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ABENAKI NEWSVolume 14, Issue 2 “ Semper Vigilans!” SUMMER 2011

WING CALENDARLtC Lesley M. Lara

CAP Executive Administrator

COMMANDERS CORNER

Colonel William J. Moran, Commander

. The Compliance Inspection is over and I would like to

acknowledge some outstanding work. Cadet Programs and

Flight Management were rated "Highly Successful". Lt Col

Guild, Maj Davidson, Capt Gena Adams, Capt Marks, Maj Shaw

and Maj McGary are to be congratulated. Cadet Programs will

also get 2 "Benchmarks" from National. The benchmark

programs will be listed on the National web site as examplesfor other wings to use. I know every one on the staff worked

very hard and I thank you for your volunteer service.

Congressional Gold Medal for our WW II CAP volunteers

update. Our elected NH officials in Washington still have not

signed as co-sponsors for this bill. Please e-mail your officials

and tell them you support and hope they will give

consideration to supporting this very worthy bill.

US Sen Jeanne Shaheen: http//shaheen.senate.gov - click

"Contact Jeanne"

US Sen Kelly Ayotte: http//ayotte.senate.gov –

click "Contact

Kelly"

US Rep Frank Guinta: http//guinta.house.gov – click "Contact"

US Rep Charles Bass: http//bass.house.gov – click "Contact Me"

Earl Foss is now the Wreaths Across America project

coordinator. Please make sure every squadron has a squadron

leader signed up with WAA. Contact Earl if you have any

questions. We will need to jump on selling the wreaths early

because I hear the schools in southern NH are also going to be

selling the wreaths.

*** Remember we will be donating all the WAA proceeds to a

fund that has been set up for Capt Wendy Wallace (NH Wing

Finance Officer) who has suffered a very debilitating illness and

several amputations. As you can imagine the family is facing a

very difficult road ahead. For those that have asked about

donations right now:

Donations may be mailed to:

Meredith Savings Bank

PO Box 177

Meredith, NH 03253

Cont. pg. 5

JULY

8-16 NCOA NH Fire Academy

9-17 Hawk Mt. Ranger School

16-17 Squadron Leadership Sch.17-23 Venture Crew SAR Tng.

20 Commanders Call 1900

21-31 Encampment Norwich U.

23-31 IACE

AUGUST

1 IACE guests leave

6 TriState SAREX

8 Photography Training

12 Photography training

13-14 Air Show Pease15 Photography processing

17 Commanders Call 1900

25 Fisher Cats Military App. Nite

SEPTEMBER

10 TrainEX Concord

11 Youth Educ. Day NHSVC

TrainEX backup

17 Wing Awards BBQ

21 Commanders Call

24-25 CLC

Published by

New Hampshire Wing Civil Air Patrol

Wing Commander

Colonel William J. Moran, CAP

Public Affairs Officer /Editor

Major Penny H. Hardy, CAP

[email protected] “SEMPERVIGILANS”



