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Citizens Serving Communities to Save Lives and Shape Lives
Inside This Issue...., CAP's next national commander, cadets in action, Board of Governors announces new member, Arizona members recognized for lifesaving valor, Final Salute and more...
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Fast-Forward 30+ Years...
Michigan Wing Cadet Alumnus Named
Next CEO/National Commander
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Brig. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, Civil Air Patrol’s national vice commander since 2017, is getting yet another promotion — the biggest of his 34 years of service in the U.S. Air Force auxiliary.
Phelka’s CAP career began as a Michigan Wing cadet in 1987. As a cadet, he completed all then-15 achievements of the cadet program, culminating with the Gen. Carl A. Spaatz Award — the organization’s top cadet achievement — in 1993.
On May 21, CAP’s Board of Governors selected Phelka to be the organization’s next national commander and CEO. He will assume command Aug. 26 in a ceremony with Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, current national commander/CEO.
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Do you have a connection to Brig. Gen. Edward Phelka?
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Yes, I first knew him back when he was a cadet in the Michigan Wing
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Yes, I have met him in recent years within Civil Air Patrol
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Yes, I have seen his name in news stories, etc
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Not yet, but thanks for asking!
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Cadets in Action
Cadet Program Helping Young Montana Member Soar
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"They don't just study leadership, they get a chance to be leaders while in the program." Lt. Col. Al Nash, public affairs Officer |
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Vaughn College's DeVivo
Named to Board of Governors
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The president and CEO of Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York has been selected to serve on CAP's Board of Governors.
Acting Secretary of the Air Force John P. Roth and Maj. Gen. Mark Smith jointly appointed Dr. Sharon B. DeVivo to join CAP’s top governing board, effective immediately.
"Dr. DeVivo has significant executive-level experience in strategic planning and leading through change,” Smith said. “She is well-suited to help ...
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Ariz. Members Honored for Lifesaving Valor |
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"When I was on the ground begging and pleading for help, they were the only people that came to help me." Destiny Bain |
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The Arizona Wing pair that responded in May 2020 to an active shooter incident in Glendale marked the event’s 12-month anniversary with not only prestigious medals presented by CAP's national commander but also a reunion with one of the two shooting victims they assisted.
Maj. Randy Hammit and 1st Lt. Kelli Hammit, members of the Glendale-based 388th Composite Squadron, each received the Silver Medal of Honor from Maj. Gen. Mark Smith. The Silver Medal of Valor, awarded fewer than 150 times since it was established in 1960, recognizes "distinguished and conspicuous heroic action, at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of normal duty."
Paramedics were not allowed on the shooting scene until it was secured by police, so the Hammits, who lived nearby...
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"Who Wants to Drive a Car, When You Can Fly a Plane?"
Cadet Gains Wings on 16th Birthday
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Obtaining a driver’s license upon turning 16 is a long-awaited rite of passage for teens across the country … but not for Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Rylee Emaus.
“Who wants to drive a car when you can fly a plane?” quipped Emaus, a member of the North Carolina Wing’s Hickory Composite Squadron.
Instead of heading to the Department of Motor Vehicles, she marked her 16th birthday by...
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Obtained my driver's license, but didn't have a car
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Obtained my driver's license, and had a car I could use (FREEDOM!)
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Like the cadet above, I was flying a plane!
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CAP's search and rescue missions continue. This map represents the number of saves since Oct. 1. |
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Alumni and Friends Spotlight
Mr. Robert Bradshaw
New York Wing
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I do not remember how I found about CAP. I have had a love affair with airplanes all of my life. I drew pictures, cut out pages from every book with airplanes on the inside. My favorite is the North American P-51. For part of my childhood, I was in a hospital being treated for tuberculous. Airplanes were my way of being connected with life. Airplanes provided my escape from being isolated.
I was finally able to live out my dreams when I joined CAP. I joined the New Rochelle squadron and worked my way to cadet colonel and squadron commander. I also joined the Manhattan Drill Team that went on to win state titles. I was selected to the U.S. Drill Team which won the International Drill Team Competition.
I later joined the Bronx drill team and later still the Westchester County team as team drill master. I also was selected for the International Air Cadet Exchange, where I became the ranking cadet and leader for the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Exchange.
I met and made lifelong friends in CAP. As a group, we are diverse, but like-minded.
CAP gave me the chance to learn discipline and leadership. I never let race dictate what and who I would become.
I am now a writer with a published book, ''Don't Retire to Expire.'' I also became a life coach, as well as a magazine writer.
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You shop, Amazon Smile donates to CAP |
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Select CAP as your favorite charity while you shop on Amazon! Thanks to shoppers like you, AmazonSmile has donated $25,986.89 to CAP's national scholarship program.
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Civil Air Patrol Final Salute |
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CAP offers friends and family the ability to make gifts in memory or honor of someone special. Tribute/memorial gifts made through the link below are listed in each issue of Civil Air Patrol Volunteer.
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Civil Air Patrol - Development
Kristina E. Jones, M.A., CFRE, Chief of Philanthropy
Col. John M. Knowles, CAP, Deputy Chief of Alumni Relations
Donna Bass Maraman, Development Manager
Rebecca Stovall, Donor Database Specialist
(334) 953-9003 Direct
(833) IAM-4CAP Toll Free
Interested in talking about the legacy you want to leave?
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