SPRING 2007

L-R Chief Master Sgt. Ken Young, Cadet Arielle Weeks, Master Sgt. John Crosgove, Cadet Jeric Joseph,
Chief Petty Officer Bill Jensen, Cadet Joshua Frame, Senior Master Sgt. Chet Warner, Cadet Grant Taylor,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Willie Hunsaker, Cadet Emily Slocum, Cadet Kerilyn Michalke.

Wreaths Across America Honors Fallen Soldiers . . . See Story Page 3


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Dear Members,
I was reading an article in
the Alaska Wing Tips and noted
that the Commander, Col. Carl
L Brown, Jr. was talking about
taking pride and responsibility
in who we are and what we rep-
resent. He mentioned that dur-
ing their resent Wing Confer-
ence a discussion from the floor
centered on “how we as an orga-
nization can gain recognition
and acceptance from the Air
Force, public and others that we
work with and for.”
Col. Brown stated that the Lt. Col. Donna L. Todd
answer to this question is com-
plicated yet simple, because the professionally while conducting
answer lies with you and me. In “business”.
a legal contest the attorney must Personally I would hesitate
have some evidence to the favor greatly committing myself or
of the client in order to act on my loved ones to a surgeon who
the behalf of the client. Without presented himself to perform
a “just cause”, one has no case. surgery dressed in grass stained
In much the same way the Civil dungarees, tennis shoes, and
Air Patrol must present itself with unwashed hands! Perhaps
with a just cause that is above the excuse and rationalization is
and beyond the virtues of the “It is the skill I possess to per-
missions we perform. Whether form brain surgery that matters
or not it is justified, logical or not my dirty cloths and hands!
reasonable, the old adage is still How dare you require me to
true – “first impression is every- wash and put on a sterile gown
thing”. For the Civil Air Patrol it and gloves!”
is the way we present ourselves Sounds absurd, doesn’t it?
and conduct ourselves! Yet this is the very attitude that I
Why should the public, the have seen in CAP during my
Air Force, or anyone else take us years as a member. Do we rec-
seriously if WE don’t take our- ognize the role we play in the
selves seriously? Not that we missions we perform? Do we
should put ourselves above know and follow the Core Val-
others in importance, but that ues of the Civil Air Patrol? Do
we should look and behave Continued on page 11 . . .
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 Wreaths Across America
Honors Fallen Soldiers

L-R Chief Master Sgt. Ken Young, Cadet Arielle Weeks, Master Sgt. John Crosgove, Cadet Jeric Joseph,
Chief Petty Officer Bill Jensen, Cadet Joshua Frame, Senior Master Sgt. Chet Warner, Cadet Grant Taylor,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Willie Hunsaker, Cadet Emily Slocum, Cadet Kerilyn Michalke.

