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The Official Magazine of California Wing Civil Air Patrol

Winter2005

Plus:

• Using CPR for Off-Duty Saves

• Our Cadets at the Academy

• RE:CAP Wing Activities

Flirting with DisasterWhat Cal Wing Can Learn From Katrina

Top Five Finds of 2005Introducing the ESsy Awards

If You Can’t Buy ‘Em, Build ‘EmGreat New Tricks for DF Sticks

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Eagle Call is an authorizedpublication serving the inter-ests of the California Wing ofthe United States Air ForceAuxiliary Civil Air Patrol. Itis published by a private firmin no way connected with theDepartment of the Air Forceor with the Civil Air PatrolCorporation. The appearanceof advertisements in this pub-lication, including supple-ments and inserts, does notconstitute an endorsement bythe Civil Air Patrol Corpora-tion or the Department of theAir Force of the products andservices advertised herein.

Materials for publicationshould be mailed to:

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Eagle CallP. O. Box 7688

Van Nuys, CA 91409

Col. Virginia Nelson,Wing Commander

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ON THE COVER: Biloxi,Mississippi, as seen from aCAPflight, post-Katrina.

By Colonel Virginia Nelson

Commander’sComments

To the Members ofCalifornia Wing

Col. Virginia NelsonCommander, California Wing

CAP dues for California’s se-nior members changed October 1.Cadet dues remain the same.

Did that get your attention?After careful deliberations,

the Wing’s Finance Committeedecreased annual dues for seniormembers by a dollar, going from$77 to $76. Here’s the break-down: $35 goes to National Head-quarters (NHQ), $5 is earmarkedfor Pacific Region, and $36 fliesback to California Wing.

A little context may be in or-der. Each May, Wing command-ers are asked if they want tochange their Wing’s dues for theupcoming fiscal year, which runsOctober to October. Last yearCAWG raised the Wing portionof senior members dues from $35to $37, which would have mademembership dues $72, or $6 amonth. After CAWG notifiedNHQ of the intended change, theNational Board voted to raise thenational portion of the dues byfive dollars and offered a photoID card for an additional four dol-lars. (As of this writing, the AirForce has not approved the designof the photo ID card, and NHQ isnot accepting applications for this

Credit DueRecognizing Our

Volunteers inthe Spirit of $76

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new ID card until that hap-pens.) That explains why CAWGdues jumped from $70 to $77 lastyear.

Where does the CAWG por-tion—around $72,000—of yourmembership dues go? First, CAWGproportionately redistributes $5 permember to each Group headquar-ters to offset their expenses. Andwhile Wing HQ’s building is rent-free, we still pay a substantialphone bill (averaging $350 amonth), subscribe to a DSL, anddisburse for IT equipment upgradeand maintenance. We also pay over$12,000 annual rent for our com-munications repeater sites. We arefortunate to have a full time admin-istrative assistant, Sue Lundstrom,who acts as the Wing secretary andprocesses all of the CAPF108s so

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Brig. Gen. Rex E. Glasgow, Civil Air Patrol’s National Vice Commander—whoresigned his position in November—and Incident Commander during CAP’sResponse to Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi, interviewed by Capt. GregorySolman, California Wing Public Affairs.

Flirting with

DisasterIn Mississippi, General Glasgow Pulled CAP from

the Mud of Inter-agency Indifference to theTerra Firma of Life-Saving Ops

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DEVASTATION BELOW: A CAPflight’s view of Waveland.

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Can you summarize CAP’spost-Katrina participation in asingle line?

Two hundred fifteen membersfrom 17 wings around the countryparticipated on the ground and inthe air, and we saved lives.

H o w w o u l d y o u r a t e o u rresponse time?

The Mississippi members ini-tially flew several air sorties andcommenced looking for our ownmembers. Within hours of my ar-rival there was a mission numberissued and tasking assigned. Thenthe NOC [National OperationsCenter] contacted additionalcrews and we operated withoutincident, I’m proud to say. Wedidn’t have an accident—not evena twisted ankle or scratch, work-ing in excess of 14,000 man-hours in the field—until the acci-dent after it was over, when mem-bers were returning home.

What happened?Members driving home were

involved in a non-injury crash in acorporate van. A semi-tractortrailer swerved trying to avoid adeer strike and instead struck ourvehicle, which was forced off theroad into the ditch, hitting a tree.Unfortunately, cadets—who werenot supposed to be deployed inthe first place—were involved. Ido not feel that this was a case of‘get-home-itis.’ But we all knowMurphy’s Law applies. Protectingour members was a primary issue,and cooperation from the mem-bership must be a priority. Thefew mistakes we experiencedwere all deviations from instruc-tions and briefings.

Was CAP efficiently tasked byother agencies?

Other than the initial air task-

INTER-WING COOPERATION: Maj. Russell Melvin of the Texas Wing briefs aTennessee Mission Pilot.

NO PAPER TIGER: Gen. Glasgow writes a letter with Maj. Owen Younger.

ing there was no other work.That’s one of the reasons the Na-tional Commander sent me in. Tomy knowledge, there are noMOUs [Memoranda of Under-standing] established in Missis-sippi. That’s quite unlike manyother wings and the Iowa Wingwhere I’m from, where we have

an underground facility we use,have a seat and computer station,and we practice with other agen-cies. In my opinion, if CAP isn’ton the agencies’ checklist, thepossibility of being tasked is di-minished. In other words, webuild the relationship ahead of

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For several months now Ihave provided California Wingwith monthly mission numbersfor those people authorized toparticipate in Air Force AssignedMissions (AFAMs). Here’s asummary of the coverage thatpar t ic ipants in AFAMs canexpect to come with those num-bers.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’COMPENSATION ACT:

FECA provides for the pay-ment of workers compensationbenefits to civilian officers andemployees of all branches ofthe government of the UnitedS t a t e s . F E C A h a s b e e nextended to CAP volunteers ortheir survivors for injuries ordeath resulting from injuriessustained in performance ofduty while in service to theUnited States, so if you areinjured or killed in the perfor-mance of duty during anAFAM, you or your properdependant could submit aFECA claim. Each case ofinjury or death is unique. The

Department of Labor (DOL),upon receipt of a claim fromHQ CAP-USAF/JA (JAG) willindependent ly review thefacts and circumstances ofeach case to determine ifFECA coverage exists.

Here are a few fine points ofthe law:

� CAP Cadets under the ageof 18 years are not covered

� Without AFAM status,CAP is not acting as aninstrumentality of theUSAF and is thereforeoperating on its owncorporate mission. Mis-sions performed for stateand local agencies arenormally not assigned anAFAM number and FECAdoes not apply

� “Performance of Duty”means active service inconnection with anAFAM, and travel to andfrom that service. Travelstatus implies traveling tothe beginning, while in

performance of, and afterthe completion of anAFAM. Periodic travelother than during Perfor-mance of Duty may not becovered by FECA.

FEDERAL TORTCLAIMS ACT:

Under FTCA, the federal gov-ernment may be held liable forthe negligent or wrongful actsor omissions of CAP volun-teers in the performance ofduties during an AFAM. An“injured third party” is anyonesuffering property damage,personal injury, or death aris-ing from activities under thoseconditions. To recover underFTCA, the injured third partymust show that the injury ordamage to property transpiredduring an AFAM. So whatabout you? CAP volunteers, 18years or older, whose personalinjury or death claim is coveredby FECA, cannot make aFTCA claim. FECA is theironly remedy.

BIRD’S EYE VIEW

Clearing Up Coverage

What FECA and FTCA Should Mean to You

By Lt. Col. Mike Prusak, USAF • California Wing Liaison Officer

This article only intends to impart a basic understanding of your coverage and should not beconstrued as a legally binding interpretation of the law. Check with your squadron or groupLegal Officer for an expanded understanding of your coverage and rights.

Finally, I cannot overly emphasize the importance of members knowing what they arequalified to do during an AFAM. The best insurance is that which one never needs to use.

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time. Before I arrived, Col. [John]Wilkes [Commander of Missis-sippi Wing CAP] offered CAP re-sources to MEMA [MississippiEmergency Management Agency]and I’m told they kindly shook hishand and thanked him for theoffer, but it became obvious therewas no immediate interest.

How should it have worked?As in all missions, CAP needs

to have an official tasking requestand be issued a mission numberfor reimbursement and insurancecoverage. I know it is difficult tosit and wait, but until this iscompleted and there are adequateresources available to support ourmembers we can not deploy.Initially that is why I was the soleteam tasked, to offer assistanceand establish the work—find acustomer.

