McHenry Squadron - Apr 2006

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WELCOME NEW CADETS

INFORMATION

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Email submissions to [email protected] deliver a hardcopy.

All photographs are by1Lt. James Kalemis

unless otherwise noted.

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WOODSTOCK PATROL

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MCHENRY COUNTY COMPOSITE SQUADRON

Cadet Jared Hendler

Within the past month we have hada steep increase of new cadets whoare joining the ranks of MCCS.Now, the biggest downfall to cadets

not wishing to join is the feeling of being left out of the group or a lackof importance to the squadron. Yetwith all these new cadets joining uswe can only improve and have oursquadron roots grow out further.Many of these new cadets that staywith MCCS will be the leaders of the squadron in two or so years.Unfortunately myself and the older cadets will be leaving for college or our military jobs.But with new cadets our squadron can stay number one in group 22 and the wing as well.MCCS is a great squadron and can only get better by more participation.

FROM THE CADET COMMANDER

Cadet Maria Mangano

Illinois Wing Cadet Advisory Council has been engaged in adiscussion the last week or so about the problems in the Ca-det Program and how would solve these problems. Somemembers feel the problems are caused by cadets and can besolved by strict disciplinary actions. However, I believe theproblems in the Cadet Program are not brought about bycadets, but by Seniors. And, of course, SM's do not purposely

intend to run bad squadrons, but it just turns out that way.This is because they aren't required to attend any leadershiptraining right away. Some SM's attend CLC/SLS, but onlythose who are interested in progressing. Many SM's show upat meetings once a week. Senior’s are volunteers. Theyshould not be required to attend hours of training programs.However, when senior leadership is faulty, the cadet leader-ship will surely be faulty as well.

If too many regulations are imposed on what Seniors can andcannot do, as far as leadership positions and previous experi-

ence, we will turn people off from the program before theyeven try it. Additionally, the talk of discipline ties in directlyto this issue. If Seniors set up realistic standards and hold ca-dets to these standards, there probably wouldn't be a need fordisciplinary actions. MCCS is one large family; we are greatfriends outside and inside CAP. However, my cadets knowwhen it is okay to fool around and when it's time to be seri-ous. Any one of my Cadet Staff members can call the room toattention and everyone listens. My point being, we have held

our cadets and ourselves to the standards we expect them tou p h o l d .W h e nstandardsare up-held thec a d e tprog r a mwill flowsmoothly.

Fund Raising Reminder

Candy Sales Kmarts, April 8

11am-4pm

McHenry, Woodstock, Crystal Lake



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BIO-TERRORISM DRILL

Photo and Story by Capt. Doris Mangano

On March 29th, McHenry County held a bio-terrorism drill at Marion Central High School.

Volunteers were requested to “pretend” to havebeen infected with a virus. Seven cadets and twoseniors arrived in the morning. We were asked tosign in and given a sheet with our “bio” on it. Thesheet had name, address, phone, any allergies tomedicine, date of birth, and if we were suppose toact a certain way. Some of us had “none” on it- thatmeant we were just suppose to go through thelines. 1Lt. Esther Medina was "lucky" to get vom-iting and a headache. She walked into the maindoors holding a tissue to her mouth, ran to a gar-bage can and realistically pretended to vomit. Many

people were looking, thinking she was really sick!Cadet Emily Medina did such excellent acting in

her coughing diagnosis that she was promptly thrown out of the staging area for being contagious! The staff inside said sheneeded to go to the hospital immediately.

Cadet Ross Koehler walked in and they could not understand what he was saying. He had to wait for an interpreter to ex-plain his English into Spanish, and then translate to the English-speaking nurse. Cadet Thomas Oleson had to talk to himself aggressively and the nurses decided NOT to give him his medication. Capt. Doris Mangano had alcohol on her breath and wasescorted out by 3 police officers! Cadet Ethan Peterman spoke with an Irish Brogue throughout his entrance. Cadet Christo-pher Bush had to act very sad. Cadets Cody Havener and Chris Kokkelenberg just had to walk through and collect their medi-cine. The cadets received emergency bags for their participation and had fun acting. The Academy Award for the exercisewas won by none other than 1Lt. Esther Medina!

