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The Martinsburg Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol Capt Stephen Petty, Commander Maj Russell Voelker, Publisher & Editor Vol. 6 No. 3 ~~~~~~~~~ June - Sept 2011

2011 West Wing Summer Encampment

Eleven cadets and one senior member from the Martinsburg Squadron attended the 2011 WV Wing Summer Encampment. The encampment was held the week of June 25 July 2, at the WV National Guards training base, Camp Dawson, located near Kingwood, WV. C/CMSgt Brandon Might (A Flt. Asst. Flt. Commander) C/A1C Ian Sullivan C/MSgt Jacob Calo Cadet Kendall Barrett C/SSgt Nathan Worley The encampment was led by C/CMSgt Quinn Kahsay C/Major Alancea Grant C/Amn Sean Rohrer I am pleased to report that the (Parkersburg Squadron) and C/Col David Hill 2011 Cadet Encampment was a C/Major Brian Kruchkow C/2d Lt Nick Keefe (A Flt. Comgreat success, with 97 cadets (Beckley Squadron). They were mander) completing the one week course, assisted by C/Capt Jon Ball C/2d Lt Caleb Sullivan (D Flt. said Col. Dennis Barron, West (Boone Squadron) and C/Capt Commander) Virginia Wing Commander and Tiffany Staggs (Morgantown C/1st Lt Tim Dye (F Flt. Comdirector of the encampment. Squadron). The encampment First mander) Sergeant was C/CMSgt Chris Stockdale (Morgantown SquadCapt. Dirk Stansbury Thirteen (13) cadets were from ron). other Wings (2 - MD, 5 - PA, 5 Special thanks to: Larry Dean, OH, and 1 - DC), while the rest This years honor flight was led Gary May, Frank Panek and Ruswere WV cadets. Every squadron sell Voelker for assisting with in WV were represented this year by Martinsburgs C/2d Lt Tim Dye and included C/Amn Sean either the transport of the cadets at the encampment. ApproxiRohrer. or their drivers. mately 67% of the 97 cadets completing the encampment were first-timers. There were 14 senior members who worked as staff members for the encampment, as well as several other seniors who served as instructors during the week. Martinsburg members attending:

Martinsburg Squadrons C/2d Lt Tim Dye leads the honor flight (F Flight) during the 2011 West Virginia Wing, Summer Encampment graduation pass and review ceremony.

An Air National Guard member tells cadets how to survive off the land.

(From left) C/Airman Cassandra Wiggins, of the Mercer County Composite Squadron, concentrates on completing the confidence course. (Right) Two cadets compete to see who can reach the top of the 60-foot climbing wall first.

C/Col. David Hill, of the Martinsburg Composite Squadron, participates in the graduation pass & review.

C/Capt. Tiffany Staggs, of the Morgantown Composite Squadron, seems to enjoy handling "the gentle giant" of snakes a black rat snake.

* Photos by 1st Lt. Becky Jones

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Cadets offer thumbs-ups as the Black Hawk rolls out to begin their flight.

Berkeley County Youth Fair Fundraiser

The Martinsburg Composite Squadron continued its yearly tradition of parking cars for the Berkeley County Youth Fair. This event resulted in a $2,500.00 donation to the squadron, and ran from July 31st to August 6th. This year a total of 23 Cadets and 9 Senior Members participated at least one day, contributing to a total of 377 staff-hours. Capt Petty expressed his appreciation to all the participants at the following meeting. Cadets Ryan Whetsel and Kendall Barrett tied for the most hours worked. They were presented with Commanders Coins by WV Wing Commander Col Dennis Barron, in recognition of their efforts. Special thanks go to Lt Frank Panek for being Project Manager; Capt Dirk Stansbury for being there each weekday at 4PM; and Col Barron for working the most hours of all the Senior Members. As Col Barron mentioned, he is probably the only Wing Commander you will ever see working a parking detail. In appreciation for those who helped make the Youth Fair parking detail a success, the Squadron held a swimming party, on Friday, August 20th, at the home of Capt Dirk and Mrs. Carol Stansbury. Over a dozen Cadets and three Senior Members attended. The Cadets spent the majority of the time in the pool, except when they stopped to eat! The squadron also presented each participant with one of our new Squadron t-shirts.

