OREGON

WINGSPAN
~SPRING 200 9~

As Cadets present the Colors the spotlight is on the American Flag and on the Cadets
in front of more than 10,000 fans.
~ Washington County Color Guard Wing Champions page 3 . . .
 Commander’s
Column
Brian Bishop, Col., CAP
Wing Commander, Oregon Wing

A
s this issue of the to the South Coast Composite
Wingspan is being read- Squadron. I was privileged to
ied for the printer, I’m attend their Annual Awards
returning from a wonderful visit Dinner, where I also officiated
at the Change of
Command where I enjoyed a beautiful drive down
Capt. Scott Bakker the Oregon Coast.
handed the reigns I’ve visited eight of our
of the squadron seventeen units since assum-
over to Lt. James ing command of the Wing last
Metcalfe. I had October, and I’ve noticed a
hoped to fly to the common theme. People are hav-
event, but snow ing fun! The folks at Brookings
down at 500 ft. or were kind enough to invite a
so means a good number of wing staff members
chance of ice in the (including the Vice Commander,
clouds, so instead Major Larry Kendrick; the Chief
of Staff, Capt. Sonny Adcock;
OREGON WINGSPAN and the Metro Senior Squadron
Commander, Major Ted Tanory).
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a year in the interest of the members of the Oregon Wing of Civil Air Patrol. It The dinner was fun and exciting,
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Air Force or Civil Air Patrol Corporation. Opinions expressed by publishers laughs at Scott’s expense. While
and writers are their own and are not to be considered official expressions by the all of that was fun, it was obvi-
Civil Air Patrol Corporation or the Air Force. The appearance of advertisements ous that the squadron enjoyed
in this publication, including supplements and inserts, does not constitute an
being together as friends. Those
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Force of the products or services advertised. of us who visited were all happy
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Close Contest Names Washington
County Cadets as Wing Champions
Oregon Wing has a new
champion Color Guard Team.
It hails from the Washington
County Composite Squadron and
is composed of Cadets Teresa
Gray, Garrison Jensen, Abagail
Merkel and Bill Brady.
Capt. George Long, who
coordinated the Wing compe-
tition, stated that the contest,
between Washington County
and the Aurora Cadet Squadron,
came down to a tie, broken by the
written tests taken by the cadets.
It was a very close contest.
The Washington County
team had made a brief stop the
morning the competition began Capt. George Long presents the winning Color Guard team at the end of
Continued on page 10 . . . a full day of competition.

Washington County Composite Squadron cadets present the flags at a Portland Trail Blazer basketball game. The
squadron got some additional cadet members to march with the Color Guard onto center court for the presentation
of the colors. Cadet Platman is in front on the left and Cadet Dylan Hallums leads the Color Guard.

 
 Wing Commander Honors
Oregon’s Newest Unit
By Christopher H. Johnson, 2nd Lt., CAP
Public Affairs Officer,
Camp Adair Composite Squadron
Deputy Public Affairs Officer, Oregon Wing
Colonel Brian Bishop, the Commander of the
Oregon Wing of the Civil Air Patrol honored the
members of the Wing’s newest unit, the Camp
Adair Composite Squadron, during a dinner and
chartering ceremony Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at the
American Legion Hall in Albany.
Col. Bishop and Chief of Staff Capt. Winton
(Sonny) Adcock spent time with cadets and officers
of the new unit over dinner, getting to know them,
learning about how things were going, and what
was working well. They also visited with a number
of guests visiting the unit.
After dinner, Col. Bishop gave a short speech
about his goals for the Wing and where he saw
the new unit fitting into those goals. Following
Col. Bishop’s talk, Capt. George Long, unit com-
mander, spoke about the unit’s strengths and weak-
nesses and his goals for where the unit should be in
a couple of years. Col. Bishop then presented Capt.
Long with the unit’s Organization Charter.
Col. Bishop, Capt. Long, and Lt. Che’ri Long visit with
unit members during dinner. Photo by Christopher
Johnson.
 
Col. Bishop presents Capt. Long with the unit’s
organization charter. Photo by Che’ri Long.
Although all CAP members were in dress blues
or the corporate dress uniform, the mood was jovial
as officers from the unit celebrated a year’s worth
of hard work getting this unit started. The Camp
Adair Composite Squadron was chartered as the
Camp Adair Flight in October of 2008, after a core
group of officers living in Linn and Benton counties
noticed community needs for youth education and
leadership development, citizen emergency service
volunteers, and an aerospace education program.
This occurred after nine months of working under
the command of the Salem Composite Squadron
to develop community relations and create a func-
tional unit.
The unit achieved squadron status by January
of 2009, when it reached the requisite membership
of 15. It recently hosted an open house and expects
to add several new cadets and officers to its ranks
in the near future.
Since chartering, the unit has held an emer-
gency service drill day, assisted the City of Adair
Village by removing snow and ice from sidewalks
and street gutters after the storm of December
16-19, hosted a community Aerospace Education
Exercise, and brought Santa Claus to visit the chil-
dren of Adair Village, in addition to participating
in Wing level activities.
“This has been an ongoing learning experience
for all of us,” said Capt. Long.
 CAP Conducts Simultaneous
Searches from Five Airports in
Search and Rescue Drill
Nine squadrons from North Utility, WMIRS and eServices, Columbia, and Metro. Wing
to South in Oregon and one all computer utilities that help staff members also participated.
from the East participated from support CAP. Specific reports were filed
their home bases in January In all there were 463 people by Public Affairs Officers for
in a decentralized Search and hours on the part of 64 people. two of those bases:
Rescue Exercise. This varied Five aircraft were utilized and SALEM
from the normal operation of 21 vehicles. There were 10.2 From the Salem base,
gathering air and ground crews hours flown on the 12 sorties. members of the Camp Adair
at one base. Units that participated Composite Squadron, the
“We were able to operate included: Ashland, Brookings, Northwest Coastal Flight, and
from five bases,” said 1st Lt. Medford, Bend, Salem, Camp the Salem Composite Squadron
Richard Ouellette, Oregon Wing Adair, Northwest Coastal, Continued on page 13 . . .
Director of Emergency Services.
“The weather prevented any
flights out of Bend. We did
fly out of Salem, Medford,
Brookings, and Aurora.”
The exercise was intended
to refine Emergency Locator
Transmitter (ELT) search pro-
cedures and team coordination.
Air crews worked with ground
teams to guide them to a “find”
and lead them in. It also diversi-
fied the mission base duties so
that Mission Radio Operators
and Flight Release Officers were
needed at multiple locations.
We were able to launch sor-
ties (12 in all that day) from mul-
tiple locations while centrally
managing and monitoring all of
the activity using the Incident
Management Utility. Teams
reviewed ELT location tech-
niques for both air and ground
crews. Training and practice 1st Lt. Greg Sebastian from the Camp Adair Composite Squadron, works
was also provided on the use of with Cadet C. Menken from the Salem Composite Squadron on tracking
the IMU, the Wing Management radio communications during the SAREX.

