Civil Air Patrol Magazine February 2022
Manifest
General
04 Left Seat 05 Recruitment and Retention 06 Legislative Brochure 08 Health Service 16 Diversity 18 Cadet Programs 20 In-Flight Entertainment 22 SAREX - Winter Bivouac 24 Women In flight 25 Operations 29 Donor 30 Tail Section
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Cover photo by Lt Col Bruce Holmgren. Above photo courtesy of Maj Ute Kade
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Squadrons
10 Valdez 12 Delta 14 Lake Hood 15 Fairbanks 26 Eielson 28 Arcturus
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Left Seat
Open Mic night, every 3rd Wed at 1900
Click here to see current Wing Staff position vacancies including: • • • • • • •
Commander, AK-71 and -93 Command NCO, AKWG Aerospace Education Officer - Internal Aerospace Education Officer - External Historian Recruiting & Retention Officer Public Affairs, Assistant - Social Media 4
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Recruitment and Retention Civil Air Patrol (National) has partnered with VolunteerMatch to help recruit new members nationally. Set your squadron up on this system to find new, potential cadet and senior members.
for them to contribute their time and money. It averages 1.3M monthly visitors, has connected over 17M volunteers, works with 137K non-profits and maintains a database of 11.7M volunteers needed.
VolunteerMatch recruiting is a cost-effective way to identify, communicate with, and track potential Senior and Cadet member volunteers for your squadron. It matches you with people who are passionate about and committed to your mission, and who can help when and where you need them. And because volunteers are often donors as well, this system makes it easy
Lieutenant Eric Buesing, CAWG, has developed an extensive PowerPoint describing CAP National’s collaboration with VolunteerMatch so please let Lt. Col Emerson know if you would like to receive a copy of it so that you might learn more about it and add your squadron to this exciting nationwide initiative.
Locate Passive Prospective Volunteers
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ALASKA WING
Wing Supports U.S. Coast Guard in Native Villages From le , standing, are CAP mission pilots 2nd Lts. Aus n Timm and Chris Crago, Coast Guard Lt. Andre Ra , Coast Guard Mess Management Pe y O cers 3rd Class Joshua Smith and Michael Deacu s. Kneeling, in foreground, is Coast Guard Lt. Ma Lemanski. Photo by 2nd Lt. Cris Crago, Foreight
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ommunity resilience is an integral role in the Na onal Defense Ini a ves for the Arc c. Most rural Alaskan villages are inaccessible by road and receive fuel during the summer by barges to store in holding tanks. These tanks provide fuel throughout the winter to power generators, heat homes and schools, and allow snow machines and airplanes to traverse the tundra for inter village commerce and subsistence hun ng. As an ongoing aspect of Opera on Arc c Shield, air branch support from the Alaska Wing enabled the Marine Safety Task Force of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage to execute part of their congressionally charted mission and
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complete 128 bulk fuel holding facility inspec ons in 95 remote communi es during the summer. Using a hub and spoke model, CAP deployed ve aircra and aircrews to six hub communi es from which they ew task force members to remote villages across Western Alaska, the Northeast Aleu an chain, the Yukon River basin, and Northwest Arc c Borough. These o road villages may see a commercial avia on operator only twice a week, and that operator may not be able to deploy or recover the en re team at once. In contrast, the CAP aircrews remained prepared the requisite number of days to provide mely airli support to the task force so it they could visit more villages in less me.
Alaska Wing aircrews totaled 157.6 ight hours and provided over 800 volunteer hours to U.S. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage in mission support and predeployment planning throughout the year. In addi on, the wing provided facility and communica ons support to a Coast Guard Mari me Safety and Security Team as they performed patrols in Bristol Bay during the commercial shing season using dedicated squadron buildings in King Salmon. The Alaska Wing is prepared and ready to share its pilots, planes, and logis cs support from 17 squadrons throughout the state to assist the Air Force, the Coast Guard, and the state of Alaska.
