The Nellis Times

July 2011 The Month in Review

We started June with a successful Open House for new cadets. This is the rst me we will train a Tango class from start to nish using the Great Start Program. Lt Col Dinsmore provided us with Character Development training on the rst Tuesday. C/2nd Lt Dennis and C/ SMSgt Haley taught leadership classes on the second Tuesday. The following week, C/CMSgt Stewart lead the cadets in tness tes ng and training at Runners World. On the fourth Tuesday, we changed the format for star ng our mee ngs. The color guard now posts the colors, the cadets repeat the Cadet Oath, and we all join in and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. C/CMSgt Stewart gave a presenta on on the requirements for a Senior Member to be present at all cadet ac vi es and for all members to be safety current to par cipate in a CAP ac vity. C/Capt ini ated our new approach to Aerospace Educa on and Leadership training with the rst of three classes on Module 2. Lt Col Parker con nued the Aerospace Educa on Excellence (AEX) program with a presenta on on 10 famous aviators and their aircra . We topped o the month by promo ng six cadets to the next level of leadership 3 7 10 14 18 19 19 21 24 26 27 27 28

July Birthdays
Jorge Torres Devlin Hayley Joshua Eakman Charles "Mac" McCarty Colby Young Jeni Crandy Lorrie McCarty Chris an Robinson Ezekiel Mar n Jayah Huene Cody Johnson Derek Larkins Diane Crisp

Civil Air Patrol Ac vi es

C/CMSgt Stewart gave an excellent brieng last week on the requirements for a senior member to be present at any CAP Ac vity and for the Squadron Commander to be aware of the ac vity. If you a end any ac vity or mee ng that is being led by a CAP member, the majority of a endees are CAP members, and it deals with a CAP subject area, then it is a CAP Ac vity. Just declaring it a NonCAP Ac vity does not change the fact it is a CAP Ac vity. If the Squadron Commander is not aware of the ac vity and a senior member is not present, it is an unauthorized CAP Ac vity and you will not a end or par cipate in it. You will immediately no fy your chain of command if you become aware of any unauthorized CAP Ac vity being planned or conducted. Any a empt by members to circumvent these requirements will not be tolerated. If you have any ques on about an ac vity or proposed ac vity, contact Lt Col Lorry McCarty, 1st Lt John DAngelo, or Lt Col Rick Parker.

TAC Ocers Wanted

We are looking for senior members to become squadron TAC ocers and be responsible for a specic cadet Flight. TAC stands for Train Advise Counsel. The TAC ocers will report directly to the Deputy Commander of Cadets and are not in the cadets chain of command. Their primary mission will be to observe ight ac vi es, assist the ight leadership as needed, and keep the cadets safe. If you are interested, contact Lt Col Lorry McCarty for more details.

Commanders Corner
Summer me is always tough for CAP squadrons as we compete with Na onal Cadet Special Ac vi es (NCSA), Encampments, Na onal Emergency Services Academy (NESA), summer school ac vi es, sum mer jobs, and family vaca ons for our members me. In southern Nevada, we are further limited in available ac vi es by 100+ degree heat. Some squadrons are even reducing the number of days they meet each month. We s ll have things to accomplish and will con n ue mee ng normally. However, it is very important to let us know in advance if you are going to be gone for a while. In the future, the cadet program will concentrate each month on either Aerospace Educa on or Leadership. That will give us more training me on each topic and hopefully see an improvement in our promo on rates. We will also be increasing our Emergency Services training for everyone and Professional Development training for the senior members. It is important to remember we are a Composite Squadron and not a Cadet Squadron. We are chartered to ac vely providing ac vi es to both cadets and senior members in all three missions of the Civil Air Patrol: Aerospace Educa on, Emergency Services, and Cadet Pro grams. Since assuming command, I have been focused on the Cadet Program but in the next couple of months, we will begin building up our senior member program to match our cadet program. The rst step will be when we will conduct a major recrui ng eort to coincide with the Clark County School District backtoschool pro gram. Our recrui ng eort will go beyond just handing out yers this me. I am a bit of an op mist, but I really expect we can have around 20+ cadets in our next Tango Class and increase our senior member numbers by at least 20 adults. We need to begin preparing for our Subordinate Unit Inspec on (SUI) selfinspec on in October. Our biggest problem now is that we have too few people lling too many primary squadron posi ons. If you are in the unassigned block in the a ached organiza onal chart, expect to hear from me about taking over a duty posi on as the pri mary ocer in charge. Take a good look at the organiza on and see what you would like to be doing. Aim High. Rick Parker, Lt Col, CAP Commander

Promo ons
Administra ve Ocer
C/1st Lt Lauren K. Smith 28 Jun 2011 28 Jun 2011 21 Jun 2011

