new mexico wing - dec 2008

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December 2008

New Mexico Wing, Civil Air Patrol, P.O. Box 5069, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87185-5069

Special Edition, December 2008 Editor: 1Lt Norman Reames, PAO

FEIK, COURTER GRACE WING CONFERENCE WITH THEIR

PRESENCEBy Lt Col Jay T. Tourtel, CAP, Public Affairs Officer, Eagle Cadet Squadron

Photos by Capt Brad Jones, CAP, Santa Fe Composite Squadron

CAP Nondiscrimination Policy

(CAPR 36-1 para 4c(2)

That no person shall, on the ground of race, color,or national origin, be excluded from participationin, be denied benefits of, or be otherwise subjected

to discrimination under any program or activityreceiving Federal financial assistance from anycomponent of the DoD. [DoD Directive 5500.11]

Prohibit discrimination based on handicap.

[DoD Directive 1020.1]

Happy Birthday CAP!

Civil Air Patrol to celebrates 67th

anniversary

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. The 57,000

members of the Civil Air Patrol observed another year

of vigilant service to America on Dec. 1.

Our citizen volunteers have a proud legacy of selfless

service to their country and their communities. They

truly go above and beyond each day, giving their best

as needs arise, - Maj. Gen. Amy Courter, CAPs

National Commander

Aviation pioneer and CAP lifetime member ColMary Feik, and CAP National Commander MajGen Amy S. Courter were two of the honoredguests of the New Mexico Wing Conference, from

14-16 November at the Radisson Hotel inAlbuquerque.

Col Feik, a member of Maryland Wing, was the

keynote speaker for the conferences opening

ceremonies Saturday, 15 November.

She spoke about her career as an aviation mechanic, a career that has now spanned 66 years.

Beginning in 1942, Feik worked as a mechanic on a number of World War II aircraft, including the B-29,B-50, P-51, and the P-80, the first aircraft to fly at Mach 2, twice the speed of sound. The P-80 delivered toWright Field for Col Feiks use was nicknamed Marys Little Lamb, and after that, according to Feik, anyaircraft on the flight line received that name whenever she was on the line.

She was friends with CAP Hall of Honor inductee Col Zack Mosley, creator of the Smilin Jack comicstrip, as well as President John F. Kennedy, and saw him for the last time three weeks before he wasassassinated.

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Maj. Gen Amy Courter, CAP Col. Mary Fiek, CAP


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December 2008

Major Renovations at National

Expect Delays -Announcement from National Headquarters

The Air Force has scheduled the Civil Air PatrolNational Headquarters building to undergo majorrenovation beginning later this month. The project isexpected to take 16 to 18 months and most of the

National Headquarters staff to relocate to anotherfacility on Maxwell AFB. Movers are scheduled toarrive on 15 December to move furniture and files.The move is scheduled to be complete by 20December.

There will be some minor interruptions to phoneservice during the move to the new building. Youmay expect intermittent phone service to begin onThursday, 11 December and continue throughMonday, 15 December. If you have an urgentmembership services need you can contact a memberservice representative through the regular number: 1-

877-227-9142 ext. 205. The National OperationsCenter will not be affected by this move and will beavailable to accept your calls.

Whenever possible, we request you use e-mail forthis period instead of a phone call to make sure yourquestion or issue is addressed. E-mail service willnot be interrupted but responses from NHQ staff maybe delayed while computers are moved from oneoffice to another.

The mailing address for all mail to NHQ will remainthe same.

Thank you for your patience during the buildingmoving process and we apologize for anyinconvenience this may cause.

Required FEMA TrainingBy: Lt. Col David MacLauchlan, CAP

31 Dec., 2008 is the deadline for those who wish to

participate in Emergency Services, to be qualified in

IS100, IS200, IS300, IS700, and IS800. IS400 will

need to be accomplished by 30 Sept 2009. You

must be qualified to participate in any exercise orRed Cap.

Many positions require a combination of these

requirements in order to participate in Emergency

Services. Currently there is only an 11%

compliance related to IS700 of ES personnel.

