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Civil Air Patrol, Maryland Wing

Second Quarter Newsletter, 2008

Joint Services Openhouse AirshowBy C/SSgt P. Gleichauf with 2d Lt D. Ells

SSgt Ells, C/C1A Gleichauf, C/SSgt Gleichauf, C/Maj Frater, C/2d Lt Boehk, C/Amn Gress, C/AB Payne, 1st

Lt Moore. Photo Credit:Unknown


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On 16 May 2008, six cadets and two senior members from the Fort McHenryComposite Squadron participated in a very special Aerospace Education activity.1st Lt Larry Moore and 2d Lt Donald Ells, both active duty Air Force, C/Major

Frater, C/2Lt Boehk, C/SSgt Gleichauf, C/A1C Gleichauf, C/Amn Gress, andC/AB Payne attended the annual Joint Services Openhouse Airshow at AndrewsAir Force Base in Camp Springs, MD. This event provided cadets and seniormembers with a first hand look of the aircraft and technology employed by theUnited States military.

During the airshow the cadets toured the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft. U-2s haveperformed strategic reconnaissance for decades. An Air Force LieutenantColonel allowed the cadets and senior members to view the cockpit and walkaround the intelligence-gathering aircraft. The pilot explained that this aircraft canfly as high as 80,000 feet above enemy occupied territory. The U-2 pilot can fly

missions lasting 12 or more hours and wears a specialized flight suit because ofthe high operating altitudes. The cadets and senior members spoke with pilotsand aircrew from a variety of aircraft to include the C-5 Galaxy, T-6 Texan II andthe C-130.

The cadets and senior members enjoyed the aerial demonstrations by UnitedStates military pilots. Individual aircraft included the Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier,the Air Forces F-15 Strike Eagle and the amazing F-22 Raptor. Everyone waspleased to experience three different military and civilian aviation teams. The firstof these consisted of three retired military pilots flying F-104 Starfighters. This isthe most popular fighter of the Air Forces Century Series. The second consistedof four different aircraft representing the different eras of military aviationemployed by the United States Air Force known as the Heritage flight. Theformation was comprised of the P-51 Mustang, the F-4 Phantom, the F-15 StrikeEagle and the F-22 Raptor. The final team was an airshow classic, the Blue

Angels, which is the United States Navys demonstration team.

In addition to seeing and speaking with military pilots the cadets were able to seeseveral civilian pilots perform, among the most famous was Sean Tucker in hisred Oracle biplane. FMCS personnel learned about the developments of militaryaviation while having fun. The cadets and senior members are looking forward toattending next year.


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C/Maj Frater Photo Credit: D. Ells C/Amn Gress. Photo Credit: D. Ells

C/C1A Gleichauf, C/SSgt Gleichauf, C/Maj Frater, C/2d Lt Boehk, C/Amn Gress, C/AB Payne, Photo Credit: D. Ells


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C/C1A Gleichauf, C/SSgt Gleichauf, C/Maj Frater, C/Amn Gress, C/2d Lt Boehk, C/AB Payne. PhotoCredit: D. Ells

Encampment, 2008

C/Amn Craig, C/Am Tirgueno, C/A1C Prabhakar, C/AmPayne, C/Amn Gress. Photo Credit: E. Ells

Fort McHenry Composite Squadronpersonnel participated in the 2008Tri-Wing Encampment, at CampFretterd Military Reservation inReisterstown, MD, June 22-29.

Encampment is a rite-of-passage forall cadets. Attending from our

squadron were Capt C. Hiles, TSgtGleichauf, C/A1C Prabhakar, C/AmnGress, C/Amn Craig, C/AmnTrigueno, and C/Amn Payne Up atfive 0clock for Physical Training,cadets trained in drill andceremonies. They took classesabout Civil Air Patrol and U.S. AirForce topics, aerospace education,and emergency services. Eachnight cadets competed in nightly

volleyball competitions. After threedays of hard work, the three days ofrotations began. These are enjoyedby both staff and cadets. Maryland

Air National Guard flew cadets fororientation flights in a C-130J.Cadets flew in Blackhawk with thehelp from the Maryland Army


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National Guard Army Aviation unit.Another activity was rappelling,guided by expert MDARNG rappelmasters. Cadets rappelled from boththirty and one-hundred foot heights.

