Michigan Wing Encampment - 2011

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Saturday, 13 August 2011 Edition 1

Dear Encampment Participant,

Welcome to the 2011 Great LakesRegion Michigan Summer Encamp-

ment! On behalf of Col RobertKarton., CAP Commander of theGreat Lakes Region; and on behalf of

Col Leo Burke, CAP Commander of

Michigan Wing, I share a great levelof pride and anticipation in you at this

yea r ’ s Encampment . You rparticipation and enthusiasm marks

the best of what Civil Air Patrol

represents.

Your senior and cadet staff have puthundreds of hours into preparing forthis encampment, some of them a

year or more. Without the hard workand dedication of your staff before,

during and after, this Encampment

would not be possible. Each andevery one of them has my thanks for

a job well done.

I imagine that you might have someanxiety about this week- that is OK.It is going to be a challenging event.

Yet, I anticipate and expect that you

will succeed in your efforts. Why?Because there are people here to lead

and guide you. Keep a positiveattitude. Focus on the goalsestablished by your unit leadership.

Trust their experience. Press ahead.Know that there is a reason and

purpose for everything we do intraining. Expect to be held to a veryhigh standard. Know that you will

succeed.

At the end of this week you will leave

a changed person. The nature of thatchange remains in your hands! Take

this week, do your very best, andknow that everyone here is dedicatedto your success.

Semper Vigilans!

As you look around you will see a lot

of senior members, many of thesemembers are on “vacation” from theirday jobs so they could come and

support the encampment for theweek. If you see these officersaround during the week make sure to

tell them Thank You.

Commander- Maj Dave Watts

Vice Commander- Maj Sheila Cerny

Executive Officer- Maj Phil Argenti

Commandant of Cadets- Maj Chris Frey-tag

Assistant Commandant of Cadets- CaptDavalos

Training Officer - Capt Wilman

Administrative Officer- 1st Lt Lhamon

Finance Officer-Capt Locke

Logistics Officer- Maj Pangburn

Safety Officer- Maj Woolston

Public Affairs Officer– Capt Bowden

PAO Staff – 1st Lt Fischer

Health Services Officer- Maj Rutherford

Health Services Staff - Maj Gorman-Capt Hickmott

Communications Officer- 1st Lt Ewing

Chaplain- 2d Lt Yang

Standardizations and Evaluation Of-ficer- Capt Davalos

Air Operations Officer- Maj Thalmann

Glider Operations Officer- Maj Payne

Model Rocketry Director- Capt Johnson

Chief Tactical Officer- Lt Col Cotton

Commanders WelcomeBy Major David Watts

New for 2011By Capt Robert Bowden

Encampment Senior Staff By Capt Robert Bowden

Welcome HOME! Iam sure you have allheard this a few timesby now and for all of

us who are returningto encampment wetruly are home.

You are reading the encampment

newsletter At Ease which is published

daily by the Encampment Public AffairsDepartment. This year we have lots

exciting new things going on includinglive streaming parts of the encampmentonline for your parents and friends to

watch, A new photography websitewhich we will be posting all of the weeks

photos to and our always popular

Facebook group where parents and writein to their cadets and get their comments

published in At Ease.

We have a great public affairs staff

consisting of Capt Bowden, 1st Lt Fischer

and C/SMSgt Surgalski. 1st Lt Carson wasour guest photographer during in pro-

cessing today.

Unlike many other groups and activitieswhere the leadership is off somewhere in

a office, the Great Lakes Region North

Encampment gives you the opportunity tointeract with senior CAP officers, we are

honored that Col. Leo Burke the MichiganWing Commander is joining us for a few

days before going down to Louisville, KYfor national Boards, This is his 34th En-

campment. Col Ed Phelka the formerColorado wing commander is teaching

CLS this year.

My last words of advise are to enjoy the

week, This is a week you will rememberfor the rest of your lives and you will

make life long friends here this week. Ask

questions and be a sponge, soak up asmuch information as you can and never

quit learning. Were all here to help you.



Encampment Public Affairs Staff

Capt Robert Bowden, DirectorSM Rita Fischer, Newsletter Staff

C/MSgt Sam Surgalski, Cadet Staff 1st Lt Bill Carson, Guest Photographer

Have Photos? Please see us at the PAOOffice in 440 for us to make copies!

2011 Encampment Sponsors :

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Greetings from Facebook

During this week you will see many cadetsat the encampment, Some have differentcolor cadet staff hats and some are in theblues uniform most of the week and someare wearing a yellow encampment shirt,Who are all of these other people.

CLS (Great Lakes Region Cadet Lead-ership School)CLS is a intense week long course thatchallenges cadets and pushes theirleadership skills to a new level. Teamworkis a major focus of this school and cadetwho graduate usually go on to serve onthe basic encampment staff next year.CLS is a requirement for cadets to earnC/Lt Col. The core of CLS is lead byexample. C/MSgt– C/Maj are eligible toattend this course

NCOS (Non Commissioned OfficerLeadership School)

The NCO School is designed to teach cadetairmen and NCOs small unit leadershipand is based off of the very popular andsuccessful CLS. NCOS is open to C/AMN– C/SMSgt

Model RocketryCadets will start from scratch and learn allabout rockets. They start off with an alka

seltzer rocket, a film canister rocket, andtowards the end of the week build a scalemodel of a rocket. The goal is to make therocket work and be able to keep its engineand land with a parachute. At the end of the week they will have completed theCivil Air Patrol Model Rackety program andwill earn their model rocketry badge.

What is Honor FlightBy C/MSgt Sam Surgalski

Healthy competition is part of the Civil Air

Patrol encampment experience. While youand your flight will work hard each and

every day, certain flights will be

showcased for their teamwork anddedication. This is known as the daily

honor flight. To be part of an honor flight

is an honor! It means that your flight hasbeen noticed by your cadet or senior

member leaders for its effort during theday.

In addition to this, one of the biggestachievements your flight can work

towards is the all-famous honor flight of

the week. The winner will be unveiled atthe end of encampment, and you will have

bragging rights and the knowledge that

you and your flight did their absolute best

that short span of 7 days.

The Honor flight is can be distinguished by

the red guidon.

During the week there will be one basic

cadet selected to be the honor cadet of

the encampment.

With that in mind, be loud in drill, try yourbest in inspections, and do your part to

help achieve honor flight of the day or

week!

ReminderFlight photos are tomorrow morning,

Make sure your blues look extra sharp.

Thank you all in advance for your

cooperation during your photos

Kathy Morandy-Pease This is to my sonAllen Kay. David and i are so proud of you.Put your best foot forward during NCOSchool. Love Mom

Claudia Knudsen Nathan Knudsen have afantastic week! Remember...Look up, notdown. Look forward, not back. Look out, not

in. I am very proud of you! Love Mom ♥

Tina Sawyer Lodenstein Went to theGrand Haven parade to watch my son walkwith other cadets. I was a bad mom I madehim crack a smile while marching You mustpay attention and not pay attention to crazypeople yelling " HEY SENYKO DONT YOUSMILE " love you Ronny and have he time of your life !!!!mom

Carol Dillon Tyler Dillon this will be a verycool experience for you and we want you to

know we're very proud of you. Have fun thisweek and do your best always! ♥ Love Mom

and Dad ♥ P.S. Caitlyn says come back re-spectful and nice :p

Cody Mc Gehee To all CAP Family whoknows Cody McGehee have a great week besafe and have fun.