 
Final Salute
Captain Victor
Hoffer, Jr.
Capt. Victor Hoffer, Angel Falls
Flight, died in January as a result of
injuries received in a traffic accident.
Both Victor, 31, and his wife, Fran
(also a CAP member and the daughter
of Chief Master Sergeant Joe Simon,
who died last year), were transported
to Salem Hospital. Victor died of inju-
ries sustained in the crash, while Mrs.
Hoffer and the driver of the other car
were treated and released.
At the time of the accident Victor
and Fran were on the way to the house
of his parents, Capt. Victor Hoffer
and Maj. Lynell Hoffer. Lynell was
to be sworn in as Angel Falls Flight
Commander the following morn-
ing in a ceremony at Oregon CAP
Headquarters in Eugene.
Victor had been a CAP Cadet
and a member of CAP for more than
18 years. He was also a member of
the Oregon Army National Guard and
recently returned from a tour of duty
in Iraq.
By Brian L. Bishop, Col., CAP,
Oregon Wing Commander
Captain Larry Armstrong
Capt. Larry Armstrong, 66, of the
High Desert Composite Squadron
of the Civil Air Patrol, passed away
Jan. 21, 2009.
He joined CAP Sept. 7, 1998, in John
Day, Ore., and was the John Day
Unit Commander for several years.
Capt. Armstrong was very enthusi-
astic in the cadet program, flying,
and all aspects of CAP.
 
Colonel Grant Cochran
Grant Cochran, of Creswell, died
Feb. 24, 2009 of age-related causes.
He was 88.
He was born Aug. 18, 1920, in
Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Donald
and Grace Davis Cochran.
He married Hallie Pratt
on May 24, 1947 in San
Antonio, Texas.
He studied pre-
veterinary medicine at
Iowa State University
for two years.
From 1942 to 1963,
he served in the United
States Air Force, retir-
ing with the rank of
Major. In WWII he was
a bombadier-navigator in
a B-24, he got hit on his
2nd and 22nd missions, and
carried 49 pieces of flack in
his legs the rest of his life. He earned
the Silver Star, 2 Purple Hearts, Air
Medal, Air Force Commendation
Medal, and others.  of Portland; a brother, Thomas E.
He was in the Strategic Air
Command, and when not flying was
an Asst. Senior Controller and a Senior
Controller of the Command Post of a
SAC base at Torrejon Air Force Base
in Madrid, Spain, and Glasgow Air
Force Base in Glasgow, Montana.  funeral at the Creswell Veterans
He became a pilot after the war,
flying many airframes including: B-29,
B-50, B-47, C-47, and B-52. He was a
B-47 instructor pilot for 4 years.  Memorial contributions may be
Upon his retirement in 1963 he
moved to Creswell, Oregon, where
Capt. Armstrong was born in Rye
Valley, Ore., Mar. 16, 1942.
He served in the U.S. Navy for four
years. He worked as an electrician
and heavy equipment operator,
retiring in 1988. A member of the
United Methodist Church in John
Day, he lived most of his life in
Grant County.
Survivors include his wife Rosetta Mae
he bought a cattle ranch. He raised
registered Limousine cattle. He was
also a gunsmith, ran a sporting goods
store in Creswell for about 3 years,
worked as an airplane salesman for
Eugene Air Craft, and then took
over as parts manager until
he retired. He owned his
own airplane which he
converted from an Army
appearing plane to an
Air Force appearing
plane. He lived in Lane
County for 46 years.
He volunteered
with the United States
Civil Air Patrol which is
the official auxiliary of
the U.S. Air Force, serv-
ing Wing Commander and
Colonel from 1987 to 1990.
He is survived by: his wife,
Hallie P. Cochran of Creswell; two
sons, Steven G. Cochran of Creswell
and Phillip E. Cochran, D.V.M.
Cochran of Underwood, Wash.; a
sister, Fay M. Ronk of Kansas City,
Mo.; four grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
He was buried in Willamette
National Cemetery following a
of Foreign Wars Hall. England’s
Creswell Memorial Chapel was in
charge of arrangements.
sent to the U.S. Civil Air Patrol, Wing
Headquarters, in Eugene.
Armstrong of Mt. Vernon; sons
Larry Armstrong II, of Portland,
and David Chun of Marcola, sev-
eral grandchildren, great grandchil-
dren, brothers and sisters, nieces
and nephews and his stepmother,
Laverna Grant of North Bend.
By Capt. Bob Bagett
 Four Oregon Wing Units
Participate in Largest Veterans Day
Parade West of the Mississippi
Article and photo by 2nd Lt. Christopher Johnson,
PAO, Camp Adair Squadron

