December 2003

THE NEWSLETTER OF MAINE WING, CIVIL AIR PATROL, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AUXILIARY

Machias Valley Composite Squadron

LOCAL TEENS PARTICIPATE IN ceiving a briefing on the mission from eral miles away from base and radi-
ANTI-TERRORISM, DISASTER RE- MK2 Bouchard of the Coast Guard oed pictures back to Emergency
LIEF AND SEARCH & RESCUE EX- Station-Jonesport, the teams Management director Paul Thomp-
ERCISES launched a 47' boat and started an son of Pembroke, who was able to
(MACHIAS, MAINE) Although fog audio search using the Coast immediately display and print the
and rain kept the pilots and planes Guard's antenna and the CAP's re- strategic photographs. He was
away on Saturday, September pleased with the results and
27, ground crews from across the "impressed by the portability."
state came to the Machias Valley Keying in on the practical and
Airport to hone their skills , as the economical use of slow-scan
Machias Valley Composite technology in terms of hazard
Squadron hosted a Search and material spills, marine oil spills,
Rescue Exercise. Over 40 mem- rapid response, and border patrol,
bers of the Maine Wing of the Thompson sees " a lot of good
Civil Air Patrol, including 25 Ca- potential," and hopes to be able
dets from Augusta, Waterville, to use this technology with CAP
Trenton, Princeton, and Machias, in the future.
joined forces with Dirigo Search Maine Wing Commander Col. Mitch A practice rescue mission also
and Rescue, Sunrise Search and Sammons, CAP (left), debriefs the partici- took place during the day. Ground
Rescue, Washington County pants of Civil Air Patrol's Search and Res- teams were given the information
Emergency Management and the cue Exercise, held Saturday, September that a "Pierre Thibodeau" was
U.S. Coast Guard to learn and 27, at the Machias Valley Airport lost, probably somewhere on the
practice techniques in search and Cherryfield Foods' barrens, while
rescue, as well as anti-terrorism and ceiver. In about one hour, the trans- 4-wheeling his way from Houlton to
disaster relief. While search and res- mitter was located on a small fishing Montegail Pond. Although "Pierre"
cue and homeland security exercises boat and retrieved. The teams re- was an intermediate woodsman and
are practiced monthly by the Maine turned to base to discuss the effec- somewhat knowledgeable of the
Wing of the CAP, coordinating the tiveness of the mission, where all many fire roads and trails, the war-
five different agencies to take advan- said it went well, as the Coast Guard den's service had (in simulation)
tage of each other's resources was learned several effective techniques been looking for him since Friday
the main goal of the Machias mis- using the radio direction finding noon, and requested the services of
sion. The morning started with a equipment. CAP. Under the organization of Lt.
team of Cadet and Senior members Meanwhile, the Washington County Merrie Knightly, CAP, and Susanne
of Civil Air Patrol heading to Jones- Emergency Management team went Kynast of Sunrise Search and Res-
port to work with the U.S. Coast out with a CAP crew to test slow- cue, ground teams from both organi-
Guard on the use of radio direction scan photography, where a digital zations went out in vans of 8 to 12
finding equipment to be used for lo- photo can be sent to a computer via adults and teens and searched the
cating vessels in distress. After re- two-way radio. The group went sev- (Continued on page 3)

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LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, a t W a t s o n E a s t T r i a n g l e . people take the time to register it,"
Va. (AFPN) -- A Cleveland man "The center has many resources avail- Morgan said. "With this information,
was rescued Nov. 14 through the
help of a personal locator beacon
and efforts of Air Force Rescue Coor-
dination Center officials here. The
rescue marks the first such use of
personal locator beacons in the con-
tiguous United States. Carl Skalak
was in the Adirondack Mountains of
upstate New York when he was
snowed in at his campsite. Faced
with frigid weather, 4-foot snow drifts
and a frozen river that he had pad-
dled in on, Skalak activated his bea-
con, alerting the rescue center of a
distress. The center is the single fed-
eral agency for search and rescue in
the 48 contiguous states. Center offi-
cials received the distress call at
10:45 a.m. EST via the Search and
Rescue Satellite Air Tracking Sys-
tem, which is operated by people at
the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration. When the bea-
con alert came in, center officials no-
tified the appropriate state emer-
gency-rescue agency, said Lt. Col.
