Martinsburg Squadron - Jun 2012

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The Martinsburg Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol Vol. 7 No. 2

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Capt Stephen Petty, Commander Maj Russell Voelker, Publisher & Editor Mar- June 2012

2012 Joint Services Open House2012 Joint Services Open House

On May 18, three senior

members and a record 16 cadets

from the Martinsburg Compo-

site Squadron drove two hours

to Joint Base Andrews in Mary-

land to attend the 2012 Joint

Services Open House and Air

Show, along with members

from Mercer Squadron. The

members from Mercer Squad-

ron camped out in the squadron

hanger, both the night before

and the night after the air showsince they had more than a five

-hour drive home.

The Martinsburg cadets did an

outstanding job doing a variety

of different tasks at the air

show, including VIP escort,

food service, aircraft security,

Drug Demand Reduction, re-

cruiting and much more. The

cadets received several compli-

ments for their hard work and a

job well done.

"Despite waking up very early

and having to drive from Mar-

tinsburg to Joint Base Andrews,

the cadets did an outstanding

job and could not have made

West Virginia Wing more

proud," said C/2d Lt. John Dye.

"The cadets returned home with

smiles on their faces, stories totell and more likely than not,

sleep on their minds. Given all

the things they had to work

around at the air show, they did

an amazing job."

Cadets attending the event

included: Zachary Arehart,

Austin Bradford, Denver

Ground Support Coordinator, Lt Col Wes LaPreGround Support Coordinator, Lt Col Wes LaPre(2(2ndnd from the right) briefs the cadets, on thefrom the right) briefs the cadets, on the

importance of being hydrated, prior to the start ofimportance of being hydrated, prior to the start of

the joint services open house.the joint services open house.

Martinsburg members assist inMartinsburg members assist in

assembling a shelterassembling a shelter

Brenizer, John Dye, Tim Dye,John Garlitz, Clarke Gordon,

Quinn Kahsay, Chase Kelving-ton, Nathanael Main, KennethMay, Toni May, Duncan Smith,Dustin Smith, Angel Webb and

Nathan Worley. Senior mem-bers Dennis Webb, FrancesWebb and Russell Voelkeraccompanied the cadets.

Key performers for this year's

air show included the United

States Navy Blue Angels, Unit-

ed States Army Golden

Knights, Geico Skytpers, an F-

22 Raptor, the USAF Heritage

Flight, F4U Corsair, P-51 Mus-

tang and a B-2 bomber. Among

the static displays were the

NASA Super Guppy, B-52, B-

25, EA-6B Prowler, C-47, plus

several vintage war birds and

Article by C/1st Lt Tim Dye, with contributions from Staff Sgt. Sherree Grebenstein,

Public Affairs Specialist, West Virginia Air National Guard, 167th Airlift Wing

See JSOH page 2 and more JSOH photos on page 5


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JSOH From Page 1

other modern military equip-

ment.The Joint Services Open

House and Air Show is de-

signed to showcase the use ofair and ground power in defenseof our country's freedom. The

air show highlights aircraft

from multiple services, as wellas classic and high performanceaircraft. All branches of theservice also had a multitude of

ground displays, allowing peo-ple to go inside planes, seeequipment used by ground andsea forces through the ages and

talk to service members abouttheir duties.

Unit Commanders CourseUnit Commanders Course

Corporate Learning CourseCorporate Learning Course

Training Leaders of Cadets CourseTraining Leaders of Cadets Course

Cadet Leadership Training CourseCadet Leadership Training Course

3rd Annual Comprehensive Training Weekend

A total of 21 cadets and 52enior members completed the

3rd annual West Wing Compre-hensive Training Weekendheld, April 20 - 22, at Camp

Dawson, near Kingwood, WV.ncluded in those numbers were

4 cadets and 5 seniors from the

Martinsburg Squadron.

The 2012 curriculum included:

Cadet Leadership Training

Course

Corporate Learning

Course

Training Leaders of

Cadets Course

Unit Commanders Course

I especially want to mention

he cadets who attended theCLTC. The cadets who attend-ed this years CLTC were re-quired to prepare a 3 to 5 mi-nute speech on some DDR

elated topic. Since publicpeaking is a major topic of the

CLTC, we used the new nation-al DDR Speech Contest as a

basis for the cadets presenta-ions this year. The cadets did

an excellent job of researching,preparing, and practicing their

peeches, remarked West Vir-ginia Wing Commander andraining weekend coordinator,

Col Dennis D. Barron.

Martinsburgs C/SSgt Dustin E.Smith placed 3rd in this eventand will be submitting his vide-

otaped speech to NationalHeadquarters for the DDRSpeech Contest.

