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Birthplace of the Civil Air PatrolCommander’s Corner

Shown in the above picture are from left to right: Cadet/1st Lt Stephen Rogacki, Maj. Gen.Antonio J. Pineda, CAP National Commander,

and Cadet/Chief MSgt Stasia M. Rogacki .

freshman at Mount St. Dominic Acad-emy in Caldwell, NJ.

Cdet / 1st Lt Stephen Rogackirecently received the AdministrativeAward at a meeting of the Lone EagleComposite Squadron of the Civil AirPatrol (CAP), NJ Wing. This award isearned after successful completion ofthe first ten achievements of the cadetprogram. The achievements consist ofpassing leadership, aerospace, andmoral leadership requirements. He is inthe 10th grade at Seton Hall Prep, WestOrange, NJ.

Commanders Corner 1

Lone Eagle / Gen Antonio Pineda 1

It’s All In The Numbers 2

Editorial 2

Wing Calendar 3

Wing Conference Agenda 3

Finds 4

Cape May Sq., Wreaths 5

Where Are They Now 6

The Bone Yard 6

Group 224 News 8-10

Unit News Section 11-12

Cadet News Section 13

NJ Wing Department News 14

Notes, Awards & Recognition 15

Inside this issue:

Feb 2007 Volume 2

Issue 1

Lone Eagle Cadets meet Maj. Gen. Antonio J. Pineda, CAP National Commander

T he Lone Eagle CompositeSquadron Cadets met Maj.

Gen. Antonio J. Pineda, CAPNational Commander, at Civil Air PatrolNortheast Region Conference held10th–12th Nov , 2006, in Mansfield, MA.

Cadet / Chief MSgt Stasia M.Rogacki was the recipient of the SpiritAward in July at the Honor Guard Acad-emy, held at the McDaniel College,Westminster, MD. The Spirit Award isgiven to the Cadet with the best atti-tude, preparation, and outlook duringthe two week academy course. She is a

One Wing, One Team,

One Standard of Excellence

missions with a num-ber of county, stateand regional agencies.We strengthened ourlegislative liaison teamand developed a planfor increasing govern-ment support in 2007and beyond. I am trulyproud of our cadets, all across the wing,who continued to demonstrate self-mastery, leadership, and who supportedour primary programs and missions forAmerica. We enjoyed a quantum in-crease in newspaper and television cov-erage through the hard work of our pub-lic affairs team. Finally, working withsenior commanders and wing staff, wecrowned the year’s activities with a stra-tegic planning and goal setting sessionthat will define our direction for the nextfive years.

Moving forward in 2007, I askfor your help again to continue to growtogether as a team, by further improvingyour leadership capabilities and com-munications at all levels; increase ourreadiness to serve with 100% of ourmembers participating in ES training,especially in Homeland Security relatedareas; continue to advance in officer-

(Continued on page 3)

C ongratulations and thanks toeach of you, officer and cadetalike, who made 2006 an out-

standing year for New Jersey Wing!First, and foremost, we had a

safe year with no serious injuries, and anumber of lesser incidents were han-dled with skill. We focused on buildingone team by improving communicationsup and down the chain of command andby strengthening our leaders. We alsoset our sights on improving readinessby developing and implementing anincredible array of innovative, wing-wideES training programs.

We stood up a wing-level fund-raising leadership team that achievedoutstanding first year successes. Mon-ies raised to date will be used to lowerthe cost of key cadet programs in 2007,such as the Basic Encampment andFalcon Flight Encampment, and investin special Emergency Services equip-ment such as a portable satellite radio,and VHF radios to be installed in twonewly assigned seats in the state’s newEmergency Operations Center.

In 2006, we flew our firstHomeland Security missions jointly withPennsylvania Wing, and laid importantgroundwork for gaining additional Emer-gency Services and Homeland Security



pared to today’s standards. Our biggestsquadrons now, would have been saidin those days to be weak or moderate

units. Going even further back in his-tory we had huge squadrons in JerseyCity, Hoboken, Newark, Sussex County,nearly all over the state.

Have you been to a SAREX recently?Have you been impressed when forty orfifty members show up and Colonel Ol-szewski is scrambling to set up sortiesfor everyone to participate? I’m not. Inthe past it was normal for several hundred members to participate in SAR-CAP’s or REDCAP’s as they were oncecalled. One example I found in the ar-chives from 1957 stated “seventy four

aircraft were in the air and flew onehundred and ninety sorties in two hun-dred and thirty nine hours of flying time.Two hundred and eighty four senior andfour hundred and twenty six cadetmembers took part.”

Another training mission in 1963boasted “more than three hundred sen-ior and cadet personnel participated,flying some fifty planes in many sorties,operating ten land rescue units, andsome thirty three other vehicles.” Mymemories from my cadet days of train-ing and actual missions were of bases

spilling over with more members thanthey could possibly hold, and airplanesand ground equipment parked every-where. Were these members from dayspast better than us? I think they might

have been more focused and commit-ted than some of our members today,but that is not the point I want to make.

The idea I’m trying to drive here isthat they had the numbers. Yes it wasa different time and a different worldback then, but one thing they had was

drive. The CAP back then recruited,and recruited, and recruited. Yes theylost members, but many stayed foryears. They stayed because theycame into an active program that heldtheir interest. They weren’t bored!They did things all the time. The meet-ings were interesting. The activitieswere interesting. The missions wereinteresting. My cadet days were thegreatest time of my life and that is why


By Lt. Colonel Gregory F. Weidenfeld New Jersey Wing Historian

I t’s no secret. Our numbers are

dwindling. Last year New JerseyWing Commander, Colonel RobertMcCabe, set recruiting and retentiongoals for us. As noted at the DecemberWing Commander’s call, we failed tomeet those goals. In fact, our member-ship numbers dropped slightly. At pre-sent we have roughly eleven hundredmembers, cadet and senior combinedthat make up a Wing Staff, four GroupHeadquarters, twenty-three Squadrons(including Legislative Squadron), andone Flight (according to the Wing web-site at the time of this writing). This

might seem impressive at first glance,but is it really? That works out to an

average of thirty-eight members perunit.

Well what’s wrong with that you mightask? First of all, how many of thosemembers are actually active? Do theyparticipate and make a useful contribu-tion to the Cadet Programs, AerospaceEducation, or Emergency Services mis-sions in your unit?

Secondly, we all know that units are

not all the same. While there are somesquadrons that are fortunate and haveenough active senior and cadet mem-bers to support these functions, manydo not. In fact, some units barely meetthe criteria according to the regulationsto actually be considered functioningunits. Where should a squadron be? Inmy book, there are no definitive num-bers that a squadron needs to be suc-cessful, but I can tell you about the past

when the New Jersey Wing was in whatyou might call it’s “Glory Days.”There was a time, about when I first

joined CAP in late 1975, that the Pine-land Composite Squadron swelled toseventy five cadets and over twenty senior members, with a waiting list toget in! That’s almost a Group by to-day’s standards. They weren’t the onlyones. Bayshore, Twin Pine, Linden,McGuire, Cumberland, and Lone Eaglewere all monster size squadrons com-

It’s All in the Numbers

We’ve failed to meet those goals.