ALBANY, Ore.—On Monday,

November 11, 2008, members
of four Oregon Wing Civil Air
Patrol (CAP) units gathered in
Albany to honor veterans of the
United States Armed Forces.
Despite cool temperatures
and steady rain, members
of McMinnville Composite
Squadron, Salem Composite
Squadron, Linn-Benton
Composite Squadron, and Camp
Adair Flight, waited, stood and
marched for more than three
hours in the parade heralded
as the largest Veterans Day
Parade west of the Mississippi.
According to Tim King of
Salem-News.com, this year’s
parade drew more than 40,000
participants and spectators.
The Civil Air Patrol forma- Cadet’s Samantha Baldwin and Teven Stone carry the flags at the head of
tion was led by a two person cadet the CAP marching unit in the Albany, Ore., Veterans Day Parade.
Color Guard from McMinnville
Composite Squadron, fol- third-to-last in a long line of Following the parade, cadets
lowed by a formation of twelve veterans, community, youth, and and officers gathered at the Linn
cadets under the command of military groups. County Courthouse to watch
Cadet Sgt. Sams and Cadet This was the first time three veterans from three dif-
Sgt. Paul Vasta of the Salem that the cadets from the four ferent wars receive a variety of
Composite Squadron. units had marched together in awards for their service.
Two officers marched behind a parade. The cadets kept in “This was an excellent
the cadet formation. They were step with the cadence being opportunity for cadets to learn
followed by a CAP ground called by Sergeants Sams and about the value of service to
search and rescue vehicle, a Vasta, thereby presenting a country. They did well,” said
member-owned vehicle, and a professional image of CAP to Oregon Wing Cadet Programs
CAP van. spectators from across the state, Special Activities Officer Major
The CAP formation was nation, and world. Chris Wade.

 
Color Guard Wing Champions . . .
Continued from page 3
to present the colors at a Tai
Kwan Do tournament.
Washington County Color
Guard members practiced three
nights a week to prepare for the
Wing competition and they con-
tinue at that pace to prepare for
the Pacific Region Competition
April 24-26 near Fort Lewis in
Washington. March 13th and
14th the Oregon State University
ROTC will meet with the Wing
champions in Lebanon to review
what they saw at the competition
and give pointers on areas for
improvement. The ROTC team
judged the Wing competition.
The cadets and many senior
members worked hard and
showed a lot of commitment to
achieve this honor. This squad
dates back almost a year ago when
it was formed. The first event
was the Hillsboro Air Show. The
team started with nine interested
cadets. SM Teresa Boyd and
SM Greg Brown took the adult
leadership roles in managing
and training the cadets to learn
the basics of presenting the col-
ors for squadron meetings. The
squad started practicing two
hours a night twice a week with
some weekend practices. Cadet
Gray’s father made their first
practice rifles out of a 2x4 and
duct tape.
Boyd changed jobs and
moved and Brown became ill so
they turned the team over to SM
Mark Organ, who was a CAP
cadet, served in the U.S. Marine
Corps, and is a college student.
Cadet Dylan Hallums was
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Commander’s Column . . .
Continued from page 1
part of the original squad up all of the important work that
until a few months ago. He we conduct on the behalf of our
turned his rifle and braid over to community, state and nation, it’s
Cadet Brady so he could focus good to see that we don’t forget
on advanced placement courses, to have fun!
sports, and getting ready to
take his place at the U.S. Air P.S. You may have noticed that
Force Academy, to which he has a couple of wing staff members
accepted an appointment. seem to have been promoted.
Before the team could get In Brookings, it was my honor
decent equipment, then squad- to promote two dedicated and
ron commander Capt. Winton capable members to the rank of
“Sonny” Adcock required the Major – Larry Kendrick and Ted
Color Guard to show commit- Tanory. Both offer their time,
ment and dedication to the team energy, and talent with distinc-
before the squadron spent the tion and provide incredible
approx $1000 dollars it took to service to our wing. Please join
purchase all the supplies required me in thanking them for all that
to make the team competitive.  they do. H
SM Brown, former leader of
the team, gives kudos to Cadet
Gray for helping make the team
a success.
“I cannot tell you how good
of a leader Cadet Teresa Gray
has been in this whole up and
down cycle and learning curve
for the squad,” he said. “And on
top of it all she is also a college
student with a full load at PCC
and is active in many other time-
consuming events in here life
- but she has always maintained
her role as the oldest member
and the squad’s leader.”
He also credits SM Organ Those who expect
with the experience and sense to reap the blessings
of detail that makes the team a
of liberty must
winner. The team has presented
colors at a national Tai Kwan Do
undergo the fatigues
tournament and at two Portland of supporting it.
Trail Blazer games at the Rose Thomas Paine
H H
Garden Arena. H
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 AE Team Cadets Honor Veterans
Schedules and 25-year Tradition
Rocketry PORTLAND, Ore.—On Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, members of the Columbia
Composite Squadron, Oregon Wing, Civil Air Patrol, marched and carried

Weekend colors in the Hollywood District Veterans Parade in Portland, Ore.