MDARNG personnel taught a DrugDemand Reduction and a class onweather. Tri-Wing staff members,trained in its use, helpedencampment basics as they usedthe weapons simulator. As she hasin the past, Col. Mary Feik visited theencampment and spoke to thecadets. Following the volleyballchampionship and drill competition,is the dining out, called the Mess.

Nominated by both seniors andcadets, Capt C. Hiles won HonorOfficer. There must be someinteresting stories about the GrogBowl, too. The final day was thepass in review parade, showing tothe staff and parents how quicklygreat cadets can learn.

Promotions

C/SSgt P.Gleichauf to C/TSgtC/SrA G.Gleichauf to C/SSgtC/Am K. Prabhakar to C/A1CC/AB R. Craig to C/AmnC/AB S. Gress to C/AmnC/AB J. Payne to C/AmnC/AB T. Trigueno to C/Amn

Duty Changes

Maj Barth to Deputy Commander forSeniorsCapt Hiles to Acting Commander forFMCS until Capt Walker returns1st Lt Martin Sacks to Assistant

Aerospace Education Officer1st Lt Martin Sacks to Assistant SafetyOfficer2d Lt Alvin Sacks to Safety Officer2d Lt Donald Ells to DeputyCommander for CadetsSM Nicole Morrison to Drug DemandReduction Officer

Accolades

1st Lt Martin Sachs passed his Form5 flight for Mountain Pilot. He alsoearned a technician rating in Safety.

2d Lt Donald Ells earned the YeagerAward.

2d Lt Christopher Gunther earned atechnician rating forLogistics/Transportation.

Water, Water,Everywhere!

Fort McHenry Composite Squadronwas represented at the Water FrontFestival at Wilson Point, near MartinState Airport on a very rainy May 17.The annual event features live musicand bands, local businesses, andother services organizations. 1st Lt CStriker, 2d Lt Metcalf and C/AB


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Payne from FMCS and two othersquadrons had a booth to informvisitors about what Civil Air Patroldoes for the community and nationand the benefits of volunteering in a

top-notch organization like Civil AirPatrol.

(From left to right) Maj. Patricia Filipiak, commander of theOsprey Composite Squadron; SM Lillian Deering and 2nd Lt.Sean Metcalf, Fort McHenry Composite Squadron, pose in frontof the Osprey recruiting booth at the recent WaterFest. (Photocredit: SM Melissa Dunlap, CAP)

Cadet Airman Basic Payne and Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Purvisman the recruiting booth. (Photo credit: SMMelissa Dunlap,CAP)

Chaplain Service RegionStaff College

Father Gus Peters attendedChaplain Service Region StaffCollege on May 26-29. It was held

at the Naval Amphibious Base inLittle Creek, Norfolk, Virginia. MajPeters received his certification inCritical Incident Stress Management:Individual Crisis Intervention and

Peer Support. Way to go, FatherGus!

WV and MD WingsConduct Joint SAREXwith MDARNG

The West Virginia and MarylandWings of the Civil Air Patrol held a

joint search and rescue exercise(SAREX) at the Petersburg/GrantCounty Airport on April 18-21. InSeptember, 2007, Maryland invitedWest Virginia to participate in aSAREX in Maryland. One wouldthink there would not be manyproblems, but there were.

The SAREX in April was to see ifimprovements had been made.C/Amn Casey Bennett representedFort McHenry Composite Squadron.He was among the cadets flown inBlackhawk helicopters from Tipton

Airport in Laurel, MD, to the IncidentCommand Post at the airportavery impressive sight. The seven

UH-60 Blackhawks came from the29th Combat Aviation Brigade,Maryland Army National Guardbased at Weide Army Heliport,

Aberdeen Proving Ground.

