Logo Connects CAP to Total Force Partner | |
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Over the past two years, Civil Air Patrol's Marketing and Strategic Communications team has been working to better align the CAP brand as a Total Force partner. The new “Flying V” logo — launched June 30 in a message from Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka, national commander/CEO — tells a brand story about aviation, volunteerism, partnership, and heritage and projects a more youthful, modern, Air Force-style look.
CAP’s Board of Governors voted unanimously April 23 to adopt the new logo, which “accomplishes several things and includes some unique benefits,” said Randy Bolinger, chief of marketing and communications.
“The bottom line is, we are not the Civil Air Patrol of the 1940s, and the new corporate identity makes that obvious,” Bolinger said.
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CAP Credited With 88 Saves Following Montana Wing's Response to Flash Flooding | |
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Montana Wing aircrews flew 21 sorties in response to historic flash flooding in the south central part of the state, helping save 88 lives as credited by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center.
The flights, conducted by more than 30 wing members, supported search and rescue operations arising from the flooding, which affected several counties and eventually closed Yellowstone National Park.
| “This is unusual as we normally don’t get requests for SAR (search and rescue) support for disaster operations through the AFRCC,” said John Desmarais, CAP's director of operations. “There was a need for immediate response to help save lives, and the Montana Wing assisted with that in cooperation with other local resources.” | |
Board of Governors Hears from Arizona Cadets Who Flourished Despite Pandemic | |
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The early days of the COVID-19 shutdown turned everyone’s world upside down, but Civil Air Patrol’s Board of Governors recently heard four Arizona Wing cadets credit CAP for providing structure and purpose that helped them land on their feet during uncertain times.
The four — (from left) Cadet Tech. Sgts. Annabel Peltzer and Zane Saliba, Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Mary Kostas and Cadet Capt. Cynthia Liu — shared their experiences with the board before the Arizona Wing Conference in Phoenix.
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New Jersey Wing Honored for Pandemic Response | |
The New Jersey Wing has been recognized with the Governor's Jefferson Award — known in the state as “the Pulitzer Prize of volunteerism” — for community service in response to the pandemic.
The wing was honored for Service by/for Armed Service Members/Veterans/Military, one of 19 nomination categories. According to the Department of State Volunteer and National Service website, “Recipients demonstrate unique vision, dedication, tenacity of heroic proportion and serve as an inspiration to others.”
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Vermont Cadets Share Rocketry with Fifth-Graders
Cadets from the Vermont Wing’s Catamount Composite Squadron recently helped make fifth-grade graduation at Maple Avenue Elementary School in Claremont, New Hampshire, an even more special occasion with an educational and entertaining model rocketry display.
“Cadets were privileged to participate — and hopefully excite — students at the school’s ‘Blast Off to Sixth Grade’ ceremony, utilizing rockets, materials and lessons from Civil Air Patrol’s STEM Kit program,” said Capt. Jennifer Gagnon, squadron commander. Gagnon called the event “a great example of how students can apply their aerospace education and basic physics to build memorable real-world displays.”
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Colonels' 'Air Power History' Articles Earn Awards | |
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Cols. Jayson A. Altieri (pictured right) and Frank A. Blazich Jr. (at left) have been recognized by the Air Force Historical Association for their 2021 articles for Air Power History.
Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Holmes, the AFHA's chairman of the board, presented Altieri, former chair of CAP's Board of Governors, and Blazich, CAP's national historian, with their awards at the 2022 Air Power History Annual Award Dinner at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia.
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'E-Tech' Cadets Explore Robotics, Engineering, Aviation | |
Nearly 40 Civil Air Patrol cadets from across the country were busy working in laboratories at Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Basic and Applied Sciences this past week as a special national engineering technology academy resumed on campus after a two-year pandemic pause.
MTSU welcomed back youth selected for the National Cadet Engineering Technology Academy, also known as E-Tech, which ran June 26-July 2 on campus in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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CAP Response Fund: Members Helping Members | |
As natural disasters continue to impact our members and squadrons, we want to remind you that CAP has a “members for members” fund to support requests for assistance. The CAP Response Fund was created to assist members who need help in times of crisis. The fund is also open to squadrons in need of assistance during recovery. | |
This Week's Top Headlines | |
Every unit of blood collected through the combined efforts of CAP volunteers saves three lives, according to the Red Cross. During the pandemic response, Operation Pulse Lift has collected this number of units: | |
Operation Pulse Lift's new stretch goal for the beginning of the fiscal year, Oct. 1, is 15,000 units, with a 2022 year-end goal of 16,667. | |
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