Tina Sawyer Lodenstein make our boys

proud !!! See u next saturday !!!

Adam Burgos To: C/Airman Zak VanSlyke

Subject: OORAH !!

Who is here at Encampment?By 1st Lt Rita Fischer



Sunday, 14 August 2011 Edition 2

Welcome to Alpena!

As I said to you last night in the wel-come briefing, Welcome Home. I want

everyone to know that my staff and I

have spent the last year planning, just

for this one week. They have dedicatedtheir time to make your week here the

most memorable. I think by the end of the week you’ll agree, they’ve succeed-

ed.

We have lots of awesome activities

planned for you. While it may seem bor-ing and tedious right now, the week will

get better. Trust me when I say that

you won’t want to go home at the endof the week. We’ll laugh, play, learn and

grow.

After spending this week together with

the members of your flight, you won’t

want to leave them. There is a good

possibility that the friends you makehere this week could end up beingfriends for life.

I hope that you are not feeling the bluesabout being here. Alpena is a place that

we come to every year to teach, learn

and most of all enjoy. It is a place of memories and a place of the future.

Since you are the generation of the fu-

ture, you are our future.

Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate! Even though

the heat wave that has been affectingmost of the country may be over you allare keeping busy during the day and canquickly get dehydrated. All cadets aredoing PT every morning, It is not enoughto just drink water on the way to PT, youneed to be drinking water throughout theday. Even sitting in class indoors cancause you to become dehydrated. If youfeel sleepy during class have a drink ortwo of water this will not only help hydrateyou but will help keep you awake. Duringmeals you want to only drink water or

juice, NO coke! It will actually dehydrateyour faster.

Be aware of your surroundings this week,We are on an active military base and as

such there are other personnel out runningand driving, we do not want to march aflight into a unit doing PT or trying to drivedown the road.

Road guards should be wearing theirorange safety vests at all times when outmarching around. Flights need to pay

attention when crossing roads because adistracted driver may not see the flight,always be proactive.

Senior members when you are driving onbase be sure to follow the speed limits, thebase is patrolled by the Sherriff and theygive real tickets, Not only will you be outthe money but you can jeopardize Civil AirPatrols relationship with the base. Youcan NOT use your cell phone while drivingon base without a hands free devise.

If you see any issues during the weekplease let the safety staff know.

Welcome To Encampment!

By Major Dave Watts, Commander

What is the Gold Brick?By C/MSgt Surgalski

Encampment SafetyBy Major Woolston

Ah, the infamous gold brick. Perhaps you haveheard of it before; perhaps you have not.Either way, the gold brick is an essential andhilarious part of encampment. You see, yourcadet staff members are fantastic leaders.They are intelligent and very knowledgeable inthe Civil Air Patrol life. However, even the bestleaders make mistakes. That’s why the goldbrick was created for our encampment: it justhappens to point out these mistakes toeveryone! The brick is presented to an unluckycadet staff member each and every day in theevening PT session, and for the next 24 hoursthat member must carry around his or herbrick until it is given to another individual.However, if he or she happens to lose or

“misplace” their brick while carrying it around,they must not only report they have lost thebrick at the next mail call, but they get to havea two bricks for the next day! Losing a brick issomething every cadet staff member dreadswhile it is in their care. So, keep your eye outfor gold bricks around the encampmentcomplex, and if you see one lying aroundsomewhere, you may want to return it to itsrightful owner or they could be in for anexciting mail call!

You’ve Got Mail By C/MSgt Surgalski

Although much of your time here willbe taken up by vari-ous activities, therewill be a few pre-cious free timeminutes in your daywhere you will havethe ability to write

letters to your fellow cadet members at en-

campment. The letters distributed among en-campment members is known as mail call.With mail call, you can write a letter to anyoneon the base, and have it “mailed” out to themat evening PT. That way, you can keep in con-tact with a friend, even if they might not be inyour flight or squadron. Cadets can also getmail from outside the encampment from par-ents, friends or relatives. Sometimes, just afew words of encouragement from family canreally help you make it through the week. Let-ters can be dropped off in the gold mailboxduring meals, and will be delivered to each and

every cadet by your flight commander.




Capt Robert Bowden, Director1st Lt Rita Fischer, Newsletter Staff

C/MSgt Sam Surgalski, Cadet Photo Staff

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Random Photo GoodnessGreetings from Facebook Thoughts from a BasicBy: 1st Lt Fischer

Every summer in August, CAP cadets andsenior members gather at CRTC Alpena forthe Great Lakes Regions Encampment.

For cadets coming here for the first time,you will experience all that CAP has tooffer.

Mackenzie Anderson from Lakeshore 119th

Squadron admitted she is a little nervous. “I am a little scared, I do not know whatto expect, but I am going to do my best. Iwant to learn how to be a better cadet andsee what I can learn to bring back to mysquadron”.

James Zell from Adrian squadron isamazed at how big the base is.

“I guess I really did not know what to ex-

pect- I wanted to come, and I really wantto come back next year and not be sonervous. I would like to be a more confi-dent in what I do”.

Wayne Hillier from Ann Arbor Squadron isexcited to be here.

“I like it that all the people are nice, thefood is good, and I can’t wait until tomor-row! My goal in the next year is that Iwould like to work harder at my Physicaltraining so that I can be better at it”.

Daniel Connors from Willow Run Compo-site Squadron likes the order and disci-pline.

“I am enjoying it a lot. Id like to get bet-ter at knowing my customs and courtesiesand come back next year as an NCO”.

Leah Grosso-BradyC/TSgt Louis Brady we are very proud of you. You have had a busy couple of weekswith SAR Academy two weeks ago and thenRescue Mission up in Keweenaw Peninsula,Michigan and now Encampment. Have awonderful week up there. Make us proud as

you always do. Love you more than anythingto infinity and beyond. Little inside joke.

Rianne Ginnard van DraanenShane, Jeremy and Brendan Ginnard, have awonderful time at encampment. We are sop r o u d o f y o u a l l .Love, Dad, Justin, Kyle and Mom

Jenni McGee YeaterHave a great week William Andrew Yeater. Iam very proud of you! Love mom.

Jill Mulder BronsinkGeoffrey, you've worked really hard to get toencampment! Have fun and learn lots of new

stuff! This is a great opportunity for all of you

Christina Kloc HammacHope all the cadets have a Great time. Havefun Mike Hammac and Chris Hammac. Loveyou, Mama

Barbie Farmer AnsinnHave fun in NCO School my sweet daughter

Cadet Technical Sgt. Courtney King.