The 100, 200, 700 and the 800 can be taken at the

FEMA site at the following location. You must

review the programs which take about an

hour or so for each and then take an online test.

http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp .

Why Do I Need To Take the FEMA courses?

There has been a lot of comments made about why

is it necessary for us to have to take and pass these

FEMA exams. The best response I have found is by

David Moseley, Lt. Col., CAP, Leesburg, Florida.

Incident Management will always tax anyone whosteps up to the plate in any capacity. The FederalGovt is not going to allow a Heinz 57 list ofmanagement types. In California, the wildfires ran

thru multiple counties and caused consternationamong the various agencies because each had theirown way of doing things, their own radio signals,and few had ever been involved in the deploymentof huge numbers of resources.

The advanced classes, ICS 300 &400 are based onthe assumption that the other classes have beenfinished. The goal is to do tabletop exercises whichare taxing, but are fun. You will be in a class withcops, firefighters, EMS folks, even people from theDept of Public Works. Lots of folks who haveBTDTGTTS (Been there. Done That. Got the T-

Shirt) If it is BTDTGTTSWH, That means theyearned the T-shirt with the holes in it.

You will develop some life long friends and will bewelcome in emergencies as one professional toanother

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From Col. Himebrook

We have heard back on our SAV Finding Report andthey have said we have a plan in place to prevent

similar findings in the future which resulted inSWLR Closing all of our Findings!

Thanks for all the hard work and we are on the rightpath to a successful Compliance Inspection keep itup and well do great!


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Required FEMA Training

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Your Emergency Medical people are required tohave these classes, as are the firefighters in yourarea. How about talking with them? There isturnover in their ranks, just like there is in CAP.These folks will be looking to complete thequalifications.

ICS is not going to go away. They have mandated afew of them that were to be done by January of thisyear, but it's been coming for 15 years or more.

Don't give up your flying, take some of these classesand have some FUN. The PAO class is the best andthe most fun of all of the FEMA classes that I'vetaken.

We all get frustrated at things that come down thepike, but this is one that is necessary. If it's fun aswell, you have a chance to take the bitter medicinewith some sugar. Give it a try.

Announcement from Our Friends in EAA

The Double Eagle II Air Traffic Control Tower went

Operational Monday, 12/1/2008.

You will be given ATC Service including clearance

to Land and Takeoff. They will be providing

sequencing into the traffic pattern. You are asked to

call on Ground Control (120.15) prior to taxi, and

taxi instructions will be provided at that time. Any

questions, call the AT Manager, Dave Moore, at

352-5595.

ATIS is 119.025; Local (tower) is 118.3.

ATTENTION All aircrew members!By Col. Himebrook

In my office today came a member who said wehave 70% of our aircrews flying without the properuniform. The figure may be a high estimate but itindicates a problem.

My immediate reply was: Why would any aircrew

allow anyone on their crew knowing their familieswould be denied AF benefits for the remainder oftheir lives!

In 2002, there was a significant CAP aircraftaccident that changed a lot of the procedures we useto authorize, release, and fly CAP missions. Thechanges were required because the aircrew madesome very significant errors in planning andconducting that flight. The aircrew members alldied so we can't ask any questions about why theydecided to violate so many rules.

In addition to violations and errors in missionauthorization, flight release, and CAPR 60-1restrictions, some members of the crew were not inappropriate CAP uniforms. The DOD decided thatbecause of all of these regulatory violations this wasnot an Air Force authorized mission, so none of thefamily members received the insurance or deathbenefits called for in CAPR 900-5. This decisionwas eventually overturned after six years ofexpensive and painful legal action on the part of thesurviving families.

I find it strange that an otherwise intelligent and

thoughtful person would decide, on their own, todeny insurance benefits to the surviving familymembers of another crew member. When anaircrew member decides to wear an Air Force styleflight suit with a non-compliant name tag, incorrectrank, or non-authorized patches, they are in factmaking this decision to invalidate insurance benefitsfor other people. I don't understand why they woulddecide to additionally penalize spouses and childrenof a deceased crew member, but I can't come toanother conclusion.