Civil Air Patrol Volunteers Serving America s Communi es, Saving Lives, and Shaping Futures
Alaska Wing 2021 STATISTICS Volunteer Members 496 adult members 239 cadets 108 aircrew personnel 450 emergency responders Squadrons 18 loca ons statewide
Signicant Events Supported in Fiscal Year 2021 Glacier Dammed Lake assessments Arc c Shield Na onal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra on river watch Fencing Hawk Red Flag COVID 19 Mission Support Delta Junc on point of distribu on
Aircra 20 single engine 3 gliders
Cadet Flying 406 CAP, Air Force ROTC and Air Force Junior ROTC cadet orienta on ights
Vehicles 20 vehicles Interoperable Communica ons 4 VHF/FM repeaters 86 VHF/FM sta ons 51 HF sta ons Missions 43 search and rescue missions 2 lives saved* 31 nds* * Includes lives saved and nds credited with na onal team support 1 disaster relief mission 3 air defense intercept training and evalua on missions 5 CAP, Air Force ROTC and Air Force JROTC cadet orienta on ight missions 6 other Air Force support missions 20 training missions 1 other state support mission
Total Hours Flown 2,195 Financial $2,815,872 value of wing s volunteer hours
Na onal Commander Maj. Gen. Edward D Phelka ephelka@cap.gov Region Commander (Interim) Col. Virginia M. Nelson vnelson@capnhq.gov Wing Commander Col. Kevin A. McClure 105982@akwg.cap.gov Gov. Rela ons Advisor Lt. Col. Bryan T. Emerson bryan.emerson@akwg.cap.gov Wing Info P.O. Box 6014 Elmendorf, AK 99506 6014 907 248 3918 Website akwg.cap.gov
Civil Air Patrol Volunteers Serving America s Communi es, Saving Lives, and Shaping Futures
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Health Service Pocket Dump Lt Col Stephen Sammons BSN, RN, NHDP-BC, stephen.sammons@akwg.cap.gov
components to convert the wrapping into a seal. Two items to add if they are not included would be a nasopharyngeal airway and a tourniquet.
Disclaimer: Author is not receiving comI have two pocket kits (below) along pensation by commercial entities for with a Gen 7 CAT-T from NAR. The kit items described in article. by PHOKUS on the right is composed of SWAT-T (compressive wrap or tourniPocket dump, what are you carrying? For most people it is some variation of quet), Quick-Clot combat gauze (coma cellphone, keys and wallet. Maybe add a flashlight and pocket-knife for those that seek adventure. Two things to add to your daily routine would be: 1. an individual first aid kit (IFAK) and 2. some training in its contents. The Kit: The IFAK is sometimes known as a trauma kit or blow-out kit and this distinguishes it from the box store first-aid kit for bug bites and booboo’s. The kits should at a minimum include a hemostatic gauze/z-fold gauze for wound packing, a compressive wrap of some kind, a chest seal and a tourniquet. Of note, some component manufacturers will combine the hemostatic gauze with a z-fold gauze so its one item and the same with the chest seal, sometimes its an individual seal and sometimes its 8
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bination z-fold with a hemostatic agent added) and tape to convert the kit into a chest seal. The one on the left is by PHLSTER and has a single sheet hemostatic gauze, a z-fold gauze, and a folded ace wrap for compression. These kits live in my bags (one in a sling bag I use for office and the other for carrying around town and both bags have a
tourniquet. The training: Stop the Bleed offers in person training nationwide by volunteers with an industry background in the use of these tools. This is a great opportunity to practice using the components of your kit and learn how they work. The classes usually have a nominal cost for supplies and instructor fees. https://www.stopthebleed. org/training
Dark Angel Medical has several online videos as well as in person offerings, that demonstrate how to use several tools. This company also sells components and kits similar to what are shown. This company is HSA/FSA approved so you can be reimbursed through your insurance for their kits. https://darkangelmedical. com/online-training/
Left photo: Kits inside of a civilian sling bag. Right photo: Two pocket size kits and a tourniquet.
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Valdez Valdez Composite Squadron increases mission readiness with the assistance of an Alaska Wing Mobile Training Team
After a sho would dep ground tea site, and pr to air techn By 2d LT Joshua Jones smoke flar road flares Valdez Composite Squadron is bers were once again Emergency Services Saturday continued with additionlenging the mission capable due to the dedial classroom training comprised cent fresh cated work of our Squadron and a of the tasks from GTM3, UDF, and provided fe mobile training team dispatched ICUT. Students were introduced able the fla by the Wing Commander. 28-30 to land navigation, principals of identifying January the team conducted radio communications, and how training that included Ground to improvise a litter. Occurring Training wa Team Member 3, Urban Direction concurrently was training remorning w Finding, Mission Scanner Training, quired for the mission pilot, and ercise. Stu and Form 5/91 mission pilot trainthe Form 5/91 checkride. the locatio ing. located on After lunch, we briefed the upant skills w Training began Friday night at the coming ground and air sortie. The portance o Valdez Municipal Airport. During ground team would head out to keep a log, the evening session current Wing the field to complete their tasks.