Scott Morgan, the center's com-
mander. In this case, the Herkimer
County (N.Y.) Sheriff's Department
worked with the center and provided
information to the U.S. Forest Service
Maine Wing Over
Wing Commander
Col Mitch Sammons
Vice Commander
Lt Col Larry Woods
Public Affairs Officer
Maj Chris Hayden
Newsletter Editor
Capt Dennis Murray
Headquarters
Maine Wing, Civil Air Patrol
PO Box 5006
Augusta Maine, 04332-5006
Editorial Office: 207/767-1874
Headquarters: 207/626-7830
The Maine Wing Over is an unofficial newsletter pub-
lished quarterly in the interest of members of the Maine
Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. Any opinions either ex-
pressed or inferred by the writers herein are their own and
are not to be considered official expression by the Civil
Air Patrol or the Department of the Air Force.
able to dispatch on a moment's notice
to aid in search-and-rescue efforts,"
Morgan said. "The beacons help pin-
point the location of a person in dis-
tress." Because of heavy snows, forest
service rangers were unable to reach
Skalak's campsite and requested flight
assistance. The rescue center scram-
bled the Fort Drum Air Ambulance De-
tachment, which launched a UH-1
Huey helicopter and medical team to
assist in the search effort. Upon arriv-
ing on scene, the rescue crew received
a flashlight signal from Skalak who was
then airlifted to Fort Drum for medical
evaluation before being released. "A
thank you doesn't even begin to cover
my appreciation," Skalak said. "I am
profoundly thankful for all those who
were willing to put themselves in
harm's way on my behalf. Many terrific
people worked together to make this
mission a success." The team effort is
what makes the beacon system a suc-
cess, Morgan said. "Working together,
we have been able to establish a sys-
tem that which allows for a quicker re-
sponse by emergency personnel," he
said. The beacon sends out digital-
distress signals detected by NOAA's
Geostationary Operational Environ-
mental Satellites and Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellites.
The Geostationary satellites, the first to
detect a beacon's distress signal,
hover in a fixed orbit above Earth and
receive the signals, which contain reg-
istration information about the beacon
and its owner. The polar satellites con-
stantly circle the globe, enabling them
to capture and accurately locate the
alerts to within a few miles. When indi-
viduals purchase the beacons, they are
required to register them with NOAA.
This registration, according to NOAA
officials, includes critical information
such as the owner's name, address,
telephone number and the beacon's
identification number. When a distress
signal is received, the information is
checked against the database to deter-
mine the identity of the missing person.
"The beacon is an effective tool only if
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the center can validate an alert with
one phone call to the emergency
contact number on the registration."
The success seen in Alaska paved
the way for the technology to be used
throughout the rest of the nation.
(Courtesy of Air Force Special Op-
erations Command News Service.
NOAA Public Relations contributed to
this story.)
November SAREX at the
Portland Jetport
By Maj Chris Hayden
Portland Jetport was the scene for
the Wing’s second SAREX this
quarter hosted by Cumberland
County Composite Squadron. 1Lt
Paul Connors and 2Lt Jeffrey Fur-
long organized an intense ground
team training day including line
searches, dead reckoning
(compass) and DF searches at
Bradley State Park.
Capt Don Saucier acted as IC and
was immediately hit with several
scenarios including a stolen airplane
out of Fryburg. Wing aircrews were
also tasked with conducting real
Homeland Security Aerial photogra-
phy for the Portland based TSA and
the Portland-Montreal Pipe Line
Company.
Two special guests included: Jeff
Monroe the Portland Director of
Transportation for the Jetport and
Seaport and George Flaherty of the
Cumberland County EMA.