TILLAMOOK, Ore.—Cadets
and Officers will gather at the
Tillamook County Sheriff’s off
road training facility near the
Tillamook Air Museum at the
end of July for the 2009 Rocketry
Training Weekend.
This will be the third year in
a row that Oregon Wing is host-
ing a rocketry weekend. Cadets
have the opportunity to build and
launch three or four rockets of var-
ious types during the weekend, as
well as learning about rockets and
watching rocket-related films. (L to R) Cadets Ian Cummings, Josh Schneider, David Owings and Cully
The event begins on Thursday, Keene were at the head of the marching unit as the Oregon Wing Color
July 30 with check-in from 1500 Guard. They were followed by about a dozen marching cadets and senior
officers. Two other cadets carried a banner for the Women Marines in the
to 1900. Dinner and watching the parade. Photo by Maj. Ted Tanory
movie “October Sky” follows.
On Friday, July 31, rocket This parade has been honoring veterans for 34 years. Columbia Composite
building begins after breakfast. has marched in this parade for at least 25 of those years, according to Lt. Col.
Cadets will build and launch pop Lori Duffy, squadron member who marched in this parade when she was a
bottle rockets. An afternoon lab cadet in this squadron. Ross Hollywood Chapel, a local funeral home, started
time continues the rocket building. the parade in 1974 and has been its major sponsor ever since.
That night there will be a movie: Cadets heard speeches by veterans and dignitaries honoring the
“In the Shadow of the Moon.” service of veterans. Many veterans marched in the parade. Some rode
On Saturday, Aug. 1, work in historic military vehicles, others in classic cars.
continues on a cargo rocket.
That afternoon these rockets will
be launched. Later in the after- everyone’s program requirements $65. Forms are due by June 19.
noon a repair and rebuild lab is will be checked and additional Payment is due by July 30.
scheduled. There is a possibility launches may be done as time Capt. Nick Ham, Oregon
of a tour of the Tillamook Air and motors permits. Wing Director of Aerospace
Museum, but funding must be To register, download the Education, will be program direc-
secured first. That night’s movie necessary form from the Oregon tor. Cadet Maryssa Yeager will
is “Failure is Not an Option.” Wing website at http://orwg.uscap. be Cadet Commander. Questions
After dark launches are planned. us/. Cadets are required to file can be addressed to Capt. Ham
On Sunday, Aug. 2, a chapel CAPF 31 and CAPF 60. Cost for at CAPHAM@comcast.net.
service is scheduled. After that each participant including staff is

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SAREX . . .
Continued from page 5
Salem Composite
contributed to operations. The
base operated from 1100 until
Squadron Hosts
about 1630.
The base had a fully staffed Squadron
Leadership School
operations section, which ran
out of out the Salem Air Center.
Capt. Nick Ham served as
Operations Chief. Capt. Bill Rust
SALEM, Ore.—On Saturday, they worked together to develop
(trainee) and 1st Lt. Doug Alvey
January 10 and Sunday, January plans about how to address dif-
ran communications using a
11, officers from across the ferent problems that their units
portable fixed-base VHF radio.
Oregon Wing, and an officer were currently facing.
Cadets from Salem Composite
from the Idaho Wing of the Civil The course offered a unique
assisted with communications
Air Patrol gathered at Leslie way for officers from around the
by tracking the ground team
Middle School in Salem to par- Wing to get to know each other and
and the aircraft, maintaining a
ticipate in this year’s Squadron to learn about each others’ units.
comm log and a status board.
Leadership School. This year, the school was
The comm team was unable to
The officers learned about taught exclusively by officers
transmit on any repeaters from
how CAP is supposed to func- from the Salem Composite
its location at McNary Field, so
tion at the unit level and how Squadron. Lt. Col. Charles
all radio traffic was conducted
units are supposed to work with (“Chuck”) Fandel was the
on simplex frequencies, sharing
officers within their respective lead instructor. Capt. John
radio time with Aurora base.
wings. Officers also discussed Barringer, Capt. William
A Cessna 182 operated
public trust, professional devel- (“Nick”) Ham, Maj. John
from the base with an air-
opment specialty tracks, commu- (“Doc”) Holliday, Capt. Dennis
crew provided by members
nications, and problem solving. Wyza, and Capt. Paul Gilman
of the Salem Composite.
Toward the end of the course, also served as instructors.
A ground team led by 1st Lt.
Greg Sebastian successfully
located an ELT at Independence
State Airport in tandem with the Squadron, based in Bend, members learned about posi-
air crew. Two officers and two gathered at the Bend Airport. tions and duties that are
cadets received UDF training Professional Air permitted the required to run a mission from
during this exercise. use of their training facilities to the ground. These modules
The air crew was forced squadron members for this edu- were Incident Commander,
to return to base immediately cational opportunity. Operations, Logistics,
after locating the target due to Lt. Ouellette traveled to Planning, along with Finance
the lowering cloud ceiling. Two Bend for the event to serve as and Administration.
more sorties had been planned, the site’s trainer. The training Several software programs
but the base was shut down consisted of the many differ- were introduced that are used
early due to the low ceiling, ent aspects of operating and in mission base operations. This
increased wind velocities, and accomplishing a successful training offered excellent insight
winter precipitation. search and rescue mission. Due into their many uses and possible
BEND  to weather conditions the course applications within the missions
Senior and Cadet Members was restricted to land. operated by and with the High
of the High Desert Composite During the session, CAP Desert Composite Squadron. H