Ashley BakerC/2nd Lt. Tim Brown...Haha, nonervous's's's'sness, Poke. You can be pokedby facebook while at encampment :P

Tim BojanowskiTo C/SSgt Anthony Bojanowski-

Good luck with NCO school, you deserve itafter all of your hard work and dedicationthis year.

p.s- I hope the van ride up was good. Stayhydrated! See you Saturday at graduation.

Darla SowdersTo Kyle Sowders: We love you honey, andreally hope your first day is going great!Have fun and learn lots! Don't forget you canask to speak to Capt. Bonner if you need to.P.S. Your brothers and sister are doing agreat job taking care of your puppy.

Dawn Newman

Best wishes to all the Cadets attending thisyear! May it be a memorable time for eachone of you!

Christina Kloc HammacI am not attending buy my two boys are. Iam going to enjoy a nice quiet week at homewithout them. LOL I will be there for theirgraduation though.

Jennifer Campbell ThielTo A1C Colbey Morris...Hope you had a

memorable first day...missing you!!!

SMILE

FOR

YOUR

FLIGHT

PHOTO

TODAY



Monday, 15 August 2011 Edition 3

Welcome to Monday! It is my pleasure toserve as your Encampment ViceCommander this year. This is my 8thencampment and I am looking forward toa great week.

We will be starting some of the moreexciting activities such as O– flights,rappelling , and weapons demo in thecoming days. If you are feeling homesick put that energy into your lockers

and bunks, You will surprise yourself inhow much you really can accomplish.You have a great cadet staff who canhandle anything. Use your staff; theyhave been training for months to be ableto help you become the best cadets youcan be.

I have many fond memories of encampment as a cadet held right herein Alpena. Keep working together as ateam with your flight and work towardsearning honor flight.

Cadets who have attended one encamp-

ment may return to the next encamp-ment as flight staff.

The focus on flight staff is to teach the

new cadets first hand with just abouteverything.

C/MSgt Paige Barden from Ann Arbor

Squadron is proud to help train the ca-dets.

“As flight staff we get to help new basics

first hand with basically everything. As aflight seargeant I get to really step inand start them on drill. The things flight

seargents teach them here makes themost impact because it is their first timeto learn. If you teach them wrong theyhave that forever!”

Alpha Flight Commander 1st Lt. Chavisfrom Monroe composite squadron alsoenjoys working with the cadets.

“One thing we are really trying to pro-

mote with the basics is knowledge of theregulations and drill standardization. Ilove working with the cadets, being amentor and a leader is a great learningexperience!”.

C/CMSgt Bauerle from Livonia Compositesquadron enjoys taking on the challengeof being on flight staff.

“I like learning how to teach things to

the basics, and share the knowledge that

I have learned in the past year to en-courage new cadets to take the next stepin their CAP careers”.

C/CMSgt Logan Zinkhon came fromWright Patterson Cadet Squadron inOhio.

“I was not outgoing when I was a basic.Because of what I have learned I ammore outgoing now and I am a betterleader. I am learning the correct way toget a goal accomplished by working with

the cadets”.


By Major Sheila Cerny,

Encampment Vice Commander

First full day at the CRTCBy C/MSgt Surgalski

Cadet Flight Staff By 1st Lt Rita Fischer

Although the first few days of encampmentalways seem to be the most tedious foreveryone at encampment, we started off on agreat note with early morning 0530 PT.Physical training is one of the highlights of encampment! If you conditioned before cominghere, great. However, if you’re struggling withthe exercises, remember to keep on pushing.PT is to help make yourself better – push bothyourself and your other cadets to work andplay harder in both morning and evening PT.

You will have lots and lots of classes while atyour stay in Alpena. These classes aredesigned to make you a better cadet, leader,and more knowledgeable in military life. Youwill find it hard to stay awake sometimes dur-ing these presentations; remember to hydrateyourself, and help keep others awake bynudging them softly. Take lots of notes duringthese classes! You’ll be happy you did whenyou get back home next week.

For the first time since you’ve been here, yougot your first taste of drill instruction. Everyday you will find yourself better and better atdrill. Don’t get discouraged if your flight staff corrects a mistake you made; it’s their way of helping you to become a better cadet for your-self, and for your home squadron. Don’tfret - by the end of the week, those staff members will have a hard time picking out theerrors in your drill and you could help yourflight win the drill comp at the end of theweek!

Alpha and Bravo flights received theirorientation flights in a powered aircraft onSunday. Over the course of this week, the restof you will get flights in both powered andglider aircraft. Get excited! For many, it’s thehighlight of their encampment. You’ll beamazed by the sights you can see from theglider’s open canopy-style cockpit. So havefun, and enjoy your week!




Capt Robert Bowden, Director1st Lt Rita Fischer, PAO Staff

C/MSgt Sam Surgalski, Cadet PAO Staff

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Random Photo GoodnessGreetings from Facebook Get your DiamondsBy: 1st Lt Rita Fischer

Col Leo Burke passed a gold coin aroundthe room he earned as a cadet, while heexplained to the cadets how “easy” it is toearn the Spaatz award.

Col Burke told the cadets that the award ishalf of the Mitchell, half of the Earhart,

write five paragraphs and run a mile!Study, as often as you can and quiz one

another and you will earn it.

Michigan has 55 Spaatz cadets and 8 areout of Van Dyke squadron.

Col Burke often points out that UnitedStates Air Force Chief Master Sergeantshave completed 100% of the NCOprogram. CAP C/CMSgts have completedless than half of the cadet program.

He told the cadets to set goals and reachthem. Work your way up and much of what you have learned can lead to asuccessful career in life.

Air Force Col. Eric A. Boe, the Civil Air Pa-trol member who took his Gen. Carl A.Spaatz Award coin into space during hisfirst flight as a space shuttle pilot lastyear, and then again on the last scheduledspace shuttle mission, that launched inSeptember 2011.

Boe was the pilot of STS-126 from Nov. 14-30, 2008. He first soloed in an airplane asa Georgia Wing cadet in a CAPencampment and earned the Spaatzaward, the highest achievement for a CAPcadet, in July 1983 .

Now a senior member with the FloridaWing’s Eglin Composite Squadron, Boe hasa bachelor's degree from the U.S. AirForce Academy and a master's degreefrom the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Where will you take your coin?

Leah Grosso-BradyC/TSgt Brady - we miss you and have awonderful time. Keep yourself healthy, seeyou in a week or so. Love mom and dad.

Charisse KoCadet Joseph Kowalski: How was it to wakeup w/the sun? Work hard, eat well and drinkplenty of water. Min and Li are looking foryou.

Douglas M. ChildsCadet Airman First Class Dominic M. Childs,good luck and have a great experience atEncampment. I'm proud of you!

Charvella Liles DeLeonCadet Newman Have an awesome week atcamp....Can't wait to talk with you...Love ya,Grandma B ♥♥

Karen Newman FurlichTo Samantha Furlich: Hey Grayfus! Work

hard and have a great time! Gave Anna a bighug for you last night..Jack too. Can't wait tosee you Saturday and hear about everythingyou've done! Love ya, Mom and Dad.

