North Carolina Wing - May 2013

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CIVIL AIR PATROLU.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY

Carolina WingSpanThe Official Newsletter of the NC Wing, CAP

May 2013Memorial Day in SalisburyPhotos By: Maj. Paul Twiddy


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Carolina WingSpan is published underthe direction of:

NCWG Commander - Col. David E. Crawford NCWG Vice Commander - Lt. Col. Max NCWG Chief of Staff - Lt. Col.. Andy Wiggs

Office of Public Affairs: NCWG Public Affairs Officer, Maj. Don [email protected]

NCWG Deputy PAO Lt.Col. James [email protected]

NCWG Deputy PAO Lt. Col Conrad D'[email protected]

NCWG Deputy PAO Capt. Carey [email protected]

NCWG Deputy PAO 1st Lt. Bryan Weil [email protected] NCWG newsletter "Carolina WingSpan" editor -Maj. Donald PenvenSend submissions to:[email protected]"Carolina WingSpan" is the official newsletter of theCivil Air Patrol, North Carolina Wing HQ,U.S. Air Force Auxiliary

2013 Annual Conference Registration

Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 16:56:12 -0500

From: Salvador, John

Wing and Region Commanders,

Please forward this email to your unit commanders and encourage them and their staff to attend the 2013Annual Conference being held August 15-17 in Denver, CO.

This years conference will focus on CAPs critical role in national defense. Early registration rates for both the hotel and the conference end on Friday, July 12th so please encourage them to register for both now before the rates go up. Those who register early for the conference will receive a rate of $99 and the chanceto win one of two iPads. Click here to register: 2013 Annual Conference.

http://www.capmembers.com/events/cap_annual_conference/

This year we are also having a special reception Thursday night for all first time Annual Conferenceattendees. This will give our first time attendees the opportunity to meet and talk with the National

Commander, Vice Commander, Chief Operating Officer and others on the National Staff. CAPs leaderslook forward to using this time to express their appreciation for our members service and dedication to our organization.

Thank you for your help in getting this important message to your units. We look forward to seeing you andyour members in Denver.

Sincerely,

John A. Salvador
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Memorial Day in SalisburySaturday May 25th 2013, Old National Cemetery, Salisbury North Carolina

Civil Air Patrol Cadets Senior members from several squadrons assembled here to honor the men andwomen that served and defended this republic since it's founding in 1776. They were joined by Boy Scoutsof America, Army JROTC cadets and civilians Their purpose was to pay homage to the fallen heroes in their final resting place by placing small USA flags in front of the 6500 grave markers as part of the MemorialDay ceremony. They pushed the small flag staffs into the ground, then took one step and saluted. This alltook place in approximately one hour.

James P. Williams - Lt Col - CAP

Deputy Director of Public Affairs

Deputy Director of Aerospace Education

North Carolina Wing


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NC WING MEMBER JUMPS FROM BALLOONSCHAFFEN, BELGIUM Lieutenant Colonel Jayson A. Altieri, North Carolina Wing, and a member of the Civil Air Patrols (CAP) Board of Governours currently posted at NATO Headquarters, Brussels,Belgium, recently participated on 6 May 2013 in a parachute training exercise with paratroopers of theBelgium Army at their Airborne Training Centre at Schaffen, Belgium.

Colonel Altieri, himself a qualified US Army Master Parachutist, was invited to the centre as part of a NATO evaluation of Belgium parachute standardization procedures at their Parachute Training Company.The school is unusual in that it is only one of two military parachute training complexes worldwide thatutilizes a balloon or Lighter-than-Air (LTA) platform (the other being the South Korean Airborne School).In addition to the Parachute Training Company, the Schaffen is also home to the Air Delivery Platoon, thePathfinder Platoon and the Mobile Air Operations Team. The centre also shares facilities with a privatesports parachute club located on the airfield.

The history of Belgium parachuting dates back to the early days of the Second World War, when manyBelgiums served in the Belgian 5th Special Air Service (SAS), alongside their British SAS counterparts. In

November 1964, during political instability in the former Belgian colony of the Republic of Congo, paratroopers from the Belgium 1st Parachute Battalion were sent to capture the airfield at Stanleyvilleevacuating 1,800 Europeans and Americans, as well as 400 Congolese.