Can’t our tasking come directlyfrom the Air Force throughNational?Certainly, some tasks come downfrom 1AF [1AF/CONR] orNorthcom and were handled bythe NOC, but other requests comefrom the local agencies in thefield. Our regulations prohibit usfrom deployment without suchtasking. In one situation in theplanning stages the local sheriffdid not want us in his county,hence we aided in the four coun-ties that realized our assistancewas beneficial. Again, Missis-sippi Wing did not have a pre-ex-isting relationship with MEMA.

What would have happenedif you had been rebuffed orignored?

It is possible we would havehad to stand down and not par-ticipate. Can you imagine the

corporate liability exposure if anaccident would occur withoutFTCA/FETA coverage? Whywould we want to place our mem-bers’ families in such a position ifsomething terrible occurred? Theother consideration is that withoutauthorization we would not havereceived food, water, fuel, a placeto set up, et cetera. We can’t justgo out and do it ourselves.

Was it difficult getting assetsdeployed?

Yes, initially. The NEC had ameeting the night before the hur-ricane hit. We put out a call. One:Please do not self-deploy. Two:Update WMIRS [Web MissionInformation Reporting System].(Assets were being called in thatwere not ready to be used—actualexamples were, for example, indi-cations aircraft were availablewhen in reality they weren’t. Oneneeded an oil change in threehours. One needed the starter re-placed the next day. At this writ-ing, the NOC has recentlychanged the input capabilities to

list such comments in WMIRS.)And three: Wait for the NOC oryour region commander to acti-vate you. It took a few hours ofmeetings with the customer to de-cide how to execute the mission. Iworked with the Incident Com-mander to decide what we neededand then the NOC was notified ofthe request for ground and air as-sets. The IC, Air Branch Director,Ground Branch Director and Ithen went back to the EOC formeetings to discuss the specifics.One obvious concerns was theneed for motor fuel. I brought 165gallons with me. Mississippimembers were staying at the HQbecause they did not have enoughfuel to drive home when theylived locally! We also realizedthat an HF radio, satellite phone, aporta-potty, water supply, foodand fuel were required at eachforward site we wanted to estab-lish. Fortunately, we had genera-tors so the forward mission baseswould have electricity. We

VIEW FROM THE TOP: National Commander Maj. Gen. Pineda and Mississippiwing Commander Col. John Wilkes during a damage assessment.

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worked out all these concerns asthe first teams were moving in.

What were the breaks in chainof command?

There were some misunder-standings with two of the firstwings as they deployed. One didnot have a sortie number nor didthe NOC know they were in-bound. We were aware of theother wing. However, in bothcases the requested personnel ros-ter of members participating wasnot forwarded to the NOC beforedeparting. Had this occurred, thecadets under 18 would have beenidentified and stopped.

When did you finally deploy?On Thursday, September 1,

Maj. Gen. Pineda tasked me. Inless than twenty hours we de-parted with a trailer hauling thefuel, two generators, MREs, wa-ter, tents, satellite phones and ra-dios, along with our 72-hour andpersonal field gear. We arrived asthe sun rose on Saturday the 3rdand shortly after some semblanceof a mission base and staff cametogether. When I arrived after a14 hour drive, on what was to beour first official day of opera-tions, there was no tasking, nofunding. Working through theEmergency Preparedness LiaisonOfficer (AF-DOD) and the statedirector, CAP was authorized atotal of $200,000. (Not bad, con-sidering we started at $5,000.)Then MEMA said, “We don’tthink Cadets should be here”—because of environmental haz-ards, possible emotional trauma.Not good. The legal side of thehouse warned of injury with laterclaims, and cadets who mightneed trauma counseling. I com-promised, agreeing to limit de-

ployment to cadets 18 or over. Iprotested that our cadets are welltrained and capable, but you couldeasily have a situation where ca-dets would not necessarily beworking with their home teams,and you don’t know how they willreact. In any case, the compro-mise was necessary to theMEMA/AFENSEP-CAP agree-ment that our funding was depen-dent upon.

How did you handle deploy-ment in areas of looting andshooting?

There was no lawlessnesswhere we were, always north of I-10. MEMA tasked the CoastGuard with all search and rescue.They triaged all their calls intoGreen (imminent danger), likepeople on rooftops; Orange(medical emergencies); and Yel-low (general welfare and safety).[Coast Guard] Commander[Donald] Thompson asked us towork on Orange missions. Therewas only one potentially violentincident. One member of theCritical Incident Stress Manage-

ment team, who was instructed tostay at the base for counseling,deployed himself with a groundteam. He was met at the door by alady with a handgun. She ex-plained that the radio had beenwarning that official personnelwould be in groups, not alone. Heleft. Again, not following briefinginstructions. For safety and effi-ciency we deployed ten to12ground teams of five to six each,and some took seven, using adriver to leap frog between twoteams. We established three for-ward command posts. Pascagoula(east side of state, on the coast) towork Jackson County, Wiggins(center of state, 30 to 40 milesnorth of the coast) to work StoneCounty, and Stennis (west side ofstate, on the coast) to work PearlRiver and Hancock counties. GISmapping printed out griddedmaps of one square mile num-bered sections. The teams were tode-conflict themselves—as we re-alized that with road hazards andterrain conditions we could not

SPONTANEOUS DRYDOCK: A CAP volunteer covers the waterfront.

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micro-manage the system em-ployed—to efficiently cover themost ground possible.

Who was handling mission in-formation?

I put out several releases my-self, and conducted several inter-views with local television andNational Public Radio. Again, wehad only one unfortunate inci-dent. The wing that self-deployedtalked to the press as they werepreparing to leave. And the wireservice ran a story about howchildren barely able to supportthemselves were supporting resi-dents of Mississippi and made al-lusions to14-year-old homeschoolers in hazardous condi-tions. Which is odd, consideringthey hadn’t been tasked yet, muchless been deployed to a forwardarea or known what their assign-ment was to be.

Could you have told the under-age cadets to go home whenthey arrived, or say they couldonly participate as non-CAPvolunteers?

That was a consideration.However they were here and CAPhad just agreed we would beworking in each of these countiesimmediately. Other replacementtroops would delay our initialprogress, so it was decided tokeep the cadets at the forwardcommand posts, not deploy to thefield and rotate them out on thesix day rotational schedule.

Is it feasible to say, “Take offy o u r s h i r t s a n d w o r k a scivi l ians?”

When we are tasked by CAP,utilizing CAP assets such as ve-hicles and equipment, and arriveunder the pretense of CAP, wecan not change that status. The

conception that taking off part ofthe uniform makes you a civilianis just not true. We all representCAP and have certain rules towork under. Just because a mem-ber does not like the reg or ruledoes not allow them to deviate.Instructions and briefings are toprepare the teams for the chal-lenges they will face and how tooperate under these conditions.This is basically for their protec-tion as well as the corporation.

W h a t w e n t a g a i n s t y o u rexpectations?

We simply didn’t have the re-sources, even working around theclock, to check everyone’s quali-fications and see if they met theproper criteria. General Pinedahad a great idea with this C4[Command and Control Coordi-nation Center] concept. Had werealized how busy the NOCwould be, or how large a missionthis would be, I’m sure the deci-sion to stand up the C4 wouldhave been earlier. In my opinion,the C4 should be given authorityto check the manifest and coordi-

nate with the NOC, for all the sor-ties in and outbound. There werealso flaws in how informationwas passed down the line. Therewere waivers of liability given tocadets under 18, for example,where there is no such a releaseavailable.

What went according to yourexpectations?

The cooperation of the teams,the amount of work they wereable to do under extreme circum-stances, and in emergency situa-tions. They performed in a supe-rior fashion without direct imme-diate supervision, and were ableto overcome great obstacles. Inany command you have to assigna task and give members the au-thority to complete that task. Ourmembers were quite well trainedfor their tasking. We made a dif-ference to the citizens of Missis-sippi. We saved lives.

What went wrong?Comm was an initial problem.

There was little cell phone access.There were no phone lines for-

CANVASSING FOR COUNTRY: Cadet Capt. Maureen Arscott logs the result of aninterview.

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ward. We normally seem to bevery dependent on e-mail and cellphones. Even satellite phones,which we got from the GreatLakes Region, had an 80 percentfailure rate. We’ve decided thatthey can be the answer. (NHQ isbuying six for such future deploy-ment.) The only problem with sat-ellite phones is that they got satu-rated. The networks were busy.Between satellite phones, highbird FM, and HF we got along.VHF-FM worked only with ahigh bird up, and we had three tofour up every day, out of Jacksonmission base air assets. Repeaterstations were on buildings thatwere wiped out. We started withpassing info then got airborne re-lays (which necessitates commer-cial pilots). We also had to re-trieve data sheets on a daily pickup. Finally, we had a glitch in thesoftware of the HF radios’ Auto-matic Linking Establishment.When A team talked to B it wasperfect; but when C came on thenetwork, it would cut out commu-nication to one or another. Na-tional is aware of this problemand working on a resolution. So itwas suggested to divide up spec-trum space by the hour. Everyonewas instructed to move up theband at prescribed times untilthey found one that worked.