Charles Lindbergh
C/MSgt Marjorie L. Franzen C/MSgt Steven D. Pedley

Capt Eddie Rickenbacker

C/TSgt Terry J. McDowell 28 Jun 2011 28 Jun 2011 21 Jun 2011

Hap Arnold
C/A1C Nathan G. Wi er

Gen J F Curry
C/Amn Jessica L. Myers

Newsle ers, Calendars, and No ces

We publish a newsle er and a weekly calendar for a reason. We want each member to be aware of our squadrons goals, policies, organiza on, manning, issues, and ac vi es. The newsle er does that plus gives you ps on where to nd informa on you need to be successful in your CAP career. The monthly and weekly calendars allow you to be be er prepared for our mee ngs. This is equally important whether you are leading an ac vity or just par cipa ng in it. We send out no ces when we have important informa on that will not wait un l the next mee ng. If you do not have an email address you can access on a regular basis, get with another cadet or senior member and have them provide you the newsle ers, calendars, and no ces. If you cannot get another member to help you, contact Lt Col Lorrie McCarty directly and let her know about the problem.

Inputs for Monthly Newsle er

The newsle er will be published the weekend before the rst mee ng each month. If you have photos, ar cles, no ces, or anything you want to add to this newsle er, please provide them to Lt Col Parker no later than the last mee ng before the rst of each month. If you would be interested in being the editor of the newsle er, please contact Lt Col Parker.

Descrip on Phase Two Phase One Tango Cadets Senior Members

Min

Cadets

Week 1

5Jul2011
MS/MO Training MS/MO Training

1st Tuesday

15 25 25 25 25 AE Mod 22 Curriculum AE Mod 22 Ac vity 2.15 Drill 4 2.4 The Uniform 2.41 Wear of the Uniform 5.1 Intro to Core Values Con nued

Emphasis Core Core Spec Trng Spec Trng

Drill & Ceremonies Character Dev Con nued

Week 2

12Jul2011
AE Mod 23 Curriculum AE Mod 23 Ac vity 2.42 Uniform Tutorial Intro to CAP Safety

2nd Tuesday
Safety Brieng

15 Emphasis 25 Core Core 25

Safety Brieng

Acheivement/Drill Tests

Turn In Promo on Forms Uniform Issue/Exchange

25

Spec Trng

Basic Comm User Course

25 Spec Trng

Con nued

Week 3

19Jul2011

3rd Tuesday
Review Cadet's AE Mod 1 Class Prep 7.33 Recite Cadet Oath 7.31 Drill Test 7.1 PreTest/Jeopardy! 7.3 Curry Exam 7.2 CPFT Con nued MS/MO Training MS/MO Training

15 Emphasis CAPF 50s (as Required)

Drill & Ceremonies

25 25 25 25 CPFT (if Required) CPFT (if Required)

Core Core Spec Trng

Spec Trng

Flight Ac vity Flight Ac vity Drill Drill

Week 4

26Jul2011

4th Tuesday
L2L Chpt 21 Curriculum L2L Chpt 21 Ac vity 7.41 Feedback Mee ngs 7.4 Cadet Progression Con nued 8.4 Promo on Ceremony Sta Mee ng

15 25 25 25 25

Emphasis Core Core Spec Trng Spec Trng

Drill & Ceremonies

AEX Awards & Promo ons

Awards & Promo ons

Nellis Composite Squadron

Command Staff (1 July 2011)
Commander
Lt Col Rick Parker

Deputy Commander for Seniors

1st Lt John D'Angelo II Lt Col Lorrie McCarty

Deputy Commander for Cadets

Legal Officer

Health Services Officer

1st Lt Jorge Torres

Chaplain

Safety Officer
1st Lt Ezekiel Martin

Character Development Officer

Lt Col Bryan Dinsmore

Asst Safety Officer

Lt Col Rick Parker

Asst Safety Officer

1st Lt Jorge Torres

Admin Officer
1st Lt Diane Crisp

Public Affairs Officer

Lt Col Mac McCarty

Asst Admin Officers

Web Security Administrator

1st Lt John D'Angelo II

Historian

Recuriting and Retention Asst Web Security Administrator

Lt Col Rick Parker

SM Anita Eakman 1st Lt John D'Angelo II SM Tina Johnson Lt Col Rick Parker

Web Master
Lt Col David Jadwin

Nellis Composite Squadron

Senior Program Staff (1 July 2011)
Deputy Commander for Seniors
1Lt John D'Angelo II