As the wing commander, I am responsible forinsuring compliance with CAP rules andregulations. That includes uniform regulations. I'mnot going to tolerate someone to deny insurancebenefits to surviving spouses and children in theevent of a fatal CAP accident. We must not haveuniform violations while flying.

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NMWG Counter Drug Program Suspended

NMWG is no longer required to maintain CDofficers, CD qualified crews, or complete CDtraining and evaluation missions. Further, NMWGis prohibited from engaging in any CD activity.

This suspension shall remain in effect until theNMWG/CC officially requests the CD program tobe reinstated and such reinstatement is approved bySWLR/CC.


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PAO Wins National Civil Air Patrol

Public Affairs Balsem Award of

Excellence

2nd Lt. Norman Reames, C.A.P. of Albuquerque,New Mexico was recognized with National Civil

Air Patrols with the Air Force Maj. HowellBalsem Excellence award in the Brochures andFlyers during the Civil Air Patrols PublicAffairs Officer Academy held Aug. 5-6 inKissimmee, Fla.

The Balsem awards honor top-notch publicrelations initiatives produced over the past yearby CAP officers and cadets throughout thenation.

A CAP member since July of 2005, 2nd Lt.Reames serves as a Public Affairs Officer for

Albuquerque Heights Composite Squadron(a.k.a. Spirit Squadron). Recently he wasappointed to the position of Civil Air Patrol NewMexico Wing Public Affairs Officer.

Brigadier General Amy Courter, National Commander

Civil Air Patrol (Interim), 2nd Lt. Norman Reames with

Balsem Award, and Miles Obrien CNN Report, Guess

Speaker.

PAO Wins New Mexico Wing Civil Air

Patrol 2008 PAO of the Year Award

1st Lt. Norman Reames, C.A.P. of AlbuquerqueHeights Composite Squadron (a.k.a. SpiritSquadron) was recognized with New Mexico CivilAir Patrols 2008 PAO of the Year award at the2008 Wing Conference.

FEIK, COURTER GRACE WING

CONFERENCE WITH THEIR PRESENCE


She was the first woman to receive the CharlesTaylor Master Mechanic Award for 50 years ofservice in the aviation mechanics industry.

Civil Air Patrols Feik Achievement, created in

2003, was named after Col Feik. She considersbeing the achievements namesake one of thehighest honors of her career.

Col Feik is passionate about her dedication toaviation, because she never knows who she maytouch with her experiences. You never knowwhats going to turn a youngster on to aviation,she said.

Maj Gen Courter presided over a town hall

discussion during the afternoon session,

where she commented on the state of CAP.

During the past fiscal year, CAP saved 90

lives as part of its search and rescue efforts.

1Lt Norman Reames with Col. Richard Himebrook

and the PAO of the Year Wing Award for Spirit

Squadron PAO.


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C/SSgt Nathaniel S. Brown of the ThunderbirdComposite Squadron was recognized as CadetCommunicator of the Year.

Capt John H. Gravel of the Santa Fe CompositeSquadron was named Senior Member of the Year.

The Squadron of the Year Award was presented tothe Albuquerque Heights Composite SpiritSquadron by Col Richard F. Himebrook, NewMexico Wing Commander. Lt Col Beverly Pepe andLt Col Mark Smith, the current and former squadroncommanders, accepted the award from ColHimebrook.

C/Lt Col Bradley R. McNicol of the Rio Rancho

Falcon Composite Squadron was named Cadet of the

Year

Sergeant Wills accepting on behalf of Desert Ridge

Middle School the award School EnrichmentProgram Squadron of the Year

C/SSgt Austin H. Brown of the Thunderbird

Composite Squadron was recognized as Cadet NCO

of the Year.