The Martinsburg Air Show, "Thunder Over the Blue Ridge", sponsored by The 2011 Thunder Over The Blue Ridge the 167th Airlift Wing of the WV Air Air Show/Open House was held on Satur- National Guard, ended tragically this day, September 17th. The 167th Airlift afternoon after one of the performers Wing, of the West Virginia Air National crashed during the show. At the time Guard, sponsored the event. Members of of the crash, there were numerous caCivil Air Patrols West Virginia and Mary- dets present at the air show from the land Wings worked alongside members of Martinsburg, Clarksburg, and Mercer the WV Air National Guard to ensure the Squadrons, in WV, as well as a group spectator area was kept clear of trash and of cadets from the Hagerstown, MD debris. Members participating came from squadron. Unfortunately, several of the Martinsburg and Clarksburg Composite the cadets were eyewitnesses to the Squadrons, as well as the Hagerstown, MD fiery crash.
Composite Squadron.

Thunder Over The Blue Ridge Air Show

TOBR Air Show Tragedy

the cadets were thoroughly debriefed about the incident and shortly thereafter, met with the Martinsburg Squadron's Character Development Officer, Pastor Gary Gourley. I believe that the critical incident response was handled in a very professional manner by the senior members present, and I especially want to note Capt Gourley's quick and appropriate response to the incident. I feel confident that all of the cadets' anxieties and reactions were dealt with in a very competent manner, although the effected Unit Commanders may want to have a follow-up discussion with their cadets who were in attendance. Again, I want to express my pride at the professionalism shown by the cadets, the senior leaders, and Capt Gary Gourley, in the face of such a tragic accident.

Prior to arriving at the air show to assist the Air Guard with various duties, I had given the cadets a safety briefing, part of which included the advisory that if any emergency occurred during the air show, the cadets were to immediately report to a central location for Unfortunately, the air show ended abruptly accountability purposes and then follow the directions of the seniors in after a tragic aircraft accident on the first day. The cadets who attended the abbrevi- charge.
Cadet Ken, the DDR inflatable cadet, and other CAP Members manned a recruiting/ DDR booth, which featured a WWII era CAP Stinson Aircraft and a late model CAP Cessna 182T. An estimated 20,000 folks attended the airshow and open house. ated show were outstanding in their work and demeanor, which made for a very professional appearance in front of the Air Guard personnel and civilian audience.

Dennis D. Barron, Col, CAP Commander, WV Wing

TOBR Photos on page 3

I am very proud to report that all the cadets followed their instructions to the letter and reported immediately to the rallying point and stood by for further orders. Once the cadets were assembled and things calmed down,

In Memory of Jack Flash Mangan

The T-28 Warbird Aerobatic Formation Demonstration Team. The Trojan Horsemen Jack was a graduate of the USAF Academy, and spent 13 years active duty as an Air Force fighter pilot flying over 2500 hours in the F-15 and F-4 aircraft. His aviation awards include three Meritorious Service Medals and Tactical Air Command's Instructor Pilot of the Year. He had over 4000 hours and held an Airline Transport Pilot and sailplane rating.
From the The Trojan Horsemen website

ELT Search
A combined flight crew consisting of Potomac Highlands Maj Hoffmann and Martinsburgs Capt Larry Dean participated in a very difficult ELT search during the night and morning of July 27, 2011. They were starting on a CD training sortie when called by the Lt Col Gene Thorn to fly a search mission. After about an hour and a half they were able to track the ELT to an area near Spencer, WV.

While flying over the field the owner apparently saw the CAP aircraft and quickly turned off his ELT.

Chick-fil-A Spirit Night

July 9, 2011 Four cadets and four senior members participated in a squadron fundraiser held at the Martinsburg Chick-fil-A Restaurant. The squadron received 20% of sales ($50.00) from guests who presented a special flyer, between 5 - 8 pm.

From left: 2d Lt Frank Panek, Capt Steve Petty, C/Amn Kenneth May, Cadets Ben Baker, Denver Brenizer, David Kain and 2d Lt Pudge Forrester (Not shown) Maj Russ Voelker

Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Air Show

Photos courtesy of: C/2d Lt Brandon Might C/MSgt Ty Stansbury 2d Lt Jeannine Korte

Training
Cessna FITS/G1000 course On June 25th, 0800 - 1700, Lt Col Shelton Davis held the ground school portion of the Cessna FITS/ G1000 course for Sandra Feliciano and 2d Lt Robert Schemmerling.

