News for Alumni & Friends
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Citizens Serving Communities to Shape Lives and Save Lives
Inside this Issue... Maj Gen Smith's invitation to CAP's response to COVID-19, cadets get creative at home, free resources to ensure your plans are in order, free estate planning summit, communications during social distancing, Salvation Army assistance, still saving lives, new trustee, cadet represents CAP, your top airport codes, Alumni & Friends spotlight, new LinkedIn group, spring cleaning and final salute
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CAP COVID-19 MISSION SUPPORT
Does CAP Have A COVID-19 Mission In Your State?
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A Special Invitation from the Office of the National Commander
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Join Us Monday For A Special CAP COVID-19 Response Briefing
Mark your calendar and plan to join
Maj Gen Mark Smith and CAP Vice Commander Brig Gen Ed Phelka for a very special opportunity for our alumni and friends
to hear a live update regarding CAP's response to COVID-19 through active missions.
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CAP's COVID-19 Response: A Virtual Meeting With CAP's National Commander
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LOCATION
Virtual Live Meeting with Call-In Information..all times CDT
DATE AND TIME
04/20/20
7:00pm -
04/20/20
8:00pm
An opportunity for alumni and friends of Civil Air Patrol to hear a live update regarding CAP's response to COVID-19 through active missions
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CAP's Video Corner:
The Cadet Oath
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While COVID-19 forces many communities to shelter in place, our local cadet units have moved to virtual weekly meetings. In the video above, cadets from the
Georgia Wing's Whitfield-Murray Cadet Squadron
are offering a creative way to participate in sharing the Cadet Oath.
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You Asked... We Listened!
Introducing
FREE Resources To Ensure Your Plans Are In Order For Those You Love
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A Gift for You
and Your Future
Do you have your grandfather’s watch and your great-aunt’s necklace in a safety deposit box no one knows about?
What about documents your family may need access to? Do you know where – and how much – your assets are?
Although it may not be on your list of leisure activities, preparing your estate plan can help you prepare for the future and provide confidence and clarity to your family and children.
CAP has a gift for you and your future – peace of mind to share with your family, fast and
100% free
!
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FREE Estate Planning Virtual Summit
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LOCATION
Online Event - Link will be emailed closer to time
DATE AND TIME
05/07/20
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05/12/20
Join us for an online series with subject matter experts around estate planning, advance directives, your online presence after death & more
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CAP Communication Traffic Soars
Amid Social Distancing
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Lt Col Bryan Emerson,
Alaska Wing
director of communications, checks in from his off-the-grid cabin 25 miles from the nearest road in Alaska’s bush country. There is no heat in his power shack, so it’s about 20 below zero in there.
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With much of the nation staying at home because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Civil Air Patrol radio nets are humming.
CAP operates a national communications network of high frequency (HF) radio stations, which can be essential during a national emergency.
Maj Chuck Brudtkuhl, National Headquarters communications operations division head, reports that attendance on National Traffic Net is up by 30% over just three weeks ago.
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Tennessee Wing Assists Salvation Army In COVID-19 Response
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Over 40 members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) from Tennessee are assisting the Salvation Army and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acting as support for the U.S. Air Force, CAP members are preparing to help in the delivery of over 1,000 meals to 15 homeless camps in the Nashville area over the next week, alongside the Salvation Army.
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We Are
Still
Saving Lives!
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Civil Air Patrol Recognizes
National Volunteer Week April 19-25
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CAP Foundation Announces New Trustee
Mr. Karl Geng
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Karl Geng of Naples, Florida, was chosen Wednesday to serve on the CAP Foundation's Board of Trustees. The Foundation is the repository of gifts meant for investment in CAP’s future. "Mr. Geng's service on the 15-member board begins immediately," said Paul Graziani, chair of the Civil Air Patrol Foundation.
Geng retired in 1998 as president and CEO of Siemens Communications, a corporation that included the former IBM ROLM Communications and several other companies to form a multi-billion-dollar company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. A former CAP member...
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Texas Wing Cadet Represents
CAP At Women In Aviation Conference
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Cadet SMSgt Maria Hall of
Texas Wing
's
Kerrville Composite Squadron
is representative of the caliber of young men and women of
Civil Air Patrol
who also join the
USAF
JROTC in high school, and then move into ROTC when in college. She met and mentored other CAP cadets while at the
Women in Aviation International
conference in Orlando last month.
Cadet SMSgt Hall earned her wings through the Air Force
JROTC
Flight Academy program, flies with CAP (working to become a mission pilot), and is a student at
Texas A&M University
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For our Alumni and Friends Sheltering In Place
A List of Top Airport Codes From Our Readers
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Alumni & Friends Spotlight
Staff Sgt Kraig Morris
Pennsylvania
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Why did you join CAP?
In 1993, a co-worker's husband was in CAP. I was interested and I was amazed to see it was part of Air Force as I was an Air Force veteran and had never heard of it. It was connected to the military and I loved that part. I was an E-4 in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard at the time and very gung-ho.
Career Span:
I retired from the military in 2008 as an E-6 in the Army Reserve (21 total years Air Force and
Army, Active, Guard, Reserve). I am currently a seasonal maintenance laborer at a state
park in Pennsylvania (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of
State Parks, Little Pine State Park).
What specific lessons or experiences from CAP has influenced your career or life?
I got to meet and work with a lot of incredible senior members, cadets and family members, in 4 different
wings over 15 years. They helped make me a better person. Much of what I learned
helped motivate me and increase my love of Logistics (especially Supply). I received two certifications after I left CAP that I could not have done without CAP, (D.L.) Demonstrated Logistician; Army Logistics University and International Society of Logistics (S.O.L.E.) and WSO-CST; World Safety Organization- Certified Safety Technician. I also became an ordained nondenominational chaplain, certified Master Chaplain (Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, Fire Services, Jail & Prison - those are the areas I studied to achieve the Master Chaplain certification).
Anything else we didn’t ask that you would like to share?
I hope to continue to serve CAP via the Friends and Alumni Group. My service to CAP and this great country is all blessing and I'm grateful.
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While You Are Online...Network With CAP Alumni on LinkedIn
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2 Ways To Support CAP
During Your Spring Clean-out
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Spring Cleaning Tip #1 - Donate Your ABUs to a Local Squadron
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CAP is authorized to wear Air Force ABUs.
Any serviceable ABU can be transferred to a local CAP wing/squadron.
Click below to find a squadron near you by entering your zip code or contact
Maggie Spikes, NHQ
for more information.
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Spring Cleaning Tip #2 - Sell or Buy Online and Support CAP
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Did you know? eBay sellers have two options when listing items to benefit CAP on eBay.
Donate up to 100% of your final sales price to support CAP OR associate an eBay username with CAP. All sales associated with this username are considered direct selling for the charity, and 100% of selling proceeds will benefit CAP cadet programs and aerospace education.
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Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Civil Air Patrol. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices.
Support Civil Air Patrol by shopping at smile.amazon.com.
All proceeds go to support our national cadet scholarship program.
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Civil Air Patrol Final Salute
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Civil Air Patrol 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 the
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 Coordinator
Rebecca Stovall, Development Database & Operations Administrator
(334) 953-9003 Direct
(833) IAM-4CAP Toll Free
Interested in talking about the legacy you want to leave?
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