While the use of a LTA may seem an odd platform for parachuting, in fact the worlds first parachute jumpwas made from balloon. Parachutes, first envisioned in Renaissance period, were not fully developed as a

practical concept until 22 October 1797. In that year Frenchman Andr Garnerin made the first parachutedescent from a balloon over Paris. During the First World War, aeroplane pilots were forbidden to wear

parachutes as there was a fear the pilots would abandoned their aircraft in combat. Legend has it that WorldWar One observation balloon pilots on the other hand, usually Field Artillery Officers, were required towear parachute as gunners were considered by the Allied and German general staffs more valuable to thewar effort than aeroplane pilots!

Although most military and sports parachutist jumps are made from either fixed or rotary winged aircraft,the worlds highest jumps have been made from LTAs. The record for the highest parachute jump ever attempted was recently made in 2012 by Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from an altitude of 127,852 feet.The training jumps at Schaffen are made at a more modest altitude of 1200 feet. About 2000 Belgiummilitary cadets and active duty personnel, as well as military personnel from the Netherlands and other

NATO nations, utilize the unique capabilities of the Schaffen facility yearly.

Following two successful parachute jumps from the LTA, Colonel Altieri was awarded Belgium ParachuteWings by the Commander of the Belgium Parachute School

Photos on Following Page,,,


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Lt. Col Altieri prepares to board the balloon platform at Schaffen, Belgium

The Belgium Army's balloon rigged for flight

Two parachutists exit the balloon Photos Courtesy of FayettevilleComposite Squadron


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Goldsboro Unit Offers Phase 1 TrainingGoldsboro Composite Squadron will be hosting a Phase 1 Training School at Seymour Johnson, AFB. Anyinterested parties are welcome to attend. The dates are June 14-15, 2013

Description:

Phase 1 Training School is designed to provide basic cadets (without encampment graduation) training andexperience in teamwork, personal leadership, and follower-ship. In addition to these leadership skills,students will improve their understanding of Air Force Drill and Ceremonies, Civil Air Patrol History,Customs and Courtesies, and other like subjects. Because of the classes and skills learned at this Phase 1Training School, it is a very good summer encampment prep activity.

Registration:

If you are planning on attending the activity, please register at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/dknapp.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGYzakFFd3lfUnNJUWpwTlpndV8yVlE6MQ#gid=0

Staff Needs:

For cadets interested in staffing the activity, please view the course letter as there are still some staff positions open. In short, if interested please submit a resume and a brief description on why you want to sereon staff at this training weekend, and please state what position you are applying.

We also need senior members to have a successful training weekend. If you are interested, please contact1st Lt Patricia Overman at: [email protected]. We need supervisors and van drivers to shuttle cadetsfrom the training area to the dining facility.

Again, for more details on how to apply, please read through the course invitation letter that is attached.

Jonathan D. Knapp, C/Capt, CAP

Cadet Commander, Group 5 Phase 1 Training School

Encampment Tips: Breaking in Your Boots

If you are a new cadet and you are attending encampment this summer there is a good chance that you havenew boots. If this is the case, you'll want to break them in before you come to encampment. If you don't,there is a good chance their will be repercussions for not breaking them in beforehand. So how do you

break your boots in?

Here is your answer - Wear them all the time.

While you are wearing them you may want to do some "side straddle hops" also known as "jumping jacks".This will loosen the leather, thus breaking them in. There is also the "soaking method" were you wear your

boots laced up as you would in uniform and soak them in water. This will also allow the boots to conformto your feet. However, there is an issue with the soak method and that is that you can't wear your boots for afew days because they are thoroughly soaked.

There are many possible ways to break in your boots, if you are going to get one thing out of thismessage, make sure you break in your boots before encampment.

