West Virginia Wing - Jun 2010

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By Major Jeffery Schrock

Wing Public Affairs Officer

The West Virginia Department

of Transportation Aeronautics

Commission held its quarterly

meeting in Upshur County

and disbursed more than $1.2

million in federal and state

grants to state airports and to

Civil Air Patrol units in West

Virginia.In the commissions FY2011

budget each Civil Air Patrol

squadron was awarded a

$10,000 grant. CAP provides

disaster and emergency as-

sistance including search and

rescue missions, flood recov-

ery assistance, humanitarianand Homeland Security assis-

tance. CAP also provides

aerospace education and ca-

det programs.

Aeronautics Commission awards $10,000grant to all 12 West Virginia Wing CAP units

June 2010

Wing Calendar

June 25-July 3WV Wing SummerEncampment -Camp Dawson

July 23-July 25Ground PoundersChallenge -Potomac High-lands Sqdn. -Petersburg W.Va.

August 21-22Joint SAREX withState of W.Va. -TBD

September 4-5Martinsburg AirShow featuringthe USAF

ThunderbirdsMartinsburg,W.Va.

September 24-26 Wing SAREX -Beckley, W.Va.

October 23Wing Conferenceand Banquet -Charleston, W.Va.

The Mountain FlyerCol Dennis Barron Wing Commander

Major Jeffery SchrockPublic Affairs Officer/Newsletter Editor

Middle East Region CAP recognizes Wingwith awards during annual conference

By Major Jeffery Schrock

Wing Public Affairs Officer

Recipients of several awards

were presented to members

of West Virginia Wing Civil Air

Patrol during the 2010 Middle

East Region Civil Air Patrol

Conference held in Richmond,

Va.

Attending were Wing Com-

mander Col Dennis Barron,

Wing Chief of Staff Lt Col

Alvin Fox, Wing Stand/Eval

Officer Lt Col Shelton Davis,

Wing Director of Public Affairs

Major Jeffery Schrock, Mar-

tinsburg Squadron Public Af-fairs Officer Capt Russell

Voelker, Capt Lewis

Craddock, and Senior Member

Jenny Craddock of Clarksburg

Composite Squadron and Bob

Cook.

The West Virginia Wing award

recipients are: Capt Lynn

Hoffmann - MER IG of the

Year, Lt Col Gene Thorn - Col

Edwin Lewis Award as the

MER Incident Staff Member of

the Year, Capt Lewis

Craddock - Frank BrewerAerospace Award from Middle

East Region.

All the recipients will be the

nominees from the Middle

East Region for the national

awards in each category,

which will be announced atthe National Board Meeting in

San Diego, Ca. in September.

Photos by

Major

Jeffery

Schrock/

West

Virginia

Wing HQ


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By 2nd Lt Toni Wheeler

Wheeling Squadron PAO

Major Paul G. McCroskey II has

taken command of the Civil Air

Patrols Wheeling Composite

Squadron, the informal cere-

mony was held at the CAP com-plex at the west end of the

Wheeling-Ohio County Airport.

Major McCroskey was selected

by Col Dennis Barron, wing

commander of the Civil Air Pa-

trol West Virginia Wing.

One thing I found in CAP is

that it is made up of a group of

dedicated volunteers that want

to provide an important service

and belong to something larger

than themselves, McCroskey

said. That dedication and com-

passion is what drives our mili-tary, police, fire fighters, teach-

ers, and other heroes in Amer-

ica.

Major McCroskey, a 20-year

veteran of the United States Air

Force, is no stranger to com-

mand and organization.

Most notably, he served as anAir Force ROTC instructor at

Kent State University. His pri-

mary additional duties included

commandant of cadets, unit

admissions officer and execu-

tive officer.

He instructed freshman-level

courses on national security

affairs and junior-level courses

and provided leadership train-

ing, military discipline, and edu-

cational and career guidance to

Air Force ROTC cadets. He is a

former member of the Civil Air

Patrol Canton Akron Senior

Squadron.

Shively returned the cadets to

the airport to await further or-

ders. Lt Col Eugene Thorn, di-

rector of emergency services of

CAPs West Virginia Wing, acti-

vated an official search and

rescue mission consisting of the

Bluefield, Beckley, and the

Charleston Cadet Squadrons.