Refreshments and lunches were
provided by the Portland based Sal-
vation Army. The Salvation Army
have been extremely supportive of
CAP, so during the holidays please
remember their support as you pass
the kettle ringers at the Mall.
(ContinuedWing
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SAR for
Base on homeland
Moosehead security,
Lake, Maine disaster
move a Cessna relief,
182 seaplane unwise
from the use
water ramp of alcohol
to land or Wing
parking. Maine drugs.
has All we
supported the International Pilots association Fly-in for the past seven years. Photo Courtesy of Mike Lange, Moosehead Messenger.
area. At around 2:30, a CAP team or search and rescue, all agreed that want them to do is make the right
found an overturned 4-wheeler fitting we are now better prepared to work choice during this
International high-risk
Parade Lead event."
by CAP
the description of the missing ATV together in the future. More than 12,000
Color and Honor Guard high schools across
with a note on it stating that the Civil Air Patrol, the official U.S. Air the country received promotional
On August 9, 2003, the Maine Wing
"victim" was suffering from a punc- Force Auxiliary, is a civilian, volun- materials
Squadrons to show
from St students how to en-
Croix Composite,
tured lung and that his leg was going teer, nonprofit, service organization ter the sweepstakes. The
Machias Valley and Downeast once program also
numb. After a ground line search the with more than 63,000 members na- will be highlighted in popular
again participated in the International teen
"victim" (played by David Garrison of tionwide. It performs 95% of conti- magazines
Parade from and on Web
Calais, sites.
Maine toStudents
St
East Machias) was found 200 yards nental U.S. inland search and rescue can enter online at www.airforce.com
Stephens, New Brunswick. In addi-
downhill, in the woods. He refused missions as tasked by the Air Force ortion,
www.perfectproms.com.
the Honor Guard fromThe manygrand-
dif-
treatment, and was brought back to Rescue and Coordination Center. prize winner will be drawn
ferent squadrons participated. This at random
base with many thanks for playing the Volunteers also perform homeland March
year was1. He or shetowill
special receive
Maine Wing, a CAP
part. Volunteers of the Machias Valley security, disaster relief and counter- $1,500 cash allowance for
because we lead the parade, which personal
Composite Squadron provided break- drug missions at the request of fed- expenses
has not been suchdone
as a for
tuxedo
many rental or Ita
years.
fast and lunch for all, with baked eral, state and local agencies. The new
seemsdress,
the glamour
organizers makeover,
of the event cor- can
goods and supplies thankfully donated members take a leading role in aero- sage
countoron boutonniere,
CAP personnel or other
to be ex-
on time
by Parlin Flowers in Machias, and Ma- space education and serve as men- penses.
and to be very professional. Lessride
The prizewinner will also
chias Hannaford. tors to the almost 27,000 young peo- toproblems
the promfor in them
a Hummer limousine.
and believe me
ple currently participating in CAP Ca- His
they have many problemsreceive
or her high school will to deal
det Programs. $20,000 to cover
with, before, prom
during andexpenses
after thesuch
The Machias Valley Composite asevent. Thank you to all ofcatering,
banquet facility rental, the partici-
Squadron meets every Thursday at decorating, photography, mementos
6:30 p.m. For more information look and a disc jockey. Ten first-place win-
on the web at www.geocities.com/ ners will each receive a $500 allow-
capme075/. ance for personal prom expenses,
Karen Varian, Machias Squadron while 25 second-place winners will
Public Affairs Officer (Continued on page 5)

Air Force officials announced the TAPS

Cadet Ian Riley of the Downeast
Patrol Squadron mans the radio
communication center during the
CAP Search and Rescue Exercise
Through the calm leadership of Maine
W ing C om m a nd e r C o l . M it c h
Sammons, CAP, the interesting sce-
narios put together by Major Jim Ray-
mond, Machias CAP, made for a pro-
ductive and informative day for all
agencies involved. Whether needed
start of the fourth annual "Win the
Perfect Prom Sweepstakes" on
Dec 1. The sweepstakes, which runs
through Feb. 29, offers high-school
students a chance to win prizes, in-
cluding the grand prize, an all-
expenses-paid prom and a live prom
concert by recording artists Wake-
field.