Jonathan D. Knapp, C/Capt, CAP,
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Thanks to a team effort from members of Wing HQ, Franklin County Squadron, Pitt-Greenville Squadron,Burlington Squadron and Danville Squadron from VAWG, a total of 8 Cadet O Flights were flown in theglider today, June 1, 2013

Capt John Cole, NC-022 flew the tow plane and 1st Lt Rick Jones, NC-079/CC flew the glider. Groundsupport personnel included:

Col David Crawford, NC-001, Air Boss

Lt Col John Armour, NC-145

Lt Col Clive Goodwin, NC-145

Maj Rich Netherby, NC-145

Capt Francis Donahue, NC-145

1st Lt James Toebes, NC-145

1st Lt Andy Vlack, NC-048

2nd Lt Mike Beverly, VA-023

Cadets receiving Oflights:

Susan Toebes, NC-145 x 2

David Little, NC-145 x 2

Gavin Vlack, NC-048

Daniel Donahue, NC-145

Daniel Everhart, NC-079

Joel Murphy, NC-079

We are planning, weather permitting to conduct glider operations on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month,at the Triangle North Executive Airport in Louisburg, NC. Specific details will be provided to unitcommanders and passed through the CAC as to how to schedule cadets to participate in glider orientation

flights.

Thanks to everyone who came out and made this a success on a gorgeous, sunny day in NC.

DAVID E CRAWFORD, Colonel, CAP

Commander, North Carolina Wing

NC Glider Program Going Full BoreSubmitted by Col. David E. Crawford, NCWG Commander

C/1st Lt. Daniel Donahue and pilot 1st Lt. Rick Jones

See additional story on Page 12...


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Middle East Region UpdatesREGION CADET LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

CADET APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE RCLS SOUTH! There are only 20 open slots so apply fast!Those needing RCLS to complete Phase IV will be given first consideration.

DATES: 08 - 12 JULY 2013

LOCATION: SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB, GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

ELIGIBILITY: C/MSgt or higher and completed an encampment

PURPOSE: RCLS is a course in officership, indirect leadership and other themes consistent with CAPs leadershipexpectations for Phase III cadets; Course is a requirement for completion of Phase IV.

COST: $50 (This is incredibly low for an RCLS! Take advantage!)

APPLICATIONS DUE BY 16 JUNE 2013

SEND COMPLETED CAPF 31 WITH ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURES TO Major Alisha Christian [email protected]

ALSO STILL NEEDED: 1 Cadet Staff Instructor - Must have completed RCLS2 Senior Member Instructors- Must have Cadet Programs rating of senior

or master and have a CAP drivers license

STAFF APPLICANTS: Send the application form to [email protected]

***NOTE: This is not the RCLS North held at the Tri-Wing Encampment, this is the same course at a differentlocation

Cadet Advisory Council

Over the last three days the MER Cadet Advisory Council held their annual staff elections. Elected by the currentcouncil as staff for the 2013-14 term are:

Chairman, MER Rep to NCAC - C/Lt Col Tiffany Staggs, West Virginia Wing

Vice Chairman, Alt MER Rep to NCAC - C/Capt Megan Bassett, Maryland Wing

Recorder - C/2Lt Elena Shriner, Virginia Wing

Congratulations to the new cadet staff! The new term will begin in August with C/Lt Col Staggs representing MER atthe NCAC meeting in Denver.

C/Lt Col Staggs will be moving into the role as Chairman from Vice Chairman where she did an outstanding job.

She will be replacing C/Lt Col Jeff Williams who should be commended on his outstanding contribution for the lasttwo years while he represented MER on the National Cadet Advisory Council. An extra special thanks also goes outto C/Capt Graham Faserro who has also done outstanding job for almost two years as the MER CAC Recorder. Hewill be turning a senior member in the very near future and we wish him well in his continued support of the Civil Air Patrol.

Alisha M Christian, Major, CAP, Deputy Chief of Staff, Cadet Programs, Middle East Region


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NC Wing Members Graduate From National Staff CollegeGraduation for the 2013 NSC was conducted on Saturday evening, 19 May. Maj. Gen Charles Carr

presented certificates of graduation to the college graduates. Col. Roy Douglass, MER Chief of Staff,assisted during the ceremony and served as curriculum coordinator..

NC Wing Members graduating included:

Chaplain (Lt Col) Wayne Byerly

Lt Col Roy Asbell

Lt Col Dan Wishnietsky

Maj Peter Bohler

It is also newsworthy to note that CAP Maj. Dave Fitchitt, assigned to Group 5, was the presenter for Mentoring at the college. While he is a CAP major, he is also an active duty Army Colonel.

NCWG Trailer Ready for EmergenciesMany thanks to Tony Bradley, Jason Bailey, Neal Gay, Andy Wiggs and Josh Staples for putting decalson one of the cargo trailers today. Great Job!