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 Oregon Civil Air Patrol
Celebrates 67th Anniversary
Lt. Col. Thomas Traver, Wing PAO
The 800 members of the
Oregon Civil Air Patrol joined
the 57,000 members nationwide
of the CAP as they observed the
organization’s 67th Anniversary
service to America on Dec. 1.
The anniversary was celebrated
across America by the orga-
nization’s 52 wings and more
than 1,500 squadrons. Oregon
is home to 18 squadrons located
throughout the state.
The all-volunteer, nonprofit
organization was founded on
Dec. 1, 1941, less than a week
before the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor led to America’s
involvement in World War II.
Its members soon proved their
worth by conducting aerial
patrols that discouraged, and
eventually stopped, deadly
German U-boat attacks on ship-
ping along American seacoasts.
Fifty-nine CAP members died
during World War II, 26 were
lost at sea and seven others were
seriously injured while carrying
out CAP missions.
“Our citizen volunteers have
a proud legacy of selfless service
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to their country and their com-
munities. They truly go above
and beyond each day, giving
their best as needs arise,” said
Maj. Gen. Amy Courter, CAP’s
national commander.
As the official auxiliary
of the United States Air
Force, today’s CAP performs
a variety of missions in com-
munities throughout the 50
states and Puerto Rico. CAP
responds when planes are
overdue and emergency loca-
tor transmitters go off. Its
volunteers perform 90 percent
of continental U.S. inland
search and rescue missions,
under control by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center.
In August, three members
from CAP’s Oregon Wing
- Capt. Scott Bakker, Capt.
Tom Moore and 1st Lt. James
Metcalfe - were honored with
the AFNORTH Commander’s
Award for their rescue of a pilot
who crash-landed his plane in the
Cascade Mountains in southwest
Oregon. Such rescues are typical
for CAP, which was credited by
the AFRCC with saving 90 lives
so far in 2008.
CAP provides disaster relief
during hurricanes, floods, wild-
fires, earthquakes, tornadoes
and countless other emergen-
cies. Last December, aircrews
from the Oregon Wing flew
Tillamook County emergency
officials to shoot high-defini-
tion photographs to document
the massive early winter storm
damage and to guide rescuers.
CAP also performs homeland
security and counter-drug mis-
sions at the request of federal,
state, and local agencies.
CAP plays a leading role in
aerospace education and mentors
nearly 22,000 young Americans
through its cadet program. Its
cadet programs stress leadership
and moral responsibility as they
teach aviation and emergency
response skills. One of the Civil
Air Patrol’s former cadets, Air
Force Col. Eric Boe, currently
is piloting the Space Shuttle
Endeavour during its 15-day
mission to the International
Space Station.
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Squadron Ceremony Celebrates
CAP Anniversary
Photos by Capt. Scott Maguire, PAO

PORTLAND, cut the cake with a

Ore.—The young- combat knife. The
est cadet in the youngest and old-
squadron, Josh est helped celebrate
Lyon, and the the heritage of
oldest officer CAP and the new
Commander John blood that is con-
Bezayiff, helped stantly joining the
the Columbia organization.
C o m p o s i t e The ceremony
Squadron mark the was crafted by 1st
67th anniversary of Lt. John Julian.
the Civil Air Patrol After Col. Bishop
recently. The cake features two CAP aircraft, the CAP motto, and the cut the first piece,
In a ceremony CAP seal. the remainder of
inspired by the one the cake was served
used to mark the anniversary of the U.S. Marine by Senior Member Robert “Marty” Martin. Coffee,
Corps, the cadet Color Guard escorted an especially punch, and cake were served to the entire squadron
decorated sheet cake to the front of the meeting to celebrate the anniversary.
room. Oregon Wing Commander Col. Brian Bishop

Color Guards David Owings, Josh Schneider, Ian

Cummings, and Cully Keene pass Capt. Ted Tanory Col. Brian Bishop, Wing Commander, cuts the
on the way to the front of the meeting hall. Cadet Josh first slice of cake with a combat knife as Capt. John
Lyon, the youngest member of the squadron, is also Bezayiff, squadron commander, and C/2nd Lt. Daniel
part of the ceremony. Knox look on.

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 Columbia
Composite
Squadron
Visits
Evergreen
Aviation
Museum
Robert Jordon talks about the
dynamics of propellers and the
qualities of the wood used.

Photos by
Capt. Doug Herman,
Aerospace Education Officer

Columbia Composite Squadron,

CAP, visited Evergreen Aviation
Museum, McMinnville, Ore.,
recently to learn about aircraft.

(Image on Right)
Evergreen Aviation Museum
education specialist Robert
Jordon explains pilot
clothing from the World
War I era. Cadet Asa
Cummings tries it on.

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 Oregon Wing Civil Air Patrol
Auxiliary of the United States Air Force
28735 Grumman Drive • Eugene, OR 97402-9542
(541) 688-9408 Fax: (541) 689-9509
www.orwg.cap.gov
1-800-FLY-2338 www.gocivilairpatrol.com

