ROCKFORD CAP NOTES

1LT. Corey Stohlquist, Editor

October 2005

FROM THE COMMANDER

Captain Randolph Lovelace

CAMP LEAD
The Second Annual Camp Lead was held the weekend of 17-18 September at LOMC , in Oregon Illinois. The two day event covered Low and High Ropes, many team building exercises, and UDF Training.

Helping Each Other

We have volunteered ourselves and our time to the Civil Air Patrol, and in doing so have enriched our own lives. However, we enrich more than ourselves as we continue growing within this organization. Last month, Rockford Composite Squadron again hosted Camp Lead. Cadets worked on drill, ES qualifications, confidence courses, team exercises, ate really bad food and loved every bit of it! For the seniors that attempted the hanging tire exercise thanks for the entertainment you provided to the cadets. And remember, you were outdone by a bunch of kids! During Camp Lead, we had a need for UDF training as well as adult female attendance for the welfare of our female cadets. Lt. James Kalemis and Lt. Doris Mangano stepped up to the plate to support both of those needs. Without compensation of any kind, Lt. Kalemis came to Camp Lead early Saturday morning (after a late night of ES practice), and spent a grueling day working with Rockford cadets to help give them a needed push towards ES mission specialties. Afterwards, he created compass courses for two of our senior members, and tasked them to nearly complete UDF-T cards. Finally, at the end of the day, Lt. Kalemis returned home to retrieve a telescope, and came back to Oregon, IL to demonstrate the wonders of the sky to interested attendees of Camp Lead. Lt. Mangano, after spending the day traveling to Chicago and back home, came out to Camp Lead (1.5 hrs more driving) to spend the night at our campsite. Without Lt. Manganos overnight presence at Camp Lead, we probably would have cancelled the operation, rather than sending female cadets home for the evening to return the next day. In giving of their time, these two CAP members showed us what can be done when members work together on a task; they showed how much more can be accomplished when two units partner up to complete a mission. Lt Mangano and Lt Kalemis were crucial to our mission, and filled the positions with excellence. Thank you both for your wonderful assistance! The actions of these two members from McHenry County Composite Squadron got me thinking a bit more about teamwork. If we were to take a lesson from their actions, it should certainly start with Provide the whatever assistance you can towards the accomplishment of the mission. Many times, we get caught up in our own processes. We spend a great deal of time working on specific tasks, quite often only for personal gain. However, we need to remember that we have something others need from us. We have our experience, our skill sets and our presence than can all greatly influence whether others succeed or fail at the tasks they attempt.

Attending this years CAMP LEAD were: Cadets Elizabeth Barkmann, Josh Harper, Trevor Kahl, Justin Scherer, Sarah Stohlquist and Senior Members attending were: Capt. Randy Lovelace, Captain Jerry Scherer, Captain J. Michael Coats, 1Lt. Ron Gwaltney, 1Lt. Corey Stohlquist, 2nd Lt. John McElligott, and SM Richard Jensen, also attending for training was 1Lt. James Kalemis; and 1Lt. Doris Mangano (overnight as female chaperone). A great time was had by all! There will be a Special Photo Edition for Camp Lead soon.

CAP Assists at 2nd Annual Weekend Wings North

On September 23-24, CAP members assisted at the Second Annual Weekend Wings Program-North, held at DeKalb-Taylor Municipal Airport (DKB) in DeKalb Illinois. The Weekend Wings Program sponsored by the Illinois Bureau of Aeronautics, and the DuPAGE (FAA) FSDO Office offers Pilots an opportunity to take a free check ride with a Flight Instructor at no charge, attend Safety Seminars and receive a training certificate from the FAA and a wings pin to wear to indicate your Wings Accomplishment level as a Proficient Pilot. Many Flight Instructors were at this event offering their services for free check rides. It was announced that the Program will continue at DKB next year as well. CAP personnel for the second year, operated the Ramp at DeKalb for this event. On Friday there were approximately 70 Aircraft movements and on Saturday approximately 30, with the event closing in the early Saturday afternoon due to Thunderstorm activity. In addition to providing Aircraft Marshalling, Lt. Stohlquist gave a short briefing to pilots before they flew their sorties, regarding Ramp Procedures. There was also an Illinois Wing Training Mission number issued, two members completed their Flight Line Marshaller tasking and one completed Flight Line Supervisor Tasking at this Mission. Those CAP members participating on the Mission were: Captain Abbie Fridell, Captain Jay Fridell, and Capt. Wm. Watson of IL-282 (Lake in the Hills Composite Squadron) and Capt. Jerry Scherer and 1Lt. Corey Stohlquist of IL-251 (Rockford Composite Squadron) . The Wings Weekend North Activity would be an excellent opportunity to work on your ES Flight Line Marshalling qualification, and keep your skills looking sharp.

