July 14, 2024
Squadron Announcements for the Week of July 14, 2024
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CADETS
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CADETS
July 18 – Cadet Squadron Meeting
UNIFORM OF THE DAY:
Cadets - ABU
Seniors - Corporate
AGENDA
1800 Opening Formation
1805 Drill Training
1820 Aerospace - Flight Simulator Training / AE Training Mechanics STEM Kits
1945 Announcements / Closing Formation
Concurrent - PT & Drill Testing (if requested in advance)
This month’s AE segment is about mechanics, and specifically cranks and cams. Here’s something to read if you want to get a head start. You’ll be building one of the projects from this STEM kit.
CADET ORIENTATION FLIGHTS
Are you ready to go flying? All cadets are entitled to five Powered Orientation flights, five Glider Orientation flights and five Balloon Orientation flights over their career as a cadet, during which they sit in the right front seat and take the controls under the watchful eye of a qualified CAP pilot. For the remainder of the summer these will be scheduled for the second Saturday of the month to run concurrently with Young Eagles flights. Contact 2nd Lt Schumacher to schedule your flight today!
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SQUADRON WEEK IN REVIEW
New Members
Welcome back SM Uwe Wessbecher
Promotions, Appointments and Key Accomplishments
Squadron Events
Squadron Positions Needed (Primary & Support)
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Transportation / Drivers (critical for support of cadet programs and cadet opportunities)
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Ground Team Leader
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IT / Website Maintenance / Cyber Security
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Personnel
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Public Affairs / Community Outreach
If you have interest in leading or supporting any of these positions, please reach out to Capt Dan Beadle.
Parents, there are many ways that you can support, as a parent, a cadet sponsor, or by becoming a member!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
August 10 – EAA Pancake Breakfast - Young Eagles – Cadet Orientation Rides
Beginning August 10th our local EAA chapter will be experimenting with a new format for its Pancake Breakfast and Young Eagles program. Flying will be done on the two Jaybird simulators that are now working thanks to Lt Col Aronson and his genius friend Diego. There will also be several STEM activities to gauge interest in a larger program. EAA needs adults to help in the kitchen, and cadets and senior members to help Young Eagles with the simulators and the STEM activities. Please contact Lt Maggie Schumacher if you can help in the kitchen and are interested in helping with the Jaybirds and the STEM activities.
July 15 (rescheduled from June 27) – USAF Low Level Route Survey
A team of two Mission Pilots and two Mission Scanners will once again be supporting Travis AFB by surveying a 300-mile portion of a military low-level training route. We’d like one or two people to staff the communications center from 8 until around noon.
August 13 – Training and Information Night & Open House
We will have a guest speaker for the first hour.
Make-up promotion items, other than drill, available if requested in advance.
Help on IS courses for drone technician rating
October 4-6 – Reno Air Show
Reno Squadron needs help for the upcoming Reno Air Show. You can sign up on their squadron web site at Reno Air Show — RENO COMPOSITE SQUADRON. If enough seniors and cadets sign up we may be able arrange transportation for you up and back.
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TRAINING SEMINARS
Unless otherwise noted, these events are posted on the Reno Squadron’s website. The folks in Reno generally want you to sign up so they can arrange the space and plan for lunch. Some classes are broadcast via Microsoft Teams and recordings may be available but it’s better to be there in person if you can.
Mission Scanner and Mission Staff Assistant Training
We plan to hold a Mission Scanner (MS) ground school and a Mission Staff Assistant (MSA) training class at Truckee this summer. If you’re interested in the MS school, please let SM Ellis or Capt Beadle know along with dates you’re available. Cadets and senior members can and should attend the MSA class. MSA is one of the few ES jobs that can be performed by cadets, even for real missions, and we are asking all senior members who wish to obtain an air crew qualification to obtain the MSA and MRO qualifications as well. An MRO class will be announced at a later date.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Mission to Mars Space Camps
Our squadron provides guest lecturers for these camps, which are sponsored by the EAA and aimed at 8 to 12-year-olds. Lt Col Ken Aronson and his wife, 2nd Lt Rolann Aronson, are the principal lecturers. Senior members and cadets can help with logistics and training. Many of our cadets are graduates of this program and a few have attended more than once. This year, there will be five camps:
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July Space Camp the week of July 22 (five successive weekdays)
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August Space Camp the week of August 12 (five successive weekdays)
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Fall Space Camp on Saturdays only September 28, October 5, 12, 19 and 26
Contact Lt Col Aronson at kirmas4530@gmail.com if you can help out.
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This notice and all back issues are posted under the NEWS heading on the Squadron’s web site at https://tahoetruckee.cap.gov/, where we are continually adding new information. If there are materials you think should be included, let us know. Also let us know if you find errors so we can get them fixed promptly. You can find a short guide for navigating the web site here.