Martinsburg graduates:

CLTC- C/MSgt Kenneth May,C/SSgt Duncan Smith and

C/SSgt Dustin Smithnstructor: Capt Mark Guiney

TLC- 2d Lt Frank Panek,2d Lt Dennis Webb and SM

Frances Webb

CLC- Capt Gary Gourley

UCC- Maj Russ Voelker

Clear on the left, clear on the right..

On March 31st, 13 cadets and 3 seniors participated in firearms training at the167th Airlift Wings facility. Special thanks to 167th AW Firearms Instructor,

TSgt John Phillips for his continued support of our squadron.

Getting the Getting the sight picturesight picture

SM Robert Orr assists Cadet O

SM Dennis Webb watches over the cSM Dennis Webb watches over the c

167th AW TSgt John Phillips167th AW TSgt John Phillipscritiques Cadet Smiths targetcritiques Cadet Smiths target

Back Row - Cadets: Kain, Smith, Cunningham, Densmore, Bradford, Barrett and Orr

Front Row - Cadets: Landis, Morales, Webb, Arehart, Heredia and King

Lt Col Shaun J.Perkowski, Vice

Commander of the167th Airlift Wing,

paid a visit to ourApril 10th meeting.

Col Perkowski talkedabout the 167ths

continuing missionand the status of the

C-5 versus the C-17.

Right: Squadron Com-mander, Capt Steve

Petty (on left) presentsLt Col Perkowski witha certificate of appre-

ciation.

Special Guest


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Weekly Uniform Schedule*

Leadership

BDUs

Character Development

Dress Blues

Aerospace Education

BDUs

Physical Fitness

Civilian PT Clothes

*Schedule is subject to change.

Upcoming Events

July 7-14

Summer EncampmentCamp Dawson, WV

August 4-12

Cadet Solo Encampment

Glider Flying, Glass Cockpit Flight TrainingGrant County Airport

August 22-25

CAP Summer Board Meeting/National Conference

Baltimore, MD

August 24-26 (TBD)

Model Rocket Weekend

September 15 & 16

Thunder Over The Blue Ridge Air Show

167th Airlift Wing

Sept 29WV Wing Cadet Competition

National Guard Armory-Morgantown

October 27

Wing ConferenceCharleston, WV

FYI: Always check the squadron activities calendar, on

the home page our website, for updates.

Milestone Promotions

& AwardsWelcome New Members:

Cadets: James Kemman, Tyler Mason,

Jacob Perry and James Toombs

Seniors: Michael Guill, BrytonJohnson,Frederick Kemman

Transfer from MD: Maj Sandra Feliciano

MER Member: Lt Col Raymond Feliciano

ES Training Calendar

26-29 July

Ground Pounders ChallengeKanawha State Forest, Charleston, WV

(location may change)

17-19 AugustStatewide SAREX

with bases to be located at Lewisburg andMorgantown, WV

7-9 September

Ground Pounders 2nd session

Parkersburg, WV

National Cadet Special Activity

C/2Lt Nathanael Main

National flight AcademyJune 30 - July 8Blackstone, VA

Aircraft Manufacturing &

Maintenance AcademyJune 17 - 23

Independence, KS

C/Capt Brandon Might

National Blue Beret

July 17 - 30

Oshkosh, WI

C/1st Lt Tim Dye

Honor Guard Academy (3rd Year)

July 8 - 21

Westminster, MD

Amelia Earhart

Award

C/Capt Brandon Might

From left: C/SSgts:Benjamin Baker, Denver Brenizer, Dunca

and Dustin Smith

From left: WV Wing Commander, Col Dennis Bapresents Cadet 2d Lt John Dye with the Gen. Bi

Mitchell Award.

From left: WV Wing Commander, Col Dennis Barpresents Maj Gary Gourley with

the Grover Loening Award.

Billy Mitchell Award

Wright Bros. Award

Grover Loening Award
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Operation Apocalypse

A flight crew consisting of: Capt Lar-ry Dean, Capt Merv Bourque and Maj

Russ Voelker participated in the WestVirginia Dept. of Homeland Securityand Emergency Management JointSAREX, held at the Buckskin Boy

Scout Camp, Dilleys Mill, WV onMay 12th. Air Operations, for thisexercise, were based out of Elkins-Randolph County Airport. The Mar-

tinsburg aircraft flew several photo-graphic missions during the weekendexercise.

USAF Guided Training

Exercise

Eight members of the Martinsburg

Squadron participated in the USAFGuided Training Exercise, held at theClarksburg Squadron Headquarters,June 1-3.

