Martinsburg Squadron - Jun 2007

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The Martinsburg Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol Vol. 2 No. 2

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Major Robert V. Mills, Commander 1st Lt. Russell G. Voelker, Publisher /Editor Mar - June 2007

Members Receive Awards And Promotions

The auditorium in the 167th Airlift Wing’s operations building was the scene of a special awards ceremony on Tuesday,June 12, 2007. After the squadron color guard posted the colors, MLO 1st Lt Gary Gourley gave the invocation.

The following (in Bold Print) received awards:

L-R: Mr. Richard E. Seeley, Cadet Browne & Guiney, SSgt Davis Maj Mills and Cadet Frey

Mitchell Award & promotion to C/2d Lt

L-R Lt. Col. Barron, Cadet Goswick, and 1st Lt Hansen

Newton Baker Post 896 VFW Awards Air Force Association Award Air Force Sgt. Assoc. Award

Maj Mills and Cadet Hill

Red Service AwardCommunity Service Award Yeager & Leadership

Award

Cadet Rock and Maj Mills 1st Lt Hansen L-R Cadets: Behrmann , Alex Keefe, 1st Lt Hansen, Nick Keefe,Goswick and Mitchell (not present)

MLO 1st Lt Gourley performsthe invocation

Posting the colors

Photo by D. Naylor

Cadet Jonah Rock was promoted to Cadet Airman First Class, and Joe Dye was promoted to Cadet Senior Airman Cadets Joe & John Dye received the Cadet of the Month Award

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Cadet Captain Guiney Receives Top AwardBy Lt Col Dennis D. Barron

The Middle East Region held its annual conference and banquet on April, 21st, in Richmond, Virginia. As part of that con-

ference, the MER conducted its Cadet Speak-Off Contest. The Cadet Speak-Off is a communications activity that providesthe opportunity for cadets from the region to compete against each other in a public speaking contest. The categories of thepublic speaking event are: Impromptu Speech, Basic Speech, and Advance Speech.

C/Capt Mark Guiney participated in the Impromptu Speech category of the contest by speaking from 3 to 5 minutes about

“the CAP experience he uses to recruit other young people into CAP”. Cadet Guiney bested almost a dozen other contest-ants to win the top prize in the Impromptu Category. Cadet Guiney not only won a trophy, which was presented to him bythe MER Commander, he also got to deliver his speech to the audience attending the MER Banquet.

Cadet Guiney was later congratulated on his achievement by both the National CAP Commander, MG Antonio J. Pineda,and the National Vice Commander, BG Amy Courter, who were present for his speech to the banquet audience.

Adopt-a-Highway & Bunker Clean Up Detail

I am very pleased to announce that the Martinsburg Squadron completed another highly successful litter pick-up on Satur-day, April 28th! The 16 squadron members and 2 visitors picked up approximately 38 bags of trash this morning. We can

only estimate the number of bags that were filled because the Dept. of Highways came by before we even finished andstarted picking up our filled trash bags. That was really a first!

This also marked the beginning of the 10th year that the unit has been participating in the Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) pro-gram. During that time, the unit has picked up a total of 838 bags of trash, which translates into 29,330 pounds (or 14.66tons) of litter along the Paynes Ford and Airport Roads.

My thanks to everyone that participated! I hope you enjoyed the pizza, provided by the squadron, and there may be giftsfrom the AAH program coming later for those who helped out today.

Lt Col Dennis D. Barron (The same group also cleaned out the bunker)Project Officer

Col Walling and C/Capt GuineyL-R: C/Capt Guiney, MG Pineda, C/Lt Col Gragan ,

BG Courter, C/Lt Col Justin Ross and C/Lt Col Austin RossPhotos by Lt Col Barron



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Shepherd University Observatory hosts Martinsburg Civil Air Patrol Squadron members By Dr. Jason Best (MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Owens )

Shepherdstown, WV-The Shepherd University Observatory hosted members of theCivil Air Patrol's Martinsburg Composite Squadron on Monday, May 8,2007 as part the Civil Air Patrol's ongoing Aerospace Education Program.

Dr. Jason Best, associate professor of astrophysics and director of the observatory,held an extensive question-and-answer session with the 20 cadets, covering topicssuch as the birth and death of stars, current technology used in astronomical obser-vations, and the evolution of scientific ideas over the last 2,000 years. The cadets,parents, and senior members of the Civil Air Patrol then explored the night sky, usintwo of the university's telescopes to observe the planets Saturn and Venus.

