Wing Commander’s Corner

Maj Mark Reeves

In the last few months as your Wing Commander, I

have been impressed by the dedication of our Wing's
volunteers and the wide diversity of activities that we carry
out. At the recent Wing Conference and Awards Banquet held
in Indianapolis, I was proud to join almost 140 of our
members in participating in a wide variety of educational
seminars, and then to recognize members like Major Hugh
Cameron, Major Dallas Wilson, and Cadet David Engel who
were award winners in the Adult Officer, Wing Staff Member
and Cadet of the Year categories. Similarly, the work that the
Kasler Senior, Shelbyville Composite and Weir Cook Cadet
Squadrons performed to earn recognition in the unit awards
program was truly impressive as the award justifications were
read out. These recipients only represent a small number of the
training awards, decorations and trophies that we handed out.
The evening was capped off by a truly impressive presentation
by Mary Feik on her life and career in aviation. The
conference, I think, turned out to be a great event. If you
missed this year’s conference, I would highly suggest you
begin planning to attend the 2008 Wing Conference.
With Col Carr's announcement of my appointment to serve
as the Commander in a more permanent status, we need to
transition from appreciation of our work in 2006 to preparing
ourselves for a very busy year here in 2007. In the next few
weeks your Wing staff will be finalizing our responses to our
last Compliance Inspection, preparing for our Search and
Rescue Evaluation this summer and transitioning several new
staff members into place. I would ask that as you head into the
summer, please consider whether your Operations
qualifications are in place. The National Emergency Services
Academy is still taking applications for all of its schools. This
is a great opportunity to learn and earn those operational
May 2007
associated activities, please take the time to participate in
these table top exercises.
Additionally, there are some challenges ahead of us that
will require the Wing, the Groups and the Squadrons to work
closely together to ensure our success. One challenge will be
that the Great Lakes Region Commander has directed all
Wings to transition to the Wing Banking Program by 1
October and assume responsibility for direct management of
the squadron financial accounts. This will require significant
changes in our way of conducting business so please work
with us to help us be successful.
The Chief of Staff, Maj Tim Turner, will shortly be
announcing a few opportunities to serve in a state-wide role in
several positions. Assignment to a wing-level staff position is
a challenge that can be quite rewarding, but also requires both
dedication and an understanding of Civil Air Patrol. If you
have been successful in running a program in your squadron
or at the Group-level, and you are ready to manage a program
that impacts all of our 970 members, please keep an eye out
for these opportunities.
I am excited about the opportunity to serve as your Wing

