Last month we talked about the AAFES website. This month we first wanted to further clarify our aim for this section. Primarily, we would like to showcase ideas that made your PA, Recruiting, ES or AE event/activity a success. Second, we would like to be able to get the word out about your upcoming activity or raise an issue. When we say, “raise an issue” we don’t mean gossip, or complain (I’d like to thank Col. Rick Bowling for suggesting this point). To help further describe the “raise an issue” this month we talk about “Getting People: Fielding a Ground Team or Aircrew” and our idea for a possible solution. We hope it is helpful to your unit and if it works – let us know and spread the word.
Shelbyville’s ground team was called out on two actual missions. Both missions were lead by Capt. Reynolds and assisted by CAPFLIGHT 1254 (Greenwood) and both missions turned out to be a non-distress. The first mission was on Friday, April 20th and led us to the Mt. Summit area. The ground team consisted of Capt. Reynolds, C/1Lt. Waggoner, C/SSgt. Northam and C/SrA Northam. The signal was intermittent and we were recalled after the signal had been lost after several passes by SARSAT. The second mission was on Tuesday, April 24th and led us to Muncie’s Delaware County Airport. The ground team consisted of Capt. Reynolds and Capt. Chance. The signal was traced to a Cessna Skymaster sitting in one of the maintenance hangars. As the saying goes “missions always come in three’s” so we are waiting by the phone for that third one.
Would like all Ground Team Leaders at Shelbyville to know that we are looking at possibly visiting Greenwood Senior Squadron on one of their Saturday meetings to assist in training their interested members for the Ground Team Member qualification. Capt. Reynolds is the point of contact on this possibility.
All Shelbyville cadets: we need to select a Saturday for O-Flights in May or possibly look at flying before a meeting (5pm) one Thursday evening in May. Please communicate to your cadet staff and Capt. Reynolds a workable date so that we can schedule this activity.
Shelbyville Composite Squadron hosted a First Aid/CPR Training day on
April 14th at the Shelbyville National Guard Armory. Army and CAP
members participated in the activity. The event was put together and ran by 1st
Lt. Kris Copes. Capt. Mark Webb and Lt. Col. Ashcraft assisted him. Thanks to
all who participated in the event.
We’d like to make special mention about Lt. Col. Ashcraft receiving the Crossfield Award (as Capt. Reynolds forgot to mention it in the April issue). The Crossfield Award is given for those that have attained the master rating in the Aerospace Education specialty track (#215). Congratulations!
Captain Reynolds will be giving a public affairs seminar at the National Boards on Saturday, August 18th. The seminar has been approved and will be one of the sessions for people interested in the Public Affairs Directorate. The seminar is tentatively titled “Squadron Websites as a Vehicle for Internal and External Public Affairs”. To keep track of this seminar and the National Boards in general visit: http://www.capnhq.gov/conference/pages/nb/nationalboard.html
Be sure to read the new Indiana Wing newsletter available on the web at: http://www.inwg.cap.gov/Eoutlook/index.html The E-Indiana Outlook is put together by Major Carl Jylland-Halverson, Indiana Wing Public Affairs Officer. Look for the new issue in the coming weeks.
We wanted to let everyone know that a “Summary of Wing/Region Support” document should be circulating with different support areas to volunteer for the National Boards. Areas include transportation, airport duties, communications, and public affairs. Our wing coordinator is Captain Karen Weinkle. If you have questions or would like more information you can contact her at: weinkle@venus.net
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*Getting People: Fielding a Ground Team or Aircrew*
On finding people to fielding a ground team (or aircrew but in our case it’s a ground team), it’s not always easy. Work schedules, people being out of town, inactive, in the hospital, or just unable to contact for some reason or another can create a problem if your limited on the number of people you have on your alert roster. You need 2 people to constitute a team. Usually finding just 2 people is rather easy. You could find yourself running a mission at 4 am with 2 people and on the other end find yourself at 2pm with 7 people. The possibility for finding yourself short of the 2-person minimum is rare (at least in our case). This possibility of finding yourself short of people recently came up for Capt. Reynolds on a mission and made him think of a possible solution.
