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Nebraska Wing BulletinRobert K. Todd, Colonel
Nebraska Wing Commander
28 April 2009
Wing Administrator—Madeline Kennedy— [email protected]
Editor-in-Chief—Amanda Kumm— [email protected]
“We will Shine in ‘09!”
359CP Millard
833CP Chadron
915CP Seward975CP Lincoln
988CP Sioux City
NEW MEMBERS 10 MAR 2009—27 APRIL 2009
OFFUTT—26002 SEWARD-26616 155th-26058 LEE BIRD-26093
SM Logan Derby SM William Knox Cdt Oliver Deng Cdt Dylon Mlady
SM Diana McVay Cdt Rachel Eaton
Cdt Aaron Monro TRI-CITIES-26094 Cdt Noah Hines OCS-26019
SM Aaron Pigula Cdt Jacob Sattley Cdt Rachel Lundholm SM Alex BolingerCdt BrandonTicnor
FREMONT-26010 NENCS-26062
Cdt Taylor Mittura SM John Isom SIOUXLAND-26088
Cdt Joshua Nelson Cdt Dylan Seitz SM Glenn Drake
WING ALERT ROSTER:
Get your alert roster
into wing headquartersby 30 July (or sooner if
you have changes) for a
new one to be published.
AEROSPACE EDUCATION AEROSPACE EDUCATION AEROSPACE EDUCATION AEROSPACE EDUCATION
CORNER CORNER CORNER CORNER
The National Aerospace Educations Officer’s
School will be held at Pensacola Naval Air Sta-
tion in the Florida panhandle on June 23-27.Additional dates are July 16-18 in McMinnville,
Oregon and August 5-8 at Dayton, Ohio. If in-
terested, contact the Wing Director of Aero-
space Education (DAE) at btalbott@newg-
cap.org for more information.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
LTC Mike Thomas on assuming command of the
99th Pursuit Composite Squadron and was an-
nounced at the 2009 Wing Conference.
LTC Charles Lane, whom charted the unit in
August 1990 and a former Tuskegee Airman,
has been named to the position of Commander
Emeritus.
SLS/CLC COURSES are scheduled
for 30 May at Camp Ashland.We
need an instructor for the SLS. If
you are interested, contact LTC Dennis Cur-
tis at [email protected] ASAP. If we
don’t get one, the SLS course will have to
be cancelled.
LOST &FOUND: A jacket
liner wasleft at the hotelfrom Wing Con-
ference. Call Wing to claim it.
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30 Apr-1 May: Wing Administrator out of the office5 May: Aircraft/Vehicle Reports Due at Wing HQ5 May: Staff Meeting/Commander’s Conference Call9 May: SAREX @ Grand Island10 May: Mother’s Day11 May: SLS/CLC applications due at Wing HQ16-17 May: Staff Training for Summer Encampment16 May: Armed Forces Day25 May: Memorial Day30 May: SLS/CLC Courses @ Camp Ashland
30 May: Wing Staff Workday
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
11-25 June: National Flight Academy @ Camp Ashland14 June: Flag Day
14-19 June: NCR Staff College-Offutt AFB, Omaha NE21 June: Father’s Day/Summer begins
26-28 June: NCR Public Affairs Academy @ Camp Ashland4 July: Independence Day
6 July: Summer Encampment Applications due
9-13 July: National Cadet Competition @ McMinnville, OR18 Jul– 05 Aug: IACE
21 Jul-03 Aug: National Blue Beret @ Oshkosh WI25 Jul-01 Aug: Nebraska Wing Summer Encampment
2-5 Sept: National Boards Meeting /Annual Conference @ San Antonio TX30 Oct-1 Nov: North Central Region Conference
D on ’ t f or g et t he Mot her ’ s i n t he w or l d ! Ma y 10 t h Mot her s D a y !
WANTED AT WING HQ:Contact LTC. Darrell McMillanat [email protected] toapply for IG Assistant.Contact LTC. Dave Smith,Chief of Staff, for other wingstaff positions that are available
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Nebraska Wing BulletinRobert K. Todd, Colonel
Nebraska Wing Commander
24 April 2009
Wing Administrator—Madeline Kennedy— [email protected]
Editor-in-Chief—Amanda Kumm— [email protected]
“We will Shine in ‘09!”
359CP Millard * Will
833CP Chadron change
915CP Sioux City* places975CP Lincoln before
988CP Seward* EOM.