Jeanne ShroatJames Todd, work hard, have fun, and enjoythis great experience, Love Grandma andGrandpa Shroat Grandpa cooked breakfastfor you and Kendall and she ate hers andyours too.

Tonya GuidryAll Van Dyke Cadet Squadron Cadets: I hopeyou guys are having an amazing time! WishI was up there with you, can't wait for nextyear! :)

Dawn NewmanCadet Newman I hope your first day was asuccess! Sounds like today will be a blast,enjoy every moment. I can't wait for thestory's. Love ya Mom, Dad, Brenden

Brittany BishopMI-655 Cadets and Seniors,Hope everything is going well and you alllove it up there. Alpena will become yourhome away from home. Can not waite tohear all the great stories at the squadronmeeting after encampment!!C/Capt. Bishop

Em MarieTo the Selfridge People, Last Years golf flight, Ginnard's, Hollowood's, and who everelse I know. Have fun and don't bail out itsfun in the end. Most of all keep hydratedcause they do got some good water but themedics get sick of you if you visit to much.Miss y'all. Love, Em Shields

p.s. if I don't know you and you read this Hi^_^

Kristen Glaser WarnerTo: Staff Sgt Dutkiewicz - Wishing you agreat first day! Love, Mom & Matt

HONOR FLIGHT INDIA



Tuesday, 16 August 2011 Edition 4

I would like to welcome you all to Encamp-ment. We are now almost halfwaythrough the week. By this point in theweek, hopefully you will have made somenew friends and learned more about your-self, CAP, and the Air Force. Hopefully youhave also enjoyed the Security ForcesDemo and your O-Ride if you have alreadyhad yours.

I attended my Basic Encampment righthere in Alpena in 1998. I remember itwell…It started in a whirlwind, and becamesmoother as the week progressed. I havesome great memories from my Basic year,namely rappelling, the fire departmentdemonstration, and the military aircraftstatic displays. This year marks my fourthencampment. I really enjoy seeing thegrowth all of you make in just a week’stime. It is quite amazing how much of atransformation can occur in such a shorttime.

I hope that each of you will take what youhave learned this week back to your home

squadrons so that you can help themout. I also encourage you to return toEncampment next year to attend the NCOSchool, Cadet Leadership School, or theModel Rocketry Encampment, or even onCadet Staff. By completing Basic Encamp-ment, you are also now eligible to attend anumber of National Activities during thesummer. I highly encourage you to con-sider these activities. You have also ful-filled one of the requirements to earn yourMitchell Award.

Have fun the rest of the week, and contin-

ue absorbing all of the great informationour instructors have to offer.

The 2011 Region Cadet Leadership

School is in full gear. Cadets from asfar as New York have come up for themost advanced Phase III school in the

Nation. Concentrating on skills andknowledge that will help them besuccessful cadet commanders, RCLS

is combining the traditions of our old

CLS with the newest curriculumavailable from National Headquarters.

Cadets are learning to plan, organize,and lead cadet operations at the local

unit and beyond. In addition to

classes by experts in management,education, and leadership, students

participate in teamwork activities thatpush their personal limits on self confidence, personal space, and

critical thinking. Every student willserve as a flight commander and or

flight staff sometime during the week

so they have practical experienceleading large groups of cadets with

the aid of experiences NCOS.

Alongside RCLS is the new NCOSchool. NCOS concentrates on teach-ing cadets to master phase II skills

like drill instruction, physical training,

and direct leadership. Cadets arelearning the intricacies of squadron

and flight drill, and every cadet willserve as a flight sergeant, first ser-geant or guidon bearer under

experiences cadet officers sometimeduring the week.


By Major Phil Argenti

Encampment Executive Officer

First full day at the CRTCBy C/MSgt Surgalski

CLS/NCOSBy 1st Lt Rita Fischer

I’m sure everyone immensely enjoyed the

weapons demonstration given to us bythe Air Force and Navy soldiers yester-

day. While some of us viewed the M4,

Barrett .50 caliber and the Berretta 9mm,all of us got to shoot blank rounds out of the M240B. We even had the WBKB

Chanel 11 Alpena news station there towatch us shoot! We were on the news last

night and we will be getting the videouploaded online as soon as we get a copy

from the station.

The M240Breplaced the

M60 in themid-1980’s,

and has

been thes t a n d a r d

issue for USA r m y a n d M a r i n e C o r p s

forces for over 15 years. Although it’s notthe lightest gun out there, it’s known for

its reliability in all types of climates.

I heard multiple cadets comment on theM4 and 9mm Berretta and how the real

gun they were holding had the samescope or barrel as a “Call of Duty gun”.Now we got to hold the actual gun many

of us use in those popular Xbox andPlaystation games. Remember to stayhydrated during those hot hours in the

sun, and take off your blouse if your flightcommander or sergeant says it’s OK.

Have as much fun with the rest of encampment as I know you did with theweapons demonstration!

Maj Argenti as a basic in 1998







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Random Photo GoodnessGreetings from Facebook Orientation FlightsBy: 1st Lt Rita Fischer

On Sunday the cadets started to go up for

Orientation flights. This is one of the most

enjoyable parts of Civil Air Patrol and it

gives cadets who almost all have never

flown in a small engine airplane the chance

to see the world from a different view.

Cadet Harrison took his first flight with the

young eagles program but was very excited

to fly with Civil Air Patrol. “We flew notto far away from the Mackinac Bridge

there was a fog over it and it was pretty

cool!”. Cadet Airman Hartsuff got to sit at the

controls. “I got to fly, it was my first flightever and I had a death grip on the controls

as we flew over Lake Huron”. C/SSgt Hargrove attended his first encampment this year and checked the

fuel for the plane. “I like the sense of

freedom, you can do anything that you

want up in the air it is a great feeling it was awesome!”. Cadet Buckles took his first flight ever at

encampment. “I love everything about

flying, the pilot let me fly and it wasoutstanding”. Cadet Airman Hill also flew for his first

time. “I liked

it, you could

see the bottom

of lake Huron,

I liked it when

the plane

banked!”.

Betty Jenkins DumontTo the outstanding cadets from the Au SableValley Cadet Squadron - c/Amn DJ Brady, C/Amn Gino Famiano, C/A1C Colbey Morris, C/A1C Mile Stajic, C/SrA Allen Meyer, C/TSgtBill Buckles, and in NCO School S/SSgt JudyWright - your squadron is proud of you!Have an OUTSTANDING week! LtCol Dumont(And a big thank you to Lt Robbin Meyer forhelping out!)

Betty Jenkins DumontHighpoint Cadets Samantha Furlich and IanHurd - have a wonderful week!

Chris Zimmermann-CalzadillasAirman first class Calzadillas- We were justthinking about amazing time you must behaving! Can't wait for Pass and Review andto hear all about your week! We are all soproud of you! Love,Dad and Mom

Jennifer NicholsonCadet 2d Lt Brit Nicholson - Enjoy yourself and learn much. Do or do not, there is notry. Get a bucket of grits! Love, Mom andDad and Rach

Kristen Glaser WarnerA big thanks to Mark Davalos for puttingtogether the bus to get our Cadets to En-campment. I am sure it was a lot of work,but the bus was full and that shows what agreat help it was! Thanks for going aboveand beyond to help out our families.