Lt. Col. Lucy Davis. NC Public Safety Liaison


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Carolina WingTipsCongratulations to Lt Col Max Benbow, NC Wing Vice Commander on attaining the Master Rating in theCadet Programs Specialty Track. This requires a significant amount of work and dedication.

DAVID E CRAWFORD, Colonel, CAP, Commander, North Carolina Wing

Congressional Gold medal Update

Please Note: Senators Kay Hagen and Richard Burr are now signed on!

Below is the latest information (after the Easter recess) on the efforts to get the Congressional Gold Medal approved for foundingWorld War II members of CAP. At this time there is still a need for additional co-sponsors . The table below shows the currentstatus of the sponsorship by members of the NC Delegation in the House of Representatives and U.S Senate as well as their sponsorship from last year. We need a maximum effort in reaching out to the NC Representatives and Senator who have not yetsigned on as co-sponsors for the legislation. I have listed phone numbers and email addresses for your convenience in contactingthese folks.

Please refer to http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas for more information regarding this legislation (HR 755 and S 309)

District Representative Phone Email for Aide/Representative Co-Sponsor 2012 Co-Sponsor 20131 G. K. Butterfield 202.225.3101 [email protected] Renee Elmers 202.225.4531 [email protected] YES3 Walter Jones 202.225.3415 [email protected] YES YES4 David Price 202.225.1784 [email protected] YES YES5 Virginia Foxx 202.225.2071 [email protected] Howard Coble 202.225.3065 [email protected] YES YES7 Mike McIntyre 202.225.2731 [email protected] YES8 Richard Hudson * 202.225.3715 [email protected] Robert Pittenger * 202.225.1976 [email protected] Patrick McHenry 202.225.0316 [email protected] Mark Meadows * 202.225.6401 [email protected] YES12 Melvin Watt 202.225.1510 [email protected] YES YES13 George Holding * 202.225.3032 [email protected]

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

SHELLEY J. CHALMERS, Lt Col, CAPGovernment Relations Advisor

CAPR 50-17, Change 1, 21 May 13, CAP Senior Member Professional Development ProgramDate: Tue, 21 May 2013 08:50:05 -0500From: Sanderson, John

For your attention,

CAPR 50-17, Change 1, is posted on the pub page at:

http://www.capmembers.com/media/cms/R050_017_AAC4BB3089BE0.pdf

The only change is including the 222 Command Specialty Training Track to the list of current specialtytrack codes (page 16, para 4-2b).

John D. Sanderson National Headquarters, Civil Air Patrol
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Historically SpeakingLt. Col. Philip Saleet, NCWG Historian

This months article pictures Wing Patches from the collection of Lt Col Phil Saleet. All of these were purchased from the early suppliers of CAP Insignia in the 1960s.

Since 1951 when Civil Air Patrol went to the use of individual State Wing Patches, changes have occurred.The revisions to our patches have seemed to pick up speed in the last couple of years. I am sure some of arenewer members out there have never seen these earlier versions.

I thought it might be nice to go back and look at some of these original patches and like Tennessee severalchanges.

I hope you enjoy this trip to the past. Until next month SEMPER VIGILANS.


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Glider Training Allows Opportunity for First Cadet O-Ride

By: Lt Col Lisa Armour

May 24,2013

North Carolina Wing has been conducting glider training at Triangle North Executive Airport, home of NC

Wings Franklin County Composite Squadron, on the 1st and 3rd.Saturday when weather is permitting. Asof May 24, there have been 8 glider flights completed. One of those flights allowed the first CadetOrientation Ride to be completed by Cadet 1 st Lt Daniel Donahue from the Franklin County CompositeSquadron.

Members of the NC Wing have been receiving training as Wing Runners, Air Boss, Orientation Pilots andInstructor Pilots. Members are needed to come out for training in these different positions. Cadets areespecially needed to participate. Cadets are eligible to receive 5 Orientation Rides Cadets after training as aWing Runner. To give Cadets an idea of what it is like, Cadet Donahue talked about what it was like duringhis orientation flight.

The flight was awesome, he said. It was much more calm and enjoyable than I thought it would be. Youdont have to wear head phones in the glider, so you can talk in your normal voice to the pilot while flying.There is no engine noise to talk over. He also stated that it is a really serene feeling while flying. Becauseof the Plexiglas canopy, you can see everything, he said.