NEBRASKA WING CONFERENCE 2009
This year’s Wing Conference was held at the Holiday Inn Omaha Convention Center where our
National Commander, Brig. Gen. Amy Courter; National Headquarters Staff Representative, Mr.
Jim Tynan; NCR Commander, Col. Steve Kuddes and his wife Barb; NCLR Commander, LTC Mike
Pederson, Adjutant General Commander, Maj. Gen. Timothy Kadavy; Nebraska State Director,
Mr. Otto Wachholtz; 66 Seniors and 42 Cadets of the Nebraska Wing Members, and 12 Guests
were in attendance. The 2010 Wing Conference is scheduled for 26-28 March at the Hyatt Re-
gency in Omaha, NE. A big Hearty CONGRATULATIONS to all honorees and a list of the
awards is attached to this bulletin. ColonelTodd will be contacting the unit commanders to make
arrangements to get the awards out to the members for presentation who were not there.
NEED YOUR HELP!
Cadet and Senior Staff
needed for the Ne-braska Summer Encamp-
ment. Send your applica-
tions today.
AEROSPACE EDUCATION
CORNER
The deadline for units to apply for Air
Force Association grant is June 30. This
money is free to those units who applyand who are chosen by National Head-
quarters. This money must be used for
aerospace education. Learn more at
www.members.gocivilairpatrol.com
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Video/Image Request:Video/Image Request:Video/Image Request:Video/Image Request: If you
have any videos or images of yoursquadron activities that fall in line of thethree missions of CAP, send them to Lt.Chris Cooke at [email protected] andappropriate pictures could very well landon the front page of the NEWG website!
Telephone # Change:
Capt. Roger Carpen-
ter, Seward CountySq. Commander’s
work number should
read 402-761-8431.
Civil Air Patrol Squadrons are invited to take partin the Lincoln Mayor’s Fun Run, 2 May andMarathon, 3 May. CAP partners with the NENational Guard to provide support and securityduring these events. This is a terrific opportunityfor CAP and your cadets/seniors to get positiveexposure with the general public. Uniform isBDU’s. Details will be forthcoming or contactLt. Soni Cochran at [email protected] or402-441-6745. Usually begins early, 0700-0800 and over by 1200. The Lincoln Track Clubgives out free t-shirts to helpers.
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2009 WING CONFERENCE AWARDS
Public Affairs Officer of the Year
Finance Officer of the Year-LTC William Lowery
Safety Officer of the Year
Aerospace Education Award of theYear—Evelyn Sharp Award
Communicator of the Year-LTC Harold V. Brissey
Emergency Services Cadet of theYear—Phil Svitak Award
Emergency Services Senior of theYear-Tex Marymee Award
Wing Staff Member of the Year as se-lected by Peers-LTC Robert Reichert
Wing Staff Member of the Year as se-lected by Units-General Richard L.
Anderson
Rickenbacker Cadet of the Year
Cadet of the Year-Col. Earle C.Reynolds Award
Senior Member of the Year—LTC Harry B. Sidles Award
Carl B. Lang Memorial Award-Sq. ofthe Year selected by Untis
Arthur B. Storz Victory Award-Sq. ofthe Year as selected by Wing Staff
Award Winners
1Lt. Soni Cochran-155th Sq.
Capt. Douglas Tweedt-Offutt
LTC William Sander-Offutt
Maj Tom Pflug-99th Pursuit
Capt Roger Carpenter-Seward
C/SMSgt Andrew Miller-Offutt
1Lt Ernie Pence-Seward
Col John Rooney-Wing Staff
LTC Darrell Nelson-Wing Staff
C/1Lt Michael Koch
C/Maj Shane Cox-Fremont
Maj Michael Scott-Offutt
Lee Bird Composite Squadron
Seward Composite Squadron
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25 Apr: SAREX at Chadron25 Apr: Wing Staff Workday27 Apr: Summer Encampment Staff Applications deadline20 Apr-1 May: Wing Administrator out of the office4 May: Aircraft/Vehicle Reports Due at Wing HQ5 May: Staff Meeting/Commander’s Conference Call9 May: SAREX @ Grand Island10 May: Mother’s Day11 May: SLS/CLC applications due at Wing HQ16-17 May: Staff Training for Summer Encampment
16 May: Armed Forces Day25 May: Memorial Day30 May: SLS/CLC Courses @ Camp Ashland30 May: Wing Staff Workday
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
11-25 June: National Flight Academy @ Camp Ashland14 June: Flag Day
14-19 June: NCR Staff College-Offutt AFB, Omaha NE21 June: Father’s Day/Summer begins
26-28 June: NCR Public Affairs Academy @ Camp Ashland4 July: Independence Day
6 July: Summer Encampment Applications due9-13 July: National Cadet Competition @ McMinnville, OR
18 Jul– 05 Aug: IACE21 Jul-03 Aug: National Blue Beret @ Oshkosh WI
25 Jul-01 Aug: Nebraska Wing Summer Encampment2-5 Sept: National Boards Meeting /Annual Conference @ San Antonio TX
30 Oct-1 Nov: North Central Region Conference
Don’ t f orget t he Mot her’ s in t he
w orld ! May 10 t h Mot hers Day !