Brittany James-JamesAIRMAN NATHAN JAMES, we are eating gua-camole and missing you! May your love of the plane and flying only grow over thisweek. You are such a go getter. Have funand give 110% like you always do. Whenasked, run don't walk. Fly Eagle Fly. Love allof us back on the ranch including River.

Bruce ClarkC/1st Lt. Clark Hotel Flight Commander re-member when you were a basic? Wow, 3years ago! Lead the Hammers well. Honorflight? Go get em!

Ellen KoehlerC/A1C Noah Koehler and C/Amn Ben Koeh-ler, work hard and have a great week atencampment. Dad, Mom (& Chelsea!)

Darla SowdersC/Amn Sowders! Hope you are having agreat time, and learning a lot. We can't waituntil Saturday! Love you sweetie!

Wendy Ruthard ButlerTo C/Amn Shannon Butler and MI-063. Howdoes it feel to wakeup with the sun? Is thefood just as good as home? We are thinkingof the group and hoping you enjoying your-selves.

Kim RisnerC/Kollyn Anders Hope you ae working hard,and have a great week. Kim, Pat, Tawny,Nichole Dakota We love you

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Wednesday, 17 August 2011 Edition 5

I hope you are all enjoying your time hereat encampment! As you go about yourtraining through the week, you will proba-bly hear a lot of the senior and cadet staffsrefer to Alpena CRTC as home. After ayear or two coming up here to encamp-ment, you will develop the same feelingabout this base. I attended my basic en-campment in 1984, when we had to gooutside to another building to shower orgo to the latrine, and my assistantcommandant, Capt Davalos was the cadet

commander. I haven’t missed many en-campments since then. I’ve also attendedencampments at other bases-CampGray l ing, and Wurtsmi th andWright-Patterson Air Force bases-but noneof them share the special place in myheart that Alpena CRTC does. The clean,pine-scented air, the black squirrelsrunning around, and the occasional A-10flyover are what make this place special.But what really makes it special are thepeople. I’ve made friends here that havelasted a lifetime, and I hope you will too.

I also take a lot of satisfaction from seeingthe progress you all make through theweek. You and your fellow cadets will forma bond much stronger than just a team,you’ll become a family. I highly encourageall of you to enjoy your time with yournew family, because the end of the week,and the partings that follow, will be herebefore you know it.

In closing, I look forward to seeing all of you back here on staff, or in one of theadvanced training programs, and beingable to welcome you back home to AlpenaCRTC! Keep up the good work, you’re all

doing great!

Once a cadet has finished basic

encampment they have a choice of a

number of other encampments; oncechoice is Model Rocketry Encampment.This encampment costs more, but the

cadet will make and take home four

different rockets that they have builtthemselves . The program is divided

into three different phases: In the First

“Redstone” Phase, a cadet will start outmaking a “fizzy rocket”. Then, they will

make the “Goddard Rocket”.

They take two tests; one on the history

of rocketry and the other on safety.Once they pass these tests they are

done with the First Phase. In the Titan

phase, they build a kit model that is abasic kit and they learn the basic

rocketry techniques.

The next rocket they must build is a

scale model from a designer sheet. Thethird test rocket covers the science of

rocketry. When they pass this test they

are finished with the Titan (or second)

Phase.

The Final Phase requires he cadet tobuild either a payload rocket or one that

carries a parasite into the air. The final

written test covers the fundamentals of engines. This Phase is called the Saturn

Phase. All along each and every one of the rockets must perform as expected

by my standards: The rockets that are

launched must have a successful flightthen return to the earth using a

recovery system and in one piece with

the engine attached.


By Major Chris Frytag

Commandant of Cadets

Col Frank Walker USAF Ret.By C/MSgt Surgalski

RocketryBy Capt Beth Johnson

For what seemed like a short 3 hours,retired Colonel Frank Walker talked to us in

the Collins Center about the structure of the

Air Force, aerospace power, and AFROTCalong with information about the Air Force

Academy. He also discussed the fleet of over

5,638 aircraft that the Air Force currently

has operational. It was an interesting

introduction to enlisting or joining themilitary for a career.

The Air Force has the largest fleet of militaryaircraft still in use today. Although the

future of flying lies in the hands of

unmanned aircraft, many piloted aircraft stillroam the skies today. They include

C (cargo) planes, T (trainer) planes, and

F (fighter) planes. Some examples are the

C-130, T-38, and the F-16. These planes

can carry cargo, civilians, train pilots, andfight land and air-based enemies.

Becoming an officer in the military is a bigdeal – therefore, it takes a lot of willpower

to become one. Joining ROTC at a college

mandates a high GPA, involvement in extra

curricular activities, and high scores on theAir Force Officer Qualifying Test, which issimilar to the SAT or ACT. Admission into

the Academy involves an even lengthier

process: you must begin when you’re a Junior in high school with filling out your pre

-candidate questionnaire. After an interviewand a congressional nomination, you may

get accepted as one of the 1200 students

the academy takes per year. The process of

becoming an officer is a hard one, but it’srewards are great; your pay is better, your

housing is better, and you get the honor of becoming a select few in the nation’smilitary who are lieutenants or higher.







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Random Photo GoodnessGreetings from Facebook RepellingBy: 1st Lt Rita Fischer

On Tuesday the cadets each had the

opportunity to go rappelling and rock

climbing. This is one of the things thatthe cadets get to enjoy while at

encampment. It gives the cadets a

chance to try something new andchallenge themselves to try rappelling

and also rock climb a wall.

C/TSgt Jones thought that it was

awesome to rappel.

“I liked the feeling of free falling. I

liked the freedom of not having to stopuntil my feet hit the ground. When I

went rock climbing I rang the bell at thetop”.

C/AMN Newcome enjoyed the adrena-

line rush and the fear of the unknown.

“I liked the height of it, and the assur-

ance that they guys on the ground knew

what they were doing, they were very

professional and did a good job at whatthey do”.

C/SSgt Lang enjoyed rappelling themost.

“I liked going upside down when I was

rappelling, I went back up and rappelledagain. I like being in control of myfate”.

C/AMN Durfee said Rock climbing was

his element.

“I like that kind of thing and I wish that

the wall were higher. Rappelling was

fun, it was not as fun as rock climbing,rock cl imbing was much more

challenging”.

Anastasha CollinsHello to all of the Willow Run CompositeSquadron members! I hope you all have agood week, be safe and remember to drinkLOTS of water!

Jeanne ShroatLearn something new every day! (are youhaving pizza withdrawal yet?) Love Grandma

Kayla BenderHi to Colt Jacobs, Mike Hammac, and Chris-topher Hammac! Hope you guys are havingtons of fun. ♥

Craig ModlinI miss u pops! Sry I couldn't be there thisyear

Darla SowdersC/Amn Kyle Sowders: It was nice to see youin a picture today! Hope you are having agreat week. We all love you and miss you!

See you Saturday!

