Penna. Cadet Programs will be conducting Color Guard
Competition....Saturday ..21, March '09
At Wing HQ.....starting at 1030hrs........Any Team planning to
compete must e-mail
Lt. Col. Brinker at ebony217@ptd.net no later than ....Thursday 12,
March '09

>>> We will be using CAPM 52-4 for the program Same as Region and
National

>>> You can find it at www.gocivilairpatrol.com

Thank-you.....I have only 1 judge committed to far..Still looking
for a few more
to help out ...........Let me know if anyone is
interested....

--
Lt.Col. Bruce Brinker
Penna Wing Director of Cadet Programs

To all Squadrons.....and Groups....
There will be no CAC meeting this month FEB.........

We are still working on making the March Wing Staff and CAC meeting
our Color Guard Competition Date...
I have only heard from 2 Squadrons interested in Competing......

Watch for more information concerning Our 2nd Annual Penna. Wing
Cadet Conference Sat APRIL 25, 2009
Fort Indiantown Gap...at the
8-80 Building Sign-in Starts at 0800hrs...

Watch the list-server in the next 10 days for complete list of
seminars and other information for Conference...

Don't forget Penna. Wing Conference in Oct....IN
PITTSBURGH..........


--
Lt.Col. Bruce Brinker
Penna Wing Director of Cadet Programs

We are pleased to announce that we now have a date for our 2nd annual
Penna. Wing
Cadet Conference.........It will be on Saturday April 25, 2009
........
At Fort Indaintown Gap...Building 8-80.......Sign-in starts at
0800hrs.....
Cost will be $25.00 per member attending....More details to be
released this
weekend....Watch on the CAP list-server and you can now check in on
the website...

www.pawgcadetprograms.webs.com

watch for our informational flyer coming out in a few days........
registration forms for conference will following on line and in the
Feb and March
wing mail.......

Don't forget Penna. Wing Conference....October 16,17,17, 2009
Pittsburgh, Pa.......
--
Lt.Col. Bruce Brinker
Penna Wing Director of Cadet Programs

I would like to announce our new Director of Cadet Programs for Middle East Region. Major Bob Midkiff will be taking over those duties immediately. Major Midkiff has been a member of CAP for over twenty years. He earned his Spaatz Award in 1993 and has a Master Rating in Cadet Programs. He has been a member of our Cadet programs staff for several years, working on various cadet program activities. He also has been involved with the Tri-Wing Encampment and the Tri-Wing Encampment Region Cadet Leadership School as well as the Seymour Johnson Leadership School. He will be a great asset to our program.

Bob is high school teacher and recently retired from the Fire Department. His e-mail address is bobmidkiff@verizon.net.

Welcome aboard, major Midkiff!!

Phyllis Griffin, Lt Col, CAP
MER Chief of Staff

To All ES Qualified Members;

As of January 1st, all ES Qualifications have been suspended for those members who have not completed the required Incident Command System (ICS) courses. If you have two asterisks next to any of your qualifications, this means that you have not completed the required courses for your specialty. These courses are all online and available off of the www.pawingcap.com/ops website. Look towards the bottom where it says NIMS training and the links are there. Please see the attached document for the courses that you need to take to remove the suspension.

If any member needs any help whatsoever in finding these courses, or entering these completions into eServices, I encourage them to contact either myself at w.schlosser@squadron339.org or their unit or group Emergency Services Officer or Operations Officer.

Also, there is a new revision to CAPR 60-1 for all Flight Operations available at www.gocivilairpatrol.com

Please do not hesitate to email!

Regards,
William Schlosser, Capt. CAP
Assistant Director of Operations
PAWG

Mini Encampment and Phase 1 Training with o-flights (Hosted by Group 2)

When (time): March 14, 2009 (0800 to 2000), Check in is from 0730 to 0755
Where: PA Wing Headquarters, Building 3-108 Fort Indiantown Gap
Annville, PA 17003
Who can attend: C/AB-C/Col
How: Send e-mail to Major Parks at parks@brandonparks.com with your
Name, CAP Grade and unit number.
Point of contact: Major Parks, 717-654-0052
Cost: $10.00 cash to be turned in at the door, this will include lunch
and Dinner
Uniform: BDUs
Forms: (2) CAPF60, (1) CAPF31, most be presented at check in.
Note: The Mini Encampment will have no credit towards an encampment.

