio na were acti v at ed toear ch and to silence this di sbres s signal.h und er st orms, low ceilin gs and mod erate rain throu gh out th e Twin Citie s metro ar ea prec 1udedny Air Op erati ona fur this sear ch. In st ead, groun d bas ed Search Te ams from th e p arti cipatin gquadron s were disp at ched to do a metho dical search of 10cal airpo rts and perform direc tio n findingDF) to 10cate th e sourc e 0f the dishes s sign al.t. Croix Squadron groun d search te am was 1ead by Cir'oun d Team Le ader (G-TL) LTC. Eill Ruttenn d parbic ip ated by ,Maj. Mich ae1E or don aro, Capt. D avid Yo st and 2Lt. Scott Richard son. Th eSt.

ix te am depart ed Lake Elmo Airport (21D) at approximately 1835 10cal tim e an d was Laske dith searching 4 airports in response to directions from Maj. Paul Pieper, Incident Commander (ICt mi sai on bas e. Our sear ch plan to ok us from Lake Elmo (21D) to New Richmo nd, WI (RNR) tomery, WI (Allli) to 0 sceo la, WI (OEO) and back to Lake Elmo (21D) by 212510cal time. We wereone a little less than 4 hours total and covered around 108miles. We swept all of the airports fur ai sbres s signal but did not pick up on any.

h e Emer gen cy Lo cat or Tran smit ter (ELT) distre ss be acon was 10cat ed an d silen ced by memb eraf the st. Paul Comp 0sit e Squadron at roughly 1940 hours 10cal time. Th e ELT distre ss sign al wasracked to Wentworth Aviation, 2820 13th Ave. South located in South Minneapolis, MN.en tw orth Aviati on is a r ecycler of aviation p arts an d suppli ea .

ongratulations go to all of the Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol Squadrons &members whon swered th e call to go out an d 10ok for thi s ELT sign al and make thi s search a au ccessful fin d.his is just another example of how the Minnesota Wing, Civi1Air Patrol is still making a differenceven with th e chan ges in the 121.5emergen cy sign al m onitorin g system.


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Awards &AchievementsM. Mich asl Bua aM. Ju stin 1'10 roE

Mamb srahip Aw 3IdMamb srahip Aw 3Id

Lt. 'Ihomas Simonet Ca.rtific at a. o f Complat.ion

New Promotionshomas Simon at. 1St. Lia.ut an omt

you think you kno w what it ia, aend yo u :rsw era to LtCol. Rutt~n at

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Is su e: a m w e:r : C ! . . P National H~adquart~n:l o c ated abMaxw e ll AirF o r c e Baae (AFB)lab ama,

New Memberse lc 0me to the illllowing new mem belli :cadetEAB Jak ~~g~rAB San:J. Smart

STX GT3 SQTR TrainingEvery secondThurs day night Cadets arep arti cip ating in continuing their Gro und Te am 3(GT3) SQTR training to war c is aehie ving theircertifi cati on.

The st. Croix Squadron senio r staff had made thecommit tm ent a few months back to make sur e asm any Cadets as po ssible oan get trained up so thest. Croix Squadro n can field a sub sbanti al Gro undTeam for this years 2009 summer season

Taking the lead for this training has been 2Lt.CharI ea J ent s, who is st. Cr oix Squadr onsEmergency Seri veea (E S) Officer. Lt. Jents has bebu sy prep aring le ctur e and field exerci sea for thi straining to be of the hi ghe st oalib er for all of theSenio r &Cadet m emb era int er esbe d in this trainingSo far there are approximat ely 25 Cadets and Senim embers tracking throu ght thi s tr airiirig workingtowards oompleti on of their GT3 SQTR' s and gainCertific ati on to be abl e to p articip at e in groundexercises.

Congrat ulati ons arein 0rder to all whoare taking the tim eto dedi cate yours elv eato being ap art 0f theGround Team.

65 S enters: 29 ratrone: 0 cadets: 00The Count

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