WANTED AT WING HQ:Contact LTC. Darrell McMillanat [email protected] to ap-ply for IG Assistant.Contact LTC. Dave Smith, Chiefof Staff, at [email protected] forother wing staff positions avail-
able.
NEED YOUR HELP!
Cadet and Senior Staff needed
for the Nebraska Summer En-
campment. Send your applica-
tions today.
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Nebraska Wing BulletinRobert K. Todd, Colonel
Nebraska Wing Commander
13 April 2009
Wing Administrator—Madeline Kennedy— [email protected]
Editor-in-Chief—Amanda Kumm— [email protected]
“We will Shine in ‘09!”
359CP @ Sioux City915CP @ Omaha/Millard
833CP @ Chadron
988CP @ Seward 975CP @ Lincoln
For those that may be wondering how things are going up
here in Fargo and the rest of the Red River Valley, with allthe flooding, here is a copy of the latest PAO release. Other
actually photo mission results can be seen at:
http://cid-0e5fa6df095298eb.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/ ND%20Wing%20CAP%20Flood%20Images%202009 and
http://cid-f46daf3cf8ce8075.skydrive.live.com/
browse.aspx/2009%20ND%20Flood%20Reconnaisance
There is a new forecast out that looks like we will have acrest similar to the first one (or maybe greater) sometime late
next week or beyond depending on the actual rate of snow
melt and how cold it gets in the evenings.Mark Carlson, 1Lt CAP
Red River Senior Squadron / DC
Fargo, ND
ATTEND THE NCR PAO ACADEMY
Being offered 26-28 June 2009 @ Camp Ashland.
Three partial scholarships are being offered in eachwing. Take this unique opportunity for PAO’s to train,network and grow. This scholarship will help cover theregistration fee (program material, breaks and gradua-tion luncheon) and one night’s lodging will be paid for,
nearly a $50 value.UNIT COMMANDERS
24 April is the deadline to take this opportunity to at-tend the Academy as your unit PAO. Contact 2Lt JasonFink @ [email protected] or the wing administrator
to get your name in. For more information, visit thewebsite at http://www.ncrpao.org/paoa.htm
AEROSPACE EDUCATION CORNER
This year NE Wing Conference will bon Friday, 17 Apr - Sunday 19 Apr. Itwill be at the Holiday Inn on 72nd St Omaha. This is the same Holiday Innthat has Coco Key Island resort. TheWing Director of AE will be there withfree gifts and resource materials foreach AEO. Find more info at
www.newg-cap.org
IG Assistant Wanted: Lt. Col. DarrellMcMillan is looking for an assistantto help him with the Inspector Generalduties and to learn the position. Anyoneinterested, please contact him at [email protected]. This assis-tant position does not require your membership to transfer to the Wing Head-quarters staff.
CAP Policy of Nondiscrimination:
It is Civil Air Patrol policy that no member shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected todiscrimination in an CAP program or activity on the basis of race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, or disability
(formerly handicap). It is CAP policy that no applicant meeting CAP’s minimum age requirements will be denied member-ship in CAP on the basis of race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, or disability (formerly handicap).
