Minnesota Wing - May 2002

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WINGTIPS PLUS!Electronic Supplement to WingTIps

The Newsletter of the Minnesota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force AuxiliaryMay 2002

On Sunday May 5th, Col. Rex Glasgow of Iowa Wing and serving as the NCR representativefrom the National ES Curriculum Committee taught a "Conducting Train the Trainer" Class atthe MN Wing Conference. This training equips graduates to teach the "Train the Trainer" course.TTTs are vital to the new ES Curriculum, as they are the only ones authorized to sign off taskcompletion on the 101T.

As a result of this class, MN Wing has 19 new CTTT graduates, raising the total to 21. Previ-ously, MN Wing had two CTTT graduates, C/2d Lt Christopher Reichert, Valley Squadron and1st Lt Daniel Wilcox of Northland Squadron. Both graduates of the National CTTT Class taught atNational Emergency Services Academy, Camp Atterbury, IN. by Lt Col. Pete Norris.

Last December, C/2d Lt Reichert taught Minnesota Wings first TTT Class, in conjunction withthe Annual Emergency Services Conclave. This class produced 38 TTT Graduates. MN Wingnow has 58 TTT Graduates

New CTTT Graduates1st Lt Daniel Barto, TFO Paul Butche, Capt James Craswell, Capt Don Dalton, 1st Lt AndrewDew, 1st Lt Deborah Feil, Major James Fisher, 1st Lt Henry Griner, C/Capt Ryan Hilger, Major

Stanley Kegel, Major David Kellesvig , Major David Kenan, Major Douglas Kilian,Capt Joan Kistner, Capt Robert Kistner, Major Odessa O'Brien, 1st Lt William Reichert,1st Lt William Reiners, Capt Gerald Rosendahl, Lt Col Bruce Sexton, Major John Vihlen,

Major Vona Mae Vihlen

ES Trainers Learn New Skills At Workshop


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Major Thomas Vashro1953-2002

- This Eulogy was written by Major Shannon Bauer& LtCol Stan Kegel, Wing Emergency Services Officer andFormer Viking Commander. It was delivered at Servicesfor Major Vashro on 22 May by Colonel Kegel.

Viking Squadron and Civil Air Patrol lost one of its mostvalued and respected members Monday morning. Maj.Tom Vashro was a member of our family, and we wantto thank Darla and his children for sharing him with us.

Tom joined Viking Squadron,Civil Air Patrol, in 1964, whenhe was 14-years-old. In hisown words, in a testimonial wecollected from him a month

ago for a recruiting brochure,he said, Perhaps mostlybecause my dad and olderbrother were also members.Dad flew TBMs in WWII. CAP was a way to be aroundairplanes, because we could-nt afford to otherwise.

In 1966, Tom attended theCAP national glider programin Chester, S.C., for twoweeks and obtained a private

pilot glider license. Two yearslater, he spent a month inReno, Nev., at the CAP na-tional solo encampment,where he was able to obtain aprivate pilot, single-engine-land license. After he gradu-ated high school, he left CAPbut returned to Viking 25 years later, in his own wordsagain, with the hope of enabling the same opportuni-ties I had for some of todays youth.

Many times, we heard him say that what kept him in the

organization was seeing a cadets face light up duringhis or her first time at the controls of an aircraft. Itmade the many hours of behind-the-scenes work tokeep a squadron running worth it, hed say.

Since rejoining Viking in 1992, he served in almostevery squadron job there is, sometimes in five or six po-sitions at a time. At various times, he was the financeofficer, moral leadership officer, safety officer, emer-gency services officer, standardization/evaluation offi-cer, aerospace education officer and deputy com-mander.

He served as commander for three years, from 1997 to1999. Most recently, he was the squadrons operationofficer, maintaining and supervising the flying operationof around 35 pilots from three squadrons.

He was instrumental in implementing a flying programfor Viking, Valley, and the 130

thand Anoka squadrons.

He maintained Viking Squadrons financial assets formost of the last six years, which in the last few years,as our budget ballooned, was no easy task. He wasunanimously voted as the 2000 Viking Squadron Sen-ior Member of the Year and the 2001 Minnesota WingOperations Officer of the Year. Tom gave his heartand soul to Viking Squadron, and he was part of theglue that holds us together.