Cemetery: Utah Veteran’s Cemetery—State: Utah

By Codi J. Stoddard, 1st Lt, PAO, CAP, Blackhawk Cadet Squadron
The day started out without a that would be presented to honor and those who continue to serve.
cloud in the sky and the wind was those men and women who had With words of appreciation for all
blowing with the force of a gentle served, sacrificed and fallen to that came and showed their sup-
breeze. All round the common preserve the promise of freedom. port each was excused with the
area of the chapel Veterans from Outside under the warmth of the invitation to visit a gravesite,
every branch of the service gath- sun each cadet accompanied a research the name on the stone
ered with cadets from Blackhawk Veteran and placed a wreath in and find out who they were. All the
squadron preparing for the day’s honor of those who served in that wreaths provided by the company
ceremony. Two minutes to noon branch of the service. When all was then lain upon headstones of
all visitors were escorted to their wreaths had been lain, all raised those who had no trappings to show
chairs and the assembly took a to the call to attention. Mary the celebration of the holiday.
deep breath and the call to atten- Maughn of Sen. Bob Bennett’s Channel 2 news coverage of
tion was given. A moment of office offered a few words to the Events http://ww.kutv.com/
silence and the posting of colors express her thanks and Sen. video/?id=21885@kutv.
were the introduction to words Bennett’s for those who served dayport.com
Master Sgt. Ken Young, Cadet Arielle Weeks, Cadet Jeric Joseph,
Master Sgt. John Crosgrove, Cadet Joshua Frame, Chief Petty L-R Master Sgt. Ken Young, Cadet
Officer Bill Jensen, Cadet Grant Taylor, Senior Master Sgt Chet Arielle Weeks, Chief Petty Officer Bill
Warner, Cadet Emily Slocum, Petty Officer 2nd Class Willie Jensen, Row 2 Master Sgt. John
Hunsaker, Cadet Kerilyn Michalke, Sgt Ace Christensen. Crosgrove and Cadet Jeric Joseph.
 Aerospace Education
Dorothy Christensen, Capt. CAP
Director of Aerospace Education, Utah Wing
By the time you receive this
copy of Wing Span, 2006 will
have passed away and we’re
looking forward to 2007. Utah
Aerospace Education had a
good year in 2006. Our Squad-
ron Aerospace Education Offic-
ers continued conducting excel-
lent classes and several com-
pleted the AEX Program.
We had a successful presen-
tation at the Wing Conference.
Capt. Mark Wilkinson of the
Cache Valley Squadron always
does a great job in conducting
workshops at our conferences as
well as in his squadron and local
community. The Wing Confer-
ence was held in beautiful Park
City and everyone enjoyed
being there.
Lt. Bev Taylor from the
Blackhawk Squadron is a home
school teacher and she has been
helping me with CAP presenta-
tions to groups of home school
teachers. We attended a meeting
in Sandy with about 25 people
in attendance. Not only were the
home school teachers excited
about the CAP Teacher Member
program and the books we sup-
ply to them but many were inter-
ested in becoming regular mem-
bers and their children were
really interested in joining CAP
as cadets.
The second meeting was
held in Clearfield and we had
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the same response. The home
school teachers there gave me
several suggestions on Private
and Charter schools that she
thought would also be interested
in our Program.
Lt. Taylor gives an excellent
presentation of CAP and its
overall structure and three mis-
sions. Then I discuss the AE
Teacher Member Program. This
works out very well and we en-
joy the work. I’m very grateful
for the support of Lt. Taylor.
Utah Wing won the National
Award for best AE Mission in
the Mountain Region and I went
to the National Board Meeting
in Reno to accept this award. It’s
a large plaque and we have hung
it in the hallway of the Wing
Building.
In August we had our
inspection and I’m very happy
to say that Utah AE received the
rating of outstanding. It’s a trib-
ute to everyone in the Wing. The
contribution of everyone has
been tremendous and I thank all
of you.
In October I attended the
National Conference for Air and
Space Education (NCASE) in
Arlington, VA. I volunteered
and worked in the information
booth with another member. It
was interesting and fun. We met
a lot of people from as far away
as Hawaii. The workshops this
year were conducted mainly by
vendors such as the Experimen-
tal Aircraft Association and
other organizations.
The atmosphere was very
different from the last confer-
ence and at the very end in the
debriefing with the National
people, we found out that CAP
has sold NCASE to an organiza-
tion called “National Coalition
for Aviation Education.”
(NCAE). Their members
include Government, Industry,
and Private groups including
AOPA, FAA, and many others.
They will conduct what we
know as NCASE but at this time
we aren’t sure when or where it
will be. They have agreed to let
CAP continue controlling who
will speak and what the format
will be. We’ll have to wait to see
how that goes. I’ll keep every-
one updated as I learn more.
We’re all sad to see this
event leave CAP but we’re
assured that it will continue. It
has been dear to the hearts of
many of us in CAP and we hope
it will be as successful in the
coming years as it has been in
the past.
I hope everyone had a very
Merry Christmas with their
families and a fun New Year’s
Eve. I look forward to the com-
ing year and thank everyone
again for their support.
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TX Wing Group III Communications
Inter-Agency
Communications
Over the past several months
we have taken a look at various
aspects of CAP communica-
tions. We have examined the
different modes of communica-
tions made available to us, the
rules and regulations that govern
them, and how the latter may be
implemented. This month, we
will examine how we can oper-
ate between different agencies
and other non-federal groups,
including amateur radio
operators.
The events of September 11,
2001 exposed the depth of the
interoperability problem. Many
public services and agencies
were unable to communicate
with each other. During the
space shuttle Columbia disaster,
it was found that different ele-
ments from the same agency,
coming together from various
parts of the state, were unable to
communicate with each other.
The concept of different agen-
cies working together had not
been seriously considered
before, so many thought it
strange. In both instances,
pressed for results, the various
agencies and elements resorted
to third parties to communicate
via those “outsider” systems. In
many cases the enablers were
amateur radio operators
functioning under either
RACES (Radio Amateur
By 1st Lt Toby Buckalew
Civil Emergency Service) or
ARES (Amateur Radio Emer-
gency Service) organizations.
The lessons learned from
these events led to the passing of
HR 1323 (http://www.theorator
.com/bills109/hr1323.html), the
Public Safety Interoperability
and Implementation Act of
2005. This Congressional bill
provided funds, designated fre-
quencies, and established other
guidelines to allow various
agencies to work together on a
set of common frequencies
when they needed to communi-
cate with each other.
As an agency that is called
upon to work with other agen-
cies, CAP’s need to interoperate
is crucial. How that interaction
takes place may vary from one
agency to the next. For example,
during firewatch missions last
year, we reported fires by using
some designated frequencies to
communicate with Texas DPS
units. We also worked with the
Forestry Service as well as other
agencies. Some agencies might
be unable to use radio communi-
cations, so other means must be
found in order the share infor-
mation. In an emergency, it
would seem that this might be as
simple as placing a CAP radio
operator with the proper equip-
ment at their location.
However, providing a CAP
communicator to another
agency removes that resource
from the CAP resource pool,
and might adversely impact
CAP’s ability to function.
Therefore, why not take the sim-
plest route and give that agency
a CAP radio? As you’ll remem-
ber from a previous article, in
which we discussed the differ-
ence between the FCC and
NTIA, each federal agency
(including CAP) is assigned its
frequencies through the NTIA,
and we are allowed to operate
only on our set of frequencies.
Giving another agency a radio
with our frequencies would be a
violation of this regulation and
so the apparently simplest solu-
tion is not an option. The fix is
to make it possible for the CAP
communicator to pass commu-
nications traffic without violat-
ing any rules or regulations
established by either agency.
Another option relates to
CAPR 100-1vi, paragraph 11-5:
CAP Participation in Other
Agencies Communications Pro-
grams. This single paragraph
states that we can use other
agencies’ equipment if we have
written permission from the
licensed agency and that we
must keep a copy of the FCC
license or the federal authoriza-
tion (NTIA) allowing that
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Inter-Agency
Communications
Continued
agency to use the frequencies
they are using (and now make
available to us). What is not
stated in the regulation is that
the other agency (if federal)
needs to allow such an arrange-
ment by so stating it in its own
rules and regulations. HR 1323
does not circumvent these
rules – it only provides a spe-
cific set of frequencies for
interoperability.
So, now that we have a set of
interoperability frequencies, we
should be all set, right? Well,
here comes the real world. Real-
ity dictates that things do not
always work out as planned. The
equipment the agency has might
not be capable of transmitting
on those frequencies, or the
radio might not be programmed
to use them. The operator might
not even know which ones they
are! So what do we do? Let us
suppose that (1) we are short on
CAP communicators and (2)
must communicate with a vari-
ety of different agencies. Let us
further assume that some of
them lack a communications
system (a situation more com-
mon than one might think). In
this case, we would be allowed
to use a third-party set of com-
municators and their equipment
to staff and pass traffic among
the agencies, both federal and
civilian.
RACES groups of amateur
radio operators have very spe-
cific rules as laid out by the FCC
in section §97.407 of the FCC
Dr. Dennis L. Dobson
is proud to support the
men and women of
Utah Civil Air Patrol,
who give of themselves
so that others may live.
Thanks and keep up
the great work throughout our
beautiful state of Utah!
regulations. These include the would have to pick one or the
ability to communicate with other – and couldn’t switch back
government agencies and other and forth without risking sanc-
agencies in times of emergency. tions from both the NTIA and
Another group – ARES – has no the FCC. However, a CAP
such restrictions, as it is not cre- member can choose to partici-
ated by federal rules and regula- pate as a a member of one side
tions. In either case, both are of the house on one day, and the
amateur radio operator groups. other on the next. The operator
We could use these operators to simply cannot appear to repre-
interoperate, especially if enter- sent CAP when operating an
ing an incident in which they amateur radio, nor be signed
were already in use by other into the mission for CAP simul-
agencies. Non-FOUO traffic taneously.
would be relayed by amateur The technology exists to
radio operators using their own allow interoperability among
equipment. Should a CAP mem- different agencies. I hope this
ber be also an amateur radio gives you a better insight into
operator, that person could not some of the ways in which
participate in both worlds: (1) as we can achieve effective
a CAP communicator and (2) as interoperability with other
an amateur radio operator. To agencies.
satisfy the rules, that operator

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 Professional Development:
Getting Professional in 2007
By Lt Col Matt Johnson, CAP
Director of Professional Development, Utah Wing