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covid guidelines, required gear, and an Introduction to compasses were reviewed. Prior to finishing for the evening equipment requirements and expectations for the remainder of the weekend were briefed.
ort time, the air crew ploy to support the am in establishing the ractice various Ground niques which included res, radio vectors, and s. Ground team memsurprised at how chale terrain was due to resnow fall. The aircrew eedback on how invaluares were for visually g the ground team.
as concluded Sunday with a field training exudents triangulated on of a practice beacon n the airport. Importwere learned: the imof proper gear, why we , and communication
between team members. In all, the team qualified the following over the course of the weekend: - 5 cadets completed ICUT - 5 cadets completed the classroom and exercise portions of GTM3 - 1 SM completed a form 5/91 checkride - 1 SM qualified as a Mission Scanner - 6 members completed UDF training. Valdez has a mission aircrew that is available for deployment, a UDF team, and shortly a Ground Team. This weekend sets the tone for the squadron as they begin to formulate additional mission capabilities and training opportunities.
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Delta Congratulations are due to SM Lance Stricklin for his promotion to 2nd Lieutenant! Fort Greely command and chaplains asked the squadron to hold a Food Drive to stock their Food Pantry for the 49th Missile Defense Battalion, who often need to access it when first moving to Fort Greely. Squadron members are collecting non-perishable foods at 4 local businesses through 22 February. All the collected food items will be loaded into troops’ ruck sacks for a
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Spiritual Ruck they are planning, in order to show their willingness to bear the burdens of the troops located at Fort Greely. The squadron hopes to load those sacks full. Capt Schmidt attended the Civil Air Patrol 2022 Youth Development Conference which was very rewarding and insightful. She also served as Operations Section Chief for a local EOC dealing with the aftermath of the extreme winter storms in the area. She is a student in AKWG’s Cyber course currently and will be attending FEMA Shelter Field
Training in March. The squadron has had several virtual online meetings as illness has swept the local community. Thankfully, that is not a difficult task anymore, as all have become accustomed to virtual solutions. The below photos are of the squadron cooperating with the local VFW Post Commander, David Hutcheson, in placing 59 Wreaths Across America wreaths at the Delta Resthaven Cemetery in December. This year the squadron hopes
to offer wreaths for locals to purchase, and plans on wearing snowshoes when the wreaths are placed! Cadets are working on the membership having 100% qualified in GES, ICUT, and Aircraft Ground Handling, and are close to reaching their goal. The leadership continues to work with Tok squadron to hopefully get some orientation flights in soon. We’ve had months of poor flying weather in the area. Hopefully Spring will allow some of those flights to occur.
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Lake Hood 2/1/2022-ES For February’s ES meeting, cadets were split into two groups, one for search and rescue and the other for shelter building (and rescue).
nett. C/LtCol presented a sideshow on the solar system and all of the dwarf planets within. C/A1C Bennett followed up the solar slideshow with an activity that resulted in a paper space Cadets attempt to create a rescue heli- shuttle aircraft (that may or may not pad. (Credit C/LtCol Ziesmer) fly). 2/8/2022- February’s AE meeting, led by C/LtCol Ziesmer and C/A1C Ben-
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By C/CMSgt Adler.
Fairbanks Saturday, Feb 12th by Lt Caleb Conley. The classroom photos were taken during a Scanner/Observer training which was led by Capt Jim Low and Maj Bob Fath. This was a joint session between the 9th COS and Eielson. At the same time there were some flight exercises being
done. Pictured is the GA-8 (N613CP) flown on the Feb SAREX Mission by Lt Charles Anderson and Senior Member Bob Widman, preparing Bob Widman to take his Mission Pilot Checkride.
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Diversity
(From left to right): 2nd Lt. Elizabeth JustusDiversity Officer and Khampheng Scott (Peng)
(From left to Right): Kevin A. McClure Colonel, Alaska Wing Commander, and C/TSgt Ryan Justus
A Cadet from Arcturus Squadron along with our Wing Commander honored Veterans with a special ceremony at Fort Richardson on December 18, 2021, during the Wreaths Across America. America, please REMEMBER our fallen US Veterans, HONOR those who serve and TEACH your children the value of freedom.