That’s almost a Group by todays

standards

They had the numbers

IT’S ALL IN THE NUMBERS

Wings Over New Jersey

Editorial

By Lt Barry May

T his is our third issue of “WingsOver New Jersey”. Valuable

information and prestige for

the New Jersey Wing is being gener-ated not to mention recognition by the

“civilian” community. I appreciate thesupport by those in the Wing who have

contributed over the last year.

In particular, recognition goes

to Lt Col Lisa VanClief for her supportand editing contributions. A big thanksto Capt Marv Goldberg, PAO, Group

224 for producing a three page spread

for the Group section. He was the onlyGroup PAO who responded to our re-

quest. Lt. Mark Swanson provided aninvaluable service in editing, news sto-

ries and quality pictures.

NOW, DOWN TO BUSINESS

We need your help. We don’t

have the resources to research, write

and edit every valuable news story in

the New Jersey Wing. Your PAO and the entire unit must participate and con-

tribute. I would like to see a two pagespread from each Group about activities

within their squadrons. I would like a

uniform method of reporting each findand mission our Wing participates in.

The format is outlined under “Finds” ofthis news letter. I want pictures and

more pictures. We need volunteers to work on editing, writing and formatting the wing newsletter.

You may also see some newsections that enhance this issue. Our

Wing Chaplain is producing a column

“Where Are They Now”. This will featurecadets who have moved on and what

their accomplishments include. There isa cadet section. I would like nothing

short of our Cadets producing their ownsection.

Not every story can be pub-

lished but we are here to help and giveyou tips. In addition, future classes will

be held in writing, picture taking, com-

puter programs such as MS Publisherand web site design.

What can we include in “Wings

Over New Jersey”? … NEWS!!. We

want our accomplishments, our suc-cesses and useful information for ourreaders. This is not a publication for

new directives, procedures or press(Continued on page 3)



Wing Calendar of Events

Date/Time Event Contact Location

20 Feb 07 Promotion Review Board Lt Col Elizabeth Yul Wing HQfor Maj and Lt ColForms 45 and 45B and NJ form 2R. Two letters of recommendation.Must be submitted three weeks in advance.

3 Mar 07 Cadet Advisory Lt Col Travis Pope Wing HQ1400-1600Hrs Council Meeting [email protected]

Uniform, blues with service dress jacket and all earned ribbons & badges

18 Mar 07 Cadet Advisory Lt Col Travis Pope Wing HQ1400-1600Hrs Council Meeting [email protected]

Uniform, blues with service dress jacket and all earned ribbons & badges

30 Mar-1Apr 07 Northeast Region Lt Col Travis Pope Newport NavalCadet Competition [email protected] Base, RIDrill Team and Color Guard selected by Wing Competition will attend.

30 Mar 07 NJ Wing Cadet Ball Lt Col Travis Pope Mc Guire AFB [email protected] Ft. Dix

Part of the Wing Conf. Information TBA

30 Mar-1 Apr 07 NJ Wing Conference Maj Steve Tracy McGuire AFB or(Agenda in column on left) [email protected] Ft DixInformation on registration will be posted on NJ Wing website, when available

3 Apr 07 PAO Workshop Lt Barry May Wing HQ0900-1230Hrs [email protected]

Newsletters, websites and other internal communications

29 Apr 07 Cadet Advisory Lt Col Travis Pope Wing HQ1400-1600Hrs Council Meeting [email protected]

Uniform, blues with tie/tie tab and all earned ribbons & badges

12-13 May 07 McGuire Air Show Contact to be announced McGuire AFBNJ Wing CAP supporting USAF event

15 May 07 Promotion Review Board Lt Col Elizabeth Yul Wing HQfor Maj and Lt ColForms 45 and 45B and NJ form 2R. Two letters of recommendation.Must be submitted three weeks in advance.

27 May 07 Cadet Advisory Lt Col Travis Pope Wing HQ1400-1600Hrs Council Meeting [email protected]

Uniform, blues with tie/tie tab and all earned ribbons & badges

23 Jun-1 Jul 07 Falcon Flight Capt Bill Ward Lakehurst NAES

28 Jun-2 Jul 07 National Cadet Lt Col Travis Pope Wright PattersonCompetition [email protected] AFB, OhioNational Competition Drill and Color Guard selected at NER Competition

18 Sept 07 Promotion Review Board Lt Col Elizabeth Yul Wing HQfor Maj and Lt ColForms 45 and 45B and NJ form 2R. Two letters of recommendation.Must be submitted three weeks in advance.

18 Nov 07 Promotion Review Board Lt Col Elizabeth Yul Wing HQfor Maj and Lt ColForms 45 and 45B and NJ form 2R. Two letters of recommendation.Must be submitted three weeks in advance.

Wing Conference Agenda

Friday March 30th (Evening only)

• Early registration

• Wing Commander’s Reception at

Club Dix

• Cadet Ball in the Club Dix ballroom

Saturday, March 31st

Morning:

• General Assembly and Awards

Ceremony

Afternoon:

• Seminars and activities

Evening:

• Annual Wing Banquet

Sunday, April 1st

Morning:

• All Commander’s Call

Volume 2 Issue 1

releases of future events. It is a journal

promoting the pride of The Civil Air Pa-trol in New Jersey. It is a recruiting tool

to be disseminated as extensively aspossible. It is a diary for our accom-

plishments to present to our clients inSAR and AE.

WE NEED TO GET OURSTORY OUT AND “WINGS OVER NJ”

IS A CRUCIAL ELEMENT.

(Continued from page 2) Editorialpresented. If you or a member of yourunit are eligible for an award make sureto get your documentation into the proc-

ess now to avoid the possibility of not

getting everything done on time.

Lt Col’s Anna & Bob Scheidlywill again be handling the awards cere-

monies at the conference. All of theaward applications must follow the es-

tablished procedures and the chain ofcommand before they get to the

Scheidly’s.

NJ Wing Conference

E ach and everyone of us appre-

ciates receiving an award orbeing recognized for our ac-

complishments. It gives us an emo-

tional and psychological energy boostwhich we all need from time to time.

The New Jersey Wing Confer-

ence scheduled for March 30 – April 1

will have an award ceremony whereWing level and above awards will be

ship through active participation in ourprofessional development programs;develop partnerships with other emer-gency service organizations and cus-tomers; and secure new sources offunding to support and expand our pro-grams. I also ask you to make recruit-ing of new members and retaining val-ued fellow members a priority for 2007.We have so much to offer aspiring andexperienced members, and we needthe help and dedication of many skilledhands to grow our capabilities and con-tinue to serve with distinction.

Again, my sincere thanks foryour continued dedication, hard work,and outstanding accomplishments. Iam proud to serve as your commanderand look forward to an even more suc-cessful 2007!

