CIVIL AIR PATROL

CALIFORNIA WING • NEVADA WING

ENCAMPMENT
CAMP SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA • 6-13 AUGUST 2005
WELCOME
TO THE CADET TRAINING GROUP
IN 1975, THE CADET TRAINING GROUP training they received in the CTG. Former cadets are
was founded at Vandenberg Air Force Base, now serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other
California. During the past 30 years, theaters of operations throughout the
the CTG has welcomed and gradu- world.
ated more than 10,000 cadets. This weekbook is dedicated to
As CTG graduates have gone the thousands of CTG gradu-
on to success in their CAP ates who welcome you into
careers, they have become their proud ranks. Member-
even more successful in oth- ship in the Civil Air Patrol
er aspects of their life. Some Cadet Program can be a sub-
CTG alumni have gone on stantial influence on your life,
to the four service academies and being part of the Cadet
and become successful leaders Training Group will undoubt-
in the armed forces of the United edly be a treasured experience in
States. Others have become successful your life.
businessmen and women as a result of the

CADET TRAINING GROUP COMMANDERS

1975–2005
1975.............................................. C/Lt Col Scott E. Bartel
1976...........................................C/Col Andrew K. Weaver
1977.................................................C/Col David M. Timm
1978.......................................C/Lt Col Daniel J. Martinez
1979............................................... C/Col Gary E. Liswood
1980....................................... C/Lt Col Robert R. Nadeau
1981......................................C/Lt Col George K. Ishikata
1982................................................C/Col Mark W. Corson
1983..........................................C/Lt Col Wayne C. Brown
1984...............................................C/Col Wayne C. Brown
1985....................................... C/Lt Col Kevin J. Sampson
1986............................................ C/Col William E. Geesey
1987............................................ C/Lt Col Deanna K. Paul
1988........................................ C/Lt Col Richard K. Bingle
1989....................................... C/Lt Col Daniel H. Niessen
2005 ............................ C/Lt Col Anthony S. Wong
1990......................................... C/Lt Col Robert C. Bitting
1991........................................ C/Lt Col Richard C. Parker
1992..........................................C/Lt Col J. Michael Ibarra
1993............................................. C/Lt Col Mario A. Calvo
1994.............................................. C/Lt Col Erin M. Green
1995................................C/Lt Col Allen S. Khosrowbadi
1996.....................................C/Lt Col Christa L. Pravecek
1997............................................ C/Lt Col Amanda L. Kull
1998................................... C/Lt Col Robert W. Renshaw
1999......................................... C/Lt Col Laura N. Parsons
2000....................................... C/Lt Col Brian D. Donnelly
2001................................................C/Maj April Simmons
2002.................................C/Lt Col Gavin H.P. Woodman
2003..................................... C/Lt Col Joshua E. Assayag
2004.............................................C/Lt Col Brian T. Jensen
 2005 CALIFORNIA/NEVADA JOINT ENCAMPMENT

Encampment graduates:
You have now graduated from encampment and are a member of the Cadet Training Group.
The encampment training standard is set high, but you met the challenge. Like the 10,000 CTG cadets who went before, you know
the importance of “attention to detail”, leadership, honor, teamwork and pride in a job well done.
We congratulate all the cadets of the 2005 California-Nevada Joint Encampment. During the past week you advanced your educa-
tion and training and are better cadets and future American leaders for it. We look forward to watching your continued success in
the future.
Virginia M. Nelson, Colonel, CAP Dion E. DeCamp, Colonel, CAP
Commander, California Wing Commander, Nevada Wing

Lt Col Antony M. Upton
Encampment Commander
One week ago you entered the
gates of Camp San Luis Obispo
not knowing what to expect. You
now leave those gates with the
confidence in knowing you can
accomplish even the most dif-
ficult of tasks. You have proven
that you can perform under pres-
sure, stand on your own two feet,
work successfully as a team, and
respond instantly with much en-
thusiasm to life’s challenges.
The time you spent here will assist
you throughout your life, in and
out of Civil Air Patrol. Encamp-
ment is tough—not by accident,
but by design. Take the tools
you learned in the Cadet Train-
ing Group to help make your
cadet experience as exciting and
rewarding as possible.
Maj Daniel H. Niessen
Commandant of Cadets
Let me offer you congratulations
on becoming a member of the
Cadet Training Group. The cadet
staff this past week has tried to
teach you what being a Cadet is
all about.
Hopefully through this, each of
you has learned something about
yourself and about your fellow
cadets. The lessons you have
learned about structure, disci-
pline, and attention to detail are
skills you can put to use at your
home unit and life.
As a member of the Cadet Train-
ing Group, you represent the
highest ideals of what a cadet is in
the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program.
C/Lt Col Anthony S. Wong
Commander,
Cadet Training Group
Congratulations to all of you. One
week ago you walked in as indi-
viduals. As you leave the grounds
of Camp San Luis Obispo, you do
so as a member of a team—the
Cadet Training Group.
You have met the standard and
proved that you can work as a
member of a team and take on
the challenge of becoming a of-
ficer in training.
It pleases me greatly to welcome
all of you as the newest members
of the Cadet Training Group. I am
proud to have served as your
group commander.
C/Capt Austin R. Hain
Sergeant Major,
Cadet Training Group
The Cadet Training Group is more
than just an organization. It is a
family, a group of similarly expe-
rienced cadets who have learned
about what is important in life:
teamwork, attention to detail, and
“moving on the bounce” are what
makes a CTG cadet.
Welcome to our ranks—I am
proud of every one of you.