By now, you’ve probably heard the statement that
Civil Air Patrol is not a volunteer organization, but a
professional organization staffed by volunteers.
What’s the difference?
In a word, professionalism.
Now, I know some of you are muttering to
yourself in a somewhat sarcastic tone, “well that
certainly clears THAT up!”
Well, here’s how the fine folks at the American
Heritage Dictionary define the term:
e were. I urge each of you to challenge yourself this
.pro·fes·sion·al·ism (prə-fĕsh'ə-nə-lĭz'əm) n.
1. Professional status, methods, character, or
standards.
Of course, we all consider ourselves professionals,
but to attain the status of a professional—that is, for
others to see us as we see ourselves—we must focus
on the latter part of the foregoing definition: the
methods, character and standards of professionals.
When we think of examples of “professional”
occupations, physicians, attorneys and accountants
often come to mind. Though decidedly different
endeavors, these fields have three key facets in
common: methods, character, standards.
There are strict licensing standards to practice
medicine or law, even certification exams one must
pass before putting out ones’ “shingle”. Pilots are
accustomed to performing against practical test
standards set forth by the FAA; CAP’s SQTRs serve
much the same purpose in that they establish the same
standards for qualification in Emergency Services
specialties throughout the organization. Openly stating
such standards permit others outside our organization
visibility into our standards, giving them an
appreciation for the capabilities of our membership.
The methods of professionals—”standards of
care” in medicine, “generally accepted accounting
practices” in business, etc—are little more than
standard practices that are always followed, every
time; such predictability leads to reliability, which
leads to trust—trust in our members, and confidence
in our organization.
Finally, it is no coincidence that the Core Values
of both the U.S. Air Force and the Civil Air Patrol
begin with integrity. Integrity is the foundation upon
which character is built, and should be the hallmark
of any professional. Standards and methods are
meaningless if there is no integrity behind them.
Being a professional isn’t about getting paid for
what we do, it’s about performing our duties as if we
year by taking steps to enhance your development as
the true professional you know yourself to be, and
striving to incorporate into your routine the methods,
character and standards inherent to a professional
organization such as our Civil Air Patrol!
Utah Wing Professional Development
Course Offerings for 2007
Utah Wing will conduct the following training
activities this year:
Unit Commanders Course (UCC) (Timeframe:
March): This course standardizes the training of
squadron and group commanders throughout CAP.
These commanders are the people responsible for
administering programs and managing the volunteer
members in the field. UCC discusses the traits and
skills new unit commanders will need to develop to
effectively manage their units. Topics include
recruiting and retention, command responsibility and
accountability, safety, how to work with families,
management, leadership, communication, and
elements of successful units and leaders. Who
should attend: squadron commanders, deputy
commanders and those soon-to-be.
Squadron Leadership School (SLS) (Timeframe:
June): A requirement for the senior member
Certificate of Proficiency, SLS provides CAP’s adult
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Professional
Development
Continued . . .
members with a basic understanding of CAP
operations at the squadron level and how those
operations affect CAP’s national missions.
Additionally, members learn more about CAP
customs, core values, and communications. Case
studies, discussion, and group assignments are
integral facets of the SLS. Who should attend: all
senior members who have completed Level I and
have not previously completed SLS.
Training Leaders of Cadets (TLC)
(Timeframe: September): TLC is a curriculum for
adults who implement the Cadet Program at the
squadron level. This two-day course provides senior
members with a strategic perspective of the Cadet
Program, leadership skills for helping youth achieve
their goals, and training in how to manage a
successful program. (Note: this course is not geared
toward cadets.) Who should attend: all senior
members who work with cadets.
Corporate Learning Course (CLC)
(Timeframe: November/December): This course
discusses the relationship the CAP squadron has
with the next major echelon of command — the
wing. Specifically, CLC discusses how wing-level
operations help to accomplish CAP’s three missions
of aerospace education, emergency services, and
cadet programs. It describes the working
relationships wing staff officers have with each
other, and their squadron level counterparts. Who
should attend: all senior members who have
completed Level II and have not previously
completed CLC.
Director & Staff Opportunities
Volunteers are needed to serve as directors,
instructors and other staff for these training courses.
Members in need of staff or director credit for Levels
IV or V are encouraged to contact Lt Col Johnson
(email: mattj@spaatz.org) regarding these
opportunities. Applicants should be prior graduates
of the course(s) for which they are interested in
working. ★
Vice Commander
Continued from page 1 . . .
we even know what these values are or even
mean?
1. Integrity.
2. Service before self.
3. Excellence in all we do.
4. Respect for others.
When we lack pride in how we appear to those
we serve we violate all of these values. When we
try to find ways to cut corners and try to make a
pretense of doing a complete job, we violate them
as well.
We made a commitment to follow the prin-
ciples, and values of this organization as well as its
regulations and policies. Col. Brown also stated
“We are entrusted by our families, our friends and
neighbors, and the ones we partner with, to do the
missions to the best of our ability. When we per-
form in anyway less than we are capable then we
violate and dishonor all Core Values. We become
an object of ridicule and the brunt of insulting
humor when we ask for “full pay” for a job half
done.”
Do we really want acceptance and respect?
Then we as members have to follow through with
our commitment. Whether you wear the Corporate
uniform or the USAF style uniform, wear it as it is
suppose to be worn, with correctness and pride.
Give the proper respect not only to those in the
paid military, but to each other as well. In this we
not only demonstrate professionalism to those that
look in from the outside, but also set the example
for the cadets over whom we have leadership
responsibility.
With this coming year let each and every one
of us resolve to accept nothing less than Excel-
lence, Integrity, Respect and true Service in our-
selves and others. Col. Brown concluded his
article with the following, “In this we will find the
“just cause” by which to plead our case for accep-
tance and respect. To be sure, we won’t have to
ask for it, it will come!”