Air Force officials are holding the
prom sweepstakes to reinforce and
expand
a message for high-school students:
"Be safe. Be smart. Be sober. Make
the right choice." "We're serious
about helping young people to make
good choices," said Master Sgt. Juan
Demiranda, an Air Force Recruiting
Service account executive. They
know
that an otherwise perfect prom can
be ruined in an instant by the unsafe
and
Norman Ring, a former CAP member
who served during WWII, died Mon-
day at age 94. Norman was a Yar-
mouth resident, and an avid amateur
radio operator. He volunteered with
CAP as a radio technician in 1942,
with the understanding that he would
serve at Patrol Base 19, Portland,
near his home in Yarmouth. Nonethe-
less, according to Norman, he was
then promptly assigned to Patrol Base
20 in Bar Harbor, away from his busi-
ness and family, which he accepted
as his duty. Norman's personal CAP
story is included in Louis Keefer's
book "From Maine to Mexico." I would
encourage you to read his historical
vignette as you remember this fine
gentleman.
Capt. Donald Godfrey
Squadron Historian
Cumberland County Composite
Squadron.

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 St Croix ron Commander for Downeast Pa- Composite Squadron has received
Composite Squadron trol. Major Whitmore received the notification from Senator Snowe and
Commander's Commendation Award Congressman Allen that he has been
and our sincere thanks for his hard nominated for attendance to the
The St Croix Composite Squadron, work and dedication. We look for- United States Air Force Academy.
CAP is pleased to announce the pro- ward to SM Urquhart's contributions Congratulations C/Captain Bellandi,
motions of three deserving cadets. and continuation of the sterling heri- you have worked hard for this nomi-
During a regular meeting of the St tage of this historic squadron. nation and they made the right choice
Croix Composite Squadron, CAP, Lt Thanks to all the squadron members to support you in this endeavor.
Col James who participated in last night's cere- You set a fine example for all Cadets
Greenlaw, Squad- monies. to emulate and we all wish you con-
ron Commander Mitch Sammons Col. CAP tinued success.
promoted Cadet Ty- Commander - Maine Wing Mitch Sammons Col. CAP
ler Croman to the Commander - Maine Wing
rank of Chief Master Machias Valley
Sergeant, Cadet
Steven Martorano Composite Squadron Cumberland County
t o Composite Squadron
the rank of Cadet
Airman 1st Class Effective immediately and until Day- It is with great pride that I am able to
and Cadet Nathan light Savings Time, the Machias Val- tell you all that Senator Susan Collins
Hammick to the ley Composite Squadron will meet at has issued a press release announc-
rank of Cadet Air- the Community of Christ Church on ing her nominations of Maine stu-
man. All cadets North Street. Indoor Plumbing, Heat dents to military service academies
have worked very and all those nice things. The phone and that two of the nominees are Ca-
hard to achieve these promotions number there is: 255-8676. dets from the Maine Wing.
with regular testing in Leadership, C/Major Charles Cramer and C/
Aerospace and Physical Fitness pro- TSGT John Kryzak have been nomi-
grams. Tyler Croman also serves as nated to attend the United States Na-
the Cadet Com- I am pleased to say that I just heard val Academy. These gentlemen are
mander of the from the justifiably proud father of both members of the Cumberland
Squadron. Cadet TSGT John Rothermel of the County Composite Squadron and de-
(1st picture) 1Lt Judy Machias Composite Squadron who serve our congratulations for receiv-
Murray (left) “pinning” has been nominated to the United ing such distinction. These Maine
Chief Master Sergeant States Air Force Academy by Sena- Wing Cadets have worked hard for
Tyler Croman. (Right) tor Snowe. Congratulations Cadet
(2nd picture) Martorano the opportunity that is now before
web: Steven Martorano Rothermel, we wish you all the suc- them and I am confident that they will
(left) receiving his pro- cess in your endeavor. To have re- succeed with honors. Congratulations
motion orders to Cadet Airman 1st Class ceived these nominations is some- to them and to their parents, who, I
from Commander, Lt Col James Greenlaw thing to be proud of for the rest of
(Right)
know, are justifiably proud, as well.