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 DAY ONE

Day One of encampment saw 157 basic

cadets and 14 Advanced Training Flight
cadets from California, Nevada, Minne-
sota, Illinois, Oregon, and South Carolina
descend upon Camp San Luis Obispo,
where encampent staff welcomed them.
The basic cadets said their goodbyes to
their parents and said hello to flight and
tactical staff members.

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DAY TWO

Day Two of encampment kicked off with

encampment commander Lt Col Tony
Upton formally welcoming the basic
cadets to Camp San Luis Obispo and the
challenge of a lifetime. Cadets attended
worship services and Moral Leadership
classes conducted by CAP chaplains, as
well as sessions on Opportunities in CAP,
Customs & Courtesies, and proper uni-
form wear. Cadets were also given their
first inspection of the week, conducted by
the flight staff.

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 DAY THREE

Day Three saw classes on Attitude &

Discipline, USAF Airpower, Civil Air Pa-
trol Structure and Operations, and more
Flight Training Activities.
The Basic Cadets slowly began to grow
accustomed to morning PT (physical
training) well before sunrise, in the cool
Central Coast morning air!
For some unlucky Basics, all that march-
ing in new boots proved to be a recipe
for disaster, or at least, some serious
blisters! Fortunately, medic TSgt Menke
(on loan to the encampment courtesy of
the California Air National Guard) was on
the scene with blister treatments ready.
Some of the Basics learned firsthand that
Moleskin is your friend!

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DAY FOUR

On Day Five, the Cadet Training Group

completed the Cadet Physical Fitness Test
and took on the Obstacle and Leadership
Reaction Courses at Camp SLO. The team-
building and esprit de corps fostered by
the day’s events were truly a sight to see.
Where mere days before, these Basics
were just a bunch of individuals, the sense
of team developing was unmistakable.

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 DAY FIVE

Without a doubt, Day Five was one of the

highlights of encampment. As if orienta-
tion flights in a California Army National
Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter weren’t
enough, Wednesday also brought small
arms familiarization training under the
guidance of qualified military instruc-
tors, giving everyone in the group the
opportunity to fire an M16A2 rifle on the
25 meter range at Camp SLO. Low-level
flights over the California coastline pro-
vided sights few will ever forget, and a
significant number of cadets earned NRA
marksmanship badges on the rifle range.

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 DAY SIX

Coming off the high of helicopter rides

and shooting military rifles the day before,
on Day Six, the CTG refocused its energies
on mastering the tasks necessary to meet
the encampment standard.
Squadron drill and volleyball competi-
tions were held, with the winners advanc-
ing to the group competition.
The first practices for the encampment
graduation parade were held.
In advance of the final group inspection,
the Cadet Training Squadrons conducted
their own inspections.

The Gong
CTG command staff had plotted for
months to try to make Colonel Wong
break a smile at the final evening for-
mation of encampment. Though such
scheming is typically confined to the
Tactical staff, the CTG command staff
managed to teach the old folks a thing
or two this time. Above, accomplice Lt
Col Hall moments before sounding the
“gong” on cue from CTG Executive Officer
Lieutenant Park.

Be sure to visit www.cawgcadets.org after encampment to download the

weekbook supplement covering days 7 and 8, which took place after the
weekbook went to press.