1st Lt. James Kalemis

On March 18, we conducted a biannual monitored mission. The train-ing mission was monitored by USAF personnel as they provided thescenarios and feedback during the exercises. The scenarios included amissing aircraft, a missing child, several photo reconnaissance mis-sions, and several ELT missions. In the past the Wing exercises havebeen conducted where all members gather at one centralized MissionBase and then were dispatched on missions. Unfortunately, this proc-ess resulted in significant down time for many who waited on aircraft

or additional tasks and failed to actually simulate the way a real missionwould develop. In order to maintain more of an actual-mission feel tothe training, we initiated a new process in the mustering procedure.The new procedure was that the ground- and air-crews did not report to the Mission Base. Instead, everyone would be avail-able to be called when needed. As the tasking unfolded, we were called out for resources, just like a real mission would unfold.

I served as the Information Officer. My duty was to prepare news releases for each of the scenarios. I also did some intel gath-ering. Frankly, I would have preferred to be on a ground team to get my BDUs dirty, or on an aircrew to put to practice whatI learned at NESA’s Mission Aircrew School, but I served where I was needed and hopefully had a positive impact to the mis-sion outcome.

MONITORED SAR EXERCISE




THE OTHER MARCH MARATHON

1st Lt. James Kalemis

While it seems that everyone in south central Kansas iscaught up in the college basketball tournament, did you

know that March brings “Astronomy’s March Madness” tothe entire northern hemisphere? It’s the Messier Marathon!The sky is aligned just right allowing you to see all 110 Mess-ier objects in one night.

The Messier Objects are a list of 110 “fuzzy” sky objects cata-loged in 1774 by French astronomer and comet-hunterCharles Messier. Messier wanted to catalog and map all thepermanent faint fuzzy objects in the sky to avoid mistakingthem for the comets he was hunting. These Messier Objectsare routinely identified by their “M” number, in addition totheir full name. For example, the most beautiful galaxy inthe sky, the Andromeda Galaxy, is M31, and arguably the

most beautiful nebula in the sky, the Orion Nebula, is M42.Tip off begins not long after sunset, and that’s when caffeine-fueled astro-athletes put their skills to the test. Keeping aneye on the shot clock, the players follow a precise schedule,dribbling their telescopes from object to object. Some targets

are easy lay-ups, like M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) and M45

(Pleiades Cluster) while others are more of A 3-pointer fromthe corner, like M59 (elliptical galaxy) and M76 (LittleDumbbell Nebula). The contest continues all into the nightuntil the buzzer goes off in the glow of dawn rising in theeast.

THE SATURN V ROCKET IS CONTINUING




6M0436 MISSION

1st Lt James Kalemis

On March 22 I had the privilege on serving on another actual mission. The Incident Commander, LTC Connie Kelly, calledme at about 8pm saying that there is an ELT going off at Rockford Airport and no one from Rockford squadron was available.I figured this would be a quick UDF mission and would be back to catch the evening news. I joined up with the rest of theUDF team, Capt. Danny Degott and Cadet Becker and off to Rockford we went. This was anything but a quick UDF mission.We did not get back till 3am.

• The ELT sound was not your typical wail. It sounded like a loud, fast police siren. Maybe it’s not an ELT? Some other

equipment? Or maybe it’s a French ELT.

• The LPer could not DF the signal. It was definitely loud enough, but the signal strength control had no effect. Even off frequency could not get a fix. The Tracker could not get a solid directional fix either.Capt. Degott and I both had hand scanners that seemed to work better. But the signalwas stronger at 121.4Mhz rather than 121.5MHz. Maybe the ELT is faulty? We wentto the location of the GPS coordinates from the AFRCC to make sure the signal wasn’tgetting deflected towards the airport. We even circumnavigated the airport to verifythe signal did not originate from somewhere else.

• Finally we got it down to two aircraft on the ramp, a Learjet or a Falcon 20. We putour money on the Falcon 20 but the airport maintenance crew could not open the air-craft. The pilot arrived (mind you, it’s way past midnight already) and deactivated it.

FROM THE COMMANDER

Leadership has everything to do with what we think of our-selves. Leadership has to do with self-development - it’s notabout stuffing a lot of information into your mind. It isabout freeing the leader within you… setting yourself free.