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AWARDS AND PROMOTIONS

EARHART AWARD

Colin Bartlett HighlandersNicholas Schaper Concord

MITCHELL AWARD

Jessie Robinson Highlanders

Matthew Piazza Highlanders

Travis Somero Monadnock

CONCORD

Andrew Sackett C/1Lt

Brittany Weatherbee C/TSgt

Scott Laboe C/TSgtMichael Officer C/TSgt

Leo Schuster C/SrA

Thomas Smith C/SrA

William Dio IV C/A1C

Andrew Hillyer C/A1C

Michael Zinck C/A1C

Daniel Laboe C/Amn

Michael Furey C/Amn

Christopher Shaw C/Amn

GREATER NASHUAJordan Kangwijaya C/MSgt

Ryan Higgins C/TSgt

Jonathan Stinson C/SSgt

Nancy Freeman C/SrA

Brendan Harbison C/SrA

Jacob Morgan C/A1C

Jonathan Moulton C/A1C

Wesley Notter C/A1C

Daniel Ruzicka C/A1C

HAWK

Zacchaeus Graf C/2Lt

Brian Chapman C/ A1C

Jason Labonville C/SrA

HIGHLANDERSTyler Buck C/CMSgt

Taylor Buck C/CMSgt

Robert Souders C/TSgt

Kestrel Cole-McCrae C/TSgt

Nathan Pincinee C/Amn

Matthew Pincinee C/Amn

LEBANON

Bryce Campbell C/Amn

MANCHESTERConor McKeogh C/MSgt

Sydney Blain C/TSgt

David Delahunty C/A1C

Madeline Clough C/SrA

Zachary Ritenour C/SrA

Brittany Oxley C/A1C

MONADNOCK

Travis Somero C/2Lt

Colton Seppala C/SMSgt

Andrew Solomonides C/MSgtJustin Somero C/SrA

Seth Bertram C/A1C

Dan Moran C/Amn

SEACOAST

Adam Parent C/1Lt

Michelle Wegner C/CMSgt

Jonathan Mackaman C/SMSgt

Krystina Gibbons C/SrA

Alex Bettcher C/A1C

Kevin Colford C/A1C

Christopher Cashman C/Amn

Kyle LaBossiere C/Amn

Ian Smith C/Amn



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SQUADRON NEWSSubmitted by Individual Units

CONCORD COMPOSITE SQUADRONMembers welcomed Maj. Brian Riis as their new commander in April. He is an instructor pilot. A

fundraiser was held in conjunction with the Mooseman Triathlon. Members marched along with the

squadron color guard in the Memorial Day parade in Concord. Cadets and seniors participated with the

Elks Lodge in Epson to observe Flag Day on June 14th

.

GREATER NASHUA COMPOSITE SQUADRON

Squadron members were once again participants and carried the colors on behalf of the Disabled

American Veterans for the Nashua Memorial Day parade. Ed Case wore his uniform to church on

Memorial Day and got up before his congregation and explained some of the core values of CAP.

Cadet John Keisling has been selected to receive the Col Albert Sambold Flight Scholarship for 2011.

Major Harbison and Capt. Staveley received the Squadron of Merit award for the squadron at the JuneCommanders Call.

HAWK CADET SQUADRON

The squadron participated in a Memorial Day parade in Laconia. Capt. Wayne Doucet will be

stepping down from his position as squadron commander on June 23rd

. He has been the commander for

four years. Major Robert Shaw will become the new commander.

HIGHLANDERS CADET SQUADRON

Twelve members bivouacked on Cape Cod back in May at Maj Barrington’s summer cottage.

This is an annual event and the attendees got to go clamming, kayaking, played capture the glow stick,

and did some ES training. On April 30, 15 members were involved in Rochester Pride Day where theypicked up 30 bags of trash for 2 hours on a busy roadway. They then joined in a photo shoot for

national historic preservation and worked on the main square in Rochester. Lunch was provided by the

recreation dept. Cadet Piazza traveled to Augusta to receive his Mitchell from his Congressional

representative. New cadet commander is C/Capt Colin Bartlett. Members are working on training a

color guard.

LEBANON COMPOSITE SQUADRON

Eight members took part in the June TrainEX. Seniors Nash and Cohen have been getting some

MS/MO training from Jeff Adams. Lt Balog achieved a long standing desire by obtaining his Assoc. in

Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Photography. Cadet Butler will be attending the National

Honor Guard Academy in MD this summer. A number of seniors participated in a Memorial Day

parade in Norwich, VT, along with a color guard on the 29th

of May sponsored by the American

Legion. Seven members participated in another parade in Lebanon on May 30th

again with the color

guard. Six members participated in the Woodstock Friendship Parade on June 11. Conor Gavell is the

squadron’s new 1ST

Sgt.

MANCHESTER CADET SQUADRON

S/M Delahunty gave a talk at the squadron concerning technologies that have been created

through the NASA space program. Cadets Clough, Bennett and McKeogh from the squadron



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participated in the S&T weekend at the fire academy in Concord. Capt. Blais conducted line search

training for the cadets. Study groups in cadets homes have helped everyone get promoted faster.

MONADNOCK COMPOSITE SQUADRON

The squadron presented and retired the colors at the Red Cross Operation Appreciation event

on May 13th

. Several cadets received Orientation Flights during the May 11 meeting. A color guard

participated in a parade on May 22nd in New Ipswich, and on Memorial Day in Keene and Swanzey.

Members will be participating in another event in Swanzey with the color guard on July 3rd

. The

squadron is planning another visit to Strategy Zone in Goshen, NH for laser tag sometime this summer.