One Wing, One Team,One Standard of Excellence Col Robert McCabe, Cmdr NJ Wing

(Continued from page 1) Cmdr Message




Editors Note: This Column is dedicated

to those CAP members who’s emergency services participation resulted in

a Find. Wings over New Jersey needs

your input to give our members the recognition they deserve. We need specific information on each find.

1. Mission number.

2. Date and time of mission

3. Units Participating

4. Members Participating and duty

5. Search area

6. Search results

7. Pictures

8. Author of Article

Submit finds to barry@security-

zone.com in MS Word format. All pictures must be as separate attachments.Give each file and picture a descriptive

name such as “Find, Off Cape May”

Lt Barry May

O n 02 December 06 was an ELT

mission, where the SARSATSpointed to the Atlantic High-

lands area of Monmouth County. The

T he ground team from the

Delaware Valley Squadronhas another find. Lt Bill Pit-

tenger, Capt Shannon Bingert, and Ca-

det Don Conwway completed the mis-sion in three hours from notification totime home.

Thanks team well done

Richard Olszewski IC Mis 07M0081.

O n 01 December 06. A UDFteam from Lone Eagle, consist-

ing of 1Lt Stan Roqacki, cadetsStasia and Stephen Roqaski, success-

fully located and silenced an ELT onEssex County Airport. The team was

preparing to attend the Group 221SAREX/bivouac when they were called

to respond. The ELT was found in a

Piper PA28-180.

Capt. Andre’ Ferland, IC, Mis 06M2261

A n ELT heard in the vicinity ofAeroflex (12N) airport in Ando-

ver, NJ. The ELT, was con-

firmed by numerous commercial airlin-ers reporting in the New York Center.

On Thursday 30 November 06

at approximately 11 pm, Captain CarolMcCloud and 1st Lt Chris Crann began

their search and had acquired a signal

within ten minutes of arriving in thearea. The source of the signal was lo-cated on the airport, in a Super Cub and

silenced about thirty minutes later.

Good job and thanks, to the

ground team for responding.

Capt. Mike Pagan, IC, Mis 06M2257

C APE MAY squdron does it

again! On the 17th of Dec 06Richard Simon, Richard Simon

II, Ed Wuerker located a signal that was

off shore at Cape May. This was anassist to the Coast Gurard Rich Simon

did double duty and a ground team

member and observer.Well done Team Cape May

Rich Olszewski IC, Mission 06M2354A,

A plug for the training, we needmore GT members in the northern Mor-

ris Sussex area, attend those SAREX

activities and gain new achievements.

Capt Mike Pagan, IC, Mis 06M2257,

C ongratulations to the UDF teamfrom Lone Eagle on success-

fully locating and silencing anELT on Essex County Airport (CDW) on

1 Dec 2006.

The team was getting ready toattend the Group 221 SAREX/bivouack

when they were called up. Being known

at SAREXs paid off.

The team consisted of 1Lt StanRogacki, Cdt Stasia Rogacki, Cdt

Stephen Rogacki. Congratulations on a job well done and on the find.

Capt André Ferland, IC

O n 5 January 2007 NJ CAP wascall to locate an ELT in Newark

Area. Lt Stan Rogacki and Ca-

det Lt Steve Rogacki spent the latehours of the 5 and it went into the early

morning of the 6th.

They covered every airport in

the Newark area. TEB, MMU, EssexCounty, Linden and the signal went

dead. a good effort was made.

Thanks team

Richard Olszewski IC, Mis 07M0026 O

n January 2007 at 0302Z amission was opened with the

AFRCC, the signal would go

negative then activate, then go nega-tive, this went on all night. No teams

were called because of the activity ofthe signal.

At 1536Z the it was decidedthat NJ should go and look for the ELTeven though it was still intermittent. The

Cape May squadron was called andthey launched a ground unit and an

aircrew. The aircraft put the ground

team in the area.

The ground team search and wound upempting dumpsters and had no luck

until after dark when the E-Pirb was

locate at a home in Margate City NJAircrew Fred Boyle, and Ed WuekerGround team Keven Barstow, Anthony

Simon, Wayne Avalino, and Cadet

E LT heard in the vicinity of Aero-flex (12N) Airport in Andover,NJ, confirmed by numerous

commercial airliners reporting into NY

Center.

At approximately 11 PM Thurs-day Night Capt Carol McCloud and 1Lt.

Chris Crann began their search and had

acquired signal within 10 minutes ofarriving in the area. The source of the

signal was located on the Airport itselfin a Super Cub and silenced about 30minutes later.

Good job and thanks to theGround Team for responding!

ELT was successfully located by theUDF team comprised of Capt. UlricGordon-Lewis, cadets Matthew Gomes,

and Brian Debrowski from Bayshore

squadron. An aircrew comprised ofCapt. Ken Korwin and Col. Bob

McCabe, was dispatched, but wasstood down before launch, due to the

UDF team acquiring the signal very

quickly.

The mission started at 18:39with all team members returning to

home by 23:15.

Thanks to everyone’s quickresponse and excellent work making

this a relatively short mission.

LtCol Joeseph Sirois IC, Mis 06M2274

FINDS



Cape May Squadron

Wreaths Across America

who can take the time to give your newprospects attention at their first meeting.Make them feel welcome and makethem feel wanted. We are all busy butsomeone has to make the time to guidethese new members into your unit andinto their entry level training.

Thirdly, we have to have interestingprograms going on all the time. Boredmembers are gone members! Keepeveryone active. Make sure everyonehas a job that they are interested in do-ing. Plan your meetings and activitieswell. If your cadets do nothing but drilland your seniors sit around and drinkcoffee and yak, your unit is doomed tofail, or be mediocre at best. The run-ning joke in CAP for years is that theletters stand for “Come And Pay.” Howabout changing that to “Come And Par-ticipate.” If your programs are interest-ing and exciting, the “participate” will

happen all by itself.Making things happen in New Jersey

Wing is all in the numbers. The numberof news articles, the number of posters,the number of programs, the number ofquality activities, and most important thenumber of minutes you spend seeing to your members needs all add up to howmany good and long standing memberswe have. Do you think seventy-fivecadets in a Squadron or five hundredmembers at a SAREX are impossible?

Volume 2 Issue 1

Justin Laird.

This mission involved 75 man

hours. The troops went home tired.

Thanks for a great job welldone.

Richard Olszewski IC, Mis 07M0038

I’m still here thirty-one years later!Yes we need to do a better job of

recruiting in New Jersey Wing, but moreimportant we need to have good pro-grams in place and do everything wecan to get our new members involvedright away so that they are doing some-thing interesting. Why recruit if we can’tkeep our new members? That onlycreates a very successful revolvingdoor. If we are to meet, or perhaps ex-ceed Colonel McCabe’s recruiting goalsfor the coming year, we all have to dothree things.