Goals
The School is designed to provide cadets the opportunity to:
1) Apply knowledge gained in the cadet programs to practical situations.
(2) Develop a greater understanding of CAP.
(3) Develop leadership potential.
(4) Enhance interpersonal skills.
(5) Develop time-management skills.
(6) Develop a spirit of teamwork.
(7) Inspire a sense of discipline.
(8) Learn how to overcome challenges and succeed.
(9) Enhance their unit's Cadet Program.
(10) Aid in retention and motivation.
Philosophy
The school can be the most significant and worthwhile training
experience of a CAP cadet's membership. Training is what the school is
all about. To achieve the overall goals, a positive attitude is
essential. Each staff member has an obligation to learn as much as
possible and to offer the highest quality of training to others. The
staff must always remember that their first duty is to the other
members and not themselves.

Equipment List
CAPID Card
BDU's
Winter Gear for BDU's, plan on going outside
24 hour gear, if you have it
Orange Cover
Pen
Small Notebook
ID Card
$10.00 Cash for weekend cost
Any Medication you are currently taking (INCLUDING INHALERS!!!)
CAPF-60, 2 copies
Civil Air Patrol issued books (blue binder)

Cadet Lt Col Redcay, the cadet commander, has been working very hard
on the planning for the activity. I am looking forward to all he has
put together for the activity. All cadet staff should e-mail Cadet Lt
Col Reday at patriot@dejazzd.com for cadet staff positions.

C. Brandon Parks, Major, CAP
Deputy Commander, Group 2

We had a great January Group 2 staff meeting. I want to thank
everyone for attending. It is good to know that we have so many hard
working members in the group. The next group 2 staff meeting will be
March 14 at 1300. We also will have the group 2 CAC meeting on the
same day from 1200 to 1300. From now on, Group 2 CAC meetings will be at
1200, prior to the Group 2 staff meetings.

We have a number of activities on the calendar. The mini encampment is
planned for March 14th at FITG. We have two AE/O-flight days planned for
April 25 and
August 1. There will be a AE bootcamp on May 23 from 1500 to 1700,
just after the Group 2 staff meeting. All members are welcome to
attend. Information for these activities will be posted on the Group
2 web page (http://gp2.pawg.cap.gov/). I will also use the Group 2
mailing list to keep everyone up to date. You can sign up for the
mailing list on the Group 2 web page.

Lt Col Bechtel reported to us that we now have 19 pilots in the group. All
I have to say is, WOW! We also have had newsletters every month since June
2008 - keep up the good work, Capt McCutcheon. The newsletters can be
downloaded on the
web page. Lt Col Marshall let us know that the region commander will not
approve of any Lt Col promotions that come to him unless the applicants hold
a Group staff position, or higher. If you want to get promoted, come join
the Group 2 staff team. We need your help and we have a number of openings.
See you soon and remember safety, safety, safety or is it safety report,
safety report, safety report!

Brandon Parks, Major, CAP
Deputy Commander, Group 2

The Cadet Conference scheduled for April 18, 2009 is being changed to
another Date...to be announced within the
next 10 days......The buildings needed for us to conduct the
Conference are not available that weekend
due do troops coming back from the War.....and also it is a
Guard
training weekend they are full..

We are still looking at conducting everything for the Cadet
Conference at the 8-80 Building just
need to work out a few detail......Should have information
ready to release by nest weekend..

I am truly sorry for the inconvenience and hope everyone can
still make the new date when announced

Thank you for your support...
--
Lt.Col. Bruce Brinker
Penna Wing Director of Cadet Programs

I would like to take this time to Thank eveyone for making the interviews
go so well this past Sat.
Just a note I didn't get one complaint from any Cadet or Parent about
the waiting time for any
interview. They all went well and ran smooth...I really can't thank you
all enough..This was the
easiest weekend I had due to all the support given to the Cadet Program
from so many members Thank-you.
We had over 75 Cadets attend the interviews and attend our CAC planning
session for 2009...
The future for Penna. looks great with all the sharp and smart Cadets
coming up in the Wing......

Don't forget to mark these Dates....April 18, 2009 PENNA. WING CADET
CONFERENCE......
Fort Indaintown Gap Building 8-80
........OCTOBER 16-18, 2009.....PENNA WING CONFERENCE....
Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree
Pittsburg, Pa.


--
Lt.Col. Bruce Brinker
Penna Wing Director of Cadet Programs

Group 2 Pilots,

Please welcome our newest pilot, Robert T. Stone. Rob is Commercial pilot with instrument rating and a CAP cadet O pilot. He is a member of the York SQ. He is anxious to start doing cadet O rides. Jeff Case please keep him in mind if you are setting some up in the near future. He also wants to start working on his Mission Pilot. This gives us 17 flight releasable pilots in GRP 2.

By the way, I recently mentioned we have a new 60-1. There is also a new Fm 5 and 91. The old versions are obsolete; you must use the new version.

Fly safely,

Lt Col Chuck Bechtel
Standardization/Evaluation Officer
Group 2, PA Wing, CAP