Now this solution is not necessarily new nor is it revolutionary. In the off chance that we find ourselves short on available people we figured it would be a good idea to make our alert roster as big as possible to build in a safety barrier to this possibility. One way is obvious – train more people. This should always be done but it can take some time to put together. The other way (the Capt. Reynolds semi-new idea) is to add qualified people from a nearby unit to your alert roster. After all if the squadron vehicles is really a wing resource, available not just to your squadron – why not the personnel. As an example, the closest unit to Shelbyville is Greenwood (an aircrew centered unit). Greenwood has some newly qualified and trainee personnel for ground team; however, being an aircrew-oriented unit they don’t have a “ground team” or properly equipped vehicle. Shelbyville (a ground team centered unit) has a “ground team” and properly equipped vehicle. Shelbyville can add Greenwood personnel to our ground team alert roster. Thereby, giving us a larger base from which to draw from (and better ensure our numbers) and allows Greenwood an outlet (that they don’t readily have) to participate in missions (and training). This could be done in the opposite direction. Greenwood could add some qualified members from our unit to their aircrew alert roster, as Greenwood has an airplane and an aircrew to man it. Greenwood would then have the benefit of added security in finding people for a mission and Shelbyville has an outlet for member interested in aircrew (Air Ops). This idea is something that is helpful to our units (builds cohesion/teamwork between us). We hope by mentioning it here that it might be helpful to you and your unit. Until next month…
Changes to Website: The CSAF Reading List link has been updated on the Links page
Awards: Lt. Col. Ashcraft received the A. Scott Crossfield Award
C/A1C P. Northam promoted to C/SrA
New Files: AF CSAF Officer Reading List – Word file
AF CSAF Enlisted Reading List – Word file
10 Propositions Regarding Airpower (complete text) – Word file
Sun Tzu “Art of War” (complete text) – Word file
ECI Catalog (complete) – PDF file
Get these files and others like it at: http://geocities.datacellar.net/cap12184/files.htm
May 3: Blue’s
Drill
Testing/Book Time
LD Class
Announcements
May 10: Blue’s (BDU for Cadets)
PT/PT Testing
Admin
ML Class
Announcements
May 17: Blue’s
Inspection
Drill/Flight Time
Review Boards
ES Class
Announcements
May 24: Blue’s (BDU for Cadets)
Inspection
Drill/Flight Time
AE Events
Safety Briefing
AE – Maj. McClure
Announcements
May 31: BDU
Drill/Flight Time
Training
Activity
Announcements
Other Events
May 5-6 – Observer School – Terre Haute more info
May 12 – Practice SAR
May 12 – Space Center Houston Overnight Cadet Program – Houston, TX www.spacecenter.org
May 26 – WG Staff, CAC – Grissom
June 2-3 – CD Training - TBD
June 16 – Practice SAR
June 30 – WG Staff, CAC, Commander’s Call – Grissom
June 30, July 1 – SLS/CLC – Grissom
July 14-21 – Type A Encampment – Camp Atterbury more info
July 22-28 – Region Staff College - Grissom
July 28 – WG Staff, CAC (CAC Elections) - Grissom
August 16-18 – National Boards – Cincinnati
August 25 – WG Staff, CAC – Grissom
September 15 – CN Orientation – TBD
September 29 – WG Staff, CAC, Commander’s Call – Grissom
October 20 – Flight Clinic – Purdue University A/P
October 27 – WG Staff, CAC – Grissom
October 27 – Communications Class – Grissom
November 3-4 – CD Training – TBD
November 24 – WG Staff, CAC – Grissom
December 29 – WG Staff, CAC, Commander’s Call - Grissom
For more dates or additional information visit the Indiana Wing Calendar
Visit the Shelbyville Composite Squadron website at: http://geocities.datacellar.net/cap12184
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