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 CADET TRAINING GROUP EXECUTIVE STAFF

C/Lt Col Anthony S. Wong, CAP

Commander

C/1st Lt Edward Park, CAP C/Capt Austin R. Hain, CAP

Executive Officer Sergeant Major

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100TH CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“One Hundredth Leads The Way”

C/Maj Jeffrey Buentgen C/TSgt Tonia Samsonoff Capt Jim Harrer

Squadron Commander First Sergeant Squadron Tactical Officer

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 100TH CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“ALPHA AIRBORNE”

C/2d Lt Lee Corey C/2d Lt Zion Dungo Lt Col Phil Hall 1st Lt Lori Theisen
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

Adam Alonzo Mitchell Bowman Christian Cahua Joseph Connolly Gary Ernst John Gerrity Michael Goude

Jamie Hennis David Hubbard Spencer Hull Dustin King Andre Lamunyon Kyle Lawrence John Mannion

Josiah Mayfield John Peterson Andrew Regis Carl Scott Michael Sutton Matthew Yokubaitis

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100TH CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“BRAVO BOMBARDIERS”

C/1st Lt Matthew Giles C/MSgt Jessica Boden Capt Jim Harrer Maj Michael Kathriner
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

Chris Applegate Oscar Arechiga Kevin Barber Robert Carrillo Bobby Coeur David Houchin Jared Juntunen

Cody Katz Matthew Lytle Matthew Markham Michael Miller Philip Riek Justin Rivers Alexander Shea

Alex Sherry Zeke Vandehei James Walraven Kyle Winje

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 100TH CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“CHARLIE CENTURIONS”

C/2d Lt Todd Rassmussen C/SMSgt Chris Palmer Capt Lani Cahill Capt Patricia Lay 1st Lt Matt Baker
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

“A battle-hardened legion was promoted to

the rank of Centurion based on at least sixteen

years of combat service and valor at the point of

the spear. They were able to carry ninety pounds

of equipment at least twenty miles per day and

train under the harshest of conditions. They

held ultimate sway over the welfare of every

man who served in his hundred-man century.”

— Col. Jeff O’Leary, USAF (Ret)

Uilani Bacoro Amanda Beasley Megan Cleary Angela Cooper Molly Hurt Theresa Nafis Jordan Nicolay

Laura Porter Heather Scott Ruby Tamariz Natasha Thompson Seveda Trevino Margaret Wong Liliana Woods-Kridle

Kaylin Young

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101ST CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“101st Space Monkeys”

C/Capt Shawn Lawson C/SMSgt Kenneth Orvick Maj John Boyle

Squadron Commander First Sergeant Squadron Tactical Officer

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 101ST CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“DELTA DIAMONDS”

C/SMSgt Daniel Smith C/SrA Jeremiah Chass Maj Brian Billing 2d Lt Alexander Smith
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

Bradley Bailey Dylan Blackwood Riley Bowers Christopher Crawford James Dossett Brian Douglass David Fox

Daniel Gerrity Juan Lara Lance Maxwell James McCaughan Sean Quigley Paul Ramos Eric Reams

Brad Scanlon Nathaniel Snyder Travis Woods

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101ST CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“ECHO SCREAMING EAGLES”

C/2d Lt Rene McCoy C/CMSgt David Turnquist Maj John Boyle 2d Lt Joanna Lee
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

Andre Bodine Joshua Burnham Francis Burns Cole Constantine Jeffrey DeVall Sean Else James Fitzgerald

Scott Giles Kevin Hale Joshua Houseworth Tyler Peterson Benjamin Raynal Jonathon Rodriguez Jeffrey Sherrod

Benjamin Smith Shelton Thomason Elijah Vandehei

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 101ST CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“FOXTROT 101 VOODOOS”

C/2d Lt Matthew Beezy C/MSgt Lucien Banales Lt Col Ken Hartwell Lt Col William Taylor
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

David Atkinson Joshua Borges Alec Byerly Brandon Countryman Stephen Fiddes Jacob Gomez Timothy Gramling II

Paul Lundberg Michael Maddux Mitchell Newhard Robert Richardson Clinton Sacks Nathan Tecson Joseph Vanherweg

Aaron Varela Amir Vaziri Cody Visser-Johnston Lucas Walker

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102ND CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“Exceeding The Challenge”

C/Capt Cash Upton C/SMSgt Allison Hernandez Lt Col Mark Williams

Squadron Commander First Sergeant Squadron Tactical Officer

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 102ND CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“GOLF GUNNERS”

C/SMSgt Raphael Denman C/SSgt Chenny Zhang Lt Col Mark Williams 1st Lt Sarah Hahn
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

Melody Brittingham Anastasha Freeman Tracey Gilmore Esther Haikkila Valerie Holmes Rebecca Hsia Jessica Martinez

Stephanie Pauli Stacy Peabody Kristin Porter Michelle Purtell Cynthia Scott Linea Stuckey Melanie Tunison