Leadership is an inner quest to discover who you are. Self-confidence is an awareness of and faith in your own powers.You must work to identify and develop them.

Do you know what you care about and value? What encour-ages you? Discover these things about yourself and you willknow what it takes to lead these things out of others.

While on your own the road to leadership try taking theword “but” out of your vocabulary. This is particularly im-portant as we near the King of the Rock competition.Eliminating but from your vocabulary can free you from

focusing on constraints and force you to look at alternatives

about how to make things happen. Think about it.

Here at MCCS we are in the process of developing leaders.If you have an idea or if you see a way to help, don’t be

afraid to bring your idea forward, or to step up to volun-teer, from time to time I have cadets tell me they would liketo fill a leadership role. What are you doing to lead whereyou are? Are you fulfilling the duties required of your cur-rent rank? Are you setting an example for the new cadets?Are you assisting where you can? Ask questions, study,prove yourself, it will be noticed, it will be rewarded.

We will soon have a change of cadet command, are youready?

Major Rhonda Anderson

First Aid Class, June 24th, 1000-1400

Woodstock Library Community Service Room Payment $15.00



PROMOTIONS


C/AB Cody HavenarAmn

C/SSgt Shelby McMahonWright Brothers

TSgt Scott HendlerMSgt

C/SSgt Ethan Peterman

Wright Brothers

SMSgt Emily MedinaCMSgt

SM Katie Schneider1Lt



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SENIOR STAFF

Commander …………………... Major Rhonda AndersonDeputy Commander Seniors …………. 1Lt James KalemisDeputy Commander Cadets ……. Major Kenneth AndersonMedical Officer ……………………. Capt Doris Mangano

Safety ………………….…………... 2Lt Mike McMahonAdministration …………………….... 1Lt Sharon FreundAerospace Education ………...……… 1Lt James KalemisCadet Programs ……………………... 1Lt Esther Medina

2Lt Paul Ebanks2Lt Diane Workman

Communications ……….…………… SM John PetermanFinance …………...……….……… Capt Doris ManganoLogistics …………………………..… 1Lt Esther MedinaMIS/IT ………..…………….….… 2Lt Estera CorcoranPublic Affairs & Marketing …..….… Capt Doris Mangano

1Lt James Kalemis

Emergency Services ………………..... 1Lt James KalemisPersonnel ………………...……….... 1Lt Sharon FreundProfessional Development ………….…………..… OpenMoral Leadership Officer ……………. 2Lt Mike McMahonOrientation Flights ………………..…. 1Lt James KalemisNewsletter Editor ……………..…….. 1Lt James KalemisAssistant Editor ………………..….. 2Lt Diane Workman

CAP-USAF Liaison

TSgt Kenneth Roth

(847) 688-5810

email: [email protected]

WEBSITES

McHenry County Composite Squadronhttp://www.group22.net/mccs

Illinois Wing News Bloghttp://ilcapnews.blogs.com

Group 22 CAP

http://www.group22.net

Illinois Wing CAPhttp://www.ilcap.org

Great Lakes Region CAPhttp://glr.cap.gov/files/index.html

National Headquarters CAPhttp://www.cap.gov

CONTACT INFORMATION

3806 Spy Glass Ridge Road

Crystal Lake, IL 60012(815) 788 0737

MEETING INFORMATION

Tuesday’s 7:00pm—9:00pmIllinois National Guard Armory

1301 Sunset Ridge RdWoodstock, IL 60098

CADET STAFF

Cadet Commander …………….……. Capt Maria ManganoExecutive Officer ……………………. 2d Lt Krystal FreundFirst Sergeant …………….…………. SMSgt Emily MedinaFlight Commander ………………... 2d Lt Steven DeCraene

Romeo Flight Sergeant ……………… SSgt Shelby McMahonZulu Flight Sergeant ………………..… MSgt Jared HendlerAdministrative Officer …………..…... 2d Lt Krystal FreundAerospace Education Officer ………... Capt Maria ManganoEmergency Services ………….…… 2d Lt Steven DeCraeneCommunication Officer ……………… 2d Lt Krystal FreundPT Officer …………………………..... TSgt Jared HendlerLogistics Officer …………………….. 2d Lt Krystal FreundColor Guard Commander ……....…… SMSgt Emily Medina

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