There will be an A-CUT class on August 29, 2009 at the York Squadron building next to the Thomasville Airport. I am asking that each participant should have taken the B-CUT before they take the A-CUT class. Registration will start at 0800 and class will start at 0830. The class will end between 1500 and 1600. We will have pizza and a bottle of water for lunch at a cost of $5 each. If you do not want pizza, you may bring your own lunch. I am not sure about cost for supplies yet. If any, it will not cost more than $2. There will be a limit of 22 people for the class. The class will be limited to Group 2 participants until August 5, 2009. After that time if the class is not filled other CAP member can take the class. Please contact me by email, preferable, or phone. My contact information is below.

Thomasville Airport on route 30 is about 8 to 10 miles west of York, PA.
If you put this address into Google you will find the location. *6054 Lincoln Hwy W Thomasville, PA 17364*. If you go west on Route 30 from York, the squadron house is the first left turn past the airport which is on your left. If you come from the west it will be the right turn just before the airport. Take that road back about one-fourth of a mile and you will see a house on the left.

Maj Donald Inscho
20 Vista Circle
Etters, PA 17319-9758
717-938-1041 (H)
717-932-8071 (Fax)
717-856-2032 (C)
dinscho@epix.net

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

The following members attend the mission scanner class on the 13th:

2d Lt Jamie Barrick, PA045
2d Lt Edward Barrick, PA045, Instructor
Lt John Richards, PA060
SM Phil Friday, PA060
SM John Kauffman, PA060
1st Lt David Briddell, PA001
Capt Donald Inscho, PA045
Maj Brandon Parks, PA003, Instructor
1st Lt Edwin Jones, PA003
1st Lt Jeffrey Case, PA003, Instructor

We covered all of the Familiarization and Preparatory Training for mission scanner. Special thinks goes out to 1st Lt Case and 1st Lt Briddell for instruction the class.

Brandon Parks, Major, CAP
Deputy Commander, Group 2

The Group 2 Mission Scanner class has changed location and time.
The new location is:

Building 3-108
Fort Indiantown Gap
Annville, PA 17003

The new date is the 13th of Sep.
The class will be from 0830 to 1230.

You must preregister to attend the class by e-mailing me at parks@brandonparks.com. You must have an Specialty Qualification Training Record (SQTR) for Mission Scanner and complete all prerequisites with your Unit/Wing/Region Commander Authorized Designess's Signature to attend. The SQTR must be brought with you to class. We will cover all of the Familiarization and Preparatory Training so that you will be authorized to serve in that specialty (MS) while supervised on training or actual missions. You must also bring with you and read through all of the tasks for Familiarization and Preparatory Training found in the Aircraft & Flightline Task Guide before attending the class. There will be no cost for the class. After completing the class I will help you set up flight!
ght time with Mission Pilots to complete the advanced training on the SQTR.

Brandon Parks, Major, CAP
Deputy Commander, Group 2

The following tasks will be covered.
O-2015 Demonstrate Ground Operations and Safety
O-2017 Demonstrate Post-Crash Actions
O-2019 Demonstrate Proper Number and Character Pronunciation
O-2020 Use Prowords and Code Words
O-2021 Interpret Emergency Signals and Demonstrate Air/Ground Team Coordination
O-2024 Demonstrate Use of Sectional Charts
P-2013 Discuss Mission Scanner Duties and Responsibilities
P-2014 Discuss CAP Liability Coverage and Mishap Reporting
P-2015 Enter Data into CAP Forms
P-2016 Identify and Discuss Major Aircraft Controls
P-2017 Identify and Discuss Major Aircraft Instruments
P-2018 Discuss Aircraft Weight and Balance
P-2019 Identify Items Checked During an Aircraft Pre-Flight Inspection
P-2020 Discuss the Dangers of Wake Turbulence
P-2021 Discuss how Atmospheric and Lighting Conditions Effect Scanning Effectiveness
P-2022 Identify Visual Clues and Wreckage Patterns
P-2023 Discuss how Reduced Visibility and Turbulence Effect Search Operations
P-2024 Discuss Strategies to Combat High Altitude Effects
P-2025 Discuss Common Search Terms
P-2026 Identify what to Look For and Record during Damage Assessment Missions
P-2027 Describe CAP Search Patterns
P-2028 Discuss Crew Resource Management

The SQTR and Task Guide can be found at the following link:
http://cap.gov/visitors/members/operations

Folks,
Please remember that on 23 Aug 2008, Group 3 will be hosting its SAREX at SQDN 811 Hq at the READING Regional Airport.
Check-in will begin at 0800.
ORM, Safety and Ops briefing will be at 0900.
All Group 3 Aircraft and Vans are to be on site not later than 0900. There will be a Safety Check of all Group 3 Aircraft and Vans.
Besides the normal ES activity there will be form 5 and 91 checkrides, with prior request, (reply to the Group 3 Commander to be put on the schedule).
Unit CC, please pass this info to your members.
POC and I.C. for this activity is Lt Col John Roscoe, PAWG Group 3 DO

Gary

Lt Col Gary Metz
PAWG Group 3 Commander

Squadron Commanders and Group Staff,

I received the following e-mail from Capt Andresen:

"Group Commanders and Operations Officers,

Below is some of the information I discussed at the Wing Staff Conference.
The event will begin on the 26th.
Air crews should let their Group Operations Officer know their availability for the week.
The Operations officer should let Lt Col Gary Metz know their availability as he will be the IC during the week.
We will try to arrange tasking based on their schedule.