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 Blackhawk Cadets Continue
Sub-for-Santa Tradition
Glenda Butterfield, Capt., Blackhawk Cadet Squadron
Following a five-year tradition, the Blackhawk
cadets voted to continue the Sub-for-Santa tradi-
tion in 2006. Emily Butterfield volunteered to be
in charge of the project. We searched for a family
for what seemed like a long period of time. In
November a guard at the National Guard Armory
put us in touch with a lady who put us in touch
with our family. On 23 December 2006, eight
cadets, C/Emily Slocum, C/Alex Cline, C/Brett
McCabe, C/Arielle Weeks, C/Madison Cline, C/
Grant Taylor, C/Taylor Powell, C/Joshua Frame,
joined eight senior members, Beverly Taylor,
David Jensen, Glenda Butterfield, Greg Butler,
Emily Butterfield, Devaughn Simper, Jack
Butterfield, Chandler Malichanh, in making a
families’ dream of a happy Christmas come true.
The family is a young family, four beautiful
children, ages 8, 6, 4 and 2 months. When I meet
with the family I was awed with what a proud
Basque Family they are. I explained to the mother
who we are and what we wanted to do. After pro-
longed crying, the mom told me the likes and
wishes of the children. I ask mom “what would
YOU like for Christmas” of course her first
response was nothing, “just a little something for
the kids” I ask if she could have anything at all
what would she ask for. I don’t know what I
expected, but certainly not the answer she gave
me. “I would like a fresh spinach salad with man-
darin oranges and walnuts, I haven’t had a spinach
salad for over four years,” she said. I questioned
her about the dressing and she replied, “Oh I like a
Balsamic vinegar dressing like my mom makes”.
She went on to tell me not to buy Balsamic vinegar
because it was so expensive. I explained to her we
would like to start with food for Thanksgiving.
The cadets and seniors provided several boxes of
food, containing turkey and all the necessary food
for a traditional Thanksgiving, including makings
for several spinach salads including Balsamic vin-
egar. Several boxes of extras were also delivered.
On 21 December 2006, a small group of
Blackhawk Members, Bev Taylor DeVaughn
Simper, Glenda Butterfield, C/Kerilyn Michalke,
C/Arielle Weeks and C/Grant Taylor went to the
Continued . . .
 Sevier Valley
Composite Squadron
By 1st Lt. Robert Nentwich, Squadron Commander
We started the second half
of 2006 on a very sad note. Our
Cadet Commander C/MSgt.
Skyler Nentwich was killed in
an auto accident on July 3rd.
The funeral was attended by
Officers from both Utah Wing
and Rocky Mountain Region,
including 2 Chaplains. The
Honor Guard conducted the cer-
emony at the gravesite, and pre-
sented the flag to Skyler’s
mother. Everyone was impressed
by the presence of the Civil
Air Patrol at the funeral.
C/MSgt. Jordan Garcia took
command of the cadets after
Skyler’s death, and has done an
outstanding job. Thanks to C/
MSgt. Garcia, and Maj. Janeen
Chazell, a few of the cadets
attended Wing Conference in
Park City, and the static rocket
firing at ATK in Promontory
Point. We also received our
second AEX award this year.
Our Cadet Dining Out was
held at Frontier Village Restau-
rant in Richfield on Nov. 15th.
Maj. Donna Todd, Vice Com-
mander, Utah Wing, Maj.
Janeen Chazell, Rocky Moun-
tain Region Director of Cadet
Programs, and Capt Dorothy
Christensen, Director of Aero-
space Education, Utah Wing,
attended. Cadets and family
members were on hand to wit-
ness a change of command cer-
emony presided over by Maj.
Todd. Maj. Chazell turned over
command of the Sevier Valley
Composite Squadron to 1st Lt.
Robert Nentwich.
Maj. Chazell will resume
her duties as Rocky Mountain
Region Director of Cadet Pro-
grams while continuing to work
with the cadets at Sevier Valley.
It must be said that without Maj.
Chazell’s leadership and hard
work we would not have a Cadet
Squadron in Sevier Valley.
1st Lt. Robert Nentwich has
been the Deputy Commander
for Cadets, Medical Officer, and
Aerospace Education Officer at
Sevier Valley. He lives in
Richfield with his wife Danette,
and has 6 adult children, and 7
1/2 grandchildren. Lt. Nentwich
has been a Family Practice Phy-
sician Assistant for the past 28
years. Prior to that he flew as a
Second Officer on DC-8, B-727,
& B-707 aircraft in the U.S., and
as a DC-8 Flight Engineer in
Germany. Lt. Nentwich holds a
Commercial Pilot Certificate
with Instrument and Multi-
engine Ratings, as well as Flight
Engineer Turbojet Certificates
in the US and Germany. During
his military Service, Lt.
Nentwich worked with the
Redstone Missile from 1958 to
1961.

Sub-for-Santa . . .
Continued
home of our family to drop off more food and
gifts. We had collected so much food and gifts we
didn’t have a place to store it. On Saturday after-
noon, 23 December 2006, the squadron met with
family and we certainly did surprise them. I am
certain they had a very happy and exciting Christmas.
Blackhawk Cadet members were happy to
have two very special members along with us on
23 December. Colonel Jack Butterfield and Pfc
Chandler Malichanh, assisted us in our delivery of
food and gifts. Pfc Malichanh is home on leave for
the Christmas holidays. It was a special time for all.
The Blackhawk Cadets have decide to adopt
“our family” for the next several months, mean-
ing, we will see them for all holidays and keep in
touch often. We will invite them to join us at our
meetings.
One final footnote, I spoke to the family after
Thanksgiving and ask the mom if she had en-
joyed her salad, “Oh, it was so wonderful and I
wanted to drink the Balsamic vinegar.” I then ask
her if she shared with her family, “just barely”
she replied laughingly.
My head is busting with pride concerning
what the Squadron has achieved for this family,
and all they have achieved this year. ★

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 In Memoriam,
September 11, 2001
Capt Arthur E. Woodgate, PAO
Texas Wing - Group III