Ria van DraanenHello Shane, Jeremy and Brendan Ginnard.We are so proud of you all. Keep up the hardwork, and Brendan, we hope you are enjoy-ing your first encampment.Veel liefs, Opa en Oma

Lindsay ChandlerGood luck to the Cadets from Lakeshorecomposite 119!

Kristen Glaser WarnerSSG Dutkiewicz: Saw the NCO hats - verynice! Also saw you checking in and in chowline. Hope you're using your talents and ex-perience to serve as all good leaders do, andofcourse learning much. Miss you! Love,Mom

Brian KennedySenior Airman Joseph Kennedy, hope youare having a great time at encampment.Have you had a flight yet?

Jennifer Shroat ToddJames Todd- Take every opportunity andenjoy every minute of encampment! Mom,Dad & Ken

Dawn NewmanCadet Newman I hope you are having agreat time, learning lots, and making greatnew friendships! May god bless each one of you, wrap you in angels wings, and guideyou with wisdom through each day! We missyou! Love, Dad, brenden, and mom

Christy Worthing TaylorTo: Cadet Garrett Taylor, We hope you arehaving an awesome time. Be the coffee andpush yourself to be a stronger, better ver-sion of you. Miss you tons and love ya lots.We are very proud of you. Love, dad and

mom

Leah Grosso-BradyIt is Monday and you are being missed byyour cat's Princess and Riley and Max thedog. They miss little Lou.

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Thursday, 17 August 2011 Edition 6

You have made it to Thursday, After todayyou have FMI and then getting ready forPIR. The remainder of the week will fly byafter today. I went to my firstencampment in 2006. It was the hardestthing I could ever do. I was very homesickand asked to leave to go home. Mysquadron staff asked if I would talk to

SMSgt Biddle before I made my finalchoice to head home. SMSgt Biddle and Italked for a long time and I was convinced

to try and stay another day. Once that daywas over I was having a blast. I graduatedfrom encampment and as soon as I left Iwanted to come back right away. My goalwas to become a Cadet Commander at anencampment. I ended up staffing at GLR-South in 2007 as a Flt Sgt and thenreturning to GLR-N for CLS. I applied formy first staff position at GLR-N in 2008where I was selected as a Squadron XO.In 2008 I achieved Cadet Honor Officer of the encampment, and in 2009 I attendedthe OHWG encampment as the Stan Eval

OIC and GLR-N as a Sq Commander. In2010 I was selected as the C/XO. Finally Iapplied for C/CC and that is where I amnow.

My biggest advice to any member outthere is to set goals and achieve them. Donot let anyone tell you that you can’tachieve something, Take that anger inbeing put down and prove them wrong.Encampment can be really rough, but inthe end it is the most rewarding thing Ihave ever done in the program and hope-fully after this week you can say the same

thing. I hope to see you all next year!

Whether you saw them at the chow hall

or just walking on the sidewalk next to

your flight, you’ve noticed the people inthe yellow shirts. These cadets are part

of air operations, commonly called

“Air Ops”. They take care of thebehind-the-scenes of flying in the pow-

ered and glider aircraft that take you upin the Alpena skies. Without them, we’d

have no way to send up gliders, and

powered flying would take much longerthan usual. They are an essential part of

the MIWG encampment that is often

forgot about.

There are only 3 cadets in air ops thisyear and they are in charge of the glider

orientation flights: Cadets Wallis, Acton,

and Davidson. Everyday they wake upat 0600 or 0630 (Yes – one of the perks

of air ops is the ability to opt out of

physical training at 0530) and head outto the CRTC runway. There, they wait

for each basic flight to show up for o-

flights, and organize them so everyoneknows when their turn for flying is.

Next, they connect the tow rope to thetow plane, run out to the glider, grab

the wings of it, and start running with

the glider to get it going before lettinggo, letting it fly on it’s own with the CAP

Cessna plane towing it. That is why air

ops is commonly called the “wing run-ners”. They do this 0600 to 2100 Mon-

day through Friday out in the hot sun onthe flight line.

Long before basics show up for flights at

encampment, they have work to do.

Last Friday, these cadets helped set up

one of the gliders, which had been tak-en apart to be transported to Alpena in

a trailer being towed by a truck. Unfor-

tunately, one of the canopy hingessnapped in half during assembly, requir-

ing the cadets to turn around and takethe glider back apart.

Be sure to think Air Ops and the Pilots!


By C/Lt Col Krista N. McLean

Cadet Commander

Rocket DemoBy C/MSgt Surgalski

Air OpsBy C/MSgt Surgalski / Capt Bowden

Early in the Alpena afternoon, rockets wereflying high for over an hour, due to the fine

work of 6 cadets and their cadet command-er, C/Maj John Johnson. More than 20 rock-ets were launched altogether, including

scale models of the Saturn V, Mercury, and

Atlas series rockets. Although there were a

few rockets who failed to blast off, a good

time was had by all. The mission was tohave their rockets take off, deploying its

parachute, and having the engine remain

inside of the fuselage of the model rocket.

“Rocketry was really fun – we got to just

build rockets and relax,” stated C/SSgt Aa-ron Aydelotte, the flight sergeant in the

2011 rocketry class. All three of Aydelotte’s

rockets launched successfully. Some of the

rockets used in the encampment use Estes

engines, which have an engine thrust timeof about 2 seconds, getting them to an alti-

tude of anywhere between 200 to 500 feet.

They have one stage, which means that theengine fires off for a period of time and then

shuts off, causing the rocket to fall back

down to earth and deploy the parachute.

C/SSgt Aydelotte also stated, “You can getfrustrated with building your rocket – the

wing can break, or your igniter couldn’t fire,

and it gets on your nerves sometimes.” Rocketry is a challenging but rewarding en-

campment to attend. Plus, in the end, youget to (hopefully!) watch all 3 of your rock-

ets take off in front of all of the basic ca-

dets!

Rocketry is available to any cadet who has

completed basic encampment, and allowsyou to learn the basics of model rocketryand build 4 rockets that you can take home

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Random Photo GoodnessGreetings from Facebook Life with the DogsBy: 1st Lt Rita Fischer

On Wednesday the cadets had theopportunity to see and hear about whatMichigan State police K-9 officers do on adaily basis. The cadets enjoyed seeing thedog sniff a track or hidden item and lookfor things on the ground out in the trees.It gave the cadets the chance to see what

State Police go through in training whenusing dogs on the job. They also had ondisplay the items used to inspect a carwhen a car needs to be searched. Most of what the State Police shared with cadetsties in to what they do with search andrescue.

C/SrA Seery enjoyed what the Trooper hadto say about dog handling. “The handlerreally knew what he was talking about.He gave a very interesting presentationand I learned many dog training tips that I

can take home. The demonstration wasriveting, I had a good all around goodtime”.

C/AMN Corcoran found the dog demon-stration to be very educational. “Theofficer did a wonderful job making thelesson fun as well. I learned many factsabout dogs and their trainers, making it avery beneficial class”!

C/SSgt Moorman Found the demonstrationto be outstanding. “It was so

fascinating how a dog can really sensethings on a greater level than us. Ill neverlook at my dog the same again”.