What went right?Most all the members listened

to instructions and completedtheir tasking in a professionalmanner. I was very proud of CAP.The majority came prepared. Myexperience has showed me that indisasters you see the best or theworst in people. This includesmembers as well as victims. I sawtremendous acts of heroism. Our

members demonstrated that wecan operate in a multi-wing envi-ronment under extreme condi-tions and perform in a superiorfashion. I was especially im-pressed with the MississippiWing members. They continuedworking long hours when theirown homes had significant dam-age. The Wing Commander him-self worked several days, thenwent home, bailed out his house,came back and worked anotherday, then returned home to tear upand remove the carpet and thencome back for more CAP! Whatincredible dedication. I waspleased to have the opportunity toprovide assistance and it was apleasure to work side by side withthe national commander. I’m notsure I remember a circumstancewhere the senior leadership hashad such an active role, in thetrenches along side everyone. Itwas neat to work that closely withthe various wings, pilots, ground-pounders and General Pineda.Florida Wing CAP bought, and

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What surprised you the most?Until about my twelfth day,

about 85 percent of people wechecked on, door to door, saidthat CAP was the first uniformedindividuals the citizens have beenin contact with. Another surpris-ing observation was the numberof neighbors that were living incommunal style. It was apparentfrom the field data sheets that

DOOR TO DOOR: CAP collected information for MEMA, visiting some 592 housesand 1,316 hurricane victims the first two days on the ground.

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Do you understand the frustra-tion of members who were wait-ing to be deployed and neverwere, or who said the alertingorders then came tooabruptly—“hurry up and waitand hurry up again”?

Yes, but they also need toappreciate our situation. Aboutthe seventh of the month, theCoast Guard stated they’d prob-ably be wrapping up their opera-tions on the 9th, therefore wecould work that day and headhome the 10th. I thought therewas a need to continue, but therew a s p r e s s u r e o n m i l i t a r yresources to wind down. I spentnumerous hours trying to find usother tasking. NEMA [NationalEmergency Management Asso-ciation] Medical loved the datawe were collecting. They actuallyweren’t sure who was providingthe info, but were converting itinto a database used by the stateto locate citizens and assist withresidents’ needs. It looked like the9th was our last working day untilabout noon that day, when themission was extended until the13th, going home on the 14th.Within minutes the request formore ground teams and air sup-port went to the NOC and C4. Iknow that there was feedback thatI, or we, did not allow for enoughadvance notice, but the truth isthat you knew moments after ap-proval was complete. I certainlywould have rather had the exten-sion on the 7th and given 48-hours notice to the replacement

SHELTER FROM THE STORM: Gen. Pineda and Maj. Hamilton distribute tarpsand supplies.

teams, but that option was notavailable. If we had requestedteams to come in before and thennot have the continuance, theteams would have been sent homeupon arrival and not reimbursedfor expenses. To me, it appearedthe second option would irritatemembers and possibly waste theirtime. There also could have beena situation where, if there was notasking, there would be no FECA/FTCA insurance coverage for thein/outbound trips. Any injuries oraccidents—as there was—wouldhave placed our members in acompromising situation. We canonly advise you once we know!Also, General Pineda commentedthat in Florida last year there hadbeen a lot of help in the earlierstages, but two and three monthsdown the road it had been diffi-cult getting commitments. Withthat advice, and not knowing ifthis would go on for three weeksor three months, we couldn’t af-ford to bring the masses in at thebeginning.

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What’s on your “hindsight is20/20” list?

A Chevron refinery gave us,as a governmental agency, all thegas we wanted for free. But it wasan 8-hour round trip fromPascagoula to Jackson. One of thethings we overlooked was to tellmembers in the field to notifymission base before they ran out,but instead the only contact waswhen they were already empty.Members were unrealistic abouttheir readiness to report for duty. Ithink they were thinking that ifthey predicted deployment in 36hours, we’d call someone closer.But members typically showed uplate. So, please, provide realisticarrival times that allow for safepassage, and be concerned withthe length of your duty day. Butwe have learned many valuablelessons and hopefully will im-prove upon our mistakes. We didgood. We made a difference. Wesaved lives!

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Introducing . . .

The ESsy AwardsFrom the Top of Mount Shasta to the Border of Nevada,

These are the Missions that Sing the Wing’s Praises

Editor’s Note: Eagle Call asked Lt. Col. Steve Asche, Director of Operations, Maj. Jan Ostrat, DeputyDirector of Emergency Services, and Capt. Bob Keilholtz, Director of Emergency Services to recognize theoutstanding achievements in Emergency Services missions for the year, running from October to October.They considered a combination of objective criteria—rapidity of response, unusual endurance, skillful crewresource management, outstanding intelligence gathering, utilization of training, communications deployment—and subjective experience, their gut instincts. We added endorsements from some of the Wing’s busiest ICs,including Lt. Col. Ron Butts, Maj. Burt Kingsbury, and Maj. Jon Wordsworth. Missions were winnowedfrom a longer list. The result is the first annual ESsy Awards. We can at least imagine what the statuetteswould look like—and the dresses of the women who’d present them! —Capt. Greg Solman

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Perseverance on PauseDate, Mission:11 FEB, 05M209AIncident Commander:Capt. Eric TempletonBriefing: A pi lot whodeparted from Fresno forSanta Monica is reportedm i s s i n g . W e a t h e r i si n clement, with strongwinds, rainstorms andsnow in higher elevations.Pilot reported extremeturbulence over Gorman,with ceiling descendingrapidly. The FAA FlightControl Center in Palmdaleloses radio and radar con-tact. Meanwhile there is apossibly related ELT reportin the Los Angeles basin.Weather has all crews onstandby.

difficult communications condi-tions. It required great persever-ance and patience because of theweather. Once you get geared upto go, ‘on hold’ is a tough posi-tion. There was also great com-munications between variousagencies, especially FAA, NTSB,the Kern County Sheriff’s depart-ment, for which we provided theinter-agency communication.

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This was a good search,involving excellent coordi-nation.” Butts: “This inci-dent would have beenextremely difficult to findfrom the air, as it was in avery small canyon withheavy tree cover.”And the ESsy Goes to…Lt. Col. Ron Butts, GroundBranch Director, Lt. Col.Steve Asche, Ground TeamLeader and On-SceneCommander, and Capt.Eric Templeton. Skillfullyutilizing topographicalmaps and the last-knownheading, the CAP teamplotted map coordinates soprecise, sheriffs were led towithin 20 yards of theactual wreckage. Bakers-

Find: Cessna 210 wreck found byKern County Sheriff’s depart-ment at 34 deg 57' N by 118 deg45' W using coordinates providedby CAP, near Tejon Ranch.No survivors.Citations: Asche: “This missionshowed outstanding utilization ofremote resources and coordi-nation of Command and Control.We were making do with very

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While even a coat hanger cancapture an ELT [Emergency Lo-cator Transmitter] signal, asharply directional antenna isneeded to locate the signal from adistance. That said, designs foundon the Internet—variations on acombination of plastic pipeframes, steel measuring tape ele-ments and a handheld receiver—are not necessarily right forlocating an ELT, and building aproperly designed antenna canavoid future frustration in thefield. Yagis built for fox huntswork in the 144 MHz band butdon’t work optimally on the ELTbands relevant to Civil Air Patrolmissions, 121.5 MHz and 243MHz.

The greater an antenna’slength and number of its directorelements, the greater its gain anddirectivity. However, addedlength and elements detract fromportability and ease of aiming.Three elements — one driven ele-ment, one reflector and one direc-tor — are a good compromise.

When considering elementlength, note that length is a func-tion of wavelength (inverse of fre-quency). Again, since ELTsoperate at 121.5 MHz, elementlengths and spacing designed for144 MHz are unsuitable. Builderswill find that by sticking to thespecifications of the diagrams be-low—especially with respect tothe length of elements (see Figure1)—they will have constructed a

In Search of the Perfect Sticks

Sam Seneviratne Takes Hand-Built DF Equipmentin a New Direction

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Joe Leggio, the legendarydean of fox hunt antenna design-ers, has found that “the bestmatching network turned out tobe a ‘hairpin match.”1 This is ashort but accurately cut length ofwire connected across the feedpoints of the driven element (seeFigure 3).