The deadline for units to applyfor AFA grant is June 30. Thismoney is free to those units whoapply and who are chosen byNational Headquarters. Thismoney must be used for aero-space education. Learn more bygoing to
www.members.gocivilairpatrol.com
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15 Apr: Income Taxes Due17-19 Apr: Nebraska Wing Conference18 Apr: T-shirt Design Contest Deadline20-23 Apr: NCR Chaplain Service Region Staff College @ Bellevue, NE25 Apr: SAREX at Chadron25 Apr: Wing Staff Workday27 Apr: Deadline for summer encampment staff applications4 May: Aircraft/Vehicle Reports Due at Wing HQ5 May: Wing Staff Mtg/Commander’s Call-In9 May: SAREX @ Grand Island10 May: Mother’s Day11 May: Applications due at Wing for SLS/CLC Courses16-17 May: Nebraska Wing Summer Encampment Staff Training @ Camp Ashland16 May: Armed Forces Day25 May: Memorial Day30 May: SLS/CLC Courses @ Camp Ashland30 May: Wing Staff Workday
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES11-25 June: National Flight Academy @ Camp Ashland
14 June: Flag Day21 June: Father’s Day/Summer Begins
26-28 June: NCR Public Affairs Academy @ Camp Ashland4 July: Independence Day
6 July: Deadline for all non-staff encampment applications9-13 July: National Cadet Competition @ McMinnville, OR
18 Jul– 05 Aug: IACE21 Jul-03 Aug: National Blue Beret @ Oshkosh WI
25 Jul-01 Aug: Nebraska Wing Summer Encampment02-05 Sept: National Boards Meeting /Annual Conference @ San Antonio TX
30 Oct-01 Nov: North Central Region Conference
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Nebraska Wing BulletinRobert K. Todd, Colonel
Nebraska Wing Commander
06 April 2009
Wing Administrator—Madeline Kennedy— [email protected]
Editor-in-Chief—Amanda Kumm— [email protected]
“We will Shine in ‘09!”
359CP Millard
833CP Chadron915CP Sioux City
975CP Lincoln
988CP Seward
Extended Deadline to apply for
Wing Conference is soon ap-proaching. Get your registration
forms postmarked to Wing NLT
13 April. See you there!!!
Address Change: The Tri-
Cities Comp. Sq. has a new
mailing address to change on
the unit roster. It now should
now read
3745 Sky Park RoadGrand Island, NE 68801
Mission Paperwork:All Paperwork for the following
types of Missions go to:CAP O-Flights:
LTC Darrell Nelson
AFROTC/AFJROTC & MX(A-9):
LTC Barry Taylor
-all releases must be done with
LTC Taylor first or Col Todd.
Missions and SAREX’s:
Col John Rooney
All Pilots
The information needed to enter your flights into
WIMRS includes:
Pilot CAP ID#
Hobbs time
Gallons used
Cost of fuel
JRAFROTC also needs names of Cadets
**Everything must be entered in WMIRS after
every flight, this is to spread the work around
so one person does not get overloaded.
NEW TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PILOTS:Aircraft Ground Handling is another recently new
online course that should be available (with the ‘bugs’
corrected from National HQ) 6 April. When you com-
plete the course, send an email to Capt. Fred Meier
([email protected]) with your course
certificate number and completion date for him to
record in your pilot file at wing headquarters.
AE News: The first quarter (Jan-Mar) is now over.Please fill out your quarterly report and send it to
Wing Headquarters. The Aerospace Education staff
appreciates your timely manner is getting these
reports to wing. We want to know what your unit
members are participating in!
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NCRSC- North Central Region Staff College will be at Offutt
AFB 14-19 June 2009. This is your opportunity to take this
course which is required to complete the Senior Member Level
IV, and to apply for your Paul E. Garber Award. Stay tuned for
more information soon!
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07 Apr: Wing Staff Meeting/Conference Call08 Apr: FINAL deadline to register for Wing Conference10 Apr: Good Friday12 Apr: Easter15 Apr: Income Taxes Due17-19 Apr: Nebraska Wing Conference17-19 Apr: NCR Cadet Competition @ South Dakota18 Apr: T-shirt Design Contest Deadline
20-23 Apr: NCR Chaplain Service Region Staff College @ Bellevue, NE25 Apr: SAREX at Chadron
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES09 May: SAREX @ Grand Island
11 May: Applications due at Wing for SLS/CLC Courses30 May: SLS/CLC Courses @ Camp Ashland
11-25 June: National Flight Academy @ Camp Ashland
14-19 June: NCR Staff College-Offutt AFB, Omaha NE26-28 June: NCR Public Affairs Academy @ Camp Ashland
9-13 July: National Cadet Competition @ McMinnville, OR18 Jul– 05 Aug: IACE
21 Jul-03 Aug: National Blue Beret @ Oshkosh WI25 Jul-01 Aug: Nebraska Wing Summer Encampment
02-05 Sept: National Boards Meeting /Annual Conference @ San Antonio TX
Don’t forget
the Mother’s
in the world!
May 10th
Mothers Day!
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