First we need to get the word out onthe street any way we can. If youdumped the job of Public Affairs Officeron a new senior in you squadron whobarely knows anything about CAP andis not really interested in the job, youhave just doomed yourself to failure!You must have someone in that job whois enthusiastic about it. Make use ofyour cadets. Have both a senior and acadet PAO. Have the cadets and per-haps some creative seniors in your unitdesign posters on their PC and plasterthem anywhere you can get permissionto put them. If you need help, contactyour Group or Wing PAO. That’s whatthey are there for; to help you!

Second, we have to have members

(Continued from page 2) By The Numbers

We All Have to do three things

It’s all by the numbers

S uccessfully completed ELT mis-sion by UDF team: 1Lt Michael

Miller and 1Lt Ryan Leach of

Jack Schweiker Composite Sq and Air-crew: Capt Bill Ward, NJ Wing HQ and

Capt Bob Bousquet, Twin Pine Com-posite Sq. The teams located the ELTsignal in a Grumman American on the

ramp at Philadelphia Northeast airport.

hanks to the teams for their quick re-

sponse and to Capt Andre Ferland forassistance in alerting the UDF team.

Joe Sirois, Lt Col, IC, Mis 06M2325

FINDS

N ew Jersey -- Members of theCape May County CompositeSquadron along with mem-

bers of the Freedom Riders VeteransGroup of Cape May County joined the

nationwide Wreaths Across Americaobservation Dec. 14, 2006.

Capt. Kevin Barstow and MajorRichard Simon of the Civil Air Patrolalong with Shawn Kelly, Dolly Seegerand Phil Yahors of the Freedom Riders,laid the wreaths to honor the nation'sveterans. Everyone who was in atten-dance at the Cape May County Veter-ans Cemetery observed a moment ofsilence. We look forward to making thisevent bigger next year.

One Wing, One Team,





C haplain Fox asks that anyonewith knowledge of where any former New Jersey Wing ca-

dets are today, please send current

contact information on where the formercadets are and what they are doing. We

are collecting pictures (past and pre-sent) for a list of “Where Are They

Now?” to be used as a presentation atthe NJ Wing Conference at the end of

March 2007.

E-mail Chaplain Fox at [email protected] or mail info to

Chaplain Wayne Fox, c/o Cyber Den-

sity, P.O. Box 458, Belle Mead, NJ08502-0458. We have many former

cadets serving in the U.S. military ser-vices around the world. We would like

to recognize all of our former cadets,whether serving or not, as members of

our NJ Wing family.

Where Are They Now

I 'd like to express my special thanksto Lt Col Olszewski and the entire

mission planning and execution

team for a job well done in this week-

end's SAREX. A lot of work went intoproviding this broad based training ex-

ercise that was both effective and fun.Thanks to all those who participated.

Please provide constructive feedback to

our training team on how you can helpto make the next one even better.

For those who were unable to

make it to this training exercise, I hope

to see you at the next one. We needyour help to grow our capabilities andmaintain readiness for the times we will

be truly needed. When that time comes,

there will be no time for training; we willneed well trained professionals to lead

and carry out our missions. Our goal forthis year is 100% participation by all

members in ES training. Help us be-come the finest force of citizen volun-

teers in America.

Thanks to all for the time andtalents you bring to all of CAPs mis-

sions for America.

One Wing, One Team, One

Standard of Excellence

Col Robert J. McCabe, Commander

SAREX28 Jan

One Wing,

One Team,

One Standard

of Excellence

For those of you that have never seen

this, it is something to see. The preci-sion in the way they are parked is im-

pressive. It is difficult to comprehendthe size of the "Bone yard" and thenumber of aircraft stored there.

Of course the important thing to

remember is that they are all capable of

being returned to flying condition if theneed ever arises. If you are ever in theTucson area, the weekly tours of the

bone yard are still given through the

THE BONE YARD Tucson Air Museum, located just south

of Davis Monthan AFB. Both the mu-seum and the bone yard are very popu-

lar attractions in the Arizona desert.

It is difficult to comprehend the

number of military aircraft in dead stor-age until you see these photographs!

Even if you have seen this before, look

again. The 3rd largest Air Force in the

world is sitting on the ground here.

It's the only unit in the U.S. Air Force

that actually makes a profit.



Volume 2 Issue 1



O n December 14th at

12 noon, six wreaths

were placed on the Me-

morial Walkway at Briga- dier General William C.

Doyle Veterans Ceme-

tery, Wrightstown, New Jersey matching similar

observations at six other

locations in New Jersey

and well over 200 loca-

tions across the nation.

A moment of silence

was observed and

wreaths placed by repre-

sentatives of the U.S.

military services, Civil Air

Patrol, the Veterans ofForeign Wars (VFW)

and other patriotic or-

ganizations honoring the

sacrifices made by ser-

vice members of all

wars.

Civil Air Patrol coordi-

nated six of the sevenplacements at locations

in New Jersey.

McGuire Composite

Squadron Chaplain Ray

Valdez presented the

invocation in Wrights-

town . Taps were played

by U.S. Army Warrant

Officer Patrick Looney.

The six wreaths repre-

sented the sacrificesmade by the members of

the five active military

services and the sixth

represented those made

by prisoners of war or

those missing in action(POW-MIA).

The wreaths were

placed by: Master Ser-

g e a n t D e n n i s

Macomber, USAF (ret)

of McGraw, New York;

PS2 Grace Lim, Naval

Security Force, Lake-

hurst, New Jersey; Petty

Officer 1c Peter Gollnick,

US Coast Guard AtlanticStrike Team; Lt. David

Keffer, Alpha Troop

102nd Cavalry US Army;

CAP Cadet Master Ser-

geant Rafael Alicea of

the Bayshore Composite

Squadron; and CAP Ca-det Alex Blough of the

McGuire Composite

Squadron.

Lt. Col. Michael Sperry,Commander of the

McGuire Composite

Squadron, led the 10-

member CAP contingent

that attended the cere-mony in Wrightstown.

The attendees includedMcGuire squadron and

Group 224 members.

Captain Michael Carter,

project officer, coordi-

nated with the Maine

Wing Public Affairs Of-

Veterans honored at Brigadier General William C. Doyle National Cemetery

Wreaths Across Americaprogram.

By Capt. Marvin A. Goldberg

Cadet Alex Blough of the McGuire Composite Squadron places awreath in honor of prisoners of war and the missing in action dur-

ing the Wreaths Across America ceremony at Brigadier General

William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery in Wrightstown. Photo by

Capt. Marvin A. Goldberg, Group 224 PAO.

Service members and CAP cadets participating in the Wreaths

Across America ceremony salute as U.S. Army Warrant Officer

James Looney plays taps. Photo by Captain Marvin A.. Goldberg,

Group 224 PAO. More photos on next page.

Major Ronald Wiley

Commander Group 224




Views of Group 224 Search and Rescue Exercises in 2006

Capt. Camielo of the Pineland CompositeSquadron conducts ground mission plan-

ning at Camp Zehnder in

Wall Township during June SAREX

Cadets from Pineland Composite Squadron

conduct UDF exercise at Camp Zehnder dur-

ing June SAREX

Multiple SAR exercises wereheld at Camp Zehnder,

Lakewood Airport, and Tren-

ton-Mercer Airport during

2006. Members of all Group

224 units and other NJ group

and wing officers and cadets

participated.