Tom will be remembered bymost of us for all the free timehe so selflessly gave to CAP.He flew hundreds of hours onour behalf, providing too-many-to-count check rides,cadet orientation flights andflight instruction opportunities.He served as a flight instructorat two Minnesota Wing flightacademies, and many cadetsover the years owe their pilotslicense to him.

Tom was so popular with theadult pilots in CAP that theyd

drive several hours just to geta check ride with Tom. Hedidnt yell at anyone when theymade mistakes; he neverraised his voice. He was oneof the best instructors in thestate.

He often had check rides booked with individuals fromunits from all over Minnesota for six months at a time.At Viking, we worried hed get burned out and advisedpeople to give him a break, but it didnt work. Every-body loved Tom.

And it wasnt just in the air that he was appreciated.Never once has anyone in CAP heard him say a badword about anyone. He was always willing to listenand throw in a helping hand. He never complained,when wed call him two or three times a day. He wasgentle, kind and caring and one of those people youonly meet a few of during a lifetime.

He was a great friend to many of us, and he made animpact for the better in most of our lives, as well as inhis community. We are thankful for the time we got tospend with him, and we will never forget him.

Major Tom Vashro and his wife Darla.


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Members LearnMission Observer Skills

A mission observer course was held at the Red WingSquadron Facility on 27-27 April.

15 students took part in the classroom training on

Saturday, and 8 students for the flying portion onSunday. Three CAP aircraft were involved in theweekend training, including one from Iowa Wing. 4Iowa wing members participated in the training.

The Students and Staff.

The Incident Commander was Major Wayne Sherman (r),

and the Air Ops Branch Director was Capt Don Sorenson

Red Wing Cadet Goes Solo!

Congratulations to Cadet Matt Brown for his SOLOFlight today (4-30-02) at Red Wing Municipal Air-

port. Matt's Solo was in N96579 after his instructorLt Col Dan Schaller gave him the ok.

PROMOTIONS

Viking Squadron:C/Tech. Sgt. Brian Rutt, April 2002

C/Chief Master Sgt. Nate Dorr, May 2002C/Airman Kelly Collins, May 2002

C/Airman Caitlyn Mowat, May 2002

C/Airman Christopher Schaitberger, May 2002

Hutchinson Squadron:C/Amn Jonathan Werth

C/Amn Greg KockC/Amn Alex McGillick

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Wing Commander: Col. Dale Hoium PAO: 1st Lt Al Pabon 2002 Civil Air Patrol

Rutten and Suzuki Promoted to Lt Col.

St. Croix Squadron has the unique occurrence to have twopeople promoted to Lieutenant Colonel the same day.Earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel does not happenquickly. It takes time and dedication.

Wing Commander, Col. Dale Hoium promoted MajorsJames (Bill) Rutten and Rory Suzuki to the grade of Lieu-

tenant Colonel during the weekly squadron meeting. Hecommented that it is a unique occurrence to have two pro-motions to Lt Col. the same day in the same squadron. Hestated, during the presentation, that rank in the seniorstructure is important because it shows that you careabout yourself, your unit and CAP. To promote individualsis important because a squadron should not be dependenton one person. The increase in rank gives an individualmore responsibility and greater rewards. He stated thecharacteristics of gold and silver while changing out thenew epaulets. The gold is malleable and the silver is aharder metal symbolizing the mental toughness to makethe difficult decisions that go along with being a Lt Col.

Up to now the squadron had two Lieutenant Colonels. LtCol. Russell Gerber was promoted in July 1994. He joinedCAP in December 1955. Lt Col. Roger Brogren, Com-mander, of St. Croix Squadron was promoted in October1996. He joined CAP in June 1986. Newly promoted LtCol. James (Bill) Rutten joined CAP late winter 1990. Hehas been serving as Deputy Commander for the squadronduring the last few months. Lt Col. Rory Suzuki is servingthe country with the US Navy.

St. Croix Composite Squadron now has four LieutenantColonels.

