Indiana Wing - May 2007

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Major Mark Reeves, CAP Wing Commander ©2007 Indiana Wing Civil Air PatrolCaptain Johnnie Nichols, CAP Public Affairs Officer 151 Constellation, Box 46C/Captain Aaron Redfield, CAP Assistant Public Affairs Officer Grissom ARB, IN 46970

Wing Commander’s Corner

Maj Mark Reeves

In the last few months as your Wing Commander, Ihave been impressed by the dedication of our Wing'svolunteers and the wide diversity of activities that we carryout. At the recent Wing Conference and Awards Banquet heldin Indianapolis, I was proud to join almost 140 of ourmembers in participating in a wide variety of educational

seminars, and then to recognize members like Major HughCameron, Major Dallas Wilson, and Cadet David Engel whowere award winners in the Adult Officer, Wing Staff Memberand Cadet of the Year categories. Similarly, the work that theKasler Senior, Shelbyville Composite and Weir Cook CadetSquadrons performed to earn recognition in the unit awardsprogram was truly impressive as the award justifications wereread out. These recipients only represent a small number of thetraining awards, decorations and trophies that we handed out.The evening was capped off by a truly impressive presentationby Mary Feik on her life and career in aviation. Theconference, I think, turned out to be a great event. If youmissed this year’s conference, I would highly suggest youbegin planning to attend the 2008 Wing Conference.

With Col Carr's announcement of my appointment to serveas the Commander in a more permanent status, we need totransition from appreciation of our work in 2006 to preparingourselves for a very busy year here in 2007. In the next fewweeks your Wing staff will be finalizing our responses to ourlast Compliance Inspection, preparing for our Search andRescue Evaluation this summer and transitioning several newstaff members into place. I would ask that as you head into the

summer, please consider whether your Operationsqualifications are in place. The National Emergency ServicesAcademy is still taking applications for all of its schools. Thisis a great opportunity to learn and earn those operationalqualifications that are so valuable to our Wing. In addition, wewill shortly be conducting several tabletop activities to honeour skills in mission base management in preparation for theSAREVAL. If you have qualifications in Mission Base and

associated activities, please take the time to participate inthese table top exercises.

Additionally, there are some challenges ahead of us thatwill require the Wing, the Groups and the Squadrons to work closely together to ensure our success. One challenge will bethat the Great Lakes Region Commander has directed allWings to transition to the Wing Banking Program by 1October and assume responsibility for direct management of the squadron financial accounts. This will require significantchanges in our way of conducting business so please work with us to help us be successful.

The Chief of Staff, Maj Tim Turner, will shortly beannouncing a few opportunities to serve in a state-wide role inseveral positions. Assignment to a wing-level staff position isa challenge that can be quite rewarding, but also requires bothdedication and an understanding of Civil Air Patrol. If youhave been successful in running a program in your squadronor at the Group-level, and you are ready to manage a programthat impacts all of our 970 members, please keep an eye outfor these opportunities.

I am excited about the opportunity to serve as your WingCommander in a more permanent status. I ask that you beginto engage at your squadron and with your group commanderto help us get through these upcoming challenges and ensurethat Indiana Wing is prepared to execute our "Missions forAmerica"!



May 2007 [INDIANA WING NEWSLETTER]

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Notes From The Chief Of Staff

Maj Tim Turner

It is that time of year again. CAP activities are in the increase.We will be seeing more missions, more training, more, more,more.

Don’t forget to sign up for the CAP National Board andAnnual Conference in Atlanta, GA from August 8-11, 2007.Details are at available at www.cap.gov .

The Great Lakes Region Staff College is also being held fromJuly 15-21 at Grissom ARB, IN. Additional information is athttp://glr.cap.gov/files/GLRstaffcollege.htm .

As Civil Air Patrol members, we are often called, or callourselves, "volunteers". Under the strict dictionary definition,I suppose that is true. Heck, it is even the name of our NHQissued magazine. However, I think the better term of referenceis "unpaid professionals". After all, that is what we are.Members of the Indiana Wing, and across the nation, spendcountless hours (and dollars) in training, honing their skills, soas to be ready will the call for action is heard.

Are you ready to heed the call? Pilots have you taken yourform 5 and form 91 rides? Are you night current? Do you havea flight bag ready to go at a moment's notice? Ground team

members, did you remember to repair, repack, and refit yourequipment from the last outing or is it all stuffed in the garagesomewhere? Is your uniform clean and ready to hit the field?

An important aspect of being an unpaid professional is toproject a professional image both within CAP and without.How do your uniforms look? Do they really meet theregulations, or just what you think the regulations are, orshould be? Remember, we are an auxiliary of the UnitedStates Air Force. We are not the Army, Navy, Marine, orCoast Guard auxiliary. We must follow CAP uniformguidelines. Just because you or they wore it that way in the

Army doesn't mean you can wear it that way in CAP. So,check your uniform, check the regulations. Be a leader whoknows how to follow the regulations. When our SAR/DREvaluation comes, the Air Force will take notice.