The Bluefield unit started an

electronic air search in the area

with aircrew members of

Shively and Lt Melvin Chinault.

A ground team was organized

By Major Jim Coiner

Mercer Squadron PAO

Mercer Squadron Civil Air Patrolwas flying cadets in the cadet

orientation program in the Ra-

leigh County area recently when

the plane detected an ELT,

(Emergency Locator Transmit-

ter) signal.

Pilot Lt George Shively reported

this by radio to the FAA. The

FAA reported the distress signal

to the USAF Aircraft Rescue

Coordination Center in Florida.

from Beckley under the com-

mand of Squadron Commander

Major David Chaney. Members

from the Charleston Cadet

Squadron joined them and pre-

pared for a ground search.

On the second flight out, flown

by Mercer Squadron Com-

mander Capt Steven Antolini,

and Chinault, it was determined

that the signal was likely com-

ing from the vicinity of the Fay-

ette County Airport near Fa-

yetteville, W.Va.

McCroskey appointed as Wheeling Commander

trieval.

They were also given plenty of

free time to visit the displays

and enjoy the air show. At the

end of the day, other than a

little sunburn and tired feet,

everyone said that theyd en-

joyed themselves and look for-

ward to next year.

Pictured are front row from left: C/Amn

Rudy Bakin, C/TSgt Ty Stansbury, C/

CMSgt Tim Dye. Back Row from left: C/

SMSgt John Dye, C/SSgt Spencer

Lunsford, C/SSgt Nathanael Main, and C/

SrAmn Quinn Kahsay.

By Capt Russell Voelker

Martinsburg Squadron PAO

On May 14, 2010, seven cadets

and one senior member from

the Martinsburg Composite

Squadron traveled to Andrews

Air Force Base to support and

participate in the 2010 JointServices Open House.

During the event, the unit per-

formed duties that included

drug demand reduction, recruit-

ing, Civil Air Patrol aircraft pro-

tection, streamer and flag re-

Martinsburg Squadron helps with Joint Services Open House

Mercer Squadron hears ELT Signal during cadet o-ride flight

The ground team from

Beckley was notified and the

team went to the airport to

search with ground elec-

tronic gear.

The ground team found the

aircraft at the airport at

7:30 p.m. It is believed that

the aircrafts owner had

accidentally activated the

ELT. The device was later

deactivated, and the team

was pleased that this wasnt

an actual crashed aircraft.


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By 2nd Lt Elizabeth Childers

Greenbrier Squadron PAO

Chief Master Sgt Faith Galford

of Civil Air Patrols Greenbrier

Composite Squadron has re-

ceived the Prudential Spirit of

Community Awards Certificate

of Merit, The American Red

Cross Life Saving Award, and

the Presidents Volunteer Ser-

vice award for conducting CPR

on a person suffering heart

problems at a county live stock

market last year.

Galford is currently attending

Greenbrier East High School,

and is a cadet in CAP at Green-

brier Composite Squadron. Gal-

ford is a member of the groundteam search and rescue at the

unit, and wants to become a

pilot. Galfords extracurricular

activities like CAP, have molded

her into a fine role model for

her peers. According to

those who know her, it

is clear that Galford

shows signs of a natural

leader. Galford said she

wants to personally

take time to invite oth-ers to join her Monday

nights at 7 p.m. at the

Greenbrier Valley Air-

port for a different ex-

perience.

Greenbrier Squadron cadet receives community awards

West Virginia Wing HQ

112 Airport Rd

Charleston, WV 25311

304-343-8866

wvwg.cap.gov

Some submitted photos taken by members of units in the West Virginia Wing of Civil Air Patrol. From left, cadets with

the Wheeling Squadron stand in front of Marine One, next our cadets again from Wheeling Squadron marching in alocal community Memorial Day Parade, and finally our Martinsburg Squadron PAO Capt Russell Voelker takes a picture

of the Blue Angels in formation flying during the Joint Services Open House. More WV Wing CAP pictures can be found

at http://picasaweb.google.com/jscappao137 Please send CAP Photos to [email protected]

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