Commander in a more permanent status. I ask that you begin

qualifications that are so valuable to our Wing. In addition, we
to engage at your squadron and with your group commander
will shortly be conducting several tabletop activities to hone
to help us get through these upcoming challenges and ensure
our skills in mission base management in preparation for the
that Indiana Wing is prepared to execute our "Missions for
SAREVAL. If you have qualifications in Mission Base and
America"!
Major Mark Reeves, CAP Wing Commander ©2007 Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol
Captain Johnnie Nichols, CAP Public Affairs Officer 151 Constellation, Box 46
C/Captain Aaron Redfield, CAP Assistant Public Affairs Officer Grissom ARB, IN 46970
 May 2007 [INDIANA WING NEWSLETTER]
Notes From The Chief Of Staff
Maj Tim Turner
It is that time of year again. CAP activities are in the increase.
We will be seeing more missions, more training, more, more,
more.
Don’t forget to sign up for the CAP National Board and
Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA from August 8-11, 2007.
Details are at available at www.cap.gov.
The Great Lakes Region Staff College is also being held from
July 15-21 at Grissom ARB, IN. Additional information is at
http://glr.cap.gov/files/GLRstaffcollege.htm.
As Civil Air Patrol members, we are often called, or call
ourselves, "volunteers". Under the strict dictionary definition,
I suppose that is true. Heck, it is even the name of our NHQ
issued magazine. However, I think the better term of reference
is "unpaid professionals". After all, that is what we are.
Members of the Indiana Wing, and across the nation, spend
countless hours (and dollars) in training, honing their skills, so
as to be ready will the call for action is heard.
Are you ready to heed the call? Pilots have you taken your
form 5 and form 91 rides? Are you night current? Do you have
a flight bag ready to go at a moment's notice? Ground team
members, did you remember to repair, repack, and refit your
equipment from the last outing or is it all stuffed in the garage
somewhere? Is your uniform clean and ready to hit the field?
An important aspect of being an unpaid professional is to
project a professional image both within CAP and without.
How do your uniforms look? Do they really meet the
regulations, or just what you think the regulations are, or
should be? Remember, we are an auxiliary of the United
States Air Force. We are not the Army, Navy, Marine, or
Coast Guard auxiliary. We must follow CAP uniform
guidelines. Just because you or they wore it that way in the
Army doesn't mean you can wear it that way in CAP. So,
check your uniform, check the regulations. Be a leader who
knows how to follow the regulations. When our SAR/DR
Evaluation comes, the Air Force will take notice.
Let’s show why we are the premiere air and ground search and
rescue asset in Indiana in both the way we perform our duties
as well as the way we present ourselves.
International Air Cadets
Coming To Indiana
Capt Philip Foust
Indiana Wing will be hosting four cadets and an international
escort officer from the International Air Cadet Exchange from
20 July 2007 through 30 July 2007.
The International Air Cadet Exchange is one of the most
important, memorable, and educational National Cadet Special
Activities that Civil Air Patrol conducts. Cadets participate
from a variety of countries including the United Kingdom, the
Netherlands, Israel, Turkey, and Australia. We have not, yet,
received word
on which
country our
participants will
be coming from.
Regardless, the
Exchange is
highly visible nationally and internationally and warrants
special attention by everyone in the wing to ensure its success.
The current Exchange schedule is for our visitors to spend
approximately the first half of their trip in Central Indiana and
the second half in the Chicago/Northern Indiana area.
Additionally, we are planning on day trips to Monroe County
and the Lafayette/Purdue University area.
Captain Philip Foust (firstsgt5@juno.com) and Lt Col John
Bryan (jbryan@glr.cap.gov) are coordinating our efforts for
the central and northern portions of the trip respectively.
If you have an interest in serving as a host family, are part of a
business or another organization that would be interested in
offering support, or would like to find a way to become more
involved, please contact either of them.
With your help we can showcase the best that Indiana has to
offer and make this a once-in-a-lifetime experience for our
foreign guests!
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 May 2007 [INDIANA WING NEWSLETTER]
Indiana Legislature Enacts Protection
For CAP Members
Capt Johnnie Nichols
Senate Bill 166, which provides employment protection for
Indiana Wing CAP members, has been signed by Governor
Mitch Daniels. In addition, Senate Bill 342, providing for
excused secondary school absences for Indiana Wing CAP
members has also been signed into law. Both acts are effective
July 1, 2007.
Senate Bill (SB) 166 provides employment protection for
Indiana Wing CAP members. Members may not be disciplined
by an employer for leaving or being absent from work for
certain emergency service operations if the member has
notified their immediate supervisor in writing that they are a
CAP member. Also, certain emergency essential designated
employees are not
protected under this
legislation. If you are
already at work when the
emergency arises, you
MUST notify your
supervisor, get permission
to leave your duty station,
and take a written letter
from the commander or
OIC back to your supervisor stating that you were engaged in
emergency CAP services on the day of your absence to prove
the emergency when you return to work.
For SB 166, "emergency service operation" includes:
(1) Search and rescue missions designated by the Air
Force Rescue Coordination Center.
(2) Disaster relief, when requested by the federal or
state emergency management agency.
(3) Humanitarian services, when requested by the
federal or state emergency management agency.
(4) United States Air Force support designated by the
First Air Force, North American Aerospace Defense
Command.
Please note that normal CAP operations, including
training missions, are not covered under this bill.
For the full bill, please refer to:
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/SE/SE0166.1.html
Senate Bill (SB) 342 provides for excused school absences
for secondary students to attend certain CAP activities, up to
five absences per school year. The student MUST submit
appropriate documentation to school authorities from the
Indiana Wing detailing the reason for the student's absence. A
student excused from school attendance under this section
may not be recorded as being absent on any date to which the
excuse applies and may not be penalized by the school in any
manner.
For SB 342, excused activities include:
(1) The International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE)
program
(2) Emergency service operation, including:
- search and rescue missions designated by
the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
- disaster relief, when requested by the
federal or state emergency management
agency
- humanitarian services, when requested by
the federal or state emergency management
- United States Air Force support
designated by the First Air Force, North
American Aerospace Defense Command
- United States Air Force military flights, if
the flights are not available on days when
school is not in session.
For the full bill, please refer to:
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/SE/SE0342.1.html
Thanks to Lt Col John Bryan, Maj Mark Reeves, Maj Gerry
Inks, Maj Richard Griffith, Capt Frank Merrill, Lt Col Ralph
Bruns and Capt Kathy Bruns for their work on this legislation
and special thanks to Indiana State Senator (Capt) David Ford
(R – Hartford) from the Indianapolis Senior Squadron for
sponsoring this legislation!
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 May 2007 [INDIANA WING NEWSLETTER]

Homeland Security News

Capt Mark Tyler

Ardent Sentry – Northern Edge exercise!!!!

Count on it getting more interesting shortly! This is a Full

Scale Exercise with the primary goal of exercising play
between several States National Guard Units and Federal
Military and DHS. The Indiana portion of the exercise will test
emergency-response capabilities involving the fictitious
detonation of a 10-kiloton nuclear device in an urban area and
will involve deployment of more than 2,000 active-duty troops
and almost 1,000 Guard members to Camp Atterbury and the
Muscatatuck Urban Training Area. We could be getting a call
almost anytime, but most likely some where around the 10th!
We expect our potential involvement will be supplying some
SDIS assets, but you never know! They might want more!
Check out the following links!