(Third picture) Nathan Hammick (Left) re-
your life. A deserved reward for a lot Senator Snowe has not yet revealed
ceiving his promotion orders to Cadet Air- of hard work. Thank you for being a her nominations so let's keep our fin-
man from Commander, Lt Col James member of the Maine Wing. We are gers crossed for more Maine Wing
Greenlaw (right) all very proud of you. Cadet nominations.
1Lt Judy Murray, PAO Mitch Sammons, Col. CAP Mitch Sammons, Col. CAP
Commander - Maine Wing
Downeast Composite
Squadron
I am pleased to announce that on Waterville Composite
11/11/2003 a ceremony to mark the When once you have tasted flight, you will
Squadron
Changing of Command took place at forever walk the earth with eyes turned
the Downeast Composite Squadron. I knew we had more good news to
Major Henry Whitmore passed the
upward, for there you have been, and there
report, and I thank Col. Bender for
torch to SM Perley Urquhart after his sending me the information that C/ you will always long to return.
distinguished service as the Squad- Capt. Erik Bellandi of the Waterville -Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

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 Downeast
Composite Squadron
The SAREX in Bar Harbor hosted by
the Downeast Patrol Squadron proved
to be another successful endeavor for
Maine Wing. Our thanks to Squadron
Commander Henry Whitmore and the
members of Downeast Patrol for their
fine hospitality and excellent set up for
the mission. Sincere thanks to Maj.
John Bartosenski and Maj. Barbara
Bartosenski for jumping right off a
plane from a trip to the west coast and
helping to set things up. A lot of work
to do after a trip, thank you very much.
And Lt. Col. Ken Goldstein put in a
lot of thought and effort to set up the
mission and scenarios. Very good
work, thank you, Sir. Successes of the
training included demonstration to the
Hancock County EMA Official how
valuable our digital aerial photography
can be for his use in coordinated ef-
forts with the Coast Guard and Na-
tional Guard for waterway security ef-
forts; the intrepid Mission Communica-
tions personnel demonstrated the
value of the Slow Scan system as well
as how they could master the equip-
ment set-up, great work...All mission
directors were performing very well
together proving how the Wing training
effort has paid off by developing mis-
sion management teams with strong
organizational depth. Thanks to all
who contributed on the Ground Teams
and Air Crews. Each SAREX adds to
your skills and helps others learn.
In addition, a very good meeting at-
tended by Lt. Col. Rich Grover, 1Lt.
Paul Connors, 1Lt. Shawn Gibson,
Lt. Col. Lance Lobo, Capt. Merrie
Knightly, and Lt. Col. Ken Goldstein
was held to address training issues
and develop plans to provide a sound
method to disseminate Ground Team
training to our Wing. We are on to a
good approach on this matter and you
will be seeing the benefits of this plan-
ning in the near future. Great work
everyone and once again, thank you
f o r a l l y o u d o .
M. Sammons Col. CAP
Commander - Maine Wing
Planning section: The County crew came bouncing
and growling up the mountain road
Friday morning in Captain Goetz's
4X4 pickup. LtCol. John Trask
added his morale support to the
crew and met us back down in Mars
Hill's Al's Diner for lunch on Friday
afternoon. We then descended the
mountain, finished all the work,
packed and cleaned everything up
and descended the mountain just
after dark late Friday afternoon. On
the way home the central Maine
crew in the Blazer tested the NMR
frequently and were able to hit in
clearly all the way down south of
Houlton to I 95 mile marker 265 near
LtCol Lance Lobo and Capt Merrie the town of Sherman Mills. That is a
Knightly methodically planning remarkable improvement and should
probability of detection and tactics provide Maine Wing with fine re-
peater service for a long time to
come. As of this weekends severe
Northern Maine winter storm the Mars Hill Mountain
Repeater NEWS road will no longer be passable to
It is with pleasure that I report to the cars and trucks until spring. Snow-
membership of Maine Wing that the cats, snowmobiles, and large skid-
Northern Maine Repeater, high atop ders are about the only vehicles that
Mars Hill Mountain in non other than will now be able to make the trip.