Let’s show why we are the premiere air and ground search andrescue asset in Indiana in both the way we perform our dutiesas well as the way we present ourselves.

International Air CadetsComing To Indiana

Capt Philip FoustIndiana Wing will be hosting four cadets and an internationalescort officer from the International Air Cadet Exchange from20 July 2007 through 30 July 2007.

The International Air Cadet Exchange is one of the mostimportant, memorable, and educational National Cadet SpecialActivities that Civil Air Patrol conducts. Cadets participatefrom a variety of countries including the United Kingdom, theNetherlands, Israel, Turkey, and Australia. We have not, yet,received word

on whichcountry ourparticipants willbe coming from.Regardless, theExchange ishighly visible nationally and internationally and warrantsspecial attention by everyone in the wing to ensure its success.

The current Exchange schedule is for our visitors to spendapproximately the first half of their trip in Central Indiana andthe second half in the Chicago/Northern Indiana area.

Additionally, we are planning on day trips to Monroe Countyand the Lafayette/Purdue University area.

Captain Philip Foust ([email protected]) and Lt Col JohnBryan ([email protected]) are coordinating our efforts forthe central and northern portions of the trip respectively.

If you have an interest in serving as a host family, are part of abusiness or another organization that would be interested inoffering support, or would like to find a way to become moreinvolved, please contact either of them.

With your help we can showcase the best that Indiana has tooffer and make this a once-in-a-lifetime experience for ourforeign guests!

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Indiana Legislature Enacts ProtectionFor CAP Members

Capt Johnnie Nichols

Senate Bill 166, which provides employment protection forIndiana Wing CAP members, has been signed by GovernorMitch Daniels. In addition, Senate Bill 342, providing forexcused secondary school absences for Indiana Wing CAPmembers has also been signed into law. Both acts are effectiveJuly 1, 2007 .

Senate Bill (SB) 166 provides employment protection forIndiana Wing CAP members. Members may not be disciplinedby an employer for leaving or being absent from work for

certain emergency service operations if the member hasnotified their immediate supervisor in writing that they are aCAP member. Also, certain emergency essential designated

employees are notprotected under thislegislation. If you arealready at work when theemergency arises, youMUST notify yoursupervisor, get permissionto leave your duty station,and take a written letter

from the commander orOIC back to your supervisor stating that you were engaged inemergency CAP services on the day of your absence to provethe emergency when you return to work.

For SB 166, "emergency service operation" includes:

(1) Search and rescue missions designated by the AirForce Rescue Coordination Center.

(2) Disaster relief, when requested by the federal orstate emergency management agency.

(3) Humanitarian services, when requested by thefederal or state emergency management agency.

(4) United States Air Force support designated by theFirst Air Force, North American Aerospace DefenseCommand.

Please note that normal CAP operations, includingtraining missions, are not covered under this bill.

For the full bill, please refer to:

http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/SE/SE0166.1.html

Senate Bill (SB) 342 provides for excused school absences

for secondary students to attend certain CAP activities, up tofive absences per school year. The student MUST submitappropriate documentation to school authorities from theIndiana Wing detailing the reason for the student's absence. Astudent excused from school attendance under this sectionmay not be recorded as being absent on any date to which theexcuse applies and may not be penalized by the school in anymanner.

For SB 342, excused activities include:

(1) The International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE)

program

(2) Emergency service operation, including:

- search and rescue missions designated bythe Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

- disaster relief, when requested by thefederal or state emergency managementagency

- humanitarian services, when requested bythe federal or state emergency management

- United States Air Force supportdesignated by the First Air Force, NorthAmerican Aerospace Defense Command

- United States Air Force military flights, if the flights are not available on days whenschool is not in session.

For the full bill, please refer to:


Thanks to Lt Col John Bryan, Maj Mark Reeves, Maj GerryInks, Maj Richard Griffith, Capt Frank Merrill, Lt Col RalphBruns and Capt Kathy Bruns for their work on this legislationand special thanks to Indiana State Senator (Capt) David Ford(R – Hartford) from the Indianapolis Senior Squadron forsponsoring this legislation!










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Homeland Security News

Capt Mark Tyler

Ardent Sentry – Northern Edge exercise!!!!

Count on it getting more interesting shortly! This is a FullScale Exercise with the primary goal of exercising playbetween several States National Guard Units and FederalMilitary and DHS. The Indiana portion of the exercise will testemergency-response capabilities involving the fictitiousdetonation of a 10-kiloton nuclear device in an urban area andwill involve deployment of more than 2,000 active-duty troopsand almost 1,000 Guard members to Camp Atterbury and theMuscatatuck Urban Training Area. We could be getting a callalmost anytime, but most likely some where around the 10 th!We expect our potential involvement will be supplying someSDIS assets, but you never know! They might want more!Check out the following links!