- 1st Lt Deborah Feil


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Cadet Bridgett Whiting, 18, of Minnetonka was selected asthe North Hennepin Squadron Cadet Officer of the Year in

2001 and, in unit tradition, was selected for the Air ForceAssociation Award. The Award was presented on 7 May2002 by Col Kevin Sliwinski, AFA Member and DeputyChief of Staff for Training, Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol.

Cadet Whiting received the Billy Mitchell Award in Decem-ber 2001, but has been serving in an officer-level positionsince April 2000. Her major responsibilities included train-ing nearly 40 basic cadets over the last two years, prepar-ing them for their first promotion. Cadet Whiting has beenin the Civil Air Patrol since 1998.

In addition to attending the Basic Encampment, CadetWhiting has graduated from Hawk Mountain RangerSchool, a rigourous 10 day survival and emergency ser-vices course held in the mountains of Pennsylvania. She isalso the longest standing rated Ground Team Memberamong the cadets.

Cadet Whiting has served on the Minnesota Wing ColorGuard, representing the state organization at the NorthCentral Region Competition, where she was recognized asthe fastest female runner. As part of the Color Guard, shehas made presentations at the Minnesota Twins game onFlag Day 2001, as well as marching in two

parades at the Minnesota State Fair, also in 2001.

She is the only cadet in the unit to have a private pilot's license, the requirements for which she completedon her sixteenth birthday.

Cadet Whiting and her sister, Cadet Jenilyn Whiting, often fly cross country, so much that articles of theiradventures have appeared in several aviation magazines. Cadet Whiting is graduating 6th in her classfrom Hopkins High School and will attend the United States Air Force Academy beginning in June.

Cadet Whiting is the third member of her family to attend the US Air Force Academy.

North Hennepin Cadet Receives AFA Award

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Wing Commander: Col. Dale Hoium PAO: 1st Lt Al Pabon 2002 Civil Air Patrol

Cadet Brigitt Whiting Receiving the Air Force Asso-

ciation Award from Col Kevin Sliwinski.


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Cadets and seniors of the North Hennepin Squadroncelebrated Space Day 2002 with a theme of Adventureto Mars. Thirty-six cadets and a dozen seniors partici-pated in the three-event "mission," creating Mars rov-ers, competing in red rover races, and trying their luckin the crater landing. The evening was part of the na-tional celebration of space.The idea originated with the distribution of materials bythe Minnesota Wing Aerospace Education Directorateand soon left the planet. The cadets and seniors de-cided on a one-day event, given the unit's trainingschedule, and arrived at the event based on real spaceproblems of mission and spacecraft design, aero brak-ing, and the challenge of landing in a crater on Mars.The cadets created Mars rovers out of 2 liter pop bot-tles, dowels, CDs, and binder clips, and a plastic basedon a prototype designed Cadet Daniel Frost and Cap-tain Jon Frost, Aerospace Education Officer and ProjectOfficer. Each part of the mission was tested before the

actual event to ensure that it would work. "It was reallypretty fun, but it took us a few tries to get the designdown," noted Captain Frost, project officer, on a lateevening phone call prior to the event.The week before the event, Captain Frost worked withthe 2d Lt Jeff LaBerge to construct the track reminiscentof the pinewood derby. 2d Lt LaBerge constructed a12-foot high bar over which cadets would have to tossthe rovers would have and land in a tractor tire. Creat-ing the rovers was the easy part--or was it?

North Hennepin Celebrates Space Day!

On the evening of the event, the cadets began construct-ing their rovers using materials provided and those thatthey brought from home. String, paper, and tape wereeverywhere, as the cadets quickly constructed, tested,and went back to the drawing table to ensure that theirrover would win the events.

Within an hour, the first rover was launched and theevents began. Some rovers did descend the ramp, whileother traveled as far as thirty feet. Chaplain KevinBauder kept the judging honest and declared the winnerof the rover races as it rolled under the plane parked out-side the hangar. The cadets then proceeded to the cra-ter landing and the voting for appearance and design.

Most participating members put on their best red clothingto add to the theme, with cadets bringing helium balloonsand senior members prepared "Mars" cup cakes. Allparticipants received a certificate and ruler. Winners ofthe three contests received prizes from the Science Mu-seum, as well as a Space Day key chain and pen.North Hennepin Squadron plans to open the event up tothe community next year based on the next mission chal-lenge announced by the Space Day Foundations.