Mars Hill, Maine, is up and operating Talk about tight timing. Thank You
better than I can ever remember it Very Much to the valiant team of
operating before. On Friday, 5 De- LtCol. Bill Ricker, Capt. Tom Goetz,
cember a brave and valiant crew in- Lt. Mike Brown, Lt. Doug Grosso,
cluding LtCol. Bill Ricker, Capt. SM Larry French, and the morale
Tom Goetz, Lt. Mike Brown, Lt. support of LtCol. John Trask. With-
Doug Grosso, a new senior member out you all it would not happen.
Larry French Jr., and myself, went Major Mike Pellerin, Maine Wing
to work on the repeater and accom-
plished many improvements to it.
The antenna was lowered to the
ground, taken indoors and repaired. (Continued from page 3) Win A Prom
The antenna hard line coaxial feeder each get a $150 allowance. Weekly
to the antenna was completely re- prizes of Wakefield's compact discs
placed, the transmitter all checked also will be given away. Officials said
out, and all was reinstalled and finely the best advice for high-school stu-
tuned and tested. The work is done, dents is to graduate, keep out of trou-
the junk materials hauled down off ble, stay away from drugs and re-
the mountain, and we now have a member to exercise both mind and
very viable repeater in the County body.
area. LtCol. Ricker, Lt. Grosso, and (Courtesy of AFRS News Service)
myself had ascended the mountain Lt Paul Connors, CAP
by Wing Blazer over a snow covered Drug Demand Reduction Officer -
road on Thursday night at about ME001
2230 hours. We stayed in the nice
warm Maine Public Broadcasting
Corp. building atop the mountain.
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Civil Air Patrol first to use hyper-
spectral imaging in missions
MAXWELL AFB, Ala. — Civil Air Pa-
trol is slated to become the first na-
tional organization to use airborne
hyperspectral imaging for search and
rescue, counterdrug and homeland
security missions, according to Dr.
John Kershenstein of the Naval Re-
search Laboratory and one of the na-
tion’s top spectral scientists.
Kershenstein advised CAP through-
out the process of researching and
testing hyperspectral imaging tech-
nology. On Oct. 29, Kershenstein
was present when CAP signed a $4.2
million contract with Innovative Tech-
nical Solutions (Trade name: No-
vaSol) for 15 hyperspectral imaging
(HSI) systems. The units will be in-
stalled on CAP aircraft at strategic
locations throughout the United
States. Dubbed the “ARCHER” pro-
gram, NovaSol’s acronym for Air-
borne Real-Time Cueing Hyperspec-
tral Enhanced Reconnaissance, it will
greatly enhance CAP’s capabilities.
Funding for the program was pro-
vided to CAP by Congress under the
2002 Defense Appropriations Act.
Hyperspectral imaging allows opera-
tors to program the spectral
“signature” for an object into a sensor
and then search for that object from
the air. The imaging system can pin-
point the object even through trees
and foliage. It will work only in day-
light and will not be able to pinpoint
objects under the ground, underwater
or buried in snow. The purchase has
drawn interest from all branches of
government. Representatives from
the Air Force Research Laboratory,
the U.S. Coast Guard, the Naval Re-
search Laboratory and the U.S. Army
assisted CAP throughout the con-
tracting process and are scheduled to
help CAP evaluate its first delivered
unit in early 2004 before the remain-
der of the order is supplied. Accord-
ing to Gen. John P. Jumper, chief of
staff of the U.S. Air Force, “All break-
through technologies are critical to
the Air Force in maintaining informa-
tion superiority. I am convinced that
hyperspectral sensor systems have
the potential of providing revolution-
ary enhancements to our information
systems and will facilitate the trans-
formation of our intelligence, surveil-
lance and reconnaissance program.”