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Honors
Local
Squadron
BROOKINGS, Ore.—The South
Coast Squadron of Civil Air
Patrol celebrated CAP’s anni-
versary at City Hall here.
“It was great, we had six
Senior Members and four Cadets
at the City Hall Meeting,” said
1st Lt. Ron Griswold, Public
Affairs Officer.
Mayor Larry Anderson
and the City Council passed
a Proclamation. “BE IT
RESOLVED by the Brookings
City Council, that the City of
Brookings recognizes the Civil
Air Patrol this December 2008
for the 67 ears of Service. It has
provided much service to this
country and this community, and
asks the citizens of Brookings to
join with us in this observance.”
The Brookings CAP
Squadron, No. 105, has the only
airborne Public Address system
in a fixed wing aircraft. With this
system the South Coast squadron
can warn people of Tsunami and
floods upriver. This squadron has
participated in over 25 missions
this year. Three Members of
the Brookings unit received the
first Air Force most meritorious
Aviation Award for the Nation at
the National Board in Florida.
The squadron also received
three letters of commendation
for the development, deploy-
ment, and implementation of
the Airborne Public Address
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Displaying food turned in by the North Coastal Flight are C/Amn. Anthony
Harris, 1st Lt. Wendy Flett, Pastor of Bay City United Church David Hurd,
2nd Lt. Karen Rust, C/SMSgt. John Flett, and Capt. William Rust.
CAP Unit Helps Make
Food Drive a Success
Article by 1st Lt. Wendy Flett, PAO
BAY CITY, Ore. – This winter, Civil Air Patrol, they collected
cadets, and seniors from the more than 630 pounds of non-
Northwest Coastal Composite perishable food items. This is a
Flight worked for hours assist- record breaker for the church.
ing Bay City United Methodist On the day of the collection
Church with its annual food drive, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008,
drive for the Tillamook area even the weather cooperated.
food bank. Capt. William Rust, commander
With the donations from Bay for the Tillamook Flight, said:
City residents and Tillamook’s “Last year the rain was coming
at us sideways.”
David Hurd, pastor of Bay
System from the U.S. Coast City United Methodist church,
Guard and U.S. Air Force. was thankful for the support
The members of Squadron from Civil Air Patrol, “we have
105 are: Capt. Scott Bakker, an older congregation and it can
Commander; 1st Lt. Jim be hard for them to reach out to
Metcalfe, Deputy Commander; the community in this way. We
1st Lt. Ron Griswold; Ross really appreciate the partnership
Duncan; Ray Forsberg; Warren we have developed with Civil
Glaze; 2nd Lt. Dave Homes; 2nd Air Patrol these past three years
Lt. Don James; 1st Lt. Charles and look forward to their help in
Kresa; 2nd Lt. Ron Lindley; Capt. the future.”
Tom Moore; Larry Mostachetti; Civil Air Patrol’s Core Values
2nd Lt. Pete Peters; Maj. Mike are; Integrity, Volunteer Service,
Rupert; Chris Swick; Howard Excellence and Respect. Projects
Tingley; Dr. Doug Walker; Capt. like this help promote all four of
Fred Wright; and Mike Watson. these values, Rust said.
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 CAP Squadron Assists Portland
Police in Getting Food Boxes Out
PORTLAND, Ore. – Freezing
temperatures and falling snow
weren’t enough to stop volun-
teers from distributing holiday
food baskets to 4,000 fami-
lies in the Portland area on
December 20th.
The annual event, coordi-
nated by the Portland Police’s
Sunshine Division, gathers
donated food items, which are
then delivered by community
and agency volunteers. Each
basket contains enough food to
prepare a holiday meal; bread,
turkey, and dry goods, which are
donated by local businesses and
individuals throughout the year.
“These citizens never really
get to know us as normal people,”
said Portland Police Detective
Bob Clevenger, coordinator for
the annual event. “So when we
CAP members C/1st
Lt. Heather Treanor,
C/Airman Cully Keene
and 2nd Lt. Carl
Keene help an Oregon
National Guard
volunteer to load food
boxes into vehicles.
(U.S. Air Force photos
by Tech. Sgt. Nick
Choy, Oregon Military
Department Public
Affairs Office)
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go and deliver this food to them,
and they baked us some cookies
or have a Christmas card for us,
it touches your heart.”
Columbia Composite cadets
and adults joined volunteers from
the Oregon National Guard, the
Portland Police Bureau, and other
volunteers who donated their
time and the use of their vehicles
to deliver the food baskets.
The Oregon Air National
Guard assists with transporta-
tion and storage, with each of
the Portland Police precincts
serving as distribution sites.
Toys and stuffed animals were
also distributed to households
with children.
Volunteers packed boxes
with food items in the weeks
leading up to Dec. 20, with much
of the work being completed the
night before.
Deliveries were coordinated
out of the Sunshine Division’s
warehouse and at the Portland
Police’s Northeast Precinct.
Clevenger said the food is
important to the recipients, but
the most important thing they
remember is the act of giving.
“This is the season of giving, and
you can’t give any more than giv-
ing yourself,” Clevenger said.
“These people may not
remember the food that was in
the boxes, but they’ll never forget
that you cared.”
To get involved with the
Portland Police’s Sunshine
Division and its various commu-
nity giving events, please visit
the Sunshine Division’s website
at: sunshinedivision.org.
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 Kendrick Installed as Vice
Commander, Hands Off
Reins to Medford
MEDFORD, Ore.—The Medford
Composite Squadron, Civil Air
Patrol, hosted a double-duty cel-
ebration recently.
On Nov. 4, 2008, Medford
conducted a Change of Command
Ceremony. Capt. Larry Kendrick
turned over command to Lt. Col.
Mark Herrett.
The event also formalized
the appointment of Capt. Larry
Kendrick, Medford Squadron’s
retiring commander, to the posi-
tion of Vice Commander for
Oregon Wing of CAP. Kendrick
has served as commander of
Medford for 2 years.
Newly installed Oregon Col. Brian Bishop, Wing Commander, transfers command from outgoing
commander Capt. Larry Kendrick to incoming commander Lt. Col.
Wing Commander Col. Brian Mark Herrett.
Bishop was the Presiding officer

and Maj. Henry Florip was the

Master of Ceremonies. Special
guest speakers were Medford
Airport Operations Director
Robert Russell; Jackson County
Search and Rescue Coordinator
Lt. Pat Rowland; and Medford’s
Chief of Police Randy Schoen.
Medford is one of the
Wing’s larger squadrons with
29 seniors and 24 cadets. The
event took place at the Medford
Squadron hangar.

The squadron showed its appreciation of Capt. Kendrick’s leadership and

service by presenting him with a specially decorated cake at the event.