Members of the North Hennepin Squadron pose in their classroom with posters and the rover prototype to kick off theSpace Day 2002 celebration.


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98 cadets and 48 seniors from 21 Minnesota WingSquadrons, North Dakota and Fremont Nebraska at-tended the 18th annual Black CAP Emergency Ser-vices College. It was held 5-7 April at the Red Wing

Squadron hangar.BlackCAP is an event hosted by the Red Wing Squad-ron. It is designed to provide learning opportunities formembers in Emergency Service skills and methods.The event also allows members not to take themselvesso seriously and have fun as only Red Wing Squad-ron can host!

Friday Evening began with Chaplain Don Mikitta cover-ing the History of Black CAP using his renditions fromthe movie Toy Story. Members were organized into 9flights and took time to personalize their guidons.

8 participants were called on to assist in a REDCAP

mission. This ELT search sent them into the downtownMinneapolis area. The ELT was located at an airplane

junkyard. One of the seniors had to climb into sometight areas to shut the ELT off. Rumor had it he left alittle present of a frog. The two Nebraska Wing Cadetsthat were part of the search were treated to aMinnesota Delicacy, the White Castle Slider. Theteam made it back to the base in time for a quick napbefore revile began to sound!

Saturdays training required the students to divide into3 groups to learn the basics of Ground Team Training,Urban DF Training and Ground Team Leader Training.This training was conducted with the new trainingplans and materials issued by National Headquarters.

In the evening the annual Polecat Competition washeld in the hangar. In true polecat style, the activitiesare never the same and must be experienced to trulyunderstand the fun.

Sunday morning the Minnesota Search and RescueDog Association brought in 2 of their search dogs for apresentation of their capabilities Sunday Morning.

The school had its Pass in Review graduation paradeand Innovative Drill competition. Lets just say thatthis is nothing like the National Cadet Competition at

the US Air Force Academy. J

Colonel Dale Hoium presided at the graduation afterthe review. During the graduation ceremony memberswere recognized for their participation and W Flightwas presented with the Honor Flight designation forthe 2002 Black CAP.

Red Wing Squadron is planning on hosting BlackCAP19. They promise that the next college will be evenmore exciting and engaging than the 18th edition. Lookfor it in Mid April 2003!

- Red Wing Squadron Newsletter

BlackCAP 18 a Huge Success

Cadets Learn Basic Direction Finding Skills at BlackCAP

Laying Down On The Job?

Members who went out on the Friday Night RedCAP and

Slider run.


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2002 NCR Chaplain Region Staff College

North Central Regions Chaplain Service conducted its annual Staff College at the Columbian Father's RetreatHouse, St. Columbans, NE. During the 5 Day course chaplains received training in a variety of subjects including

Critical Incident Stress Management for Emergency Services Missions.

Regions conduct annual colleges for the training and development of Chaplains and Moral Leadership Officers. Thecollege provides opportunities to collaborate on projects, share best practices and to socialize.

Chaplains Don Mikitta, Don Stier MN114, Karl Helwig MN122, Jim Sickmeyer MN113, Chaplain Candidate RobertMcLawhorn and MLO candidate AM Bistodeau represented the wing.. The College had a total of 43 attendees.

Graduates of the 2002 North Central Region Chaplain Service Staff College. Front row includesCAP Chaplain Service Executive Administrator Robert Hicks,

CAP Chief of Chaplains Ch, Col James Melancon, and NCR College Director Ch, Lt Col David Van Horn

CAP Executive Director Selected

Colonel Albert A. Allenback, USAF, has been selected as Executive Director, Civil Air Patrol, by a unanimous en-dorsement of the Board of Governors, with one member recusing himself. After a distinguished 28-year Air Forcecareer, Allenback will assume leadership of the 60,000 member nonprofit corporation upon his retirement in July.

Out of a field of 40 applicants, the selection committee narrowed the field to four highly qualified individuals. Accord-ing to Lt General Nicholas Kehoe, Chairman of the Board of Governors, "It was a difficult decision, but the selectioncommittee felt that Albert Allenback was the best qualified to lead the CAP national Staff in serving the CAP volun-teer membership, elected CAP leadership, and the CAP Board of Governors."