Jessica Waldrop

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102ND CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“HOTEL HAWKEYES”

C/1st Lt Zachary Howard C/2d Lt Cami Bushem Maj Ed Ruwe SMSgt Martin Sanford 1st Lt Doug Giles
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Tactical NCO Asst Tactical Officer

Miles Barkhuff Cody Bidlow Wesley Bowers Thomas Downey Harry Farrell Anthony Felicetti Daniel Galvez

Brynn Hatch Aaron Krive Collin Lyou James Manion Devin Moore Michael Nash David Patrick

Jordan Petree Iran Quijano Ehren Rauch Evan Schad Eduard Zavala

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 102ND CADET TRAINING SQUADRON

“INDIA INCINERATORS”

C/2d Lt Brett Jack C/SMSgt Garrett Kuipers Capt Mark Wong Maj Jason Markiewitz
Flight Commander Flight Sergeant Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

Michael Campos Seth Corbell Michael Dabney Brady Dilena Robert Durkin Robert Frederiksen Jordan Gramling

Dustin Kohut Russell McCullough Braxton Phillip Trevor Siperek Samuel Towne Brian Wiesner David Winterlin

Alexander Wright Ryan Yuhas

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ADVANCED TRAINING SQUADRON

“WHISKEY FLIGHT”

C/Lt Col Matt Dunlevy 2d Lt Christopher Ross Capt Bruce Garvin

Flight Commander Tactical Officer Asst Tactical Officer

Grant Beeson Steve Dominguez Andrew Driscoll Chloe Dunn Isaias Galvez Sabra James Matthew King

Randy Lesh Kimberly Little Cynthia Martinez Crystal Ramirez Nathan Schuler Jennifer Souza Meri Stotts

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 CADET HEADQUARTERS
PAGE DESCRIPTION
STAFF

C/Capt Robert Durbin C/Capt Brandon LaRose C/2d Lt Fidel Otanez C/2d Lt Ann Marie Theisen C/2d Lt Jonathan Khattar
Aide de Camp Administration OIC Audio/Visual Admin Staff Assistan Admin Staff Assistant

C/Capt Robert Trujillo C/SMSgt Annaliese Dunn C/2d Lt John Theisen C/CMSgt Karl Berenstein C/A1C Charles Schatzle
Communications OIC Communications NCO Logistics OIC Logistics NCO Logistics NCO

C/A1C Kevin Breedlove C/SSgt Jillian Stauffer C/2d Lt Daniel Durbin C/2d Lt Kenneth Fitzgerald C/MSgt Denise Hibbard
Logistics NCO Scheduling NCO Logistics Assistant Public Affairs OIC Public Affairs NCO

C/TSgt Louis Carleton C/Capt Richard Hotchkiss C/Capt Samuel Tellez C/2d Lt Blanca Contreras
Public Affairs NCO Mess Ops Maitré’d Mess Operations Mess Operations

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SENIOR STAFF

Lt Col Tony Upton Lt Col Jim Jenkins Maj Dan Niessen Col Virginia Nelson Lt Col Ned Lee
Encampment Commander Executive Officer Commandant of Cadets Safety Officer Chief Tactical Officer

Lt Col Valerie Hanley Maj Matt Johnson Capt Denise Van Loo Capt Keith Stason Ch (Lt Col) Paul Ward
Administrative Officer Public Affairs Officer Mess Operations Chief Logistics Officer Chaplain

Ch (Maj) Charles Ingram 2d Lt Richard Bingham TSgt Diana Menke, CA ANG 2d Lt Anthony Freeman 2d Lt Rochelle Freeman
Chaplain Transportation Officer Medic Mess Operations Mess Operations

SM Christopher Krive 2d Lt Vicki Woodford SM Judith Gilmore Capt Paul Hanley Capt Kate Braden
Mess Operations Mess Operations Mess Operations Senior Support Staff Senior Support Staff

No Photo
Available

SM Mark Devall 1st Lt Allan McGavin Lt Col Neil Thomas, USAFR Maj Robert C. Bitting 2d Lt Mary Severance
Senior Support Staff No Responsibility Here Whatsoever Reserve Assistance Coordinator Counterintelligence Officer Mess Operations

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Weekbook 2005

Photography, copy, layout by:

Maj Matt Johnson

Public Affairs Officer

C/2d Lt Kenneth Fitzgerald

CTG Public Affairs OIC

C/MSgt Denise Hibbard

CTG Public Affairs NCO

C/TSgt Louis Carleton

CTG Public Affairs NCO

Additional Photography:

Capt Mark Wong

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