Photos by Capt. Marvin A. Gold-

berg, Group 224 PAO

Captain Ed Pevovar of the Pineland Com-

posite Squadron maintains contact with

UDF ground teams during Lakewood Air-

portSAREX in October

Captain Tom Woods, Commander , Ocean

Composite Squadron, lists mission sorties

during Trenton-Mercer Airport SAREX

Model rocketry field exercises held by Pine-

land Composite Squadron.

Model RocketryProgram

Eleven cadets from the PinelandComposite Squadron recently

completed the phase one Red-

stone Stage of the model rock-etry program and the written part

of the phase two Titan Stage.

Project officers for the weekendcourse were Major Steve Tracy

and Capt. Maria Esparraguera.

The cadets built and launchedthree different types rockets:

one of foam pipe insulation; a 2-liter soda bottle launched by air

pressure and water; and anEstes rocket launched by com-

mercial rocket engines.

Launch site was provided by Lt.David Lee of Allentown Com-

posite Squadron.

Volume 2 Issue 1



One Wing, One Team,


On November 9th, members of

the Pineland Composite Squad-

ron visited the U.S. Military Acad-

emy at West Point.

Twelve cadets and two senior

members started the tour by visit-

ing Trophy Point, where memori-

als commemorate many of the

nation’s military campaigns. The

site overlooks one of the most

breathtaking views of the Hudson

River valley.

The visitors then observed cadetformations at the Cadet Mess

where 4000 members of the Ca-det Corps are served meals in

less than 25 minutes. Our mem-

bers visited the interior of the

Mess where cadets are seated at

10-person tables and are served

hot meals family style.

The Pineland Composite Squad-

ron members also learned about

famous West Point graduates

such as General Douglas MacAr-thur whose monument is located

close to the Mess.

Another interesting point on the

tour was West Point Cemetery lo-

cated on a promontory overlooking

the Hudson River and Constitution

Island. The cemetery includes

those servicemen and service-

women who died in every armedconflict in which the United Stateshas taken part. General George

Armstrong Custer as well as Gen-

erals Thayer, Scott, Buford and

Clay are interred there.

Additional stops were made at the

Cadet Chapel, Mitchie Stadium

and the West Point museum.

McGuire Composite Squadron Chaplain

Captain Ray Valdez presents invocation

at Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Cemetery

in Wrightstown. Photo by Capt. Marvin A.

Goldberg, Group 224 PAO

U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant (Ret)

Dennis Macomber gives the final salute in

memory of his comrades gone but not

forgotten. Photo by Capt. Marvin A. Gold-

berg, Group 224 PAO

In photo at left other Wreaths Across

America ceremony participants (L-R) in

foreground are U.S. Navy Port Securi-

tyman 2nd Class Grace Lim, Lakehurst

Naval Air Station, and CAP Cadet

Master Sergeant Rafael Alicea of the

Bayshore Composite Squadron. In

background (L) is Lt. Col. Michael

Sperry, Commander of the McGuire

Composite Squadron.

Pineland Composite Squadron Tours West Point

While walking amid the class-

room buildings, the Pineland ca-

dets were approached by Tho-

mas Malejko, a current cadet at

West Point and the former CAP

Cadet Commander of the Picat-

inny Composite Squadron. CadetMalejko spoke with the Pineland

cadets at length, answered ques-

tions and offered his insight into

Academy life. His thoughts and

time spent were the highlight of

the trip.

Story by Capt. Maria Esparraguera, Le-gal Officer, Pineland Composite Squad-

ron.

Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery




UNIT NEWS SECTION

Lone Eagle Sq Hosts Aircraft Avoidance Demo

Cumberland squadron, C/SMSgt Cole-man Calhoun and C/CMSgt MichaelQuinn from the Cape May squadron.In the foreground are representatives ofthe Coast Guard, Air Force, Marine

Corps, and Army.

“It was a

grand ceremony show-ing not only the honor-ing of fallen comradesby the military, but,also indicating that theyouth of our area un-derstand and respectthe sacrifice others

have made for them and for freedom”said 2nd Lt. Lawrence Rockill, CAP. “Itssad that so many people don’t realize


T he Soldiers Home in Vineland,NJ was just one of hundredsof locations across America

where wreaths of remembrance werelaid on December 13, 2006. Capt.Christine West, squad-ron commander for

Cumberland Compos-ite Squadron pre-sented the idea to theboard of the SoldiersHome, just a fewweeks before theevent was to takeplace. Needless tosay, they were honored.

C/Capt. Zachary King, led thewreath laying ceremony. The otherparticipating cadets shown in the pictureare C/CMSgt Jillian Jackson, from the

T he Civil Air Patrol’s 65 yearsof service was celebrated

Dec. 8 at the Veterans of For-

eign Wars post in Mt. Holly. The AirVictory Museum Composite Squadron

hosted its annual holiday banquet with anumber of featured guests, includingCAP NJ Wing Commander Col. Robert

McCabe, Wing Vice Commander Lt.

Col. Robert Jennings, CAP NortheastRegion Vice Commander Lt. Col. David

Mull, Advisor to the Commander SMRita Mull, and Commander of Mt. Holly

American Legion Post 11, Lawrence A.

Gladfetter.Lt. Paul Bolognone, the squad-

ron commander, presented cadet pro-motions to: cadet William Hurst, airman;

cadet David King, airman first class;

cadet Zeke Conover, airman first class;cadet Connor Brown, senior master

sergeant.

In addition, the squadron was

honored to have Lt. Col. Jennings pre-sent C/Major Gregory P. Boyajian a

joint legislation resolution by Sen. Mar-tha W. Bark and Assamblymen Francis

L. Bodine and Larry Chatzidakis.Using a skit to highlight 65

years of CAP’s historical service, the

cadets created an amusing perform-ance. Throughout the year 2006, these

same CAP cadets and their squadron

extended CAP’s legacy at a MemorialDay parade in Haddonfield, the Car-

ranza Memorial, the Vietnam Memo-rial’s Moving Wall in Medford, New Jer-sey Wing Basic Encampment, and na-

tional cadet special activities across the

also is a fellow and past president of theRadio Club of America, as well as a

past president of the Audio Engineering

Society.

Finally, but not the least of hispast activities, Minter is a former CAP

officer and has used his own aircraft,still located at the Morristown airport, to

conduct CAP search and rescue mis-sions.

T

he North Jersey Chapter of

the IEEE Aerospace & Elec-tronic Systems Society

(AESS), together with the Lone EagleComposite Squadron, sponsored a re-cent talk by Jerry B. Minter on his pat-

ented aircraft collision avoidance sys-tem.

Jerry B. Minter, president,Components Corporation of Denville,demonstrated his aircraft collision

avoidance system, showing how asimulated 1090 MHz transponder trans-

mission from an adjacent plane would

either cause a green, red, or blue lightto occur on a simulated cockpit display.