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Cadet Programs Need a Little TLC?
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Calling all Senior Members! Alaska Wing has welcomed 110 new cadets over the last year! Trained adult leaders influence cadets’ growth, learning, and success more than any other single factor. YOU are the reason they learn, grow, and triumph. Training Leaders of Cadets (TLC) classes are the premier venue for all Senior Members to learn how to become better mentors of cadets and more effective managers of cadet squadrons. The Basic and Intermediate classes are a component of the Cadet Programs Officer Specialty Track and the Command Specialty Track. Numerous Cadet Programs Seniors & Masters are standing by to mentor you through the Cadet Programs Specialty Track. Ask around or email cp@akwg.cap. gov to find be connected with an OJT mentor!
Currently, 2022 virtual TLC classes are planned for Saturday 19 February, Saturday 9 April, Sunday 24 April, and a 2-Wednesday-evenings class in June (8 June & 15 June). For an updated list of TLC offerings and registration info, visit this website regularly: https://akwg.cap.gov/programs/cp/tlc
Virtual TLC classes are currently offered about twice a month, but who knows how long that will last! When we did them in person, Alaska Wing offered TLC only once or twice per year. This might be a great opportunity to take this class from the comfort of your home at a time convenient for
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For all Alaska Wing cadet-related information, please visit the Cadet Programs section of the Alaska Wing website here: https://akwg.cap.gov/ programs/cp Various topics are updated weekly and include * a blog for Cadet Programs Officers * information on what the Cadet Advisory Council is hard at work on * fundraising ideas * scholarship opportunities (including CadetInvest), and * many other topics as they arise Numerous Cadet Programs Seniors & Masters are standing by to mentor you through the Cadet Programs Specialty Track. Ask around or email cp@ akwg.cap.gov to connect with an OJT mentor!
Cadet Activities Calendar Also see the Alaska Wing calendar for all wing-level cadet-related activities: https://akwg.cap.gov/wingcal/wingcal Cadet Cyber Training: Lt Josh Jones is leading AKWG cadets through a curriculum to prepare them for other activities such as summer cyber camps and the 2022 CyberPatriot competition. See the AKWG calendar for sessions offered through Google Classroom or email Lt Jones at joshua.jones@akwg. cap.gov Distributed Flight Academy, March/ April 2022: 10 AKWG cadets were selected for flight academy instruction. They have been paired with Instructor Pilots and will receive instruction at various locations in Alaska. Cadets will soon begin preparation to get the most out of their training.
scheduled for April near Nellis AFB in Nevada. Please consider supporting them in their fundraising efforts, and let’s all cheer them on! Glider Academy 25 May - 5 June 2022: 16 AKWG cadets were selected for the AKWG glider academy that will take place at Clear Space Force Station near Anderson, AK. Summer Encampment, 12-18 June 2022 for first-time and advanced students, 9-18 June for staff/cadre at JBER or other Southcentral Alaska location. Registration is now open for students at https://akwg.cap.gov/encampment/2022.
Cadet Advisory Council, ongoing: The AKWG CAC is in full swing, making CAP easier for new cadets to navigate, making good use of all our CAP GSuite tools, and helping more cadets get their sUAS TRUST certificates amongst Pacific Region Cadet Competition, other topics. CAC cadets meet the Kodiak Composite Squadron’s Cadet first Monday of each month on Google Competition team, the Kodiak Scream- Meet. The AKWG CAC Senior Advisor is ing Eagles, will represent Alaska Wing Maj John Bittle. at the Region Cadet Competition
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In-Flight Entertainment
TIGER IN THE SEA-A Book Review by Richard Dennis, PAO, Tok Tiger In The Sea is the story of a passenger airliner that goes down at sea, in the North Atlantic. It is written by the son-in-law of that very airline captain. This Flying Tiger passenger airliner is transporting passengers across the Atlantic; North America to Germany. It is a night flight during a storm in late September 1962. The Lockeed Super Constellation is powered by four radial engines. First one engine and then another engine quits, going quiet. Down to one engine, ditching becomes imminent. The captain prepares the aircraft for ditching. Ditching in the North Atlantic, during a storm and at night is highly problematic. Yet as the aircraft came to a stop, all occupants had survived. But as the survivors exited, only two of the five life rafts could be found. Virtually all ended up in only one raft and that one was upside down. Imagine this scenario again. They are in a storm and it is night on top of an upside 20
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down life raft. The Flying Tigers situation was communicated to mariners and other aviators. Their approximate position was known; but this was before GPS and so their precise position was not known. The survivors clung to this upside down life raft. Hours passed… Then a search aircraft was spotted in the distance. Searching, searching for any clue. But during a storm and at night spotting anything seemed more luck than skill. Prior to the ditching, the Captain had passed out flashlights to a number of the crew and passengers. Now it was the time to signal. Interestingly, only the Captain had his light. All others were gone, lost. He passed his light to another. It was that one Captain’s light that caught the search aircraft’s attention. With that, they dropped numerous packages to the survivors, making one pass after another. Not one parcel was recovered. Slowly the hours ticked off with finally a Swiss freighter finding and rescuing survivors. As dawn appeared, helicopters from an aircraft carrier pulled off the seriously injured.