Dan StackpooleSergeant Stackpoole,First SAR Academy, then straight to the U.P.for your first live search mission (a success-ful search I might add), and now NCOS atencampment...anything else and your moth-er is going to rent out your room! LOL! Keepup the good work, you ROCK!!! I love you

pookalooka...Dad

Adam BurgosC/Airman Zak VanSlyke,You have been promoted to Senior Dish-washer in the Burgos household!! Congatula-tions, they will be waiting for you when youget back! OORAH ;)

Angela D'Amico CotteralI am so proud of you Trent Lindsay! I amreally looking forward to hearing all aboutyour week! Hope you are meeting some

great new people and making lasting friend-ships. Can't wait to see you Saturday! Way

to represent Youngstown, Ohio CAP! I love u.Love Mom & Bob

Sarah BauerleJoshua Bauerle, hope you're having a goodtime! We're all proud of you, and hopeyou're staying healthy. Can't wait to see youin a few days - we're all looking forward tohearing your stories from the week! Lots of love, from Sarah and the rest of the family.

Christy Worthing TaylorCadet Garrett Taylor, Hoping and prayingyou are learning a lot and having a greattime. I am very proud of you and miss you abunch. Can't wait to hear all your adven-tures. Love mom

Mark K MillerC/SSgt Michael Miller (Hudsonville, MISquad) 2 search Missions, Police Academy inOhio, SAR and now Encampment! A busymonth for you for sure! And football practicetoo! Enjoy, do well 9as we know you always

do) and we will see you this weekend! LoveYa! Mom and Dad

Cassie BrownAirmen Hannah Brown, Love you!!!!!!!!!! Iknow that you are having so much fun andmeeting new people. I am so proud of you!!!!! 3 more days and a wake-up.

Mary Beth KennedySenior Airman Joseph Kennedy, we hope youare having a great week and your niece has-n't been born yet! (I think she will wait until

you get back home :-). Love MB and JimKennedy

Tim BojanowskiC/Ssgt Tony Bojanowski- Hope all has beengood through Day 5, I am sure you areenjoying meeting new people and experienc-ing new challenges. Everyone at home gives

you their best. The photos look great, wish Iwas there! Maybe by next year I will finally

join. Take care, Dad

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Friday , 19 August 2011 Edition 7

Civil Air Patrol National Vice CommanderBrig. Gen. Charles L. ―Chuck‖ Carr Jr. waselected national commander today by theCAP National Board, and Middle East Re-gion Commander Col. Joseph R. Vazquezwas elected national vice commander.

Carr’s election to a three-year term asnational commander occurred on the firstday of business at the 2011 Civil Air PatrolAnnual Conference held this week at theLouisville Marriott. Vazquez’s was elected

to a one-year term.

―It is an honor and a privilege to be elect-ed as CAP’s national commander,‖ Carrsaid. ―CAP has a rich history of 70 years of service to America, and I look forward topartnering with our 61,000 citizen

volunteers to fill the emergency services,disaster relief, youth development andaerospace education needs of communitiesa c r o s s t h e n a t i o n . ‖

As national commander, Carr serves as a

two-star major general, the highest-ranking CAP officer; is a member of theBoard of Governors; and leads the Nation-al Executive Committee and NationalBoard — the organization’s governing anda d v i s o r y b o d i e s .

Carr officially takes command Saturdayduring a change of command ceremony tobe held at the conference banquet. Hesucceeds Maj. Gen. Amy S. Courter, whowas first elected interim nationalcommander in 2007.

Gen Carr is the former GLR commanderand is a pilot from Ohio Wing.

We are about to finish up our week hereon base. We want to have a very easy

time selling the buildings back to the base.You can help by doing the following

things:

Unplug fridge, wipe out and leave

door open

Vacuum all carpet floors

Wipe all furniture with damp cloth

Place pillow at head of bed (by wall)

Fold blankets, place at foot of bed

All windows closed and locked

All window shades at half mast There is a $10.00 charge for lost keys

Remove all trash from floors, rooms,

dayroom and bathroom and place indumpster

Remove any posters, signs, etc., in-

cluding tape

Turn off all lights

Empty all cigarette butt cans

Police outside area, pick up all trash

Clean out web belt and empty can-

teen; return to Collins Center as di-

rected by flight staff

New National Commander

Brig. Gen. Charles L. “Chuck” Carr Jr.

National Commander Elect

Private PilotBy C/MSgt Surgalski

Check Out ProceduresBy Capt Bowden

The Private Pilot’s License is something almostevery CAP cadet strives for – whether you like

getting places fast, or just have a passion forflight, you’ll have a desire to earn your wings.As we learned today, earning your license isn’teasy, but being in the Civil Air Patrol doesmake things easier on you.

Per FAA regulations, you do need 40 hours inan airplane before taking your test ride – 20

with an instructor, 10 solo, and another 10hours either solo or with an instructor. That’snot counting ground school. Don’t forget theage requirement! You need to be 16 to solo in

a powered aircraft, and 17 to earn your certifi-

cate.

As Capt. Bowden stated, going to a flightacademy gives you a ―shot in the arm‖ intenseweek of ground school and around 10 flight

hours that count towards your certificate.Cadets have soloed in glider, powered, andballoon flight at these encampments, and get

well on their way to earning their license. If you pursue training after a flight academy,you’ll have background knowledge inaeronautics, making your flight school both

cheaper and quicker.

Cadet flight hours are much cheaper than

traditional civilian flight hours, thanks to helpfrom the U.S. Air Force. Like stated at theclass, Cessna hours could be as cheap as $80.Plus, you have no instructor fees! If you breakdown a course like that at a college or flightschool, you could pay upwards of $150 perhour, plus another $40 or $50 for the instruc-

tor.

Learning to fly is not something you get into

half-heartedly – it’s a commitment to spend

money and time to really become a safe,proficient flier along with thousands of other

pilots.

If it seems overwhelming, create a spreadsheet

of your goals – perhaps you can devote a peri-od of time to saving money for training, andthen another period of time for actuallylearning how to fly. Before you know it, it’ll be

time for the FAA check ride, and you can haveyour own license to fly whomever you wantwherever you want.

I wanted to say a BIG thank you to all of

the cadets who have been so great thisyear to public affairs. This was one of thebest years we had and in part that is be-

cause of you. Im sure you all can’t wait tosee your photos from this week. Thephotos have been uploaded to the new

Michigan Wing photography website.

WWW.MIWG.SMUGMUG.COM

You will also want to check out theFacebook group for encampment we haveover 700 fans and parents have left over

250 comments in the last week!