On Saturday, ground teams went outon missions for the simulated natural


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disaster. Fifteen CAP planes flewsorties. Cadets got a BBQ dinner atthe end of the days.

Four Maryland Army National Guard UH-60

Blackhawk helicopters in close formation en route toPetersburg, WV. (Photo credit: 1st Lt. Jon Wiseman, CAP)

Maryland Wing ground team members emerge from thePetersburg, WV. (Photocredit: Lt. Col. Wes LaPre, CAP)

Cadet Officer School

C/2d Lt Laura Boehk can wear asilver star on her Mitchell ribbon.She earned it by attending CadetOfficer School (COS) at HuntingtonCollege, near Maxwell AFB, AL,June 16-26. COS is patterned afterthe USAF Squadron Officer School.

Academically challenging, COS is an

in-depth study of the skills ofleadership.

Brig. Gen. Amy Courter, Interim CAP NationalCommander and 2d Lt Boehk. Photo Credit: C/MajCarlos Pineda, NJWG

Cadet Boehk had two instructors.One was an Air Force officer and theother was a CAP officer. Shelearned about the Air Forceapproach to the psychology ofleadership, problem solvingtechniques, effective writing,effective speaking, and groupdynamics. The course was dividedbetween lecture, seminar, andhands-on training.

She remembers most the stacks andstacks of reading material. I reallydidnt want to go because I wasworried about the academics, shesaid. She was right to be worried.She rose at six each morning, wentto classes until eight in the evening,and studied until midnight or one.

Her work paid off. She earnedAcademic Ace for her Flight. On thefinal exam, she scored second of theone-hundred-twenty cadets.

Talk to Cadet Boehk if you arethinking about attending COS nextyear. You must be 16 and have yourMitchell Award. A course such as


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COS would cost thousands of dollarsto cover the cost. The registrationfee through CAP is $250 and coversbooks, meals, lodging, and othermaterials. CAP also pays for travel

to the activity at no cost to the cadet.

Photo Credit: Unknown. TX Wing

Air Force EvaluatesMaryland Wing at SAREX:By 1st Lt Chris Striker

1stLt Striker. Photo Credit: C. Striker

On June 20-22, the USAF observedMaryland Wing at work during aSAREX. 1st Lt C. Striker flew as ascanner. He writes:

For three days prior, ordersconstantly flooded my e-mail on apending "simulated" hurricane Zoe.Zoe was heading in our direction.CAP aircraft were told to move to a

hangered location in Hagerstown,MD. No Incident Command Posthad been established by Fridaynight. The ICP ended up beingmultiple ICPs to see how we wouldwork together. Working togethersmoothly is a goal in the FEMA ICSstructure. Martin State Airport servedas Area Command. St. Mary's andHagerstown were also commandposts.

I arrived Saturday morning.Everything at the airport was quiet.Most of the ground teams haddeparted, searching for missingplanes and damage assessment inthe two other areas. After signing in,I got some information so I couldstart planning on the next phase.While waiting, I took control as theMission Staff Assistant and did theflight line runs to pick up incomingaircrews. Our planes flew in justabout every 15 minutes. Aircrewssigned in, and were debriefed andreassigned new missions or weredeployed out to the other ICPs forother missions. We were give ourmission, planned it out and set out tothe flight line, loaded up, got situatedand taxied out for take off. I flew as aMission Scanner on a route searchlooking for a simulated missingaircraft. Once in the air we headedtowards Loch Raven Reservoir, thento Carroll County Airport. Wecontinued onward to Frederick andHagerstown airports before in allyending up circling Potomac Airfieldout in western MD.