Flight crew: Capt Mervin Bourque,Capt Larry Dean and Lt Col RaymondFeliciano. ES Training Officer 1st Lt

Gary May, GTM 3 Trainees: C/A1CKendall Barrett, C/2d Lt John Dye, C/TSgt Duncan Smith and C/TSgtDustin Smith.

Zombie Attack

The Berkeley County Health Depart-ment (BCHD) held an Open Point of

Distribution Exercise (POD) at SouthMiddle School on Friday, June 8thfrom 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Thiswas a training exercise to help the

Berkeley County Health Department,volunteer first responders and thecommunity prepare in the event of areal bioterrorism incident. The name

of the exercise was Zombie Attack

Adopt A-Highway Detail

Cadets and 3 Senior members

llected 18 bags of trash during

e Adopt-A-Highway Detail, held

n Saturday, April 28th. This is the

th year of the Squadron's partici-

tion in the DOH program.

Recent Senior Staff

Appointments:

Asst. Professional Development

Officer -Maj Sandra Feliciano

Personnel Officer

2d Lt Frances Webb

Administrative OfficerSM Robert Orr

Communications Officer

2d Lt Dennis Webb

Transportation Officer

2d Lt Dennis Webb

10 Martinsburg members joinedother members of the West Virginia

Wing for a trip to the ChallengerLearning Center at Wheel-ingJesuitUniversity http://www.challenger.orgin Wheeling,

WV. Participants were transformed

into astronauts, scientists, engineers,and researchers working together inorder to Return to the Moon. The

mission control crew directed theactivities of the astronauts onboard thespacecraft - navigating, maintainingcritical life support systems, com-

municating, and solving emergencies.Martinsburg members participating:

Cadets: Kendall Barrett, Austin Brad-ford, Clarke Gordon III, Nicolas Here-

dia, Patrick Heredia, Dallas King,Tyriq King, Nathanael Main and Ja-cob Perry. Senior: Gary Gourley

MAAM WW II Weekend

Above: Maj Bart Rogers talks to showattendees (standing next to his restored

1940 Stinson 10 CAP aircraft) duringthe Mid-Atlantic Air Museums WorldWar II Weekend, held in Reading, PA.June 1 - 3.

Major Rogers joined with other CivilAir Patrol WW II Living HistorySquadron Members from PA, NJ, NY,

and the District of Columbia, to in-form the show attendees of the im-

portant role CAP played during WorldWar II.

2d LtFrancesWebb

1st Lt Frank Panek

Milestone Promotions

& Awards Cont.

2d LtDennis

Webb

Optimists Picnic

n Tuesday, May 15th members ofur squadron were treated to a

cnic sponsored by the Martins-

urg Optimist Club. The event wasld at War Memorial Park, inartinsburg.

From left Cadets: Tyriq King, Nicole Orr

Webb, Dallas King and Clark Gordo

Not shown Seniors Frances and DennisPhotos by 2d Lt Frances Webb

Mission ControlPhotos by Maj Lynn Hoffmann

Photo by John Swain

Challenger LearningChallenger Learning

Center TripCenter TripJune 11th

Winning Rocket Te

May 9th CBP Training

Capt Larry Dean, Capt Adam Sanders and MajRuss Voelker assisted the US Customs & Border

Patrol with a training session that was held at thesquadron hangar.
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Bell Boeing MVBell Boeing MV--

2222 OspreyOsprey

NASASuper Guppy

Boeing BBoeing B--5252StratofortressStratofortress

MM--2A32A3BradleyBradley

Lockheed MCLockheed MC--130P130P TalonTalon IIII

US ArmyUS Army

GoldenGolden

KnightsKnights

Air National Guard Jet TruckAir National Guard Jet Truck

BoeingBoeingAHAH--64D64DApache LongbowApache Longbow

U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. Customs and Border Protection Interceptor Class 39 Vessel (Interceptor Class 39 Vessel (MidnightMidnight))

U.S. NavyU.S. NavyBlue AngelsBlue Angels

CAP DisplayCAP DisplayCAPCAPDDRDDR JetJet

Nakajima B5NKate Torpedo Bomber

U.S. NavyU.S. NavyBlue AngelsBlue Angels Lockheed FLockheed F--2222RaptorRaptor

Warrior Flight TeamWarrior Flight TeamBoth of the above photos courtesy of Maj. Jeffrey Koubek, MD WingPhoto courtesy of Maj. Jeffrey Koubek, MD Wing

Yakovlev YakYakovlev Yak--9 Aero L9 Aero L--3939AlbAlb
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