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MIWGENCAMPMENT

The encampment video is going to be up-loaded on YouTube within a few weeks of

encampment. All of the links are on theencampment website

SMUGMUGBy Capt Bowden

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Random Photo GoodnessGreetings from Facebook Week in Review

By: 1st Lt Rita Fischer

The challenge for some to be away from

home for a week and not be able to seefamily. The challenge of making their own

bed, shining their shoes, tidying up their areas which many were not used to. The

challenge of trying to climb the rock wall,

going up in a glider, “O” flights, classes,marching, food, more marching, PT at 5:30am, uniform inspections, more food, Rock-ets, MSP Dog training demo, Honor flight,

mail call and so much more. Gone till nextyear, will you return and try something

new? Cadet Senior Airman Allen Meyer saidthat he would be back. “I liked the discipline that being heretaught me. I learned a lot of stuff that I didnot know. The encampment was fun.

When I come back I would like to do morestuff or the CLS. Cadet Airman Gyle Chio would also like tocome back next year to encampment. “ I would like to come back to shoot theguns at the next encampment. I liked the

O flights the most this year at encamp-ment”.

No matter where you may go after en-

campment I hope Alpena has become your second home. Please take a moment and

get contact information from your fellowcadets and keep in touch after encamp-

ment. Do not let the leaning stop once youwalk out the door. Keep up the great work

and have a great graduation.

Frank Jacob WalkerStaff, Volunteers, Cadets, I wanted to

personally thank you again for affording methe opportunity to speak and share with youmy 40 years of military experience! It was adistinct honor and privilege to interact and

meet with all of you! As I mentioned in myclasses, anything is possible, set your goals

and AIM HIGH!

Again, make sure you say "Thank You" to allthose who made camp possible-parents,

sponsors, staff, volunteers! God Speed,Col "Frank" Walker, USAF Academy LiaisonOfficer

Leslie Erickson MitchellC/TSgt Hunter Mitchell we can hardly wait tosee you!! We are in Tawas right now & it's

not the same w/out our "Alpha". We are allso impressed w/ your initiative and determi-

nation. Looking forward to seeing you inAlpena on Saturday! Love you, Mom, Dad,Brody, Riley, Griffin, Addison & Cooper +Grandma & Grandpa

Kc NewcomeCadet Airman Newcome!!! I am so proud of

you and glad I get to see you Saturday!!!DAD

Kristen Glaser Warner

SSGT Dutkiewicz: Saw a picture of you withyour NCO hat on! We all really miss you and

can't wait to see you at graduation Saturday.You can celebrate later with a little jet ski-ing! So proud of you and glad you're cominghome soon. Lots of love, Mom, Matt, Riley,Kate & Kyle (PS: Riley IS running CC andCoach Downes says to tell you, "Hi!").

Darla SowdersC/Amn Kyle Sowders: We miss you! I sentyou a letter, but I'm afraid it didn't make it.Everyone but your big brother and the dogs

will be there Saturday.

Christy Worthing TaylorTo all Sr. members, active duty, retired offic-ers and all volunteers: We parents reallyappreciate the time and energy you have putinto making encampment such a successyear after year. From the pictures I haveviewed and live streams I have heard it isapparent our cadets are recieving qualitytraining and experiences that will enrich theirlives, prepare them and empower them to bebetter leaders. Again I want to thank you all

for your dedication and pouring yourknowledge into our children. God Bless.

Charisse KoJoseph Kowalski: Your bug misses you. Heran away. We've been looking for you innewsletters and photos (are you hiding fromthe camera again?). See you Saturday.

Adam Burgos

C/Airman Zak VanSlyke,I changed your cousins' daiper on your bedand pillow today and totally stunk them up.Can't wait until you get back!

Hugs and kisses, Dad

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Saturday , 19 August 2011 Edition 8

Welcome to all of the parents,grandparents, siblings, family andfriends to the place we all call home forone week every year.

The Great Lakes Region North– Michigan Wing summer encampmenthas a long tradition of producing the topcadet leaders within Civil Air Patrol. YouCadets have had an intense week of leadership and drill training as well aslearning attention to details.

They all were awake at 5:30AM for PT,ironed their clothes and made their bedevery day. They were all warned on the

first day that these skills can be put touse at home.

On the first day many of the Cadetswanted to leave or were homesick nowmany of them do not want to leave.

They had the chance to go rappelling,get powered and/or glider orientationflights, got to hold many differentweapons during the security forcesdemonstration, enjoyed loosing to thesenior members during the senior

member/ Cadet staff volleyball gameand some great air force meals in thedinning hall.

We are currently in the process of finalizing the dates for the 2012 GLR-NEncampment which is planed to be heldhere in Alpena in July. We will beposting updates to the encampmentwebsite over the next few weeks andthen as information for the 2012encampment becomes available.

We are always looking for new staff and

encampment is a great way for parentsto get involved with Civil Air Patrol.

After graduation please do not leave thebase until an announcement from thecommand staff has been made. All of the buildings must be inspected by theAir Force and all CAP equipment needsto be checked in.

If you currently have any CAP property,radios, web belts, ect. Please turn it inASAP!

I am sure most of the parents have beensitting at home waiting at their computersfor me to post an update to the Facebookpage or looking on Smugmug for me toupload some new photos.

We currently have 1250 photos from thisyears encampment posted on the MIWGphotography site with over 1000 more tobe posted in the coming weeks.

We have had 217359 photo views on the

encampment photos, that means onaverage each photo has been viewed over170 times.

You can view and download all of your

photos for free from the MIWG Smugmugsite and parents can order low cost highquality prints if they wish.

To view the photos visitwww.miwg.smugmug.com

The encampment video will be uploaded to

YouTube over the next few weeks. At thispoint in time we are not able to sell copiesof the video, if anything changes we willpost it on Facebook and the website.

Join in on Facebook and stay connectedwith your fellow cadets.

W W W . F A C E B O O K . C O M /MIWGENCAMPMENT

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Welcome Parents!By Capt Bowden

Quotes from FridayBy: 1st Lt Rita Fischer

Encampment Photos andVideo

By Capt Bowden As encampment comes to an end some of the cadets wanted to share their thoughts

on the 2011 Great Lakes Region North-Michigan Wing Summer Encampment.

C/SSgt Alex Lang really liked the rappelling

at encampment. “I liked having total control

of my fate and I liked going upside down.”

C/Amn Caleb Durfee enjoyed the rock wall.

“Its my element, I like that kind of thing, I

wish that it would have been higher. Rockclimbing is more challenging than rappel-

ling.”

C/SMSgt Davidson enjoyed powered flight

and he enjoyed going up in the glider

C/SMSgt Wallis “I liked having dessert at

every meal. I also got to help with the setup and tear down of Gliders and all the work

that gob’s along with it”.

C/SSgt Kyle Acton liked having a job to do.

“When we work with Air Ops we have a little

more freedom than if we are basics. I liked

it that we had a job to do and it had to bedone correctly or it would have damagedthe glider. I also liked having to check the

vehicles for FOD (Foreign Object Debris) if

we found anything we had to put it in thebox before we went on the flight line so that

nothing damaged the planes.”

C/Amn Gayle Chio “I would like to come

back to encampment to shoot the guns. I

also liked the orientation flights the mostthis year at encampment.”

C/Sra Allen Meyer liked to learn more aboutthe discipline. “It is teaching me how to be

more disciplined. I like to learn stuff that Idid not know before. When I come back

next year I would like to return and doCLS.”





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