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After starting our return trip back, wewere asked to divert to HagerstownICP for a new assignment. As wewere being defriefed, a call came in

from another aircrew announcingthey might have found the simulatedcrash in the area of Greenbriar StatePark in Frederick and were trackingthe ELT signal. Because this wasnot confirmed and because a groundteam was en route to verify, ouraircrew was given a new routesearch back to the east. We flew outof Hagerstown and picked up thetrack towards Frederick airport. Not

hearing the beacon signal, weheaded towards Carroll CountyAirport. The groundteam confirmedthe simulated crash site. Our aircrewthen finished up out search andheaded back to martin state,refueled the aircraft and gotdebriefed so we could depart the ICPfor home.

All in all, the search was successfulon our end as well as the teams onthe ground that have to physicallyidentify the site as well as work withaircrews to get going in the rightdirection.

Hagerstown. Photo Credit: C. Striker

April Blood Drive

Lt Col Steinmeier, Father Gus Peters, C/2d Lt Boehk, C/ABPayne, C/Amn Prabhakar, C/SSgt Gleichauf, and C/Maj Frater

Fort McHenry Composite Squadronheld its twelth Community BloodDrive on April 26. Twelve pints ofblood were donated. Lt ColSteinmeier, Father Gus Peters, 1st LtStriker, 1st Lt Von der Linden, 2d LtElls, C/Maj Frater, C/2d Lt Boehk,

C/SSgt Gleichauf, C/Amn Prabhakar,C/AB Gress, and C/AB Payneassisted the Red Cross staff.

The Catonsville Blood Drive wasorganized by the Squadron in 2005as part of its community outreachprogram and is co-sponsored by theGreater Catonsville Chamber ofCommerce and the Baltimore CountyDepartment of Recreation andParks. The drive is held at the

squadrons meeting location at theBloomsbury Community Center inCatonsville, Maryland, a BaltimoreCounty Recreation and Parks facility.The next blood drive will be August23, 2008. Senior and cadetmembers, if you can help, pleasecontact Maj Barth.


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To donate at the next CatonsvilleCommunity Blood Drive, contactMajor Barth at 301-518-0046 or [email protected].

C/Amn Prabhakar and C/AB Payne

The Civil Air Patrol, the officialauxiliary of the U. S. Air Force, wasfounded on Dec. 1, 1941, less than aweek before the Japanese attack onPearl Harbor brought the U. S. into

World War II. CAP is a nonprofitorganization with more than 56,000members nationwide. Theorganizations members perform 95percent of continental U.S. inlandsearch and rescue missions taskedby the Air Force Rescue CoordinationCenter, and were credited by the

AFRCC with saving 103 lives in fiscalyear 2007. Its volunteers also performhomeland security, disaster relief and

counterdrug missions at the requestof federal, state and local agencies.

Members take a leading role inaerospace education and serve asmentors to the almost 25,000 youngpeople currently participating in theCAP Cadet Program. CAPs cadet

programs provide young men andwomen with a safe and motivatingenvironment in which to grow andexplore opportunities in the militaryand aviation industries. CAP has

been performing mission forAmerican for more than 63 years.

There are approximately 1,300members of CAP in Maryland. Lastfiscal year wing members flew 42search and rescue missions and werecredited with 31 finds. For moreinformation, visit www.mdcap.org.

The Fort McHenry Squadron meetsweekly 7-9pm on Tuesday eveningsat the

Bloomsbury Community Center106 Bloomsbury Ave.

Rm. 106Catonsville, MD 21228

The Fort McHenry SquadronNewsletter is published by the FortMcHenry Composite Squadron of the

Civil Air Patrol.

Editor - Capt Gayle Hirst, CAP

For more information about the FortMcHenry Squadron please contact:

Capt Karen Walker, CAPCommanderFort McHenry Squadron(240) 535-0154

[email protected]

1st Lt Alvin Sacks, CAPPublic Relations [email protected](301) 229-3399

Capt Gayle Hirst, CAP


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Public Relations Officer(410)[email protected]

Major Doug Barth, CAP

Recruiting [email protected](301) 518-0046

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