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IL-251
October 2005

(From the Commandercontinued) Id like to see each of us as supportive and willing as the members of the McHenry County Composite Squadron. Id like to see each of us asking how can I help? when interacting with other units. Id love to see each of us asking the same question of each of our own units members! Lets all work on those concepts and see how much we can enjoy the process of helping each other. In other business: lets all offer congratulations to Lt Corey Stohlquist; he got his aviation medical back and has completed his BFR requirements. Hes flying again, and loving it! On another front, I finally got to buy my airplane. For any seniors wanting to get a taste of flight, get in touch with me. Ill be happy to take you up and let you experience the joy separation from the Earth while being fully in touch with your own senses! (Lt Gwaltney sorry, but your wife wont let you come out and play with us. It takes a better man than me to be able to argue with Kim about it!) Finally, for all seniors: please go through your regulations pertaining to your specialty tracks and ensure all your fiscal yearend reports are up to date, and check on all your other reporting responsibilities at the same time. Ive asked Capt. Scherer to work with each of you to make sure your documentation is up to date and that youre actually doing the required work to progress in your positions. If you have any questions about what you might have remaining to knock out a skill level, please see Lt. Stohlquist. Hes primed and ready for your questions!

Flight Line Marshalling / ES Training

Flight Light Line Marshalling or FLM, is perhaps one of the most interesting that we offer for Cadets and Seniors to participate in, however its not just go out to the Flight Line and learn on the job anymore. This is a very popular activity, each Spring we Marshall aircraft for the EAA Chapter 22 Fly-In Breakfast at Courtesy Aviation each May; and at other Fly-Ins, or CAP ES Missions throughout the year. Sometime between Fall and Spring we will offer Flight Line Marshalling training at the Squadron, at this time we have three ES qualified Flight Line Marshallers in the Squadron and all three are also SET Evaluators. Completing this training will allow you to participate in Aircraft Marshalling at these events and also at CAP SAREXs and actual missions, If you do not train and at least have a SQTR for FLM, you will not be able to go out and work on the Flight Line. How to participate in ES training for FLM, the first thing that you have to do as a Cadet is to have your first promotion to Cadet Airman, and complete the entire CAP116 Emergency Services Questionnaire online at: https://tests.cap.af.mil/ops/tests/default.cfm?Message=O k&grp=dos after completing the entire 50 question test, with a score of 100% print out the certificate and bring it to the Squadron Meeting and give it to the Commander, you should print out the certificate and also the pdf version of the certificates. Next take the CAP117 Continuing Education Test for Aircrews and print both of the certificates out and bring to the meeting. You are almost there! The next step is to obtain the Aircrew Task Book, sold through CAPmart, this book has the different tasks that you will need to learn to get your FLM SQTR issued., and that is accomplished through the Flight Line Marshalling SET persons. Tests are hard you say? Well.. The CAP116 and CAP117 are open book tests and you can refer online through CAP.GOV to get the appropriate information while taking the rest. Its not that hard, its better to be properly trained and do it the right way than to be untrained and increase Operational Risk Management and have someone get hurt or property damaged. We have all have a lot of time to accomplish this, it only takes effort on your part, if you want to participate, dont wait til the last minute and expect to participate.

1Lt. Corey Stohlquist, SE/MSO

Captain Randolph Lovelace, Commander

(Thanks for your words about my returning to the Wild Blue Yonder, I couldnt have succeeded so rapidly without all the encouragement I I received from all my friends in CAP!!) Lt. Stohlquist

CAP National Museum

While browsing through the National HQ. Website, I found an interesting website, it details CAP WWII History with text and photos. Its well worth your time to see what CAP did in its beginnings and compare it to todays Mission. Go to http://www.caphistory.org/ for further information. They also offer some books, lithographs, and DVDs on CAP WWII History for a donation