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SAREX - Winter Bivouac
Two above photos courtesy of CMSgt Neverley Wake. Two right photos by Lt Col Bruce Holmgren in the vicinity of Birchwood airport..
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Women In Flight The number of women pilots at the Alaska Wing is growing! Let’s welcome SM Marissa Kaufmann (71st Squadron, middle) and SM Megan Gonzales (9th Squadron, bottom). Both worked during the last months successfully on their Form 5 qualification. Goodspeed, Ladies, and welcome!
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Operations G1000 Transition -The Switch from Round Dials to Glass Cockpit I would like to thank our two G1000 instructors from the 9th squadron With the arrival of two G1000 Capt Hank McCarley and SM Bob equipped aircrafts at the Alaska Widmen who patiently provide SceWing pilot transition training startnario Based Training to us pilots. My ed. For me it is a bit like somebody transition is still a work in progress switched my slide rule for an elecand goes “One mistake at the time”, tronic graphing calculator overnight. patience and persistence are reThe new system is overflowing with quired. information and learning to find critical information fast, especially Maj Kaden (9th Squadron) during flight, is challenging. Using the autopilot, which has its own iPad Apps: mind, adds to the complexity of https://www.simionic.net/wordpress/ tasks. g1000-apps/ Two iPads can be used and synchroLearning what lies beneath the nized as PFD and MFD. The apple “glass” and managing navigating pen works great for the buttons and pages and submenus by dialing the knobs. big knob, small knob and pushing Flight Simulators the correct buttons is not a skill X-Plane and Microsoft 2020 Flight learned quickly. SImulators have good but not perfect simulations of the G1000 cockFlight simulators help to build mus- pit. G1000 simulator from Garmin cle memory for getting tasks startfor PC. ed.
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Eielson By SM Marissa Kaufmann Our cadet activities have continued through the dark and cold months,
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proving that our cadets are just as resilient as they ever were. We continue to see them progress through the ranks and master each new lesson
placed before them. Thanks to Maj. Davis and SM Burrell, and a spurt of warmish January weather, we were able to conduct Cadet Orientation Rides and introduce these wonderful cadets to the experience of flying. Maj. Kaden from the 9th Composite Operations Squadron and SM Kaufmann from the 71st Composite Squadron took back to the skies for proficiency flights, continuing to ensure that we have proficient pilots ready to take on missions. These flights increased night flying proficiency, and gave them an excellent view of Denali in the light of the sunset.
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Arcturus
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John Western and Peter Caltairone at new Arcturus sign.
PHOTO: GEOFF OLIVER
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In the News - Glider Training at Clear - Nick News segment highlighting the Cadet Program - Unsecured Aircraft Found Overturned In Hatcher Pass On Thursday
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Winter training in Alaska - the real stuff! They say that making it through a first winter earns one the moniker “Sourdough“ and the Wing saw some of its members a little bit closer to that honor this month. This online publication is designed to attract, inform and motivate readers through photos, text and stories. We see and feel the four core values in the faces and body language of the cadets and senior members portrayed herein.
If you would like to propose any content by the 15th of each month or provide feedback then please contact me. Volunteers serving America’s communities, saving lives, and shaping futures. Lt Col Bryan Emerson, CAP Publisher and Editor Alaska Wing PAO, DC, R&R Bryan.Emerson@akwg.cap.gov, 1 (907) 795-5586 cell
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