nebraska wing - feb 2010
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Nebraska Wing Bulletin Robert K. Todd, Colonel
Nebraska Wing Commander
19 February 2010
Wing Administrator—Madeline Kennedy— [email protected]
Editor-in-Chief—Amanda Kumm— [email protected]
“It will be grand in 2 ZERO 10!”
Unit Commanders:
Please be sure to share the bulletin
with your squadron. Print it out and
post it at your location, or take 5
minutes at your meetings to share
the information from Wing. We can
all stay connected and be on the
same page. Looking forward to see-
ing you all, and meeting some new
faces at Wing Conference.
~ 2nd LT Amanda Kumm
NEWG CALENDAR Reminding everyone to check the wing calendar website
for any date changes and updates. This calendar is kept
current, so when a bulletin is not available, you can go to
http://www.newg-cap.org/calendar08.asp
LTC Dan Kirwan keeps the calendar updated for us.
UNIT
BUDGETS:
Madeline is still in need of unit
budgets for FY 2010 from:
COLUMBUS
CAPITAL CITY 99th PURSUIT
LEE BIRD TRI-CITIES
10 Oct 09—17 Feb 10
Offutt SM Lauren Tweedt Cadet Benjamin Reher
Fremont Cadet Jacob Lafferty
OCS SM Christopher Lazoritz
SM Neil Gabeilson
Pine Ridge Cadet Isaiah Little Moon
Siouxland Cadet Colin Howe
Tri-Cities SM Steven Stebbing
Legislative Members Maj (Senator) Michael Gloor Maj (Senator) Robert Krist Maj (Senator) Norman
Wallman
Aircraft Locations
359CP Chadron
593CP Lincoln
915CP Sioux City
975CP Millard
988CP Seward
Our Sympathy goes out to Major
Roxanne Sykora for the recent loss
of her mother, Delores Worley.
Please have these
in by 15 March or
Wing will be
required to submit
one for you!
CAP Policy of Nondiscrimination:
It is Civil Air Patrol policy that no member shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to
discrimination in an CAP program or activity on the basis of race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, or disability
(formerly handicap). It is CAP policy that no applicant meeting CAP’s minimum age requirements will be denied member-
ship in CAP on the basis of race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, or disability (formerly handicap).
Capt Mike McClellan of Capital City Senior Sq earned Paul E. Garber, Level III Award 22 Dec 09
Captain David Bratton of Lee Bird Comp. Sq earned Paul E. Garber, Level III
Award 23 Dec 09 Major Sharon Sanford of Northeast Nebraska Comp Sq earned Benjamin O. Davis, Level II Award 20 Jan 10 and her Grover Loening, Level III Award 5 Feb 10 SM David Jones of Offutt Comp Sq. earned Yeager 5 Feb 10 2 Lt Chris Goodrich of Omaha Comp. Sq earned Yeager 15 Feb 10 C/2LT Jordan Ruegg, Seward Comp Sq earned his Gen. Billy Mitchell Award Dec 09
Orientation Flights
November
Brady Beiermann—
Fremont
January
OFFUTT Ryan Barrett,
Austin Gloe, Kifton Opocensky, Adrian Palmer, Connor Ullom & Shawn White
SIOUXLAND
Isaac Allen, Josiah Allen, Halie Edgington, Joseph Schoepfer &
Jospeh Zimmerman
WING CONFERENCE ITEMS 10 March deadline is quickly approaching for your conference
registrations (only 2.5 weeks away) and Wing Award
nominations. Don’t delay any longer as we need your
submissions, NOW! Reminder that all attendees will need to
bring a CAPF-60, Emergency Notification Form with them.
Hotel number for reservations at the Regency Lodge prior to
8 March is 402-397-8000 and you must say you are with the
Nebraska Civil Air Patrol to get the group rate.
WING STAFF POSTIONS AVAILABLE (these will give you the opportunity to fulfill your Level IV training)
Director of Communications, Personnel Officer,
Finance Officer, Emergency Services Officer,
Logistics Supply Officer & Cadet Programs Officer.
We need your help on Wing Staff. If anyone is
interested in these positions, please contact LTC
Darrel McMillan, Wing Chief of Staff at 402-850-6205
or email him at [email protected]
AEX Program If your unit signed up this past October for the Aerospace
Education Excellence (AEX) program, please inform the Wing
Director of Aerospace Education. Enrolling in the AEX pro-
gram helps the wing compete for the National Aerospace
Education award. To apply and report online, go to
http://www.capnhq.gov and enter e-services.
Take a Virtual Space Station Spacewalk A new video game is now available online based on actual work
astronauts performed on their missions. Visit
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/
station_spacewalk_game.html
(Please copy and paste this link into an internet webpage)
Wing Conference is Coming! Mark your calendar now so you won’t miss the Nebraska Wing Conference. It will be
held on March 26-28 in Omaha at the Regency Lodge. This year our new wing com-
mander will be announced and there will be many things to see and hear!
FREE Money for Teachers! The Air Force Association (AFA) grant cycle deadline for educators is March 31. All
educators can download an application at http://www.capmembers.com/
aerpsace_education_specific/
educator_grants_and_scholarship_information.cfm
Reports Looking forward to 100% reporting from the units on
their Aerospace Education Quarterly Reports for this
2010 calendar year. YOU CAN ALL DO IT!!!
FEBRUARY 22– George Washington’s Birthday
MARCH 2 - Wing Staff Meeting and Commander’s Call-In Wing HQ Camp Ashland 5 - Vehicle and Aircraft monthly reports for Feb due at Wing HQ 8 - Deadline for Wing Conference Hotel reservations at Regency Lodge Omaha, NE 10 - Deadline for Wing award nominations at Wing HQ 13 - SAREX in Lincoln, contact is LTC Darrell Nelson at [email protected] 14 - Daylight Savings Time begins 17 - St. Patrick's Day 20 - Spring Begins 26-27 - Wing Conference at Regency Lodge Omaha, NE 26 - Deadline for Red Cloud News articles 28 - Palm Sunday
FUTURE DATES 5 April - Quarterly Reports (AE, PA, DDR, H-1 Report) to Wing HQ 10 April - SAREX at Norfolk, NE 19-22 April - Chaplain Service Staff College at Bellevue, NE 24 April - SLS/CLC at Camp Ashland Contact is LTC Dennis Curtis at [email protected] 8 May - SAREX at Chadron, NE 6-11 June - NCR Staff College-Offutt AFB, NE Contact is Col Donley at [email protected]
17 June-1 July -National Flight Academy, Camp Ashland 10-16 July - NEWG Sumer Encampment, Camp Ashland 18-23 July - 2010 Special Olympics—Visit website at http://www.2010specialolympics.org and to sign up as a volunteer go to http://2010specialolympics.org page13243.asp Click on Volunteer Positions-Special Olympics for more details and requirements 23-25 July - NCR Public Affairs Academy Camp Ashland contact is Major Al Pabon at [email protected]