The 26th is a holiday.

The main part of the event will begin on Friday about 1600.
Anyone who is available then and/or on the Saturday would contact me or Lt Col Mike Widmann as he will be IC then.

There will be a mission base at IDI on the 31st only.
Lt Col Bill Geyer will be in charge of that.

We would like to have every aircraft in the Wing participate.
At a minimum we need 5 aircraft at MUI and 3 at IDI on the 31st.
Make absolutely SURE aircraft and vehicles have ZERO inspection issues before sending them.

Arnie Andresen Capt CAP
PAWG"

Please let Lt Tim Roth know if you are available for the week of the 26th of May.
His email is youhunt@msn.com.
I hope this information is helpful.
I also am looking forward to seeing you all on the 31th.

Brandon Parks, Major, CAP
Deputy Commander, Group 2

Lancaster, Squadron 304 will be hosting an A-CUT Radio class. This class is intended for officers and advanced cadets.
This class and the resulting authorization is required to be approved to use CAP radios. Pilots also need to have this training to operate CAP radios in the aircraft.
Date: Sunday 18 May 2008
Start Time: 0830
Location: Lancaster Airport (LNS) - 304 Squadron Building see website for more detailed directions - http://www.squadron304.us
For more information and to sign-up call 1Lt. Tim Krauter @ 717-203-3513 or at email address: tkrauter@gmail.com
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Tim Krauter, 1Lt., CAP
Squadron 304
ES Officer
cell: 717-203-3513
tkrauter@gmail.com

Change of time....

Execution: Staff members and key personnel will sign in NLT 0700! All other personnel will sign into the mission base NLT 0745 hours and will receive safety and mission briefings before tasks are performed. Personnel must formally sign out in order to leave the exercise before the published termination times. Cadets attending this exercise will not be able to sign out without the consent of a senior member from their squadron. This phase will entail ground and air crews starting their “round robin” mission scenarios. Once a scenario is completed, the personnel will be debriefed and will be tasked with another mission. When not engaged in a mission, personnel are expected to rest and/or conduct hip pocket training.

Dates of Training
Training will be conducted at York Composite Squadron 301 at the York Airport beginning on Saturday, 26 January 2008. Alternate date will be 8 March 2008.
Participation
All persons attending must have on their person a current CAP ID card, current 101 card and/or a SQTR worksheet properly endorsed by their commander. All travel to and from the area will be in a proper CAP uniform.
How to Participate
Call or E-mail Major Brandon Parks at 717-654-0052 or parks@brandonparks.com with your name grade and what specialty you would like to do at the SARX. ex. MP, GTM3
23 January 2008 will be the cut off date for sign up for the training.

There will be no cost for the activity.
All members will need to provide their own food.
Capt Bollinger has approved for members may stay overnight Friday if needed at the York Squadron building.

As a reminder all personnel participating in air operations must have proper credentials that will include current ID card, valid 101 card and or an approved SQTR worksheet in their specialty. All cards will be checked upon arriving and with the official database, (MIMS).

Cadets and Seniors

https://tests.cap.af.mil/ops/tests/default.cfm?grp=dos

Use above link to take GES test.
No password needed!
CAP ID only.
80% required to pass open book test / use CAPR 60-3.

Timothy E. Roth
Emergency Services Officer, Group 2

Mission Scanner Class

Training Information
Training will be conducted at Lancaster Composite Squadron 304 at the Lancaster Airport (LNS).
The training will be on Saturday, 19 January 2008 from 0800 to 1630.
Sign up will start at 7:45.

The class is to cover 24 Mission Scanner task and will be quick moving.
Class will cover the GX-55.
This will not be all inclusive so it is required that students study the GX-55 prior to the class and use the simulator for the GX-55.
You can download the simulator at:
http://www8.garmin.com/include/gxsimulator/SimulatorPopupGX.html

Students are required to study the aircraft and flightline task guide mission scanner task prior to arrival:

The link is:
https://ntc.cap.af.mil/ops/es/TrainingMaterials/ACFLTG-11Apr05.pdf

You can find the mission scanner task list (SQTR) at:
https://ntc.cap.af.mil/es/sqtrs/sqtrs.cfm

The Director will be Major Steven Wilson.

To sign up e-mail Major Parks at parks@brandonparks.com with your name and cap grade.
Class size is limited, so sign up ASAP

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