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The Looney Memorial Family of the Year Awardwas presented to 1st Lt Walter H. Brown of Albuquerque Senior Squadron II; and his sons,C/SSgt Austin H. Brown and C/SSgt Nathaniel S.Brown, both of Thunderbird Composite Squadron.

Col Himebrook received an award for 40 years ofservice.

The Lifesaving Award and cadet of the year awardwere presented to C/Lt Col Gerald A. Feltman ofFalcon Composite Squadron.

Maj Ted Sptizmiller of Rio Rancho FalconComposite Squadron was nominated for the Frank G.

Brewer-CAP Aerospace Memorial Award.

Lt Col Pepe received the Abbott Memorial Decade

of Dedication Award, which honors those

members with more than 10 years of distinguished

service to CAP

Chaplain (Lt Col) Charles A. Moorer, Wing

Chaplain Emeritus received awards for 40 years

of service, and Jackson Memorial Award for

Chaplain of the Year.


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Maj Joseph R. Perea, M.D., Wing Safety Officer and

deputy commander of Eagle Cadet Squadron,

received the award for Safety Officer of the Year.

Lt. Col. John Green Inspector General for NewMexico Wing, CAP received Outstanding Staff

Member of the Year.

Col. Himebrook presenting of the LaLuz T-shirts to

Col. Mary Fiek and Maj. Gen. Amy Courter

presented T-Shirts from La Luz by Col Himebrook

during recognition of Aerospace Education within

the Wing. Star Base La Luz and NMCAP have a

joint program for aerospace education..

Lt Col. Paul Cline received the Don Otis memorial

award Communicator of the Year.

Samantha Reames was promoted to cadet second

lieutenant and received the Gen Billy Mitchell

Award from Maj Gen Courter, who assisted in

pinning on Cadet Reames new rank.

Lt Col Roland Dewing, Wing Director of

Aerospace Education, and Lt Col Claude

Luisada (not pictured) each received awards


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Col Himebrook presents Maj Gen Courter with

New Mexico Wing Conference tile.

Col Himebrook presents Col. John Varljen, SW

Region Vice Commander with New Mexico

Wing Conference tile.

Col Himebrook presented Tim Paul New

Mexico State Police Aviation Director with

New Mexico Wing Conference tile.

C/CMSgt Rawson from Las Cruces

Composite Squadron received the award for

Outstanding AE (Aerospace) Cadet of the

Year award

Col Himebrook Bobbie Jean Tourville who isChief, Professional Development at Nat'l HQ

with New Mexico Wing Conference tile.

Col Himebrook presents Col Feik with New

Mexico Wing Conference tile and Wing

Challenge Coin.


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Cadet 2nd Lt Nicholas Quintero was selected toparticipate in two elite youth leadership programs inWashington in the same yearthe HearstFoundation United States Senate Youth Program andCivil Air Patrols Civic Leadership Academy.

Quintero was one of 104 student delegatestwofrom each state and the District of Columbia, as wellas two alternatesparticipating in this years HearstFoundation program, an all-expense-paid adventurethat immerses youth in Washington activities for aweek. Participants heard presentations fromsenators, cabinet and department chiefs and otherhigh-ranking officials, and they met with a justice of

the U.S. Supreme Court.

Hearst delegates are required to possess noteworthyleadership abilities and a commitment tovolunteerism and to rank in the top 1 percentacademically in their state. In addition to the trip,the foundation grants each of the 104 studentdelegates a $5,000 college scholarship. Eachdelegate is encouraged to continue coursework ingovernment, history and public affairs.

The program was created by Senate Resolution 324in 1962 and has been sponsored by the Senate and

fully funded by the William Randolph HearstFoundation since its inception. Its focus, as stated inSenate testimony, is to increase young Americansunderstanding of the interrelationships of the threebranches of government, the caliber andresponsibilities of federally elected and appointedofficials and the vital importance of democraticdecision making not only for America but for thepeople around the world.