Cadet Donahue stated that the glider is easier to fly compared to powered aircraft because there is no throttlecontrol to deal with. You have to get used to the odd idea that you are constantly falling, however, it is acontrolled decent. You go up in altitude by updrafts. You hear the chirp while you are going down, then allof a sudden you go up and hear the chirp for the increase of altitude. It will seem odd to you when it occursthe first time, he said

Cadet Donahue thought that the take-off provided the most feeling of uneasiness for him. He stated that thereason for this is because you are 2-3 feet off the ground, wings wobbling. Once you have cleared theground and get up in the air, it is a lot of fun.

Cadet Donahue encourages all the other Wing Cadets to get their O-Flights in the glider. You may never get another chance to fly in a glider, Cadet Donahue said. He believes it is much more fun than flying in a

powered aircraft. You dont have that feeling of air sickness like you do in a powered aircraft because it isa much smoother flight. Even if you dont like flying, do it!! Glider flying is one of the most amazing.

Col. David E. Crawford, NC WingCommander, said, If want to have fun

and a new experience, find out whatflying in a glider is really like. Take theWing Runner course and you can helpwith launching and recovering of theglider too. Once you complete the WingRunner course, it is not required that youreceive a glider flight, but being safetycurrent during ground handling is. Socome out and see what all the excitementis about with the new glider!


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Fourth Annual NC Hurricane Workshop

East Carolina University, in partnership with the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, heldits fourth annual North Carolina Hurricane Workshop. The event was well attended with over 145

participants. Civil Air Patrol personnel attending were: Lt Col Pat O'Neal, Lt Col Lucy Davis, Lt Col AndyWiggs, Lt Col Tony Biondo, Lt Col Guy Simmons, Cadets Sean and Noah Kovacs, and Lt Col DonaldBeckett. Participating organizations in the workshop included Sea Grant North Carolina, the Center for

Natural Hazards Research, the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), and The Institute for theEnvironment.Presentations for this years workshop included two Panels, one focusing on Tools for Risk and EmergencyCommunication, which focused on social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook during disasters, and thesecond focused on Modeling and Planning for Storm Surge. This second Panel focused on mapping andmodeling platforms available through extensive research into mapping models available to emergencymanagers to aid in the decision making process. Digital mapping technologies are improving exponentiallyand making the extensive use of 'layers' possible for a wide array of needs. Several of the websites that havequite impressive mapping resources available include:

http://nc-cera.renci.orghttp://cera.cct.lsu.edu/cgi-cera-ng/cera-ng.cgihttp://www.nccoastalatlas.org/http://www.coastal.geology.ecu.edu/NCCOHAZ/

A third Panel, on Hurricane Sandy, highlighted various responses and perspectives in the response to Sandy.Ms. Darlene Johnson, NCEM, provided a briefing on the national mutual aid system known as EMAC, theEmergency Management Assistance Compact. More information about EMAC can be found here:http://www.emacweb.org/The Keynote speaker for the workshop was Commander Linda Sturgis, USCG. Cmdr Sturgis, as the currentPrevention Department Head at Coast Guard Sector New York provided a briefing on Hurricane Sandy froma Coast Guard perspective as the storm affected the New York Harbor (including the Statue of Liberty) andsurrounding areas. During the presentation, Cmdr Sturgis exhibited a number of personal photos taken duringand after Hurricane Sandy came ashore. The images provided a stark reminder that just because a storm is

classified as a Category 1, does not infer the storm is not dangerous. Indeed, a major refinery that suppliesthe entire northeast part of the country that up until Hurricane Sandy, had been in continuous operation since1907; the refinery had to shut down due to massive flooding never before encountered. The major flooding

by Sandy, which struck during high tide, presented an 8 foot storm surge, over and above the normal five feetrise from high tide. This massive increase in sea-level caused flooding up to two miles inland.

Donald A Beckett, Lt Col, CAPDisaster Relief Officer, MER-NC-001

L-R: Lt Col Pat O'Neal, Lt ColDonald Beckett, Lt Col AndyWiggs, Cadet Sean Kovacs, Lt ColLucy Davis, Cadet Noah Kovacs, LtCol Guy Simmons. Photo by Lt ColTony Biondo, MER Public AffairsOfficer
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