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 Local Unit Joins in with Others
to Hone ELT Search Skills
E.E. WILSON WILDLIFE
AREA, ADAIR VILLAGE,
OR—February 28th brought
about a typical Oregon day;
wet, a little cool, and early. Two
members of the Camp Adair
Composite Squadron of the
Civil Air Patrol joined with
members of Benton County
Search and Rescue and Mary’s
Peak Search and Rescue to
hone their skills and share their
experiences while learning the
ins and outs of the new L-tron-
ics Elper, the LL-16.
Capt. George Long and 1st 1st Lt. Greg Sebastian works on getting his gear and team together in the
Lt. Greg Sebastian joined other staging area, located in a parking area inside of E.E. Wilson.
SAR workers with the latest tech-
nology. After a morning briefing to start looking for that pesky asked if they would be willing
in Corvallis, the group moved to training beacon. Given the CAP to split up their team and spread
the staging area in E.E. Wilson members’ experience, they were the experience to others. Both
agreed and were assigned a team
each to work with. Soon they
were sent to the field to find the
practice beacon. Once located it
was relocated and teams were
sent out again.
“This was too easy,” said
Capt. Long during debriefing.
“But it was fun and good expe-
rience for even us. It gave us a
chance to get right back down
to basics in a relaxed environ-
ment.” The two have been asked
to come back in April to assist
with the county SAR academy,
helping with the ELT section. It
is hoped to open up this train-
ing to all members of the unit
and surrounding units, to help
Capt. George Long stands ready with his team on the morning of 28
provide some good local train-
February. Capt. Long’s team was the first on target for the first exercise ing for CAP as well as these
and second on target for the second exercise. local groups.

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 Massing of
Colors
PORTLAND, Ore.—On November 2, members
of Oregon Wing’s Columbia Composite Squadron
participated in a special ceremony honoring war
veterans. The Color Guard presented the Colors along
with Color Guards from various local service groups
during the 45th Annual Military Order of World Wars
Massing of the Colors and Service of Remembrance.

Cadets Cully Keene, Josh Schneider, David Owings, and Ian

Cummings retire the Colors at the end of the ceremony. Photo by
Capt. Carl Knox

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Southern Oregon CAP
Celebrates
Wreaths
Across
America in
Bend
Article by Dick Tobiason,
Bend Wreaths Across America
location leader

BEND, Ore.—Thanks to the

Civil Air Patrol’s High Desert
Three squadrons helped celebrate Wreaths Across America at the Eagle Composite Squadron, veterans
Point National Cemetery in Eagle Point, Ore. Cadets and officers from the
Medford Composite Squadron, the Klamath Falls Composite Squadron, were honored in two private
and the Grants Pass Composite Squadron helped place wreaths on graves cemeteries in Oregon recently.
in the cemetery and attended the ceremony coordinated by a Patriot Guard As part of the Wreaths
Riders unit in the area. Here cadets from those three squadrons stand in
the snow around the cemetery’s sign. Across America project, the
High Desert squadron conducted
a ceremony at 9:00 hours at the
Deschutes Memorial Gardens
on Saturday, December 13,
2008. This ceremony coincided
with the simultaneous laying of
wreaths across our nation.
Seven ceremonial wreaths
were placed to Remember those
veterans who served, Honor
their sacrifices, and Teach our
younger generations about the
high price of our freedoms.
Specially made wreaths for
Army, Marines, Navy, Air
Force, Coast Guard, Merchant
Marines, and POW/MIA were
placed on memorials located in
Placing wreaths and remembering the veterans are Medford Composite
the Chapel in Bend and at over
members C/TSgt. Damien Northway, hidden behind him is C/Amn. Emily 350 participating locations all
Lopez, and the other is C/SrA. Keith Coddington. Continued on page 32. . .

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 Squadron Hosts Community
Aerospace Day
Article and photos by 2nd Lt. Christopher Johnson

ADAIR VILLAGE, OR—On the morning of

Saturday, Feb. 7, members of the Camp Adair
Composite Squadron gathered at the cafeteria of
Santiam Christian Schools in here for a Community
Introduction to Aerospace Education.
Squadron members and Capt. Nick Ham, the
Oregon Wing Aerospace Education Officer, spent
most of the morning having fun talking about and
demonstrating principles of flight and the Civil Air
Patrol with local students, teachers, and parents.
Capt. George Long talked about the four forces
of flight: lift, weight, thrust, and drag using a small
radio-controlled helicopter. Capt. Ham discussed
Bernoulli’s principle using a fan and beach ball and
an airfoil in a wind tunnel.
Bernoulli’s principle states that as the velocity
of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by that
fluid decreases. When air moves past an airfoil, Capt. Nick Ham demonstrates the principles of flight
the air moving over the top of the airfoil is forced with a wind tunnel.

to move faster to catch up air moving underneath

A local student building a Goddard Rocket with her
mother’s help as Lt. Greg Sebastion looks on.
the airfoil, creating less pressure above than below.
This creates lift.
1st Lt. Greg Sebastian and Assistant Aerospace
Education Officer, SM Jason Thomas showed par-
ticipants how the control stick of an airplane con-
trols the elevator during landing using models that
slid down a string, while 2nd Lt. Che’ri Long and
1st Lt. John Stanley assisted with the construction
of Goddard Rockets. Goddard rockets are model
rockets made of styrofoam tubing that use a rubber
band for propulsion.
“This was a great opportunity for members of
the community to get excited about flying. We plan
to do this again,” said Lt. Sebastian.

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Wr e a t h b e a r e r s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e A r m y, N av y, A i r Fo r c e , M a r i n e s , C o a s t G u a r d , M e r c h a n t
M a r i n e s , P r i s o n e r s o f Wa r / M i s s i n g i n A c t i o n a n d C i v i l A i r P a t r o l p r e s e n t t h e i r w r e a t h s
i n a c h i l l y o u t d o o r e v e n t i n t h e c e r e m o n y b ow l a t W i l l a m e t t e N a t i o n a l C e m e t e r y.