CAPs Civic Leadership Academy involves a moreintimate group of youth from across the country. Anacademically driven program in its fifth year, CLA

meshes an in-depth study of government in actionwith studies of key historical and modern documentsto help 24 exceptional cadets interact in civics,citizenship and leadership in a meaningful way.Beltway stops this year included the FBI, thenPentagon, the CIA and noteworthy D. C.monuments.

Exceeding Expectations: Quintero, an activemember of the Eagle Cadet Squadron inAlbuquerque, N.M., found much to treasure in eachprogram. The activities presented unprecedentedopportunities to meet the leaders of our nation andthe chance to witness firsthand the foundations ofhistory in the making, said Quintero, adding, Myinvolvement in both programs furthered my respectand love for my God and country.

Each activity was vastly different from the other insocial and group dynamics, he said. However, thedifferences complemented each other, allowing meto see each experience in a new perspective.

The two programs also gave him greater respect forthe sacrifices necessary to preserve liberty. Themilitary mentors that accompanied the studentdelegates during the Senate Youth Program gave mea renewed and greater respect for our men andwomen in service, he said. And, the personalaccount of our CAP officers while visiting the warmemorials on the National Mall gave new meaningto the principles of selflessness and sacrifice. Eachactivity exceeded my expectations in every possibleway.

Expanding Horizons: As indicated by his selectionfor two exclusive youth leadership activities,Quintero is dedicated to developing his full potential.In addition to CAP, he has worked with a LawEnforcement Explorer Post for four years, achievingthe rank of captain and currently serving as cadetcommander. A home-school student, he has alsobeen active in TeenPact leadership school for threeyears, where he has been elected committeechairman twice and governor for his senior year.

Much of what Quintero has achieved he credits toCAP.

The leadership principles taught and displayed by

the members of my CAP squadron greatly impressed

me, he said. I was able to identify leadership

characteristics I wanted to exemplify like respect,

hard work and accountabilityall essential qualities

in life.

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ONCE IN A LIFETIME, TWICE IN ONE YEARBy Kimberly L. Wright, originally published in Civil Air Patrol Volunteermagazine

(July-August edition)


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Eagle Composite Squadron

Major Joseph R. Pera, M.D., Eagle CadetSquadrons deputy commander and aerospace

education officer, receives the Meritorious

Service Award for outstanding duty

performance for New Mexico Wings hosting of

six IACE cadets and their escort in July 2007.

C/Lt Col Wittman and Major Joseph R. Pera of

Eagle Squadron, received the Southwest

Regions Frank G. Brewer award, presented at

the Southwest Region Conference in OklahomaCity, Oklahoma.

Roswell Composite Squadron

got an article published by the Daily Record

about the painting of the CAP airplane Red,

White and Blue, with a good transition about

the squadron, 11 November 2008.

Socorro Composite Squadron

got an article published about the glider flights

(above the fold) in the El Defensor Chieftain, 22

October 2008, and an article published about

their support of the EAA fly-in at the Socorro

airport, 22 October 2008. In addition they had

a picture taken and posted in the September 6th

edition of the Mountain Mail of the squadron

during a presentation by 1Lt David Finely to the

city council about Civil Air Patrol.

C/Lt Col Wittman and Major Joseph R. Pera of Eagle

Squadron

ONCE IN A LIFETIME, TWICE IN ONE YEAR


Quintero said he especially values his flight training.

Not only was I allowed to partake in the

exhilarating experience of mastering the concept ofair power, but I also worked with some of the mostdedicated and selfless volunteers in the nation, hesaid. I appreciate the mentorship of my instructor,Capt. Joseph Friel of the Massachusetts WingsHanscom Composite Squadron; his commitment ofexcellence and high standards of integrity serve asone of the most influential experiences of my CAPcareer. I use the principles of professionalism andhard work he taught me in everyday life.

CAP members can expect to hear more from

Quintero in the future. He plans to pursue a career in

federal law enforcement and to have a direct role innational security.

News From Around the Wing!

C/2Lt Nicholas Quintero

Thank You Boeing Corporation!

Boeing Corporation gave NMCap a grant for

$7,500.00 for Aerospace Education this year.

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