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32958

http://www.campatterbury.org/vg.htm

SONS 07 (Spill of National Significance 07)

This is a multi-state Full Scale Exercise headed up by theCoast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency. The

part of the “exercise” we may get involved in will be centeredaround the Evansville area. Our involvement will most likelybe limited to some interaction with their Incident CommandStaff, some photo flights over a spill on the Ohio and possiblya few VIP/Media flights. If you want to know more about thisexercise, check out the link below!

https://www.sons-program.org

Other news includes the fact that we are progressing towardsfinalizing an MOU with the Indiana Department of HomelandSecurity and an MOU with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. This is due totally to the effortsand perseverance of many other people in the Wing. TheMOUs will go a long way towards clarifying our relationshipswill the State, and hopefully drum up some business for us!Keep up the great work guys!

Wing Medical News

1Lt Myer Blatt, RN

Maj Carl Holt has been part of an effort to change First

Responder certification law in Indiana. He informs me thatthere is a meeting scheduled for the beginning of June, atwhich State officials will discuss the lowering of thecertification age to 14 years old. If this occurs, Wing Medicalwill be working on a First Responder certification program forCAP Seniors and Cadets. The thinking is that real-world SARmissions may be more effective in having members withenhanced first-aid capabilities.





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Chaplain Notes

Chaplain (Capt) David K.Harness

I would like to thank Major Reeves for theconfidence in extending tome the opportunity to stayon as Wing Chaplain.

Months ago I was very happy to hear that the RegionalChaplain Service Staff College was to be held in Indiana 2007at Grissom ARB. This happened from April 30 through May03. The emphasis this year appeared to be on preparing theChaplains to become Mission Chaplains.

We were introduced to a wide range of topics needed byChaplains and Moral Leadership Officers (MLO's) that arenecessary in an actual Mission setting. The Air Reserve wasvery kind in accommodating our group and, overall, I felt theyseemed appreciative of what is done by CAP.

The College was highlighted by a night out at the GoldenCorral where we were treated to a good meal and fellowship.

Throughout the entire time spirits were high and much wasgained by attendance. There is hope held that this importantfunction within the Chaplain's service will return to Indiananext year.

Again it is a privilege to be a part of this Wing Staff. If I maybe of assistance to anyone please feel free to contact me [email protected].

New Indiana Wing Director of CadetPrograms

Maj Jeff Young

I have just taken over as the Indiana Wing Director of CadetPrograms. I look forward to the new challenges and theopportunity to work with the cadets of the Indiana Wing. Ilook forward to meeting with the CAC and continuing thetraining with the Wing Honor Guard.

RiverCity Cadet Squadron LaunchesRockets

Maj James Tate

Seven members of the RiverCity Cadet Squadron launchedrockets from the Southwestern Indiana Model Rocket Clublocated in Holland, IN on Sunday, April 15, 2007. Membersattending were: Maj. James Tate, C/Lt Col Cade Spivey,C/1Lt Daniel Dieckmann,C/SMSgt Tristan Selby,C/SrA Ben Baker, C/A1CJake Whitacre, andC/Amn Zech Schaad.

RiverCity launched fiverockets and recoveredthree and a half of them.The members of LaunchCrue, the name of the Club, invited us back to any of their activities.Their calendar of eventscan be found online atwww.geocities.com/launchcrue . They also gave us a copy of the latest issue of “NationalAssociation of Rocketry” magazine, which has a lot of useful

information in it.

Great Lakes Region SummerEncampment – June 24-30

Maj Jeff Young

The GLRSE will be held at Wendell Ford Training Center in

Greenville, KY from June 24-30. Senior and Cadet staff should report on June 23. For more info visithttp://www.glrse.org

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CAP/USAF SAR/DR Evaluation

1Lt Christopher Curdes

The Indiana Wing evaluated CAP/USAF Search AndRescue/Disaster Relief Training exercise is tentativelyscheduled for August 17-19, 2007. More details on thisexercise will be available later.

Amelia Earhart Award Recipients

Tristan J. DeFord, Valparaiso Composite Squadron

Matthew S. Legrand, Weir Cook Cadet Squadron

Wing Staff Openings

Applications are now being accepted for the followingopenings on wing staff. If you have an interest, please send aresume and cover letter to Major Tim Turner, Chief-of-Staff

Safety Officer

Information Technology Officer

Aerospace Education Officer

Calendar Highlights

May10-13 Operation Ardent Sentry18-19 Corporate Learning Course Grissom ARB26 Wing Staff Meeting Grissom ARB

June9-10 Squadron Leadership School Grissom ARB

19-21 SONS30 Wing Staff Meeting Grissom ARB

July28 Wing Staff Meeting Grissom ARB28 SAR / EVAL table-top prep Grissom ARB

August3-4-5 SAR / EVAL Huntingburg

17-18-19 SAR / EVAL raindate Huntingburg

Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol151 Constellation, Box 46

Grissom ARB, IN 46970

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