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A special note to cadets:When Mr. Leggio mass-producedthis antenna as a club project, hemarked the pipe and used a por-table jigsaw to cut the lengths inassembly-line fashion. It actuallytook longer to measure the pipethan to cut it. Since the pipe isavailable in ten-foot lengths, youcan make a few beams from asingle 10-foot length. In any case,you might want to cut a few extra

lengths for your friends.Diagrams, technical review

and prototyping were accom-plished through a joint projectpartnership with former U.S.Army Veteran William Burns.His relentless critiquing of proto-types and countless hours in hisgarage workshop devoted to help-ing me have led to designs thatare not just well tuned, butweather proof and more practical.Burns is not a member of theCivil Air Patrol, yet volunteershis time and effort to support theemergency services cause ofCAP.

Every version of prototypetaught us something more. Whilethis article is about the simplestyet most practical design, thereare eleven prototypes that rangefrom ones with active attenuatorsbuilt-in to ones that are built with

1,2,3 Joe Leggio WB2HOL, Tape Measure Beam Optimized for Radio Direction FindingCopyright 1993 - Joseph Leggio - All Rights Reserved.

wrist strain reduction in mind. Formore information about the proto-types and overall effectiveness aswell as continuing dialog, contactthe author via email atsseneviratne@cawg.cap.gov.

Author’s note: This article isnot intended to be a critique offactory-built antenna, such asthose units built by Bob Gordon’sL-tronics, Santa Barbara. Gor-don is an active CAP memberwho invested in his own companyspecifically to serve CAP’s needfor direction-finding equipment.The new and improved L-per,soon to be available from L-tronics, will serve a purpose be-yond hunting ELTs, such as inlocating stuck microphones andfinding repeater stations and pi-rate transmitters. I’m confidentthat many CAP squadrons willfind them very much to their liking.

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Credit DueContinued from page 1 . . .

COMMANDER’S COMMENTS / FIELD MANUAL

that our members are reimbursedpromptly. Her salary is paid out ofyour dues.

Some of the money goes toreimburse Wing staff memberswhen they are required to travel.For example, this past yearCAWG sent its legal officer,counter drug officer, director ofoperations, commander and vicecommander to conferences thatrequired their participation. Theregulations also require reim-bursement to the Inspector Gen-eral for costs incurred during in-spections and complaint investi-gations.

Then there’s postage, officesupplies, and the cost of an out-side audit. Wings are required to

have an outside auditor inspecttheir finances each year to ensurethat all the money is accountedfor. Last year’s audit cost $4,500and NHQ paid for it. No Wingdues go towards aircraft mainte-nance; very little goes to vehicleupkeep. Most of these expensesare covered by NHQ or throughour Memorandum of Understand-ing with the state of California.Cadet activities are paid out of thecadet dues and program fees.

The Wing’s Finance Commit-tee meets every four to six weeksand reviews the Wing’s current fi-nances and expenses. An internalaudit is conducted quarterly. Thefinance committee is very carefulwith the Wing’s money. We livewithin our budget.

In considering the dues de-crease the Finance Committee

recognized that most senior mem-bers incur many additional costs,including annual squadron dues,while volunteering as CAP mem-bers. You also spend your time—a very precious commodity—vol-unteering to make your communi-ties, state and nation a betterplace, be it through mentoring ca-dets or participating in emergencyservices or aerospace education.

Since the Wing is financiallysound, we felt we could lower thedues of our senior members as agesture of recognizing all the timeand money you donate to CivilAir Patrol. Thank you for yourcontinued service. The next timeyou get your renewal notice fromNHQ, think of it as only $6.33 amonth to belong to one ofAmerica’s finest volunteer ser-vice organizations.

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LOS ALAMITOS—Seven ca-dets from Civil Air Patrol’s Cali-fornia Wing—five from Group 7alone—entered military serviceacademies this year.

The Group 7 cadets enrolledat both the U.S. Air Force Acad-emy in Colorado Springs and atthe U.S. Military Academy atWest Point this summer. NorthernCalifornia squadrons boast twocadets at the Air Force Academy.

Never in the history of Group7 have this many cadets enteredservice academies at once, saidLt. Col. Hugh Cahill, Group 7Commander, who oversees theten CAP squadrons in Orange andSan Diego counties.

“It’s rare that we see a halfdozen cadets from an entire stategoing to the academies, but here

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By 1st Lt. Chris R. Storey, California WingDep. Dir. of Public Affairs

THEY’VE ARRIVED: C4C Trevor Johnson (above) is among the five cadets from Cal Wing now in Colorado Springs.

in Group 7 we have five cadetsgoing,” Cahill said. “That’s un-heard of. Acceptance into any ofthe United States military serviceacademies is an accomplishmentin itself, but having this manyfrom a single Group make it evenmore unique.”

California Wing’s historianargues that this year’s total repre-sents a continuation of a proudCadet-program tradition. “Be-tween five and seven cadets fromthe California Wing typically re-ceive appointments each year tothe various military service acad-emies,” said Lt. Col. CharlesWiest.

T h e G rou p 7 c on t i ngen ti nclud es Cad e t Col . KyleMcC lu r e , Cad e t 2nd Lt .Nat asha Ma r a kowsk i , Cadet

Senior Master Sgt. Aaron Mackie,and Cadet Tech. Sgt. JustinMiller, who all received appoint-ments to the Air Force Academy,and Cadet Col. Brian Jensen, whomarched off to West Point.

McClure, who graduatedEscondido High School, plans tomajor in physics and ultimatelybecome an Air Force pilot. Amember of CAP for eight years,McClure served as a Flight Com-mander and Cadet Commander ofthe Skyhawks Composite Squad-ron 47 at Camp Pendleton,Oceanside, near San Diego.

McClure earned the mostprestigious award in the cadetprogram, the General Carl A.Spaatz Award, named after thefirst U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff.The Spaatz award, earned by less

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JUST OFF THE BUS: The class of 2009 gets its first taste of drills to come.

THE CADET COSMOS

BLUES MARCH: Class of 2009, nearing induction.Continued on page 31 . . .

CADETS UNDER WING: Cal Wing cadets now take their marching orders from the Academy.

than one percent of all CAP ca-dets, is awarded after passing arigorous four-part examinationincluding aerospace education,leadership, a personal essay, and aphysical fitness test.

Marakowski, who graduatedSunny Hills High School in Ful-lerton, will study architectural de-sign. A four-year CAP veteran,she served in multiple leadershippositions culminating in beingnamed Cadet Commander of theFullerton Composite Squadron56, south of Los Angeles.Marakowski’s interest in theAcademy began four years ago,before she began her first year ofhigh school, when she set a goalto attend the nations top militaryservice academy.

Mackie graduated HuntingtonBeach High School in 2004 andrecently attended Golden WestCollege, also in HuntingtonBeach. He will study militarystrategic studies and ultimatelywants to train as an Air Force

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aviator. After four years of CAPservice Mackie rose to First Ser-geant of the Saddleback Compos-ite Squadron 68, in nearby CostaMesa.

Miller, a graduate of SantaMargarita High School in RanchoSanta Margarita, will study politi-cal science. A cadet for two years,Miller was a First Sergeant atSkyhawks Composite Squadron

Natasha Marakowski has designs onstudying architecture.

Justin Miller wants to study politicalscience.

Brian Jensen: From Air Force Blues tothe Long, Gray Line.

Continued on page 33 . . .

Gregory Magram will note the behaviorof his fellow pilots.

Kyle McClure plans to study physics—and flying.

Aaron Mackie: A year at Golden West,a career in the Wild Blue Yonder.

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A Magnificent SevenContinued . . .

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Northern California squad-rons also contributed to the year’sbumper crop. Cadet Capt. Gre-gory Magram, a 2004 graduate ofLincoln High School in San Jose,

ON THEIR HONOR: The class of 2009 swears in.

Continued on page 35 . . .

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VAN NUYS—For those medicalprofessionals who daily deal withlife and death situations, whathappened to me one Saturday lastJuly might seem fairly mundane.But saving a life was a first forme.

My wife and I chaperoned ourtwo children to a birthday partyfor our friends’ five-year-old son.As if she had an intuition for whatmight happen, my wife insistedthat I go because it was a poolparty and she wanted to makesure there were extra eyes on ourchildren.

The party itself—centered ona typical fenced-in pool sur-rounded by a two-story apartmentcomplex—went well, eventuallymoving indoors for cake, gamesand a piñata. As my wife and Iwere rushing around to leave, Iheard someone say there was akid in the pool—without mention-ing that he had fallen in or wasdrowning.