Professional Development Officer

Maj Pat Harris

Operations Officer

Lt Col Rick Parker

Asst Prof Dev Officer Test Control Officer

1Lt John D'Angelo II Lt Col Rick Parker 1Lt Troy Anderson

Asst Ops Officers

ES Officer
Maj Pat Harris

Maj Steve Esh

Testing Officers

CD Officer
Lt Col Rick Parker 1st Lt John D'Angelo Maj Pat Harris

Alerting Officers

1st Lt John D'Angelo II Maj Pat Harris Lt Col Rick Parker

Logistics Officer

Communications Officer

Supply Officer

Tranportation Officer
1st Lt Eddie Watson

2nd Lt Kathleen Sanders

Asst Trans Officer

1st Lt Ezekiel Martin

Finance Officer

Personnel Officer
1st Lt John D'Angelo

1st Lt John D'Angelo II

Nellis Composite Squadron

Senior Program Unassigned (1 July 2011)
Deputy Commander for Seniors
1Lt John D'Angelo II

Patron Members

Excused Inactive
Maj Chuck Corway Maj Ronald Gomes Lt Col Teresa Parker SM Tina Johnson

SM Larry Crisp SM Jone Lim SM Mary Ann Pedley

Pending Assignment

SM Emil Yarbrough SM Felisa Huene SM Bruce Hutchins SM Carl Klepzig 1st Lt David Larson SM Robert Miller

Cadet Leadership
1 July 2011

Deputy Commander for Cadets

Lt Col Lorrie McCarty

Leadership Officer
SM Alex Grayson

TAC Officers

Asst Leadership Officers Eagle Flight TAC Officer

Tango Flight TAC Officer

SM Jeni Crandy Maj Pat Harris Maj Thom Larkins Capt David Sidle

Falcon Flight TAC Officer

Raptor Flight TAC Officer

Aero Ed Officer
Lt Col Rick Parker

Activities Officer
1st Lt Cory Setera

Asst Aero Ed Officer

SM Alex Grayson

Cadet Commander
C/Capt Ariya Le

Cadet Leadership
1 July 2011
Cadet Commander
C/Capt Ariya Le

First Sergeant
C/CMSgt Tevin M Stewart

Executive Officer

Inactive Cadets
Status Approved by NCS/CC Cadet Adrian Abeyta Cadet Elicia Abeyta C/TSgt Derek J Larkins Cadet Vincent Laub C/MSgt Jacob D Mallet Cadet Kevin Milk

Cadet Staff

C/Lt Col Nicole J Crisp C/2nd Lt Michael A Johnson C/1st Lt Lauren K Smith

Cadet Deputy Commander

C/Capt Ruben A Cruz-Colon

Eagle Flight Commander

Falcon Flight Commander

C/2nd Lt Jonathan K DeBoy

Raptor Flight Commander

C/2nd Lt Christian Dennis

C/2nd Lt Mario P D'Angelo

Eagle Flight Sergeant

Falcon Flight Sergeant

C/CMSgt Patrick G Casa

Raptor Flight Sergeant

C/CMSgt Brandon I Spann

C/CMSgt Victoria A Huene

Flight Assignments
(As of 1 July 2011)
Cadet Deputy Commander
C/Capt Ruben A Cruz-Colon

Eagle Flight
C/2dLt Jonathan K DeBoy C/CMSgt Patrick G Casa

Falcon Flight

Raptor Flight
C/2nd Lt Christian Dennis C/CMSgt Brandon I Spann

C/2nd Lt Mario P D'Angelo C/CMSgt Victoria A Huene

1st Element Leader

C/CMSgt Samantha H Martino

1st Element Leader

1st Element Leader

C/MSgt Marjorie Franzen

C/MSgt Steven Pedley

C/SrA Nathaniel Marasigan C/MSgt Frederick Gustafson C/SMSgt Devlin C Hayley C/TSgt Terry McDowell C/MSgt Sean C Wilson

C/TSgt Joshua J Eakman

C/SSgt Kalee Roberts C/SrA Braden Gant C/A1C Aviayna Wesley C/Amn Brittany Battista C/Amn Amber Buracker C/Amn Edward Shiu

C/Amn Jason Fung

Cadet Shane Hutchins

Cadet Dakota Read

C/Amn Bryan Barajas

2nd Element Leader

Tango Element
C/CMSgt Robert Sanders

C/TSgt Glenn Sult

2nd Element Leader

C/SSgt Jayah Huene Cadet Hezekiah Bermudez Cadet Josh Omer Cadet Natalie Sharp Cadet Taryn Sharp Cadet Alec Stump Cadet Jesse Sturm Cadet George Thompson C/SrA Christopher Casa Cadet Joshua Miller C/A1C Zachary Eakman C/Amn Christian Robinson Cadet Jessica Myers

C/SSgt Daniel Schmidt

C/Amn Rachael Hollister

C/Amn Hieu Tran

C/Amn Nathan Witter