It has been said that at the bottom of every

conflict lies the pursuit of gain or at least the possi-
bility of gain. Wealth of any kind is a powerful
magnet that attracts others who want it but are
unwilling to earn it. Nations are formed around
wealth, and protect it, and strive to increase it,
because wealth leads to power, and power confers
the ultimate status. Conflicts over wealth ought to
be resolved through fair trade practices, but at
times they lead to war, an activity that seldom
spares that very wealth that the aggressor feels
makes it all worth-while. Peace would seem easy
to achieve: all it takes is for two nations to respect
each other and work together in harmony. Yet,
throughout history, man has lived in a near perma-
nent state of war. Europe’s history is full of armed
conflicts, some of them lasting a century. As a
result, war and the justification for war are sub-
jects well studied and written about.
In ancient China, Sun Tzu (544-496 BC),
author of “The Art of War,” emphasized diplo-
macy over military intervention; deception and
overwhelming threat over meeting the enemy in
open battle; surprise and tactical flexibility over
saber-rattling and showing one’s battle plan. His
aim was to turn the enemy’s own strength against
him and thereby avoid war altogether. And his
goal was the annexation of the enemy in its totality.
In Prussia, 2,300 years later, Carl von
Clausewitz (1780-1831), author of “On War,”
influenced military thinking far beyond the con-
fines of his country and century.
He stated that, “War is nothing
but a wrestling match on a larger
scale.” He also defined it as fol-
lows, “War is a continuation of
‘policy’—or of ‘politics’—by
other means.” (a difficult sen-
tence to translate, because the
German “Politik” means both
“policy” and “politics”). He pro-
posed resolution through
“destruction of the enemy’s will
to resist,” rather than, “destruc-
tion of the enemy.” His aim was
to strike the enemy with over-
whelming and irresistible force so
as to show him that resistance
would be futile. And his goal was the annexation survived The Cold War, but a permanent peace
of the enemy in its totality. remains a dream. Worse yet, a radical group of
During World War II, Germany rested assured individuals, offering religious reasons not univer-
that its Enigma machine was unassailable, and that sally accepted, is now waging what history might
the messages encrypted with it were wrapped in well end up calling “The Terror War” against
total, permanent secrecy. Britain broke the code, America. Its most visible effect has been the
and as the messages poured in, and the Battle of destruction of New York City’s Twin Towers,
Britain was drawing to a close, they learned of ter- with considerable loss of life and property. A link
rible news – in a massive show of force, the to the images was sent to me by my friend
Luftwaffe was about to carpet-bomb Coventry, a Muldoon Elder. http://www.group3txwing.org/
bucolic English place, because they wanted to content/0611/newsletter0611.htm
destroy the camouflaged airplane engine factory On September 13, 2001, “Ed” took these pho-
that was there... but didn’t know its exact location. tos at Ground Zero, where New York’s World
What was the English Government to do? Alert the Trade Center’s Twin Towers used to stand. He
population and let the enemy know that the managed to gain entrance to the area when all
Enigma machine had lost all value? Or say nothing civilians, including the press, were denied access.
and let the innocent die, in the interest of national These are believed to be the first images of the
safety? English 17th century ethics won, and “the disaster after the attack. Collectively, they consti-
good of the many” was chosen... tute a record of great loss, immense suffering, and
When Coventry was bombed on November 15, untold cruelty wreaked upon ordinary citizens.
1940, the cathedral (that luckily was not holding ser- They move this viewer deeply, and serve as a
vices) was totally destroyed, so this loss only involved reminder of how fragile our society is – it is built
an irreplaceable and beautiful national treasure that on laws, and its permanence is dependent on its
happened to be 600 years old. With the cathedral, inhabitants’ willingness to follow those laws.
extremely valuable property beyond price was lost, but The gauntlet has been thrown, and we cannot
not lives – however, many lives were lost elsewhere in afford to bury our head in the sand. Instead, we
the city on that awful night. The rain of destruction must have the grit to stand up to the challenge. ★
went on for nine hours
until dawn. On the fol-
lowing day, the German
High Command an-
nounced that Coventry
had been bombed in
reprisal for the British
attack on Munich. In
those days, the loss of
non-combatant lives
still mattered, so an
explanation was not
only expected but a
matter of honor.
Today’s new moral-
ity, on the other hand,
is free of any such
constraints. Since
World War II, West-
ern civilization has
Forming the Optional Command Level
Utah Groups
By Mark Wilkinson
Col. Robert Bost recently
announced the formation of
groups within Utah Wing.
During the planning process,
there were many questions from
those involved about how this
change will occur. Undoubtedly,
you also have questions. Hope-
fully, this article will answer
many of your questions and put
you at ease.
There are two reasons Utah
Wing is forming groups: Span
of control and geographic area.
Either one of these reasons
alone is justification for forming
groups (CAP Regulation 20-1,
para 18). The natural questions
surrounding this change are:
How will this affect me and my
squadron? Why are we doing
this now? Is this really going to
solve more problems than it
creates?
ORGANIZATION
To really answer the ques-
tion as to how this will affect
each member and their squad-
ron, we should discuss the orga-
nization of the groups. There
will be three groups. Capt. Mark
Wilkinson will command the
Utah Northern Group. Lt. Col.
Matt Johnson will command the
Utah Central Group. Capt. Deb
Emans will command the Utah
Southern Group.
Per National regulations,
each group is being organized
with five subordinate units. The
Utah Northern Group will
include the the Bountiful and
Wasatch Senior Squadrons, the
Glider Flight, and the Cache
Valley and Weber-Minuteman
Composite Squadrons. It
includes Utah’s northern coun-
ties, plus the northwest corner of
Salt Lake County. The Utah
Central Group will include the
Blackhawk, Thunderbird, Phan-
tom, and Phoenix Cadet Squad-
rons, and the Uintah Basin Com-
posite Squadron. It includes
most of Salt Lake County (all
but the northwest corner), Utah
County, and everything east of
there. The Utah Central Group
includes the Castle Valley,
Cedar, Red Rock, St. George,
and Sevier Valley Composite
Squadrons. It includes the coun-
ties in the southern half of the
state.
The attached map shows
the division of the groups by
counties.
Continued . . .
Regulations
Pertaining to
Group Command
CAPR 20-1 - Organization of Civil
Air Patrol
Figure 10, 11 - Organization
Part III - Position
Responsibilities
CAPR 20-3 - Charters and Other
Organization Actions
Para 5 - New unit charter
CAPR 35-5 - CAP Officer and
Noncommissioned Officer
Appointments and Promotions
Para 5, 32 - Promoting
Authority
CAPR 39-2 - Civil Air Patrol
Membership
Para 2-3 - Cadet Membership
Dues
Para 3-4 - Senior Membership
Dues
CAPR 39-3 - Award of CAP Medals,
Ribbons, and Certificates
Para 7 - CAP Awards Review
Board
Para 18 - Authority to Award
Ribbons
Para 38 - Certificate of
Accomplishment
Para 40 - Certificates of
Appreciation
CAPR 50-17 - CAP Senior Member
Professional Development
Program
Para 2-1 - Training
Para 2-3 - Testing
Para 3-6 - [Orientation] How
Conducted
Para 6-6 - CAP Inspector
General College
Para 7-2 - National Staff
College
CAPR 51-1 - Drug Demand
Reduction Program
Section II - Goals and
Objectives
Para 3-1 - Structure
Para 3-4 - DDRP Budget
Application and Instructions
Attachment 2 - DDR Job
Descriptions
Continued . . .
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Utah Groups
Continued . . . Regulations
Pertaining to
ntroducing the Utah Wing Group Commanders:
Introducing Group Command
• Lt. Col. Matt Johnson will command the Utah Central Group. He is a Spaatz
cadet and is actively involved in the The Spaatz Association. He’s been a CAPR 52-16 - Cadet Program
member of the Utah and California Wings. He is currently transitioning out of Management
Para 1-3e - Training Leaders of
his position as the Utah Wing Professional Development Officer. He was a Cadets
group cadet programs officer in California Wing and has attended 16 en- Para 2-10b - Gen. Billy Mitchell
campments. He is also a private pilot and a mission scanner. Award
• Capt. Deb Emans will command the Utah Southern Group. She is the Deputy Para 3-1 - [CAC] Purpose
Commander for Cadets in the Cedar Composite Squadron. She’s been in CAPR 67-1 - Civil Air Patrol
Utah Wing for the last year. Prior to that, she spent four years in Nevada Property Regulation
Para 2-15 - Annual Inventory
Wing, where she was heavily involved in their ground team. Para 2-17 - Mandatory
• Capt. Mark Wilkinson will command the Utah Northern Group. He was the Records and Files
commander of the Cache Valley Composite Squadron before transferring as CAPR 123-1 - The Civil Air Patrol
an ARCHER operator to the Weber-Minuteman Composite Squadron. His Inspector General Program
first interest in CAP is aerospace education. Professionally, he is a spacecraft Para 5 - Appointment, Duties
avionics systems engineer. He is a qualified mission observer and ground and Responsibilities of
Subordinate Unit Inspectors
team leader. He was the 2005 Senior Member of the Year for Rocky Mountain General (IG) and Investigating
Region. Officers
Para 6 - Authority to Direct
Inspector general Assessments
How will the organization of house, cadet programs, wing is and Investigations
groups impact squadron still responsible for the annual Para 9 - Training Requirements
operations? encampment (CAPR 52-16, for Inspectors General
Para 12 - Protection of
Groups are often called para. 5-1c), the annual cadet Inspector general Records
mini-wings. This is not an accu- competition, and the annual CAPR 123-2 - Complaints
rate description of the function cadet dining out (CAPP 52-19, Para 8 - Complaint Processing
of groups. Groups do not main- page 8). CAPR 123-3 - Civil Air Patrol
tain an incident command cen- Because of the large geo- Compliance Assessment
ter. They do not have the author- graphic area of Utah, Utah Wing Program
Para 11 - Subordinate Unit
ity to train incident commanders will form group CACs (CAPR Inspections (SUIs)
and to authorize missions. Mis- 52-16, para. 3-1). Group CACs CAPR 173-1 - Financial Procedures
sion operations is a function of will meet monthly, and the and Accounting Report for
the wing, not the group. Mission Wing CAC will meet quarterly. Units Below Wing Level
approval must come from the In the near future, Utah Wing’s Para 15 - Reporting
USAF or a CAP Corporate Of- requirement for a cadet mile- CAPR 210-1 - Civil Air Patrol
Historical Program
ficer (CAPR 60-1, para. 1-4 and stone review board will become Para 1-1 - Purpose and
1-5). Nevertheless, groups will the responsibility of the group Objectives of the CAP
have flight release officers, but commander rather than the wing Historical Program
group will act under the supervi- commander (UWS 52-16, para CAPR 280-1 - Civil Air Patrol
sion of the wing. Groups are 2-3f). Cadet orientation flights Aerospace Education Mission
responsible to ensure that an may be coordinated at the group Para 3 - Aerospace Education
Positions
operations program is main- level or the wing level, though CAPR 900-2 - Civil Air Patrol Seal,
tained to provide qualified, pro- authorization must come from a Emblem and Flag Etiquette
ficient personnel to conduct flight release officer (CAPR Para 8b4 - Group and
operations (CAPR 60-3, para. 1-6). 60-1, chapter 4). Squadron Flags
On the other side of the Continued . . .

