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Squadron
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Wing Personnel Authorization & Appointment Letters |
updated: 4.16.10 |
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Effective April
1st the Iowa Wing has a new set of staff, some of whom have
stayed the same and some of whom are brand new. I just
wanted to take a few minutes and highlight a few, but if you
want the full list just email me and I'll send you the PDF.
Maj George
Cobley - Director of Safety; Maj Leo Bertling - Director of
Operations; Lt Col Don Hahn - Director of Transportation; Lt
Jessa Brace - PAO & Capt Cindi Wachholz - Assistant PAO; Lt
Chuck Brudtkuhl - Director of Communications; and Lt
Josephine Weston - Administration Officer
Wing has also
distributed an updated listing of appointments, some of them
we need to pay special attention to as they pertain directly
to us here in the 072nd.
Instructor
Pilot - Howard Viner
Cadet O-Ride Pilot (Airplane) - Jay Newell, Joseph Murphy &
Howard Viner
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As Seen in Toons . . . |
updated: 4.16.10 |
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Lt. Col. Chilcote
emailed me the other day to inform me that he saw CAP in the
newspaper. Like the attentive PAO that I am, I
immediately hopped onto nearly all of the Des Moines Metro
newspaper sites hoping I'd find it there, but to no avail.
Luckily he had saved me a copy of our published presence and
today at lunch he handed it over to me. Turns out that
my good buddy Rick Lem over at Toons in Ames had taken a few
(okay, more than a few) pictures from the Ames Fly In last
weekend and published several of them in his newspaper.
I'm happy to report that CAP was seen in two of those
pictures! The first photo (by the way, you can find
these on the downloads page) is of a future cadet standing
in front of the CAP plane that Maj Murphy and Cadet White
flew up for the event and the second photo is of myself,
Cadet White and Lt Chilcote.
Thanks Rick!
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Welcome New Members! |
updated: 4.9.10 |
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RED OAK, IA
We have some more new members that I'd like to welcome into
our ranks, they are Cadets William Griffey, Terry Clark Jr
and Tanner Lukehart as well as senior member Jennifer Koppa.
Welcome everyone!
As of today, our
current membership count is 15 cadets and 9 senior members!
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Civil Air
Patrol Members Receive Promotions & Awards |
updated: 3.25.10 |
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RED OAK, IA
The Des
Moines Metro Cadet Squadron – Red Oak Detachment of the
Civil Air Patrol is proud to announce that Cadet Katie Flora
of Pacific Junction and Cadet Josh Salvato of Red Oak
recently completed testing which grants them a promotion to
the rank of Cadet Airman (C/Amn). Cadet Kaleb White of Red
Oak also completed all requirements earning him a promotion
to the rank of Cadet Tech Sergeant (C/TSgt).
Members of
the Red Oak Detachment received their promotions at their
meeting held on Saturday March 20, 2010 at the Red Oak
Airport. In addition to the cadet promotions listed above,
the following senior members received awards: Lt Jason
Erickson of Harlan, IA received his Chuck Yeager award as
well as a new duty assignment to Deputy Commander for the
072nd. SM Terry Koppa of Red Oak, IA received
his Membership Ribbon for having completed all Level I
requirements. Maj Joseph Murphy of Glenwood, IA received
his Red Service Ribbon denoting 2+ years of CAP membership
and his Senior Recruiting Ribbon denoting a total of at
least 7 CAP recruits.
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Red Oak Middle School |
updated: 3.25.10 |
 RED OAK, IA
4 of our members, including Cadet White and senior members
Lt Erickson, SM Koppa and myself (Lt Brace), had the
opportunity to go into the Red Oak Middle School on Tuesday
March 23rd to help with curriculum in Mrs. Carlson's 6th
grade Science class and Mrs. Lee's 7th grade Math class.
We were also able to speak with the entire school in the
morning during their Tiger Time where we presented a brief
video on CAP and a lot of information. The day went
well and we were very pleased at the interest expressed by
students and teachers alike.
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Civil Air
Patrol Red Oak Detachment Welcomes Its Newest Member |
updated: 3.25.10 |
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 RED OAK, IA
The Des
Moines Metro Cadet Squadron – Red Oak Detachment of the
Civil Air Patrol is proud to welcome its newest member, a
Cessna 172P. The CAP plane will be housed at the Red Oak
Airport and be used for various activities such as cadet
orientation flights and search & rescue exercises. The Red
Oak Detachment currently has 3 certified pilots but is
always happy to accept additional interested individuals.
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Welcome New Members! |
updated: 3.17.10 |
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RED OAK, IA
The last few months have been very busy around here!
Since my last update, we have welcomed an additional 5
members to our ranks so please join me in welcoming Cadets
Katie Flora, J.C. Riggs, and Josh Salvato along with Senior
Member David Flora and Howard Viner.
As of today, our
current membership count is 12 cadets and 8 senior members!
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Final Results: Recruiting Challenge |
updated: 3.1.10 |
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RED OAK, IA
I am pleased to announce that as of March 1, 2010, I had 9
applications turned into me for submittal to National
Headquarters. I know what you’re thinking, 9. 9 is not 10,
and 10 is what we as a group needed to attain for Lt
Erickson and myself to throw the detachment a pizza party.
While those 9 didn’t quite get us to our pizza party goal of
10, we should be extremely proud of our hard work. That 9
nearly doubled our total membership from two months ago and
it has also turned out a fantastic group of new recruits,
all of which I am very proud to have as fellow CAP members.
Overall Recruiting Stats as of 3.1.10:
Brace—5
Erickson—2
Murphy—8
Taylor—1
You might notice that there is only one cadet on the
previous list. While our recruiting efforts were great,
unfortunately I had no applications turned in as being
recruited by a cadet during the last two months. As a
result, we cannot award the Challenge Coin this time around.
BUT . . . Maj Murphy was triumphant in earning his Senior
Recruiting Ribbon with the help of this last push. He will
be receiving his ribbon and recognition of this
accomplishment at the next Saturday meeting which will be
held on March 20th.
We will be doing another recruiting challenge during the
months of May and June so get ready! However, if you know of
someone who’s interested in CAP and wants to join, don’t
wait until then. Applications are ALWAYS accepted so keep
working on your recruiting ribbons (cadets need 2, seniors
need 7)!
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For additional
squadron news from previous months, click
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