The simulated display would indicatethe relative direction of a nearby planeand whether it was under, at the same,

or above the altitude of the plane with

this system.

Minter holds 26 patents, ofwhich the last six are for his aircraft col-

lision avoidance system. He received a

bachelor’s degree in electrical engineer-ing from the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology in 1934. He organized andchaired the first IEEE Northern New

Jersey Subsection of the Institute of

Radio Engineers (IRE) in 1947. He wasnamed a fellow of the IEEE in 1969. He

Volume 2 Issue 1

With the Minter Aircraft Collision Avoidance Sys-

tem are: Lt Col Howard Leach, C/CMSgt. Arthur Herring, Lt. Daniel Bell, C/SSgt. Scott Brookes, Lt.

Stanley Rogacki, C/Amn Adam Schuler, C/Amn Kyle O’Connor, C/A1C Cory McPherson, C/Amn

Victoria Pepe, C/SSgt. Joseph Vitti, C/SMSgt. John Skinner, C/SrA Derrick Flitcroft, Capt. Alan

Wegner, C/Lt. Stephen Rogacki, and C/2Lt. Stasia Rogacki, Jerry B. Minter, Capt. Will McLain V,squadron commander, and Dr. Naresh Chand,

IEEE North Jersey Aerospace & Electronics Sys- tems chairman, from Warren, NJ.

Air Victory Sq MarksCAP’s 65 Years

Cumberland and Cape May Squadrons

Wreaths Across America



Chuck Yeager Award

serving abroad. Squadron members

collected some items from restaurantpatrons on top of what they were gath-

ering together that night. Yellow Ribbonis a Marlton, NJ, club that packagespersonal care items and ships them to

soldiers overseas.

The McDonald’s fundraiser,

said Bolognone, is a community out-

reach program of the international cor-

poration. It required little more than thesquadron’s presence at the restaurant.Members brought friends and family

along for meals, which benefited the

squadron.For more information about the

McDonald’s fundraiser program, contact

Capt. Bolognone at 609-654-4228.

just what freedom has cost!”

The ceremony was held in thecemetery at the Soldiers Home. Al-though now closed for new interments,warriors from as far back as the CivilWar are buried there. It’s through cere-monies like this, that they are now hon-ored.

C/Capt. King, is a three-timegraduate of the Civil Air Patrol HonorGuard Academy. Through his guidance,Cumberland Composite squadron hasdone several ceremonies for sportingand civic events commemorating 9/11and a walk to fight breast cancer.C/CMSgt. Jackson, is also a graduateof the honor guard academy. And hasbeen asked, to return again next year.

(Continued from page 11) Wreaths

T

he Air Victory Museum

Squadron enjoyed a trifecta ofhelp with a fundraiser on De-

cember 13th.

First, the squadron was offered

a chance at 20% of the net proceeds on

sales between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.at an area McDonald’s fast food restau-

rant. Squadron commander Capt. PaulJ. Bolognone also made sure the

squadron was well represented at the

restaurant that evening as cadets set upa visual presentation board and wereable to do some recruiting, as well as

spreading the good word about the Civil

Air Patrol.On top of that, cadets and offi-

cers were able to help others by collect-

ing for the Yellow Ribbon Club, whichsends personal care items to soldiers


UNIT NEWS SECTION Air Victory Sq Helps Self & Others

Nick Hurst, Arthur Jones,David Kind and John King

look over a display board used in recruiting.

Cadet David King and John King display some of the boxes of goods collected for

the Yellow Ribbon Club which will be sent to soldiers abroad

Cape May Sq Color Guard

T he Cape May County Com-

posite Squadron Color Guarddid the opening ceremonies

for the double headed that day in Atlan-tic City, NJ. They performed beautifullyand made our squadron and the entireCivil Air Patrol very PROUD!

Most of our presence at air

shows or such events are in the form ofparking detail, crowd control and assist-

ing in any way needed for each event.Our cadets not only enjoy these events,

they fulfill their duties with the utmostprofessionalism and pride.

Carla Laird SM Carla Laird, CAP/PAO

I t gives me great pleasure to an-

nounce that 2007 has gotten off toa good start on my challenge to

earn the Chuck Yeager Award. After

having the pleasure of presenting

Yeager Awards to 2Lt Binyamin Lipsonand Captain Eddie Pevovar of Pineland

Squadron this past Thursday,

I am happy to announce two

more. Captain Michael J Sylvester ofPineland Squadron passed the Yeager

exam on January 12, and SM Ernest J.Schirmer of Group 224 Headquarters

passed his just a few hours ago. Con-

gratulations to both of you guys. I'mvery proud of them! Their paperwork ison the way to Colonel Troyano and I'm

looking forward to making the presenta-

tions soon.

I know I'm going to have at

least two or three more at Group head-quarters soon. Squadron Commanders

and AEO's, please support my chal-lenge and encourage your Senior Mem-

bers to earn the Chuck Yeager Award.Let's make Group 224 number one in

total members to date who have earnedthis prestigious Aerospace Award. Let's

not just talk about it, LET'S GET ITDONE!

Gregory Weidenfeld Lt Col



Cadet of the Year and National CadetSpecial Activities Review Boards

One Wing, One Team,


based on their leadership skills, partici-pation in CAP activities, academic re-cord, performance on the written testand review board. The winners fromeach phase will be honored at thisyears’ wing conference to be held fromFriday March 30 through Sunday April1, 2007.

NCSA review boards were alsoheld at 0900 for groups 223 and 224and at 1300 for groups 225 and 221.“NCSAs are really fun and they broadenyour CAP experience, they allow you tosee different parts of CAP that you

could experience no where else” said C/ 1dt Lt Kelly from Atlantic County Com-posite Squadron who applied for AirForce Space Command FamiliarizationCourse as well as Cadet Officer School.National Cadet Special activities rangefrom International Air Cadet Exchangeto Hawk Mountain Search and RescueSchool. Activities last at least one weekand allow cadets to explore various ca-reer and leadership opportunities. Theprerequisite for all NCSAs is Basic En-campment, which will be held on FortDix during the first week of July.

“Overall the review boardswere quite well organized and the waitwas not too long,” commented C/CaptDiFelice of Atlantic City CompositeSquadron. C/Capt DiFelice has at-tended a number of NCSAs of whichHawk Mountain and Basic Encampmentwere his favorites, this year he hopes toattend Cadet Officer School and AirForce Space Command FamiliarizationCourse. The Cadet of the Year andNCSA review boards were well plannedand proficient in ensuring that cadets’needs were met in an orderly and effi-

cient manner. They allowed the excep-tional cadets from the past year to behonored while offering new opportuni-ties to cadets in the coming year.

Cadet OrientationFlights Set Records

1 October 2006 was the start of Fis-

cal Year 2007 and New JerseyWing Cadet Orientation Pilots

started anew in the quest to fly cadets.Despite questionable weather, five pi-lots flew 28 cadets in October. Two ofthose flights were in the sailplane.