CAP has long been known for its
successful search and rescue, disas-
ter relief and counterdrug operations.
Since Sept. 11, CAP also has moved
more prominently into the homeland
security arena. According to Col.
Drew Alexa, coordinator of CAP’s
Advanced Technologies Group, hy-
perspectral imaging will dramatically
improve CAP’s ability to locate spe-
cific objects from the air. NovaSol,
which manufactures the new equip-
ment, is a small company based in
Honolulu, Hawaii. According to the
CAP contract, NovaSol will deliver
the first Model 1100-2 HSI unit by
February 2004 for final evaluation.
Upon approval of that unit, NovaSol
will deliver the remaining 14 units
over a period of nine months. Each
unit will include a dual-sensor optical
system with real-time processing,
more than seven hours of recording
and storage time for each use, and
possible integration with CAP’s digi-
tal imaging satellite transmission sys-
tem. NovaSol also will provide air-
transportable ground processing
units, training for each of CAP’s eight
regions, and an online training Web
site. “This technology demonstrates
CAP’s commitment to the homeland
security arena,” said CAP National
Commander Maj. Gen. Richard
Bowling. “To support ARCHER,
we’re purchasing Gippsland GA-8
Airvans for our aircraft fleet. With the
increased capacity in these aircraft,
we can carry more equipment and
personnel.” According to CAP Ex-
ecutive Director Al Allenback, “These
technologies will increase CAP’s ef-
fectiveness in search and rescue,
disaster relief, counterdrug, and
homeland security missions. Hyper-
spectral imaging will allow CAP air-
craft to identify an object on the
ground as small as three inches in
size from half a mile in the air, even if
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it’s partially hidden from view by trees
or bushes. With this new capability,
CAP is rapidly positioning itself to be-
come a leader in lost-cost, on-demand
aerial imaging technology for home-
land security and emergency manage-
ment.” Civil Air Patrol is a nonprofit
organization with some 64,000 mem-
bers nationwide. It performs 95% of
continental U.S. inland search and
rescue missions as tasked by the Air
Force Rescue Coordination Center
and was credited last year by the
AFRCC with saving more than 140
lives. CAP volunteers also perform
homeland security, disaster relief and
counterdrug missions at the request of
federal, state and local agencies. The
members take a leading role in aero-
space education and serve as men-
tors to the almost 27,000 young peo-
ple currently participating in CAP ca-
det programs. CAP has been perform-
ing missions for America for more than
60 years.
Melanie LeMay
Public Relations Specialist
Civil Air Patrol National Headquar-
Who is this CAP
Member?
As a Maine Wing Cap member, I
travel to many functions through out
the great state of Maine. In doing so I
meet many other members from all
over and get to know their functions
and duties through Civil Air Patrol. It
dawned on me that many of us only
know people and their names as it re-
lates to their CAP membership.