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Summer Encampment
CADET PAO
Beginning in next months Newsletter, I will welcome C/1Lt. Jeramee Scherer, who will be assisting me with the Rockford CAPNOTES Newsletter, as part of his Staff Duty Analysis. And in doing so will follow most of the same guidelines as a Senior Member PAO would follow in a PAO Specialty Track. I know that C/Lt. Scherer will definitely be an asset for the Newsletter, he has already written an article about CAMP LEAD, that will appear in this Newsletter and I will also be sending it on to CAP NEWS Online for publication consideration, along with a photograph. By: C/A1C Elizabeth Barkmann Summer encampment is different from spring in numerous ways. Instead of two weekends in a row it was a week. Everyone had a lot of fun and made new friends. COM/SEC (communications and security) is a support flight that monitors radios and does fire watch for the entire encampment. Some cadets believed that COM/SEC was all fun and no work, not likely, we pulled eight hour shifts and slept when we got off. In what free time we had we ironed, showered, polished shoes chatted, ate, slept some more, and some went on O-flights. We wore red shirts and stood out from the rest of encampment. We were held to higher standards and set the example for the rest of the cadets. We spent much time monitoring the radios either passing information, locating people around the base, or the status of personnel off base. For those who did not have A-cuts we took classes and the test. We also had classes on building antennas and digital communications. We learned about different frequencies and their uses. Even though we were a support flight we did participate in many of the same activities as the basics and ATS. The simulated M16s were cool they were hooked up to air compressors so they had a recoil. We practiced on a variety of targets including moving targets. Towards the end of the week we did the repelling wall which was very fun. While we were there some exchange cadets came to watch. As we talked with them we got insight in to the differences in government and the way that their CAP works. The best part was the CH47 Chinook helicopter ride. Flying almost a thousand feet off the ground while pulling g's was great. At the very end of the week it was time to start packing and cleaning. It also gave us the opportunity to have a little fun. At the Pass and Review Cadet Frasier was made Honor Cadet for COM/SEC after he was sent home about half through the week because of broken knee cap. One of the last days at are encampment it was said that we had gone from being complete strangers to almost a family. It is true. Encampments are awesome and I cannot wait to got to the next one. C/A1C to C/SrArmn Elizabeth Barkmann C/Airman to C/A1C: Justin Scherer C/Airman Basic Trevor Kahl Cadets are reminded for minimum Promotion Board knowledge, that they should know the Cadet Oath and the history of the person the Achievement is named for, as well as other pertinent Air Force or Squadron information. Next month we hear from C/MSGT. Sarah Stohlquist, on her Summer Encampment Experiences.

Summer Encampment
By Cadet Robert Greenhow Because I completed Basic at Spring Encampment, I was able to apply for a position in Com/Sec. Com/Sec was very fun and I recommend that anybody that has already gone to basic should try it. But Com/Sec isnt all fun though because we are responsible for maintaining 24 hour radio contact. Also, during some of the shifts we had fire watch; they lasted from 9:00pm to 5:00am. Other than that, Com/Sec is a blast!! This year we had Chinook helicopter rides, a fats rang (basically a big arcade game with M16s), a repel tower, o-rides, and even a visit from some IACE cadets from Britain, Japan, and Canada. The chow kind of stunk on some days but other days it was fantastic. Also as a basic you got to work on teamwork problems, PT and other different classes. I would like to thank the squadron for covering a portion of the cost to go.

Promotion Actions
Congratulations to the following Cadets who received hard earned Promotions at the October 5th meeting, we are proud of all of you! Keep up the great work.

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Squadron Commander: Captain Randolph Lovelace: RLovelaceCAP@hotmail.net Deputy Commander Seniors: Capt. Jerry Scherer: SchererJK@aol.com Deputy Commander Cadets: 2Lt. Ron Gwaltney: Rongcap@mchsi.net Safety Officer: 1Lt. Corey Stohlquist caponeil@aol.com Squadron e-mail: glril251@earthlink.net

Squadron Senior Staff E-Mail List

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CALENDAR
04 October Meeting/ Safety Briefing/Aerospace/ Drill Practice BDUs 11 October Meeting/ Uniform Class-Bring Shoe Shine Kit, Uniform Supply Night BDUs 18 October Meeting/ Night Achievement Testing /Aerospace Blues

TSgt. Kenneth Roth, USAFR (Reserve Assistance NCO, IL. Wing Liaison - CAPRAP) kroth1@owc.net

CAP/USAF

24 October/ GROUP 22 STAFF MEETING CAP HUT PWK 14-15 October / SAREX at DuPAGE Airport

CAP WEBSITES
ROCKFORD COMPOSITE SQ. www.group22.net/rfd CAP NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ILLINOIS WING CAP (WMU) www.capnhq.gov www.ilcap.org

25 October Meeting/

CPFT

Athletic Clothing

Be sure to bring a canteen full of water or a water bottle to all meetings, for Hydration Purposes.

Group 22 Safety Notes Available on the Web

Starting last month, the Group 22 Safety Notes, that I write as the Safety Officer for Group 22 HQ. IL-245, began to be posted on the Group 22 Website, and is available in pdf format by going to http://group22.net/safety, its full of seasonal and mission related safety topics, and is usually posted by the first of each month.

ILLINOIS WING TRAINING DETACHMENT www.group22.net/ilwgtrain ILLINOIS WING CAP BLOG http://ilcapnews.blogs.com/ GROUP 22 CAP GROUP22 SAFETY NEWS CAP MART www.group22.net http://group22.net/safety www.capmart.org

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USAF RECRUITER TSgt. Paul Ellison paul.ellison@rs.af.mil or TX 815.398.6045 or USAF Recruiting Website www.AIRFORCE.COM CADET PRACTICE TESTS http://mdln.hws.edu/cap/modules/index.asp CAP UNIFORM WEAR MANUAL 39-1 http://level2.cap.gov/documents/u_082203102943. pdf (Note: 4.5 mg file)

http://www.caphistory.org/
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CAP NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM

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