Have No Fear, A Rescuer is Here

CPR Training Gives a Vigilant Lt. an Off-Duty Save

By 2nd Lt. Juan S. Fernandez, Van Nuys HawkerSquadron 128

ES101: CPR

But I was already sensing thatsomething was wrong. One of themothers was on the edge of thepool, pointing into the water,where a boy was apparently flaton the pool bottom. I yelled forsomeone to pull him out while Iran toward the fence. (That wasmy first good decision: Flustered,I found myself struggling to opengate I was pulling the wrong way,while I heard the splash of some-one jumping into the pool to pullhim out.) In the distance, I sawthe child—motionless on the edgeof the pool—and the motherstanding beside him, crying.

As I approached the scene Iwas thinking: “Why me? I’m notready for this. This can’t be hap-pening.” I couldn’t summon asingle memory of the squadronCPR training classes. (Ironically,my CPR refresher course wasscheduled for the following week-end.) Two things I knew: The boyonly had minutes if it wasn’t

already too late, and there wasnobody else to help him.

The mother left the boy on hisback, face up. His eyes were halfopen. A mixture of water, air andbirthday cake was foaming fromhis mouth and nose. He was coldto the touch. There was no pulse.Based on when I’d last surveyedthe pool scene, I assumed he’dbeen under water for more thanthree minutes.

I rolled him on his side andchecked his mouth with my fingerand yelled “Somebody call forhelp now! Call 911!” I started im-mediate mouth-to-mouth resusci-tation, followed by chest com-pressions, and then checked for areaction. After a few cycles, I sawhim blink, giving me hope, but Icould still not feel a pulse. Icouldn’t remember the ratio ofrescue breaths/chest compres-sions—but I realized that I wasthe only chance the kid had.

BEFORE THE CRISIS: Fernandez was recruited by his wifeto provide extra eyes around the pool.

Continued on page 39 . . .

MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Fernandez, along with the “save”of a lifetime.

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ing too hard on his chest? The boyseemed so small.

As it happens, the next daywas our squadron awards ban-quet, where I was greeted withcheers and congratulations. Maj.Edwards had sent an email to ev-eryone informing them of my ex-perience. I returned home to avoicemail message from themother thanking me again. Shetold me later that the boy, whousually swims with arm floaters,went into the pool without them,using the steps, walking in untilhe lost his footing and sunk. Icouldn’t help thinking to myselfthat I had made her son’s fifthbirthday party possible.

Finally, the mother came onthe scene—crying, grabbing thechild, hugging him and pullinghim away from me. I had to fighther to keep him in my care while Icontinued CPR and checked forreactions.

After a few minutes, I couldfeel his heart suddenly pumpinglike crazy. He slowly beganbreathing on his own. I rolled himon his side, and heard a cry, but hewas still unresponsive. A few sec-onds later, two police officers ar-rived and I stepped aside, drop-ping on a nearby chair. The offic-ers wrapped him in a towel and, afew minutes later, the para-medics arrived.

One officer told me that if Ihadn’t taken action, the boywould have died right then andthere. He said there are times he’sarrived to find that no one haseven taken the victim out of thepool. As I walked out to the am-bulance, the boy’s motherthanked me for saving herchild’s life.

I immediately called mysquadron commander Maj.Denise Edwards—an ER nurseand CPR instructor—to reportwhat had just happened. After go-ing over the incident in detail, Icame to realize that I had done ev-erything that I was supposed todo, automatically.

Then I found myself in needof less dramatic attention: I sat onthe steps of the apartment stairs,

Have No Fear, ARescuer is HereContinued . . .

ES101: CPR

unable to stand or support myself.Answering my wife’s concerns,the police officer told me it wasnormal to feel drained after anadrenaline rush.

The policeman also con-firmed my instincts on the timelapsed: It was exactly three min-utes between the dispatch andtheir arrival. I estimate that theygot the call about five minutes af-ter I had begun CPR. The para-medics took another three to fourminutes.

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VAN NUYS—My first responseto Juan Fernandez’s call to me onthe morning of the incident was“Congratulations! Thanks forkeeping your head, for your will-ingness to get involved, and forsaving a child’s life.”

Juan’s action changed thecourse of a near tragic event. Didhe do all the steps perfectly, or inthe exact order as written in thetextbooks? What matters, finally,is that he performed CPR wellenough to save a life.

One of the questions that arescuer often asks after a trau-matic encounter such as Juan’s is,“Did I do it right? What if I didsomething wrong, compressedtoo hard, or the wrong number ofcompressions? Did I do every-thing I could?” These are naturalresponses. I have asked myselfthe same questions many timesafter an emergency.

Remember: We do not needto be perfect to save a life, justwilling to try. Training—from acompetent, well-informed in-structor—and practice, taking ev-ery opportunity to stay current,are the keys. This is the same astraining as a pilot or in any otherdiscipline.

I n a i r - c r a s h r e s c u e , welearned ... then trained and traineduntil what we did became almosta natural reflex.

That said, here’s a brief re-fresher on some of the EmergencySteps. Warning: This is not in-tended to take the place of formaltraining by a competent instruc-

ES101: CPR

Keep Your Head During Mouth-to-Mouth

A CPR Trainer Reminds Rescuers to FirstRemember to Breathe for Themselves

By Maj. Carol Denise Edwards, Director of Emergency Services, Group 1

tor, but for review purposes only.Steps are different in respond-

ing to the adult (over 8 years ofage), the child (ages 1 to 8), andinfant (newborn to age 1).

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1. Check2. Call3. CareCheck the scene for safety for

you, for others in the area, and thevictim. Take appropriate action.Check what happened. Who is in-jured? If more than one person isinjured, who is injured the worst?Who can I help? Who can helpme? Use others to help whereverpossible.

Call. Make sure someone hascalled for help. If there is anydoubt, have someone else callwhile you are taking care of thevictim. Tell them to call for helpand instruct them to return to thescene and let you know they havemade the call.

Care for what you find. Do asurvey, the Primary Survey, first.Look for those things that are lifethreatening. Take care of themfirst. Sometimes there are otherswho can help. Ask.Some of the life-threateningemergencies:

1. Unconsciousness2. Not breathing3. No pulse4. Severe bleedingOther life-threatening emer-

gencies, such as heart attacks,troubled breathing, allergic reac-

LEARNING TO SAVE LIVES: Cal Wing Cadets practicing CPR.

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ES101: CPR

tions and other circumstances,will be covered in a full First Aidand CPR course.

After checking for the life-threatening emergencies, the res-cuer should move on to other in-juries, and treat them until moreadvanced medical help arrives.

Unconsciousness is a life-threatening situation because thereason for the condition is oftenunknown. The unconsciousvictim’s tongue will often drop tothe back of the throat, cutting offthe airway. Sometimes all that isneeded in an emergency is open-ing the victim’s airway by usingthe chin-head tilt method, whichhelps pull the tongue away fromthe back of the throat allowing thevictim to breath. Here’s how toperform the chin-head tilt:Slightly tilt the head back a littlefor the infant, a little more for thechild, and even further back forthe adult.

Observe caution if there is astrong possibility the victim hassuffered a neck injury. First, try

CPR rescue breathing withouttilting the head back. When neckinjury is possible, an alternativeto the chin-head tilt called the JawThrust may be used to attempt toget air into the victim. Stabilizethe head and neck and push up onthe corners of the jawbone. If thisdoes not work the head will needto be tilted back in order to get airinto the lungs, regardless of therisk of aggravating a neck injury.

Breathing. With the headtilted back, Check (Look, listenand feel): Is the victim breathing?If so, continue to look for otherinjuries while keeping the airwayopen. If not, look in the mouth,clear out any foreign matter. Ifnecessary, turn victims on theirside and sweep the mouth. Ifnothing is seen in the mouth, donot do a finger sweep. Using apocket mask if available, butmouth-to-mouth if necessary, at-tempt two breaths of air, taking intoconsideration the risk you incur.

For both the adult and child,pinch the nose and give two slow

breaths. Watch for the chest torise and fall. There should be littleresistance to the air going into thelungs. For an infant, put yourmouth over both the mouth andnose and give two slow rescuebreaths, just enough air to see thechest rise. Easy does it for an infant.

Assuming the breaths went in,check for pulse. Checking for apulse will let you, the rescuer,know if the heart is circulating theblood to the victim’s vital organs,sustaining life. For adults andchildren, check for pulse at theneck: Place two fingers on theAdam’s apple, then draw them to-ward you into the hollow of thevictim’s neck. Check an infant’spulse on the inside of the arm, be-tween the elbow and the upperarm.