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Utah Groups
Continued . . .
PURPOSE
Why now? This is an inevi-
table question to the current
change. Utah Wing has func-
tioned without groups for years.
CAP National is demanding so
much of Col. Bost’s time that he
cannot address the needs of the
squadrons. He knows this, and
he knows this is a problem.
If you have completed your
general emergency services
training, you know about span
of control. Basically it states
that at any level of command, a
superior should have between 3
and 7 direct-reporting subordi-
nates. Col. Bost currently has 16
(14 squadron commanders, 1
flight commander, and 1 chief of
staff). As a CAP corporate
officer, he has an added
workload coming from National.
What are some of the things
going on at National? For one,
CAP is fixing its communica-
tions infrastructure. Millions of
dollars are going into acquiring
new repeaters and the radios to
converse through them. Our cur-
rent equipment, which is not
NTIA-compliant will be
excessed. This is a huge job, and
if each squadron is going to get
their fair share of the new capa-
bilities and get trained to use it,
it is going to occur at the group
level. Wing is too over-taxed to
handle the interface with
National and with each squadron.
Additionally, Utah Wing
operates a Gippsland GA8
Airvan with the ARCHER sys-
tem and will soon be receiving a
Cessna 182 with the G1000 avi-
onics. Each of these things
requires a significant amount of
administration between wing
and National, taking time away
from squadrons.
In addition, there is the mat-
ter of training. One of the rea-
sons Utah Wing was suspended
from flight operations last year
was a lack of qualified mission
base personnel, particularly
incident commanders and sec-
tion chiefs (CAPR 60-3, chapter
2). The only ICS positions
requiring wing commander
approval are agency liaison and
incident commander (CAPR 60-
3, para 2-2). It will fall to the
group commanders to aid the
squadron commanders in pro-
viding the training opportunities
their members require.
Utah Wing has also come
under scrutiny because of its
inspector general program. It is
not functioning at the expected
standard. This is partly due to
the large number of squadrons
reporting to the wing. Rather
than functioning as an organiza-
tion that helps squadrons con-
tinually improve their programs,
it is overloaded to the point
where it is barely able to accom-
plish its primary function of
oversight.
TRADE-OFFS
Forming groups will not only
solve problems, it will create
them as well. There is no illusion
at the wing and group command
levels that this will be a smooth-
sailing magical panacea.
Some of the more notable
problems we expect include
transition, man-power drain, and
yet another management layer.
There will be a lot of confusion
during the transition. It is
impossible to create a perfect
division of responsibilities
between the wing commander
and the group commanders.
What makes the organization of
groups particularly challenging
is a lack of directives from
National regarding groups.
Where squadrons and wings
have a nearly-immutable list of
responsibilities, group responsi-
bilities are largely defined by
the wing commander.
Perhaps the largest concern
is the manpower drain on the
squadrons. Qualified officers for
the group staff are not going to
magically materialize. They
must come from somewhere.
The concern is that the groups
will steal essential people from
squadrons, creating a larger
problem than is being solved. To
mitigate this risk, the group
staffs are being formed slowly,
and they are being formed with-
out robbing squadrons of their
best people. Over the next sev-
eral months, group commanders
will be asking members to find
and train their replacement at
the squadron level. Afterward,
they’ll be transferred to group
staff.
Of course, there is the view
that this added layer of manage-
ment will remove the squadron
commanders, by one more chain
link, from the deciding author-
ity. This is not as justifiable a
concern. Members seeking
promotion to captain will not
have to go through the wing
Continued . . .
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 If you desire more
information on the
Utah Civil Air Patrol,
please complete this form
and mail to:
Utah Wing, Civil Air Patrol
640 North 2360 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Name ____________________________
Compliments
Address __________________________ of a friend
supporting
__________________________________

City ______________________________
State ____________ Zip _____________ Civil Air Patrol.

Utah Groups staff). That simply means that if

Continued . . .
commander. Checking out a
practice ELT can occur at the
group command level, rather
than the wing command level.
Cadet milestone review boards
will be held at a more-local
Group Headquarters rather than
at the Wing Headquarters.
The big question most
squadron commanders have is
this: Are these problems worth
it? Having been a squadron
commander, I believe so.
Without the group structure,
the wing commander has a span
of control of 16 subordinates (14
squadron commanders, 1 flight
commander, and 1 chief of
each of those people sends the
wing commander only one
email per month, then he must
respond to one email every-
other day. As a squadron com-
mander, have you often felt the
wing commander was not
addressing your concerns? It
isn’t out of malice or for some ne-
farious purpose you feel ignored.
It is simple volunteer overload.
The incident command sys-
tem states that the ideal span of
control is 5 people. Without
groups, the wing commander’s
span is three times this.
With a group structure, the
group commander will have a
span of control of 6 people (5
squadron/flight commanders
and 1 chief of staff). The wing
commander’s span of control
will reduce to about 4 (3 group
commanders and 1 chief of
staff). This will improve, not
impede communications,
through the chain of command.
While there is a lot that
remains to be determined as to
how these groups will function,
they are not being formed
impulsively. A lot of thought
has gone into forming them, and
a lot of planning has been
accomplished. We hope this
article assures you of this.
If you have any concerns,
questions, or advice concerning
this transition, please commu-
nicate them through your chain
of command. ★