(Right) Squadron Commander Maj Robert

Mills Presents a certificate of appreciation toDr. Jason Best, Director of the Shepherd Uni-versity Observatory

Mid Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II WeekendJune 1 - 3, 2007

(Left) L-R *Bob and Lisa Cook, Susan Neal, Sean Neal, **Ed Phipps, Wil-liam Schell, Roger Thiel and George Brizek.

*Bob Cook's father was a fellow pilot and good friend of Ed Phipps at WW CAP Coastal Base 2

**Ed Phipps was one of the original WW II CAP Costal Base 2 Patrol Pilots(90+ years young) He spent the whole HOT day with us

The aircraft they’re standing in front of is a completely restored flyable 194Fairchild 24R owned by Sean and Sue Neal/CAP Lt Col from Freehold, NY

(Right) L-R Robert Sloss, Alissa Duvall, Andrew Mitchell, James Mitchell, Russ

Voelker and Georgew Brizek.

Cadet (Captain) Mitchell, his Father and Lt (Major ) Voelker played the part of liaison US Army and AAF officers in this re-enactment of the Reading, PASquadron 22's Courier Station. During WW II They delivered military personsand supplies to all points within approximately 400 miles of Reading, PA. CadetMitchell also put quite a few mile on his restored WW II jeep during the threeday event.





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Squadron News

Welcome to Our Newest MembersApril - June:

Cadets: Caleb L. Cheshire, Tommy Fletcher, Ty A. Stansbury and John Mulholland

Officers: Dirk A. Stansbury, Christine R. Shields and Kenneth L. Clohan, .

Cadet Sponsors: Elizabeth A. Keefe and Karen P Mulholland,

April 20 - 22 A Sarex was held at Grant County Airport, Petersburg, WV Participating from Martinsburg: Maj. Brad Wiliams, Capt B.J. Davis, Capt Larry Dean, 1st Lt. Russ Voelker and 1st Lt. Gary Gourley.

May 18 - 20 The annual USAF Graded Sarex was held at Clarksburg. Martinsburg members participating: Lt. Col.Dennis Barron, Capt Larry Dean and 1st Lt Russ Voelker. The wing received a rating of Outstanding .

May 28 - June 1 1st Lt. Gary Gourley completed the Chaplain Staff College NAB Little Creek, Norfolk, VA

June 3 - 9 Maj. Bob Mills completed the MER Staff College, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD

June 11 & 18 Constant Warrior Interoperability Demonstration Exercise (CWID). Participating from Martinsburg:Lt. Col. Dennis Barron, Capt. B.J. Davis, Capt. Larry Dean and 1st Lt. Russ Voelker

June 18 - 28 C/Capt Guiney and Hill attended Cadet Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

June 23 - 30 15 cadets and 2 officers attended the 2007 Wing Summer Encampment at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, WV

Troy Danno has received an appointment to the USAF Academy .

A Successful Find

At approximately 2000, Thursday, June 21, 2007 The West Virginia Wing was notified by the Air Force Rescue Coordi-nation Center (AFRCC) that they had been receiving signals from an emergency locator transmitter in an area near Hedgesville, WV.

WV Director of Emergency Services, Capt Tom Hoffmann contacted Martinsburg’s Emergency Services Officer, Maj BartRogers, with GPS coordinates and other information. The air search team consisted of Lt Col. Shelton Davis and Capt.David Porter. As N834CP was lifting off Maj Bart Rogers and 1st Lt Russ Voelker had the squadron van pointed towards

Green’s Landing near Hedgesville. Green’s Landing is a private grass landing strip with adjacent homes and aircraft han-gars.

After multiple passes over the Green’s Landing area a very faint signal was heard but not enough to pinpoint a target.The ground team however had better luck picking up a slightly louder version and after checking the area traced it to asmall private aircraft inside a hangar. After awakening the owner he related that he hadn’t flown the aircraft that day buthad done some maintenance on it around the time AFRCC started receiving the ELT signals. The find occurred at 2250.

Upcoming Events

July 14 Cadet Competition Workshop Gassaway, WV Armory (All Day)

August 6 - 11 Berkeley County Youth Fair Parking Fundraiser (All Hands)

August 23 (Tentative) Tour of the 167th Airlift Wing and C-5a aircraft

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