SEACOAST COMPOSITE SQUADRON

At the pilot’s meeting on June 2nd

Capt Bob Casian showed a video and talked about the ferry

flight he took with a friend across the country in a P-19 from CA to Hampton Airport. A group of

squadron members participated in a Public Safety Day in So. Berwick in May. June 4th

saw a group of

5 seniors and 6 cadets at the So. Berwick Kids Day where in addition to having a recruiting booth they

actually participated in the search for three lost persons during the event. As Capt. Cote had the

command truck from York County Emergency Management there he was able to put together a groupof cadets and seniors for each search and to communicate with police and fire personnel as needed. All

three persons were found by members of CAP. Great job!!! A group of cadets and seniors participated

in the Epping Memorial Day parade with a color guard. A fun night for cadets is planned at Hilltop Fun

Center at the end of June. Seacoast will be hosting the IACE cadets and escort this summer from July

22 to August 1. The guests are from Canada, Australia and the UK.

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IN MEMORIAM

MAJOR TONY ALLAIREFormer Hooksett Squadron Commander

LT BETTY WALKER

Former member of Nashua Squadron

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SENIOR PROMOTIONS

Ron Lamontagne LTC Marshall Giguere 1 Lt

Christopher Nevins LTC Rick Hampton 1 Lt

Russell Morin LTC Stephen DeBeradinis 2 LtJulie Smith Capt Valerie Whittier 2 Lt

Timothy Johnson Capt Constance Leggett 2 Lt

David Ohlson 1 Lt John Nee 2 Lt

Lisa Somero 1 Lt Christina Stern 2 Lt

Adam Behr 1 Lt

Mark Loll 1 Lt

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Commander’s Corner continued Please make checks out to: Wendy Wallace Fund. All donations are tax deductible for the donor and are a gift for

Wendy Wallace.

June TRAINEX –

I want to thank all those that attended the exercise on Jun 4th. We were especially happy to seethe cadet attendance. Some of the things we need to work on are mountain flying and ALL facets of

communications. We could not complete our aerial photography tasking from the NH National Guard because we

only had 1 photographer. Our focus the next few months will be on aerial photography training and mountain

flying certification. We will be seeking 5-6 members that want to dedicate the time to getting checked out.

2011 Boston Portsmouth Airshow. Please sign up to work the Aug 13-14 airshow. Your time puts money into your

cadet programs. This is a quick and easy way to fund your squadron and you get to see a $25 air show for free.

Remember nonmember parents, brothers and sisters over 15 can volunteer to serve as well as friends that you can

vouch for.

We still need 9 members to serve as ramp directors for both days of the show (e-mail or call me if interested).

Cadets - Remember to get your NCOA and Encampment applications in.

Pilots – we have training $ - get proficient and we have Cadet O flight $ - get those first cadet flights flown.

"Few orders are best, but they should be followed up with care," Maurice de Saxe, Marshall of France 1757

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FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL

++++ NATIONAL CALL-IN ++++

General Courter has asked all CAP members to participate in a National request for co-sponsors for the

two bills than concern the awarding of the medal. We have been requested to CALL our senators and

representative on June 29 and 30 to request that they sign on as a co-sponsor. See Washington phone

numbers below. It is suggested that you prepare an outline prior to your calling and if the legislator isnot available, ask to speak with whoever handles veterans or defense legislation. Get the name and

phone number of who you spoke with and watch for names of those signed on as a co-sponsor by going

to:http://capmembers.com/cap_national_hq/cap_congressional_gold_medal.cfm . Call the person you

spoke to before if you do not see our senators or representatives names on the list. Without the required

number of co-sponsors these bills will not move forward. The state of Maine has already signed on. It

is imperative that we get sponsors now as our WWII members are fast disappearing from the ranks.

Kelly Ayotte 202-224-3324

Jeanne Shaheen 202-224-2841

Frank Guinta 202-225-5456

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CONGRATULATIONS

Cadet John Keisling, Greater Nashua Squadron--------Sambold Flight Scholarship 2011

Greater Nashua Squadron-------------------Squadron of Merit 2010

LTC Nic Goupil------------------Air Force Association Aerospace Education Teacher of Year 2011

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http://capmembers.com/cap_national_hq/cap_congressional_gold_medal.cfm






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GREATER NASHUA SQUADRON LEADING THE MEMORIAL DAY

PARADE

CADET KEN AND CAPT. COTE AT SO. BERWICK KID’S DAY



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CONCORD SQUADRON AT MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

HIGHLANDERS CADETS AT ROCHESTER PRIDE DAY



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S & T TRAINING AT NH FIRE ACADEMY LTC VARNEY AND ATTENDEES

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