Southwest Iowa Squadron - Mar 2012

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uality Cadetnit Awardpdate

of March 31st we have

t 4 of the 9 possible crite-( we need a minimum of 5

earn the award).

nt forget, we ALL can work

wards this goal, and heres

w...

Have you achieved the

Wright Brothers Award?

Have you had at least 1

front seat o-ride?

Have you been to an

encampment?

Have you completed at

least 2 DDRx activities?

Have you renewed your

CAP membership?

Senior MembersHave

you taken the Training

Leaders of Cadets

course?

ou said no to any of these,

k me how you can say yes!

in this issu

Squadron News P.

Award s & Promotions P.

Calendar P.

Cadets P.

Senior Members P.

Other News P.

S S U E

March0 1 2

03

Winter Bivouac 20120 cadets and senior members

from 3 squadrons (Southwest

Iowa, Northwest Iowa and Des

Moines Metro) participated in the3 day event held at Waubonsie

State Park March 16th throug

the 18th. Members trained in

leadership and enjoyed some

unusually nice Iowa weather fthis time of year.


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Ranking UpAchievementsand Levels

From cadets to senior membe

we are all given the chance to

earn promotions and succeed

ebruarywards &romotions

uve worked hard and

ve succeed, now its our

n to recognize your

complishments!

hievement #1 &

omotion to C/Amn

det Hansen

hievement #3 &

omotion to C/SrA

det Bean

ight Brothers Award &

omotion to C/SSgt

det Hohenberger

vel I Completion

h Hansen

e Johnson

mbership Ribbon

h Hansen

e Johnson

d Service Ribbon

det Salvato

st Uniform for March

det Hohenberger

Now that youve completed Level I, and Im pleased

to report that 88% of our senior member contin-

gency has, its time to move on to Level II.

Heres a brief rundown on the Level II requirements

and the best way to go about completing them.

Officer Basic CourseThis is a completely

online course and you have 3 months to com-

plete it, self-paced. To get you started I have

compiled all of the lessons in PDF format and

would be happy to email those to you.

CLICK HEREto sign up for the course.

Squadron Leadership SchoolThis is a two-day

course, generally held in Ankeny with billet

Camp Dodge. The dates for this years c

have not been released, but as soon as the

we will let you know.

Specialty Track Technician Rating

youve been placed in a duty position youll

erally begin work in a desired specialty tra

you havent yet please take a look at this

and see what you might like to work on.

PDFs for the respective tracks also conta

formation on how to complete each r

Some are a little vague though so please le

know if you have any questions!

Senior Members Level II

Cadet PT BestsMarch Update
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wa Wing & North Central Region Senior Member of the Year

m proud to announce that Colonel Joe Caslerbeen named the Iowa Wing Senior Member

he Year for 2012 and as of 15 March 2012

has been named the North Central Regionnior Member of the Year as well. His namebeen submitted to National Headquartershe will be competing for the National Sen-

Member of the Year award for 2012 as well.oughout his thirty plus year Civil Air Patroleer he has been involved in all aspects of thegram serving in many key positions andres his extensive knowledge by teaching andticipating in CAP activities. He has been a

mendous asset to the Iowa Wing in so manyys over the last four years and we aressed to have him as a member of the Iowa

g. Congratulations to Colonel Joe Casler onselection and Good Luck on the next stepa National Senior Member of the Year com-

petitor, you are well deserving for all that youhave accomplished during your career.

Ronald J. Scheitzach, Col, CAPCommander, Iowa Wing

Col Casler was also named the Col Edwin W.Lewis, Jr. Incident Staff Member of the Year forthe Iowa Wing and effective March 25th wasalso named the North Central Region winner forthis award as well.

He has more than earned these awards and weare all very grateful to Col Casler for his exper-tise and willingness to give back to the Iowa

Wing in such a profound way.

Cadet PromotiBoards

One of the requireme

cadet promotions is a b

review (BOR). Most

have already been throu

is and hopefully will agre

me that is a great cha

identify both strength

weaknesses to better he

prepare for the increas

sponsibilities that will

with a promotion.

It is the cadets responsi

request a BOR and w

that a request be made

than one week in adRequests can be made

in person or via email o

other promotion require

have been met.

Cadet ResourcA Quick Reference

Everything Cadet

News & Updates Help for New Cadets

Information for Parent

Promotions

Drill & Ceremonies

Upcoming Encampme

CAP Scholarships

Orientation Flights

Leadership Curriculum

Training Leaders of C

Cadet Special Activitie

New Squadron Handbook is READY!

n an attempt to better help our

ew members become acquaint-

d with CAP and all that entails,

s well as keeping our more sea-

oned members in the know, we

ave put together a squadron

andbook.

lease keep in mind as you read

through the material, this is

meant to be kept on your comput-

ers as a reference tool. It can be

printed out, but please know that

will make some of the links in the

document unusable.

We hope this new resource will

help everyone in their quest to

thrive in CAP.

Be sure to check your email very

soon for a PDF copy of this new

resource guide!

What Are Other Squadrons Doing?Check out this linkto see what

he Burlington Composite

quadron is up to.

he East Iowa Cadet Squadron

and Cedar Rapids Senior

Squadron recently held commu-

nications training.

Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk

y Alex Knappwww.forbes.com

Captain James T. Kirk is one

f the most famous Captains

n the history of Starfleet.

Theres a good reason forhat. He saved the planet

Earth several times, stopped

he Doomsday Machine,

helped negotiate peace with

the Klingon Empire, kept the

balance of power between the

Federation and the Romulan

Empire, and even managed to

fight Nazis. On his five-yearmission commanding the

U.S.S. Enterprise, as well as

subsequent commands,

James T. Kirk was a quintes-

sential leader, who led his

crew into the unknown and

continued to succeed time

and time again.

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Senior Members

What keeps a good squadron

its feet and prepared at all tim

is a well trained and knowledg

ble staff.

enior Memberaining

e following is a list of

rses provided to all senior

mbers to further advance

r education and training

hin CAP. Completion of

me of these classes is

ndatory to promote and

mplete a level.

dates become available for

following courses we will

them on our calendar as

l as below.

uadron Leadership

hool (SLS)equired for the Benjamin O.

vis Jr. Award (Level II).

ilable online, sign up here.

ficer Basic Course

equired for the Benjamin O.

vis Jr. Award (Level II)


orporate Learning

ourse (CLC)

equired for the Grover Loening

ospace Award (Level I II).


it Commandersourse (UCC)

dvised for those wishing to

ve on the Command Staff.

aining Leaders of

dets (TLC)

component of the Cadet

grams Officer Specialty Track

The 2012 Professional Development training dates

have been announced!

Training Leaders of Cadets (TLC)

completed

Squadron Leadership School (SLS)

when: May 19-20, 2012

where: Des Moines, IA

Corporate Leadership Course (CLC)

when: June 23-24, 2012


Unit Commanders Course (UCC)

when: September 22-23, 2012


If youd like to attend any of the training course

will need to fill out a CAPF 17 and send it to the

Wing Professional Development Officer (Capt

Wachholz) as well as the course director (T

when we know well let you know).

All courses have billeting arranged for at C

Dodge for a VERY reasonable rate.

If more than one squadron member would like

and carpool, please see Capt Jason Erickson

the use of the CAP vehicle

For more information on what the courses enta

what to expect, please chat with your squadron

fessional Development Officer (Capt Jessa

son).

Forms & Regulations Updates

CAPR 39-1CAP Uniform Manual

CAPR 10-2Files Maintenance and Records

Disposition

CAPR 1-1Ethics Policy

CAPR 5-4Publications and Forms Manage-

ment

CAPR 35-8Membership Action Review Board

Specialty Track Updates

Public Affairs Changes are still being made to this

specialty track including a new online test whic

most likely be required for the technician rating

is meant to be a replacement for the ECI CAP P

Affairs Officer correspondence course. Until tha

is done and ready for the masses, the require

has been pulled.

Misc Updates

Drug Demand Reduction funds are now a

ble for ALL CADET UNITS!

Important Updates . . .

Professional Development
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Links You NEEto Know About

Squadron Links

Southwest Iowa Compo

Squadron Website

Squadron Calendar

Facebook We pos

tos, notes about up

events (including meetin

cellations), important ne

etc. so be sure to Like

you can keep up.

Wordpress In add

our new social med

ue, weve also instituted

online blog via a Wordpr

account.

Wing Links

Iowa Wing Website

Wordpress Check

this site for informa

scheduled events, what

other squadrons are doi

and other cool stuff. If y

havent already, but sure

sign up to receive new b

posts directly via your em

inbox!

ly Me To the Moon . . .

ed Oak Fly In & Breakfast 2012

s already April which means

at we are roughly a month out

om the annual Red Oak Fly In &

eakfast, are you ready?

his year we will again be holding

full day of flight line training on

Saturday May 5th at the airport

followed by an overnight at the

armory and the fly in on Sunday

morning (May 6th).

We need to start getting our

ducks lined up so if you plan on

being there and would like to help

out (we need people for flight

line, crowd control, the paper

airplane contest and our CAP

recruiting table) please let Capt

Jessa Erickson know!

n Saturday March 3rd, 3 of our newest cadets got

e chance to do a little flying. A HUGE thank you to

Maj Joe Murphy and 2d Lt Dick Dimon for taking time

out of their weekend to get these kids up in the air!

ark Your Calendars!

e summer months always

ove to be a busy time, and this

ar will by no means be any

ception.

e sure to check out our calendar

equently as new events are

added and be sure to let us know

if you want to participate in any of

the events the squadron and

wing are offering. If youre look-

ing for an encampment or acade-

my this summer and dont see it

on the calendar, let us know and

well get you the information you

need.

o You Like to Volunteer?

you answered yes, then you

ould know that CAP has a

ommunity Service Ribbon it

wards to both cadets and senior

embers who volunteer a mini-

um of 60 hours. Volunteer

ours can be counted in various

ays and it doesnt have to all

come from the same project.

Do you pick up trash along the

highway, clip coupons for service

men and women or assist in a

nursing home? If you volunteer

and arent sure if what you do

counts be sure to ask.

Ribbons are awarded after 60

hours of community service. For

each additional 60 hours com-

pleted you will receive a clasp to

go on your ribbon.

Currently only 3 members have

this ribbon, will you be next?
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