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=32958

http://www.campatterbury.org/vg.htm

SONS 07 (Spill of National Significance 07)

This is a multi-state Full Scale Exercise headed up by the

Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency. The
part of the “exercise” we may get involved in will be centered
around the Evansville area. Our involvement will most likely
be limited to some interaction with their Incident Command
Staff, some photo flights over a spill on the Ohio and possibly Wing Medical News
a few VIP/Media flights. If you want to know more about this
exercise, check out the link below! 1Lt Myer Blatt, RN
https://www.sons-program.org

Maj Carl Holt has been part of an effort to change First

Responder certification law in Indiana. He informs me that
Other news includes the fact that we are progressing towards
there is a meeting scheduled for the beginning of June, at
finalizing an MOU with the Indiana Department of Homeland
which State officials will discuss the lowering of the
Security and an MOU with the Indiana Department of
certification age to 14 years old. If this occurs, Wing Medical
Environmental Management. This is due totally to the efforts
will be working on a First Responder certification program for
and perseverance of many other people in the Wing. The
CAP Seniors and Cadets. The thinking is that real-world SAR
MOUs will go a long way towards clarifying our relationships
missions may be more effective in having members with
will the State, and hopefully drum up some business for us!
enhanced first-aid capabilities.
Keep up the great work guys!

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 May 2007 [INDIANA WING NEWSLETTER]

Chaplain Notes RiverCity Cadet Squadron Launches

Chaplain (Capt) David K.
Rockets
Harness
Maj James Tate
I would like to thank
Major Reeves for the
confidence in extending to Seven members of the RiverCity Cadet Squadron launched
me the opportunity to stay rockets from the Southwestern Indiana Model Rocket Club
on as Wing Chaplain. located in Holland, IN on Sunday, April 15, 2007. Members
attending were: Maj. James Tate, C/Lt Col Cade Spivey,
Months ago I was very happy to hear that the Regional
C/1Lt Daniel Dieckmann,
Chaplain Service Staff College was to be held in Indiana 2007
C/SMSgt Tristan Selby,
at Grissom ARB. This happened from April 30 through May
C/SrA Ben Baker, C/A1C
03. The emphasis this year appeared to be on preparing the
Jake Whitacre, and
Chaplains to become Mission Chaplains.
C/Amn Zech Schaad.
We were introduced to a wide range of topics needed by RiverCity launched five
Chaplains and Moral Leadership Officers (MLO's) that are rockets and recovered
necessary in an actual Mission setting. The Air Reserve was three and a half of them.
very kind in accommodating our group and, overall, I felt they The members of
seemed appreciative of what is done by CAP. LaunchCrue, the name of
the Club, invited us back
The College was highlighted by a night out at the Golden to any of their activities.
Corral where we were treated to a good meal and fellowship.
Their calendar of events
Throughout the entire time spirits were high and much was can be found online at
www.geocities.com/launc
gained by attendance. There is hope held that this important
hcrue. They also gave us a copy of the latest issue of “National
function within the Chaplain's service will return to Indiana
next year. Association of Rocketry” magazine, which has a lot of useful
information in it.
Again it is a privilege to be a part of this Wing Staff. If I may
be of assistance to anyone please feel free to contact me at
dharness1@yahoo.com.
Great Lakes Region Summer
Encampment – June 24-30
New Indiana Wing Director of Cadet Maj Jeff Young
Programs
Maj Jeff Young The GLRSE will be held at Wendell Ford Training Center in
Greenville, KY from June 24-30. Senior and Cadet staff
I have just taken over as the Indiana Wing Director of Cadet
should report on June 23. For more info visit
Programs. I look forward to the new challenges and the
http://www.glrse.org
opportunity to work with the cadets of the Indiana Wing. I
look forward to meeting with the CAC and continuing the
training with the Wing Honor Guard.

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 May 2007 [INDIANA WING NEWSLETTER]

CAP/USAF SAR/DR Evaluation

1Lt Christopher Curdes
The Indiana Wing evaluated CAP/USAF Search And
Rescue/Disaster Relief Training exercise is tentatively
scheduled for August 17-19, 2007. More details on this
exercise will be available later.
Wing Staff Openings
Applications are now being accepted for the following
openings on wing staff. If you have an interest, please send a
resume and cover letter to Major Tim Turner, Chief-of-Staff

Amelia Earhart Award Recipients

Safety Officer

Information Technology Officer

Tristan J. DeFord, Valparaiso Composite Squadron Aerospace Education Officer
Matthew S. Legrand, Weir Cook Cadet Squadron

Calendar Highlights

May
10-13 Operation Ardent Sentry
18-19 Corporate Learning Course Grissom ARB
26 Wing Staff Meeting Grissom ARB

June
9-10 Squadron Leadership School Grissom ARB
19-21 SONS
30 Wing Staff Meeting Grissom ARB

July
28 Wing Staff Meeting Grissom ARB
28 SAR / EVAL table-top prep Grissom ARB

August
3-4-5 SAR / EVAL Huntingburg
17-18-19 SAR / EVAL raindate Huntingburg

Indiana Wing Civil Air Patrol

151 Constellation, Box 46
Grissom ARB, IN 46970

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