Unless you are in their Squadron, you
don’t really know much else about
them. We have members from all
walks of life and many different back-
grounds who have come together in
CAP to serve. I put out a memo on
Listserve asking for information about
our members that might be of interest
to other members. On page seven be-
low the Wing Conference advertise-
ment is some clues and maybe you
can guess who it is. -Editor
 IF
By Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all
about you. Are losing theirs and blam-
ing it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men
doubt you, But make allowance for
their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by wait-
ing, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in
lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hat-
ing, And yet don’t look too good, nor
talk too wise;
If you can dream – and not make
dreams your master; If you can think –
and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disas-
ter And treat those two imposters just
the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve
spoken Twisted by knaves to make a
trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your
Editor: Who is This? back then too. I did some rodeo in the life to broken, And stoop and
You mentioned that you wanted inter- states as well but don't have any good build’em up with worn out tools;
esting items about our Maine Wing pictures of those times. I do have If you can make one heap of all your
some pic- winnings And risk it on one turn of
tures of pitch-and-toss,
the horse I And lose, and start again at your be-
owned ginnings And never breathe a word
while I about your loss;
was sta- If you can force your heart and nerve
tioned at and sinew To serve your turn long
Rota and after they are gone,
will send And so hold on when there is nothing
some additional pictures of him (and I) in you Except the Will which says to
in another e-mail.( I Received them them: “Hold on”;
CAP members. Attached are some and they are If you can talk with crowds and keep
photos that were taken about 1972 of included your virtue, Or walk with kings – nor
yours truly. As the sports activity is not here –Editor) lose the common touch;
exactly common in this part of the You said you If neither foes nor loving friends can
country I thought it might be interest- wanted inter- hurt you; If all men count with you,
ing. ( I then asked for more informa- esting items but none too much;
tion –Editor) about Maine If you can fill the unforgiving minute
Just that while I Wing people With sixty seconds’ worth of distance
was stationed at and I thought run – Yours is the Earth and every-
Rota, Spain I be- you'd think thing that’s in it,
came very involved these pictures And – which is more – you’ll be a
with the Rota Ro- were pretty interesting too. Man my son!
deo Association (Editor’s Note) I thought these pic-
and rode both bare- tures were very interesting as I had no
If this is a copyrighted poem, we
back bronco's and idea this member ever did anything
apologize as every effort was made
bulls. I also did like this during his Pre-CAP life. For
to contact the owners for permission
some breaking and training of horses the answer to his name see page 8.
to use –Editor

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Augusta, ME 04332-5006
Commanders Corner
Members of Maine Wing –
As I write this, Thanksgiving has just
passed and we are all anticipating
the Christmas and Hanukkah holi-
days. I hope you had an enjoyable
Thanksgiving Day and your plans for
the upcoming holidays come true for
you. Once again, I think it is impor-
tant for us all to reflect on how fortu-
nate we are to live in this great nation
and to continue to express our sup-
port for the many fine people who are
overseas or on station protecting our
ability to be a free nation. There are
many squabbles bubbling up to the
surface that question why we are in
certain hotspots and how things are
being managed and that is a natural
thing, I suppose. We all have the
right to be vocal in our criticisms and
to question the reasons why people
in leadership positions have made
certain decisions. Perhaps we would-
n’t have done it the way they did it, or
would we, knowing what they may
have known? My point is that we all
need to keep an open mind and
should not rush to judgment because
we have been told something by
someone. We should first give the
benefit of doubt to the person who is
being criticized until we have the un-
disputed facts with which to make an
opinion. Sometimes the reporter
does not have altruistic motives.
There was a very good writer back in
the early twentieth century named
Rudyard Kipling who wrote poetry,
prose, short stories and fiction that I
would recommend people to read a
bit of. One of his more famous po-
ems was simply titled “If”, and I be-
lieve the lessons he relates are ones
that we should take to heart as we
strive to meet the high moral ethics
we espouse in CAP. The poem fol-
lows. Please read it and consider his
advice. I do not think you could go
wrong if you do absorb the attitudes,
he writes of. I have decided to submit
this writing to the Wing Over be-
cause of some events that have
taken place that have caused me to
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think that we need to be reminded of
the moral issues we face every day.
We need to do more than just talk
about respect and integrity. We need
to practice those virtues among our
fellow members as well as with those
outside of CAP. We need to remem-
ber that when we give in to motives
that are selfish, we not only affect the
morale of the unit, we also diminish
ourselves.
So please read “If” and see how you
have done to measure up to the
sound advice Mr. Kipling has so elo-
quently put into print.
Mitch Sammons, Col, CAP
(See page Seven For the poem)
The answer is: LtCol. Ken Goldstein
Downeast Patrol Squadron.