Wreath Ceremony Grows

in Third Year
Article by Capt. Scott Maguire, PAO, Columbia Composite Squadron
Photos by TSgt. Greg Neulib, Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Fighter Wing PAO
PORTLAND, Ore.—About 200 Composite Squadron, Civil Air and chaperones; a Pathfinders
people participated in the third Patrol, this event attracted three church youth group from
annual Wreaths Across America CAP squadrons which brought Albany, Ore.; and veterans and
celebration here recently. a total of 46 people; a unit of citizens of the area.
Led by the Columbia 51 Young Marines with parents Over the three years, the

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 the U.S. military: Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marines and Coast
Guard and the Merchant Marine,
Prisoners of War/Missing in
Action and the U.S. Civil Air
Patrol. To honor those who have
fallen in service to our nation,
several letters sent home from
war zones by soldiers, sailors
and airmen were read.
The groups then were dis-
missed to reassemble at the
ceremony bowl in Willamette
National Cemetery, just across
the street. The outdoor cer-
C/2nd Lt. Daniel Knox placed wreath in honor of Civil Air Patrol members emony began with the eight cer-
who have died in the line of duty during indoor portion of ceremony for
Wreaths Across America. emonial wreaths being placed at
the front of the ceremony bowl
Wreaths Across America cel- hours at Lincoln Memorial Park by the bearers, who represented
ebration in Portland has grown, funeral home’s chapel. Eight cer- each branch of the military.
starting with eight ceremonial emonial wreaths were brought Then the first four wreaths to be
wreaths in 2006, growing to in by members of each branch of Continued . . .
58 wreaths in 2007, to this year
with a huge increase in public
support triggering 360 wreaths
placed. CAP unit involve-
ment also increased adding the
Linn-Benton Composite and
Aurora Cadet squadrons in
attendance and wreath soliciting
by the Northern Coastal Flight
(Tillamook), Salem Composite
Squadron, Camp Adair
Composite Squadron, and the
Washington County Squadron.
The event began at 1300

Audience members carry 300+

wreaths to place on graves of
veterans near the flagpole at
Willamette National Cemetery
during outdoor portion of
Wreaths Across America
ceremony on Dec. 13, 2008.

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Wreath Ceremony
Grows  . . .
Continued
placed on graves were especially
dedicated to the four Medal of
Honor recipients who are buried
at Willamette National. As CAP
cadets and officers read their
accomplishments, teams of CAP
cadets from each of the squad-
rons in attendance carried four
wreaths up and placed them on
the Medal of Honor recipients’
graves. Then the 200 people in
attendance were asked to pick
up the 300+ wreaths laid out in
the ceremony bowl to place them
on graves near the cemetery’s
flagpole. Once everyone was in
place, a bugler from the Canby
American Legion played Taps
on his bugle while the partici-
pants placed the wreaths.
Following the formal cer-
emony, the Columbia Composite
Squadron placed about 50 more
wreaths on specific gravesites at
the request of people who spon-
sored wreaths.
The Oregon chapter of the
National Association of Dental
Hygienists participated. We
also had a member of PCR
staff – Chaplain Major Charles
Sattgast, deputy region chaplain,
who started and ended the indoor
ceremony. C/1st Lt. Heather
Treanor presided over the indoor
ceremony and was Commander
of Cadets for the event. Oregon
and SW Washington Patriot
Guard Riders, a motorcycle
group that supports veterans had
a welcome corridor of flags at
the indoor ceremony and created
an honor cordon in the cemetery
ceremony bowl during the out-
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WAA Celebrated in Bend . . .
Continued
across the Country and
around the world. The Bend
wreaths were placed at the
military flags by local veterans
– mostly WWII veterans and
widows of WWII Prisoner of
War. They will be assisted by
CAP cadets.
In 2008 it is projected that
over 100,000 wreaths will be
placed in the Wreaths Across
America to Remember, Honor,
and Teach. The ceremony at
Deschutes Memorial Gardens is
the only ceremony at a private
cemetery in Oregon. Wreaths
were also placed at the three
National Cemeteries in Oregon
located in Portland, Eagle Point,
and Roseburg.
December 13 marked the 17th
anniversary of Maine wreaths
beingdonatedtodecoratethegraves
door ceremony.
“We added an eighth wreath
to our ceremony to honor those
who have served in CAP, those
who died while flying in active
CAP service, and those who
presently serve,” said 1st Lt.
Scott Maguire, project officer for
the event. “During World War
II many CAP members were
injured and a 59 killed defend-
ing our coast from invaders,
especially German submarines.
Over the years, as accidents
have occurred, a few more air
crew members have died while
serving. And CAP volunteers
should be honored for all of their
unsung help to search for lost
and crashed aircraft throughout
the United States.” H
at Arlington National Cemetery
in Arlington, VA, and the third
year of a national campaign under
the guidance of the not-for-profit
WreathsAcrossAmerica.org that
brought the same remembrance
wreaths to National and State
Veterans cemeteries, monuments,
private cemeteries, and commu-
nity centers all across the Nation.
All of these specially made
wreaths are donated by Worcester
Wreath Company in Harrington,
Maine. The full story can be
seen and heard online by visit-
ing this website: http://www.
wreaths-across-america.org/.
In addition to the seven cer-
emonial wreaths, Cadets of the
Civil Air Patrol’s High Desert
Composite Squadron for first
time placed more than 100 spon-
sored wreaths on veterans graves
at Deschutes Memorial Gardens
located at 63875 N. Highway 97
in Bend (382-5592). This part
of the ceremony immediately
followed the dedication of the
seven ceremonial wreaths in the
chapel and transfer of the seven
wreaths to the nearby Central
Oregon Veterans Memorial.
The Bend ceremony included
an invocation, singing of the
National Anthem, bagpipe music,
Honor Guard, Rifle Squad, and
playing of TAPS. Master of
Ceremony for the first part of the
ceremony is WWII veteran Robert
D. “Bob” Maxwell, the only
Medal of Honor recipient living in
Oregon. Master of Ceremony for
the second part of the ceremony
where the graves are decorated
is Major Randy Potter, the CAP
Squadron’s Chaplain. H
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