In November five more pilots joined the group and an additional 32cadets got to fly in wing Cessna 172’s.These 62 flights in two months havebecome possible because pilots aremaking greater efforts to fly multiplecadet sorties when flights are sched-uled.

Of the ten pilots actively flyingcadets, three are noteworthy becausethey have each flown ten or more ca-dets. Between them, they have flown38 cadets. Major Stephen Tracy hasflown 18 cadets and 1 Lt. John Raleighand 1 Lt. Walter Stevens have flown tencadets each.

Although winter weather is fastapproaching, cadet orientation flightsshould not be disregarded just becauseit is cold outside. Cessna 172’s performbeautifully when it is cold. It is also not

that cold in the airplane. All we need tofly in winter is clear runways and taxi-ways, clear skies, and not a lot of wind.

Lets keep flying!

Lt Col John Emerson, Cadet O Flight

O n Saturday January 13, 2007,many cadets rang in the NewYear by interviewing for Cadet

of the Year and National Cadet SpecialActivities (NCSA). The review boardswere held at NJ Wing Headquarters onMcGuire Air Force Base and cadets’interview times were based on groupnumber for NCSA and phase for Cadetof the Year. Cadets were expected totake a written test succeeded by a re-view board.

“I try my hardest and do mybest” explained C/SSgt Brooks, a

Phase I Cadet of The Year nomineefrom Lone Eagle Composite Squadron,“Right now I’m feeling pretty good, I wasa little hesitant on some questions but Iam ok; I wasn’t too nervous to beginwith” he elucidated after his reviewboard. Sergeant Brooks was accompa-nied by about twenty other cadets whoalso interviewed for Cadet of the Year,some a lot more anxious than he was.C/CMSgt Mosera from Walter M.Schirra Composite Squadron found thetest and review board to be “rough” andsaid that he was quite anxious. Each

squadron nominated one cadet fromeach phase and the phase IV cadet willrepresent New Jersey wing in the na-tional competition. The Cadet of theYear for each phase will be chosen

Volume 2 Issue 1

CADET NEWS SECTION



Administration

Aerospace Education

Comm Exercise 2006—Results Summary

Chaplain

Information Management

Government Relations

Finance

Counter Drugs

Communications

Fund Raisning Committee

O n Saturday, 16 Dec, at theCommanders Call I stated thatthere had been a 10% re-

sponse to the Fundraising Committee’srequest for a “Fundraising within CivilAir Patrol at New Jersey Wing and sub-ordinate units Form” from every unit.Oops that was a misspoken figure. Ishould have said that we had received30%. Since that meeting I have re-ceived 2 (two) additional forms so weare now at one-third of our goal. Thankyou to each unit who has responded! Iwill be looking for a form from each ofthe remaining units before the end ofJanuary!

Also at the Commanders Callwe passed out a copy of the new CAPNJWF 173-4 “Unit Fundraising RequestApplication” The Finance Officer hasrequested that you fill out a form foreach and every fundraising event youhave conducted since October 1, 2006and you will need to have an approvedform before you proceed with any futurefundraising events. Please allowenough time prior to your event for theapproval process.

Personnel Authorizations

K udos to Raritan Valley Compos-ite Squadron for being the firstunit to send the following docu-

ments that are to be submitted the firstof every January and whenever there isa change:

Personnel Authorization (PA)for Staff

Personnel Authorization (PA)for Committees and Boards

2A for Finance2A for Supply2A for Safety

2A for CommunicationPlease include the contact in-

formation, especially phone number ande-mail address, in the remarks box ofthe 2A’s.

Looking forward to documentsfrom every unit.

Inventory Reconcillation

T he inventory and reconciliationperiod for communicationsequipment is January through

March 2007.Any change in assignments

and equipment transfers affect the NJWing Comm HQ Inventory report.

I must have the inventory re-main in a static condition for the monthof January in order to complete my sur-vey for the equipment at Wing HQ andthe "West-Wing" at TTN in a timelymanner.

Capt James Pollock.

Cadet Programs

New Cadet Award

T here is now an additionalaward in this category. It is

called the JACK SORENSENCADET PROGRAMS OFFICER OFTHE YEAR AWARD. This award recog-nizes the cadet programs officer whohas contributed most to the CAP CadetProgram during the previous year. It is

presented annually at the wing, region,

and national levels.

It is awarded to any Officer(senior member) serving in a cadet pro-

grams capacity; such as a Group Cadet

Programs Officer, a Deputy Com-mander for Cadets, Squadron Leader-

ship Officer, etc.

Anyone who feels there is a

person deserving of this award maynominate them in a Narrative format.The nominations should describe how

the person has contributed to CAP'sCadet Program in the previous year and

how their performance clearly is above

and beyond just performing routine du-ties.

For specific information you

can refer to CAPR 52-16, Chapter 2,

page 26. This is a new award, just putinto effect in 2006. Please take the op-portunity to nominate your deserving

members for this and other awards. NJWing had three people earn Region

Level Awards in many of these award

categories in 2006.

Travis Pope, Lt Col, Cadet Progr ams

New Jersey Wing Department News


I want to thank all who participated.

According to CAPR 100 -1, vol 1;the Annual Communications Exer-

cise cannot be announced any sooner

that 12 hours in advance.

This year we tried somethingnew. Internet check-in. Twenty (20)

people checked in with the results of

their tasking. Every one responded withthe correct answer "Date and Prece-dence was missing"

All 20 who responded with anacknowledgement as per the tasking

have been logged in. Four (4) peoplecorrectly filled in the acknowledgement

block correctly--everybody was veryclose; but all who returned an endorsed

message will get credit. Hint: the person

or entity from whom you received themessage is not yourself.

The radio aspect was very dis-

appointing. Fewer Radio Stationschecked in than last year. Stations and

repeaters that could be worked from HQlast year could not hear Wing HQ.

There is a severe VHF antennaproblem at Wing HQ that needs to be

fixed. Everybody else seems to be ingood shape. NJ096 was working all day

on their van to replace the antennamount, cable and antenna on the roof of

their van, 29028. Thhe were finishing upas the Exercise was closing. --Nice

work guys!

Wing HF is off the air. The Re-

gion HF radio is connected and on theair in a full time scan of the NER A.L.E.

network. (ALE= Automatic Link Enable).

Onward to the transition!

James Pollock, Capt, Dir Comm

One Wing, One Team,




Cadet of the Year Nominations Air Shows

Register for CERT Program

Safety

Public Affairs and Marketing

Operations

Logistics

Legal

Inspector

Professional Development

L t Col Peter Koch, Inspector Gen-

eral for Northeast Region Head-quarters, has received some re-

quests for a two-day, Senior Level IG

School. He would like to establish adate, if there is enough interest in an-

other class.lease respond to me by 25

February, so I can give Lt Col Koch the

number of interested students from NJ.Please note his eligibility requirements

listed below. Group Commanders, youcould ssurvey your Squadrons, to make

sure we do not miss any interested peo-

ple. Thank you.