Check all the victims’ pulseand breathing no more than tenseconds, while looking for othersigns of life. If there is a pulsepresent, but no breathing, con-tinue rescue breaths until help ar-rives.• For an adult: one breath, every 5 seconds, forone minute• For an infant or child: one breath, every 3 seconds, forone minute.

Then re-check for pulse andbreathing. If you find a pulse,continue rescue breathing. Ifthere’s no pulse, the chest must becompressed to circulate the blood.Hand placement or (for the infant)finger placement is critical. Toavoid injury to the victim, it is im-portant to avoid applying pressureto the bottom of the sternum (thexyphoid process). Use two fingersfor an infant, one hand for a child,

Keep Your Head During Mouth-to-MouthContinued . . .

Continued on page 53 . . .

Members of San Diego Cadet Squadron 144 learned CPR earlier in the year fromSan Diego Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Van Gorder.

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A California Wing FlybyRE:CAP

SQ45 Boasts DevilPup’s Top Dog

DEVIL PUP TAIL WAGS: Squadron 45 is howling about C/Airman Chris Applegate’s achievement.

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE—Cadet AirmanChris Applegate of March Field Composite Squad-ron 45 has won the Holland M. Smith MemorialAward. Cadet Applegate attended the ten-day DevilPups Youth Citizenship Development Program atCamp Pendleton last June. During his stay at theMarine Corps camp, Cadet Applegate distinguishedhimself as the “best of the best” out of 180 partici-pants. The award citation reads “ChristopherApplegate, Company Honor Pup, July 30, 2005.”

The Devil Pups Citizenship Program began in1954. Since its inception, over 44,000 teens 14 to 17years old have gone through the program. Devil Pupslive in Marine Corps quarters, comply with MarineCorps hours and regulations, and eat Marine Corpsfood. They participate in running and conditioningexercises, learn first aid, jump into water from a35-foot tower, bivouac, swim and perform close-order drill. To the extent such activities coincide withthe program, they also observe Marine weaponstraining, tank-infantry tactics, field fortificationattacks, combat in-towns and graduation from bootcamp. Participants attend lectures on the dangers ofdrug and alcohol abuse as well as the value of leader-ship.—1st Lt. Diane Eller-Boyko, PAO, MarchField Composite Squadron 45

Aviation Pioneer’sRelative Visits

Namesake SquadronSAN JOSE—Craig Harwood, the great grand-nephew of the unit’s namesake, visited John J.Montgomery Memorial Cadet Squadron 36 here inSeptember to offer a presentation on his ancestor.

Highlights included never-before-seen photos ofMontgomery and an interesting biography that notonly covered previously unknown facts about John J.Montgomery, but also Montgomery’s perspectiveson flying, collecting data, and on making contribu-tions to aviation history.

“John was very concerned about controlled flightand felt that it was necessary to perfect that aspectprior to attempting powered flight,” Harwood men-tioned. “By 1896, Montgomery had created a smallscale version of a tandem-wing flying machine—thedesign that formed the basis of his patent—that wasso well balanced and controllable that it could bereleased from virtually any position and wouldimmediately right itself and continue on a predeter-mined course.” A large, manned version of this craftwould later be publicly demonstrated in 1905 andagain in 1906.

Harwood also touched his family’s recreated pastthrough the hard work of 1st Lt. Ken Palmer, financeofficer for the San Jose unit. Palmer, along with sev-eral cadets, spent the better part of a year researchingand recreating John J. Montgomery’s 1883 flyer,using period techniques and textiles. Harwood wasimpressed with the re-created glider of his greatgrand uncle’s design. “This is one of the best, mostaccurate recreations of my ancestor’s glider that I’veever seen. “Squadron 36 also resumes emergencyservices training for the first time in nearly a decade,hosting Urban Direction Finding training class atReid-Hillview Airport in July. Capt. Keith J. Stasonwas the instructor .—Maj. Mike “Monty”M o n t g o m e r y , C o m m a n d e r , J o h n J .Montgomery Memorial Cadet Squadron 36

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HORNET PILOT: Maj. Ron Guy, surrounded by his latest admirers.

The Colorful Lives of a Green HornetGreen Beret Recon Teams and extractingthem a few days later. He recalled thatnearing a drop zone the standard operatingprocedure was to fly at maximum speed(110 knots) just above the tree tops. Some-times he needed to cut a hole in the junglecanopy with the blades of his helicopter tosuccessfully land and take-off and com-plete his mission.

During his one-year tour, nine Hueyswere shot down. Maj. Guy was in incidentnumbers four and seven. Guy said no onewas left behind.

SAN DIEGO—Maj. Ronald N. Guy, a USAF tankerand helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, spokeat San Diego Cadet Squadron 144 last August.

After ROTC and training on Beechcraft T-34Mentor and North American T-28 Trojan aircraft,Maj. Guy completed primary jet instruction on theLockheed T-33 Shooting Star at Craig AFB, Ala-bama.

That’s when Maj. Guy used up one of his ninelives. One night, shortly after the start of his training,he experienced a total electrical failure while in thepattern. Using his flashlight to read the instruments,he noted three “unsafe” landing gear indicators andknew that, with the electrical fuel pumps gone, hehad only 64 gallons of gravity-fed fuel remaining.With no radio, Maj. Guy could not send out a distresscall; instead he barely found an opening between twoaircraft and, making a low pass over the runway, re-entered the pattern and belly-landed, using the entirerunway to stop.

By 1962, Maj. Guy had transitioned from BoeingKC-97 Stratotanker to the KC-135 Stratotanker IIand was assigned to the 919th Air Refueling Squad-ron, then at Turner AFB, Georgia. This squadron wassent to Vietnam to support B-52 Stratofortresses andfighters. He also flew photo-reconnaissance missionsto observe French nuclear atomic bomb tests in theSouth Pacific.

After learning to fly Bell UH-1P Iroquois (Huey)helicopters, graduating first in his class of 1968, hewas assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squad-ron, known as the Green Hornets, flying out of NhaTrang, South Vietnam in support of the 5th SpecialForces (Green Berets).

Maj. Guy recalled his experiences inserting

After a stint flying the NKC-135, Maj. Guy re-ceived his last command, at the USAF Eastern TestRange, Patrick AFB, Florida, flying the EC-135NAirborne Range Instrumented Aircraft (ARIA) withan eight-foot diameter telemetry antenna in the nose,commonly referred to as the “snoopy aircraft.” Theywere used as electronic relay platforms during theApollo Missions, during submarine missile tests, andother ICBM launches. He flew as the Aircraft Com-mander on ARIA One, the lead telemetry aircraft onthe Apollo 16 Lunar Mission operating out of Perth,Australia, for the launch, and at Nandi in the Fiji Is-lands for the spacecraft recovery.

As an instructor pilot, Maj. Guy was creditedwith the first recorded perfect missile telemetry re-covery in the history of the USAF Eastern TestRange. Unfortunately, he also experienced a totalloss of pitot-static instruments during a heavy takeoffliftoff from the airfield at Albuquerque, NewMexico. A T-38 Talon was launched to provide air-speed and other vital information for letdown, ap-proach, and landing.

Fortunately, that was the last life Maj. Guy ex-pended in some 4,300 hours as a pilot in service tohis country. His military decorations include twoDistinguished Flying Crosses, a Meritorious ServiceMedal, eight Air Medals and two Purple Hearts.

As if that was not enough for a distinguished ca-reer, Maj. Guy retired after 20 years of active dutyand graduated Thomas Jefferson School of Law, apracticing lawyer until 2003 when he retired.

Members of Squadron 144 said they felt hon-ored to have Maj. Guy share his experiences withthem.—Capt. Dennis Ammann, PAO, San DiegoCadet SQ144

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NorCal DominatesNational SAR School

SAR STUDENTS FOUND: (L-R) Lt. Col. Rollin Dixon, USAF,Capt. Frank Duarte, Lt.Col. Donald Towse, Lt. Col. PaulReed, Lt. Keith Stason, Maj. Mike Heil, Tech. Sgt. JenniferHewitt, USAF.

Observatory BivouacLeaves San Diego

Cadets Starry-Eyedfor AE

LOS ANGELES—Five California Wing officersgraduated the National SAR School’s Inland Searchand Rescue Planning course held at the CaliforniaNational Guard Camp San Luis Obispo. The class of2005 included: Lt. Col. Paul Reed, Merced CountyComposite Squadron 147; Lt. Col. Donald Towseand Capt. Frank Duarte, San Jose Senior Squadron80; Maj. Mike Heil, attached to California Wingheadquarters; and Lt. Keith Stason, Jon E. KramerComposite Squadron 10, Palo Alto.