Allenback currently serves as commander, Civil Air Patrol-USAF headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.Prior to assuming command of CAP-USAF he commanded at the base, squadron and group levels. Prior to his pre-sent assignment, Allenback served as commander, 42d Air Base Wing at Maxwell.

I appreciate the Board of Governors confidence in my ability to lead the corporation as CAP, the Air Forces Auxil-iary, transforms into one of Americas leading volunteer Homeland Security organizations, Allenback said.


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The North Hennepin Squadron Color Guard par-ticipated in the annual inauguration of ceremo-nies of the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame in

April 2002 at the Thunderbird Hotel in Blooming-ton. The Color Guard posted the Colors and Min-nesota State Flag in front of the assembly, talkedwith nominees and past recipients, enjoyed a sit-down dinner, and retired the colors at the end ofthe ceremony.The event organizer and author of MinnesotaAviation History, 1857-1945, Noel Allard, con-tacted the Color Guard. Mr. Allard workedthrough Cadet Bridgit Whiting to obtain the ser-vices of the Color Guard for the event, because

other arrangement did not materialize. TheColor Guard, always willing to serve, quickly as-sembled for the event and used their knowledgeand experience to render a professional presen-tation. They received positive feedback on theirperformance and hope to be invited back nextyear as the team of choice.

Hennepin CG Opens Aviation Hall of Fame

The Color Guard consisted of Cadets Amy Broekema(Commander), Josef Kniesz, Jacob Vallejos, and Patrick

Anderson. SM Janelle Gates was the Project Officer.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper named Chief Mas-ter Sgt. Gerald R. Murray on May 24 to serve as the 14th ChiefMaster Sergeant of the Air Force.

Murray assumes his new position July 1, following the June 28retirement of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Jim Finch.Finchs retirement culminates 28 years of service to the AirForce..

The selection was difficult because the candidates were all soexceptionally qualified, the general said. The Air Force is fortu-nate to have someone of Murrays caliber leading our enlistedforce during this exciting time in our services history.

Murray, who joined the Air Force in October 1977, is currently

the command chief master sergeant for Pacific Air Forces. Hiscareer includes various assignments in aircraft maintenance andas the command chief master sergeant for the 347th Wing atMoody Air Force Base, Ga., as well as U.S. Forces Japan and5th Air Force, both located at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

The office of the chief master sergeant of the Air Force repre-sents the highest enlisted level of leadership, provides directionfor the enlisted corps, and represents their interests to theAmerican public and to all levels of government. The CMSAFserves as a personal adviser to the Air Force chief of staff andsecretary of the Air Force on all issues regarding the welfare,readiness, morale, proper utilization, and progress of theenlisted force and their families.

Jumper selects next CMSAF

Chief Master Sgt. Gerald R. Murray ,14th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force


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Cadet Leadership Activities LogosDesigned By And For Cadets

The votes have all been counted and the winners in the ILP Logo contests have been chosen. Cadets

were given the opportunity to submit designs for each of the ILP Schools. Then cadets were allowed tochoose the final design via e-mail ballot. Congratulations to the following cadets for their entries.

These designs will be refined into the logos for the ILP activities. Look for them on the web and inschool materials soon.

Airman Training SchoolC/Capt Sonja RostadSouth East MN Sqdn

Cadet NCO SchoolC/Capt Sonja RostadSouth East MN Sqdn

Basic Cadet Officer CourseC/Capt Ben Banwart

Viking Sqdn

Encampment Prep SchoolC/Capt Sonja RostadSouth East MN Sqdn

Advanced Cadet Staff SeminarC/Capt Jared Thompson

South East MN Sqdn


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North Hennepin Hangar Gets Upgrades WithUSAF Reserve Help

North Hennepin Squadron completed Phase I of a three phase building renovation in May 2002. With the

increase in membership over the last calendar year, the unit had to make renovations to accommodate thetraffic flow. Phase I consisted of rebuilding the supply room, creating a senior administration room, andadding an external door. The 934th Air Reserve Wing completed the major elements of the construction,while members of the squadron provided the finishing touches and moved both furniture and supplies.