• Be assigned as an IG or IG Staff at

any level;

• Be assigned as a Commander at

any level;

• Be assigned as a Legal Officer;

• Be assigned as a Chaplain at any

level;

• If space permits, having an interest

in attending.

Jo-Ann Perrine, Lt Col, Prof Dev

Volume 2 Issue 1

All Units are required to submit an S- 3 that have been issued equipment. As always, should any Commander, LGor Supply Officer have any difficulties,

contact me for assistance. I honestly do not want to release the hounds to track you down

ON ANOTHER NOTE: The

USAF has begun with its distributionprocess of the new Airman Battle Uni-

form. The ABU will be phased-in undermission priorities i.e. units deploying

etc. USAF Unit’s/ members could be inyour unit’s local area rendering an op-

portunity to acquire [donate] theirWoodland BDU’s. With the Army, Ma-

rines and now AF transitioning to a newuniform, Woodland BDU’s may be in

abundant quantities for re-issue if

NHQ/LG follows the process for acquisi-tion. Stay Tuned.

Capt Mike Huelsenbeck, NJW DOL

badges shortly. They are also workingon the CAP approved strap-on Orange

Roof Triangle Panels for the privatelyowned vehicles that may be used on

actual or training missions.

JOSEPH ABEGG, Lt Col, Nat ES

T he Holiday Season is upon us

and also means the end ofanother year but also means

the start of a new renewal process of

equipment issued to the Wing, Groupsand Squadrons. The process is simple;

Access CATS, locate Equipment, selectReports: S-3,

Select Unit, print two copies,

sign by the Squadron Commander orSupply Officer, one for Squadron File

one sent to Wing Direct of LogisticsOfficer. CAP 67-1 Para 2-15 explains

the renewal process to be accom-

plished between Jan-Mar. Don’t let this

process lag beyond Mar 31. Com-manders, LG and Supply Officers havea requirement to oversee this suspense

is met. Those units that do not havethe access to the CATS program notify

your Group and coordinate getting therequired copies to process. Until

NHQ/LG department designs the pro-gram for each unit to verify S-3 elec-

tronically we are still bound by paper

action for inspection and accountability.

V anguard has produced theMiniature Ground Team

badges, but because they

are new, they are not showing up ontheir website yet. The miniature size GT

badges look better on shirts, blouses,and the mess dress uniform; plus they

match miniature wings better. Theminiature badges also have better detail

than the full sized ones. To order them

call Vanguard at 1-757-857-3600 (best)or 1-800-221-1264.

CAP07581 BASIC GROUND TEAMMINIATURE BADGE $2.75

CAP07581A SENIOR GROUND TEAMMINIATURE BADGE $3.00

CAP07581B MASTER GROUNDTEAM MINIATURE BADGE $3.25(already backordered)

Vanguard will also be produc-

ing the Miniature Paramedic/EMT

J ust a Reminder. Everyone whowants to participate in the CERT

Program must register so I can get

an accurate count

Class will be held 20 Feb

Location is Trenton. Uniform BDUs or

CAP Distinctive.

Rich Olszewski

One Wing, One Team,


I would like to know if anyone isplanning on getting involved with

these two airshows. This may be agood way to incorporate CAP's 65th

anniversary, with both airshows.

Most especially with the Thun-derbirds, since CAP is the auxiliary of

the Air Force. If we ask, perhaps they

might do something to honor CAP.

The Blue Angels will be in Mill-ville, NJ on, 26-27 May 2007. The

Thunderbirds will be in Atlantic City on,15 August 2007.

Lisa Van Clief, Lt Col, NJ Wing PAO

I would like to encourage every ca-

det to become involved with theirsquadron’s public affairs officer.

You can write articles about squadron

members receiving new ranks, ribbonsand various other awards. Plus, you

can write articles about the events thatyour squadron participates in.

I would also like to encouragecadets to help out with photographingsquadron events and activities as well.

Public Affairs Officers…….

You should get the cadets in yoursquadron involved with public affairs.

Get them involved, long before they are

required to participate in public affairs.Have them document the activities, in-

terview members, take digital (high den-sity) photos during squadron events and

activities. Edit, and submit their articlesand photos to the local “weekly” news-

papers, and to this newsletter.

Lisa Van Clief, Lt Col, NJ Wing PAO



Capt Joe McGuire

Lt John J. Paul III

Lt Col Lyle Hawthorn

L tCol Lyle Hawthorn has resignedas Dir of Personnel. He is to be

thanked for his years of dedi-

cated service.

The early supporters of the fledgling organization included New York Mayor (and National Civil Defense Chief)Fiorello LaGuardia, New Jersey Governor Charles Edison, Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, the Civil AeronauticAuthority's Robert Hinckley, Florida Defense Force's "Ike" Vermilya, publisher Tomas H. Beck, Kenneth Littauer,newspaper owner Guy P. Gannett, World War I ace Reed Landis, and Maj. Gen. John F. Curry.

Newsletter Editor

Lt. Barry May

1358 Hooper Ave.

Toms River NJ 08753

732.330.1406

Fax: [email protected]

NJ Wing, Ci vil Air Pa trol

www.njwg.cap.gov

L tCol Anna Schiedly has agreed to

step into the position as Dir ofPersonnel. We will be recruiting

for a new Admin Off. If you have anyideas please let me know.

Lt Col Eliz Yull

Day weekend, talk to the Air Force, notCAP).

Capt McGuire has been a CAPmember since 1978 and has success-

fully served in many unit level roles and

wing level projects. We are confidentthat he will be an able leader of one of

the largest activities for the Wing.

If you had already volunteeredor planned to participate, please con-

tinue to plan on serving. Capt McGuirewill begin having internal planning meet-ings in the near future. If you need to

reach Capt McGuire, his e-mail addressis [email protected]. Please join me incongratulating Joe in this important new

role.

Lt Col Bob Jennings

emy Jr. College and Trenton State Col-lege in Trenton NJ.

P lease join me in thanking 1LtJohn J. Paul III for his decision

to serve as Group 221 Deputy

Commander. John brings to us a strongbackground in emergency services and

executive management.

Thank you John for your willing

service to the CAP and to Group 221.

Jack Soldano, Major, Commander 221.

O n behalf of Col McCabe, I am

very pleased to announce thatCapt Joe McGuire, NJ Wing

HQ has been appointed as the CAP

Project Officer for our support of theMcGuire AFB Air Show and Open

House, tentatively scheduled for May12 - 13 2007 (and yes, it is Mother's

L t.Col. Kenneth Hawthorn, CAP,

received his M.S. in Criminal Jus-tice from West Chester University

in PA.

Ken is a full time police officer

and teaches part time at the Montgom-ery Co. Police Academy. He is a gradu-

ate of both Valley Forge Millitary Acad-

Lt Col Anna Schiedly

Notes Awards & Recognition

Lt Col Kenneth Hawthorn

new jersey wing - feb 2007

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