Other students included sheriff’s deputies andSAR team members from 13 California counties,representatives from Federal agencies, the state Of-fice of Emergency Services, and the U.S. Air ForceReserves.

Students learned advanced methods of search-and-rescue planning and coordination. The courseconcluded with an exercise involving an overdue air-plane search and a missing persons rescue and recov-ery.

The mission of the National Search and RescueSchool is to promote standardization and profession-alism by providing SAR training to selected militaryand civilian personnel around the world.

The instructors were Lt. Col. Rollin Dixon andTech. Sgt. Jennifer Hewitt from the Air Force RescueCoordination Center (AFRCC), which is chargedwith coordinating Federal response for search andrescue within the continental United States.

CAMPO—Members of the San Diego AstronomyAssociation (SDAA) invited San Diego CadetSquadron 144 to bivouac under the stars near theorganization’s observatory here, in the high desertabout two miles from the Mexican border, last sum-mer.

Andy Hendrickson and Dennis Ritz, SDAAmembers and private pilots, hosted the event. Squad-ron safety officer Capt. Dennis Ammann briefed thegathering on altitude issues, local natural habitat, andmaintaining night vision. A barbecue and explorationof the ten-acre observatory at Tierra del Sol (Land ofthe Sun) followed the orientation. The site’s featuresinclude 60 small cement pads on the chaparral fortelescopes and RV hookups for visiting stargazers.

Just before sunset, SDAA vice president BobAustin invited cadets to see the moon in the gibbousphase through his 17-inch mirror Dobsonian-typetelescope and taught them how to train the six-footlong telescope on stars for later observation. Both Ju-piter and Venus were in excellent position for view-ing, and Mars made an appearance later. Capt.Ammann showed cadets how to use the Ursa Majorconstellation to find Polaris and pointed out the“summer triangle” of stars.

As the event was meant for astronomy, there wasno early “Taps,” and at 0115 Hrs the cadets were stillup for the glory of the Milky Way, obscured onlyslightly by the light pollution from San Diego to thenorthwest and the Imperial Valley to the east. Cadetsobserved with the naked eye and rotated in to the ob-servatory itself, where the hosts had a 16-inch MeadeLX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain, and both 16- and 18-inch Meade Dobsonian-design telescopes. Cadetswere able to identify the Hercules (M13) star cluster,the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) a globular star clusterin Sagittarius (M22) and the highlight, a globular starcluster in Ophiuchus (M12), 17,000 light years away.At 0300 Hrs, the hosts found the distant blue disks ofNeptune and Uranus, planets that can only be seen with high powered telescopes.

“Being able to see the different planets and the moon with such clarity was very intriguing and informa-tive,” commented C/Airman Basic Garrett Kennedy. “I hope I can go again soon.”—Capt. Dennis Ammann,PAO, San Diego Cadet SQ144

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SQ45 Meets C-17MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE—The C-17 Globe-master III airlift aircraft, the newest plane of its type to en-ter the Air Force inventory, was welcomed to its newhome here last summer by the March Field Compos-ite Squadron 45. With a maximum payload of170,900 pounds and maximum gross takeoff weightof 585,000 pounds, the C-17 built by Boeing(McDonnell Douglas Corp.) is capable of rapid stra-tegic delivery of troops and cargo to main operatingbases or to forward areas of deployment. C-17s boasta cruise speed of 500 mph, or 450 knots (mach .77),and an un-refueled range of approximately 5,200nautical miles with an initial payload of 130,000pounds and a cruise altitude of 28,000 feet.

The dedication of the C-17 hangar at MarchARB marks an important milestone at this historicairfield, which dates back to 1918. Squadron 45, at-tached to March Air Reserve Base, provided groundsupport for the dedication ceremony, directed theparking for the VIP guests and the media. Followinga formal dedication service, members assisted inserving refreshments.

As a reward for its light duty, the squadron wasgranted a tour of the C-17, including the cockpit,where two pilots explained the instrument panels andsuggested that the C-17 was “one of the easiestplanes to fly in the Air Force.”

Later from the podium, Brig. Gen. James T.Rubeor, commander of the Air Force ReserveCommand’s 452nd Air Mobility Wing, and Con-gressman Ken Calvert (44th District, California)shared facts about the C-17 with the VIPs and MarchARB personnel.

The C-17 design allows it to operate on small,austere airfields. The C-17 can take off and land onrunways as short as 3,000 feet and as narrow as 90feet, where it can even turn around by using its back-ing capacity to perform a three-point star turn. Maxi-mum use has been made of off-the-shelf and com-mercial equipment, including Air Force-standardizedavionics.

Eight C-17s will be welcomed to March. An ad-ditional 42 will be deployed nationwide. Congress-man Calvert said “the C-17 does the heavy lifting forthe Air Service and will be able to deliver Marines onshort notice, which will make America safer. Subse-quently, March Air Reserve Base will play a vitalrole in our near future.”—SM Diane Eller-Boyko,PAO, March Field Composite Squadron 45

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE—Cadets fromCanada, Sweden, and Israel visited the United Statesand Composite Squadron 84 cadets and their familieslast summer as part of CAP’s International Air CadetExchange (IACE) program.

Opening their Palmdale home to Canadian cadetsMelanie Milot and Melody Neufeld, 2nd Lt. KristinaM. McDonald, 2nd Lt. Joel L. Mehler and C/Tech.Sgt. Alec Mehler hosted a three-day stay for theircadet guests in July.

Participating in the IACE program for the firsttime, the CAP host family spent time with their visi-tors enjoying local dining and theater eventsthroughout the Antelope Valley. Edwards AFBhosted a daylong tour of the NASA-Dryden FlightResearch Center, Air Force Flight Test CenterMuseum and the Edwards flightline.

The Edwards-based CAP cadets expressed agreat deal of excitement at sharing time with theircounterparts from the three participating nations.“Learning how differently the Canadian cadets pro-mote, what kinds of cadet programs they have overthere compared to us here in the United States, evenhow different the money exchange rates are…Thiswas a very good experience,” remarked Sgt Mehler.“We had a really good time learning about eachother, what the schools are like, talking about howsimilar and different our countries are, and findingout what we want to do some day with our [CAP]experiences.”

The goal of the IACE program is to foster andmaintain international relationships between the ca-det participants from the various nations. In 2005,CAP cadets traveled to 17 countries, includingTurkey, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia andGreat Britain.—2nd Lt. Joel L. Mehler, EdwardsAFB Composite Squadron 84

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Squadron 47 LooksUp for Inspiration

HONORARY SKYHAWK IN SPACE: Dr. John Phillips with a tribute from aboardthe International Space Station.

CAMP PENDLETON—Squadron47 has friends in high places—butnone higher than Dr. John Phillips,NASA Expedition 11 astronaut, ascience officer and flight engineerliving aboard the InternationalSpace Station since April.

Dr. Phillips (Capt., USNRret.) is a friend of Maj. Mike

squadron patch emailed toPhillips at the ISS. He enlargedthe image, trimmed it, and posedwith the patch in front of a port-hole looking out into space. Heemailed the photo back to Maj.Woods. Every member of thesquadron was given a copy as amemento.

The squadron’s cadets con-tinue to correspond with Dr.Phillips through Maj. Woods. Forexample, Cadet Sergeant RyanBucher asked, “While in space,what do you miss most, besidesyour loved ones?” and Dr. Phillipsanswered: “I miss just being out-side. I also miss cold drinks of allsorts—we don’t have a fridge uphere!” Dr. Phillips sent the cadetsa photo of San Diego from hisperch, some 250 miles aboveEarth.

Incidentally, Dr. Phillips isserving with the Russian cosmo-naut, Expedition 11 CommanderS e r g e i K r i k a l e v , w h o w a sexpected to have spent 800 daysin space before his return—thel o n g e s t s t a y i n s p a c e i nh i s tory.—1st Lt. Seelye Day,PAO, Skyhawks CompositeSquadron 47

RIVERSIDE—San Bernardino Senior Squadron 5and Group 3’s two-day search-and-rescue exercise atRiverside Airport last August was declared “anunqualified success” by exercise observers.

A total of 50 members from 12 squadrons par-ticipated in 19 training sorties, logging nearly 50flight hours. One concurrent actual mission resultedin a non-distress “find” for Cable Composite Squad-ron 25, Upland, which located an activated emer-gency locator transmitter signal at Zamperini Field

Squadron 5 InauguratesNew HQ with SAREX

Airport in Torrance.USAF Liaison Lt. Col. Mike Prusak was on hand

to observe, critique and compliment the exercise.The event marks the first SAREX held at River-

side since Squadron 5 moved its headquarters fromSan Bernardino Airport in February. The new HQboasts separate rooms for Mission Command,Operations, Communications and Administrationwell suited to future exercises and missions.—2ndLt. James Daley

Woods, a senior member in thesquadron. They were cadets inCAP together at Williams AirForce Base in Mesa, Arizona,during the mid-60s.