Training cont
The following individuals completed the G1000 ground school on 20 August 2011: Maj. Bart Rogers 2d Lt Corey Stephens 2d Lt Christopher Loring 2dLt Doug Herrick SM Eric Burnell SM Frank Noe Corbin Householder

Milestone Promotions & Awards

Mitchell Award

Aircraft Familiarization Class During the July 12th squadron meeting a helicopter, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection landed next to the squadron hangar. At the request of Capt Petty, the flight crew gave our members an impromptu familiarization class on the UH-1 Bell ES Training Officer, 1st Lt Gary May held an E.S. Huey Helicopter. Ground Team Member Training Class on Saturday, October 10th 0800 1600 We now have nine GTM3 trainees in or squadron and that the training day was a huge success. Even though it was mostly power point presentations, we got a lot done and we are now ready to move forward in ES and the squadron is well on its way to having a Ground team.
Photos by Mr. Robert Sullivan

C/2d Lt Nathanael Main

C/2d Lt Brandon Might Wright Brothers Award

The cadets who are on the GT are the Smith brothers, the Arehart brothers, the Dye brothers and cadets Kain, Brenizer and Whetsel. C/CMSgt John Dye.

USAF Graded SAREX July 15 - 17, Clarksburg, WV Capt Larry Dean, 1st Lt Pudge Forrester, 2d Lt Chris Loring and Maj Russell Voelker Finance & A.E. Training July 30th - Clarksburg, WV Capt. Adam Sanders and Capt. Steve Petty attended a finance training seminar. WV Wing Director of Aerospace Education, Capt. Dirk Stansbury chaired a training workshop for the squadron A.E. Officers. ARC CPR/FA Class July 30th 2d Lt Frank Panek and (Asst.) Maj Russ Voelker. held an American Red Cross CPR/First Aid Class for Cadets: Kendall Barrett, Casey Densmore, Zachary Hess, David Kain, Nathanael Main, Kenneth May, Sean Rohrer Ryan Whetsel and Ralph Witek-Steele. Seniors: Jeffrey Main, Gary May and Robert Schemmerling.

Patuxent River Naval Air Station Tour August 9 & 10 Patuxent, MD C/SSgt Nathan Worley Red Service Ribbon C/CMSgt Quinn Kahsay

National Cadet Special Activities

(Second from the left) Cadet Kendall Barrett (Kneeling) C/Amn Zachary Hess, C/Amn Kenneth May and C/TSgt Ty Stansbury C/2dLt Tim Dye completed his 2nd year of Civil Air Patrol Honor Guard School, held July 10 - 23, in Westminster, MD C/2d Lt Dye (on right) learns the funeral element of honor guard at HGA this year On Aug 5th CAPs National Honor Guard cadets (including C/2d Lt Dye) participated in the video shoot of the U.S. Army Field Bands Christmas special, at Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
Photo by MD Wing, 1st Lt. Cathy Lahr

Welcome New Members:

Cadets: Austin Bradford, Zachary Costello, Meghan Cunningham, Aaron Friedman, Chase Kelvington, Trevor Landis, Toni May, Caleb Morales, Cody Rickard, Zachary Rickard, Duncan Smith, Dustin Smith and Angel Webb. Seniors: Eric Burnell, Frank Noe and Jonah Rock

Weekly Uniform Schedule*

MANY THANKS to the members of the Martinsburg Squadron who helped with the Adopt-a-Highway project, on Saturday, Sept. 24th. We had a total of 12 members (4 seniors and 8 cadets) report for duty. Within 2 hours, we had picked up 17 bags of litter along the 2 mile stretch of highway. Everyone who helped received a special gift from the Adopt-a-Highway Program. This makes the third and final trash pick-up for the year. In 2011, the squadron filled a total of 41 bags of trash along Paynes Ford Road, and spend 62 man-hours in the process. This also completes the squadron's 14th year of service to the Adopt-a-Highway Program. During that time, the squadron members have pick up a total of 1116 bags of litter, which equates to 39,060 pounds of trash, or 19.53 tons of highway litter! That is a remarkable achievement! My thanks to everyone who helped during this past year. Great Job! Dennis D. Barron, Col, CAP Commander, WV Wing Leadership BDUs Aerospace Education BDUs Character Development Dress Blues Physical Fitness Civilian PT Clothes
*Schedule is subject to change.

Upcoming Events
Oct. 15 Mt. State Apple Harvest Festival Parade Color Guard Detail Oct. 21-23 WV Wing Conference Charleston, WV Dec 1 CAPs 70th Anniversary Dec 10 Wreaths Across America
Winchester, VA FYI: Always check the squadron activities calendar, on the members page of our website, for updates.