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Citizens Serving Communities to Shape Lives and Save Lives
Inside this Issue... Happy 100th birthday to Col. Gail Halvorsen, Video Corner - coin stories and a 20th anniversary tribute and the New Hampshire Wing relocates a new Cessna C172; ACE opportunities for the new school year; CAP is going to the dogs; another impressive year for saving lives; COVID-19 response to date, Alumni and Friends Spotlight, CAP's Final Salute and much more!
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Happy Birthday, Col. Halvorsen!
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Happy 100th Birthday to "Uncle Wiggly Wings," retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen, USAF. In 2014, he was one of those recognized with the Congressional Gold Medal honoring Civil air Patrol for its volunteer service during World War II. Most know Col. Halvorsen as the Berlin Candy Bomber, who got his start in aviation with Civil Air Patrol.
In addition, CAP offers an early education curriculum called "Uncle Wiggly Wings" that tells more about Col. Halvorsen's story. Share it with your children and your grandchildren!
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Lt. Col. David Odgen of the Texas Wing commemorates his 20th anniversary in CAP with a note of thanks and gratitude. Take a look at his challenge coin collection. We are wondering, what's your coin story?
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Do you have a challenge coin collection?
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Yes, I have coins from various military branches and CAP.
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Yes, I have coins from experiences with the military, but not CAP.
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Yes, I have coins from CAP, but not from military experiences.
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Thanks for asking, I don't have any challenge coins.
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Enjoy your flight!
The New Hampshire Wing Relocates Its New Cessna C172 G1000 NXi from Independence, Kansas to Concord.
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Video courtesy of YouTube: FalconImagery |
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Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE):
Connecting Imagination with Opportunity
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A new school year has begun, and the ACE program is making a difference in classrooms around the country: improving attendance and reasoning and critical thinking skills, increasing CAP cadet interest and enhancing aligned academic standards. This ACE third-grader is using the foam glider CAP provided his teacher, an aerospace education member.
The ACE team has been working diligently to modify the K-6 ACE curriculum to assist our public, private and home-school ACE teachers in offering fun, hands-on activities with lesson plans that meet national learning standards.
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Creating Your Legacy:
A Webinar & Free Resource for You
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CAP is hosting a new webinar to support the future of our community and supporters. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, we’ll be hosting an estate planning webinar so that you can learn more about the best ways to support the people and causes you love. Two times are available for your convenience-- at noon CDT and again at 7 p.m. CDT.
We’ll also be using the webinar to launch our Semper Vigilans Society, a group of loyal alumni and other supporters who have included CAP in their estate plans to provide for the future of our missions and cadets.
You’ve helped to protect and support the futures of communities across America — I hope you join our webinar to learn how to best support your own future.
Free Estate Planning Webinar
Oct. 21, 2020
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Gone to the Dogs:
Idaho Wing Transports Search Canines
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Members of the Idaho Wing and the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Unit took advantage of a break in the smoke-filled skies to come together for an unusual training exercise: transporting search dogs from Boise to Ogden, Utah, aboard a CAP Cessna 206.
The search dog transport was one piece of a broader U.S. Air Force-authorized training exercise for responding to large-scale disasters that might occur across multiple states in CAP’s Rocky Mountain Region. The 10-day exercise involved several CAP wings, including Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
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CAP Totals 130 Lives Saved in Fiscal 2020--
5th-Highest Mark Ever
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CAP finished fiscal 2020 with 130 lives saved, making it one of the most productive years ever for the U.S. Air Force auxiliary’s search and rescue efforts.
“This is a top-five-of-all-time save year for us,” said John Desmarais, CAP’s director of operations. The 130 lives saved in 2020 ranks fifth behind fiscal 2018 (a record 158 saves), 1983 and 1994 (both with 154 saves) and 1986 (with 136 saves).
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CAP COVID-19 Mission Map
Our Missions to Date
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Embracing Diversity and Inclusion:
CAP Cadet Activities are Limitless
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Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Jamison Satterlee (pictured above left), a dedicated member of the Alabama Wing’s Redstone Composite Squadron, has been a member for five years. His favorite CAP memory is volunteering for the National Blue Beret. His advice for CAP members facing challenges is to participate in every activity possible.
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Alumni & Friends Spotlight
Maj. Carl Lindberg, CAP
Northshore Composite Squadron
Washington Wing
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Why did I join CAP? My dad was a career U.S. Air Force pilot (B-25s in World War II and B-26 Night Intruders in the Korean War). In both these situations he was involved in the test applications of the SHORAN (Short Range Navigation System) in combat. He was stationed at Travis Air Force Base when I began high school in 1958. The base paper ran an article about the local CAP squadron and I went to a squadron meeting to see what CAP was all about. Back then, I was considering what career I wanted and was already thinking about the Air Force. I really liked what I saw at that squadron meeting and then joined as a cadet at the next meeting.
Specific CAP experience that influenced my career/life:
I learned many skills during my various CAP roles and duties, which included serving as a cadet officer and as a senior member. In 2014, I received the Pacific Region's Maj. Gen. Jeanne J. Holm Aerospace Education Officer of the Year award. These CAP experiences and awards gave me the basic leadership skills and self-reliance that I needed to apply to various career leadership positions.
During my orientation flight as the squadron Cadet of the Month, we went up for an hour-and-a-half flight over northern California from my squadron at Travis in an Air Force T-33. Our squadron leaders would provide a navigation problem to each cadet on a T-33 flight. After the pilot flew through some simple aerobatic moves, we entered some towering cumulus clouds. I looked "down" out the canopy and asked the pilot "aren't we about over Lake Berryessa?" He pointed up and said, "yes, it's right there." We were still flying upside-down! We ended the flight by flying over San Francisco. It was a foggy day in the Bay Area and we could only see the tops of the towers on the Golden Gate bridge. I enjoyed that flight!
Career experiences: I left college to serve on active duty during the Vietnam War. During my active-duty tour, I served as an intelligence analyst on both Pacific Command and Strategic Air Command headquarters intelligence staffs. I received the Joint Service Commendation Medal recognition for my service in my PACOM assignment. After my four-year tour, I left the Air Force as a staff sergeant and returned to my college studies.
After college, I served as a planner in local government and then had a great career with the Boeing Company. At Boeing, I worked in industrial engineering and was responsible for the development of manufacturing plans for the military versions of the 707 aircraft (Airborne Warning And Control System), tanker, and many special-mission birds). I eventually joined the team that developed and presented the company-wide quality improvement program. That led to my second Boeing career in the human resource development field. In that position, I developed and offered leadership and team-building courses.I was recognized as a Manager of the Year and served as the training director in the company's national-award-winning Good Neighbors Fund program. I retired from Boeing in 1992 and became a part-time college instructor teaching graduate courses in management and leadership.
Additional observation: Service in CAP offers great opportunities to both strengthen leadership and people skills, and to explore other different career opportunities.
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Attention Federal Employees!
Support CAP through the Combined Federal Campaign
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The CFC is a convenient and effective way for federal employees, postal employees and military personnel to contribute through contributions. The campaign is open now through Jan 11th. Consider supporting CA #24876.
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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 magazine.
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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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