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 New GA 8 Finds a Home in Salt Lake City and
is Ready to Celebrate One Year Birthday
By Capt. David Young
The most frequently asked
question of the flight crew, this
past year, from the SLC tower,
or the en-route controller was,
“CAP Flight 9974, what is a
GA-8?”, we responded,
“Gippsland Air Van from
Australia, 8 place, high wing,
single engine, based at SLC”,
There was a pause from the
controller, “I suppose you have
been asked this question before
and I am sure you will be asked
again.” We smiled, and contin-
ued on with the flight. Today,
the aircraft is a familiar sight in
the sky and on radar and the
pilot rarely has to answer
t h e q u e s t i o n , “ Wh a t i s a
Gipplsand?”
After GA 8 flight training at
Mojave California Test Pilot
School, Capt Bob Eder and Capt
David Young flew the brand
new (only 7 hours on the tach)
N474CP Gippsland to its new
home at Salt Lake City.
22 February 2006. The
aircraft has attracted a lot of
interest, curiosity and questions
from the Utah Wing Members
and it certainly occupies a large
portion of the Wing hangar. The
aircraft has a wing span of 40
feet, nose to tail length of 30
Feet, and make sure the hangar
door is open all the way because
the top of the tail is 13 feet high!
This past year, ground
school and flight training for
qualified pilots has been an
ongoing activity. The aircraft,
while comparatively easy to fly
poses additional PIC and flight
crew challenges because of its
size and complexity of systems.
T h e year, has proven to be success-
“Gipper”, as
it has been
so affection-
ately named,
is a great ad-
dition to the
Utah Wing.
While
pilot train-
ing has been
underway
this past
year other
members of the Utah Wing have
been qualifying as ARCHER
technicians.
ARCHER is the acronym for
airborne real-time cueing
hyperspectral enhanced recon-
naissance which analyzes an
object’s reflected light to locate
items that may not be visible to
the human eye from the air.
The GA 8, as an aerial sup-
port platform for the ARCHER
program, will deliver an amaz-
ing combination of high tech-
nology and portability.
The combination of Gipps-
land and ARCHER, this past
ful for search and rescue of hur-
ricane and flood victims, disas-
ters, border patrol, and most
recently locating stranded people
and cattle in the heavy snows of CO.
The Gippsland ARCHER
team will support current and
new “Mission Needs” for the
CAP. The Utah Wing is now
positioned with specially trained
pilots, technicians, the technol-
ogy and aircraft needed to meet
tomorrow’s missions.
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 Our
Search
for
Destiny
2d Lt Susan Chamberlin,
PAO, Utah Wing, CAP
Last July the Salt Lake
Valley experienced a heat spell,
with three digit temps and no
new moisture. During that time,
most of Utah’s CAP members
were at Camp Williams, teach-
ing or learning skills at Encamp-
ment. Others who could be con-
tacted were called on a special
Community Mission, to search
for a little girl named Destiny
who had been missing for about
a week. Her neighbors had been
searching too, from door to
door, in empty buildings, car
trunks and vacant lots—all with
no results. A major search had
been organized through the local
Commander of the Utah
Wing of CAP, Col Robert Bost,
assembled and led the group
who arrived at the Wing Build-
ing that Saturday morning. It
was hot, about 104 degrees
Cadets who came to search for Destiny.
outside, and the sun beat down
like a heat lamp, even in the
early hours. Some searchers
were experienced and well-
trained, but not everyone. We
had a few new cadets, some
senior members from squad-
rons, trained staff members and
cadets, and a lot of enthusiasm
to help in the search for Destiny.
We arrived at the ‘search
headquarters’, a neighborhood
church, where television media
had gathered for almost a week,
waiting for some word. It was
bustling and busy—search
teams were being dispersed to
locations on a grid map, and
search leaders were briefing the
teams. Law enforcement and
groups preparing food and water
for the searchers kept a constant
vigil, greeting and observing the
arrivals.
Our assignment was in an
industrial section with over-
grown fields and canal, junked
cars, trucking and shipping
yards, and dumpsters along
commercial strips of buildings.
Most of the businesses were
closed, but those open gave
overwhelming support to the
search, answering questions,
allowing us to check out parked
cars, dumpsters, crates and
boxes on their property and even
a few trunks and truck beds. We
were instructed about personal
safety, then we were off in
teams.
Our two vans and crew kept
in contact by radio as we swept
fields and lots, meeting back at
the entry gates to report. By
noon nothing had been found,
but that was okay. The need to
eliminate areas where Destiny
couldn’t be found was important
too. No one really wanted
to turn up bad news, and I
Col Bost discusses
searching at
construction site.
wondered how some would
handle it if we did find. We kept
ourselves hydrated, then at
lunchtime, ate MREs under a
shade tree in a parking lot. It
was the first time for me, and
they were pretty good!
After our short lunch break,
we continued searching for
another hour or so in an empty
field of perhaps 5 acres, learning
first hand about trying to do a
line search in that terrain. Bro-
ken glass, mounds of dirt and
concrete, discarded tires, wire,
rope and paper were mixed in
with the growth, making it
somewhat dangerous to maneu-
ver. The growth was thick and
high, but worse, mosquitoes
were nesting among the tall
weeds. Rustling through
brought them out in hoards, so
we had to use mosquito repel-
lant along with sun block. The
heat became almost too much
for many of us, and we had to
take short breaks to recoup. No
Terrain in the vacant fields.
one, it seemed, wanted to quit!
During the afternoon search
a cadet came upon a suspicious
area. He followed protocol and
did not disturb the area, but
rather called to seniors. I was the
first to arrive, and found an old
sleeping back supported by
tires. We inspected the bag and
area for information. It was just
an old bag where no doubt
someone had spent the night, but
not recently.
We returned to the search
headquarters having completed
our grid. Col Bost reported to
the authorities and was
debriefed. We were given
another quadrant, with strict
orders that no one was to reveal
the area. Our vans were dis-
patched to a “hot” area in Park
City, where we followed up on a
tip. After searching until about
6pm, we once again came up
empty handed. But our groups
were dedicated, professional
and organized down to the last
search member. We learned
some great lessons about
searches, teamwork, and about
CAP working in the community.
Furthermore, the event defines
the kind of preparation CAP
members will need in the future
to play a role in providing
service within our communities.
★
A short break for
weary cadets. The
heat wave didn’t
stop the search.
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 One of the more interesting
missions undertaken by the Utah
Wing CAP during 2006 was a
joint operation with the US
Coast Guard. The mission
#06UT 06-03 was organized by
Capt. Ralph Morelli Wing US
COAST GUARD LIASON
Officer and former Naval
Officer during the Vietnam era.
The objective of the mission
was to determine the feasibility
of locating a boat or person in
distress in open water, then send
pictures and locate on coordi-
nates back to the Utah Wing
Com Van. The Com Van per-
sonnel in turn would coordinate
rescue efforts with the Cost
Guard. The operation was
undertaken at Bear Lake. The
Com Van location was located
at the Marina on the west shore.
Pictures were taken with Utah
Wing Nikon SDID cameras,
edited with Nikon software and
sent over the Internet back to the
Com Van. Lt Jason Rowley took
the picture above from 1000ft.
AGL in C 182 N210BB piloted
by Capt. Dave Edgerly. The
Com Van and crew, Lt Col
Donna Todd and Lt Mike
Knutson, can be seen in the
lower left center of the above
picture.