When Woods discovered thathis friend was going to the ISS, heasked if Astronaut Phillips for aspecial favor. Woods had the

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National Ops Lauds Ripp, Terpstrafor Archer Bullseye

LOS ANGELES—CAP’s National Director of Op-erations John A. Salvador commended two Cal Wingpilots, 1st Lt. Ted Ripp, San Fernando Senior Squad-ron 35, and 1st Lt. Shane Terpstra, attached to Cali-fornia Wing, for their achievement in the ArcherHyperspectral Imaging program.

Lt. Ripp graduated at the top of the first Archertraining class conducted by National Headquarters atMojave. The two pilots stand as the only qualifiedArcher operators in the Wing. “Ted Ripp performedextremely well during the Archer training class,”Salvador noted. “He is now a fully qualified ArcherOperator. We’re going to be relying on him heavilyas we conduct further tests and training in the south-ern California area.

“We really appreciate the outstanding supportSquadron 63 provided for our recent Archer accep-tance tests and training evaluation,” Salvador added,in a letter to California Wing Commander VirginiaNelson. “Everything went very smoothly because of

their efforts.” Salvador expressed particular gratitudeto Pastor Joseph Torres and Capt. Frank Shyne,Commander of Burbank Angels Cadet Squadron 63.“I’ve been working with CAP for the past ten yearsin both an Air Force and now CAP role and I can tellyou I’ve never been treated so well. All of themembers of the Advanced Technology Group andthe Archer trainees from all over the country reallyappreciated the extra effort the members of Squad-ron 63 did to ensure their comfort.”

Lt. Col. Nelson implored the Wing crew to con-sider Archer training: “NHQ decides who will be in-vited to participate based on the test scores of theWeb-based Archer Screening Course,” she said.“The screening is designed for senior members (nocadets at this time) who are computer savvy andare already aircrew members.” Pilots, Observersand Scanners all qualify. The test, found atwww.tests.cap.af.mil/ops/archer_training, takes lessthan an hour to complete.

and two hands for the adult. Foran adult, apply 15 compressions 1½ to 2 inches deep; for a child,five compressions, 1 to 1 ½inches deep; for an infant, applyfive compressions one-half to oneinch deep. How fast? Approxi-mately 100 times per minute foran adult and child, and more than100 times per minute for aninfant.

Continue a cycle of com-pressions and rescue breaths forapproximate ly one minute .Re-check for pulse and breathingevery few minutes, and treat thevictim accordingly. Remember:No breathing, with a pulse, use

rescue breathing only. No breath-ing, no pulse, use breathing andcompressions until help arrives.

Severe bleeding must also bestopped in life-threatening inter-ventions. Using protective glovesor barriers to avoid blood-bornepathogens, stop the victim’sbleeding by applying direct pres-sure to the wound, elevating theaffected part above the heart’slevel, and by using pressurepoints—locations where arteriesor veins can be pressed against abone— to help control thebleeding.

That’s just a small portion ofwhat everybody involved in

Keep Your Head During Mouth-to-MouthContinued from page 42 . . .

Emergency Services shouldknow. All CAP members andtheir families should take one ofthe many First Aid and CPRcourses provided throughout theyear.

Maj. Carol Denise Edwards,Commander of Van Nuys HawkerSquadron 128, is a certifiedAmerican Red Cross Instruc-tor; an Emergency Responder,California Child Care; and anInstructor of Wilderness First Aidand Wilderness Survival. She hasserved as the Group 1 Director ofEmergency Services.

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A Crash on Mt. ShastaTests Persistence

Date, Mission:18 JUN, 05M1013AIncident Commander: Capt. Burt KingsburyBriefing: With what turned out to be nearly unlim-ited line of sight, an ELT was putting out a signalover a 100 square mile radius of Mt. Shasta. Could asignal that high be anything but a crash or a losthiker? Still, there are no reports of missing aircrafts.A CAP ground team and Siskiyou County Sheriff’sdeputies are led by an ELT 23 miles west of Mt.Shasta to its summit. Bad weather delays the searchuntil the morning. The Air Force Rescue Coordina-tion Center wants to close the mission.Find: Crashed Piper PA-28 was sighted in themorning by the California Highway Patrol helicop-ter, located at 12,000 feet AGL on the south side ofMt. Shasta, 41 23.80 N by 122 11.35 W. The signalwas intermittent because the wreck appears to haveslid down the mountain almost a thousand feet. Onecasualty. Inaccessible, the crash is still intact to thisday. The pilot, visibly slumped over the controls inaerial photography of the crash, did not survive.Citations: Keilholtz: “The entire mission was ridingon gutwork and legwork.” Ostrat: “Burt [Kingsbury]has a very large response area, at least a third of thestate of California. And because of the Norcalenvironment—most of it mountainous with a limited

amount of airports, resources few and far between,and the weather usually an issue—he’s been instru-mental to finding numerous crashes.” Asche: “Thismission had outstanding inter-agency coordination.Burt works with local law enforcement very well.He’s on a first-name basis with SAR coordinators.He’s very responsive to the needs of CAP.”And the ESsy Goes to…Maj. Bill Gilligan and Capt. Mark Walters, RedwoodEmpire Composite Squadron 157; Capt. BurtKingsbury, Shasta Composite Squadron 126; andMaj. Jan Ostrat, attached to California Wing, allawarded Distress Finds.

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A Grid One Third the Areaof Rhode Island

Date, Mission:29 SEP, 05M1851AIncident Commander: Capt.Bob KeilholtzBriefing: A pilot on a pipelinepatrol flight in Kern County isreported overdue. There is noELT or last-known position radarsighting.Find: Cessna 150, near Bakers-field, 35 07.64 N by 119 33.37 W.Crash site is found in a canyonoutside the primary search area.The pilot did not survive.Citations: Keilholtz: “The pri-mary search area was over 300square miles, covering some 24quarter grids. A unified commandwas established with the KernCountry Sheriff’s department toperform a hasty search. What Ithought initially was going to bejust following 10 to 15 miles ofpipeline turned out to be quite amission, because there were allthese feeder lines that made it,effectively, hundreds of miles.The guys did a great job ofsearching and felt confidentthey’d covered the grid, so weexpanded it out and planned well.We found the wreck a couple of

miles outside the track. It was theright grid, the right lighting, andwe found the guy.” Asche: “Dueto intelligence I gathered from theaircraft owner, we were able tonarrow the search area down to asmall area. We determinedthrough severa l interviews

what the pilot’s typical habitswere.”And the ESsy Goes to…1st Lt. Ron Brewster, SMSamantha Lack and 1st Lt. DaveMcCarthy, Bakersfield Com-posite Squadron 121, awardedDistress Finds.

ES Squadron of the YearBAKERSFIELD COMPOSITE SQUADRON 121

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Date, Mission:22 SEP, 05M1784Incident Commanders: Maj.Margot Leveque and Capt. BobKeilholtzBriefing: Eight new R-22 heli-copters left the factory andheaded for Las Vegas. Only sixmade it through stormy weatherthat closed in the choppersquickly. As it turned out, one wasforced to land at a truck stop, butno one had reported either ofthem missing. An ELT went off,indicating an emergency near theCalifornia/Nevada border, thenclosed out.Find: Robinson R-22, easternMojave Desert, 35 39.03 N by115 49.50 W. After multiple

R-22, Where Are You?

knew they were missing a heli-copter until we found it.”Asche: “ELTs are often taken forgranted. The outstanding resultwe achieved came from pros-ecuting the mission as if it was forreal. The aircrew located a verydifficult to find target.”And the ESsy Goes to…1st Lt. Ron Brewster, BakersfieldComposite Squadron 121, and Lt.Col. J.J. Gianquinto, attached toCal i fornia Wing, awardedDistress Finds.

weather delays for fog and lowceiling, the crashed R-22 wasfound in a canyon, through a six-minute window in the cloudcover. The pilot did not survive.Citations: Keilholtz: “When anELT goes off in this area of thedesert, it’s always tough to find anIC and a ground team. Communi-cation is bad. It’s a long way todrive or fly. It will turn out to be asix to eight hour operation. Thenpeople think after they respondthe ELT will go away. If I put outa page for the missing airplane,my response will quadruple. Inthis case, we had no positiveairborne signals, and had to relyon our instincts that this was anactual crash. In the end, nobody

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