Several plans were discussedfor four months with Lt ColStanley Thompson of the 934thAir Reserve Wing, which isbased out of the Twin Cities AirForce Reserve Base. The AirForce provided consulting and

the manpower to implementthe decisions on which thecommand staff, Capt MarcelDerosier and Capt RodericBroome, and Project and Lo-gistics Officer, 2d Lt Joel Ste-panek, decided. The projectwas divided into phases to ac-commodate the work scheduleof the 934th as well as theunit's budget.

Members of the 934th com-pleted the work of installing the

supply room door and external in one day, but not without hours of preparation on the part of 2d Lt Ste-panek and his team. The 934th saved the unit hundreds of dollars and provided professional service un-matched by contractors. Several weeks of work remained before the supply room was ready. 2d Lt Ste-panek enlisted the help of the logistics team, 2d Lt Jeffrey LaBerge and SM David Rovka, who worked to-wards the deadline of the impending Air Force inspection that was planned for 7 May 2002. Cadets andseniors alike, who, together, beat the deadline by four days, supplemented the team."This is the next Red Wing," said Stepanek, as he gave a walkthrough of the supply room and administra-tion facilities. "We hope other squadrons will look to us to meet some of their supply needs." The nextphase will begin after the unit completes its current fund raising drive. The North Hennepin Squadron has a large supply of old style service coats, pants, and flight suits that canbe requisitioned through channels.Pictured: 2d Lt Joel Stepanek, Squadron Logistics Officer assists Cadet Airman Garrett Braaten se-

lect the appropriate clothing item from North Hennepin Squadron's new supply room.


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The Minnesota Wing Honor Guard has once again ex-panded its participation at the Wing's Annual Conferenceheld at Breezy Point in May 2002. The new roles thisyear included an inspection by the Honor Guard Officersin Charge, Cadet 2d Lt Brent Ellwanger and Cadet 2d LtMark Pomerleau. "The Honor Guard inspection is a goodway of letting cadets know if they meet the standard," saidChaplain Don Mikitta, Wing Director of Cadet Pro-grams. "The inspection is optional, the standard is not."The Honor Guard performed its first wedding in MinnesotaWing. Hours before the Wing Conference began, sixmembers of the Honor Guard formed a saber arch at thewedding of Capt Douglas Mitchell and 1st Lt Tracy(Brooks) Mitchell. " It was a great service to provide two

senior members who have worked with us in Honor Guardand other activities," according to Cadet Ellwanger.As with last year, the Honor Guard performed during theintermission. This year, the "B" team rendered an "A" per-formance and received a standing ovation by a bedazzledcrowd. "That was your B team," remarked one banquetattendee. The "B" team consists of new candidates who

joined the team just this year. The B team was trainedand led by Cadet Brett Stadsklev of Viking Squadron.Colonel Dennis Rock, Wing Plans and Programs Officer,requested that the Honor Guard escort awardees to the

podium during the award ceremonies. Begun last year athis initiative, the Honor Guard provides additional visibilityto those who have performed in an exemplary mannerduring the previous year.The ceremonies began and they ended with the HonorGuard being formed at the Military Ball, but instead of us-ing rifles, as in the morning ceremonies, the Honor Guardused sabers that were borrowed from the 415th Air ForceROTC Detachment."The Honor Guard has received a lot of support from theWing and Conference leadership, giving the cadets anopportunity to give back, " said 1st Lt Colleen Rivard, Pro-

ject Officer for the performances. "Performing in front ofpeople you know makes it easier to perform in front oflarge crowds." The Honor Guard has three more perform-ances planned this season.The following members and candidates participated: Ca-det Brent Ellwanger, Cadet Mark Pomerleau, Cadet KevinKroll, Cadet Benjamin Smith, Cadet Michael O'Connor,Cadet Amy Broekema, Cadet Amy Her, Cadet, CadetBrett Stadsklev, Cadet Alex Friese, Cadet Bart Werness,Cadet James Hickey, Cadet Patrick Anderson, and CadetNathan Khan.

Wing Honor Guard Shines at theGreat Minnesota Get Together

C/2d Lt Brent Ellwanger leads the Honor Guard during the2002 Wing Conference

The B-Team performing Rifle Drill during the ConferenceBanquet.

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