Wasatch Joint Operation with

the US Coast Guard
From all reports the mission
was considered very successful,
as all targets were quickly
located. Below is a picture of the
flight crew participants in front
of our newest C 182, N811CP.
From left to right, Lt Jason
Rowley, Lt Brent Ludlow, Lt
Nick Galanis and Capt Dave
Edgerly. Picture taken by Lt.
Gary Henry, Wasatch Squadron
Ops. Officer. Shutter: 1/415sec
Aperture: F7.1 Focal Length:
f8.9mm (X1.0) Date:
2006.06.03 11:28 Quality:
2560x1920 Fine.

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Gary Proctors C 170.
Boy Scouts Flying With
Utah Wing, EAA & GA
During the fall of 2006 when
the Utah Wing was not doing a
lot of flying, Lt Ernie Myers
came to the Wasatch Squadron
with a unique request. As a
scout master for a large Boy
Scout Troop, Ernie a CAP mis-
sion pilot also an airline pilot
wanted to give every boy in his
troop an airplane ride. He
couldn’t do it alone even though
he had his own C 172. The word
went out for volunteers with air-
planes to fly the boy scouts.
The response was way more
than he expected. Not only did
Wasatch provide planes and
pilots but also a group of other
GA pilots joined in. On Oct. 28
airplanes began to line up in
front of Mark Losee’s hangar
for the big event. Ernie was out
there standing up on the bed of
his pick up truck with a Bull
Horn directing the operation.
Each Boy Scout was given a
briefing then directed out to an
airplane for a ride. Safety was
paramount. Operations were
limited so that not too many air-
planes were in the pattern at one
time. One by one each aircraft
taxied out, did its run up, took
off, came back around for a low
pass in front of the onlookers
then came back and landed. In
all 60 boy scouts got rides along
with many of their parents.
Somewhere around 100 flights
in all. Each Boy Scout received
a young Eagle Certificate signed
by Harrison Ford and his pilot.
The icing on the cake hap-
pened when George Sparsgen, a
Sky West Captain showed up
with his Chipmonk, a Canadian
air force fighter pilot trainer.
He was the true volunteer as he
had not even been asked to
participate.
The following GA pilots
participated: Gary Proctor, a
much admired SLC Police
officer and great Pilot- C170,
Scott Walker, great hanger
pilot- C172, George Sparsgen,
aerobatic pilot. Chipmonk,
Patrick Doyle, bush pilot-
PA20-160.
The following Wasatch
Pilots were: Maj Ralph Cravens-
C182, Lt Gary Henry- Piper
Cherokee 235, Lt Brent Ludlow-
Piper Cherokee 235, Maj Gil
Williams-C 172, Lt Ernie
Myers-C 172, Capt Dave
Edgerly- Piper Pacer, Maj Gill
Williams of Bountiful Squadron
even showed to fly Ernie’s air-
plane while Ernie was on the
ground directing the operation.
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 Information/Press Release
– 23 November 2006

CACHE VALLEY COMPOSITE

SQUADRON (CVCS)

Cadet participants with full-scale RSRM inert motor.

The morning of Thursday, briefings by two of ATK’s top program chief engineers, dis-
16 Nov 2006 started earlier than people in their respective fields. cussing methods used to insulate
most school days for For the first hour of Aero- the reusable motor cases from
twentythree cadets of the Civil space Education, cadets and the intense heat produced by
Air Patrol’s Utah Wing as they officers were treated to an infor- burning rocket fuel. The second
arose in time to join squadron mative video about how Space hour found participants engaged
officers for travel to the ATK Shuttle booster motors are in discussion with a scientific
Launch Systems rocket motor manufactured, used, and refur- programmer as he talked about
manufacturing facility near bished, followed by the pre- the evolution of the U.S. space
Promontory, Utah. Arriving senter, one of the RSRM program over its fifty-year
from various Utah locations
(Richfield – 245 mi, Price – 195
mi, Salt Lake City – 85 mi, and
Logan – 55 mi), participants
immersed themselves in a full
day of Aerospace Education –
and fun. A visit to the Rocket
Garden provided a first-hand
look at many historical rocket
motors (now inert, of course),
the highlight being a full-scale
Space Shuttle Reusable Solid
Rocket Motor (RSRM) booster.
After a brief visit to the me-
mento store, squadrons con-
vened at a conference room for
lunch, followed by two hours of
intensive aerospace science

Cadets get ready to do traffic and

crowd control.

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history, how demands
of the program helped
drive changes to com-
puters, and how many
space-related techno-
logical advances have
contributed to signifi-
cant increases in the
U.S. and world stan-
dards of living.
The day ended
with a roar – literally
– as the CAP visitors
witnessed the static
test of a fullscale
RSRM. Arriving
early at the public
viewing areas, appro-
priately uniformed Intense light and plume during the two-minute burn of the RSRM.
cadets and officers helped ATK up the area for miles around as Squadron, Salt Lake City, Utah:
Security and the Utah Highway the smoke plume billowed hun- Cadets: Austin Harris, Robert
Patrol with traffic and crowd dreds of feet into the night sky. Hawk, Nick Miller, Max
control as thousands of specta- Event participants were: Myers, Brad Newman, Alex
tors arrived for the test. Sched- Castle Valley Composite Trujillo, Dan Wallace, and
uled for about 45 minutes after Squadron, Price, Utah: David Weaver
sunset, this was the first night- Cadets: Ryan Hall, Garrick Officers: Victor Jaeger and
time test of an RSRM since Hanson Lori Wallace
1992. With loud speakers in the Officers: Jim Horrocks and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the
viewing areas to keep visitors Koreen Horrocks. official civilian auxiliary to the
informed, anticipation mounted Cache Valley Composite United States Air Force. CAP’s
as the clock ticked toward the Squadron, Logan, Utah: Utah Wing consists of some six-
scheduled test time, when flood Cadets: Josh Hansen, Josh teen squadrons statewide par-
lights at the test site – about 1½ Hendrickson, Chase Hicken, ticipating in CAP’s three pri-
miles away – at last were extin- Zach Hopkins, Stefani Lewis, mary missions: Cadet Programs,
guished. While everyone Jooyoung Lim, a nd Brayden Aerospace Education, and
strained to see through the dark- Mickelson Emergency Services. Informa-
ness, speakers and crowd Officers: Inken Christensen tion can be obtained from the
chanted the final seconds – 5 – 4 and Milt Maughan World Wide Web by visiting
– 3 – 2 – 1. The test motor Sevier Valley Composite www.cap.gov, or by calling
ignited with a silent flash of Squadron, Richfield, Utah: CAP Utah Wing Headquarters
flame almost blinding in its Cadets: Jessica Anderson, at 800-699-8227.
intensity. The shock wave and Jordan Garcia, Shelby Released by: Chaplain
roar produced by the almost 2 Johnson, Josh Langston, (Capt) Milton Maughan, Squad-
million pounds of rocket thrust Kristofer Scott-Shay, and ron Chaplain, Cache Valley
took about five seconds to reach Aubrey Smith Composite Squadron (RMR
the viewing areas where people Officer: Janeen Chazell UT049), Logan, Utah, chaplain
stood awestruck as the burn lit Thunderbird Composite .maughan@comcast.net. ★

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Conference
Oct. 2006